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RT8: [NOT] the Last Remix Tournament

Ken Hisuag

Ken Hisuag

Moriya Music Man
(Tradition dictates a Star Wars reference, but I don't want to jinx it; doubles as a Mystic Square reference.)

IT'S TIME! Announcing the eighth Moriya Shrine Remix Tournament!


I think my previous explanation was pretty good, so I'm just going adjust it slighty:

Enrollment will be open for approximately one week. Each participant shall submit three musical arrangements/remixes via Messages. The tournament itself shall consist of rounds of three remixes each, with each participant reviewing entries in their preferred manner of numbering system and commentary; rating of participant's own submissions is not discouraged, but will not affect the final score. Once all submissions have been featured and reviewed, the ratings shall be tallied to determine the "winner." Anyone and everyone is invited!

If there are any questions, feel free to inquire! Referencing previous tournaments may be helpful for clarification, though they should not be taken as "standards;" the goal is to have fun and appreciate music.

[Currently] Enrolled Participants:
@buskerdog
@Tenkko
@Shionne Imeris
@Drunken_Flower
@Gou the frog
@SasaMisa
@CountVonNumenor
 
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It is here. (Wow, is this actually the eighth tournament?)

Since we've done so many of these now and there are a lot of new folk here, I actually suggest adding a new clause to the rules; that you can't submit a song that was featured in a past remix tournament. Ken's got a playlist of more or less all the past RT entries, but for anyone new here, I'm not saying you have to check it, I'm just saying that Ken might tell you to pick another song if you've accidentally submitted one that was already featured. The reason I suggest this rule is because for many of us the point of the remix tournament is to discover new music, so it would be counter-intuitive to have a song that was already featured show up again, and for those of us that have commented on it before it would be pretty pointless to just repeat ourselves.

Now with that out of the way, this time I already planned what songs I wanted to submit. I'm going all out with my submission this time!  :AyaSmug:

 
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A week? Oh, I need to hurry up lads. All right, today is Friday so, I have two more days. Aye, I'll be in this tournament.  

 
Request for general consensus: Can a mashup edit (defined as layering two different tracks of music over or into each other, regardless of whether they are related or not) be classified as a form of remix or musical arrangement (or, ignoring terminology, could they be accepted into a remix tournament)?

For example:
 
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As I said last night, it does sound interesting, so definitely count me in. (^_~)

Indeed, despite not feeling so great, it prompted me to go on YouTube and see if I could find my 3 favourite remixed tracks from some of the Touhou fangames that I've played over the years. Mission accomplished anyway... expect the links to them in a PM soon. (#^_^#)

 
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Ken, I have sent you the request for submission together with 3 songs. I hope everything is alright. 

 
Enrollment is officially closed. All submissions are in; the first round will be posted shortly. "Girls are now preparing . . ."

 
Let it commence:

PHOENIX Project - The Young Descendant of Tepes
A "foreboding" opening.


Akatsuki Records - Infinite Gradation
An alternative opener.


Automata Girl - Cinnamon, Cinnamon!!
A different direction.
 
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huh. Alright let's see

1. Always nice to see arrangements of this, since it often gets overshadowed by.. well understandable since it's a pretty short track, anyways remix is pretty sweet, with an energetic rhythm that gives it the feeling of constantly moving forward. I do like the more mellow parts too, but the second one at 1:35 - 2:00 feels a bit out of place. 7/10

2. Yep that's Akatsuki Records. I'm somewhat burned out at this point but yeah. 6/10

3. Bit of an odd one, bit of a spicy one. It's kinda difficult to find the sound of the original here ('cept for a part near the end). Love the tone of the vocals, love that bass, love the general darker vibe it has, 9/10

 
1. PHOENIX Project - The Young Descendant of Tepes
oh nice Phoenix Project, i dont understand why they are so underrated.
Dark Phoenix is popular but why not Phoenix Project? they literally the same person (and extra).

