/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Go! ho! loli seems to be quite a popular song

>>11478615
Well lolis are usually pretty popular.

http://moedigi.com/goods/2013/09/mosaicwav-7th-album/

New MOSAIC.WAV album for their 10th anniversary. Article says about half the album is new songs. First print edition comes with a special DVD.

who crazy here?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBlVJqxzc6g

>>11479429

>08.フォトンベルト観光ホテル（既存曲）

OH MY GOD

>>11479514
I am delighted.

>>11479514
Oh my fucking god. Am I dreaming?

Oh the memories.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5E0-2Nm5KI

>fripSide nao Project!
I never liked fripside. I'm glad nao is pursuing her own career.

>>11479441
i crazy here
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzpE6d3c7PY

>>11479514
キタ━━━(゜∀゜)━━━!!!!!

YES! YES! YES!

http://www.mosaictune.com/heartsnative3/
http://www.akibapop.com/astronomical/
looks like mosaic.wav is going for the double release with the new vocaloid release on the same day. pretty wild cover this time for their original album....

>>11484031
This looks good. Is it wrong that I enjoy the art to all of this stuff way more than the music itself? I just can't really get into denpa stuff; though I do adobe the OP to Denpa Onna.

>>11484031
>Vocaloid
Why are they using Vocaloid if they have miko? Getting real tired of this shit.

>>11484192
vocaloid sells, and exposes mosaic.wav to a new audience too. but i agree that the heartsnative series is pretty weak compared to their usual output....

>>11479441
Did you upload this? If so, thanks. 33.turbo is my favorite denpa group.

Beautiful orchestra arrange of Märchen Debut.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDZtNPCNQOc

Some people can't see the nice composition behind some denpa songs just because they hate them beforehand and call it shit music and whatnot.

>>11484192
Man same here. And Satsuki is doing the same thing.

>>11484031
Indeed, probably their lewdest art yet.

gudatte poyotte jankenpoi!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5nokb_9n_k

>>11485941
It has been said before, but shrshr is the best gdgd.

>>11485949
Agreed.
Also I love the way she talks.

>>11485956
Me too. I'm not sure if she does that voice for any other character besides shrshr and Misao, which is a shame.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SfGb95Oq2k

I guess this might be denpa enough for this thread.

>>11485858
Damn, that orchestra arrange is pretty neat.

Talking about the gdgd Fairies OST, the composer published a series of posts describing his experience making each song.

(The song name links to the respective post)
http://ameblo.jp/jun-otomo/entry-11499738885.html

Pretty interesting read. It seems he got interested in denpa songs after working on this. As I thought, they first compose -> arrange -> make lyrics -> record vocals.

>>11486033
uuuu... I wish I knew enough Japanese to read this. I could barely understand episode 0 of season 2...

>>11486033
Interesting. I read through the first one and it was pretty funny, I guess I'll have to read through the rest of them too.

>>11485941
I'm really sad that they never made the full version of gdgd学園天国！. I find it funny that the composer mentioned that he didn't worry too much about making it denpa-ish but due to the joking nature of it and the poor mixing it ended up being the most crazy sounding track.

http://www.mediafire.com/listen/px903gqse08gdr6

>>11484031
...Are those angels wearing diapers? Cute.

Anyone care to translate the lyrics of all three songs in this album? I feel like I'm missing a fuckton of good lyrics.

>>11489842
I will if you find me the Japanese lyrics.

...although I don't know what I could do with the third track.

I'll just leave this classic here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfi4Iy4ozdI

>>11478615
That song isn't even catchy. I found it pretty boring, to be honest.

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm19543968
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm19664586

I wish there was a full version of the cover somewhere. I looked on the artist's pixiv and it wasn't there. Includes booklet scans, although I don't know how to scan shit so they're pretty bad but readable. The cover I scanned myself is particularly horrible but it can't be helped.
AAC VBR5
http://www.mediafire.com/download/6vn9yyace2mkus6/

>>11494001
That sounds pretty great, I usually can't listen to Vocaloids but I'll just go for the experimental style, o-okay?

>>11489842

>>11495039

Could anyone recommend more hyper-denpa like this? http://youtu.be/X4mwxXCo4o8 I absolute love ave;new and the stuff ARM has made which is more like this... But it's hard to find stuff that is up to par with it in terms of being hyper and ultracute.

>>11495039
>>11495046
Fucking delicious

>>11495343
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToqeQuZHa3s

Anyone know where I can buy CDs?
I want to get the ones from SHAKING PINK and I have no idea from where I can order them... please don't tell me those are Comiket only releases...

>>11490002
If you could, may I request just the first track from 0:21 to 0:34?
Should be simple enough by ear, and I kinda need it for something.

Please?

>>11496816
What do you need it for? I'm interested.

>>11496787
akiba

>>11496816
ラブラブ大好き
恋してトルネイド
ラブラブ大好き
秘密のトルネイド
ラブラブ大好き
甘口トルネイド
作戦　目標　完全制圧

[rabu rabu] love
loving tornado
[rabu rabu] love
secret tornado
[rabu rabu] love
sweet tornado

operations, objective, perfectly under control

YEAH

(tl note: rabu means love.)

>>11495343
This track
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm20068370

>>11496891
Pic related

>>11497263
Thanks dude

>>11482497
What is that? a cover of the denpa ona OP?
I like it, where can I get more?

>>11497836
It's the original version, actually.
The Denpa Onna OP is a self-cover of this song.

>>11494001
I actually like the last song, the others are trash.
Why did they have a pedo draw the cover?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFrRK7y6ZhM

Is it just me or does time fly by slower when listening to denpa? Whenever I listen to denpa songs, they always feel really long even though they're about 3 minutes long.

I made another one of these for you guys.

Please enjoy warmly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qleEmh2rctI

>>11507282
I like it. I've been playing War Thunder lately, but I'm absolutely terrible at it. I hope I am able to play full real battles, one day.

>>11507422
Just keep practicing, anon.
I believe in you.

Also practice FRB takeoffs in test-flight so you don't annoy people in official games by crashing.

I am trying to cut back on illegally downloading music, just as an experiment. Are there any denpa albums that are legally freely available?

>>11511828
Why are you doing this experiment? Do you have any sort of goal or reason? Not critical, just curious.

Are there more denpa groups like ちぃむｄｍｐ☆ and this album specifically? Like denpa where the voice is cute but not crazy high pitch and the tracks are fast but not crazy speed? Sorry if this isn't a recommendation thread, but this is probably my favorite album this year and I'm just wondering if there's any more like it.

>>11511926
these threads practically thrive on recommendations, but craziness in moderation =/= denpa
moe-denpa shouldn't even be considered denpa at all, i don't think

>>11511985
fugg :^)

>>11511985
Is Toromi moe-denpa? I like her songs that are more laid back.

>>11511998
i think it's more on a song-by-song basis rather than artist
i'm only really familiar of her work with iosys, but from what i know of her, she's done some pretty TRUDEMPA songs

>>11511997
wanna go

>>11511998
Yeah though her older songs were a bit more of リアル電波

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDPzO-IVhLI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU7OBSQyt7w

>>11511997
Talking about it, takeshi posted an article of him reviewing the English Wikipedia article of Denpa Song. Overall he liked it and he said it was impressive how we could talk about it in a relaxed manner and be mostly right about everything (it seems the Japanese argue about it much more than we do; What's denpa-kei!? That's not denpakei!! etc).

