Saturday, June 22, 2019

Song of the Week! 22 June 2019


Time to feature the third of the Blue Ver. Dojo -Ranking same-release-day boss songs! Just like with our former two features, it's being made by someone who is already familiar with music gaming...

 Marukute Hayakute Susamajii Rhythm (まるくてはやくてすさまじいリズム) Rissyuu feat. Choco
Version
Allx5 (272)x7 (362)x8 (629)x10 (978)
 Taiko 0 B, Taiko +
 192~260
 none
 maru9t


Following the 'author trend' of Coquette and Toon Town's Toys' Tune, here is another couple of artists who together have managed to land other credited music games contribution prior to Taiko: composer Rissyuu/Rish (立秋) and female singer Choco (ちょこ), merging their talents for the creation of a song whose English title translation is "Great and Fast Rhythms".

The first of the two (Twitter; website; SoundCloud) is an Oita prefecture-born artist that is more keen on EDM music creation with moe and picopico vibes tacked on top; currently living in the Fukuoka prefecture, he also makes solo instrumental pieces, with one of these making it into Finals territory for one music contest involving Sega's CHUNITHM music series. Joining forces with Rissyuu often times for vocal lead tracks' creation is a long-time friend: the nicknamed Choco (Twitter; website), bringing new professional first to both talents, including their first forays into the music gaming scenario! First it was SOUND VOLTEX, starring as contest victors for songs between the 4th and 5th main installments (Onii-chan Hi-tech, Paa and Bi) and then going on as commissioned artists for Bandai Namco's (nearly concluded) Synchronica music game series, with the song Amefuri no Rondo. The same Rissyuu was even interviewed about its creation on Synchronica's official blog (link)!

Hosting a great selection of note clusters under the most common tempo signatures, Marukute Hayakute Susamajii Rhythm full-on music notation Oni notechart will stress out players on their 'playing under the song's beat' skills not only with Don/Kat combos of varying kinds, but mono-color passages and stamina management as well. With the impressive note hit ratio of 8.25 hits/second, this energy-demanding track trumps even some of the modern and most difficult Taiko difficulty gauntlets, including Souryuu no Ran (8.21 hits/second) and the infamous ≠MM (8.22 hits/second). Not too shabby, for a song primarily made of Don/Dokodon onomatopoeia chanting!