/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>22329630
It was M3 this weekend! Was anyone there? What are you looking forward to most?
Here is the new Choko Hallowe'en single (OP pic) to kick-start things, hopefully the first of many.
https://mega.nz/#F!ip0DTKST!1eIzPpdwi0PDAHoegVoJag

>>22329641
Thanks anon.

I'm moving and selling away all of my denpa and not so denpa CDs. If you're interested in buying any of these send me an e-mail. I'm located in Europe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVEJQcZqg7M This is my favourite Halloween-ish denpa song. Amazing vocals from them both.

Our associate from the denpa song bot just now published an article about all sorts of songs thought to be the originators of denpa music, from the 1990s and before.
https://matome.naver.jp/odai/2157234118535188501

The collection of articles and tweets make up for an amazing image of what people in Japan, among them denpa musicians as well, think of what started denpa music in their eyes. The beginning remains ambiguous, with no clear conclusion, but we know for certain that the image is much larger than before, with originators crossing outside the boundary of otaku culture. It'll take a good step back to fill in all of the missing pieces.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KPP0nJHWb8 is this Mameko?! Full thing is available over at VK doujin.

>>22335194
https://mega.nz/#!i8MGSIza!wKswM1NOPeWWPufdO3ip2tb5lZcJuJM4-jXKETa1K2M 小鳥遊めとろ - はっぴー！きゅんてぃー！めとろのーむ！
Credit to uploader at vk doujin. Thanks! This must be Mameko

>>22335270
https://mega.nz/#!7kE0wSAT!ENfN93dF2phSpAqXHz7qU2lT0xdNBJYKhPdSdeQA3tw ななめが - ななめが王国
Credit to nyaa at doujin style. Thanks!

>>22329641
Oh my god what the fuck I didn't even go through my last m3 or comiket albums

>>22336452
It's not too late anon! There wasn't too much from the last M3 or comiket

Anyone else here thinks that Mahoro Nijino sounds kinda like Nanahira?

>>22338469
Definitely, never heard her before now but yeah it could be her.

>>22340152
I was reading her Twitter just now, and she retweeted Takanashi Metro's new album release. Takanashi Metro is also a VTuber, and as some Anons already realized in this thread, she is Mameko...

I'm getting flashbacks now of past threads in which it was said that the VTuber market would end up becoming the end of denpa. MMBK is a clear example of this. This is all too weird. Why are so many denpa singers following that path? I guess it isn't too bad when they keep producing music within the denpa spectrum, but still.

>>22341230
Okay, another update. Mahoro Nijino lists Camellia as one of the BGM composers on her videos. I guess that pretty much confirms she is Nanahira.

>>22341230
It must be partly due to Momobako's success that others are following. I imagine it's an easy enough way to make a bit of extra money using their voice skills.
And yeah, as long as they stay in the denpa community as well then there isn't really a problem. Speaking of mameko...
https://mega.nz/#F!mocUjSoa!VtrHv9BvXoIiDgvm5X_ZjQ
Sugar Bunny - 夢童話ロンリネス

>>22342527
The problem is, and as awful as it may sound, that they may find too much success on the VTuber market, and that may leave us denpa lovers with relevant singers out of our community for good. Momobako doesn't even do denpa anymore, for example.

I have the two most recent 妄想の旅団 cds, ちょこ、まめこ and あまめろ from this M3 on the way, so expect those within the next week or two.
>>22344597
Yes, we just have to hope that doesn't happen. There are several who have been working on youtube for a while now who still make denpa consistently, so fingers crossed Momobako was just an isolated case!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4QjV4emMq8 What is your favourite spooky denpa song anons?

>>22349624
This is too good, especially moving along with the skeleton gif strutting at the corner of my screen.

This, just off the top of my head https://youtu.be/0g84efToTwc (not sure that it is necessarily halloween themed or very spooky, as I don't know any of the japanese lyrics)

>>22349729
That is a great one! I'm looking forward to hearing the next Cranberry Kiss release which is also Hallowe'en-ish in theme. https://twitter.com/gyrotin/status/1178344185981652993

>>22330895
> I'm interested! How much?

>>22335284
the .rar is encrypted. PW?

For some reason, the instrumental "Ending" track my favorite in this album.
https://files.catbox.moe/ouvdee.mp3

>>22353582
I’m willing to hear your offers by e-mail. I’ve bought most of these new from C88 and C89 for 1500¥. I think I have only listened to Lop Step Rabbits so everything else is unused but there might be scratches on the covers cause I have removed the plastic.

>>22355272
Are you a hoarder or did you just listen to digital rips?

>>22355278
Listened to digital.

>>22354434
Sorry about that, "Nyaa" is that password. I didn't realise the encryption would carry over.

Thoughts so far on this M3?

I have a terrible confession. I'm absolutely sick of mmbk and camellia

I fucking love Momobako's Mai Waifu is SAIKO!!. I dunno why but I feel like I could listen to it forever.

>>22341230
This is too much to keep up with, now I have to remember which vtubers are which vocalists.
It's even more irritating because I don't really care for most of the content but still have to follow for the music releases. Shame that most vtuber content isn't really denpa and more just plain pop though.

>>22359712
well you're in luck because mmbk is dead and only does vtuber garbage now.

>>22359973
It's a pain in the ass for autists like me who like organization, too. Do I make a separate folder for Metro? Do I just drop Metro's albums inside Sugar Bunny's folder? Do I create a subfolder inside Sugar Bunny's folder?...

あああああああああああああぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁっ

>>22329630
Fucking doujin weebs reeeeeee!!!
Never really got into denpa, I do have a couple denpa albums but they’re dwarf compared to my jcore collection of albums.

>>22361851
Denpa is the thinking man's music preference. A shame you don't get it.

>>22352041
His punk rock songwriting goes back a long way. I enjoyed listening to this 2001 compilation I downloaded off Booth for the couple dollars https://files.catbox.moe/xnjj0q.7z

It would be great if more veteran musicians like this, whose music is really atypical to what mostly gets generated in modern moedenpa, would employ the vocalists so as to infuse new sound and vigor into the music as well as give back something different and fresh to the scene.

>>22361851
>jcore
Come on bruh, nothing wrong with some fun JCore once in a while but most of it is simple and generic. The world of denpa is way more vast and like other anon said, is for the thinking man.

>>22364040
>The world of denpa is way more vast
In a physical sense, i.e. minutes of music available, JCore is surely more vast.

>>22365201
It's not like you'd be able to listen to all the denpa that is and will be available in your lifetime, anyway.

>>22365457
If we restrict ourselves to stuff that's easy to locate and download, I don't think listening to all available denpa is that infeasible.

>>22363541
Thanks for that anon, that will be an interesting listen. Here is the new one. くらんべりぃきっす - Black Devil Chocolate featuring the fantastic newcomer あまめろ.
https://mega.nz/#F!L0chmSwC!FjIlacx_I6_yaVG9nS2oUA

>>22368335
Sorry, just noticed I uploaded this without fixing the tags. Oh well, you can just fix them to your liking after downloading.

>>22366359
Let's be realistic. Sure, I never said it wouldn't be possible to locate and download all denpa that is available, but would you truly be able to listen to all of it within your lifetime? And I'm not talking about forcing yourself to listen to it all day long in order to speed up the process: I'm talking about listening and enjoying it all at your own pace.

>>22364040
Why not both?
https://beta.vocaroo.com/d14QVehfseP

>>22329630
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjG16Kva6zE

ever released in flac?

>>22359712
I never liked camellia to begin with, but I was a big mmbk fan before she kind of shifted away from denpa origins. I still like to listen to her old CDs.

>>22329641
This is some good choko, thanks anon.

>>22370832
I miss momobako...

Is this thread connected with doujinstyle?

