Twitter | VGMDB | Blog (old)
Happy Birthday, Mei Ayakura!!! I've wanted to do a post like this for a long time, and it looks like I made it just in time for her birthday. There are a ton of doujin vocalists that I love listening to, but Mei Ayakura has a special place in my heart. I titled this post, "the first love" as she is the the first vocalist that I really enjoyed listening to when I started getting into touhou music. Mei Ayakura doesn't need much of an introduction if you're a regular reader here or if you've listened to a lot of touhou music. She's probably most well known for her work with Alstroemeria Records (ALR), but she actually started her "career" in 2008 at Anipix at quite a young age (unknown) along with Tsubaki Ichimatsu, hiro.na (Syrufit), and Takuya Sakai (Poplica*). From there, she has branched out to working with well-known circles such as ALR, Syrufit/Poplica, Cytokine, CROW'SCLAW, and Pizuya's Cell. As such, she's mostly featured in electronic, rock, and metal arrangements.
1 Comment
[Floating Cloud] - 東方アイリッシュ7 Phantasm Festa It's a bit late since St. Patricks day is over (not that I even celebrate it), but I wanted to share this pretty amazing album from Fall Reitaisai 2 with you guys. And while this is an instrumental album, it's not the one that I was planning to write about from my last post.
Floating Cloud is a touhou doujin circle that makes Irish Folk arrangements with live instruments. Pretty unique, as this circle is the first one I've heard with that kind of sound. If you've listened to Yasunori Mitsuda's works (Chrono Trigger/Cross, Xenogears), you'd notice some celtic influence in his music. If you like that, then definitely read on for the rest of the review. Otherwise, it'll be a great opportunity for me to introduce this circle to you guys! [EastNewSound] - Innocent Abyss For those who aren't familiar with EastNewSound (ENS), they are an old electronic touhou music circle from 2008. It is a pretty staple circle that consists of its large core arrangers, vocalists, lyricists, and reoccurring guests.
Anyways, it's another Junko inspired album art! Despite that, there are only actually 4 arrangements from Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom (TH15) on EastNewSound's latest album. Does ENS disappoint once again? Read on to find out! [Alstroemeria Records] - POP | CULTURE 5 I just wrote about how disappointed I was with Alstroemeria Records in my previous post, and this album reinforces my opinion on them. Since this was one of the first few C89 albums uploaded, I ended up listening to it first.
Read on for the full review. In this post, I'll be taking a look at my favorite albums from that were released in 2015. So that'll include releases from Comiket 87 even though it's technically from December of 2014. I've also included my favorite doujin circles that I've discovered in 2015 as well as some overall thoughts on doujin/touhou music from 2015.
|
Welcome to The Emotional Skyscraper, a blog for touhou/doujin music recommendations, games, visual novels, and other otaku related oddities.
Follow me on facebook/twitter to get updates and new posts! Looking for album downloads? Check the Blogroll and Links tab for various sources. Currently playingVisual Novel: Steins;Gate 0
Games: Atelier Escha & Logy Anime: None Emoskyis a full time otaku & audiophile who enjoys listening to Touhou music, playing doujin games, and reading visual novels. For more information, visit the About page. Categories
All
Archives
December 2016
|