Seven
months. The pace chosen by Okame-P (Calvi Taro) for releasing new full-length
albums. The pace that surely must evoke reactions like 0_o , ‘Whoa!..’ and
maybe a few short strong-worded praises. On a personal level there’s more than
that, here is a confession: VMW is officially envious of Calvi-sama’s
productivity. I mean, like, this very blog only managed to post 9 updates on
the same time span :p And my other personal achievements are even bleaker…
This one came out unexpected. I mean, what did Scythe of Luna (formerly known as Corthax; even earlier known as Cherryleaf) have in their assets besides the habit of changing their name frequently? One (just one!) Vocaloid song heavy enough to be of VMW’s interest, ‘Insomnia’. Released a year and a half ago. Still too much synthetic, too 8-bit-ish and too unconventional from trVe die-hard metal point of view but appealing anyway.
Not that much, I’d say. Sure, there were another releases, all pure electronic, so that hardly matters. But now all of a sudden we have ‘Deadly Melancholy’, an EP, 6 tracks and 27 minutes of intense sound, and now it totally matters! The EP was released under Vocallective label, and guys there swear they pushed release dates of other albums to clear the road for ‘Deadly Melancholy’ – so much they were impressed by it. Heh, I’d discount their words, record label is a cheesy business… still, for good music the sooner we get it, the better!
There are
many reasons why we should count Okame-P among the most notable producers of heavier
Vocaloid scene. But there is a reason of special value: his clear and steady
devotion to the music. And this devotion brings quite concrete results. Very pleasing results, to be sure. Of course, I’m talking about Okame-P’s new
web release ‘Dreaming Colors’.
It’s the
third web album from Calvi Taro, and it comes surprisingly quickly after the
2nd – ‘Lamento’, which was released in January this year. But upon glancing on
the tracklist I was even more astonished. Of 13 full-fledged songs, only a
couple was previously published on Nicovideo! And Okame-P’s Nico channel boasts
[starting counting hastily…] yes, another 13 absolutely new tracks and one
rearrange since February. Now that’s an impressive pace, gentlemen! Well, seems
Calvi himself didn’t expect this productivity too :)
Yokomin started producing Vocaloid music not a long time ago – only one year has passed since the first his work was published on Nico. But here we are – an EP’s already out, presented at Comiket 86 event August, 17 and sold out the same day. The latter came quite unexpectedly for the producer himself – 80 copies seem to be a horrific amount for the first time :) Well, my congratulations!
I must be a spoiled person, but the EP’s title… Don’t you find it a bit… eh, too customary? Well, perhaps that’s because it’s in English (Yokomin tends to name his songs in English as well). Some “Anata ga kibou suru tokoro” would sound alien enough to pass :)
The cover art, drawn by the expert hand of Gonmaru-san, must’ve contributed to the success substantially. See for yourselves.
