Denpa Thread

[Anonymous No.]

Denpa(電波) is a Japanese subculture characterized by its combination of strange and cute themes, coming into existence from within the otaku community. Denpa is mainly expressed through denpa music, which incorporates the strange and cute theming into its composition and writing, though denpa cues also appear in manga, anime and games. Depna subculture and denpa music in particular are both deeply rooted within the galge industry as well as the doujin community, with the two sides giving form and shaping denpa into what it is today.

The purpose of the thread is to share denpa works and discuss denpa subculture.

More information:
http://denpa.omaera.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denpa_song

Music downloads:
https://gist.github.com/dnpcllctns/9424fcc4c80429253d3194251b4a15ed
https://gist.github.com/dnpcllctns/f79394cd283ee30834ee6e4bb484b502
http://www.mediafire.com/RapeTheLolis
http://www.mediafire.com/denpasong

Denpa song bot:
http://twitter.com/dempa_bot

[Anonymous No.]

It has been some time since the last denpa thread, so I decided to clean up the OP, add a little context and remove the less relevant links.

Let's jump start the thread with a small contribution -
"Arina", by circle Neruneruneruge from 1999 (data track included).
https://mega.nz/#!5MsxjY5L!QSS9Y3AdvuXf0UzgHzLtU5HriYEObrq8M_NwRuBnRWw

Neruneruneruge is artist Neruge's personal circle. Active as early as 1992, Neruge was a prolific composer within the Japanese MIDI community. In the late 90's, he started collaborating with several other musicians, bringing his past works to life with vocals.
His work reached a peak in 2002, with a live concert featuring his regular guests: vocalists Morinaga Tohko, Chihiro, Inaba Umi (Miiko of MOSAIC.WAV) and Haruka Shimotsuki. This live event is the one featured in "なごべすと！".

Unfortunately, I cannot track him down after the mid-2000's. As it seems, he quit doujin music for good. You'll notice his appearance in "Approach" and "Fairway", linked in the previous thread.

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Probably not denpa in a strict sense, but Mariko Goto has recently returned to music and her new work is so crazy that it gave me a bit of denpa feeling. I definitely can imagine her doing as the radio waves tell her.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GQpFHk2Nm8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GQpFHk2Nm8&t=16m25s

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Between the last thread and this one I found out about まにきゅあ団 ("Manikyua-Dan" -> "Manicure Squad"?), a 1993 offshoot of Troubadour Record, which debuted the previous year. Behind it are perhaps the earliest instances of proper vocal denpa:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Tm-Tj57gDg

The video was actually uploaded by the vocalist who sang it! The same as with "junk.test 通" which I linked in the previous thread, these old souls upload their past works to cherish their memory. In this case, too, vocalist Ikuko Ebata wished to commemorate 20 years for the formation of Manikyua-Dan, but without noticing 24 years had passed, and so she had to celebrate their debut slightly past the original intention. All in all, she made very decent contributions to denpa music from before it was even called "denpa". She deserves to be known better by denpa fans.

"Minna no Manikyua" album(1995)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYZAzukYZuU

Something a bit more hardcore:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTFA1pMnDwE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAg-gzBQ1pc
The former is actually a latter album from the "junk.test" series. I wish I could get my hands on the rest of them.

>>21148436
Very impressive! There's definitely a lot of reception! It's a shame that it sounds so distorted. Is this how she was several years back as well?

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>>21148652
Thanks for your contribution, it's always really interesting to learn about and listen to these foundational works.

About Mariko: I'd say she didn't sound like this before. She mostly did jazz/rock/punk fusion with Midori and then started her solo career as some kind of alt-idol singing experimental pop, but was overall "tame", and she finally retired in 2015. During last Christmas, she suddenly came back with a demo tape sounding wilder than ever before, with some people saying this is how her solo career should have been from the start, and honestly I couldn't agree more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W-6tdmB9Sc

On a more denpa-related note: I only recently noticed how much mirawi sampled early capsule:

This is a sample of the beginning of Soratobu Toshikeikaku from LDK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as4ZGaJRv7w&t=1m09s

Here the beginning sounds just like Plastic Girl from CCR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Nu8cxBerK0 (Mirai no Energy really feels like a lost early capsule album)

This is a sample of urban complex from Nexus 2060: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4rbEBQpgoM&t=1s

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>>21148891
Unfortunately the Mariko Goto video you linked is unavailable for me to watch,.

I listened to the Capsule tracks and then to Mirawi's tracks, and it really makes me wonder whether he sampled them or not. The "LDK" one cannot be because "Mirai no Energy" came out a year earlier. Mirawi has had a peculiar style as a composer and arranger ever since "Real Season" of 1999. It's not impossible that he's been influenced by them, but it's hard for us to tell as is.
Tomorrow arrives a shipment for me with Mirawi's first album, "kizuna" from 1998. The booklets for "kizuna" and "Real Season" both, as well as his old website, might shed some light on it.

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>>21149051
Soratobu Toshikeikaku was actually released earlier in a single (Aeropolis, from August 2005) and also appeared on a video by Studio Kajino from September on that year (https://vimeo.com/26725882)) before LDK was released. But you're right, it seems all these dates come after Mirai was released. What the hell man, my ears must be deceiving me.

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I've recently been listening a lot to Miko Miko Nurse's opening theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCxvwcEiZ5E
The combination of the denpa music and the explicit sexual footage is rather comical. The part at the end was popularized as a flash video: http://inmhosg208.web.fc2.com/html/swf/mikomiko.html

The few limits creators had on the content makes me think of the early 2000's as the golden age of eroge. That's when Popotan got big as well (and as we know, its opening theme was adapted into the later "Caramelldansen" dance). All in all, a big time for otaku culture in general and denpa music in particular.

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Let's bump it up with an old classic
https://youtu.be/6JXJAIWKxM4

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>>21150417
Early 2000s do feel like a special time. There are many denpa anime OP/ED from that time too, I think that's way less common today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2wdRb84MVA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jahaiwg7Xuc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdDzHYFwbmg

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I missed you senpai

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>>21154851
The rising bands of Under17 and MOSAIC.WAV, which connected between singing and voice acting, anime and eroge, contributed greatly to the flavor of denpa music at the time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAn4jHWHjRc
I stumbled upon this some time ago, which caught me by surprise, as I had just watched the Genshiken anime - this song appeared within Genshiken as the opening theme of a fictional anime by the same name as the song title. Made in the heyday of Under17, in 2004, it was simply the most fitting band for fabricating a theme song to capture the hearts of early 2000's otaku.
This is another appearance of the same song, ten years later and without the aid of Masaya Koike.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR-tYBbbvCs

On the same wavelength, a Momoi Haruko cover of a 1996 anime opening theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI-nHps5lXU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbx9sSpdp8c

I can't really say when was the last time I saw denpa cues in opening or ending themes. Perhaps modern eroge and ecchi anime still have traces of them.

[Anonymous No.]

Does denpa music tend to be very harmonically complex? Is it possibly a distinguishing property of the genre?

I'm really into music theory, and I've noticed a lot of tonality in denpa has more in common with jazz and classical music than mainstream pop. Here are some examples to check out.

Poyacchio - ロリきょにゅうのテーマ - https://instaud.io/3xD1

Mosaic.wav - Monster Parade - https://instaud.io/3xD0

Toromi - 秘密のリボン - https://instaud.io/3xDb

All these songs are harmonically similar. Just to name a few techniques,

* They rely on rich circle of fifths progressions
* Lots of unstable diminished chords to bridge chord progressions
* Background instruments and vocals act as counterpoint to the main melody
* Heavy use of extended chords beyond simple triads.
* Inverted and split chords, where the bass doesn't play the root note.

None of these techniques are really used to much effect in the majority of rock and pop music, and it's really cool to hear it with such intensity in these songs. A lot of denpa producers are very talented.

[Anonymous No.]

Hello again Denpa thread, I'm very proud to see my gist links in the OP!
I know a lot of people on this board hate idols, but this group is produced by MOSAIC.TUNE, who I believe did that MOSAIC.WAV vocaloid album, Heartsnative, 10 years ago now. They also cover M.W classics. Worth a listen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqFY3evZF6Y
http://www.mosaictune.com/archives/16331416.html
>>21156118
This is very interesting anon. I play jazz myself but my knowledge of theory is embarrassing, I am inspired to go learn some now! If nothing else a lot of denpa is incredibly detailed, a lot of work must go into it.
>>21148436
Cool, I have not followed her since Midori. Does she have a new album coming out?
>>21147911
Thanks as always for these rare gems.

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>>21158838
>Does she have a new album coming out?
She's recently released an (already sold out) limited 5-track demo casette, with 4 of them being released digitally. But she's already performing new songs live, so I assume she'll be releasing a new full album soon.

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>>21160096
>casette
Shit, what?

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>>21160408
https://gerpfastkolektif.bandcamp.com/album/demo-2

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>>21156118
Very interesting observations, anon.

I wonder, how many denpa producers are classically trained musicians?

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Unfortunately, my shipment is delayed and I won't be able to provide more insight regarding Mirawi just yet. I'll go dig for something else to pique your interest soon.

>>21156118
I wouldn't say it's directly related to denpa music, but depend on the music theory knowledge of the composer. I can only assume denpa composition is a free-for-all field based on experience.

>>21158838
That's a pretty good performance! Doesn't seem like they're really popular, though.

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>denpa
I thought that was a semi surreal vibe kind of thing

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What are you looking forward to at M3?

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>>21163182
All depends on the perspective. Denpa was originally mainstream slang for loonies, but its assimilation into otaku culture shifted its connotation. The strangeness aspect was adapted from mainstream expression of "denpa" in art. The cuteness aspect was adapted from the expression of the qualities of "moe" through bishoujo media. Both were processes beginning in the early 80's, manifesting in the music of the early-mid 90's - for strangeness, it was bands like Kinniku Shoujo Tai, and for cuteness it was the opening themes for various anime and bishoujo games. The opening theme for "VS Knight Lamune & 40 Fire" which I linked earlier is one such example of a denpa song precursor.

