Wednesday, June 22, 2022

2nd Nippon Columbia Taiko Contest - The Final Entries

 

The Taiko Team has usually been eager on telling on Twitter when all of the a song-making contest's public entries have been uploaded on the contest page for everyone to see... but that doesn't look like the intended course of action for this one edition! Thus, after giving the benefit of the doubt for a few more days, we're just assuming at this point that every valid entry is already online.

Step right in for a final slew of talents from the last 5 page additions! Among the final contestants, we can find...
  • Raitei Akatsuki Kane (雷霆暁鐘), by the nicknamed siqlo (pronounced 'saikuro'). Already a multiple-time SOUND VOLTEX contest winner (Electric Injury; Adrenaline Rush among these), he's also found a place inside lowiro's Arcaea, with the collaboration song Mirzram.
  • Venus Victrix, another song submission from a trio of artists: the nick-named deli., vocalist Dadaco (駄々子) from Retropolitaliens (Toon Town Toys' Tune from Taiko gaming) and one Carmer (かるめん) who might mislead people thinking back to a certain The future of the Taiko Drum-shaped composer (at least it tricked me...). Will the trio succeede where other ensembles have failed in the past? (Also, what's up with the lyrics choice at the beginning...)
  • Shadow Fairies, by Black Oblaat. This one here is a really fresh name to witness, seeing as his online-posting musical activities stretch as fas as mere months, with the personal YouTube channel starting out with IA-powered Vocaloid songs!
  • Akumade Yamitsuki (あくまでヤミつき), an upbeat tune where former 11th-hour-submission contest winner Versus tags with the Taiko-recurring vocalist Yura Hatsuki (葉月ゆら). Should this tune cut in, it'd be the first song without her usual partnership with Drop!
  • Fantasia Sonata Lily, A song from the nicknamed PYKAMIA that not only already bolsters a presence within mobile music gaming as a BGM composer, but that also makes some of these for motern Vtubers, too! Joining the artist are power metal talent Ring and DJ Timotei, here credited as Satsunan (薛南).
  • Stella no Senritsu (ステラの旋律), from the sole winner of the second Taiko CreoFUGA contest's Overseas Asia divition! BTB/Ben TinyBunny is back at it again with a full-instrumental piece, and a more aggressive one in tone from his former Asagao!
  • PRESSSTART NEWWWORLD, a chiptune-based submission from the nicknamed HALLPBE.S, from Jaxalate Records. Among the former works, two of the same author also made it into music gaming: Egoistical Drug from the defunct MÚSECA and Enola Farewell from Deemo II.
  • Hexenprozess, starring the nicknamed Δ→Low who's applying into the yearly Taiko song contests for the third year in a row... and every time with a couple of tracks to boot!
  • Hidari Kulikku ga Osenai (左クリックが押せない), also from a duo who's been attending the recurring contests for the third year in a row! After earning a winning seat with 2020's edition and missing the mark the year after with two different submissions, how will Risshu and Choco's latest creation fare, this year?
  • Hakujitsumi, Kirisame ni Tokete (白日夢、霧雨に溶けて), ending our recap with a newcomer tangent once more! Composer Goto (後藤) -who already got the song Predation into mobile music game Overrapid- is joined by vocalist Zerowan (ぜりょわん) in the hopes of landing one of the vacant Taiko seats this edition is offering.