The only thing is that, while the information was correct and accurate, he noted "the article talked only about the otaku part of it". I don't know what else is there, and I don't think most people do. We are za otaku culture anthropologists after all, I don't know much about anything else about Japan.

>>11511926
Try おでんぱ☆スタジオ, they're good.
Also ポヤッチオ and ななひら albums, even though I'm not much of a fan but you'll like them I think.
If you want to go crazier but still keep the pace try Holic Service.

Also we're happy to recommend stuff, don't worry.

>>11512027
>I don't know what else is there
Well the denpa song bot sometimes links things that sound pretty normal, like with male singers and all. There was one song where the guy was complaining how no one ever calls him, and then there was that construction work song too, I think it was something about tearing down buildings but I didn't really pay much attention. Oh, the newest song the bot has linked happens to be actually relevant:

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm1577055

So I guess anything can be considered to be "denpakei" if the lyrics are weird and catchy enough, but I'm not really sure how that's different from other comedy and parody songs. And like you said, I don't think there's much interest in those here.

>>11512120
> that construction work song
This one? It's awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iMFTVrX6Y8

It seems it's constantly known as a denpa song but as you I still don't know why.
He even appeared in a Haruko Momoi live event so the connection is there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytNAMYjQG7M

If I had to guess, I'd say リアル電波 songs are actually catchy parody/self-reference songs, and 萌え電波 would be the same except they parody otaku culture. But still not sure.

>>11512258
Also manzo has done anime songs too, but it's probably unrelated.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvXwDs-IVOw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pKBbDIqlwE

Waiting warmly for the release of the full version of this song~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWEVCbaAabc

>>11511832
I'm wondering if adopting a stronger personal ethical code will make me feel like I'm living a more fulfilling life.

>>11512739
You're just following rules imposed by people who benefit for those rules, they're not rules to benefit you.

>>11512258
>This one?
Yeah, that's the one. I guess I was thinking of 工事 instead of 工業 for some reason. Him appearing in a Halko event is pretty crazy though.

>If I had to guess, I'd say リアル電波 songs are actually catchy parody/self-reference songs, and 萌え電波 would be the same except they parody otaku culture.
I can't really see any other explanation, but like I said, I'm not sure why they can't call them parody songs or something.

I guess they could also use 電波ソング just to mean an earworm? I guess that kinda fits the radio wave thing, what with the song getting "broadcast" nonstop into your head. The Japanese Wikipedia actually has an article on earworms, but doesn't seem to mention anything about denpa, although overall it just seems to be going over the same ground as the English article.

Actually, it feels like I'm just completely off with this train of thought, but here's something I found pretty interesting (from the earworm article):

>Jean Harris, who murdered Dr. Herman Tarnower, was obsessed by the song "Put the Blame on Mame", which she first heard in the film Gilda. She would recall this regularly for over 33 years and could hold a conversation while playing it in her mind.
This is pretty denpa.

>>11512264
That's interesting too, but I'm not really sure what to make of that.

>>11478593
I want to have bunny sex with her.

>>11512933

Is there a torrent of either of the collections in the OP or does everybody download everything manually?

>>11514701
I downloaded it all using JDownloader

>>11514701
rapethelolis mirrors everything on denpasong, so don't worry about that one

>>11514911
>>11514864
Alright, thanks guys.

Is this denpa /jp/?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APihzFJY04Y

>>11515459
I think j-core/speedcore/lolicore/etc are different from denpa but I am not sure.

>>11515459
I've heard that song before.
I'd say it's pretty borderline.

>>11514864
How I bypass the captcha with jdownloader?

>>11516396
buy 4chan pass

>>11515459

I saw DJ Technorch live a couple years ago. He's fucking insane. Totally denpa in the head.

>>11516428

no i ment the mediafire captcha

ARM doing wonders again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba9gsRtxHSA

>>11521188
Now that I realize, that seems to be missing the guitar track.

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm22004654

Any of you try to play an eroge simply if it has a good OP?

The RapeTheLolis collection has a lot of really fucking catchy eroge songs, but the games they're from are usually a decade old and don't look very good, so I can't make up my mind on whether I wanna try them.

Here's some examples
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxpeliMFR-Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQnZPDDWG3k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF11m_bcYQI

>>11523375
>Kotoko - Princess Bride!
I wasn't aware that this song was related to eroge. I always watched the Azumanga version that was popular a decade ago.

I thought まきいづみ時空へようこそ is a little too short so I looped the latter part few times so it's now around five minutes long. For something so simple, I think it ended up being pretty good.

http://www.mediafire.com/listen/e2j4ik09zd8ie17/

>>11523375
Eroge that have nice denpa songs usually are mediocre, but there are exceptions. The best thing to do is to look at the EGS score before trying them. Good score is 80 or more, it also has a "arousing" score that's useful for nukige.

Lately I tried 妹観察chu! for the OP song but the nukige itself was quite mediocre.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWEVCbaAabc

>>11523550
Now that I think about it, the singer of this song まきいづみ is a pseudonym for 柳瀬なつみ (Natsumi Yanase). I was just reading Grisaia and listening to this song made me realize it. Blew my mind.

Warmly looking into her erotic roles.

>>11523550
>>11524611
It reminds me of her role in Little Busters and how her voice was atrocious in that.

>>11521209
>>11521188
I installed iTunes in a virtual machine to buy this song just to find out that the iTunes store doesn't offer Paypal. Suck my cock Konami. Also it's 250 JPY what the fuck.

I want to make denpa music, what synths do I need to download? I just got FL studio and downloaded some vocaloid I'm hyped to start this shit

>>11527813
Denpa is wide, depends on what kind.

If you refer to the cute-ish style, you might want to make slightly detuned saw synths with strong chorus on them for the main lead. Also lots of chiptune sounds and square synths (with chorus on them). For chimes you want FM chimes (with chorus on them). Lots of arpeggiators. Orchestra hits and low quality drum and strings samples might work too. Electrical guitars will make your sound richer.

You can do this with any good VST, but I recommend Kontakt/Battery for samples, and Sylenth1/z3ta+/Massive for making your synths. FM8 is nice for FM sounds and Peach for chiptunes.

>>11521209
Chikupa! Chikupa!
CKP!! CKP!!
Chikupa! Chikupa!
Chikupa saikou!!

http://www.mediafire.com/?691553x39w9g2eb

>>11512027
>Overall he liked it and he said it was impressive how we could talk about it in a relaxed manner and be mostly right about everything
Damn, I completely missed seeing that, good catch. Managed to find the post on his blog; he seems to be complaining about how the Japanese Wikipedia retitled the page or something?

The English Wikipedia page is 90% based on the Denpa introductory guide on Omaera.org. Proper congrats should be given to the guy who wrote that up.

>>11530599
>how the Japanese Wikipedia retitled the page or something?
Indeed someone deleted it and redirected to 萌えソング.

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/電波ソング

You'll get redirected to 萌えソング. Buttfrustration about the term still seems to be around it seems.

>>11530610
Why? Is it considered a bad word with negative connotations, or a loaded term?

>>11530627
I don't know, probably both. And it seems there's confusion about what it means, or what songs are considered denpa songs. I guess it's due to it being a pretty abstract thing, or nostalgia friends being upset because it's mostly a moe thing now. Not sure.