>>21162795
It was the early-mid 2000's when the term "denpa" in otaku contexts was starting to become commonplace, and it was then that outrageous eroge were in their peak. The works of bands Under17 and MOSAIC.WAV as well as composers like Loser Kashiwagi, provided for opening themes colored by otaku culture conceptions and misconceptions. I don't think a definite image of music theory was considered, but simply the otaku spirit.

>>21166951
Is there anything to look for? So far I've listened to Katahotori's song collection, the Nayuta x Meramipop collaboration, and this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvKwQDuZmtU
Can't say any of them knock me off my boots. Momobako and Yukimame seem to be out for the long run.

A crossfade of Twinkle's new album will be up in the next few days
https://lolinkle-final.tumblr.com/

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>>21156118
Here's a bit of me playing Monster Parade on the accordion. The mic is crummy, but I really like the song

https://instaud.io/3y9G

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>>21167178
>Is there anything to look for?
Not much yet, I suppose we will get more in the next week. There will be a new rurirudenpabu release though, I think I remember seeing that it will be a full length album.
>>21168292
Very cute anon, i'd love to hear more! denpa songs are very fun to play aren't they?

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New rissyu release for M3.

https://rish-0012.tumblr.com/

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>>21170493
Is there something you can play?

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Maple Sugar are back together. No news of any CD release, though.

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New Choko.

http://chokottodake.com/specialc/

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>>21177514
Choko rock! This sounds so catchy!

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>>21173686
I can play many things on drums and piano, or well I could but haven't had access to either of those things for over a year now, unfortunately.
>>21177514
Yeah this sounds good! sounds like Silent Siren

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Mameko "Best Album" (you can see the albums it pulls from in the pictures) announced.

And a couple new songs too.

http://mameko.chew.jp/prima/

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In a similar manner to how Morinaga Tohko illuminated me to late 90's moe-denpa, I am astonished by its unrecorded manifestation in Ebata Ikuko's songs in "Manikyua-Dan"(band in photo).
A shipment of CDs I collected yesterday has many Troubadour Records albums as well as some vanilla*essence albums. In general, a fair amount of both vocalists' works. Mirawi's "kizuna" is also here.

I listened to the various crossfades so far and haven't been very impressed, but I'm glad new denpa is still created. I'll hope for a good new rurirudenpabu.

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how is it?

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>>21184018
So-so. There was less variety in arrangement at the time, and having listened to many Leaf arrangement albums before, I can't really find a particular theme to latch on. However, it includes a data track with plenty of text - artist greetings and round-table discussions among them. Apparently, Bermei and Mirawi received help from Neruge at the time, which explains how Morinaga Tohko got to them for their next album "Real Season". I don't see myself listening to "kizuna" in full again.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBV8R31eBAo
A VGM fan live performance of "Kimi wa Hoehoe Musume", the supposed first ever denpa song from a 1989 Famicom game that included lyrics but could not incorporate vocals. It's interesting that people still pay homage to it in this day and age - it must had been well-known among game music fans at the time.

Here's the Momoi Haruko cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXdkH6mV7nM

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miracleluminal by mosaic.wav is a pretty good album.
The opening track "no pants no life" is really strong.

The next release will be fun as fuck too. They posted a preview of the first song, and it sounds great.
https://soundcloud.com/mosaicwav/voice-up-for-short-ver-1

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>>21148891

I can't find a download for Mirai no Energy.
Can anyone help me out? Maybe I'm just too stupid to find it in the OP links.

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>>21195172
RtL

http://mediafire.com/?sp6yi168282zf3x

[Anonymous No.]

I like it

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>>21158838
That performance was surprisingly good. Live denpa is great! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-7vQoM4k38

Does anyone know if there any interesting denpa-related music events this year? Sadly IOSYS' Hyper Denpa Festival hasn't been held since 2017...

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For those who liked the Burunyanman OST or know them through collaborations, NanosizeMir are releasing a new original album, and as the title says, it's nothing but denpa songs. Extremely hyped.

http://nanosizemir.com/cdp04/

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You know after reading the links in the OP I think I finally understand why otaku have such a poisoned rep in in japan.

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>>21200400
There were several past events that brought about spurts of suspicion and prejudice against otaku, though the bad reputation is a product of both negative media reporting as well as the sudden growth of anime and manga consumerism in the 1980's.
Key events are:
Regarding the Fukugawa Street Stabbings of 1981, the murderer claimed in his trial that he was under the influence of electromagnetic waves. This gave rise to the use of the word "denpa", "dokudenpa". The murderer was a user of psychoactive drugs, but it was not clear whether his actions were a result of that or there was a prior mental illness. Ultimately, the coined word was used to describe people seemingly under the effects of psychoactive drugs, detached from reality to the point of harm. This image was not directly associated with otaku until several years later, however.

>>21200021
I thought it was familiar from somewhere, it's from IOSYS's "Touhou Unfufufu", and she's doing it in her Ryohouji Buddhist goddess character costume. Cool!

>>21200284
It has a nice sound! I especially liked the Koko guest appearance in track 7. "Ofuro wa suteki, ofuro wa sugoi" - so catchy.

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>>21200021
Oh god I love Toromi and how great she sounds live. That iyaaa at 2:27 is perfect.

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>>21200021
If i remember correctly, the iosys festival wasn't held last year because it was their 20th anniversary, so maybe this year?

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>>21201336
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVBE-elgpC0&t=1m45s

[Anonymous No.]

where do i start with denpa funkot

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A new るりる電波部 album with THIRTY new tracks announced!
https://chu-rrr-dmp.ssl-lolipop.jp/tokusetsu/elemenpop/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUxvW4_ilNw

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Prismagic 5th Album Giurare announced:
https://prismagic.jp/5th/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAGG0aJzVUU

[Anonymous No.]

New 妄想の旅団 announced, no website or crossfade yet.

[Anonymous No.]

New まめいちご mini album Fairy Love.
https://mameitigo.wixsite.com/fairylove

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>>21200021
>>21202945
ARM's activity is dwindling (no tweets or live appearances since December), so we'll likely not see another denpa festival any time soon. The other core IOSYS arrangers are in charge of differently themed live events.

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Oh also new Nanahira album, featuring three IOSYS produced tracks. (the ARM track sounds like the best one, no surprise there)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCuyYleii0E
https://nanahira.jp/trip_frolic/

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is there a japanese website with denpa lyrics?

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New mameko as well.
https://soundcloud.com/munimuni_mameko/ohdo-xfd
http://mameko.chew.jp/ohdo/

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>>21205016
There is a website that listed Japanese lyrics for a large number of denpa songs, but it hasn't been updated since the late 2000's, and it was recently shut down as well.
Accessible with Wayback Machine:
https://web.archive.org/web/20190307012519/http://sound.jp/dempa_song/

[Anonymous No.]

Post the absolute craziest denpa songs you know. Music to lose contact with reality. No moe-pop style if possible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYMQO4iJdYI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkFjyMfAR9o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGth7ekVNso

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>>21204349
That's a lot of composers, looking forward to this album!

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>>21205169
I always thought that Akira Yamaoka's works were fitting of the title of "denpa", as they are senseless in theming and lyrics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1wWlr2cYiw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP1ih5BQEUs

There is "Kitasaitama 2000" from Taiko no Tatsujin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbVRvMWRN9g

There is the opening theme of Lost Souls of Tong Nou
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyDwfeYaDIM

Last but not least, the track mentioned on the denpa omaera page, Kinniku Shoujo Tai's "HAPPY ICE CREAM"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwSUn0VZdU0

These are several steps away from what is traditionally labeled "denpa", but nevertheless I think they are relevant to denpa. The denpa theme can be explored even without the influence of doujin works, with little to no "moe" factor.

[Anonymous No.]

Can anyone reupload the Toromi picture collection that an anon posted in 2016 (>>16175051)?

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>>21205115
This is a gem. This guidebook is available in our denpa.omaera (limited) http://denpa.omaera.org/guidebook.html and their original website is that one (?) : http://sound.jp/dempa_song/

The last upload was in 2007 or 2008 apparently, so this is a precious thing. All the songs there are excellent. I'm happy to know 20% at least...

>>21147763
better pic next time, op-san please.

>>21192673
Its great. Mosaic.wav "longevity" is impressive. 2004 - 201? or maybe 202? is centuries to this genre.

>>21204349
Brace ourselves! This one will be the best denpa release 2019.

>>21205169
right there http://denpa.omaera.org/guidebook.html in the 5/5 or 4/5 "Measure of dempa" category there are absolute crazy songs

>>21205784
if I remember correctly some sensible anon (or square, depending on the point of view) said the collection had photos of a very young toromi. It was a possibility not a certainty, but just in case the guy took it off.

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>>21206333
Oh, it seems their website is still up, then. I had problems accessing it before, so I used Wayback Machine. I thought I saw it listed on the Denpa Omaera page before.
The variety is very impressive, but it's too bad that there's only music from around 2002-2008.

As for the OP image, it is the cover of a 2004 IOSYS album, a denpa collection not unlike the one to be released a decade later. Hence its title "Denpa Special". Is it not cute enough? I thought it was rather fitting.

>>21205784
Her history as a gravure okashi-kei idol has been explored in the denpa thread of last December. If the Toromi photo collection contained anything more risque than was posted in that thread, then I'd expect the upload to be swiftly taken down.

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I will miss her voice

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>>21205784
>>21206848
This is the thread: >>/jp/thread/S16174313#p16175051

See the discussion. Some nude photos... It was something official, her gravure photos, but it seems that her age is stated as 16.

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new Mashumame (Mameko + Kazabana Mashiro) cd:
『Oh！Do！インフェクティブ』

http://mameko.chew.jp/ohdo/

Track 3 sounds great!

[Anonymous No.]

Man, I love denpa.

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>>21147763
>denpa cues also appear in manga, anime and games
any examples/recommendations?

