Showing posts with label roki. Show all posts
Showing posts with label roki. Show all posts

Sunday, February 2, 2014

Hatsune Miku - Lost innocence

Wow, roki-san is fast! Not some nine days ago he uploaded his first Vocaloid work, and now the second one comes! It’s post-hardcore as well, but it’s some _different_ post-hardcore. It’s much closer to modern works of the genre. It’s bare of any synthetic sequences, yet it is detailed and expressive.

Now let’s turn from the bright side to something less favorable. Since I’ve started the comparison with the previous roki’s work already, I should go on. In “Imitation” I was astonished by the quality of Miku’s vocals, especially for a debut, and most of all for fukken English. I have to state that in “Lost innocence” the quality lost its brilliance a bit. Can’t say if this comes from the unfavorable melodies, or from the lack of polishing, or from the turn to English lyrics… Speaking of the latter, roki admits he’s never been good at it :) So most of the video time we’re watching Japanese translation instead of subtitles. Perhaps to avoid disturbance from its quality ;) Hmm, roki, why don’t you just try it in Japanese? :)


Nicovideo link:

Nicoviewer link: http://nicoviewer.net/nm22797519


 
Video’s art by FG and other, no less talented artists.

Saturday, January 25, 2014

Hatsune Miku - Imitation

An excellent debut work by roki-san. “Imitation” reminds me of the earlier post-hardcore style. Listening to this, you realize how far the genre evolved from its origins. And this song itself is rather distant from the origins, a decade maybe, and things change quickly…

Roki’s work with Miku definitely deserves a few words. He’s casually put to shame nearly every other producer boasting years of experience. The vocals are exceptional here, mellow and deep, vibrant, captivating. English parts surprise positively as well.


Nicovideo link:

Nicoviewer link: http://nicoviewer.net/nm22733382
MP3 download: http://nicosound.anyap.info/sound/nm22733382




 Video’s art by Nyakkun.