The only thing I can do is to read what knowledgeable people have to say. Besides takeshi0406, I think other knowledgeable people are takumiP and mossya (moss_me). And DnS of course.

I remember takumiP had a video series years ago in NND of denpa song collections, ranging from easy [to get into] to hard. It was pretty nice, but he took them down for some reason and I didn't download them. Fuck.

>>11520103

can ne1 plz answer?

>>11532500
you can't unless you have mediafire premium or something
reading a word and typing it ain't hard, anon

桜川ひめこ - いま★ひめ
Free CD of short versions of all her major songs, given out free at her events and stuff to help make more fans. Glad to have a HQ ver of めろんしちゃって☆, even if it's only short...

https://mega.co.nz/#!B91xRCCL!DFA31VE_rk_7G5-sCZcT9EKyFHBOsqcm_a-B4APE0oI

>>11530688
>The only thing I can do is to read what knowledgeable people have to say. Besides takeshi0406, I think other knowledgeable people are takumiP and mossya (moss_me). And DnS of course.

I appreciate that, we're closing in on 6 years online and 300+ articles after all. So let me reiterate the offer, because there are some real knowledgeable fans here.

I'm looking for someone to take over as main writer on denpanosekai.com. I just don't have the free time anymore and perhaps my creative juices have run a little dry with all these contracts I've been taking on. It'd be neat if someone could come up with a new layout too, the current one's getting stale.

I'll be covering M3 of course but I'm not sure I'll have time for this winter comiket. Heck I still haven't said anything about the new MOSAIC.WAV album yet. Both Mandi and I would stay on board as occasional writers but we really need a new driving force or the site will just wither.

There aren't many rules other than NO DOWNLOADS and ideally keeping negative/unrelated topics to yourself. I remember one day someone wanted me to publish an anti ULTRA-PRISM text that went something like "Koike Masaya is the cancer that is killing denpa"... that's a no go.

We are lucky enough to be known/quoted/loved by many Japanese fans and artists so it's important to keep a high level of quality. You want to ask Katahotori, nanahira, KuKuDoDo, satsuki, かめりあ or MOSAIC.WAV a question? I got all these people on speed dial... and so could you. Which reminds me Sham Studio's manager still bugs me occasionally about translating the rest of their website...

You want the keys, you get in touch...

>>11533428
This sounds great, thanks, I'll look into her.
I especially liked the last track.

>>11495917
Indeed. Does anyone know who's the artist?

>>11535280
Surprises me that you lurk around here.

That's sad news. The blog was really an innovator in the west, I really wish I had known about it sooner. Real life always fucks up everything huh, but it's a good thing that you've been doing well.

I'd love to help but I'm not made for blogging, I'm too lazy and I would write like, 1 article per year. Not helpful.

>There aren't many rules other than NO DOWNLOADS
Well I think it goes without saying, we all know it's illegal but we do it anyway here. Still it seems that these threads have caught the attention of some Japanese fans and I think I saw someone from Odenpa Studio talking about it with mossya, so I get a bit reluctant to share sometimes.

>I remember one day someone wanted me to publish an anti ULTRA-PRISM text that went something like "Koike Masaya is the cancer that is killing denpa"...
Eh why? Did he specify reasons? I mean he was one of the pioneers with UNDER17 and all.

Can't stop listening to CKP jesus fuck help me I can't stop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFG_UxS0xyo

Also some guy already made a nice piano arrange, wow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEEGAFGUS3M

>>11536885
This is really nice song. Is it from a game or what? Google brings me to a Konami website, as well as iTunes. Is Konami just releasing music now or something?

>>11536885
Chikupa! Chikupa!

>>11538767
it's from gitadora, which is a konami game

>>11511926
I realize I'm over a week late for this, but I would recommend looking into Honey came Lab. They're newish and just released their first full album recently. I feel like they have a similar vocal balance, and are also more "cute" and less "crazy." I'd also recommend anything かたほとり, as he is pretty heavily involved with ちぃむｄｍｐ☆ and writes some damned cute songs.

It's hard to find anything like だめぽじゃないですでんぱですっ!! specifically, because it has a lot of unique things going for it. It was kind of released as a stop-gap while recovering from some drama and focusing on other projects, and as such is made entirely of covers of VOCALOID music which were already recorded. If you didn't know, mmbk and Kaorin kind of got together to form ちぃむｄｍｐ☆ collaborating on said covers. Both of them have paired up with other cover vocalists, and you might try just searching NicoNico to find some more similar things.

>>11535280
Wow. Turns out /jp/ really is the catch-all place for a lot of things. All sorts of people lurk here, some that you probably wouldn't expect.

Last time that I was this intrigued was when I found out that T. Stebbins (TOHO EUROBEAT, etc) lurked /jp/ as well.

Bump

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt07c-d1dKw

おでんぱスタジオ 2013 Autumn M3 release.

Just started reading this and found this nice OP.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaEGjwkzo0s

So the other day I listened to denpa while tripping on LSD and it was the most beautiful and happiest experience I've had lately.

I can't even summarize everything, but what I enjoyed the most were

山本椛, ARM - ハクレイデイリー
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJMSNvHVOQY
For some reason I got hippie imagery with this, probably due to the vintage sounding guitars and "Lalala"s in the chorus. I couldn't stop laughing while chanting Hakurei Daily. What a fun song, christ.
タオい惑星
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tyzg2O02hsM
What a nice track, I could feel like traveling through different planets and worlds while lots of chibis jumped with me in the pre-verse chant. Fun as hell, and I got to appreciate the beautiful chorus and lyrics.

Also with
恋してる空
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raJsw0MNUcU
I feel like I felt real love, and saw the pink hearts from the cover everywhere. The lyrics are about what you feel when you're love with someone, I thought of love as a cliche but with this somehow I gained respect of love as a beautiful thing that we all need to be happy.

Listening to 冬もマシンガン also completely blew my mind. Fuck. Other songs that I enjoyed very much are ave;new's 続・生意気☆いちごミルクDAYO！！, MOSAIC.WAV's Love Cheat and ココナナなのね, She See Love and ワイルドじいさん from ぱんださんようちえん.

Thanks to everyone who shares and enjoys this music, I had an amazing experience. I love you all.

>>11547591
Anything with nomico feels like real love to me.

First time hearing this genre, and I was wondering if anyone had any ideas of what these "dark" songs may sound like?

I do like IOSYS - エンドレスヘブン (Endless Heaven). I guess because of the square kick drums reminds me of a mild j-core.

Any one recommends any darker songs? Or smiliar to Endless Heaven?

>>11549721
>Or smiliar to Endless Heaven?
If you haven't listened to the album that song is in, do it now. It's great. It's called ワァオ！ ハイパー電波チャン. You'll also like other ARM's works since he actually has connections with the J-core scene (Redalice, Roughsketch/uno).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaIY0SEcMWA

Did anyone go to Dempagumi.inc's live at Animexpo?

>>11549750
I been listening to the rest of the Album on youtube to try it out. Seems enjoyable. I'll check out some of ARM's work too.

Can someone make a private torrent for all the songs in the media fire links? Jdownloader is being a faggot.

>>11549970
Nevermind. NOW it wants to work.

