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Return of the Remix Tournament

jssf1992

jssf1992

Shrine Maiden
The remix tournament has returned.  Sorry that I clearly let too much time pass between these.

This is essentially a game of sharing and rating music remixes that we have found.  It's not really much of a competition, and there's not really much of a prize in the end, so don't worry about anyone taking this too seriously.  It will go like this: every participant will send three remixes/arrangements/etc to me via PM.  Then, I will post three of all the pieces in the thread, and everyone will comment on them and rate them.  A day or two later (depending on how many people we have and how fast they post), I will post the next set and we'll do it again.  We continue like this until we've gone through all the pieces, and we find out who had the highest rated song, best average rating, etc.

So, if you want to join, post here, then send me a PM with your choices.  Sign-ups will last one week, assuming we have enough interested people.

While rating by numbers is arbitrary, I can compile them into a percentage at the end so we can see who has the rated song and best average, so that would be preferable.

Also, you might want to hold off on creepy/spooky/otherwise Halloween-esque remixs.  I hope to actually follow this up with another remix tournament specifically looking for that flavor for Halloween.

Currently In:

Ken Hisuag

Amamiya Yuki

Buskerdog

Garison Decrick

Drunken Flower

 
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I would like to get us started tomorrow or Friday.  If you're joining us, Drunken Flower, you need to send me your picks.

 
Alright, it's about time we got ourselves started.

Starting with a remix of Entrusting this World to Idols






 
Alright i'm first i guess

1. So yeah i like this theme quite a lot and song is also pretty good (i also like lot of DnB songs so)
7.5/10 (if it cannot be decimal number then round it up to 8/10)

3. Not exactly my type of music but it's isn't bad either, still i rather prefer harder rock or ones closer to metal, gothic
6/10

PS: Second song is arrange of Immortal Smoke

 
so yeah i kinda forgot how to review, not that i know from the start ww
ive been removing lotta hatred so... i kinda like everything now which is problematic i guess

1. actually i haven't listened to the new tracks just yet, dunno why.
maritumix definitely got some place in my list, i like their ambient dnb.
This one fine, not that i love em, most likely if it playing randomly in my list aint bother skipping it.
still thinking what kinda usage and situation would fit this song ? 6/10

2. i like the voice actually, surprisingly soft for electro genre, since the opposite is the cause of my problem with other electro songs.
the bg music itself not so chaotic. that usually also the problem i have with electro, no limitation, peeps keep adding stuff and made it feel "cramped".
the ending kinda sudden though. 8/10

3. nice this one a fun one
the start sound like someone complaining from far away lol
i specifically like it at 0:23 - 0:44 part. though getting farther to the song it feel more and more chaotic, but i think that's the mood hmmmm 7.5/10

Amamiya Yuki- said:
PS: Second song is arrange of Immortal Smoke
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also wdym, i definitely heard "At the end of Spring" UFO st1 theme
ya meant the 3rd? still no that's Master Spark
and for bragging rights the 1st definitely Idolatrize World

 
1: Idola Deus
This is one of those remixes that make me wish for a better understanding of music theory. There's a progression to this piece that keeps it climactic all the way through, despite its starting intensity. I consider it to be a fulfillment of the source track's potential. 9/10

2: 4th Radiance
At first I couldn't figure out what this was a remix of, and as a result I had difficulty following the piece. Now knowing what it is, I can appreciate the adaptation of the melody into the vocals with the differing chord progression enabling the targeted genre. So for a remix of a lesser-remixed piece, it's pretty good. That being said, it doesn't seem to be leading up to anything (and the sudden cut-off doesn't help). 4/10

3: Flying Marisa!!
I saw this was COOL&CREATE, and assumed it would be nightcore. Consequently, the intro took me off guard in a good way. The main body of the piece, though . . . I like what he was going for, especially in his method of adapting the source motifs. I can't place the style, though; it feels like it's trying to be two things at once, and succeeding. Regardless, it comes out as a really fun track. 6/10

 
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Idola Deus:

Idolatrise World is just such a hype song, I've heard many remixes and this one too is one I'm already familiar with. I like how it leans into the techno instruments a lot, but also has layers provided by more traditional sounding instruments, and that electric guitar that joins in towards the end. This song seems to walk a very fine line between building tension and releasing it. Not my favourite Idolatrise World remix though. 7/10.

I actually happen to know of another Idolatrise World remix with the same title. It's pretty underrated too, probably would have been good to put in this remix tournament. Maybe I'll place it in Musical Discoveries later.

4TH Radiance:

My reaction to this was... wow, this is nice. It's got to be eurobeat inspired, but is also sounds a bit of... dubstep? And the voice is amazing too, and works great with the song. Overall, it felt like something I haven't really heard from Touhou before, and I like it a lot. A really good remix of a theme you don't commonly hear, but it gets a minus point for the end being cut off. 7/10.

Flying Marisa!!

You may have noticed that this song was uploaded by myself? Well also maybe you didn't, since it's an alternate channel with a different profile picture, but whatever. This song actually comes from an album that I own physically, which I bought last year when I went on holiday to Japan. It was at a small shop with a lot of Touhou doujin music in one corner, and I selected which CD to get more or less randomly, judging only by the cover and the doujin circle. I had a closer look after I actually bought it, and I what I ended up getting was Touhou Guitar Jyuku -Ei- (Ei referring to Eiyashou, since it's an album based on Imperishable Night), an album of guitar-focused arranges which mostly occupy the metal or rock genres, but also has detours into classic guitar for some lighter pieces. I think most pieces in the album are alright, but are best listened to together, making something greater than the sum of their parts.

This song though. Hands down, best track in the album. Everything from the changes in speed, to the ups and downs in energy, to melodies that are just all over the place, everything in this is sheer chaos that just oozes personality (and it fits Marisa like a glove). A 10/10 for me, I love this.

I haven't been able to find any of the pieces from this album (or any of their guitar albums for that matter, it's part of a series) online save for one, which is why I put this up myself. That video is unlisted, and I don't plan to put the entire album on Youtube, however if there is interest I will upload it on this site at the end of the remix tournament!

 
That was rather quick, but that's cool, now we're right on to the next round.

First, a vocal mix for Power of Darkness






 
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