/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>23582155
Your first video is unavailable

https://youtu.be/UIbD3CaIAEk
Glad to see a Denpa thread, I'm kinda new to these type of songs but so far I'm enjoying them a lot. What are some must listen songs for you guys?

Unfortunately due to comiket cancellation there hasn't really much denpa releases recently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quC8uAYqMeY
New ave;new project song that isn't sung by either Sakura Saori or Shirasawa Rie. Love them both but it's interesting to hear other vocalists as well!

https://youtu.be/Gzo7vAgLkqM

>>23586188
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk2MxF9Zon0

I'd say anything by MOSAIC.WAV, Nanahira or Toromi is a good starting point. I started with ave;new project and then after finding these threads I downloaded random albums that sounded cute. My favorite group is UNDER17. I would also recommend the fripside NAO project albums "Rabbit Syndrome"

See: http://denpa.omaera.org/whatis.html#2

>>23584809
It was a toromi song but the link seems to have broke by accident
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BasedUHw3-qZ8
>>23587540
it is truly sad, however i still believe a thread should be up!!

>>23582155
>>23584809
It was a toromi song but the link seems to have broke by accident... oh now reposting this again i realized part of the URL got corrected to 'based'. Thanks internets. Have a different one instead:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f8xSSdTkTM
>>23587540
it is truly sad, however i still believe a thread should be up!!

>>23586188
Oh this is catchy. Saving this album. I've listened to some odenpa before but not this particular release.

>>23594204
>My favorite group is UNDER17.
Is Momoi Haruko denpa? Did she stop being denpa?

>>23594889
>part of the URL got corrected to 'based'.
Oh, it was some combination of s, o, and y at that part of the URL. Blame /v/.

>>23598746
She still does moe song here and there. Her most recent one was from 2 years ago.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=sZLRYTm9J2E

>>23603393
I've always wondered, is there any sort of association between Momoi and Poyoyon or is it just that they're both associated with moe stuff?

>>23606272
They've worked on a lot of things together. I think it all started with Popotan.

>>23606294
I'm aware, that's why I asked.

>>23606405
>>23606294
Or if it was unclear, I meant are they friends or something

~ai ai ai ai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWjiBcgsrPU

>>23594204
thx for the recommendations anon

>>23586188
>>23609256
If you haven't already, go download the entire ピコロニーノーツ collection.
An artist I like alot is リズナ, you've probably heard her in ghostly parapara, and also did songs like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5PPoli-6f0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBpAnpGuI-o

Very fun although not sure if it's denpa-ish besides her vocals.
She was (is?) in a group with t+pazolite so there are a bunch of albums with songs like these which might drag you into hardcore which is another world.

>>23612200
リズナ hasn't sung anything in many years as far as I'm aware. Kind of a shame because I liked her voice.

Are there any English denpa singers, native or not?

>>23616312
English denpa singer is an oxymoron, im sure there are quite a few Denpa songs that implement English lyrics in them though. Probably quite a few atleast but i don't know any actually full denpa songs in english. Maybe someone else can help you. Why would you even want to listen to something like that?

>>23616312
Not an English singer but I can think of at least one Western-produced denpa song. Choko on vocals, Risshu lyrics. https://twitter.com/easynam/status/1133522122255589376

>>23616674
>English denpa singer is an oxymoron
Why? It's otaku music, not Japanese music.

>>23586188
Perhaps would had been easier had the thread had the regular OP.
Artist discographies and older thread uploads
https://gist.github.com/dnpcllctns/9424fcc4c80429253d3194251b4a15ed
Recent thread uploads
https://gist.github.com/dnpcllctns/f79394cd283ee30834ee6e4bb484b502

All brought up names are fine starting points. I'm somewhat surprised IOSYS hasn't been brought up - they've created some of the most well known denpa in existence. If you go over the recent thread uploads list, you'll see all sorts of other oldies that paved the way for moe-denpa.

>>23616312
Other than a guest appearance by mandi, there have been amateurish singing attempts in past threads as well if I recall correctly. Is that it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dppXtI6sWI

Was Rainbow Girl a denpa song? That old song about a VN girl being sad that her game wasn't being played any more that was sung by some dude.