Funky as fuck nigga.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV3bEenX1kU

I wanted to play this but it seems ratings aren't that good. We need a good imouto game, fuck.

>>11551035

All these VNs passing by me and I still can't fucking reading a lick of Jap to save my life.

>>11549780
Here's a song from the same artist, from beatmania IIDX Lincle. This is the song that got me listening to denpa in the first place.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btS-gtEMMeg

>>11551212
The knee-socks princess of glass

>>11551212
Now when I think about it, isn't a maid uniform made out of glass a little too lewd?

>>11551212
>This is the song that got me listening to denpa in the first place.
That's surprising. What got me into denpa was MOSAIC.WAV, and I was surprised to see that some people here don't like them.

Talking about MOSAIC.WAV, here are the official (short) 5.1 versions of 百合星人ナオコサン and フォトンベルト観光ホテル ripped from the Naoko-san OVA. If you have a 5.1 setup (and a player/sound card that supports it) you'll enjoy this. If you don't, well, listening to the separate channels is interesting too.

MOSAIC.WAV - 百合星人ナオコサン(新バージョン)[6ch]
http://www.mediafire.com/?wpdapaddo4s16a9
MOSAIC.WAV - フォトンベルト観光ホテル(ショートバージョン)[6ch]
http://www.mediafire.com/?zlsf2xjwuszi38z

If you need to map your channels:
Channel 1 -> Front left
Channel 2 -> Front right
Channel 3 -> Center
Channel 4 -> Sub
Channel 5 -> Rear left
Channel 6 -> Rear right

>>11551424
MOSAIC.WAV is another of my favorites, but I got introduced via IIDX. I always ignored the denpa threads until after I played Niso-hime.

The thing I find amusing is that while I like both denpa and j-core, t+pazolite's denpa does nothing for me, but he's one of my favorite j-core artists.

>>11551212
>This is the song that got me listening to denpa in the first place.
That's surprising. What got me into denpa was MOSAIC.WAV, and I was surprised to see that some people here don't like them.

Talking about MOSAIC.WAV, here are the official (short) 5.1 versions of 百合星人ナオコサン and フォトンベルト観光ホテル ripped from the Naoko-san OVA. If you have a 5.1 setup (and a player/sound card that supports it) you'll enjoy this. If you don't, well, listening to the separate channels is interesting too.

MOSAIC.WAV - 百合星人ナオコサン(新バージョン)[6ch]
http://www.mediafire.com/?wpdapaddo4s16a9
MOSAIC.WAV - フォトンベルト観光ホテル(ショートバージョン)[6ch]
http://www.mediafire.com/?zlsf2xjwuszi38z

>>11551163
The good VNs are actually few. But you get at least one decent one each month, I can't keep up.

>>11551450
>The thing I find amusing is that while I like both denpa and j-core, t+pazolite's denpa does nothing for me, but he's one of my favorite j-core artists.
That's because, honestly, he's much better at hardcore, but he has some nice denpa songs (the old ones), and リズナ is pretty cute.

I used to listen to a lot of J-Core back in the ~SRPC0015 times, when it wasn't just UK Hardcore. It's pretty nice that DJ CHUCKY, M-Project, no+chin and USAO found their way to Bemani, but I'm even happier now that MOSAIC.WAV and ARM did too. It's always funny to see people saying how they get embarrassed when they play denpa songs and there are people looking.

Now that I notice, ARM got another track in IIDX Tricoro. Wow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS2_-1pEHHM

I love 山本椛 so much. Besides Endless Heaven,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyhKX3TaOu8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJMSNvHVOQY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbei_KRhLGk

They should release a fucking album.

>>11551524
To be fair, DJ CHUCKY, M-Project, and no+chin have been in IIDX for a while, but I'm definitely glad to see USAO, DJ Noriken, and redalice. Hoping for RoughSketch since he has some tracks in Sound Voltex

>>11551678
MOSAIC.WAV got a track, too. Hoping someone leaks the append data at some point since I'm in an area where playing on a legitimate Tricoro machine isn't an option.

>>11551678
>Now that I notice, ARM got another track in IIDX Tricoro. Wow.
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS2_-1pEHHM
As a fan of jazzy dempa I approve.

So... anyone got that Zero-Shaft Vocal Princess Collection numbers 04 and 05 yet? Been patiently waiting for an upload.

>>11552704
I was just thinking about these as well

Aww here we go

>>11552704
https://mega.co.nz/#!g5dGQBYI!Y5rDETtpgOYvjPvMvanXNU7yd94VJEEpYF-JcoAb-bc

https://mega.co.nz/#!Ux8SmbgR!QCPRclu_CXRkUGcZWkyAmwABfjdll-aPJuISSX-M0KQ

>>11555570
Thanks!!

The upcoming M3 releases also seem pretty good and cute.

anyone has www.2-dimension.net/dearyou/ ?

>>11555570
Thanks. It always impresses me how much you guys are willing to share.

>>11555703
I can't wait

bumpu

this is probably not at all the appropriate place to ask this, but it seems kinda relevant since almost all the lossless denpa music i've found is tta image+cue
using foobar2000, does anyone have a way to have the library show only cues that split one image file? i really don't want to have to split my image files, but if i allow cues in the library, it picks up every cue i have, most of which refer to files that are already in my library, and a lot don't even work because they still point to a wav
someone on a forum said to rename the cue files that i don't want read and then filter that extension, but i have way too many to do that, almost all my music has a cue file with it
pls halp

>>11562778
S-Sorry I don't understand the question...
I just had to rename the cue files too, I don't think there's a way.

You should also excluse .TTA files and include .CUE files in foobar2000 library options.

>>11562795
yeah, i was worried that there wouldn't be an easy way out of it. i guess it's not a very common problem. thanks anyway, i guess i'll spend my saturday night renaming cue files

Can anyone point me in the right direction in finding Do you like uppercut? 2 and 3? I have one and four, as well as deuceholic, but the middle two albums are ridiculously hard to find for some reason.

>>11563885
Can do 2, but not 3
http://www.mediafire.com/download/f67d5nwaukjldtu/%28C79%29+doubleeleven+-+Do+you+like+Upper+Cut%EF%BC%9F%EF%BC%9F+2!!.zip

>>11563934
Thank you so much! I don't think number three was ever uploaded. There was a thread about two months ago where someone asked for it, and there were no replies.

It's still floating around though, so I'm sure someone will get around to it.

>>11563939
two tracks of #3 are on the dueceholic album, but otherwise, the people that have copies of it are refusing to share the rest.

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm22123959
New Momobako X Nanahira song about love, courage and hope.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJMSNvHVOQY

Am I weird for falling deeply in love with this song?
I get so hyper every time I listen to it.

>>11564334
PIN PON

>>11564334
Fucking loved doing that shit as a kid

I've got every Zero-Shaft album to date bar one (and the 4 albums they released at a recent event of course)
Does anyone have a copy of COVERST@GE they'd be willing to share?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRNyLBRaEMQ

Bit slow for a denpa song, but zombie momobako FTW

>>11567153
http://www.mediafire.com/download/ttlcwmlh5isjkal/%28M3-27%29+COVERST%40GE+-+IDOLST%40GE.rar

It's the only one I was able to find, though the quality might be a little bit bad.

>>11555570
Thank you very much !!!

>>11567169
nice one indeed.

