Chikai preview and UTD -remix- up!

感情: a bit tense
音楽: "Chikai (preview)" - Eiko Shimamiya

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I already had my under the darkness -Remix- last night but due to lack of time, I wasn't able to upload it.

I like Chikai because it's more lively than WHEEL OF FORTUNE. I admit the latter is good but I'd say I love Chikai more. I wonder how SORMA No.1 will do OXISOLS. under the darkness -Remix- also sounds good though I still the original version but what I like about this remix is its very much trancier than the original.

Oh yeah, I'm a bit tensed because my parents already knew of my secret. x__X' As usual, my mother's ok with it but NOT my father. I'll be preparing my ears tomorrow for some showering of *bleep* words that will surely lower my self-esteem but I'll endure it. And I can't promise I'll be posting more because of this problem. So if I weren't able to post in the next few days, you already know it.

HYDIAN WAY (w/ vocals)

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Although the pitch for the instrumental (which was released way earlier) than this one but definitely it does sound better with the vocals. And it even got longer! From 5:48 instrumental it became 6:53 w/ vocals! xDD;; Uplifting and cheerful than See You ~Chiisana Eien~ and as much as I expect it, Tenjou wo Kakeru Monotachi was still much better. I assume KOTOKO did the lyrics for this one.

Departed to the Future songs credit

As much as I expected, me and KuroiYuki-chan's guesses are almost absolutely wrong but she has a higher score than me because I changed my answer on MELL's song credits. xD *gets kicked by Yuki-chan*

STATUS EDITED as of 03/29

Anyway, here's the REAL credits. XD

L'Oiseau bleu
Lyrics: Mami Kawada
Composition/Arrangement: C.G mix
(Totally unexpected!)

snIpe
Lyrics: KOTOKO
Composition/Arrangement: Maiko Iuchi
(That explains why I don't like the song that much. x_x)

Paranoia
Lyrics: Eiko Shimamiya
Composition/Arrangement: Kazuya Takase
(We were right about this!)

Kara no Tsubomi
Lyrics: MELL
Composition: C.G mix
Arrangement: C.G mix and Takeshi Hoshino (which happens to be Mami's live guitarists) -- status edited!
(And this is where I committed my greatest mistake!)

end of refrain ~Chiisana Hajimari~
Lyrics: KOTOKO
Composition: Tomoyuki Nakazawa
Arrangement: Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Takeshi Ozaki
(The most unexpected reality! XD haha! That's why my inner conscience is telling me to like it. XP)

Oh and here are the PV previews. Well, one thing's for sure. Kara no Tsubomi is no no vain. XD

If you want to download the SINGLES, go to Winter Symphony, Misaki's mp3 rotation site which happens to be that I'm also one of its maintainers and posters. ;)

snIpe preview

感情: a bit loaded 
音楽: "Anemoi" - eufonius

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Now I'm a bit convinced that Kazuya Takase arranged this one and not C.G mix. I like the intro but sorry I really didn't like the chorus part, just like Super scription of data. 

Random I've Sound trivias/facts

感情: hungry
音楽: "Kopperia no Hitsugi" - ALI PROJECT

DISCLAIMER: This post doesn't contain ALL trivias/facts regarding I've Sound. I'm just going to post the facts that I only know. If there are infos that I don't know or you would like to add, please inform me! :D I'd be more than happy if you enlighten me with more infos plus I'll credit you. xD

Now, let's start!

DID YOU KNOW THAT...

1. the most highest first-week sales of I've Sound single is 25,499 copies? Which is KOTOKO's 2nd single Re-sublimity while the single with the weakest first-week sales is MELL's 4th single KILL with only 2,664 copies sold.

2. the I've single with the longest charting week is Eiko Shimamiya's debut single Higurashi no Naku Koro ni? It charted for 26 weeks. While the shortest charting week is still MELL's 4th single KILL which only stayed at the Oricon top 200 charts for only 2 weeks.

3. the most successful (I meant highest ranking, not highest sales) I've single ever released was KOTOKO's 5th single being which garnered the #4 spot on its first week. Although that was the case, did you know that the least successful I've single as of now is also by KOTOKO? And it's her recent released sleepy single U Make Ai Dream which only debuted at #46. (But if we're talking about an "all-time" single, the lowest will be Shooting Star at #62). 