>>23619126
Since the song is exploring a heavily otaku-derived topic, I'd say it fits the bill. Not many things in life more denpa-delusional than a pretty girl calling for you out of a bishoujo game. Plus it was featured in Seven Colors of Nico Nico Douga and adapted into a Vocaloid cover.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRb-uOscWU4

something new from mosaic.wav

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW-j0fsB7D4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSuXcmrZTm4
t+pazolite has this pretty unique track, didn't expect to hear something like that from him

The first three prismagic albums I thought were alright, but this one is legitimately difficult to listen to

>>23637556
most of the deposition series is like this, it focuses on slower BPMs than other CHS releases

Nobody has posted this yet?
https://nanahira.jp/memory-go-round/
Released in a few days from now.
Preview is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hur33cbfw0E

Does kinoshita count as denpa? Not all his songs are denpa but some have the same feeling as most denpa songs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSs45D5QPis

He (she?) did the Starry Sky Parade song which Nanahira covered, I originally heard it from Nanahira not knowing kinoshita wrote the song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIU7W-56b_Q..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoKPbfrCfAk
thoughts?

>>23656890
Even if some parts are catchy (big fan of 3:26-3:37) I feel about about this song the same I feel about a lot of other lovelive/Idolmaster songs, they feel like they were made on autopilot, you guys know that episode of South Park with the manatee as a writer of Family Guy?, well like that but with music genres and themes. In this case the manatee picked otaku and denpa and that song is what we got, a catchy song but for me it has not much substance, just shit to appeal to the maximum number on a niche. But that's only my opinion.

kitty

>>23651537
I'd say that if a Nanahira cover of a song of his* were to appear on a Picolony-Nauts or Petit Rhythm album, people wouldn't consider it out of place outside of its exceptional wholesomeness. I get the feeling Maeyamada Ken'ichi (Hyadain) is a major influence on him, who very occasionally does get mentioned in these threads.
I quite like Kinoshita's playfulness. Like how Yumeiro Festival, which you linked, invokes a Japanese festival with its arrangement and sound effects, yet he somehow manages to put in a short sitar riff and a 30 second jazz piano interlude.

*) He's a guy by the way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=339qJHxXxdo

>>23656890
>>23658988
I don't like the lyrics, they feel formulaic. The production is pretty good though.

neko

>>23668957
Mimi Mode! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j014GvFQcs8
I've been wondering for a while, but would this go under denpa? Instinctivly my answer is "yes", but it's certainly not like the stuff usually posted in these threads.

>>23669594
The thread has traditionally had a more limited approach to what denpa is, but I think it's due time to include more from the anime and idol scenes, as Japanese denpa fans do themselves.

>>23669594
It won the prestigious 2004 Denpa Song Prize.
https://wsong.net/held.html (click ２００４年のベスト電波曲投票!!)
So it's considered to be one by the denizens of 2ch, at least.

>>23665326
Actually forget formulaic, forgive the word but it's cringe. The lyrics are cringe.

Can denpa be instrumental, or are vocals a fundamental part of the genre? I know it's very common for albums, and especially singles, to contain instrumental versions of the songs without vocals, which is what prompted this question.

>>23677831
Half of the tracks on this album, 【電波系】作業用A-POP【痛サウンド】 ([Denpa-key] Sagyou-you A-POP [Ita-sound]) are instrumental and the track titles even describe what subgenre it's supposedly in, like "sentai-pop denpa" or "electro-future denpa".
That's something that actually describes itself as denpa, though, but that's a rarity even for denpa songs. Depending on your definition, any sufficiently absurd piece of music could be considered denpa, Plus-Tech Squeeze Box comes to mind. If you want there to be certain cultural connotations, though: one way I like to think of the relation between "regular" anisongs and denpa songs as, is if the former is like drinking a soft drink, then the latter is like chugging the syrup concentrate directly, without watering it down. For most people, the latter will be much too sweet and thick to really appreciate. Generalizing this to instrumental music, the Mamoru-kun wa Norowareteshimatta! soundtrack may be 1/2 to 3/4 the way of a hypothetical instrumental denpa:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2ZoG_rBjBs
Compare with other video game music that invokes traditional Japanese music in a pop-ish way:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsxwbxS6LRM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0IXy78C67E

>>23679713
*Denpa-kei, not key

>>23679713
Is this denpa? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKnHX_-pJeA

>>23625332
I don't know if this is really denpa but it's been stuck in my head for the last few days.

>>23680652
It could be, but it's more whimsical instumental than denpa without any vocals.

>>23679713
So I listened to【電波系】作業用A-POP【痛サウンド】and I wouldn't call that denpa. I'd say it wasn't "hectic" enough. Unfortunately I have really bad aural skills, so I can't give any more input than that.

>>23582155

denpa

There's been this song stuck in my head and I can't figure out which one it is. I'm pretty sure Nanahira sings it.
The best I can recreate it is https://vocaroo.com/1kjhj2wtDXT

>>23709252
Oh I figured it out, it was レンジで好吃電子調理器使用中華料理四千年歴史瞬間調理完了武闘的料理長.