I want nanahirachan to bully my dick

Best Denpa song ever right here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWEfD-KU058

http://mmm.cocotte.jp/pastel_holic/milky_whip/

>>11572469
Same here, brother.

>>11572536
You mean this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbD-AtyEYU8

>>11572469
My dick exploded when I heard her low pitched voice in びっくりさせたらおこるよ！ (0:00, 1:53).

9cc da 9cc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkPqTQeByQI

Vampire Nanahira is best Nanahira

>>11573114
Oh I remember that track, really high level.
She hits pretty high notes by the way, reminds me of her 萌えっと♥めいど.

>>11547591
Glad to hear your experience. Also the album from your picture is amazing.

>>11573020
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToqeQuZHa3s

I want to hear her sing an entire song using the voice from 3:20 to 3:30. My dick turned diamonds during those 10 seconds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKpzkgKOMgM

Happy Halloween, denpa thread!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbFrjRTO-9Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeccgFC-ie8
haihai! china!!
man, i love their cover album so much

>>11574921
the "china"-songs are the only thing from ちぃむdmp I don't like

>>11576738
I love all the dmp stuff, though I can't say the chian ones high up on the list.
Easily my favorite denpa group, though some ARM track come close. I feel like I should be elitist and not like such an entry-level group, but I can't help it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nXFBwQl6no
Possibly my favorite track, though it's hard to pick.

>>11576738

I asked what was up with all those China songs and people here didn't seem to mind. So I'll ask again, WTF is up with all the China songs?

>>11576879
Because China is moe now.

>>11576879
Japan is pretty tsundere with China, they really love Suikoden, Romance of the three kingdoms and ramen among other Chinese shit.

So I got my hands on the 320K version of ちくわパフェだよ☆CKP (from itunes). Their best song to date I think.

日向美ビタースイーツ♪ - ちくわパフェだよ☆CKP (320K)
http://www.mediafire.com/?1dmavbgw6frje56

Also with CKP I got interested in Hinabita so while the album isn't exactly completely related (except for track 3 and 7) I thought it was pretty nice. Track 1 is pretty cute too.

ひなビタ♪ ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK (320K)
http://www.mediafire.com/?24v8vvcord2s6re

>>11578895
Wow, thank you so very much!

>>11578899
>>11578895
Thank you for these !

>>11578899
>Track 1 is pretty cute too.

She sounds a lot like Ogura Yui

>>11578895
I'm so happy I'm nosebleeding from my eyes.

>>11511828
>I am trying to cut back on illegally downloading music, just as an experiment. Are there any denpa albums that are legally freely available?

There's lots of MOSAIC.WAV on emusic and amazon MP3. Also Halko Momoi, under various spellings of her name. Plus lots more that's doujin, but probably not really denpa.

I heard people here liked meta...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2NHwqqaGpU
From the composer of gdgd Fairies OST.

Also I force myself to watch some anime every season, so I found this. Catchy as all hell.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u01362z0_8o

is there such a thing as denpa internet radio?

>>11585161
It'd be fucking awesome. I'd buy a dedicated server if I had the money.

>>11585161
Holy shit someone make one

I've heard many iM@S fans saying that Anzu no Uta is the worst song in the series.

iM@S fans confirmed for dirty casuals.

>>11511828

"freely" as in readily, or free as in beer?

Readily: Tons of Holic Service, Birdtune, IOSYS, etc. on dlsite.com

Beer: I can only think of the yokai comp きゅん×2カーニバル which doesn't seem to be available anymore.
http://www.denpanosekai.com/2011/11/dont-be-afraid-to-download-this-free.html?m=0

>>11587955
>True otaku nerds will balk at the notion that the "best things in life are free", insisting that they can only be purchased at Comiket, M3 and various gaming stores in Akihabara.

lel projection

But well it's true that most otaku are braindead, yeah.

You buy, you lose.

>>11587955
http://studio1cours.com/

what the HELL you're right it's completely down, I hope they just forgot to pay the domain, a second compilation was my dream.

I uploaded it, it deserves to be listened to.

[STUDIO1COURS] 百萌夜行-きゅん×2カーニバル-
http://www.mediafire.com/download/g4c6bv3smb199v4

>>11511828
https://jojirecords.wordpress.com/
女児isキュート。
ロリis正義。
ロリコンのロリコンによるロリコンのためのレーベル、
それが女児レコーズ。
女児レコーズは女児を愛でるあなた達を応援します。
Only a few denpa tracks, but overall it's great music. Various electronic genres.

Plus it has cute lolis on the covers

I'm loving Yun Yun's lyrics, is traveling to Akiba the only way to get their minialbum?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAvrrcKz-O0

Found it while I was searching for the live version of Mousou Fetish in Youtube. Yeah I'm still searching for it, I hate myself so much for not downloading it before it was taken down. Fuck.

>>11588225
Net labels are awesome. Some artists from Joji Records often participate in Bunkai-kei or Altema Records. I was surprised to see that they mostly work on ambient and glitch, which I love. Noise net labels are great too.

I really wish more moe styled music hit net labels, the closest we have is lolicore but that's a western thing and honestly not very good.

>>11489842
What album is this?

>>11588332

http://www.mediafire.com/download/79ue28parole1u6/%28C83%29%5BCORE-00009%5D+%E9%9B%BB%E6%B3%A2%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E9%80%9A%E4%BF%A1%E9%83%A8%E3%80%80%E9%9B%BB%E6%92%83%E4%BD%9C%E6%88%A6%E3%83%88%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8D%E3%82%A4%E3%83%89+%28MP3+V0%29.7z

Remember that denpa opening to episode 10 of OreImo S2? Well the full song is out now.

ブリジット(久野美咲) - 星くずこすぷれ☆うぃっち！です！・おめが
http://www51.zippyshare.com/v/23107240/file.html

>>11588255
Yeah pretty sure they only sell it at their lives in the typical chika idol style. One of these days I'll get my hands on it...

>>11590214
Highly catchy, thank you very much.

>>11590583
Yeah, unfortunately the producer is really unknown. Aside from this he only has like three miku songs on his mylist all with around ~1k views each.

JDownloader is beautiful.

>>11590214
Thank you for sharing

>>11551508
Can anyone reupload these?

>>11591155
They look up for me.

Reminder that we'll never be able to hear the full version of this beauty.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gffnSxEiLBc

>>11591163
The lyrics are lewd as fuck.
http://syaomania.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-80.html

Does Tamura Yukari have any denpa-ish songs? She did a song for the Yowamushi Pedal anime and it actually sounds pretty good. http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm22169964

>>11592160
Heh.

Will leave this here for you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Giz8fefisyg

>>11592160
Heh. More like full blown denpa.

Will leave this here for you.
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm13763999

>>11588381
Mikashi should work with ARM more.
She's too cute.

>>11567153
I shall wait impatiently for the share.

>>11592414
Holy crap. Can you recommend me anything else from her discography? This is incredible

>>11592160
Incidentally, the equivalent song (not the same song but fulfills the same role) in the Yowamushi Pedal stage play was sung by Momoi Haruko:
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm20106641
On stage:
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm22070235

I recently discovered I have been a fan of Denpa music for years without knowing it, and now I am looking for new stuff. I'm looking for stuff similar to KOTOKO/I'VE and Funta/U. Does anyone have any suggestions for other groups and singers?