4. the longest I've Sound song of all time is Eiko Shimamiya's Sukarabe no Inori -Brown Sugar Style- from her EP hologram. It's length is 8:51. But if we're talking about an original song (meaning it's not a remix), the longest would be Eiko Shimamiya's O with a length of 8:03. Despite the shortest title I've had came up, it holds the longest non-remix song of all time. While the shortest song would be Mami Kawada's 4th single Get my way! with a length of 2:56.

5. the longest original title (meaning there's no  "-Remix-" or any other name of a person who remixed it or whatsoever) that I've made was KOTOKO's song Mighty Heart ~Aru Hi no Kenka, Itsumo no Koigokoro~ with 40 letters on it (special/punctuational characters not included) while the shortest title is Eiko Shimamiya's O.

6. I've Sound's first movie/live-action tie-in was Real Onigokko? The song made for the said movie was performed by KOTOKO with the same title as the movie.

7. that the first I've girl was actually MELL and not KOTOKO? MELL and I've Sound King Kazuya Takase are already acquainted with each other even before I've was created. However, at that time, MELL is still using her pseudonym Orihime and it was changed to MELL when I've was formed way back 1998. And according to an interview when MELL will be guesting at a concert in Texas a few years ago, it was actually Takase who gave her the name MELL which came from her pet dog named Mellmo. She asked why gave that name but Takase just persisted it and unbelievably, she used it! Until right now, her real name is still a mystery.

8. I've Sound girls had a rather "private" profile? Speaking of mysteries, their real names were never revealed and even their birth years. What's with the hiding of personal information?

9. the first I've girl to sign into a recording label was actually KOTOKO and not MELL? KOTOKO was the first to sign a recording contract to Geneon on 2004, followed by Mami Kawada (2005), Eiko Shimamiya (2006), MELL (2006), and Kaori Utatsuki (2007). Although the same year, Eiko Shimamiya was still the first to sign since her debut single Higurashi no Naku Koro ni was released 3 weeks before MELL's debut single Red fraction.

10. the most successful and highest selling I've Sound album of all time was KOTOKO's 2nd album Garasu no Kaze? It garnered the #6 position and had a total sales of approximately 48,000 copies. The least successful and least sold album was Eiko Shimamiya's 2nd album Hikari Nadeshiko. It only reached #27 and sold only 7,333 copies.

11. the I've girl who has the most multiple tie-in of only one series was Eiko Shimamiya? From her debut album to her future 5th single, it is all tie-in with Higurashi no Naku Koro ni series.

12. (c/o KuroiYuki88) according to their official profile in Geneon's website, the tallest member of Love Planet Five is Mami Kawada with 158cm (some says its 159cm) height, and the shortest is KOTOKO with 150cm. However, recently KOTOKO wrote in her blog, saying that she grew 2cm taller than the official one. So if we count this as true, then Kaori Utatsuki will be the shortest member with 151cm.

13. Madonna is actually one of MELL's idols (according to the same interview mentioned above) that's why if you see the Promotional Video (PV) for no vain, it's somewhat similar to Madonna's video for Frozen. Similar location, same color setting, similar clothing etc.

Hmm this is all that I can think of right now. I'll add up if something comes up from my mind squeezing. XP nyahaha!

Some I've Sound & IKU details

感情: a bit nervous
音楽: "SONIC BOOM" - Maaya Sakamoto



IKU's debut album Yuauea


Tracklisting:
1(1:22) Ｓｐｒｉｎｇ　ｕｐ
演奏：ＩＫＵ
2(4:44) 木の芽風 (Ko no me Kaze)
ＴＸ系アニメ「ハヤテのごとく！」エンディング・テーマ
3(4:54) ささやかなこと (Sasayakana Koto)
4(6:14) 悲しい星座 (Kanashii Seiza)
5(5:29) 音のない夜空に (Oto no nai Yozora ni)
ＮＴＶ系「プリン・ス」オープニング・テーマ
6(4:27) ｕｎｄｅｒ　ｔｈｅ　ｂｅｄ
7(5:48) Ｔｈｅ　Ｗｉｎｄｓ　ｏｆ　Ｃｈａｎｇｅ
8(3:59) Ｒｉｍｌｅｓｓ～フチナシノセカイ～ (Rimless ~Fuchinashi no Sekai~)
ＴＶＫ他アニメ「とある魔術の禁書目録」エンディング・テーマ
9(5:35) ハルカナセカイ (Harukana Sekai)
10(4:57) おしまいの嘘 (Oshimai no Uso)
11(5:09) Ｆｉｎｅ
12(4:23) 誓い言～スコシだけもう一度～ (Chikaigoto ~Sukoshi Dake Mou Ichido~)
ＴＶＫ他アニメ「とある魔術の禁書目録」エンディング・テーマ
13(4:47) 金魚と泡粒 (Kingyo to Awatsubu)

