Back in the Columbia-Makes-awarded music trenches we go! This one contest winner, in particular, also got quite the lenghty written piece from its own creator on toe...
| Game | Genre |  |  |  |  |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC Nijiiro (Y6) |  | ★4 169 | ★6 240 | ★7 402 | ★8 527 | - |
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???The Taiko-hosted music contest lines sure house the weirdest of success-story parables, every now and then. For today's song at hand, here we have a hardcore DJ/composer who has been trying to leave its first music gaming mark since the 2020 Taiko music contest, joining in three different years with songs made in partnership with other art-named artists: Sunkt8 for 2022's ReSiNiFeRaToXiN, Matsui.K for 2021's out of the blue sphere and even another hardcore/rap blend which would be seeing in today's pick with the 2020 contest's Ta.Ta.Ke feat.SARA, which was even worth a Silver honorable mention from the BNSI-graduated steμ. One leap year out of submissions and the composer makes it into the judges' graces in 2024, literally at his first solo-creator try!
This was quite the turn of events for the nicknamed RIZARDI (X account; Linktree), making it into the music gaming scenario in general with such a participation background! For the BNSI judges board, Rihito Tsuboi has been no shy in explaining how his Ka.Ma.Se was valued "one cut among the rest" of most of the EDM-based tunes submitted for the 2024 edition, with cool lyrics and some choice sound effects reminiscing of catchy pop rhythms that in his eyes perfectly encapsulate the essence of a Namco Original in the series. Being a Taiko player himself since his teens, RIZARDI was no shy of thanking back for the result achieved to both the judges and general series fans, but he even went one step beyond by having his own song featurette posted online, for everyone to enjoy!
Thus, this entry from RIZARDI's Hatena blog was made to showcase Ka.Ma.Se's lyrics, the meanings behind a few choice lines from its and a few extra SFX tidbits. For the English-based audience, it might make a bigger splash to start out with expressions from Western pop culture that were used to a more aggressive effect in the song, from 'Pop goes the weasel' from the eponymous nursery rhyme -calling back to the beginning of a MAN WITH A MISSION song (DON'T LOSE YOURSELF)- to the short 'Doc', as part of the iconic catchphrase of Bugs Bunny of Looney Tunes fame ("What's up, Doc?"). One notable line highlight that went for RIZARDI less for stylistic choices and more for a coincidental matter was 'Deus Ex Machina' appearing in the latter half. As also mentioned on SNS by the same RIZARDI (link), this was meant to be an Easter-Egg-y callback to another of his old songs' lyrics (incidentally, the aforementioned Ta.Ta.Ke feat.SARA submitted for the 2020 contest!) as a means to express 'seizing the opportunity' in an unopportunistic way, but he had no idea how 'Deus Ex Machina' would eventually become related to Taiko via arcade songs and custom titles at around that time, and feels a little sorry on the idea the judges might have liked it due to being an AI Battle mode reference instead. Finally, the 'secret' of the so-dubbed 'Kick cracker' that plays during the singing parts and that Rihito Tsuboi also praised in his judge comments was also revealed to be a simple default settings override in the synthesizing program Serum. With visuals to boot, too!
This is as straightforward as it gets for modern 1/12 charting, with no quills nor frills outside the special note markers parading at a constant speed! For handswitching initiates, it's less of a "choke point" matter than the constant attention to the skill across the whole play, just with a few mono-Kat longer clusters acting as a segway between the final two Go-Go Time zones.