>>11594461
I had a similar experience, I remember I always fucking loved the song from this old 4chan flash by ZONE

https://www.4chan.org/flash?file=4chan4evar.swf&title=4chan+4evar

and thanks to these threads I found out that it's by Funta.

>>11594478
For me it was waaaaaay back in 2002 when Pita-Ten came out (Oh sweet Jesus am I really that old?) and Wake Up Angel was by Funta. Back then I had ZERO way of looking for more of their music because no 4chan and I couldn't read Japanese.

>>11594478
>>11594496
Or DearS OP by UNDER17.

>>11594048
All of her "Yukari hime" princess songs are denpa-ish. めろ〜んのテーマ〜ゆかり王国国歌〜 and めろ~ん音頭 ~Festival of Kingdom~ are the other 2. Also she had a couple denpa songs in OreImo. いいえ、トムは妹に対して性的な興奮を覚えています and めてお☆いんぱくと. She has some other more borderline denpa stuff too, but really most of her stuff, denpa or not, is worth listening to. Galaxy Angel is good to check out also.

>>11579362
I know, that heartwarming voice. Man what a lovely track. Especially 3:39 and onwards puts me on a trance.

>>11594614
Not him but I didn't know these songs, I thought Metausa Hime was an exceptional joke song, I didn't know she was into it. Thank you.

Will leave this here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLBWuvdW1o4

Also I found this blog
http://karaokedenpa.blog.fc2.com/
Reminds me a bit of the guideline with its 電波レベル meter.
I wonder if there are people with balls to sing these songs in karaoke, is that the joke?

>>11595002
If the group you're with shares similar interests, perhaps. There are also people who do karaoke by themselves.

>>11595101
S-Sounds lonely.

>>11547591
>山本椛, ARM - ハクレイデイリー
this is fantastic, does anyone happen to know where i might be able to find the album? doesn't seem to be in the Mediafire folders, sadly

>>11595190
http://www.mediafire.com/download/5yps5en29l8m4mm/

Can't take my heart off you so let me do~!

>>11595199
thank you!! <3

>>11594614
Thank you very much! Speaking of Pita Ten, I believe she also performed character songs for that but I can't remember if they were exactly denpa. Wake Up Angel was pretty great, though.

I love otaku-ish lyrics so much. The lyrics sheet is a huge avalanche of unsubtle 2ch references.

http://mojim.com/twy118502x1x2.htm

Song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXwJRWVVQdM

>>11595244
you know that's basically the japanese equivalent of le meme quartet whatever it is right

>>11595244
>/jp/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfLCCh2G0zE

>>11595254
It's a different culture.

Namely, the Japs don't get bitter because ``oh no people are using our memes''.

>>11595254
The fact how they abuse them is the actual joke in this case, pretty much self-reference

>>11547591
pls sell me psys

>>11595228
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPcXk-sWq1s
So this is U?
Is is true that she composes her own songs by the way?

>>11595256
Heh, that track is actually in the single. The whole thing pokes fun at otaku.

more nipa please

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FytHqw7E5LA

>>11595799
I didn't know that track, nice.

I only know the classic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjNPeKgLnC8

And of course the wonderful
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL3Ex8sLd-k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz2D9AENUOs

>>11595886
https://soundcloud.com/redalice/nanodesu

after listen all of Toromi's stuffs i can find. it comes to the conclusion that i like this one the most.
works surprisingly damn well when you workout along with it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBCZBiq5ptg

>>11596266
Haruhi? Did Toromi appear in this game?

Why is ave;new project so fucking good?

>>11596989
I know right.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrkoxhWo7is
My favorite.

>>11596266
Reminds me of this track
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHwiUOdhbUo
Maybe it's the single note verse, it feels like brainwashing. I love it.

Also this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U9Fx_QSlZY

>vocaroo thread
>typical denpa fan
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0DYiYLE1K4b

Less than 1 month left for the new MOSAIC.WAV album~

>>11595929
I think I heard Redalice's version first.

>>11595276
Yeah, U was the singer for Funta back in the day and is solo now. Her solo style is a bit different than when she was with Funta, and as far as I know she does in fact write her own material.

Anything from M3 yet?

>>11602734
I don't think so, I've only seen a KanColle IOSYS CD.

who MAWARE here?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2f2l3pCY2M

>>11603863
too much spinning

>>11585123
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u01362z0_8o
This one is quite denpa-ish.

>>11605216
Extremely addictive.

Does /jp/ still nanahira?

>>11606593
PLS UPLOAD

>>11606593
pls upload

>>11606593
pls upload

what the HELL did the dempabot just post
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JX9rgF0aeg

>>11606593
I fucking love sayori

>>11478593
Im new to this.
The ending song of watamote is a denpa song?

>>11606874

I personally believe so. YU-SIBU OP too.

>>11606593

I'll see your nana and raise you a momo.

>>11606874
Yeah.

>>11606902
NouKome OP is pretty close too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW824WOhtgI
Isn't Afilia Saga Momoi's idol group by the way?

>>11606934

I'm no expert but I know she either managed them or wrote some songs for them, yeah. One of their "divisions" anyway.

>>11606916
I'll see your nana/momo and raise you a koko.

>>11606874

In fact the whole show is pretty fucking denpa if you ask me. That girl is messed up in the head. Loved it.

>>11606916
>>11606936
cute art dude

It seems they're holding something similar to a Kickstarter to fund the single for the 妹観察chu! OP and a full version PV:
http://uneedzone.jp/info.php?type=items&id=I0000006

(The OP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWEVCbaAabc))

It ends on January but at this pace it seems they'll barely hit the first objective (JPY 10,000 = Full version CD). I feel kind of sad for this since the singer (橋本千明) is an amateur, this might be a side effect of the eroge not being very good, but it seems she also released her first single at M3:
http://hachi.howto.cx/panic/index.html

Listening to the preview I also noticed that she did the very cute ED song for 妹スパイラル (the last one of the preview, called "Telepath Prism". Fitting isn't it?). Which is pretty cool because the OP is pretty fucking great too. Waiting warmly for the full version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLp6YpeMw74

Fuck. I might end up playing this too, I'm an imouto chaser anyway.

>>11585123
>I heard people here liked meta...
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2NHwqqaGpU
>From the composer of gdgd Fairies OST.

Got my hands on the full version.
http://www.mediafire.com/?2ct85c2jtx9l5mh

Also the second track is pretty cute.
http://www.mediafire.com/?ei0xgyuyz1nz4mf

>>11606916
pls upload

fuck mmbk

>>11607065
thank you for these

>>11607480
I would

So I sent out quite a large order last week, but now Parallel Honey and riko's album are in shops. I think I might get them, but this would mean having to pay domestic shipping and bank transfer fees again. I knew I should have waited before ordering. Fuck.

>>11602834
I actually found out about this through RtL rss. It's great, I love void's songs.

>>11609878
>Parallel Honey

Good shit you won't regret

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg4T5xaEJgY

>>11606939
Afilia Saga is produced by Momoi Haruko and Chiyomaru Shikura.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDHxcTUh76I
not really denpa but it's momobako and catchy as hell.

>>11610338
oh my god

>>11551508
Thank you very much for uploading those.

can nyanners be denpa?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRsN5STwnEQ

>>11612880
w-what is she DOING

So does anyone else watch Samurai Flamenco? I was pretty surprised to hear the Ryouhoujin theme song come up even if it was only for a few seconds, especially since the song has nothing to do with the show.