>>22374154
No, not in any proper way, but i'm sure plenty of us here use it too. This thread probably has a closer connection to VK Doujin community, everything uploaded here is also uploaded there soon after.
Speaking of VK, the new IOSYS "アニマル・ストライク" was posted there today!

>>22374268
Holy shit a new IOSYS album? How long has it been, like 2 years or something?

>>22374456
yeah I think the last one was 2017! there is some great stuff on this new one!

>>22375126
I already knew the first song so I hope it's not just a compilation album but has fresh music.

>>22375179
yeah there is definitely new stuff on it, though because it's not a proper Hyper Denpa Collection album there isn't as much new stuff/some stuff geared towards the rhythm game crowd.
I forgot that one had been released on the last Lovelicot album, but it's a good one anyway

>>22374268
Could someone please post a link, I dunno how to find it on there.

>>22375258
It's the third post down.

>>22375262
Ok got it, didn't scroll down enough then I tried the search bar with no results.

>>22368335
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUcQvRdn_aU If anyone hasn't heard it, here is あまめろ's cover of True My Heart!

>>22378721
Man, I just love あまめろ! Hopefully the Anon who ordered her newest release gets it soon: I'm really looking forward to listening to it.

>>22381260
I listened to the other single and fell in love as well. Is she really new?

>>22381260
good taste

gisthub anon here, my Mega account is full, which means that there is 50GB of denpa available to everyone, all in one place! Great! but it also means i need to make another account. is this easy to do and if i have two accounts will they find out and remove everything? any tips or suggestions would be appreciated!

I like this denpa vtuber
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4hDMy2NbBM

>>22383920
Maron producing is pretty impressive, I wonder if she is a denpa singer too?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwPA9WmL_W8 Here is another good vtuber denpa track

>>22385950
This is some good shit.

Have Shiraishi Nagomu or Toromiseyasan done anything new recently? They're by far my favorite singers.

>>22383886
I used google and apparently no one's actually been banned for it, but there are few testimonies. I doubt they'll check, though. Use a VPN if you're feeling uneasy.

>>22383886
They don't really care as long as you access the accounts at least once every three months or so but on the other hand they only allow 15GB on the accounts so that kind of sucks. Are you the same person who makes the torrents on nyaa?

>>22383920
This is also super catchy.

>>22385950
I wonder if the video producer was inspired by group_inou's THERAPY video by AC-bu. Good shit.

>>22386588
Yeah man check out とろざんまい and ペトロフィリア by Toromi!

New Kikuo album just came out the other day.
https://youtu.be/PGWSAqCHWCE

>>22387406
>>22387612
Thanks for the info, i guess i'll be fine then! No, another anon made the torrents.
>>22387881
Oh yeah, definitely seems to be inspired by the Therapy video, completely forgot about that!
>>22389073
Thanks for the heads up, will give this a listen.

>>22385950
>>22383920
Oh god I cant get these two out of my head.
Good stuff.

>>22338469
>>22340152
>>22341230
>>22342078
do you have any doubt that she is nanahira? I think you guys need to listen to more nanahira songs ... her voice is unmatched, of course it's her, 1 second and it's noticeable.

Mahoro is not a popular vtuber yet. By the way, becoming a popular vtuber today is getting harder and harder as there are so many and if you start now the youtube algorithm will never help you.

If our favorite singers want to become vtuber, then many of them will have to settle for as underground popularity as their denpa career.

Momobako was lucky because she was visionary: she started early and knew how to get subscribers. Besides, momobako has never been number one in the denpa world, we all know that today's queen is nanahira and I think she will hardly want to give up that throne.

>>22383886
I want to thank you for the gisthub and the organization made there.
Thank you.

Mahoro Nijino definitely is Nanahira, if you can't tell right away from the featured video on her channel then you really need to listen to more of her songs.

>>22383886
Im late but every fresh mega account has 50GB of space for the first ~1 month now. You can make infinite accounts and if any of them get banned it won't chain ban the other ones. You will need to login to each mega every 3 months to avoid the inactivity pruning though.

>>22390566
>>22390707
I didn't even know Mahoro Nijino was a VTuber at first, so I had no reasons to believe she and Nanahira were one and the same. All my reasoning stemmed from Nijiro's only album, which I randomly happened to stumble across. I do have to say, though, that I haven't listened to that many Nanahira songs for she isn't exactly my cup of tea, so there's also that.

>>22385950
Yes, she is a denpa singer, any fan would instantly recognize her voice. Her normal personality is not too far from the Vtuber character.

>>22395406
Who is she?

>>22395486
Not the Anon you replied to, but to me she sounds like びーふ (はつのはゆづの) from 秘密結社はみはみ.

>>22396178
You are correct!

>>22396178
>>22396236
Oh! I never would have guessed that. Thanks

So, are there any other singers who are also Vtubers?

Does anyone have しとろんソフト / Citoronsoft Memorial Songs (MGGW-0092)?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrpjzn8Jap8

>>22396553
Here's choko:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pchXT2gblkY

>>22396553
Here's Hinausa:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcHmaqme-wU

I don't really like the music becoming a sideshow for some other medium. Good music requires the artists' full attention.

>>22401006
I want to be angry at these vocalists, but I have to better understand the current situation of the denpa scene in Japan first. If the current audience is dwindling, and VTuber fans are supportive of their music, then it's only natural for many to try their luck at it before it's completely saturated. I don't think through doujin music alone there could be a new "Nanahira" anymore (and certainly not a new hit denpa band), and it wouldn't surprise me if vocalists didn't want to eroge either. If not for VTube, what more is there for them to do?

>>22401886
It's not just doujin denpa singers. Everyone and their dog is a vtuber now, tons of doujin voice actresses and artists are doing it.

>>22401006
They don't actually write the music, they just sing, so it will be fine. Choko has been a vtuber for over a year and is still consistently releasing music as she did before.
>>22401886
Why do you want to be angry at them? They are obviously just trying to make some extra money.
>I don't think through doujin music alone there could be a new "Nanahira" anymore
completely agree, there is too much competition, and people demand more from artists now.

If vtubers are going to remain, I personally would like to see a denpa vtuber enhance their denpa character/persona through their videos, rather than do something completely separate, it's frustrating that none have done that yet. MMBK's early vtuber videos on her old youtube channel did that and they were quite enjoyable. but she deleted them and switched to Patra.

>>22403909
>They don't actually write the music, they just sing, so it will be fine.
Maybe that's part of the problem uwu

Seriously though I don't really know how they spend their time when they're not working on albums, maybe they don't do it full time. Maybe they work a day job. If that's the case then I can understand why replacing their day-job with vtubing wouldn't really impact their denpa careers. I still wish they wouldn't completely shut down their denpa personas, that's really annoying. Also yeah like you say I'd rather they do something more denpa-adjacent instead of joining with the generic vtuber archetype, which is kind of lacking in personality in my opinion.

>>22401886
I'm not really mad at them, I just don't think the vtuber music is going to be that great by comparison to their previous musical work, or at least it hasn't really delivered yet for me personally. I don't see why a mature composer would give their best work to a sideshow.

>>22405597
>Maybe that's part of the problem uwu
Yes you might be right there!
I often think about that too, especially around the time of M3. They probably sell a few hundred (?) CDs at most at the event, then some more online, there's no way that's full time. Especially when you factor in all the people who get a cut or paid along the way, singers, designers, mixers, manufacturers! Denpa is sustained on love alone!

>>22405825
Excepting a few of the really, really big denpa artists, like MOSAIC.WAV, denpa is a doujin scene. Personally I like to believe that it leads to artists having creative freedom in what they do. After all, they have their "normal" job no matter how little they sell. Whether that's true or not is another matter.

>>22398983
Wow, I've never seen a vtuber character this tiny before. She's actually super cute.

>>22401886
>>22403909
I don't really understand Nanahira's popularity other than she made a few meme songs that got popular in the west.

