Osaka Koi no Vacance

Here’s a preview of the upcoming H!P-COMPLETE ~1st Kawaiirrhea☆Mixes~. It needs some polishing up, but since it’s been a while since the last remix, I’ll put up what I currently have:

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[Announcement] Remix Album Track Listing

New information has surfaced regarding DJ Kawaiirrhea’s remix album!

The album has the (rather Tsunkuesque) tentative title of

H!P-COMPLETE ~1st Kawaiirrhea☆Mixes~

and the following tentative track listing:

Update I’ve made a number of changes to this listing, and the final one will be a surprise! Mwahahahaha…

1. げんきホントのじぶんソング
2. 大阪 恋のバカンス
3. トロピカ〜ル スクランブル モード
4. でっかい宇宙に涙が歩いてるぜぇ！
5. 都会っ子 呪縛
6. ブギーはNS ’03
7. VERY 風信子(ヒヤシンス)
8. カッチョイイゼ！TOUCH
9. 奇跡の香りみかん。
10. ピリリとチャンス！
11. AS FOR ONE KISS
12. 16歳のシンデレラ

or

1. Genki Honto no Jibun Song
2. Osaka Koi no Vacance
3. Tropica~l Scramble Mode
4. Dekkai Uchuu ni Namida ga Aruiteru zee!
5. Tokaikko Jubaku
6. Boogie wa NS ’03
7. VERY Hyacinth
8. Kacchoii ze! TOUCH
9. Kiseki no Kaori Mikan.
10. Piriri to Chance!
11. AS FOR ONE KISS
12. 16sai no Cinderella

You can probably guess what original tracks are going into this.

A number of remixes have obviously not made it onto the album, or have undergone substantial changes, and a few new ones have appeared. If your favorite remix is missing, sorry. My criteria for including a remix were (a) if I could stand listening to it on repeat for an hour (ehhhh… yeah…); and (b) if the mix was sufficiently original; that is, no recycling of large parts of the vocals from the instrumental track (à la “Seishun! Telephone! Lunch Lunch Lunch”), other than intros, extros, interludes, or single chorus lines.

This album will appear mumble mumble May something something I should stop wasting time on remixes and actually get some work done 2008.

VERY Hyacinth

“VERY BEAUTY” is my favorite Hello! Project composition of all time. Unfortunately, the recording opens with an eardrum-shattering tour de force by the worst H!P vocalist of all time. Perplexed as to why the upper management would exercise such terrible judgment, I decided to rectify the situation and instead substitute the best H!P vocalist of all time. I think this is an improvement.

(By coincidence, each of the original tracks was the 13th single of its respective artist. This remix, however, is my 14th.)

[Now with a PV!]

Oh, and happy birthday, Risako.

Download MP3 (original version — vocals may be a little too loud)

Download MP3 (edited version — I made some adjustments to the volume of the vocals)

[Note] Remix Album

I’m planning to release an album of my first 16 remixes (it was going to be the first 12, but “AS FOR ONE KISS” caught me by surprise… and I like multiples of four …), and I’m planning to take care of some of the weak spots in these remixes, particularly volume issues, timing offsets, and pitch problems. I already have a number of things in mind, but if you have any suggestions, I’d appreciate them.

Things to consider (not necessarily problems, and not necessarily fixable):

• Khan no Dance Site: Lots of dissonance, particularly toward the end, some of which works, and some of which doesn’t. Stuff needs fixin’ … or not. Bad sound quality for ending part where vocals are drawn out. Overall volume is softer compared to other remixes.
• Genki Dschinghis no Jibun Song: Spoken parts from the beginning of “Genki Jirushi no Oomori Song” are missing at the beginning. Parts of verses (verse & chorus from “Dschinghis Khan”) are dissonant. Chorus (from “Honto no Jibun”) is spifftacularly awesome, but the last line is off.
• Piriri to Chance!: Displaced vocals at the beginning, with vocals layered on a part of the instrumental that didn’t originally have vocals, leaving a relatively long vocalless section before the first chorus. Second verse truncated to fit instrumental; would it have been better to augment the instrumental track, as I’ve done in some other remixes (“Seishun! Telephone! Lunch Lunch Lunch”; “Hana wo Pu~n! Dance no Uta”; “AS FOR ONE KISS”)? Instrumental residue from original “Chance!” track audible. Vocals too loud for the instrumental? Overall volume too loud?
• Seishun! Telephone! Lunch Lunch Lunch: Can’t think of any problems.
• Tropica~l Ukare Mode: The beat feels displaced during parts of the chorus. Vocals too soft? Bridge consists mainly of instrumental from “Tropica~l Koishite~ru” … would it be better to include the vocals from “Tropica~l Koishite~ru” in that part? Dissonance in the “Romantic Ukare Mode” vocal line at the end of the bridge? Scratch it altogether?
• Namida ga Iruzee!: Dissonant in parts? Vocals too soft?
• Kacchoii ze! TOUCH: Vocals too soft?
• I WISH IT’S ALL RIGHT: Bad vocal track quality in some places. Instrumental track was pitch-shifted up two half-tones. Was this a good idea? It resulted in an ending that had “I WISH” two half-tones higher than normal and “Ai Araba IT’S ALL RIGHT” one half-tone higher than normal. Other combinations I tried sounded weird, but could undergo further investigation. Timing is kind of off at the end. Vocals too soft? Overall volume too soft?
• Tokaikko Jubaku: Slight dissonance in places. Vocals too soft?
• Hana wo Pu~n! Dance no Uta: The “ooooo-ooooooo-ooooohhhhh puuuuunn” parts can be stretched out. The very last one is off-key. Vocals too soft?
• Koko ni Tomaranai Houkago: Dissonant in places, particularly at the very end. Bad vocal track quality in places. Vocals too soft?
• Hare Ame Nochi Yaruki! IT’S ALIVE: Some vocal parts are dissonant; others sound great. I tried shifting the troublesome parts up or down but wasn’t satisfied. I could try again. Vocals at the very end are too loud. Other parts may be too soft. Some parts may have timing issues. This one was a synchronization nightmare because “Yaruki! IT’S EASY” has a bunch of tempo frameshifts that messed everything up.
• AS FOR ONE KISS: First chorus transition has a sharp cut in the vocal track; can this be fixed by lengthening the instrumental? Some parts have timing issues? Vocal parts too soft? Vocal parts sound too fast (they were sped up 25%)? Instrumental track too slow?
• VERY Hyacinth: Um… I tried to make the vocals the right volume, by comparing it to official releases. And it sounded perfect this morning, but now the vocals sound too loud half the time. I’m confused… Headphones might have something to do with it. Will investigate. Edited version, with adjusted vocal volume, now available for download. Further improvements can be made, I think.
  

AS FOR ONE KISS

This one owes its existence to BPMer’s misidentifying the tempo of “FIRST KISS” as 107 bpm (it’s actually 80 bpm), making it look at first glance like a good candidate, tempowise, for mixing with “AS FOR ONE DAY” (109 bpm).

Well. It was a good candidate, but not for tempo reasons.

The mix has a tempo of 100 bpm.

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