>>11595244
The OP is also like that. Incidentally dempa_bot posted it yesterday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xACZ49woYpo

>>11613163
Yeah I noticed. Also pic related

>>11613163
I noticed it as well, I was completely shocked.
Maybe the director is a denpa fan?

II'm new to this so please be nice. I'm not sure if I should ask here but...

I'm not good at Japanese so I still can't grasp the denpa concept very well. I used to think they are just cute songs but listening to it and looking at omaera it seems that's not it. What are the implications of denpa songs? What's denpa-kei in general? And is it a well known concept in the otaku world, or in Japan in general?

I've also seen the concept in VNs before but according to VNDB it's
>a subgenre of horror eroge, popularised by the 1996 Leaf game 'Shizuku' which also lent the genre its name. The typical model is a horror story where the catalyst for the events that occur are based on familiar people acting in unfamiliar, yet seemingly orchestrated ways. Stories where the world seems to have gone mad; and the protagonist is not necessarily an exception. The name comes from the idea that electromagnetic waves (denpa) is causing people to act strangely (although it is rarely anything that mundane)."

Is it completely unrelated?
Sorry if it's a dumb question.

>>11613655
>What's denpa-kei in general?
There's a nice analysis above in OP, but I've been meaning to write something about denpa for a while now.

Anyway, "denpa" is a concept that developed in parallel/out of otaku culture (today it's inextricable). The only western parallel that I can think of is "tin-foil-hat crazy." It focuses on themes of insanity, excess, and a dissolving of forms and meaning as a result of media hypersaturation and recycled signs (thus why it's also so closely tied to moe). You can tie to a number of things: otaku subculture, Japanese culture as a whole (collectivism, westernization, technological advancement), or the postmodern condition at large.

"Denpa-kei" is a style or aesthetic that focuses on these themes. So we see things such as fragmentation, isolation, hyperreality, ubiquitous technology, and dualities of meaning. As we have advanced as a species, we have lost something little by little, and I think this is what denpa seeks to touch upon (with a cute smile no doubt).

>What are the implications of denpa songs?
Not sure what you mean. Denpa songs essentially tell us that the world is now an incomprehensible mess, but do try to enjoy it.

The dualities explored question the nature of "reality." For example, while a song might sound cute, the lyrics may often be heavily erotic or disturbing in nature. So it reflects something of the culture it comes from, but more importantly, it alludes to the dissolving connection between the image and meaning. We live in a world in which we are surrounded by images, but very little meaning and so we endlessly construct it and assign it. But it's futile in the end, isn't it? Denpa, like moe, is ironic and duplicitous in nature. It is a celebration of both the meaningful and the meaningless, wrapped up in a cute, contradictory image.

Think of denpa and moe as a mirror reflecting itself.

>And is it a well known concept in the otaku world, or in Japan in general?
Only in Japan, really.

>>11613796 Cont.
>>11613655
>Is it completely unrelated?
It's completely related. "Denpa" alludes to a murder committed purportedly under the influence of electromagnetic waves. A lot of denpa is dark and "brainwashy" sounding.


>Only in Japan, really.
Also, sorry. I didn't read your question well enough.

I think Japan is familiar with "denpa", though not to the extent that otaku are. As far as I know, Japan as a whole probably views them all as crazy losers. It's only within the otaku subculture that people will understand the little signs that suggest "denpa," much like moe. Japan might recognize it, but likely won't know what it means.

I hope that isn't too confusing. Just think of it as a style that is all about craziness resulting from electromagnetic waves: shit like space-alien mind control and conspiracies transmitted through television static.

I hope, though, that my confusing posts have at least stretched beyond denpa as simply aesthetic. It's more a manifestation of a global condition of humanity.

>>11613655
>I used to think they are just cute songs
I don't really have much to add after the previous poster, but while a lot of denpa songs are cute, not all cute songs are denpa, and not all denpa songs are cute either.

Don't think, feel.

>>11613796
That moe comparison is pretty good: no one really knows what either of them mean and both of them can be used to label a whole bunch of wildly different things just because they have a certain "feel" to them.

Or maybe that's just me misunderstanding both denpa and moe.

>>11614106
>That moe comparison is pretty good
Thanks. However, even in it's practical usage (e.g. "a moe character") it is contradictory in nature.

Moe typically stems from a character's propriety/lack of self-awareness that she is a sexual being, which in turn emphasizes her as a sexual being. We typically won't find a "slut character" moe, but we find weak, "virginal" ones moe as fuck. Likewise, older characters are often not moe (excepting cases of parody) because growing age implies sexuality.

Anyway, onto the real point. As moe grew with otaku culture and otaku constructed more and more "moe signs" (e.g. imouto, twintails, maids, randoseru, kneesocks) these symbols eventually came to hold their own bits of meaning. For example: twintails + flat chest + zettai ryouiki = tsundere.

Eventually, these signs become recycled to the point of contradiction and the moe image becomes moe in itself (think about how involuted "tsundere" actually is). We now feel moe toward an image not because it necessarily evokes natural emotion, but because it adheres to an artificial language of signs that we've learned to communicate with. I haven't read it all yet, but I think this is what Azuma refers to as "database consumption."

Denpa ties directly into this by mashing symbols into a discordant mess: cute but disturbing, bleeding excess, full of otaku symbols and self reference. Denpa is "accelerated moe" (or rather emphasizes its current form). Artists like Poyoyon Rock put together contradictory elements into their pictures (e.g. sukumizu + thigh-high + glasses + band-aid on socks) and it turns out REALLY moe, but it's different from the moe of yesterday. It's more esoteric and ambiguous.

It brings to question if this vapor of symbols actually means anything and whether or not it's any different from real life. Today, people dress up as fictional characters, perpetuating realities based upon fiction. And I don't mean Akiba. Life itself is no longer real. That's denpa.

>>11478593
I would not normally ask this, but now I have to, because they are sold out.

I have been looking CDs from the group called Honey Came Lab.. I finally asked a friend order them for me from Toranoana, but unfortunately they are sold out, so if any one has their CDs can you, please share. I'm a fellow Denpa fan...


Their Website
http://honeylab.chu.jp/

Please, I need these CDs, thanks a lot beforehand.

PS: I' m happy if someone finds a site for me where I can buy them. Toranoana has them no more, surugaya-too is sold out too, so help me out!

>>11614485

http://www.mediafire.com/download/c65w3n2w546wdl5/%28C84%29+Honey+came+Lab+-+Practice.rar

http://www.mediafire.com/download/q3tcie0bw2juzh0/%28M3-31%29+Honey+planet.7z

So I was browsing 4chan randomly and fell on that thread.

I'm curious, so I felt like I should take a try and listen to some Denpa...

Have you ONE album to begin with ?
I know there is recommendations in OP's post, but there's too much for me
(thanks)

>>11615551
You could try the YouTube links on that page?

If I had to pick one album from one artist for someone new to the genre, I'd say MOSAIC.WAV's AKIBA-POP√RECOLLECTION.

>>11615556
Thanks ! I will listen to that first.

>>11613821
>>11614106
>>11614156
Thank you very much, it's very helpful. Sounds like a fetishist way to poke fun at ourselves. It also makes sense that it's mostly a Japanese thing since Japanese media (especially otaku media) is increasingly oversaturated with a very high noise ratio, so it might hit them closer to home.