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>>21211406
http://denpa.omaera.org/culture.html#rel
outdated list, but there was some discussion in the last thread about what could be added (>>/jp/thread/S20831127#p20867166))

[Anonymous No.]

Bumping with legendary U track

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3KxMmm60ko

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>>21216230
ah, that's very useful, thanks

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>>21216238
Ultra U Galaxy is a masterpiece, pretty much every song is incredible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WxEzcgEzzs

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magical star live7 to be held on May 26. nanahira and miko will be attending.

https://twipla.jp/events/378995

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>>21167178
Not emphasizing the role that eroge had in denpa with the denpa games trilogy really doesn't make justice to the idea as a whole.
http://nyalra.hatenablog.com/entry/2015/03/02/221202
You might as well even say that Shizuku popularized denpa in otaku culture.

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>>21216238
Those lyrics always crack me up. That's definitely my favorite U track.

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>>21216463
This is a very interesting article! I knew of games like "Saya no Uta" and "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni" to fit the genre, but the only title I ever played was "Chaos;HEAd".
The term "denpa game" has seen use since its coining in 1996 by "Shizuku", but "denpa" has not been used to describe otaku-catered music until several years later. Around the same period, 1995-1996, the term "moe" has also seen increased use within otaku, but it wasn't used to describe otaku-catered music until several years later, either.
At best, I can credit "Shizuku" with popularizing the term "denpa game" within the otaku community. I think it's deserving of a mention, but not of emphasis, because denpa in otaku has mostly been expressed using quirkiness and cuteness rather than horror throughout its history.

[Anonymous No.]

denpa girl fukase-chan

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

[Anonymous No.]

Six hours of moe denpa songs from eroge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k_mbXOZU3c

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>>21156118
I know nothing about music theory but the first song reminded me of this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDGwNQhCCtU

Does it fall into a similar category?

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Here is the aforementioned "Denpa Special", or in its full name, "Denpa Special ~Katte ni Shouhin PR Song-ken~", from 2004.
https://mega.nz/#!1UtwhC6C!KNh5Yw7do543adQ-pYlOTSBe11D6SOHNcKDTmHAlh5o

As the album title suggests, several Sapporo artists gathered to create fake promotional songs. Two previous IOSYS songs, "Love Ramen Life" and "Pico Pico Super Toilet", were adapted for the album with different vocalists. It's interesting that these songs were collectively labeled "denpa" as early as 2004 for reasons I'll explain at a later time, and beyond that, it's the first time IOSYS did a large-scale collaboration with other musicians, as would repeat in their Touhou works and much later denpa collections.

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On the topic of eroge themes, "All Last One Chance!" by MOSAIC.WAV, which unfortunately wasn't among the 200 titles in the eroge theme collection video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwNaHjOM1Qw

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>>21162795
It's always been noticeable to me that, judging by their playful composition, the composers from MOSAIC.WAV and NanosizeMir have quite a rich knowledge of music theory.

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>>21218566
Wow, so much nostalgia. So many I have never played though, i want to get back into them now. what is the go to source for eroge these days?

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Are some of the songs on the nico nico douga medleys denpa?

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>>21220986
I've heard this track 05 - 小麦粉 before, and am again reminded of these 2 things which are completely unrelated to otaku: the synth strings in "mysteries of love" by Badalamenti, and the collaborative vocalizations used by Japanese experimental/noise-punk ensemble Boredoms, here https://playx.fun/stream/-vCEqm:GXX1rB

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>>21225208
With the exception of eroge and anime derived denpa like "True My Heart", "Gacha Gacha Cute" and "Mottoke! Sailor Fuku", there were three major sources for denpa-style music in the late 2000's, to be featured in Nico Nico medleys: Touhou arrangements, Vocaloid compositions, and Idolm@ster songs. In fact, there is a close relation between denpa music and idol music, with the main exception being that the vocalist is rarely the product in denpa music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vA74T0sh8s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0mZedA7Ih4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvmrk1hHoXQ

I'll note Kumikyoku Kaiko, "Nostalgia Medley", a medley dedicated to the flash videos that were popular in the early 2000's. During Nico Nico Video's early years, new media was spawning so fast that "Miko Miko Nurse" and "Sakuranbo Kiss" were already old news, and bishoujo game arrangements were remembered by very few.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC1DwflM4Kc

What happened to denpa after the nico medleys of the late 2000's is a topic for another time.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21226347
I have a crush on you

[Anonymous No.]

îöéë and î~éë
make me sad and scare me

[Anonymous No.]

>>21230056
Ohwell . the unicode broke
eyecavity is a good album, even if i think pigeon's point was better and more denpa

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>>21203860
oh wow

[Anonymous No.]

Music-wise, the farther back one goes, the more the J-pop roots of visual novel opening themes appear. Sex-focused visual novels, eroge, experienced a surge in popularity in the early 2000's, which I believe is why modern denpa is often traced back to that period. Eroge are naturally quirkier and funnier than your average plot-driven visual novel, so they were accompanied equally quirky opening and ending themes. As you can see, however, elements of denpa appear in older works as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2jGLbvIbXs (1992) (Technically not a visual novel, but a girl raising simulation.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G14bzGaFf_4 (1994)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzcrzH8JQ-8 (1997)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSHrwX3Ug1k (1999)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNdCiuCa0Wg (2001)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h61ItNVLb8 (2002)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzhOqzSfQQQ (2003)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfcVbyi2fZw (2005)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Edf9gdABFjw (2006)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h13PjKqtzsg (2007)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdpXeBcDpRc (2008)
For some of the older titles, there are multiple comments by people in their 40's who were at the time otaku. It's amazing that they come back to revisit these old memories years into their careers and family. They didn't forget.

Notice also the shift a single theme can take, with Konami's "Motto! Motto! Tokimeki", the opening theme for Tokimeki Memorial. Aside from the 1994 original version listed above:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKEo2IVESK4 (1996)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7nremdKRv0 (1999)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moxdEQ7FudI (2011)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPNIcKQ3Cvo (2014)

[Anonymous No.]

>>21237150
this is very cool, thank you for putting this post together anon!

[Anonymous No.]

Piano Nagisa no Koakuma
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o9p-KMX4BY

[Anonymous No.]

>>21237150

This is my shit honestly

You got a patreon?

[Anonymous No.]

>>21241902
You have to go back.

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>>21241902
The best thing you can do for me is to continue to contribute to denpa threads. There is a lot that I don't know that I'd like to hear about, so even if it's something you liked in a song, or a short story of something a circle did, please write about it.

With that in mind, the opening theme of Triangle Heart, "Chiisana Boku no Uta":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y58Kk8jULlY (1998)
Manack arranged this for Eterna Musik's "Albatross". The arrangement is performed by Morinaga Tohko. The link for Albatross should still be up, so be sure to listen to it when you have the time. The lyrics are exemplary of moe image songs:

"Within my small chest, it has developed long ago
Just one important feeling

To you, who turns and runs somewhere,
I shout in a loud voice "Do your best!"
Every time you smile,
my heart becomes tender, so...

I'll become strong for someone's sake
Saying "You're mistaken!" you'll smile, but...

Within my small chest, it has developed long ago
There is just one important feeling

Over the you who walks next to me
I've kept an eye for a long while
The courage you gave me is your smile
My treasure, more important than anything else

Now for your sake, I'll sing!"

These words transmit well the magic of moe. That a character, an image, can form through singing alone, I think that's amazing.

>>21242676
What better way is there of going back than to explore the history of denpa music?

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>>21226347
You brought up the relation between denpa and idol music, does something like でんぱ組.inc show this as well? I've never really been into denpa music, but I've been into im@s for a long time now and all those songs you posted I already really like. I never considered that they could be classified as denpa, so maybe I have liked it without even knowing. I've also recently gotten into でんぱ組.inc. Any other denpa recs for an idolfag like myself?

[Anonymous No.]

>>21226347
You brought up the relation between denpa and idol music, does something like でんぱ組.inc show this as well? I've never really been into denpa music, but I've been into im@s for a long time now and all those songs you posted I already really like. I never considered that they could be classified as denpa, so maybe I have liked it without even knowing. I've also recently gotten into でんぱ組.inc. Any other denpa recs for an idolfag like myself?
Thanks for this thread as well anon, it's cool seeing someone know so much about a subculture sharing what they know with other anons.

[Anonymous No.]

Bamp

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>>21237150
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h61ItNVLb8 [Embed] (2002)

What a pleasure to hear Toromi's voice as a seiyū before she started her career in doujn music. Does anyone know why toromi started singing in denpa style? Why did she record her first album?

I've never played popotan, but I know the UNDER17 song and the anime. Unfortunately, toromi didnt dub this chick in the anime, they chose someone else.

Im going to play this shit

[Anonymous No.]

>>21243376
Idolm@ster was molded after the success of the first dating simulation game, Tokimeki Memorial, but its gameplay was more similar to the raising simulation game Sotsugyou~Graduation, in which a new teacher guides five female high school students. The opening themes for both have been posted above, under years 1992 and 1994. The opening theme for Sotsugyou~Graduation feels like something out of an older Idolm@ster to me. The main gist of Idolm@ster was to focus on the interaction between the player and various girls, as the previous games did, with pop-idols as the medium. The characters created for the game were divese: some, like Yayoi Takatsuki and the Futami twins carrying a cute and quirky image, and others, like Chihaya and Ritsuko carrying a cool and collected image. Since each character could sing almost every song, it meant that not only the composition and lyrics of a song influenced the given image, but the performance and dance of the idol.

I included songs like "Positive!" and "Do-Dai!" because their writing is inherently moe-denpe. They are themed after the nonchalant lives of middle-school girls, with cutesy topics like going out after school and preparation for a first date. I also included "Agent Yoru wo Yuku", because its serious, sexual(!) theming is transmitted by the cute voice of a supposedly 12 year old Ami Futami.
I think the overall leaning of the appeal of idol music, specifically in Idolm@ster, is towards moe. Even serious and elegent characters like Takane Shijou can transmit a powerful moe image, for example through her image song "Flower Girl":
https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm11112954
https://www.project-imas.com/wiki/Flower_Girl
Listen along with the lyrics, and I'm sure your heart will throb as well.

