Sound Designer interview [December 2017]

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An old interview with Comp from the magazines I bought specifically for BUTAOTOME articles. Now it has been finally translated! This has been challenging since some specific words are used and I know absolutely nothing about music-making, recording, and that kind of stuff. But it was fun to research them, and I hope it’s clear to read. Sound Designer was… Read more »

One Week BUTAOTOME 148: post-Flowering Night update

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Flowering Night 2020The live went smoothly! Here is the setlist: Gensou no Satellite Kyouen Soldi Machibito wa Kozu. Mayoigo no Mezame Haru no Yuki Kakoinaki yo wa Ichigo no Tsukikage Occultic Dreamer Mayoigo no Mezame is a song from Oriental Yumekikou that wasn’t played live since 2015 or so. It was brought back in honor of Paprika. During the talks… Read more »

Rolling Stone Japan interview [15/03/2017]

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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 »

One Week BUTAOTOME 147: Flowering Night is on Saturday, some website updates!

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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 »

One Week BUTAOTOME 146: no more lives with Paprika (oh, and new TC layout!)

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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 »

One Week BUTAOTOME 145: take a sip for every time I wrote “livestream” or something similar in this post.

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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 »

[OLD] Shoujo Rengoku 5 – review

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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 »

Happy birthday to Comp! (2020)

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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 »

One Week BUTAOTOME 144: ContentID things and new Cannonball update

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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 »

An update about the ContentID claims on Touhou Music

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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 »