So, does a denpa song incorporate a dissonant mixture of overexaggerated symbols as a form of self-criticism of those symbols? In that case, being a fan of denpa music becomes a special thing, kind of in a fetishist way.

The duality part especially catches my attention, indeed many songs sound like they're intentionally trying to push it all the way to the point of being disturbing.

How many artists are familiar with this self-referencing issue by the way? Are denpa songs songs that "accidentally" came out this way, or do the artists actively pursue this outcome?

Most people get instantly drawn away from denpa songs which might be, in a way, the point. So what about fans? What are they looking for in denpa music?

Reminds of the comment in the video here >>11591163
>で、でた〜wwwwwww 電波曲に歌なかったらいいって本末転倒なこと言う奴〜wwwww

And does this concept exist outside of the otaku scope?

Sorry for all the questions, I'm finding this pretty interesting. It's been a while since I've read such a detailed insight of something actually related to otaku culture in /jp/. Thank you.

>>11615956
>does a denpa song incorporate a dissonant mixture of overexaggerated symbols as a form of self-criticism of those symbols?
Not so much criticism as celebration and reflection. Despite it's cynicism, it's doesn't judge the phenomenon as something necessarily bad--instead it acknowledges it as an inextricable aspect of the contemporary otaku and serves as a mode of communication.

>How many artists are familiar with this self-referencing issue by the way?
Practically all of them. It's very self-aware, much like anime.

This is one of the contradictions of moe. While moe depends on character unawareness, the show is keenly aware of the process and so is the viewer. It plays like a dialogue. Something like Tsukiyomi: Moon Phase is a good example of both moe and denpa. By constantly breaking our suspension of disbelief, yet remaining powerfully moe, it brings the "dialogue" and the "floating symbols" to our attention. Stripped of any naturalism in execution or form, it means to say: "this is what it means to be otaku." We are animals struggling to communicate and make sense in wholly artificial worlds.

Denpa music behaves the same way. MOSAIC.WAV's songs include tsundere, childhood friends, maids, oneesan types, and so on. All we really hear is a little "voice snippet" but we "know" the character from this alone.

Anyway, I think the most powerful theme of denpa is "dissolving." As a result of postmodern excess, we have more and more information and less and less meaning. Moreover, the individual is now inseparable from the products of consumption. Everything in otaku culture boils down to patterns of consumption as a way to "speak" to others (what shows we watch, what games we play, what we buy). At the same time, the internet has made communication ubiquitous, yet shallow and transient. And while denpa says something about otaku, it also says something about the world we currently live in because all developed nations share these characteristics.

>>11615956
>>11616442 Cont.
>So what about fans? What are they looking for in denpa music?
Other than the "fun" aspect of the music, I think fans get a sense of belonging. Every time we catch a reference we recognize it feels good, like you're part of something larger. The irony is that this same system also isolates and alienates by reducing communication to a system of consumption of arbitrary signs. We will only feel like we belong if we continue to consume. Further, otaku culture by its nature pushes the otaku away from "normal" society.

There was a song (I forgot the name) where a girl sacrifices her cat in a ritual to make friends. IIRC, the narrator "becomes" her friend in the end. The major irony here is that the narrator IS the girl, becoming friends with his own creation (in a knowingly delusional way). At the same time his creation of such a song is an attempt to communicate with others like him; unfortunately, this mode of communication inevitably pushes others away. What's the point of the song? I'm not sure. We all need friends, I guess. When we take part in the denpa celebration, it feels like we are amongst friends.

>And does this concept exist outside of the otaku scope?
"Denpa" is particularly Japanese, but the aspects it explores are common to developed, "postmodern" societies.

In short, it means that consumerism evolved to a point where we define ourselves and our interactions around objects with unstable meaning (status symbols). Over time, the symbols no longer represent concrete, functional, or "real" characteristics (e.g. Levi's = "America"), but we appropriate/consume them nonetheless. What results is "hyperreality"--fiction made real.

This is partly what denpa reflects. It's why artists adopt character personas. It emphasizes the blurring of fiction and reality. Akiba represents the "Akiba" in anime/manga and vice versa. It's neither real nor unreal. It's hyperreal.

I hope I'm not rambling too much.

>>11616524 Cont.
One final point. If you're interested in the matter further, check these out:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postmodernity#Descriptions
http://www.acrwebsite.org/search/view-conference-proceedings.aspx?Id=7141

I also recommend works by Jean Baudrillard.

The things that stand out to me include:

Hyperreality (unreal things replacing the real): maid cafes, cosplay, moe anthropomorphization, Eva everything. There was that one small city that adopted a fictional summer festival from a recent anime. That shit is crazy.

Paradoxical juxtaposition of opposites (contradictions--e.g., moe, tsundere, fetishization of loli).

Fragmentation: Transient online communication, self-reference, pastiche, moe symbols, excess.

Decentering of the subject: Projection of otaku into otaku media so that the media itself becomes the center of focus. Think about where "viewer" sits in a moe show and how the show incorporates us into its narrative by simultaneously catering to us and distancing us.

Again, sorry for rambling. I've had this on my mind for ages. I personally think it's fascinating, especially in how closely it ties into the themes explored in denpa and otaku media as a whole.

>>11616584
This was very intresting read

>>11614156
So denpa and Superflat have a lot in common?

>>11617678
Superflat is much more organized and explicit in its aims/criticism but yes, they are both exploring the similar ideas. The point they both have in common is "otaku culture" which can be extended (in the case of Superflat) to "post-WWII Japan." Because of its focus on the war and the art culture, I feel it's its own discourse.

Superflat, while an interesting social critique of modern Japan, is bogged down by its own marketing and association with "high art." Despite Murakami's point, people still consume his art as "art" and he still creates and charges for it as such. We mustn't forget that it's a "brand" first and foremost. That said, it has much more cultural significance than its colleague, "Cool Japan" which by all means is offensive in its blatant misappropriation.

>>11612880
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s_-Kx5oV9Y

Does anyone else think there are a lot of similarities between denpa and bubblegum dance music? In bubblegum dance high-pitched vocals are the standard and there are lots of silly songs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8jeM61xf0M)), songs that don't make any sense (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PHODLXpIKU)), songs that are deceptively lewd (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyhrYis509A)) and/or dark (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omc_UaBAWK8)) despite sounding innocently cheerful and upbeat, and songs with futuristic themes about things like outer space and the internet (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHf2fPQTroI).). Except of course that denpa is a for a very niche and specific audience its musical trends reflect that, and bubblegum dance had a brief moment of worldwide popularity and has a much more mainstream sound.

>>11620244
why is there down Japanese language in Aqua Barbie Girl video ????

>>11620272
For no reason at all, probably. Different genre entirely but there is also lots of Japanese text for no reason in the music video for Anamanaguhi's Meow. I think it's just there to look "cool."

What do you listen to other than denpa?

>>11624871
Oh shit bump limit.

>>11624871
jcore
mallgoth shit

>>11624871
Electrohouse, IDM, Glitch, Ambient, Noise, Punk, J-Core, Chiptune, occassionally Jazz

>>11624871
Jazz, orchestral, electronic, rock, pop, VGM etc. as long as it sounds good really.