>If vtubers are going to remain, I personally would like to see a denpa vtuber enhance their denpa character/persona through their videos, rather than do something completely separate
I agree 100%. What's the point of making a separate character if your voice is going is be exactly the same?

>>22408485
Honestly, I don't mind that they have the separate characters/personas that much. I just wish they'd be more open and transparent about it rather than starting up channels out of nowhere and not telling any of their previous fans that they exist.
Japanese are known for doing this sort of thing though, with how artists commonly delete their old pixiv/twitter accounts.

>>22408521
Maybe they are forbidden to do so by contract or something? It truly is weird that they aren't open about it because letting their denpa fans know about their VTuber career would actually make them more popular in that platform. It's a win-win situation.

>>22408818
>contract
It's not like more than a handful of denpa artists ever did music on a contract. As far as I know, almost all of those which do professional/commercial work are freelancers. Japanese autism is the most probable explanation 90 % of the time.

>>22408521
Multiple personas/accounts seems to be a rather popular thing.

Maybe it's because it would be rather difficult to keep a proper denpa persona as a vtuber.

Donut die you bakas

So how many denpa artists have there been? We all know the scene has always been pretty small, but what are the numbers? Personally I have works from some ~80 different labels, then add inn another 50~100 from the "Denpa Thread" and "RTL" packages, getting a total of some 150~200. Let's say /jp/ only hears about the more popular artists, then the total could be some 400~600 maybe?
I get the impression the scene is dominated by relatively few (10~20) big names, with little attention for others, at least here. Though if one actually wanders around Comiket and M3, then maybe things are different? At least within the resources I have, there seem to be a lot of artists with just 1-3 releases, before they either dissapear or their work stops making it overseas.

>>22414368
Your estimate is probably too rough. I expect around two hundred known artists, bands and circles consolidating the denpa thread uploads leading up to 2018. These are traditionally contained within the scope of denpa music. Then you need to consider:
1. eroge scene vocalists not included above (as in, those without prominent commercial or doujin careers)
2. moe-denpa style music performed before the coining of "denpa music" (manikyuadan, troubadour, few 80s and 90s idols)
3. denpa music with little moe elements, mostly before coining (king show, early iosys, fruity)
4. moe music with little denpa elements, mostly before coining (anakreon, neruneruneruge, eterna musik)
5. denpakei in anime and game OST (often overlapping with above)

Accounting both the bands and circles as well as each recognizable denpakei vocalists and musician within them (in IOSYS alone there are several), I'd say 300-400 over the past ~30 years is a feasible number.

>>22415285
Hmm, on the one hand I feel 400 is quite low, especially since we are including all participants of denpa production, including "protoculture". On the other hand, the /jp/sies which collect and upload denpa are quite passionate, and I know for a fact there are people here who attend Comiket and/or M3 at least some years. Not to mention scraping shops for used/new CDs.

The major "X-factor", I think, is estimating just how much of the scene these threads cover. I assumed somewhere within 1/2 to 1/3, why do you assume 1/2 to 2/3?

bump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3qyiXEe4WQ

Is Honey Came Lab ded? So many denpa circles are very short-lived, it's kinda sad.

>>22419339
Pekoru went off the radar a few years ago and Hinausa is now the vtuber Sister Claire and deleted her other accounts.

A reunion is unlikely, but I guess Katahotori could bring them together if everyone wants to.

>>22420353
Fucking hell, didn't know Hinausa went vtuber too. Wondered why she went missing from Katahotori's albums... Denpa is truly dying it seems

ちょこ - キャンディプラネット
https://mega.nz/#F!EWYjSKhB!1xbtMJvmTsDVY5mAKFcZMw

Sugar Bit (Sugar Bunny) - Affectus
https://mega.nz/#F!AbBF2KYI!7_fMmWgfsenJt9PRHyjX0Q

あまめろりぼん - いちごみるくなえっちして
https://mega.nz/#F!8WRHzAoQ!1BwSaRTTsRM4t7wWxbFEyQ

妄想の旅団 - 方言幼女
https://mega.nz/#F!tDRRlKqC!YYGTsk9vzBO_AQ14dBw_tw

妄想の旅団 - ちっちゃな天使！
https://mega.nz/#F!NCR3iYzR!Rf4op6ajiN8lkoSMSPHmMQ

Enjoy, anons!

>>22424321
Also I am going to be reorganising the gist mega over the next week or so, so if anything isn't working just ask here!

>>22424321
Wonderful!

>>22424321
Thank you!

>>22424321
のーさつぶるまえんじぇる is pure love

>>22424321
ちょこ artwork reminds me a lot of her gumi personality

>>22424321
あまめろ is so lewd, I love it.

Holy fuck these threads are so depressing

>>22389073
The sound of the second track is absolutely amazing. There's some mixing issues but it's seriously good.

God bless nudenpa

>>22424321
Thanks you Anon!

>>22428714
Depressing? How so?

Does anyone know of songs similar to 了法寺ディスコ from 寺パ! by とろ美? I don't know enough about music to express why I like it so much, but both the instrumental and lyrical side really appeal to me.

>>22430037
You can't ever go into a denpa thread without being reminded it's dying and everyone's moving to being vtubers, all the while there's rarely talk about stuff people listened to recently.

>>22431892
Don't be sad it's ending, be happy it happened.

>>22432291
Toromi and Mosaic.wav still going strong. IOSYS just released something new. Several other smaller groups are still there.
Only vtuber that I feel betrayed by is mmbk since she just completely deleted her old loli persona from the internet and resurfaced as a big titty succubus.

>>22433365
I agree but at least she isn't copyright striking uploads of her old music on youtube.

>>22433365
Well, Momobako's vtuber agency is going tru some drama regarding the producer sexual harassing at least 3 vtuber, making them "graduate" or take an indefinite hiatus due to alleged health problems/family issues, only to be reborn as a different vtuber a couple of weeks later.
So Momobako could return to the denpa scene soon or be reborn as a different vtuber.

>>22430424
The closest thing that would come to it in my mind is Summer's Expectation by なゆ. That has a similar kind of 90's-style disco feel to it that I like somehow also, and I'm always a sucker for "groove is in the heart" breakdowns.

Shit, an uploader closed their channel. Does anyone know what were the titles of these links?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thrb8JwqIbM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m0-4y5Et0U
I think the first one is 33.turbo - まいまいダーリン but I don't have a clue what's the second.

>>22434042
Acute!

That was a lovely channel. I enjoyed it very much.

>>22433830
This reminds me of the album Summer Paradise by 中央食堂. As a matter of fact なゆ sings one of the better songs in that album, "Blue Ocean and Faint Love".
The more I think about it, the relatively fast rhythm combined with the "twang" (?) in the vocalists voices might be why I like 了法寺ディスコ so much. The way they keep stretching out vocals is nice. Not to mention the MC, who stands in great contrast to their cute voices. Another song which uses a male somewhat similarily is はるあマッスルトーナント ～愛の革命デスマッチ～ by はる＊あま＊にゃ. I like that as well, but it's quite different from 了法寺ディスコ. Unfortunately I haven't heard another とろ美 song quite like it, maybe あまね had more of an influence in its production? It's a duet (trio?) after all. Anyone here who has listened to あまね?

>>22434417
I noticed that the male vocals in both 了法寺ディスコ and the はる＊あま＊にゃ song are from different members of COOL&CREATE, as is Amane. And Yamajet has worked with her before as well. I'm not familiar with a lot of the works by members of this circle. I agree with what you say about the vocals stretching out in 了法寺ディスコ, Amane's part in the bridge mid-song being most memorable to me ever since the first time I heard. I'll have to give more listening to her now. Forgive me for not understanding your question correctly, you were looking for a song by Toromi, but I can't think of another one either...
Wow, that なゆ song you mentioned is really wonderful! Thanks for calling that to my attention.

