Kalafina 18th single "One Light" for Arslan Senki [confirmed]

grunty said:
I feel like I heard the 2nd track before - is it a selfcover? track 3 made me laugh out loud. kumbaya?
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aha!, Mahiru sounds almost exactly as 'in this winter' from Fiction II :omgz:
And lol, I pretty enjoyed OL instrumental~ love the guitar parts <3
 
Those two tracks are a little too similar. The third one almost sounds like a continuation of the second. Aside from that, the songs are okay. The best thing I can say is that they were not what I was expecting. I'll wait until the whole thing gets released before settling on any definitive, but the samples are not too encouraging.
 
Mahiru sounds nice, but quite strange... like and old song, do I explain myself? I guess Liana_Ilia is right when she says it's similar to Kaze no Machi e. I was expecting something different, but having Keiko instead of more Wakana (I love Wakana, huh) is a good change anyway. Although there's always the possibility that she's singing the chorus. We'll see.
The other song... it sounds so FJish and happyish and... I don't like it yet. I hope the whole song changes my mind, because I really want to like the single.
I was actually expecting Mahiru to be a folkish song and the other one (name too long, sorry) to be a ballad, so this is kinda the opposite thing, but without folk :(
 
Mahiru sounds like it could be good. Not amazing, but surely pleasant.

I don't even know what to think of the other one. It's... different? That's all I got.
 
Just gave the two b-sides a listen, and I have to agree with those who mentioned that both b-side tracks sound very similar. It is my theory that Kajiura composed a tune, but could not decide whether or not to go down the melancholic ballad path (Mahiru) or the uplifting, rock-ish path (Samidare ga sugita koro ni). I think this arrangement of having two different paths being displayed on one single as two different b-sides was genius.

I love listening to different versions of one song with different emotional roots. The best that Kalafina has done this in is sprinter, the recorded version, and then sprinter ~acoustic version~. The studio recorded sprinter shouts the power of speed, whereas the acoustic version from the Christmas LIVE Special gave the song a very soft, nostalgic touch.

I'd love to think that the one b-side we are normally given to go along with the a-side (excluding "believe", where we got two b-side tracks) was divided up into two parallel tracks, both essentially carrying the same rhythmic and melodic roots, yet stemmed out to different styles and emotions brought out from within. It goes to show how versatile and dynamic music can be.

Now on to the individual tracks' critique:

2. Mahiru: So far, my opinion is that KEIKO's voice sounds very similar to the voice that she used in the opening for "far on the water". I have to applaud her for being able to be versatile in the sense that she is able to do songs like "Ongaku" and "signal", and then changing her voice to match what I believe to be a very 90's ballad feel. Just listening to her voice, and judging by the first line "sora no takami wo mitsumenagara anata no soba wo aruiteru", which by my years of Japanese translations via a Japanese dictionary and limited grammar studies tell me means something along the lines of "While looking high into the skies, I am walking by your side". , just gives me the warmth of "midday"; next to her, by her side, walking down a familiar path like young lovers. At the same time, the pangs of nostalgia are strong... I can tell this is going to be a tearjerker kind of song for me!

3. Samidare ga sugita koro ni: The song's title's meaning is completely reflected in the emotions depicted by the song. It has a very post-depression sort of feeling, as if the storm has passed and now we stand united and sing a song together, ahaha! This song, along with Mahiru, reminds me of the 90s. Kajiura surely was looking to experiment with old styles with these two b-side tracks. The electric guitar and the percussion are surely reminiscent of the styles from back in the days.

I never expected Kalafina to venture towards this type of music (90's throwback), but I am certainly and delightfully surprised. I cannot wait to listen to the entire tracks, which hopefully will be available very soon!
 
2nd one with Keiko may stand a chance.
I know that I won't like the third song. It's irredeemably similar to many songs. haha. (2nd one sounds familiar too actually)
I may like the instrumental but it's your standard instrumental.

(I think Kajiura has been suspiciously quiet on the ost side since Hanako and Sao so I place my hopes on new announcements rather than on far on the water..)
 
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Kowzy my dear, remember how I conjured up the Hanako ost 3 announcement...
My feeling is that the announcement will be from a new project!
 
Sorry for the double post, but I didn't know that the samples for the B-sides were on Amazon :XD:

As a lot of others have said, Keiko in Mahiru is great :love:. It sounds a little like her in the studio version of Kaze no Machi e, but it's probably just because it's her singing higher.

And for Sami dare lalala, I do like that it's a Hikaru-lead song (so far), but it seems a little... different? I don't know if that the right word :ohoho:. It sounds a little like some of LiSA's more acoustic songs, but with much less energy.

Well, my Kalafina needs are nourished until Far on the Water :tea:
 
^But then you hear Wakana come in, but maybe there will be something interesting in there! And I think some are mislead by this, these are samples, not the whole song. So I will patiently wait until Tues when I get the single. I am looking forward to it though.
 
I can't find the sample tracks, can someone give me a link please?
 
I still can't open it even after i updated my adobe Flash player as per the instruction from the site. ah well, it'll probably leak tomorrow, might as well wait for the leaked single :p
 
Thanks so much @Westkana!

As for Mahiru, I really liked Keiko's voice, I'm pretty sure it'll be my favourite song on the single. And Samidare ga Sugita Koro ni I really liked as well... hmm...
 
Can listen to the samples from cdj. funny how both the samples from cdj and amazon used the same webcache but I can't play the amazon one.

Mahiru could be pretty. or, as sora (?) said, Keiko makes it sound pretty. I somehow think it'll have Wakana on chorus. as for now, the song is kinda sleep inducing.

samidare ga sugita koro ni is ridiculous lol. its melody somehow reminds me of sajin no kanata e but with storytelling and Mune no Yukue flavor added. no, thank you.

copypasting grunty: fotw new songs better be good.
 
haha track 3 sounds like a leftover from Chiba Saeko era, totally not Kalafina style - maybe it could be matched with one of their covers at Kalafina club?

track 2 sounds good so far, but in not hyped.

instrumental one light has nice drumming and guitar.
 
Just listened to the samples, I'm liking the variety of the songs.
One upbeat song, a calm song and a song kinda in between.
45 seconds isn't much to go by but it's sounding good so far, I think this will be a good single.
But why don't we get instrumentals of all the songs? =(
I love instrumentals, especially Kalafina's. It helps me notice all the details in their melodies.
george1234 said:
haha track 3 sounds like a leftover from Chiba Saeko era
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Oh wow what an excellent comparison, I love all the Saiko songs. You just made me so excited for that song, thank you very much.:bow:
 
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