The tour will come back next week! Last Sunday, Ichigo was at Comp’s home/studio, and apparently, she recorded something… It has been announced that Groove Coaster will get a PC release via Steam this Spring! It’s unknown if it will also have its big selection of BUTAOTOME tracks (I think the mobile version has all of them except for Furubokko… Read more »
I finally got my magazines yesterday! So, here is a translation of the Trauma Recorder review from December 2017’s issue of Bass Magazine. Obviously, it focuses more on the bass! avex traxAVCD-93762Now on sale – 1500 yen – 6 tracks[Comp (bass, etc.)] Ranko (vocals), Paprika (piano, keyboard, etc.), othersBass satisfactory rate: 4 stars out of 5 The flexible stance and… Read more »
First livestream of the year! The Kimi no corner and the GenSate parodies (where Comp sang random stuff over the melody of BUTAOTOME’s signature song) were back! Sadly the livestream lagged a lot for me, even with the timeshift… There is almost no news this week: the tour started, the first setlist of the year has been published in the… Read more »
And let’s start this new season of lives!! A couple of Ayakashi Yokochou live debuts and great comebacks! A small note: my friend Scott won’t be at any of the lives of this tour, so no live reports from him. Setlist from the usual: 1. Kasho no Yume 2. Sorairo Ribbon 3. Yodare 4. Good Master 5. Inzen 6. Motelab…. Read more »
After a pause of one week, the weekly recap is back, with its first 2018 episode! There was no livestream today, I guess they are preparing for the tour. If you are wondering what the hell is that screen above… well, it has been announced that BUTAOTOME will play live at Touhou Hit Parade in April, live event organized by… Read more »
Recommended BGM: Shunshuu, final track of Giji Kazoku Nyuumon (even if it’s maybe a bit out of season). And another year is ending. It was a very important year for BUTAOTOME, with their major debut!! But what about this website? Looking back to what I have done for it, I can see how much I improved the contents: I wrote… Read more »
A random post I got the idea some nights ago while sleeping. The C93 releases are officially out! This time I ordered my copies through the usual proxy service and I’ll publish lyrics/other info once they arrive at my house. You won’t have to wait too much for the review. But here we are talking about the least important of… Read more »
Post revised on November 24, 2020. This post has been entirely retranslated. I’ve also included the parts of the original post that were not relevant to the Ayakashi Yokochou commentary. In this post from BUTAOTOME’s fanclub, Ranko talks about Ayakashi Yokochou (the lyrics she wrote and a general comment about the album). ———— Greetings, good evening, hello, Ranko here. The… Read more »
This week is Comiket 93 and other than BUTAOTOME’s new albums we have a good bunch of guest stuff, all listed in this single post and to be released during the first day as well! Before starting, let me do a small observation: the times when Ranko had quite a few guest songs in other circles are a distant memory,… Read more »
Main page “These are our ballads from the back alley” Two tracks from Touhou 16, two remakes of old tracks. あやかし横丁 | Ayakashi YokochouWebsite 1. 目線 | Mesen [A Pair of Divine Beasts] 2. 美しい人 | Utsukushii Hito [Green-Eyed Jealousy] 3. 恋の病(路地裏ver) | Koi no Yamai (Rojiura ver) [The Sealed-Away Youkai ~ Lost Place] 4. うたかた(路地裏ver) | Utakata (Rojiura ver)… Read more »