>>22434650
I am just looking for similar songs in general. I have listened almost all songs by とろ美 , yet none have the feeling of 了法寺ディスコ.
Looking at COOL&CREATE, it turn out that あまね and ビートまりお (the male MC) are married. Furthermore, the circle has been going since 1998. あまね is one of the duo in はる＊あま＊にゃ, which I probably should have noticed before now...
COOL&CREATE seems to have a pretty large discography, so I will have to look into whether I can get my hands on some of it. They have supposedly done several collabs with other artists, and have a lot of 2hou arranges, so that may be easier to find. As of now, I guess trying to check if they have similar songs is my best bet.
Thank you very much for mentioning them, I would probably not have thought to check!

>>22434751
On the topic of VTubers, these two are still going strong as RealTubers apparently.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk4fEztw-Vs

>>22434751
There is about a decade's amount of their material in the TLMC torrent, only place I've checked so far, if you don't mind downloading .tta format.

>>22434853
Nice, I'll check it out. Thanks a lot! I've been looking at their YouTube, and it seems like even if it isn't exactly what I was looking for, at least I found a pretty good artist.

On a somewhat unrelated note, they had ZUN as a guest at their wedding. Crazy that I've never heard of COOL&CREATE before now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koNQxN_WRVI

>>22434887
C&C had perhaps the first vocal Touhou arrangements in 2004, and they received a lot of attention very quickly. Their vocalist was Amane, who is today married to Beatmario. A number of their songs became hits in the growing otaku community. Its founders Beatmario and Myu314 also participated in the first Touhou arrangement CD "Stardust Reverie". Today Beatmario is a central figure in the Japanese Touhou community, leading events such as Reitaisai and regularly appearing alongside ZUN in other Touhou events. He collaborated with many different artists and also composed music for Konami's rhythm games.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooYuiTqco4I

>>22434923
You learn something new everyday. I never was into Touhou or its various remixes, which explains why they haven't appeared on my radar.
Seems it's time to get educated.

>>22435033
There is a big overlap when it comes to denpa and Touhou-themed doujin music and remixes, just look at the release history of IOSYS, Innocent Key, Halozy, Forest Pireo etc.

>>22435778
It benefited Touhou for IOSYS to make denpa arrangements back when denpa was the hottest thing on the Japanese Internet, it benefited IOSYS to dedicate themselves to Touhou, and it benefited Touhou and IOSYS to make flash videos when they were still widely viewed (before YouTube and NND took over). Innocent Key and Halozy were simply riding the electromagnetic wave.

>>22428714
The album in general is amazing. I especially like how the sound in Festival of the Dark basically circles your head.

>>22386588
Does anyone know what happened to Shiraishi Nagomu? Did she die with TEATIME? She and kikuo were pure magic together.

Well, turns out 了法寺ディスコ was created as a one off thing, with COOL&CREATEs "image" in mind. とろ美 talks some more about it around the 27th minute.
I hope my newfagginess doesn't bother people, but I thought it's at least bumping with some actual chitchat. There is still much to learn about denpa and the artists behind it...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZrAHtxwA7g&feature=youtu.be&t=1365 (とろ美 seems like pretty fun person, which matches what anon said about her after visiting a concert some time ago)

I was listening to all the denpa I have on shuffle, and by chance I noticed how similar the beginning of both キミは私を好きになる from ポヤッチオ's プチリズムGo! and Honeycoming from Honey came lab's Honey planet was. Both songs are even in the same key!

Do you people have any other examples of songs that sound similar?

>>22443231
It is very difficult to understand what they are actually saying through youtube's auto-generated translation. Toromi does seem to have a fun personality and I love her singing.
There are many things I don't know about the otaku culture itself. I'll just appreciate a denpasong based on musicality alone. Certain "strands" of denpa can be annoying because of the high driving force of the lyrics but especially if there is no good melody or sound structure that I find appealing. However, it is nice to know more about my favorite artists and songs.

>>22445014
Translating songs, or at the very least understanding what they're about, makes for a much more enjoyable experience than the sound of it alone. It induces a much more powerful fantasy of moe and denpa. Toromi has lived up to this fantasy well for many years.

where can i find the spreadsheets for m3/comiket events?

>>22447464
I know that, with Toromi, even a song about ババロア has undertones of being in a relationship (with what exactly, I don't know...). I was told that she is hard to understand, even for a native speaker, just listening by ear to the lyrics in that song.

>>22444296
These examples are pretty blatant, yeah. I'm having a hard time distinguishing the song bodies even, not just their intros. I'm even reminded of other songs by some certain individual elements in these two, but I guess there are common usages of the equipment in the way a lot of denpa songs get colored. I'll hand it to you, you've got me revisiting albums that were uploaded a long time ago, that I never had saved, and I'm glad about it. I like both these songs!

Somebody help me, I said it before that there is a song that sounds remarkably like リューセイ-マリアージュ with かゆき feat. ちょこ on vocals. What is it? Isn't a Choko song too? I don't have all of her albums saved, maybe I'll have to download them too and revisit soon.

NEW MILLIROBO.BETA STUFF WHEN???

>>22454672
Wasn't their latest release in 2014? Probably won't come back at this point.

>>22456191
I wanna believe...

Does anyone have 25MHz -ニコメガヘルツ- by mega?
I could only find it on nyaa and the torrent's been dead for a while.
https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm33599493

>>22329630
Halo

>>22456769
We can dream, anon...
>>22461293
Sorry, don't have this and I couldn't find it anywhere. Though I imagine if it's on nyaa then it must have been uploaded elsewhere first. Hopefully you find it.

I cannot imagine nanahira being unsuccessful in any voice related endeavor and I wish her success with both the vtuber journey and her amazing denpa work

>>22468743
A shame she works so much with Camellia now.

>>22469067
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvKdmFl0UJo
Tell her your complaints while she's still live.

>>22469067
Hello anon I agree with you. The denpa specialist on here put it pretty well, she's always exactly as good as those around her allow her to be

>>22468743
I wouldnt say her vtuber persona is successful tho. If anything she makes enough money to make a living with low to zero effort.

>>22471391
Shouldn't that kind of content be on her VTuber channel?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDTGkUzKKaA

https://mega.nz/#!pQRiHSJS!M1DwziEhLm4pxEpqY2jIIU5gPliGU5uewx_RwpU5YPE

Dredged up from the bowels of soulseek, Horie Yui's charasong from Inukami, a mostly forgotten early 2000's harem anime.

This song has been featured in a few denpa compilations, and I think it was played at MOGRA's denpa event a few years ago. If you recognize it might be because the chorus has also been chopped and sampled in a bunch of lolicore and J-core stuff.

>>22475580
Great stuff, thanks anon!

what's wrong with camellia? i literally just started bigne listening denpa playlist on youtube

>>22481261
Lately all of his denpa stuff has been sounding quite samey to me. Just listen to go-in or force, very few songs stand out.

His electronic albums are still good if you are into that kind of stuff. But I said it once and I'll say it again - Camellia peaked in the vocaloid scene with TRIPPERS. It has all been going downhill since then.

I can't stand Camellia's mastering, he really should turn down the compression. The songs themselves are fine, but I preferred y0c1e by a long shot.

>>22481516
It's a shame because he knows English and could serve as a link between the western denpa community and the Jap one. Hell, since he's aware of some western memes, he could create denpa based off that and make it more popular here. I was so dissappointed with NANI THE FUCK and senpai, notice me! from ごーいん!

>>22482338
>since he's aware of some western memes, he could create denpa based off that and make it more popular here
Can't say I like that idea.

>>22482382
Maybe I explained myself wrong. I was talking about stuff like the two tracks I mentioned. I think denpa needs more exposure inside the western otaku community, and songs with such titles will catch people's attention.

