Akiko Shikata

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stormy panda said:
grunty said:
Hmmm I could also make audio comparisions for a "lives&dvds; by professor grunty" topic when I have some time. :)
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I'll be looking forward to that. :plot:
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Let me just chip in my lil' bit and also say it's indeed in demand... :plot:
 
wow, beauty <3

It will be an OVA? I liked the style, seems cool.
 
Thanks, really glad to know! Hope it get a calm and sad feeling, pretty much like Hourou Musuko.
 
OMG!!! the music, I like it. :nosebleed:


About the Animation style... I am getting used to those type of animation style :XD:
 
The song is cute,yes.Not sure i like it so far of course.
Thanks Grunty.

The design of the anime is at least unique,i've seen much worse designs.

And it isn't new that Akiko's music is not always used in good anime (or as good as her music) :uh..:

Is it a shounen-ai or yaoi this one?
 
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Omg character designs are even worse than in Madoka :ohoho:

Lunaria77 said:
And it isn't new that Akiko's music is not always used in good anime (or as good as her music) :uh..:
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Same for Kajiura :uh..:
 
Copied from replying to the micro tempest in the Kajura quality discussion thread which got locked while I was typing it. :XD:
"Woah, woah. Was my Akiko Shikata mention a provokation, after all? I certainly didn't see this debate coming.
Let me clarify. I'm pretty much an Akiko fan now. But at the time I heard Katayoku no Tori, I thought it was an awesome song, and then I heard Inori no Kanata, and it was also an awesome song, but using a similar recipe.Now let's make ut clear that by recipe I don't mean melody, structure or arrangement separately - rather the blend of those. You must have noticed that if I like the artist, I don't have many problems with hearing similar stuff from him, but at the time, Inori no Kanata was probably the reason why I didn't have a further urge to google Akiko. I thought, Oh great, she composes beautiful songs like these, but I can do with these exact two in my playlist.... It was only when I heard an extract from Ricordando il Passato that made me search for full version and stumble upon Harmonia album. Now, I can't support Raf's opinion on it, since Harmonia (coupled with VII I found at the same time) was what made me an Akiko fan. Different approach to chorus, intence pop rock, grand hymns and sweet ballads combined, switching from high pitch wailing a-la Yousei Teikoku to solemn operatic vocal... And who even needs Utsusemi as n example, when Umineko no Naku Koro ni is almost like two songs in one?

I think the whole argument has stemmed from the attitude that repetitiveness means complete loss of originality. Re-read my post, please. I said "get repetitive AT TIMES". Not copypasting songs, but simply using some models of distributing chords, instruments, solos, vocals and so on. I think any composer comes to have such a set of models of his own, and repeating them, while inarguably less cool than costant invention of new models would be, isn't abnormal. Thus, I've heard Utsusemi single and I can't say I've found anything above what I expected from Akiko based on previous experience. But I can't say that disappoints me in the least. :XD: "
 
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Nick Hunter said:
Copied from replying to the micro tempest in the Kajura quality discussion thread which got locked while I was typing it. :XD:
"Woah, woah. Was my Akiko Shikata mention a provokation, after all? I certainly didn't see this debate coming.
Let me clarify. I'm pretty much an Akiko fan now. But at the time I heard Katayoku no Tori, I thought it was an awesome song, and then I heard Inori no Kanata, and it was also an awesome song, but using a similar recipe.Now let's make ut clear that by recipe I don't mean melody, structure or arrangement separately - rather the blend of those. You must have noticed that if I like the artist, I don't have many problems with hearing similar stuff from him, but at the time, Inori no Kanata was probably the reason why I didn't have a further urge to google Akiko. I thought, Oh great, she composes beautiful songs like these, but I can do with these exact two in my playlist.... It was only when I heard an extract from Ricordando il Passato that made me search for full version and stumble upon Harmonia album. Now, I can't support Raf's opinion on it, since Harmonia (coupled with VII I found at the same time) was what made me an Akiko fan. Different approach to chorus, intence pop rock, grand hymns and sweet ballads combined, switching from high pitch wailing a-la Yousei Teikoku to solemn operatic vocal... And who even needs Utsusemi as n example, when Umineko no Naku Koro ni is almost like two songs in one?

I think the whole argument has stemmed from the attitude that repetitiveness means complete loss of originality. Re-read my post, please. I said "get repetitive AT TIMES". Not copypasting songs, but simply using some models of distributing chords, instruments, solos, vocals and so on. I think any composer comes to have such a set of models of his own, and repeating them, while inarguably less cool than costant invention of new models would be, isn't abnormal. Thus, I've heard Utsusemi single and I can't say I've found anything above what I expected from Akiko based on previous experience. But I can't say that disappoints me in the least. :XD: "
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Good job on taking it here instead :ayashii: Either way,i think Grunty took Utsusemi as an example because it was the latest Akiko A-side single song,and then took Stone Cold for the same reason.
Also,i don't think you wrote anything to provoke that,it was more someone else that went bashing her without valid arguments.
I have to say,i dislike MANY artists and fandoms that people in here and elsewhere have but i won't go bashing them for that.
 
To say that every song in Harmonia feels the same... Isn't it a bit... harsh?

This is one of my favourite albums of her, i think that every song is unique... For me at least.
 
Sorry for double post, but I've just had two events today worth mentioning:
1. getting my hands on the full AK collection. :sohappy:
2. checking out the booklets and dropping my jaw to the subway level at the repeating line:
"All Vocals and Chorus by Akiko Shikata"

They mean all as in, ...ALL?! :omg: I was aware she varies her singing techniques and records them one over another, but I still thought that majority of vocal tracks (up to 200 in some songs, if Wikipedia is right) are actually employed choirs. Some of these chants sound downright male, how on Earth does Akiko produce them? Is it just skillful handling of recording equipment and pitch adjustment, or is her natural range THAT wide? *awestruck*
 
I like EXEC_FLIP_ARPHAGE./ and Katayoku no Tori. I acknowledge the complexity and uniqueness of Akiko's music, but I don't enjoy most of it very much.

@Nick Hunter I heard this from a fan: She is responsible for all of the vocals. Akiko was nominated for a Guinness World Record, in the category "Most Vocal Tracks in a Single Album". The tracks had to be unsynthesized to count, so she had to sing them for proof.

(I am searching the netz to find info about the nomination. No luck. :stupidbox: :study: )
 
"Most Vocal Tracks in a Single Album" < in which way because singer albums are full of vocal tracks. Do they meant layers ?
 
Something about a lot of vocal tracks per song. Like, 200.

On another subject, I confess that I'm addicted to EXEC_EP=NOVA/. The mewing is too catchy :ghost:
 
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Nick Hunter said:
They mean all as in, ...ALL?! :omg:
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When I found that out, I thought I finally understood why the chorus is always so loud in her songs :ayashii:

I don't particularly like the arrangements, but I have to admire her dedication in performing all the parts. Reminds me of Enya a little...
 
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