it does feel "foreboding" with the percussion and such
even more with stage 6 themes always had those kind of feelings in them

i do like the slow part also
giving small breaks from the intensity

8/10

2. Akatsuki Records - Infinite ...Graduation? Gradation?
Gradation makes more sense since Japanese often associate gradation with sky gradation, y'know.. Chimata.
unless this song is about keine lmao.

i finally found the word to describe akatsuki records, and that is: crowded.
sometimes i feel there's too much going on. that's why i only liked their ballad.

after much listening, some part of it actually grew into me
but then another part come in and yeah maybe no

7/10

Tenkko said:
2. Yep that's Akatsuki Records. I'm somewhat burned out at this point but yeah.
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FUCK NOW MY RECOMMENDATION IS FILLED WITH STACK HELP
bring baack my rare aarranges
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3. Automata Girl - Cinnamon, Cinnamon!!
ohman i was very very close to submitting this one, or at least another song from Automata Girl.
glad someone else did it, or it was me all along? (i totally forgot what i submitted)

Electro Swing is truly this decade genre, sweet evolution from it's popularity century ago.
the voice is quite fitting for city girl vibe.
talk about city vibe, that is mostly what the circle's style is.

sad how this album never released, only this song managed to get out.
the circle is quite short lived, the arranger died out due to burnout.
guess he cant handle the exponentially increasing quality and demand of his work.

9/10

 
I'll chime in on this little lot, shall I:-

1) Not a big fan of Remilia or any of her tunes really, but this is a nice piece, and typical of the vampire loli's remixes, ends up a rock track... because of course it does. Unrelated, but I'd just like to add as well that is one beautiful image of her and her winged friends! (*_*)

8/10

2) I've only seen a single playthrough of UM, so I don't think my opinion is particularly valid for any of the music from that game at this point. All I can really say is Akatsuki Records stuff is hit and miss for me, and this one mostly misses unfortunately. (-_-)

5/10

3) Damn, it took me a minute to recognise this was Tenshi's theme (the image didn't help me there much either at first), it's so slow tempo; like something out of a Humphrey Bogart movie, a jazz club scene perhaps. In fact, it's almost the antithesis of the original, which I suppose is what gives it its charm. (^_~)

9/10

 
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1. Always nice to hear percussions on the start of a song, it means either the entire thing is going to be amazing or it's going to score. Ah, also it's the mellow part as Tenko mentioned sounds tad bit out of place but I sense a medieval feeling. (Wait, is has always been medieval sounding) Solid, indeed.

7/10

2. Aye, You can't be too sure. A shame that the rhythm doesn't catch me like it normally did. The word "crowded" honestly fits this band as DrunkenFlower has stated. I might also need to go back a little and rest on ballads.

6/10

3. This tune is too catchy, the vibe it gives off it really hits me in the feels. City? truly is. 

8/10

 
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Gou the frog said:
(This happens once in every three years right? but with newcomers excluding Shionne.)
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oh yeah i forgot i had a tab open haha, but i think you're right


1. ahh Phoenix Project, i think they were one of my first known touhou metal bands and even though this piece isn't a metal i sure brings out some nostalgia but that aside. it's okayish nothing out of ordinary nothing too bad either (my favorite part probably would be a part right before the end though) remilia theme is somewhere in the middle for me as well so
6/10

2. stack, huh? kinda burned out of her voice since i used to listen akatsuki quite a bit in the past (though i really appreciate how versatile her voice can be) when it comes to it my favorite akatsuki track would probably be Karmanations though, this is decent a little bit better than previous one but not so much
7/10

3. that beggining got me and for a second i thought it's going to be a glitch hop track. if that would happen rating would definitely be much higher, though this vocalist's pretty nice and i like swingy arranges as long as it's not a jazz or stuff like bossa nova
7.5/10

overall quite entertaining round and waiting for more since it's a first time we actually got more than 4-5 members (we had a 6 once when Jerome was there though)
 

 
also a side note: (since i didn't want to edit previous message)
since previous crew knows my kind of unique music tastes but that makes me wonder how participants that do not know will react to those

 
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