>>22482396
>denpa needs more exposure inside the western otaku community
Why? They don't understand japanese, so it's not like they'll get the songs anyway. You say "need", but I fail to see why western "otaku" would need denpa, and why denpa would "need" western "otaku". Especially for the second point I absolutely fail to see the "need" factor. Look at the one doujin scene which actually is popular in the west. The kind of people who import ero-doujins are the same kind of people who already know about denpa. The kind of people who wouldn't import are the kind who think a dakimakura is peak perverson and are incapable of enjoying anything without doing it "ironically". Or do you propose we add in a middle man to localize and translate denpa to publish it in the US? I say the US, because 70 % of the time someone says "westerners" they think of americans.

>>22482396
Denpa is something that's uniquely Japanese, and it's just a small community even in Japan.
I'd rather denpa remain niche, since right now western otaku seem to be largely made up of the "ironic weebs".

>>22482510
My reasons aren't big nor complicated. I'd like denpa to have more exposure because I love it and I would like it if more people got to experience it. Even if out of 100 new people, only 1 got to like it, I would be glad, because, for me, denpa is awesome, an amazing gift from the stars.

Perhaps my choice of words wasn't the best, I admit it. Don't think too hard about it. I don't think denpa "needs" us western otakus.

Lastly, think of Christianity and how its members are always trying to get other people to read the Bible and stuff, how they would like the whole world to believe in what they believe. You could liken me and my ideas to them in a way. I didn't think too deeply about the consequences of making denpa more open: it all stemmed from a somewhat childish motivation, that of sharing the joy denpa has brought me.

>>22482670
Mhm, probably got too hung up on the word "need". I have to admit that I would prefer if the entire world shared my ideas and beliefs, so I can understand where you are coming from.

I'm all for the translation of more denpa.
I've included a lyrics scan of Toromi's クワとろバリュープラス album, should anyone like to make a translation of one of their favorite songs.

>>22482920
Don't just about all western denpa fans understand japanese?

>>22482945
I don't.

>>22482945
Anon...

>>22482945
As >>22482510 put it, people who listen to denpa music are likely people who are also into other obscure and mostly untranslated Japanese media. Though it may give you the image that people generally know Japanese, in reality we have no indication of how many people know Japanese and the extent of their language proficiency. It's definitely not reflected in new denpa song translations.

>>22482670
>>22482858
It's a tough situation, exposing new crowds to moe-denpa music. It wouldn't be correct to say that it's gone from the otaku landscape, but it takes on a much more minor role. New crowds seem limited to the already far-out otaku core.
I hope to introduce it to others in my country with a con presentation about it, and perhaps also move towards bringing it to the academic level. Do my part breaking out of the "confinement" of this thread.

>>22475580
Very impressive. I vividly remember watching the anime, but not any character song. It's always interesting to see the influence of moe songs in character songs.

There was a denpa event under the name "電波人！-dempanchu- 2" around two days back. Some of it was recorded here:
https://www.pscp.tv/w/1RDGlNnzLXDxL

A round of DJs including Katahotori and the owner of the denpa song bot were running denpa song playlists of all sorts. Also looks like they were throwing panties around, as indicated by the "電波人" hashtag.
https://twitter.com/prsk7g/status/1198103698221625345

Looks like they have another one in a couple of months as well.
https://twitter.com/Noki_26/status/1197706576980672513
https://twipla.jp/events/420010

>>22483460
>https://www.pscp.tv/w/1RDGlNnzLXDxL
Not gonna lie, that looks more like a party at some dudes house than an event

>>22481516
His current electronic stuff is way worse than his denpa stuff, dont lie to me anon

>>22483293
>bringing it to the academic level
That sounds very interesting! How do you plan on doing so? I too have considered bringing denpa to a "higher" level in whatever area I decide to dedicate myself (if possible, of course). So far, it seems like writing will be it, but I'm clueless as to what I should do. Nevertheless, I will keep going.

>>22483564
I submitted an essay about otaku culture in the scope of moe-denpa music to a local writing competition, with winning entries exhibited in an academic convention. It's a lot less accessible than anime and manga for most purposes, but it's totally unexplored territory and it covers ties between moe-denpa and Japanese pop culture and history, so I hope it'll catch some eyes and turn moe-denpa into a proper topic of discussion.

>>22483549
I thought it sounded quite good, but to tell the truth I'm not too into electronic stuff so I can't really tell.

On the topic of Camellia and foreign audiences, he seems to have a lot of foreign fans, even people who are aware of his denpa work with Nanahira. However it's mostly Osu players with zero interest in denpa music outside of crazy game edits.

late but regarding ごーいん:
A lot of it is really forgettable. Even having dumb english lyrics like in senpai notice me doesn't save the song from being repetitive and particularly bland with a lot of generic edm feel to it. It's very undenpa. The titular track is basically a repeat of sleep. The most interesting track on the album (aside from the extended edits, like PAPAYAPA BASS, which is good because it takes advantage of nanahira's lower register) is super slow internet-san because it bothers to give us something other than nanahira yelling fast over some EDM and gives us a break once in a while.
Regarding camellia in general for electronic stuff he's okay but has a tendency to give up on an interesting idea halfway through the track, or he tries to make it *too* hardcore and it becomes a wall of noise, which is a shame because he's shown he can make decent speedcore in the past. Personally it feels like with the electronic tracks he's intentionally making something which will end up being difficult when his english-speaking fanbase charts it in osu at the expense of listenability.

shoutout to extended soflan-chan though for being a fun ride.

>>22485794
To me, ごーいん! didn't even feel like a fully denpa album. It was, as you said, forgettable, and at times boring. The only two songs I liked were soflan-chan and cheese bakudan. I liked the former because it was all over the place, it was very chaotic and fun. As for the latter, I'm quite fond of eurobeat, and it was basically eurobeat with Nanahira.

>>22430424
watch?v=FdVUe-9rxxk
Such a bad comparison to make for what you're asking really, but I couldn't stop thinking about this bollywood song after listening intently to the little part of the vocals in 了法寺ディスコ that I like most.

>>22487319
Darkness inferno was pretty good for me. Soflan-chan was a great one too.

パンツじゃないの!
ブルマーだもん!

On the theme of underwear and denpa music, I tried translating IOSYS's "kiss me no panty":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Gygmrz4tDE
https://pastebin.com/c1mVuvHQ

The hilarious title made me curious. The Japanese gets pretty hectic at times so there's probably still some work to do before I put it on my blog. I now also realize that the "kiss me" in the title refers to "Kisume", the boss whose theme is the basis for this denpa arrangement. Fun song.

>>22492905
Did any other circle release more stuff for last M3, or was what is here all of it?

>>22494913
Whoops, didn't mean to quote.

>There will never be another song as dreamy as Ready Go! from Nanahira

Why live.

>>22492905
Really nice song. Though maybe that's just my fetish speaking...

>>22492905
Was there ever any flac of that album?

>>22498777
That's the magic of it - otaku to the core.
It's both amazing and somewhat unsurprising that panties are considered more lewd than being naked.
>>22500490
It's in the RedBear IOSYS collection on nyaa.

For the Black Friday every CD is now 5€ with a free shipping (bubble wraped letter and no tracking). If you buy more than 4 CDs I will probably have to send them in multiple letters.

The person who pays first gets the item so if you have earlier sent me an e-mail I'm not reserving anything for you.

>>22500981
oh yeah it is, thanks anon.

Please tell me ぉこランチ is alive

>>22505884
"ぉこランチ is alive"

>>22505971
Th-thanks

>>22500490
>>22500981
An mp3 version of the album is also in the RTL batch under C81. Though I notice that we no longer link to that or the denpa thread magnet in the OP.

>>22482920
Thank you dear anon, I've been looking for the kanji for ババロアバリア for a while. I might translate it later, it's one of my favorites

>>22511938
I would be delighted, since recently my uncle passed away and I have a very fond memory of him getting up and dancing to that song because he liked it very much.

