Saturday, November 4, 2017

Song of the Week! 4 November 2017


It's been a while since our last Namco Original feature... so, here you are!

 Day by Day!
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 Taiko 0 K, Taiko Ps Vita, Taiko +
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Day by Day! is one of Kimidori Version's Don Challenge debuts, with its release dated back to October 2014. We've come to know only now who's behind this song, so why don't digress further into this topic?

This vocals-enhanced Namco Original is made by guitarist/composer Miyaji Kazuaki (宮路一昭) (Twitter), member of the independent doujin group GeOnDan and founder/current CEO of the music production company TONES Co. Ltd. Outside of his soundtrack album works, he's been spotted in the music game scene as the guitarist of the Zektbach-signed song Wenkamui, which was ported in the original release of the REFLEC BEAT arcade series (link). Day by Day's singer, on the other hand, is the nick-named MANA (Twitter), who recently has lent again her voice for Taiko means as the singer of Session de Dodon ga Don's theme song, Tsunagare! Hinogare! Uchi-agare!

One of the most-average Oni hurdles of the 8-star difficulty pool, this averagely-paced track has a cluster blend that can cater to many rookie players' taste to train on, from the short 3-note clusters to longer note sequences and the current-meta-heavy lone 1/24 spike.