This interview was published on Rolling Stone Japan’s website around Furubokko’s release. It was sitting in my backlog for too much time, just like 95% of BUTAOTOME interviews. Now, here it is! Main topics are the usual formation stuff, how the major debut impacted the Pig and how things changed over the course of the years, some production stuff about… Read more »
This is a very slow news period in the World of BUTAOTOME… Flowering Night 2020The live is on Saturday 4th at 8:30 AM CEST, and it will be livestreamed on Youtube and Nicovideo! (who still uses Nicovideo in 2020?)This will be BUTAOTOME’s first live of the year, and also the first one without Paprika.Youtube | Nicovideo And that’s all for… Read more »
Tiramisu Cowboy just got a new look! It was something I planned as part of the fifth-anniversary celebration. However, while I was fixing some pages, I was particularly unhappy with the layout, and I decided it was time. I hope you enjoy it! I and the Crew are currently trying to fix some bugs, so wait warmly. BUTAOTOME members have… Read more »
Last week I skipped the weekly recap due to the lack of relevant/important news. But now we are back! Touhou no UtaLast Saturday, Ranko was the guest at the monthly Touhou karaoke show!You can rewatch it here! (embed doesn’t work)Setlist: Soldi Lost Word Chronicle Star Ocean [TaNaBaTa] Toumei Ningen [Tokyo Jihen] Kurenai [X Japan] (Comp) Kyouen With Lost Word Chronicle’s… Read more »
Welcome back to the usual review corner! This time we’ll talk about just the newest vocal album: as I said in a previous post, any talk about Nekokenban 20 will be reserved for the final part of the Nekokenban retrospective. But now leeeet’s goooo… Like last time, my copy of the album is not here with me. So here is… Read more »
It’s the COMPleanno! Comp is, and will always be my favorite doujin composer and Touhou arranger. I love his recognizable pop-rock style, but also how he is prone to experimenting with sounds. Add Ranko’s wonderful voice into the mix and you have a plethora of amazing tracks, a lot of my favorite songs and Touhou arranges of all time.I wish… Read more »
First of all, please read this post about the Youtube ContentID on Touhou songs. Try to spread it, if possible. If you have any question, or something to point out, feel free to leave a comment there! In a fanclub blog post, Comp said that while cleaning the studio he found some nostalgic items, and he will probably put them… Read more »
I originally wanted to wait until tomorrow’s weekly recap for talking about this, but since there are a huge shitstorm and spread of misinformation, I decided to write this update. Since a couple of weeks, a company called Rightsscale, Inc. has been sending copyright claims to various videos with Touhou music (official and fanmade). They are doing this on behalf… Read more »
One of the most fun things with Touhou songs is that you can do pretty much anything you want with the same theme, and have fun doing different things with each one of ZUN (and Uni Akiyama)’s compositions. And over the years, BUTAOTOME managed to make arrangements of 90% of the Touhou themes. There are some themes the Pig never… Read more »
No seriously. Let’s not talk about them. I have the introduction of a new series ready to be published, but I’m only missing a cool sounding title. Anyway, not a lot of news today… I already wrote most of the stuff in this update, so go read it! Comp was at Reitaisai’s livestream last weekend. He talked about the new… Read more »