As for Dempagumi.inc, unfortunately I know very little about them. All I can tell is that they are an Akihabara-based group themed around otaku hobbies. Although their execution is a bit distant from denpa in eroge or doujin, I think they still live true to the denpa name.

>>21246451
The same "someone else" chosen to voice Mii in the anime adaptation is Momoi Haruko of UNDER17.
Mii's character song, performed by Toromi:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svOBX6d-M54

I think Toromi had a natural transition from voicing characters to singing, and decided to pursue a musical career after several years as a voice actor career. Miiko too originally aimed at becoming an eroge voice actor, but later on shifted her focus to music, with MOSAIC.WAV's rising popularity in the mid-late 2000's.
I suggest checking out her works under Toromiseyasan, as listed here:
https://www.dojin-music.info/circle/86
Albums "わにわに天国/あいびき", "トロピクセルCD", "T:DRIVE", "とろウマ", "トロヅクシ" and "エトロジィ" are all within the 2016-2018 Denpa thread collection. Several other recent Toromiseyasan works are also there.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21246867
Ah yes, Flower Girl is such a nice song. Thank you for all the information. I'm going to check out those games you mentioned. Im@s is one of my favourite franchises, and I really enjoy seeing where things I already am a fan of get their inspiration. You seem to be really knowledgeable about late 90s and early 2000s otaku culture. Where did you learn what you know? Living through it? Or just learning stuff over the years? Most of the media I enjoy from Japan originates in this time period, especially otaku related works, it's really interesting to learn more about it.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21247097
I suggest reading Patrick W Galbraith's books "Moe Manifesto" and "The Otaku Encyclopedia". Though they are not the most orderly, they provide interviews with several people who witnessed and affected the development of otaku culture.
Yasuhiro Takeda's autobiography sheds light upon geek culture before otaku, in the 1970's.
https://www.gwern.net/docs/eva/2002-takeda-notenkimemoirs
In the previous thread, I shared an overview on the development of Desktop Music(DTM), the umbrella term for amateur electronic music produced through personal computers, riding on the rise of the MIDI format and early online networks. It also details the influence student protests in the 1960's influenced the development of geek culture later on in the 1970's. It's in Japanese, however, so you might have to jam it into Google Translate.
https://web.archive.org/web/20190306223414/http://www.geocities.co.jp/MusicStar-Piano/5159/study/soc/contwrt1.htm

You can also learn by purchasing otaku goods blindly - I ordered out of personal interest eight Comiket catalogs of the years 1997-2002, and a greater deal more CDs that I never listened to before. It's costly, but it provides personal touches that cannot be found anywhere else. The catalogs, for example, tell me how big To Heart was in 1997, or whether Touhou had any doujin circles before 2002. The CDs expose me to artists whose only publicly available information was long lost in time, and can only be traced back with Wayback Machine. The artists of the late 90's and early 2000's mostly used personal websites in the absence of a social network like Facebook or Twitter, and they almost always put up links for the websites of their acquaintances and friends. That way you can still jump between some of the remaining websites. In the end of March, Geocities service stopped and only websites that were crawled are available for view, which means a considerable amount of information won't ever surface again - though it might be available in print within the booklets of CDs, or referenced by other people.

I also learned a fair bit from other posters on /jp/, particularly in the Akihabara@Deep thread from several months back. The second Akihabara@Deep thread unfortunately never received traction, but its OP contains a collection of links from the previous one relevant to the documentation of otaku. Be sure to look for them in /jp/'s archive.

Last but not least, stay away from "Otaku: Japan's Database Animals". It's overly convoluted, somewhat inaccurate and in general not a fun read. I think the author's background in sociology envelops the whole book in mumbo-jumbo that doesn't appeal in the slightest to a non-academic reader.



On a separate note, I found out that IOSYS's "NEET no Uta" parodies Mobile Suit Gundam's opening theme.
Gundam, part from 0:17
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfKxzYbMrEQ
IOSYS, part from 1:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgLIviolYrQ

[Anonymous No.]

M-3 is underway! What is everybody planning on getting?

Until I can listen to the NanosizeMir Koko track in full, I'll have to make do with an older one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r7ucEcg7U8

[Anonymous No.]

>>21250753
getting the new katahotori album through a proxy
http://orc2000.com/cd/hotspot.html
and the nanahira one too
https://nanahira.jp/trip_frolic/

>>21250753
>あったかまった
I've had that song stuck in my head for the past few days. Didn't know it had a video with it, very cool! Also what's this NanosizeMir Koko track you mentioned?

[Anonymous No.]

>>21250753
Koko's ぽっかー！ in that song is one of my favourite things ever!
I am probably going to order るりる, 妄想の旅団, and まめいちご as soon as they are available online. I may order one or two more, if anyone has any special requests?
>>21251093
Looking forward to hearing this one.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21251093
It's track 7 in album ”オール電波", under name "湯沸かし戦隊湯沸かし器！".Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be up for sale online yet, so I'll have to wait a while until I can get it.
Track XFD:
http://nanosizemir.com/cdp04/pico_denpa_tr.07.mp3

[Anonymous No.]

So far I've deviated from pure denpa discussion plenty by discussing otaku history, but I don't want to further generalize denpa subculture into otaku culture. I previously suggested forking into an otaku culture thread, but I was deterred by the thought of it not getting enough traction. Would you participate in such a thread? Or is it better to keep it within the civilized atmosphere of this thread? I'd like to hear from all readers of the denpa thread.


On a separate note, I wonder what sort of influence the denpa saturation of 2003-2006 had on the generation of otaku in the next three years, between 2006-2009, the blooming years of Nico Nico Douga. The late 2000's are also the time of the moe boom, when Akihabara was covered completely in moe and the usage of the word spread outside otaku. Moe anthropomorphism began finding its way into common consumer goods, like bags of rice. The otaku behind the making of Nico Nico medleys were submerged in denpa from young age, so it doesn't surprise me that the songs featured in them had inherent moe aspects.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3QHR8uxaqk ("Saikyou Pare Parade" from Suzumiya Haruhi)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fEgOCdIOq0 ("Seikan Hikou" from Macross Frontier)

[Anonymous No.]

>>21250753
Here's my buy list this time around! I'm most excited for Trip Frolic, but that's just because I love Nanahira. Special C is also going to be fun.

NanosizeMir - オール電波
Sugar Bunny* - ぷちプリマヴェーラ
ななひら - トリップ×フロリック
ちょこ - Special C

These are all shipping overseas so I won't get them for another 2-3 weeks, though. By that time some should be online to purchase or listen to.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21255701
Moe anthropomorphism is odd in that it's spread out to literally everything from its original otaku roots. Seems like practically everything nowadays instantly gets a fanmade -tan.

[Anonymous No.]

TRIPLE FROLIC FLAC WHEN

[Anonymous No.]

>>21257352
Are there any rips at all already?

[Anonymous No.]

>>21248709
Really interesting stuff, thanks anon.
>>21255701
I would be interested in participating in a thread like that, but I can see your concern in it not gaining enough traction. Why not try it and see how it goes?

[Anonymous No.]

I hate that denpa releases are spread across melonbooks, akiboo, toranoana, booth, etc. why can't they all be in one place!
Anything, the new Siestecat album is on the way, which was my personal favourite crossfade for this M3. ふうにゃん has such a sweet voice! The thirty seconds of track 7 パンケーキ are stunning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kPilHO5Brg

[Anonymous No.]

dempa

[Anonymous No.]

>>21260700
or is it denpa?

Which is it?

[Anonymous No.]

>>21262260
With the ん

[Anonymous No.]

deんpa

[Anonymous No.]

what happened to momobako

[Anonymous No.]

>>21263327

married

[Anonymous No.]

>>21263327
Sold out to the easy vtuber bux.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21263327
ded rip in piece momokoko ull be missed

[Anonymous No.]

>>21263327
You mean Patra?

[Anonymous No.]

>>21263327
reduced to recording ASMR on youtube

I hope she's doing okay and happy

[Anonymous No.]

Where is the denpa?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXk0tn0V-6k

[Anonymous No.]

I'm trying to find a denpa song I used to listen a long time ago whose name was roughly translated into Idiots' Anthem.
Anyone knows what I'm talking about?

[Anonymous No.]

トリップ×フロリック rips when

[Anonymous No.]

>>21216238
anyone have a higher quality file of this to share?

[Anonymous No.]

>>21266926
saw that the other day. genuinely felt sick to see her willingly fall so low for cheap popularity.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21275919
nvm, found it in the archives

[Anonymous No.]

Please live, thread.
I still need someone to answer >>21273334

[Anonymous No.]

Are there lyrics for the pneuma records songs anywhere?

[Anonymous No.]

>>21278966
If it cannot be found by googling song name and lyrics/歌詞, or within their website (https://web.archive.org/web/20150911014551/http://www.pneuma.sakura.ne.jp/)), then your best hope is to purchase the albums secondhand for their booklets.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21148436
>>21158838

Oh shit, Mariko Goto gets a shout out. Did not expect to find her in a denpa thread.

Kinda fell off of her after midori disbanded and she did her solo stuff and unit stuff. Nice to know she's back up and running.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21148891
I fucking swear to god those demo tracks better be on the album too.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21255701
I'm interested but more so in lurking and learning. Can't say much except what I hear secondhand and that's obviously not a very reliable source.

[Anonymous No.]

saved

[Anonymous No.]

WHAT THE FUCK, MOMOBAKO IS GONE

Ran to /jp/, only to find out she's become a shittuber.
WHY?

I know why, but WHY?
She could have just kept the "Momobako" character for the vlogs and keep doing music on the side.
After all, Shitzuna GAY has branched into doing music now that she's very popular. And Shitzuna can't even sing, it's pure autotune. Momobako has the upper hand here, being a trained singer.

I don't think I'd like to listen to normalfag-pandering washed-down j-pop sung by """Patra""", if she eventually sings, I hope it's shit so I don't subject myself to listening to this garbage new character.