Eiko Shimamiya's 4th single Chikai


Tracklisting:
1. Chikai (Lyrics: Eiko Shimamiya; Composition: Tomoyuki Nakazawa; Arrangement: Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Takeshi Ozaki)
2. OXISOLS (Lyrics: Eiko Shimamiya; Composition/Arrangement: SORMA No.1)
3. Chikai -instrumental-
4. OXISOLS -instrumental-

NOTE: I already put this on wikipedia.

The length of the songs in Ｉ’ｖｅ　Ｓｏｕｎｄ　１０ｔｈ　Ａｎｎｉｖｅｒｓａｒｙ　「Ｄｅｐａｒｔｅｄ　ｔｏ　ｔｈｅ　ｆｕｔｕｒｅ」Ｓｐｅｃｉａｌ　ＣＤ　ＢＯＸ are already up.

1. L'Oiseau bleu (5:38)
2. Kaze to Kimi wo Daite -I'VE in BUDOKAN 2009 Live ver.- (4:27)
3. snIpe (5:05)
4. Close to me... -I'VE in BUDOKAN 2009 Live ver.- (3:43)
5. Paranoia (4:21)
6. To lose in amber -I'VE in BUDOKAN 2009 Live ver.- (3:22)
7. Kara no Tsubomi (6:02) [Poster's note: With MELL's appearance in the PV and the length, is this really no vain part 2?]
8. Utsukushiku Ikitai -I'VE in BUDOKAN 2009 Live ver.- (5:36)
9. end of refrain ~Chiisana Hajimari~ (4:33)
10. Senecio -I'VE in BUDOKAN 2009 Live ver.- (4:04)

In the other side of the world, I'm kinda nervous as another day approaches because my time is running out... D: One of these days, my deepest darkes secret will be known to my parents either they'll know it via another person or from me. *gulp* Oh, I don't deserve this torture!! TT___TT

UWAH!!!

I can't open a .asx file!!! O.O It doesn't load on my WMP, Winamp and even foobar! It can't even stream in the net!! I want to hear a preview of Eiko Shimamiya's Chikai!!! O__o;; what seems to be the problem?! =__= I'm already searching for some alternatives but they're all not working!!! Even VLC media player is not working on me... D: D:

Uwah I've been waiting for to hear this for aeons!! *major bricking exaggerations here* Please help. Can someone rip it for me? o_o; It would be a big help! X__x Here's the link:

http://www.animate.tv/pv/detail.php?id=pcd090312a

One of your ordinary RL's

感情: nostalgic
音楽: "Doko ni mo nai Michi" - Eiko Shimamiya




Wow it has been a while since I posted something RL and serious but anyhow, I'll continue. xD

Two days ago (it's already Saturday in our timeline), I had a battle on my mind if I will come up for my mock defense or boycott it since I'm too lazy to present my thesis. Plus, our office will be closed at 11am because our Bedan Volunteer coordinator will be out till nth hours and won't be back until tomorrow -- so in short, I don't have a place to go or stay that's why don't ask if what is my decision about the mind battle.

Plus, Joie-chan's like tempting me to go to Manila so that's why I decided to go there and see them. And I'm very longing to see them because I haven't seen them for months! o.O I haven't been using my cellphone lately so I haven't communicated with them for awhile also. So I texted her that I will go to her place and have fun since I'm also depressed with the turn of events at school. And the fact that staying there will be more torture for me. It felt sad so I decided to free myself from this sadness even for just a while, right? (Although, I'm somewhat sorry for what I did for the mock defense. -_-a)