Don't know if it's ripped somewhere, but ARM's new album is now on Spotify! It has quite a few great denpa tracks

>>22516161
It's on vk. For some reason it isn't tagged as denpa there, though.

How much denpa is there on Spotify, by the way? I've seen quite a lot of close people and acquaintances using it so I started becoming curious. I'd also love to help denpa artists with my money: it just feels so unfair to be able to listen to so much good music for free! They deserve more.

>>22517816
Not a lot in general, most denpa isn't particularly mainstream even in comparison to doujin.

>>22517816
There's Mosaic.wav, Zero-Shaft and Twinkle, as well as more eroge soundtracks than you'd expect.

This may be kind of obvious, but isn't it interesting that a big majority of denpa is in a major key? Minor key denpa does exist, though, and I can name quite a few songs off the top of my head, but more often than not it isn't a "fully fledged" minor key being used. The only circle which is the exception here is MOSAIC.WAV, at least in my opinion.

>>22522807
halloween songs in minor keys are my favorite

>>22522807
Maybe that's because most denpa songs are geared towards sounding happy and not sad? It is mostly an upbeat genre, although I think what you are saying is that more can be explored by contrasting the cute voices against music that is in a minor key, because it has that 'foreboding' sound, which makes sense. I don't have a really good ear for picking this stuff out if it isn't very obvious. What is a good MOSAIC.WAV song you could give as an example?

>>22496013

Anons who enjoyed confetti box, please, God, tell me what other, similar things you enjoyed.

That was the most heartfelt loli music I have ever heard

>>22471587
is someone bullying nanahira-chan?!

>>22525050
>most denpa songs are geared towards sounding happy and not sad
Indeed. Would you say such a trait is fundamental to denpa? Does music get less denpaish if its sound is sadder, if it's more serious while on a minor key?

There may be better picks, but to exemplify what I meant I can name two songs: もののあはれ (吟游Planet AKIBA-POP) and 花一匁 (Miracleluminal AKIBA-POP!!). The two of them are very Japanese sounding, but I think there should be no problems with saying they are in a minor key.

MOSAIC.WAV having been able to produce "serious sounding denpa" may be related to the fact that the aforementioned circle isn't afraid to stray a little from the current trend of denpa (what some have named "moe denpa"). Other circles' music, on the other hand, completely gravitate around it: their very identity is all about the cuteness and whatnot. Thus, it can be hard for them to make music that doesn't blend that well with their most fundamental part, with their "heart".

>>22522964
October M3s produce a lot of denpa in minor keys, indeed! I like the pipe organ so I enjoy them a lot too.

>>22530289
kikikiki is also a good example of a song by them that strays very far away from typical moedenpa while also remaining in a minor key and retaining that faraway dreamy feel.

>>22530064
Nanahira? You mean Mahoro Nijino's denpa persona?

>>22530289
Seems denpa can be any kind of music, which is why I'm so perpetually attracted to the genre.

For me, some of the simplest melodies can be the most heartfelt in spite of whatever is going on in the lyrics. That is the pure and simple sweetness I find most wondrous of any music. I must say that the Japanese in general seem to have an exceptional sensitivity to this, especially those most notable in the production of moe denpa. A beautiful melody is only more intensified when propelled by such mesmeric voices, also.

I've seen and heard that MOSAIC.WAV has some very interesting lyrics, and their music can be quite complex... I'm so glad denpa is made up of such a vast array of talented artists.

There's an album that I can't remember the name of for the life of me.
The cover is a girl sitting on a plate of pancakes I believe. Does anybody know the one?

>>22531733
https://youtu.be/AjP2Duf8Iwk

>>22531779
God bless you

>>22531787
God bless the original uploaders, the creators and all that, people who want to make more translations of their favorite denpa songs... I'm really on the hunt for just one last denpa cd, so God bless me on that one.

>>22531733
>a
>plate
>of
>pancakes

I'm dying

パンツじゃなくて
水着だもん

>>22541290
translate it weeblord

>>22542781
The pleasure of being cummed inside.

I made a denpa song.
https://soundcloud.com/keiteyei/my-colors

Looks like a new mosaic.wav release upcoming for c97.

http://sequence.blog.jp/archives/39255532.html

>>22546700
I'm sorry, it's not very good

>>22546700
Why do you call it denpa?

>>22552982
It's okay; I'm still getting used to singing on tracks, especially in higher registers. I used autotune, but I guess it didn't help much.
>>22553074
I'm very much inspired by denpa's frantic sound and unabashed catchiness. I tried to incorporate both of those aspects into the track, though I also took inspiration from 2000's pop-rock and various types of chiptune.

>>22553598
your instrumentation was close enough but the composition was definitely very off. Where denpa songs are full of harmonic and melodic movement, I felt your song was very static.

Singing in tune is not much of a requirement anyways.

Why the trip? We don't need it to have a conversation.

>>22553598
Just out of curiosity: are you an active denpa listener? If so, what circles do you tend to listen to?

>>22546700
Sounds to me like it has more in common with Kero Kero Bonito than denpa.

>>22553853
I figured it was standard for someone who links their account to use a tripcode. If I'm wrong, I do sincerely apologize.
>>22553859
I've listened to a fair amount of denpa, but I don't really pay attention to artist names or circles. If you asked me what my favorite denpa artist was, I wouldn't be able to tell you. Though I can say that I generally prefer the kind of denpa that veers more into the experimental electronica side of things; if I had to define what I mean, think some of PC Music's stranger output, or some of the music in the archive section of heckscaper.com.

>>22546700
I agree with the others in that it's difficult to associate this with denpa music.Using chiptune and distorted vocals will not turn a pop-rock song into a denpa song. Neither will just any quirky and vague lyrics.

>>22554202
Are you sure you're listening to denpa music and not simply experimental electronic music? Or experimental pop-punk. If you can't name them yourself, then I'm afraid I can't name them for you, either. Go through the previous threads and get a feel of what denpa was like for the past 30 years.

>>22554451
>If you can't name them yourself, then I'm afraid I can't name them for you, either.
That's understandable. I've wanted to gain a more cohesive knowledge on underground Japanese music as a whole anyhow, and I just generally like learning new things, so going further into denpa sounds like a plan.
Also, sorry if I made it sound like as though the examples I gave were denpa; I meant more that they sound similar to the denpa I've heard.

>>22546700
To me your Soundcloud profile reads as that of someone trying to harken back to their childhood and relive its memories as truly as possible. While I can see how denpa can resonate with someone who likes children's music, the converse is a more fraught relationship. I don't think many denpa fans want to collect or discuss children's music, or be regarded as doing so. On the contrary, I think that association would drive a lot of fans away from an already fragile genre. Overall I'd recommend lurking moar, you kind of hit the thread like a bull in a china closet.

Damn, I tho denpa threads just died and haven't checked back for more than a month so it took me long to catch up.

Random question, does anyone here know japanese? Is it normal to listen to denpa music without being japanese proficient? I've been collecting denpa music for at least 6-7 years now but I don't speak japanese, I like the way the *loli* vocals sounds and the beat/music and happy feelings that almost always the come with.

If I'm really interested in a song, I seldom search for the lyrics either translated or untranslated (to use with Google-translate) but otherwise I don't have any idea of what 80% of the music I've bought and/or collected says.

As for my japanese "level" I only know how to read hiragana, katakana and as much vocabulary as more than a decade of watching anime can teach you (not much).

>>22555200
I'm pretty much the same situation as you bud. I'm working on improving though.

>>22555200
I appreciate denpa without understanding much japanese just as much as I appreciate denpa(music) without understanding how to create it

>>22555200
>>22555227
The lyrical content as well as the underlying japanese culture within which it was developed is certainly important, and you are certainly missing out on that. By no means does that undermine your enjoyment of the music though, as we all do.