Patra looks like a generic (adult) female side character, not sure why that's the design she went for, the voice doesn't match at all.

I've learned Japanese, so I thought I would eventually reach out to her and suggest she sang scat, but now any prospects are RUINED. I have no other singer who I think would be hilarious and good to listen to in the genre.

RIP.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21286242
It's not very surprising if you look at her history that she sells out to money the first chance she gets.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21286958
Isn't her stuff good enough to sign with a label and/or seiyuu company, though? No need to kill Peachbox...

[Anonymous No.]

>>21287006

lmao no. she's beyond hanakawa levels of raspy, sandpaper voice.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21287024
What do you mean? If her voice was unqualified for voice-related jobs, she wouldn't have 130k subscribers in that shittuber project.

Can you be less dumb and more objective if you do have a point I'm failing to see here?

[Anonymous No.]

>>21286242
>normalfag-pandering washed-down j-pop
To be fair that's not very different from what she was doing as mmbk. But I've listened to the stuff she's doing now and it's still pretty close to her style as mmbk since she's still going for that overly cute character.

>>21286958
This, just look at her beginnings, she was always kind of an attention whore anyway so I don't get the surprise. That said I like vtubers so I'm not as beaten up as others because of this, I think her live music making streams can be fun.

[Anonymous No.]

Anybody following pigmhall?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeKDqAgrUbM

[Anonymous No.]

>>21289233
I'm not surprised, just disappointed. Would've preferred her to stay on the music composition route that was so recent.

[Anonymous No.]

This M3's thread had a more unceremonious death than the last one.

[Anonymous No.]

ななひら トリップ×フロリック
Sorry, just 320 mp3 for now, I'm sure someone will upload FLAC at some point.
https://mega.nz/#F!S8NTRIjD!7kgSeLn6BRYEDjjEw65DuQ

[Anonymous No.]

>>21299184
Nice. Thanks anon!

[Anonymous No.]

>>21299184
here is FLAC. credit to uploader at vk
https://mega.nz/#F!WeYzUK6Y!c9kAgXbDvsv9swIndyWYNw

[Anonymous No.]

>>21286242
She's an attention whore indeed. I wonder what she'll do when this vtuber trash start declining like what happened to vocaloid.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21302348
can't wait for vtubers to die so that she comes back to making denpa

also vocaloid isn't dead, plenty of people who have always used it still do

[Anonymous No.]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE7AzfX6nQ8

[Anonymous No.]

um

[Anonymous No.]

>>21300146

I specifically asked that my uploads be mirrored before sharing them in public places cmon :(

You can just click 'import to my cloud' on mega and then generate ur own unique link in the future.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21306638
Sorry.

[Anonymous No.]

I'm pretty sure I heard some melodies of the songs in the new confetto album before.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21309445
ドキドキスパイ作戦 is just tetris.

[Anonymous No.]

Anybody got a download link to 'loser kashiwagi is NOT dead'?
I would buy it on bandcamp, but I'm a broke NEET.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21312031
If you're willing to suffer you can just extract the 128k previews and listen to them while you wait.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21312031
sorry for the weird host but heres a sloppy youtube-dl rip of it https://files.catbox.moe/mt31ds.zip

[Anonymous No.]

Here's a couple of things to tide us over until the CDs start arriving.
OH！DO！インフェクティブ
https://mega.nz/#F!XwEXgaib!bZnO0rBqT0DZcDmLlQRAIw
かずらなつ - 夏のまにまに. Nice mini album, not strictly denpa but thought i'd share anyway.
https://mega.nz/#F!D9VDEaZJ!nujalA7oXNLECwcj9vv5Ng

[Anonymous No.]

I've been gone for two years or so, nice to see that this thread is still alive and well.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21318777
Oops forgot this. Most of these tracks are labelled -2019 ver- but most of them are new to me, they seem to be from earliest mameko/sugar bunny releases that aren't available anywhere as far as I know. Very good stuff so far.
まめこ - ぷちプリマヴェーラ
https://mega.nz/#F!61tFFYDD!33_JKLlVdQulTWLmHIWtHw

[Anonymous No.]

>>21154851

Does the Narutaru opening count?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIF5BLyh3Mk

[Anonymous No.]

>>21319603
I fucking love mameko. Thanks anon.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21255860
>>21251093
Any order updates? Really looking forward to hearing these.
I have sugar plum and 妄想の旅団 on the way, ETA is 20th of May. still waiting for others to go online.
>>21321661
It's a pleasure, anon! Soaring Spring is now one of my favourites from mameko.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21324649
Did Registered Small Package(SAL) delivery method, and it shipped on 2019-05-06, so probably another week until katahotori from me.

Here's the video for poyahchio's 働いて勇者おにいちゃん feat. すずしろ＆がきコ in the meantime
https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm24242376

>>21319603 >>21318777
Really liking the Mameko you linked, thanks.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21216458
I really wish I could go to this. If anyone happens to be going please pick this up, sounds incredible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=828iwl1Ao3M
(I will hopefully be buying it later anyway)
>>21324974
That's good, looking forward to it.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21286958
It's not very surprising. She makes millions of yen a month even after Youtubes cut.

[Anonymous No.]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cPGZdzJkFY

[Anonymous No.]

https://soundcloud.com/mikanzil

I just found this vocalist by chance and instantly recognized her from listening to pic related a lot. I know it's not all strictly denpa but I don't suppose any of you got a stash of her albums hidden away somewhere?

[Anonymous No.]

>>21328813
I am certain I have seen a few of her releases posted to vk doujin music, maybe have a look there.
>>21328790
toromi is the greatest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gnq08gSDZQ

[Anonymous No.]

>>21324649

I am >>21255860 and I just got my cds yesterday!

Since other anons shared Nanahira and Mameko I'll share Choko and NanosizeMir. Just hold tight for a bit while I make good rips and scan the booklets.

[Anonymous No.]

I'll soon share a Manikyua-dan album for an extended dosage of vintage denpa. Surprisingly enough, unlike many other Troubadour Record CDs, it wasn't uploaded on YouTube before.
Until then, enjoy the sounds of this album from 1995: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYZAzukYZuU

>>21329868
Thank you very much for your efforts! I can't wait.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21329577
>I am certain I have seen a few of her releases posted to vk doujin music, maybe have a look there
Found a couple they're awesome. Thanks anon!

[Anonymous No.]

>>21330215
>>21324649

AOTY incoming!

Kidding, but this one is really really good. If you like rock instrumentation and Choko, you won't be disappointed.

And as always: if you have the means to directly support the girls, please please do! Doujin music is very-low-circulation and hard to get but with more artists selling mail-order (and more mail order shops shipping international direct), and digital sales, it's getting easier.

Site: http://chokottodake.com/specialc/

Mail Order: https://www.melonbooks.co.jp/detail/detail.php?product_id=497586

Mega: https://mega.nz/#!eD5AGYDS!tK41pqDIEn7Fa14lEFT6L1qCJJ9JN9WlNZDPft96FrM

This is all I've got for a while, enjoy.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21330580
How can one song be so catchy?

[Anonymous No.]

>>21330580
urgh sorry anons, I was reading over choko's twitter today and seeing her tweet so happily about shipping her stuff internationally . . . I'm having a moralfag moment and I blew up my mega link

flame me if you want, oh well

[Anonymous No.]

>>21330215
Damn this is amazing.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21331162
That's disappointing, anon. I understand how you feel, but probably the main reason choko has as much overseas support as she does is because people like us buy and share the releases so that others can hear. I buy as much as I can, but can't buy everything. I always buy and share stuff so to be honest it's a bit annoying when others hold back. But oh well, as you say. It's your choice and I understand. Thanks for the rip, hopefully someone else will reupload it.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21331162
I could get that album for a bit less than 20 euros shipping included which is weirdly exactly how much new CD albums cost here. Will probably actually buy when I get my bux next week. But only because I snatched it before you deleted and I really like that one song in there.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21331405
Would you be able to reupload it? I and others would really appreciate it.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21331421
Not the person you replied to but here's a reupload (sorry for weird host) https://files.catbox.moe/7zctih.zip

[Anonymous No.]

>>21331482
thank you and thanks to the original uploader!

[Anonymous No.]

トリップ×フロリック flac?

[Anonymous No.]

まにきゅあ団 - まにのろぢ～ (1997)
Aforementioned Manikyua-Dan album

https://mega.nz/#!VNcGzSqY!2zS29QRvV-3I9hrZGqkl73lF6x6Q4GJkYjMDhx6Bzbs

[Anonymous No.]

>>21331850
dumb anime poster
https://mega.nz/#F!agcS1SQT!zUDiSIrnPj30z8wksKEWJw

[Anonymous No.]

>>21332002

based

[Anonymous No.]

>>21332017
>based
On what?

[Anonymous No.]

>>21206892
What happened to her?

[Anonymous No.]

>>21332220

see

>>21263327

and

https://twitter.com/Patra_HNST

[Anonymous No.]

>>21332238

Either she married or is trying to be a vtuber?
Well I guess she has to choose what's best for her, can't blame her.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21332259

vtuber, she is Patra, and I agree

[Anonymous No.]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke1rtB94s2U

[Anonymous No.]

>>21332626
Very good song. I don't recognise the composer, does he just do anime songs normally?
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL83A2998CF3BBC86D
Everyone dig into this list and bring back one of your favourites.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoLyKY01a3A Here is mine.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21319603
I just started listening to denpa, this feels like heaven. Thanks anon

[Anonymous No.]

>>21338131
How does it feel to consciously approach denpa music for the first time? It is usually not very well-received in otaku fan-communities.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21338658
I'm enjoying it. I decided to take a look into denpa after listening to Grimorie of IOSYS Vol. 1, which has it's first CD disk named "Chapter of Denpa". Right now I'm listening to pic related.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21338731
If you're entering denpa from the direction of Touhou and IOSYS in particular, you should check out "Hyper Denpa Collection Freedom Touhou-hen"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0YmOEQ91IA&list=PLbyhCGqsFkvuQJjsUJPGIea6hLzSBhS18

[Anonymous No.]