Natsumi-chan was also with us although Hangman and Mana-chan weren't able to come but we took our time to enjoy the moment. I missed that moment where I am truly with my closest and greatest friends around (as you know, I don't have a REAL friend at school -- I mean somewhat in-lined with my interests, behavior etc.) just talking, laughing, sharing each others' stories about what happened lately, plus I already told them my problem at school. It was a short day for us but we still enjoyed it! We walked around, eat @ (the nearby) KFC, trip trip's, plus we went to Tronix and the nearby Neoprint-like studio wherein we took pictures. And good thing, I was able to scan the pictures awhile ago at our office. xD And here are some of our pics from two days ago. ^_^ Haha there is a "halloween special" pic from one of the mini-pic stickers but sadly I don't have it. xD Lucky you, kapatid Joie-chan! xP

Ah yes, although my music is mediocre it still fits the occasion! XD One of my favorite Maiko Iuchi songs performed by Shimamiya-sensei. :D

Going back, I really missed the times when we're together. Especially now, I already miss them especially the ones whom I weren't able to see but good thing, it'll be Joie-chan's birthday celebration next week and we'll be able to see each other again -- the complete edition. XD

Departed to the Future previews

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RIDEBACK PV

sorry if the video is uber low quality.. ~_~

I'd say although this one's a bit out of the place, I can still consider this one of MELL's "cleanest" and happiest video and not to mention, greatest video. Know why? You can see it on her smile in some parts of the video. =^_^= She looks great. <3~

RIDEBACK lyrics

RIDEBACK
Lyrics: MELL
Composition/Arrangement: Kazuya Takase


Squeez'n step on it hard
Try to feel my heart beat
High, as high as you can
All your blood will turn to fountain water

We're surrounded by plot in this universe
Wash away the stain of blood with tears
We cannot look, or they will spell on you
Wind of fuego will lead us through

I found the light, was real, I am united
I found guide-in line in the raging world
There you see, in the sky, even in this insane world
Ride on Back
All we need is your sympathy
We make the history of our own

I dance blindly in a cage.
She was beaten to the ground.
Streets are filled with lies.
No one knows what's right and what is wrong.

So you think we are one peaceful nation.
Did you imagine this starvation?
Why we stain the love when we need it.
We are fed up with your opinion.

Stars fall out of the sky, words turned into lies.
Drunk with power, they forced us to hate.
I sacrifice all my life. The evolution was so wrong.
The heart it yearns, for a love that's pure and true.
The palace, it crumbles to the ground.

Yes I can. No I can't. I must go.
Or Should I stay? I cried hard.
Is that me? But no more tears.

Yes I can. No I can't. I must go.
Or Should I stay? I cried hard.
Is that me? Ready go yes!!!

I found the light, was real, I am united
I found guide-in line in the raging world
There you see, in the sky, even in this insane world
Ride on Back
All we need is your sympathy

Stars fall out of the sky, words turned into lies.
Drunk with power, they forced us to hate.
I sacrifice all my life. The evolution was so wrong.
The heart it yearns, for a love that's pure and true.
The palace, it crumbles to the ground.

But I want you... see you again.

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So Engrish~y I couldn't write the lyrics without the booklets!!! O.O

I was right about RIDEBACK!

感情: feeling enthusiast *bricked*
音楽: "RIDEBACK -instrumental-" - MELL




Oh yes, I'm certainly right about RIDEBACK. XD It's 50% kicks!, 40% BLAZE and 10% WHEEL OF FORTUNE (but you can ignore the last). Yes, it's not something made of new material or another of Takase's creative bouncy synths but I can say just by listening to the instrumental that it is tolerable. I mean for me, it's great -- greater than KILL. Much decent-sounding, at least. XD Although it's a very electric-guitar dependent.

You're right about you're thinking. Yes, RIDEBACK single was out VERY early. XP And as of now, I'm still halfway of downloading the single and PV -- the question of why am I still downloading it it's because the good samaritans once again uploaded it in a very slowpoke web host. =.=' So once again, I'm suffering to download it but I have to admit, it has improved its speed unlike my past downloads (Imagine downloading a 2MB file @ 30mins.? O_O). Maybe I'll post the single in my LJ community if it finshes earlier than expected.

RIDEBACK -Re-mix ver.- is kinda alright but it's shorter than the original version... plus it's like JOYBASU's remix for Mami Kawada's radiance. It has become a bit rockier edge (since I'm expecting a bit trance-y remix) but not a bad try, at least for me.

It's a good thing that the remix and instrumental version we're the first to download haha so that I can judge it already! XD