Thanks for reminding

>>22555633
I second your sentiments. The lyrics often contain hints as to the culture in which they were developed. It's not uncommon for them to be caricatures lf otaku culture, but there are among them quite heartwarming and lovely songs as well. The sound alone is great, but it's clearly incomplete and wasted without understanding even a part of the lyrics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uezwwOz3cQI
This has to be Miiko's own VTuber spinoff, and it's called "Yagi Meeko" too.
What's next? Loser Kashiwagi VTuber channel? Good cover though.

>>22557091
I think it's safer to assume now that every denpa singer is a VTuber.

>>22557091
She's even sung some MOSAIC.WAV songs...

I'd like to have more discussion on lyrics and see more translations in order to understand that end of the composers' works, but unfortunately there's not much I can personally do. I once painstakingly assembled the kanji, by eye, for melo9's はじ*こい into google translate, and wasn't the least bit surprised to find that such a sweet sounding song would have just as sweet and simple lyrics. Of course there are loads more to appreciate in what denpa has to offer than there is with just a simple moe song that has "ai rabu yuu" as crown of the chorus, and that having a full understanding of the culture is key to deciphering its more implicit, otaku-oriented facets.
Aside from recognizing commonly used words and phrases in the lyrics sometimes, mostly all I can do is wrap my imagination around a title and wonder how it all relates. The music is oftentimes so crazy and so laden with lyrics that I wonder should it matter to a gaijin music admirer like myself to understand every bit of what I'm listening to, since I'm not an otaku.
Still, music being the universal language that attracted me in the first place, it is very interesting to learn a lot about it here, so I'm very grateful for all my denpa teachers.

What are some good sources for finding out about upcoming denpa albums?

What the fuck? I watched Bakemonogatari around 8 years ago, and I didn't remember at all it had such a cute denpa OP! I blame this on the Mandela Effect, of course. This dimension's denpa is pretty alright.
https://youtu.be/QFExXjaobjg

>>22559841
Checking the artist's Twitter/website.

>>22567932
I figured that'd be the best along with checking the M3 catalog.
Sorry for the retarded question.

>>22554588
You should definitely start learning some artists' names, that way we can talk the same language. You have the perfect excuse to listen to denpa to your heart's content!

I'll be ordering some albums from Amazon JP soon. I suppose the answer is likely no, but are there any interesting albums sold there that haven't been ripped?

>>22575004
https://www.amazon.co.jp/プナイプナイたいそう-feat-ちょこ-立秋/dp/B07RXPLLF3/ref=mp_s_a_1_3
I know, it's only one song, but I hadn't seen it anywhere.

>>22576601
Okay, nevermind, it's on YouTube. It also seems to be from a game? Dunno.

>>22398983
https://youtube.com/watch?v=TL5z6mON1so

>>22576601
Do also check out the other two epic Punai Punai songs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6YPty2JyTM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdsHp1bSPvQ

Oh wow, there is a youtube account by the name of ぽ魔剤使い that has a "電波曲" playlist where they have transcribed lyrics into the comment section of songs where there were none! The kanji is at least half of what I need in order to understand what these songs mean.

New Nanahira album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WylTr-CEl0c

>>22578418
>future bass
I think I'll skip this one.

>>22578418
>>22578998
that was kind of disappointing and very undenpa

>>22580360
I still enjoyed it though I do agree with you that it doesn't feel like denpa.

>>22578418
Future Bass always felt a bit like meme music to me, and Nanahira always had a memetic voice, I think it makes sense...Is what I tought listening to the first tracks but nvm, seems like theres not much special, even thinking of it as a non-denpa album. Expected something more intense and creative from t+pazolite. The Kamelia track seems trashy but boring..Might skip this one, Ill check out track 2 tough, seems pretty fun and denpaish

I love future bass but I agree that this album isn't denpa, and I don't think it claims to be. I liked it though.

upcoming katahotori album:
http://orc2000.com/cd/kodomoladies.html

>>22585711
>桃箱
Her "retirement" really was a sham all around.
On a more positive note I'm always happy to hear more 秘密結社はみはみ. Looking forward to their song.

>>22585711
Katahotori never disappoints, do they? On a side note, it's nice to hear an ぉこランチ! song, but it's also a shame that it's not a new one.

Did some subs for x髥莏's 「i」:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM2JUfIuFc0

>>22587977
Also, I guess I helped contribute to this, but it has been kind of a meme regardless:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrHTI04i9yk

>>22578418
Ugh this reminds me of YUC'e before she went off the deep end

Thank you Github gist anon for making denpa so much easier to download. I'm the person who originally collected the music between 2016-2018, and it's a lot of work so I appreciate all your effort.

Would you, or anybody else, be interested to start a torrent containing all these works? It would be really simple to download a single torrent with every release practically uploaded, and it would make it so much easier for anyone to catch up on releases. I've got gigabit internet and I could help seed to get it started.

>>22546700
Honestly it's pretty fucking good for what usually gets posted on 4chan but learn to mix and ask Miku to sing your vocals. It can sound a lot better trust me. I got a few pointers if you want:
- Some of the highs raped my eardrums
- Breaks were too loud
- Auto-tune fucking sucks. Nobody wants to listen to auto-tune. If you want to sing then find your range, practice and work within those boundaries. Realize male vocals are not cute.
- Many tracks clashing together almost all the time creating dissonance and ear rape.
You have a good song so don't abandon it.

Damn, just noticed the gist downloads.
So many releases I was unable to find all these years.

>listen to entire album
>come out of it remembering nothing
yeah I guess that's par for the course nowadays

>>22594037
Who wrote about that experience?

>>22594037
I feel you. Imagine how hard it would be, no matter what level a musician is at, to come up with something so catchy and memorable that it gets stuck in your head. That's like the whole point of a denpasong, right? That it should at least be unusual and somehow strangely addictive. True denpa should never be so formulaic, which so much of the new stuff seems to be anymore, and it's like they don't even consider letting one track on an album be so set apart from the rest that it would come close to being actual denpa, imo.

>>22594670
Never mind, I don't really know what I'm saying, I just wish the songs would flow more normally but have a wacky solo in them that sets it off.

New Rissyu+Choko for C97:
http://halkana.com/rish-0014/

Finally, some good fucking denpa.

So much "denpa" is not even music, lol. People gotta have something to do, so be it.

>>22597359
How is it "not even music"?

>>22597973
>>22594037

>>22598758
Is modern denpa not memorable enough for you, then? Perhaps some circles tend to get a bit samey, which is understandable since they have to build an identity, but I can almost always remember at the very least 1 song from an album. The album has to be particularly bland for a such a thing not to happen.

>>22599319
Not him but really? I'd consider an album to be good if it has a single memorable song, and great if more. I typically like choko's stuff and have a good time when listening, but I don't even remember what the individual songs are like after a week.

>>22594037

so sad, his brain, erased, only the faint magnetic charge remains

>>22600061
The Anon I replied to made it seem like he didn't remember anything from an album as soon as he was done with it. I think this also has to do with your attitude before listening to an album. I usually try to savor every song and find what makes them special, so it's not that hard then to remember some of them. However, and obviously, this won't last for long if I don't listen to the album again. That's how our brain works after all.

>>22594037
Were there any parts that struck you as particularly unmemorable?

And another ARM+Katahotori album, with Choko.

http://www.orc2000.com/cd/chokocurry.html

>>22605035
god that's a cool sound

>>22605035
Noice.

>>22597230
I'm hyped for this one, Candy Pop Party was really good.

>>22605035
First song reminds me of an old Koko song about curry, it had the same indianish sounds lol. Seems like a good mini album, looking forward to it

>>22428746
What are the forces at work here, and why should I like something that continually pervades and disrupts the sanctity of my most precious organs?

>>22605910
Which song is that?

>>22607754
I'm guessing he was referring to 恋して ミラクルカレー from ココボク MUSIC PARTY.