>>21337124
i've been fond of this one since the short version released https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhqZs9H_bWQ

[Anonymous No.]

>IOSYS set cut off at mogra
I was mad.

[Anonymous No.]

picture book with toromi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-pvMqhUhi4

[Anonymous No.]

>>21343131
I wish Toromi was my mother.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21343131
For the past few months I believe that she was telling me directly through her videos on that channel that I have a very good reason. Love.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21286242
>mmbk scat singing
This is like the greatest idea I've ever heard, what the hell, now I can't stop imagining her doing that.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21345436
Alas, my friend...
This is the nearest thing I have on the subject, just some shabidoo doobidoo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcH28Xj9Z18

[Anonymous No.]

>>21345473
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9mFb4cr-dk

[Anonymous No.]

Reminder that Komiya Mao did an ero denpa cover of Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ10_SIKDrA

[Anonymous No.]

>>21345549
- No scatting skill, any retard can say chippapa;
- Voice doesn't project out, sounds like she's whispering in the microphone so her parents won't hear;
- Shit mixing;
- Shit lyrics;
- Just a parody, so nothing new to enjoy other than a washed-down version of the original.

Though I guess a 1:1 cover of this in denpa voice would still be very cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN0ww1OzEoY

[Anonymous No.]

>>21345719
anon, this is the denpa thread.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21346094
Sorry, but I like my garbage to be high quality.

[Anonymous No.]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWAc43mLNJM

[Anonymous No.]

>>21220255
If you're still around to see this, sorry for responding so late!

Nice! That song is a super good example of what I'm talking about. It's cool to see that the interesting music theory manifest itself in an obvious way to the sound itself, even if you don't deconstruct the song into theory on paper.

0:36-0:40 has three chords that break a lot of musical "rules". Here's how it works as far as I can tell:
* Key is in Bb

* The starting chord is a I, and the melody plays 3 2 3. Normal diatonic melody over a normal chord.

* Second chord is a vii7, and the melody plays 4# 3 4#
The melody is what's driving the progression here. In the first chord we played 3 2 3, but now we simply move up all the notes a whole step to 4# 3 4# and play the pattern again. But as you can tell from the sharps, 4# doesn't sit naturally in the diatonic scale and gives a real sense of instability. Furthermore, the chord has shifted to vii7 which doesn't share much in common with our major key. It's an odd chord.

So that's the point here. The melody has been shifted up one step giving it symmetry to the first melody, but at the expense of harmonic consonance. In one sense the song stays structured (the melody), but it also is becoming more disorganized and distant (the chord).

* Third chord is a IIImaj7, and the melody plays and holds a 5#.
This is the most fascinating part. Again this progression is driven by the melody. Just as the second part is raised a whole step from the first part, the third part is raised a whole step from the second part. This time we just play the first note of the pattern and hold it for emotional satisfaction. But the IIImaj7 chord breaks the rules of diatonic chord progressions. It consists of 4 notes but it only shares 1 note in common with the original key of Bb. It's almost the furthest you can stray from the harmonic structure of the song. We're way out there now. But this IIImaj7 chord isn't completely random. vii7 (the second chord) to IIImaj7 (the third chord) is just a variation of a V-I cadence (v-I cadence in the key of Eb). This is the most structured chord progression there is. So even though the notes relative to the root key become distant, it's stays geometrically organized with both respect to the chords and melody.

Conclusion in next post:

[Anonymous No.]

>>21349441

This breaks the rules of modern pop music because most modern music will stay diatonically structured 100% of the time, and it will only stay within that one scale. In this case the song temporary ceases to be diatonic at all. Harmonically it completely breaks. It ceases to become regular pop music, and instead spends a few chords focusing on the relative intervals of the notes themselves.

This tendency to "break out" of the diatonic scale is actually really familiar to modern classical music and jazz. And yet here we hear this compositionally quirky section in a denpa song. It sounds really emotionally satisfying to listen to, and somehow these jazz techniques fit so well with the over-exaggerated sound of denpa. The voices and instrumentation are over the top, and so is the music theory.

Long wall of text, and I'm kind of vague at points, but I hope this makes sense.

[Anonymous No.]

While we're on the topic of scat-like singing in denpaish music, take this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnpcivL0G8w

[Anonymous No.]

I remember this, vocaloid scat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43paKlT9uZc

[Anonymous No.]

>>21344275
woah, good for the heart!

[Anonymous No.]

Dear Github Gist Denpa anon,

You mentioned a while ago that you were compiling a Mosaic.wav discography folder. How's that been coming along? I look forward to downloading it.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21349448
The song at >>21332626 also has an interesting progression in the intro and 1:18+. That said, the composer is pretty experienced.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21331919
I thought to translate to the best of my abilities two songs in the album, in order to give a glimpse of the theming of older cute and quirky music. The first song is called Kaizoku Pirates(海賊パイレーツ) which literally translates as "Pirates Pirates".
Link: https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm16288705
Lyrics: https://pastebin.com/NQWYQArq
I think the combination of the macho pirate image with the young girl voice is striking. I also think that the male vocals of the band helps immerse you in the iconic pirate atmosphere, something I believe female vocalists on their own could not do very well. The included a photo was taken in a live event in Shinjuku at the end of October, almost a month before the release of the album. There is no information about the live event, so one can only assume that Manikyua-Dan gave a sneak-peek to their new album with this song about pirates.

The second song is called Gaugau (がうがう), which I assume are some sort of animal noise or other meaningless sound. I did not translate the two speech excerpts in the song.
Link: https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm16288762
Lyrics: https://pastebin.com/xPcFv5GC
An impressive degree of brain-melting noise, with the most satisfying hook. A song that's mostly gibberish.

I think it's amazing how this band managed to nail the denpa spirit years before denpa music as we know it came into existence. I left the vocalist a comment asking her whether she views her songs from more than twenty years back as a precursor of denpa music. I wonder what she'll reply.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21350058
Thank you for the reminder, I will have it finished by the weekend. I want it to be as complete as possible!
>>21349441
>>21349448
Very interesting stuff anon.
>>21350755
This album really reminds me of some post punk/new wave stuff, i wonder how much that influenced them. Is there any direct connection between Manikyua-dan and denpa?
I feel like you could easily go back further and say someone like Togawa Jun captured the denpa spirit to some extent in the early 80s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd2HMDV883k
Though you obviously know a lot more about otaku history so I trust your opinion!

[Anonymous No.]

>>21350958
The producer of Manikyua-Dan, Shinji Hosoe, was in large influenced by Yellow Magic Orchestra (Y.M.O.) - what led him and others create a parody band called Oriental Magnetic Yellow (O.M.Y.). He was also a game composer. At one point, he shifted his works to the SuperSweep label, and under it released an album in the mid-2000s in the spirit of the popular denpa music, "Moe Techno-pop".
Here is Ebata Ikuko's song from the album:
https://youtu.be/3JzpXmXC4BA

She referred to her own music under Manikyua-Dan as "bursting technopop in quirky childlike voice" (Japanese technopop is essentially synthpop). Are her songs from the time not "moe", then? I believe it's simply that the term has yet to gain the necessary popularity to describe music. It's beyond me to tell whether the first composers of "denpa songs" were influenced by Troubadour Record and Manikyua-Dan or not.


What you say in that you can go further back is true. Quirky and cute elements appeared in all sorts of Japanese music, including the aforementioned Y.M.O.
https://youtu.be/pNi-GyGxWrw
I think the best approach is to look at it from the musicians' perspective - would they regard their own works as moe or denpa?

[Anonymous No.]

>>21351116
Ah the YMO influence makes sense. Thank you for the information. It will be interesting to see how she replies to your comment.

[Anonymous No.]

morinaga tohko pv
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm--7XmVMuc

[Anonymous No.]

MOSAIC.WAV Discography. 57 (I think) albums/singles/mini-albums etc.
https://mega.nz/#F!H4kj3IoL!JZyLnbcRNf7pdHyUuj22Vw
Tagging should be consistent. Unfortunately there is some romaji in there, sorry.
Here's what is missing as far as I know:
ぼくたちのリメイク〜Once again 2006〜
Synchronicity Control
MoonStarHalloween
ツギハギ:めいくぴーす!~May be friends?
ハイコンテクスト・マニアックワールド
青春ブタ野郎は恋する幻想曲の夢を見ない
ギリギリアウト
魔法のおしごと
If anyone has any of the above or knows of other stuff missing please let me know!
I hope this is useful. Sorry it took so long.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21358650
http://www1.plala.or.jp/y_sato/mi-ko/song.htm
I just found this and it's a good companion to the mega folder. Though it looks like there is still some other stuff missing, I will have a better look over the weekend.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21358650
I don't see the "Gacha Gacha Cute Figu@mate" single and "Chousai Kenbo Sengen", so I'll take care of them and link them shortly. Would you like "All Last One Chance" and "Zannen Idol Fubin-chan" in flac as well?

[Anonymous No.]

>>21355705
http://www.brainboxjp.net/music/bigbear.mp3

Can't stop thinking about that scat!

[Anonymous No.]

https://files.catbox.moe/fipfs0.mp3

[Anonymous No.]

>>21358728
Yes to all of those, thank you!

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>>21349448
To join in on the music theory masturbation, I'd point to Ta-Ti-Tu-Teatime as having similar harmonic colours as well.

I think the melody is pleasant and simple to understand to the untrained ear, while also fitting right in on top of the the more sophisticated harmony.

The style strays a little from the crazy dissonance of the more, ah, "trudenpa" aesthetic, but I'd say it's just good music.

[Anonymous No.]

The anon who posted >>21221493 is right on. The song analyzed in >>21349441 was composed by 塚越雄一朗 of NanosizeMir!

[Anonymous No.]

Gacha Gacha Cute Figu@mate & Carnival (2007)
https://mega.nz/#!wJtgmSTQ!a0qVQm2PtGfpVSDjAzOHijmAE-QxW2ympMTuCYGITXk

[Anonymous No.]

