It's here! My most anticipated C86 album. Did it meet my expectations? Read more to find out. Ever since Four Resolutions, I knew there was something special about Taka's work. But it wasn't until Sepia Recollections (C85) that I truly became a fan and worshiper of his music. Continuing off from Sepia, Caramel Crunch (R11) was a huge success as a Vocal Rock album.
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Another summer, another Comiket.
For those new to the doujin scene, Comiket is an event that happens twice a year: once in the summer and once in the winter, right before the year ends. It's the biggest event where people and groups release and sell their doujin goods throughout the year. Looking back at the last Comiket, there were some amazing releases but also some disappointments. My favorite album from C85 is Sepia Recollections by CROW'SCLAW and the biggest disappointment would have to be Alstroemeria Records' DECADE OF EXPOSE. After going through some crossfades and preview videos, Comiket summer is looking to be pretty good this year in both music and games. Anyways, let's take a look at some of Comiket 86's releases by the usual doujin circles! Thanks to the people over at Doujinstyle for providing links! Check their thread out for the rest of the C86 album sites and crossfades. DDBY is a large doujin circle specializing in making Easy Listening and Jazz original and touhou music. Often times their albums consist of tracks each composed or arranged by a different person. In RelaxTime and RelaxTime 2, this is no different. There is a lot of variety in the two albums due to each person's different style. In addition, the two albums feature DDBY's usual cutesy album artwork, which I'm really fond of.
Overall the two albums are excellent own their own, and are now part of my SleepyTIme playlist! They're both really relaxing to listen to, with RelaxTime having a little more focus on Jazz and a tiny bit of electronic mixed in whereas the RelaxTime 2's tracks have a winter theme as indicated by the album cover and a bit more focus on the piano. It's hard to say which one I prefer, as they're both different from each other and just so enjoyable to listen to when I want to wind down. 5/5 & 5/5 for the both of them. If you liked them, be sure to check out DDBY's other works such as their Cafe de Touhou series and their Kutsurogi Time series. Download link for some of the albums can be found here. I'm a little late on the Reitaisai 11 preview post as the event already happened yesterday, but here it is! These are the albums that I am looking forward to listening to when they're available on Doujinstyle. I'll have a seperate post for impressions / mini reviews of the Reitaisai 11 albums at a later time when I've listened to the albums.
Music will be available at Doujinstyle as they're uploaded. Update 1 - Shoot Shoot Nitori, Strawberry Bose Read more for the whole post. CROW’SCLAW is a 1 man group consisting of Taka. Taka composes, arranges, and plays touhou metal arrangements. In the past, he has done arrangements of other works as well and now recently, he has made some original compositions along with female vocals.
Released during Comiket 85, Sepia Recollections is by far the best doujin vocal metal album I’ve listened to thus far. |
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