>>22607782
cute

I remember when I was first hooked onto denpa. It was by team dmp's first album PV, 電波っぽいのっ！. There were no denpa threads back then, and finding albums were really difficult. Thankfully, the album was uploaded by waHa in one of the denpa threads right before Christmas. I felt that it was the golden age back then, where there wasn't any drama and times were simpler.

I hope denpa lives on forever!

https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm13148039

>>22609737
I wish I could've discovered denpa sooner. Even if I can listen to past denpa now, it's just not the same. I wonder what you guys used to talk about in the denpa threads back then.

By the way, what drama are you talking about?

Short song lyrics post in Denpa Pentateuch blog.
https://denpapentateuch.blogspot.com/2019/12/lyrics-white-katyusha-by-jesahm-feat.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQOKgYjymS4

>>22612411
The past denpa threads are archived in warosu, so you can get a pretty good image of what it was like by simply looking them up. I think they go back to around 2011-2012 in some form or another.

>>22609737
What sort of denpa discussions were there before the threads? Maybe they were within some older file sharing repositories, or through some instant messaging platforms.

>>22329630
>https://gist.github.com/dnpcllctns/9424fcc4c80429253d3194251b4a15ed
I love you anon

>>22613370
This reminds me, I once bought an Odenpa Studio cd not realizing it was a 'best of' compilation, and that all the songs on it were already uploaded from cds past, except for one, the chicken nuggets song (at least not the full version). Essentially, factoring in the cost of the proxy buyer's s&h, I paid an exorbitant amount of money for just that one song, but at least we were able to complete the Odenpa collection with it, and I was happy when someone pointed out the McDonald's jingle in that song, which had flown by my ears completely unnoticed at first.

>>22609737
I wondered if in the threads back then did most of the fans who were collecting and uploading know Japanese, and were able to understand all the lyrics?

>>22613719
Correction: not a "best of", but a "summary of problem works", as it were.

>>22613261
It's a wonderful song, thanks for translating!

>>22609737
My first exposure was in 2015 I believe. There is no real way to recreate the initial feeling of listening to such music, but yeah. The first memorable album for me was probably the Alice in Wonderland themed album by circle I cannot recall. There was cat ears and tails involved in the album art. If anyone know which album I may be referencing, lemme know.

>>22615873
What else do you remember? What about the artist(s)?

Does anyone have a working link for this album?

>>22618279
I do but it's hard to reference without a release date since I named my files so stupidly

>>22618279
>http://www.mediafire.com/RapeTheLolis
>C85
>http://www.mediafire.com/file/ma3h5rbe8efke3i/%2528C85%2529_%255BKTHT-0021%255D_%25E3%2583%2597%25E3%2583%2581%25E3%2583%25AA%25E3%2582%25BA%25E3%2583%25A0%25E2%2588%259E_%2528v0%2529.rar/file
If it doesn't work then I could try uploading it.

>>22617033
Well ok, The album was おとぎの国のはる＊あま＊にゃ by はる*あま*にゃ. Sound familiar now?

>>22618415
It works, thanks a lot.

>>22618279
That's a great one. One of my favorite poyacchio.

>>22618838
Was that 2015? Shit I'm getting old. Yeah that album is a masterpiece, I think it was also the last I heard of Haru * ama * nya...

It seems like this thread hasn't been updated with it.
http://innocent-key.com/wordpress/?p=13334
Koko has announced a decrease in activity following deteriorating health. She's ceased doujin activity since her guest appearance in NanosizeMir's "オール電波", but will return to perform in projects without time constraints. Koko will likely never be able to return to her past scope of activity and make a full recovery. Let us fellows of the denpa thread send our prayers of good health to her.

>>22607754
5G sounds like some serious dokudenpa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ictW7PWhhRE
I love this song! The chords and melody are so chromatic and harmonically rich that it compliments the sweetness of the rest of the song very well.

Does anyone recognize the sound of the synth playing the chord at 0:44? Is it just this composer in particular or is that synth used a lot in denpa? What type of synth generates that sound (additive, fm, etc.)? It's such a distinct sound.

>>22623370
>そもそも知らなかったんですけど、ボクの”普通”とみんなの”普通”って違うんですね。みんな毎日頭痛だし、お風呂に入ったら息切れするもんだと思ってました。恥ずかしい!今は介護レベルでいうと軽い要支援1くらいかな。ひとりでお出かけは難しいです。はやく人間さまレベルになりたい!
I'm not sure what I imagined regarding an illness which puts a person out of comission for a year, but this sounds kind of bad.

>>22624054
The synth at the beginning of 渋々プールに行ったらウォータースライダーから 幼女が流しそうめんみたいに滑ってきた件 from おでんぱ スタジオ's うぉーたーぱーくパラダイス reminded me of the one you posted. Don't take my word for it, but I think I've heard it other times in denpa too.

https://www.followlyrics.com/lyrics/6360190/

>>22623446
You think we'll get any denpa songs with 5G-inspired lyrics next year?

>>22624054
Sounds like an electric organ with very high spike.

What did everyone think of this? Because, uh, I did not like it. At all. My favorite part about this whole thing was how long version of PAPAYAPA BASS was twice as obnoxious and absolutely awful.

>>22625730
I will say what I've been saying for a while: if Nanahira's works keep being like this when she works with Kamellia, they should definitely stop working together. They've created some good songs in the past, sure, but the path they've been following lately hasn't been the best, at least in my opinion.

>>22625820
I blame Camellia, it feels like he just wants to make his music faster and faster.

>>22625824
there is plenty of good fast denpa music though.
personally it's two things:
- camellia keeps trying to produce rhythm game bait (for beat saber, etc) so he gives up a lot of musicality for rhythmic density = more notes
- he keeps pushing nanahira into a more hyper space, which is not exactly where she shines

super slow internet san is easily one of the best songs on the album because it takes its time and lets nanahira shine in her proper range.

>>22626269
>camellia keeps trying to produce rhythm game bait
This was my point, sorry I didn't make it clear.

>>22623370
Man, that sucks... Things aren't looking bright for her, but I hope from the bottom of my heart that she can have a good recovery. Even if we don't see her anymore in denpa, she'll always be remembered fondly.

Could somebody point me to some nice Christmas songs? Thank you.

>>22626269
Even though I do like Camellia quite a lot, I do think that lately he's producing to many songs oriented to rhythm games. Maybe he should make more melodic songs again for a change, he's good at that.

>>22623370
This is so sad.

>>22625102
I sincerely hope not

https://files.catbox.moe/82gspv.mp3

I've had this melody stuck in my head for a while and I can't remember what it is for the life of me. I played what I remember on the accordion. Does it ring a bell? I probably not playing it completely correct, but that's what I remember.

It was either from Lovelicot, 桃箱 & miko, dmp, or another circle with a sound similar to those. Imagine hyperactive with lots of syncopation and harmony.

>>22630304
It seems oddly familiar, although the first association I got was with anime.

>>22630304
>https://files.catbox.moe/82gspv.mp3
That is definitely a MMBK song, but I can't find it.

>>22630420
>MMBK
Yes, I think you're right!
>but I can't find it
That gives us an excuse to listen through their discography again

>>22630304
Is it 夢でまたあえたらなぁ from "momochan continue"?

>>22630413
I feel the same. Feels like something I've heard from anime but can't for the life of me tell what it is. What a funny coincidence.

>>22630304
It kinda sounded like ハーレム パーティ from BEEPいんぱくと２ (around 0:30).

>>22630304
This is almost certainly Honey days～おさなづまの場合～ !
From 電波娘々.
Hopefully this message reaches you before 404.

>>22631095
Not the accordion Anon, but yeah, this has to be it! Good job.

>>22631095
Yes yes yes, awesome. That melody is so good.

We are dying again bros, were fun times.

Best song from go-in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFt4GIgtpBE

Last post for choko

>>22632155
Cute animation.