MOSAIC.WAV - Chousai Kenbo Sengen (2008)
https://mega.nz/#!Mc0wSACR!2afoqgy6jUbeDS_kCF2OBgCbmaM-xoxAjeoWIrZNPms

[Anonymous No.]

>>21360249
Now that I look at the list again, I realize that Chousai Kenbo Sengen is already in the folder, so this one is unneeded. I'll take the link down.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21358650
MP3 only, sorry.

MOSAIC.WAV - 魔法のおしごと
https://mega.nz/#!SUhgiAYQ!L6f2lTu4Ari_HQcKUXGkcSvksV9xe9k_KK_jNC-6IrE

[Anonymous No.]

>>21359754
>>21360249
>>21360659
>>21361131
Very much appreciated, thank you!

[Anonymous No.]

Two other from MOSAIC.WAV in FLAC

All Last One Chance! (2013)
https://mega.nz/#!0B8A1aYC!I55hVa4hgIbYIKqe0EuLkYbWN6dLAFuuD6J8vAb9C1k

Zannen Idol Fubin-chan (2015)
https://mega.nz/#!Vd1g1YiT!CBhPra6QS6le11wkzHZyKl-PQz3KcLG5lHYkPsRWNUg

[Anonymous No.]

>>21364550
Thanks again

[Anonymous No.]

>>21358650
>>21361131
>>21364550
wow, thanks for this

[Anonymous No.]

>>21328813
I was buying most of her stuff for a while. All v0:

みかん汁ふりかけ - ユメミミミーム
https://mega.nz/#!JkwVUCKQ!O4ccZzn2LDsP3nHV7wpo5hlz4PxXHI8vYvTDwjJLX7w

モノ＝ノケモノ
https://mega.nz/#!Q1ICXJqb!Va8hpB7t3RoSujXWB6-H8HtfztJhotkVluHnOJoPRo0

ザビカルライク
https://mega.nz/#!A5ZDhQpJ!GPPJjBD5vziWjYjOgT3I_4OCzThfT2w7j-QTsu-V6EQ

ニーヨンアワーズ！
https://mega.nz/#!V95ATChb!FU1ydIt4mAQdSHnty7fgCJCQTLKnsZWOVhII32rNLmc

[Anonymous No.]

>>21371830
Thanks I'll check this out when I recover from heat exhaustion.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21359602

> 塚越雄一朗 of NanosizeMir

He's amazing!

[Anonymous No.]

>>21374182
NanosizeMir is great. I was listening to their previous albums and Luna is great too, I love the gap between her cute and deadpan.

https://files.catbox.moe/gpxavg.mp3

[Anonymous No.]

>>21349441
>>21349448
Yes, still here! I'm relatively new to the genre and your perspective changed how I think about it. When I was learning to play music my teacher told me he thought a particular chord was beautiful. At that time I'd never really thought that a certain chord on its own could be beautiful, and his comment convinced me to listen to music more carefully. I think your observation pushed me in a similar way.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21371830
Yeah this is great, thank you!

[Anonymous No.]

Denpa bump!

[Anonymous No.]

Hopefully a few M3 CDs will finally be arriving by the end of the week!

[Anonymous No.]

Bump

[Anonymous No.]

Still waiting on Lolinkle final.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21331162
Why even post it in the first place then?

[Anonymous No.]

>>21392571
The denpa-sharing feels are just too tempting I would imagine for anon, even should you know you are going to have guilt for doing it. It happened to me once with one of these vocalists when she struck down a couple of her songs that I uploaded to YouTube. Later, after I uploaded something from her again, she didn't seem to mind.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21395016
Yeah I feel a bit bad when it’s ちょこ. She’s so nice to her fans on twitter, even if they’re foreign.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21397974
There was an incident before where an anon came here angered and complaining after she disallowed the use of her art in their twitter profile pic. Painted her up to be a real bitch over it, too. It's funny we do such things without permission hoping our good intentions will compensate for this guilt, and in some cases the outcome is actually lovely. I remember seeing a song that I uploaded had been tweeted by the vocalist herself (not Choko), with her saying "look what somebody did!", and in the comments somebody had expressed some disapproval of that, to which she replied enthusiastically, "I'm happy!"

[Anonymous No.]

is tpazolite denpa isnt he hardcore even so which album was the song funny function originally from

[Anonymous No.]

>>21399457
Japanese artists are generally displeased when they see their art used by others without permission. This is especially apparent with profile pictures, which are almost never requested permission. I think the denpa song community in Japan is aware of Western piracy, but I haven't really seen anybody voice anything about it.

I think those of us who directly communicate with denpa artists are sometimes found in situations where we are responsible for ripping their albums. Though the rip will likely not be traced back to you, I understand how people may feel like they're really doing something detrimental or at least not morally acceptable. For this reason I pondered as well whether or not to take down some of my own rips. At the end though, when it comes to Japanese music, those to support the artists the most are often found to be the biggest pirates.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21399676
Idk but it sure is funny. I like Baby Click!

[Anonymous No.]

>>21399676
hasn't been denpa since rizna stopped singing, which was a while back

[Anonymous No.]

立秋 - Honey Beat Pops credit to https://blog.naver.com/alswostar
https://mega.nz/#F!P4VnEQ4Y!UvZhPduxZV6ZjH-yhuw8HQ
This is probably the least denpa sounding 立秋 album yet, so it's a little disappointing.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21402124
I remember dropping this from my interest list after the XFD, which was particularly non-denpa. A disappointment.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21402124
Thanks for sharing, even if it isn't quite denpa. I still listen to Electric Wonderland all the time, so I'm excited to listen to this later.

[Anonymous No.]

Best service for buying new albums? My Japanese isn't good enough to navigate Melonbooks.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21404482
Any proxy service will do. I have had good experiences every time using Treasure Japan and Dejapan over the past number of years. But really anything will do.
I don't believe melonbooks will send things overseas directly anyway.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21404482
FromJapan has a very good indexing service but high rates as well. If you want to order from a personal store or a more hardcore auctioning website you'll need a service like tenso, though I prefer white rabbit express.

>>21402124
I think there's a slight shift in recent among some denpa circles and vocalists to shibuya-kei. Not very alarming considering how people have done the same with different genres for the past twenty years, but I can understand how vexing it is to await a denpa album and receive a generic vocal album.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21402124
Man this album sucks lol

[Anonymous No.]

>>21402124
Yeah this is pretty underwhelming. A shame since rishuu's stuff has always been consistently good until now.

[Anonymous No.]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgUm0xYI6fU

[Anonymous No.]

>>21408942
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K52_ujKGiC8
I didn't realise Nemu had graduated. That's a very good though.

[Anonymous No.]

https://youtu.be/pSlN_7PmKDA

[Anonymous No.]

Catalog sama deserves to be paid someday. What you do means a whole lot to me

[Anonymous No.]

>>21417103
Take your money and buy denpa releases instead.

[Anonymous No.]

I hereby bequeath my entire denpa collection to >>21417103

[Anonymous No.]

>>21414269
Is this your youtube channel anon? There is a lot of great stuff on it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYghYlTq-Sg

[Anonymous No.]

Anybody got a rip of this?
うさみみぱんちゅを脱がせてよ / あまめろりぼん

2 tracks composed by ひろて〜, and 1 by かたほとりさん

[Anonymous No.]

>>21422702
It was only released yesterday. I have already ordered it and it will be coming with some other m3 stuff.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21420962
No, it isn't my channel. Continuous uploader though so stay tuned!
A while ago I wanted to mention there is an OP/ED with 都築きせの singing on both, for anyone who is interested and might have missed.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21424498
Ah I wondered because you posted it very soon after it was uploaded. Great channel anyway!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4I7QR5LfXI
Speaking of Kiseno, were Petit Pit's ダ・イ・ス・キ or Season Cycle ever uploaded anywhere?

[Anonymous No.]

>>21426776
If you or anyone could find either of them, please do share. Pic related looks to be a little more promising than the other though I'd love to eventually hear everything from this combo!

[Anonymous No.]

>>21428854
This little collection is on mercari for 3000, and Season Cycle is only 100 on suruga-ya. I will keep them both bookmarked for next time I am ordering anything! I was not even aware of the bottom two CDs.
https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/nm10239639

[Anonymous No.]

https://youtu.be/3YC5gKS-N3c

[Anonymous No.]

>>21429193
Do you want us to ask you to upload it?

[Anonymous No.]

>>21429265
No, I just saw it already sold on mercari. Only 100 copies were made, so I didn't think I'd ever see it pop up anywhere.
And to my understanding, neither the uploader of this track or anybody who comes to these threads has it and is willing to share. At one time there might have been another track floating around the internet, though I was never able to find.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21429325
Apologies, I thought you were doing a "look what I have and you don't" thing. I forgot how limited that was, it was event only too, right? Japs really don't like to share stuff do they.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21429356
Japs are extremely stuck up in regards to piracy. I remember a guy that tweeted a screenshot of his torrent client and he got harassed by countless people calling him a thief and a criminal. Eventually his account got suspended. Laws are extremely strict as well.

[Anonymous No.]

(singing 2hu with Spelunker)

都築きせの - だまされたりなんてしないっ！
https://files.catbox.moe/z7u4h2.mp3

[Anonymous No.]

Western denpa? Featuring choko with lyrics by Risshu, apparently.

https://twitter.com/easynam/status/1133522122255589376

[Anonymous No.]

>>21432869
This is pretty good actually.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21432869
ah, I saw choko tweet this earlier. I think it has the denpa spirit for sure

[Anonymous No.]

>>21339437
I've been listening to this album a couple of times, holy shit it is so addicting. What other IOSYS albums do you guys recommend?

[Anonymous No.]

>>21439353
The non 2hu IOSYS albums are really good, too. I liked はいぱぁ電波これくしょん！ファンタスティック大和編 and メイド・イン・きゅんクチュアリ the best.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21324649
Took longer than expected, but katahotori finally arrived.
かたほとり - ほっと・すぽっと
https://mega.nz/#F!2wlH2SAT!pafMsP-mTvY_mwkvqfhAbQ

[Anonymous No.]

>>21439645
Thanks anon.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21429548
Just think of all the stuff they have but will never share, it's very frustrating.
>>21439645
Nice, thanks anon! My CDs are also taking longer than expected (i put them off to order more stuff). Hopefully they arrive before the thread reaches its limit.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21439645
Wonderful, thank you.

[Anonymous No.]

>>21299184
>08 - God morgen vår!
The last thing I would have expected in a denpa album is something written in norwegian/swedish/danish. Scandinavia represent

[Anonymous No.]

>>21429193
Bonfire?!

>>21429325
Even albums that were produced in very low numbers are destined to surface again, but it's hard to tell how many of them actually make it to secondhand sales, whether on auctions or on websites like suruga-ya. The formula of being forgotten and deteriorating over the years is the gist of why many albums have a hard time making it to the second-hand market.

>>21429548
Japanese, as far as I know, mostly use peer-to-peer software that allows for more anonymity than torrents. This is because of how strict the copyright laws are, and the history of imprisonment of people who both uploaded and downloaded music, anime and manga. With music readily accessible, and doujin rooted deeply within otaku culture, it makes sense for Japanese to be against piracy.

>>21439353
I'm glad you've enjoyed the album. I recommend "Touhou Gokuraku Yukai -Touhou Collection Vol. 24- ". It includes the following two:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_SvD3E1bAo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcGd_NZaZKw
As well as this blaster 8 minute theme-park-themed arrangement compilation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVJSjNbHMY0

>>21439941
Are you the one with nanosizemir's "オール電波"? I didn't want to push it, so I ordered it secondhand. Shame that they didn't set any way to officially get it after M-3.

>>21439397
The old IOSYS denpa albums are also very good. I don't remember whether I shared it this thread or last thread, but "Saitama Payapaya" from 2003 is peculiar in that ARM's composition is very similar to how it is today, while incorporating elements from the IOSYS radio dramas - nonsense interjection by the male cast, supplementing the main female vocals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqEsD1WKfys

>>21429116
There is a lot you can find simply by searching "同人 CD セット" or "同人 CD まとめ". It's how I stumbled upon some rare albums which have long since lost their sentimental value. That's how they end up summed up in sets in the first place, as the sellers don't bother to appraise them for their true value. Since they are bundled in sets, they tend to arrive with albums you weren't initially interested in, but as you explore them you get to like them as much as you did the albums you ordered the set for, perhaps even more. I'm not as driven to blindly purchase anymore (after realizing how much I spent over the last 12 months on music), but I still regularly look for sets like these on yahoo auctions and mercari. You can't afford to miss a bargain for a rare album.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y17XbaV0rR4

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>>21439353
There is way too much good IOSYS stuff, especially in older albums. Check these and the albums they're from (most of them are uploaded in their official music account in YouTube):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Gygmrz4tDE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wynzD_jfbgU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZchBPq-sOkI

Even though these are short versions, I think the PVs are too good not to watch them:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkN3nV1Fc0M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNTltkuRiqw

Older non-Touhou stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV0AqghsPC4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqEsD1WKfys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgLIviolYrQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDedwWyXC7A

Check their sister circle ALBATROSICKS too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVplEy-qRYA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yLQ9l4WiRw

There is a IOSYS discography collection in Nyaa in case you're interested: https://nyaa.si/view/1123112

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>>21444077
Mayumi Morinaga is very good. It's a shame her discography album has an unsightly jacket design.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SIJYes8WME
Jump to 13:25 for the Prim crossfade. At least that CD looks somewhat cool with all the famous characters together, including the aforementioned "Little Devil of the Beach".

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Does anyone know where to download this album or more works from the singer (Hagumi Nishizawa)?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN_5zVWgoGY

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>>21444257
This is it
http://mediafire.com/?nm8buozkdk8r683

And another album
http://mediafire.com/?sqcx0de4swsf0i0

Pretty sure you can find more online since she's a fairly well known eroge singer. Sadly she retired in 2015.

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>>21439645
Thanks, was looking for this one.

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>>21445864
Thanks anon.

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What percentage of denpa is lewd? I don't speak Japanese, I just like how it sounds. Kind of wondering what likelihood, if I shared it, that I'd be caught with my pants down (or my pants up, so to speak). Like, I hear bleeps in songs every once in a while like the Poyacchio track in >>21156118 and run track titles through google translate but that's about as far as I can get on my own.

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>>21452139
I don't think eroticism is muchof a focus in doujin denpa. There are only few denpa circles notorious for singing about obscene topics.
When it comes to eroge theme songs, from my experience they're usually pretty clean even if their clips are not. It's common for them to be completely innocent compared to what they're supposed to represent.

It comes down to whom you're sharing it with. Even if it's not lewd, there's a good chance people are going to think you of a deviant anyway.

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>>21452667
tfw can't share my love for mosaic.wav with anyone but veteran otakus because of all the lolis almost showing pussy on the album covers

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>>21453756
Most denpa album covers feature girls in all sorts of eccentric forms, so even without a dose of panty-shot it'll drive away anime and manga fans. There are also many veteran otaku who are interested in different, milder fields and don't take well anything that has to do with eroge.
Ultimately denpa music isn't very accessible to the different crowds within otaku, and will likely have even less success with people outside otaku.

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ANAKREON's "Kokuhaku" - Ebata Ikuko's first solo album together with composer-arranger Aki Hata. Although the album was produced in 1996, before the advent of moe and denpa, it still succeeds in creating an image of maidenly love. Be sure to give it a listen.
https://mega.nz/#!RFEEjA4Y!_xOCCv1AKxlSqGOiARyQCMA_2FtIZZqVhLFx7C4Hmlw

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>>21453756
I think the covers are far from the only thing keeping denpa from being accepted by non-otaku.

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>スマートフォンアプリ　「東方キャノンボール」　事前登録受け付け中
とろ美さんもイラスト描かせていただきました。みんな遊んでね。

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ANAKREON's "Utakata ~utakata~" - Ebata Ikuko's second solo album, produced a year later in 1997 again with composer-arranger Aki Hata.
https://mega.nz/#!RN1hSSaC!-vc6PS3IgnrlhgygHyGR34NT3GRpF3b6arf_QkVid4o

Ebata Ikuko was the first doujin vocalist with her appearance in the first pressed doujin CD in 1990, and was likely the first "real" denpa vocalist, shifting focusing to quirky and cute themes as early as 1993. ANAKREON's albums may then be the first solo ventures of doujin vocalists, seeing as there were very few vocalists at the time. This album, however, takes less of a quirky and cute form and instead gives light to more serious themes.

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Looking ahead from Ebata Ikuko's point onwards, let's think of prominent denpa vocalists to emerge in the next few years:

- In 1997 Momoi Haruko began activities in Akihabara, which was undergoing a rapid change into otaku consumerism. She was quickly teamed up with Masaya Koike, who worked alongside her even before their formation of UNDER17. However, their unit didn't last long, and Haruko Momoi split and went on to pursue her own vision in 2004.

- In 1998 Morinaga Tohko first provided vocals for a doujin circle - she was integrated into an existing "To Heart" based clip mid-production, for the several next years from then worked alongside the founder of the circle, Neruge. She has largely sealed off her career in 2007 with the release of discography album "Nagobest", and has since mostly participated in doujin and commercial works as a lyricist.

- In late 1999 vocalist Miiko began activities under aliases Inaba Miko, Inaba Unmi and Usami Umi, providing voice to amateur eroge and participating in various doujin albums. She became a hit with commercial eroge in the early 2000s, providing voice acting as well as theme song performance. Her unit, MOSAIC.WAV is likely the longest lasting of its kind, having been active since 2000.

- In 2000 Kotoko began activities as a part of I've Sound, and from within it and outside it worked on countless eroge title theme songs, both in performance and in writing.

- In 2002 Toromi provided vocals for an insert song in her debut eroge title "Popotan". She would continue to provide voice and vocals for eroge titles for several years until completely shifting into a solo career.

At that point in time, the word "denpa" used to refer to quirky and cute music, generally within otaku subculture, has not had a concensus. It took until 2003 for Miko Miko Nurse's theme song to really wrap around the idea of a genre dedicated to such music.
There has been some collaboration between Momoi Haruko, Kotoko and Toromi over the years, with covers and guest appearances. Ebata Ikuko has only returned to work alongside old friends from Manikyua-Dan and TROUBADOUR RECORDS, who now operate under SuperSweep. Morinaga Tohko has continued perfoming under circle vanile*essence, with the help of circle Ooedo Express Mail. Miiko and MOSAIC.WAV, as we all know, are going strong and staying true to their style.

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If anybody's interested in amending their collection, there is a listing on Mercari of 21 MOSAIC.WAV CDs for 7000 yen.
https://item.mercari.com/jp/m79529196390/

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This IOSYS has been stuck in my head since they uploaded it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EDuYGJWw-w

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OP from "Nobunaga-sensei no Osanazum"

Short version Youtube video for preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQhctJaCoa8

Full length audio: https://files.catbox.moe/jkd4r5.mp3

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Just sharing some songs I love.

It's sad to see some circles that only publish one single and apparently are lost forever (or they leave the scene to focus on their actual jobs).

In this case we have the ふぃるまーち gang which I really like and it's a shame they didn't come up with another album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQZAP2P4gGA

Also, denpa*garden which according to one member "is about to break up", so she moved to her own project PlasticGarden*: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJidXKvFa7U

>>21266926
sad, I hate ASMR

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In 1996, Manikyua-Dan produced an album focusing not on Ebata Ikuko's childlike voice, but on the techno tunes. It features more male singing and sampling, creating an overall unique vibe compared to their other albums. One track from within the album was later adapted into the aforementioned "Maninology".
Here is one track from the album, about mahjong. Soon I'll put up a link to the album as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HYMP0ErcYk

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