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

I really want the vinyl this time! I will go and preorder. (I need to find a job fast before their next album comes out. lol)

EDIT: I pre-ordered both the vinyl and the blu-ray! Hopefully the packing of the vinyl from CDJ will be better than that Amazon Japan one that we saw before, that was bad.
 
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Liana_Ilia said:
I really want the vinyl this time! I will go and preorder. (I need to find a job fast before their next album comes out. lol)

EDIT: I pre-ordered both the vinyl and the blu-ray! Hopefully the packing of the vinyl from CDJ will be better than that Amazon Japan one that we saw before, that was bad.
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Woah Liana! Baller!! XD

I'm about to place an order for the vinyl cus that sounds so interesting .. But I also want the blu Ray :o am I gonna get both ??
 
Liana_Ilia said:
Hopefully the packing of the vinyl from CDJ will be better than that Amazon Japan one that we saw before, that was bad.
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I ordered the RyB vinyl from YAMANO MUSIC and wow, their packaging was just splendid :goodjob:

Anyway, I'll wait until late July as I'm prioritizing getting older stuff at the moment, and I don't see the CD+BD going out of stock any soon, so it should be fine :ohoho:
 
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TL;DR from 6th page, too much time AFK, sorry u_u...
Still, I hope that One Light to be absolutely different than Believe/HB. From Kalafina, we want Kalafina songs, not FJ songs. I actually like RYB (the scheme is quite similar too, but instrumentation is different enough) and I don't get at all the issue with TTB.
Anyway, a very dark song like Magia or Red Moon - or even darker - would be nice, but with traditional Eastern instruments... sounds weird to write (and read, I guess) but I'm sure Kajiura-san has the talent to make it. Looking forward for it.
Issue with recent tie-in songs may be that, as for my opinion, Kajiura-san may be granted less freedom in the writing of her songs. I hope that the staff of Arslān Senki wouldn't be too directive, so that she could express herself at fullest.
Back to some off-topic now (for the above reason), as for Far on the Water, it could either be the B-side of this single (very few chances, as was explained earlier) or the intro song of the next album (like Red Moon, Eden and Consolation were for their respective album), because somehow I find the musical style would quite well fit there. And that would explain the Tour naming. Not that the album HAD to bear the same name, though, it may be something shorter and simpler.
 
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I'll change my mind when Kajiura makes a song that fully utilises her vocal ability. So far there is none. Not to say I don't like songs with her as main vocal because I clearly do, but none of the songs make me go "omg Keiko". Some of their live performances showed how lovely Keiko's voice it but the songs aren't specifically written for her. That and Keiko's improvisation in some songs. Yuriko is still lucky because she has some lovely songs to herself that fully show how great her vocal is.
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Have to agree here. I love songs which have her as main vocal, but for some reason, the songs where her ability shines are usually written for others (Synchronicity, Houseki) while the songs somewhat written for her (Teto, maybe lapis) ain't exactly those "oomph" songs like Aria/Magia (Hikaru) or OB/Lacrimosa (Wakana) - i.e., you don't feel there's a song that represents Keiko. Okay, Alleluia and Nohara if you stretch it, but Alleluia have Wakana and Hikaru in various parts, and Nohara... well, let's just say not many people realise it exists, lol. Maybe that's why ppl don't like it when she somewhat appears like a 'visual. '

But I don't agree with Keiko going solo. Her fanbase is big, but not that big. Sure it's way bigger than her Itokubo days, but not big enough so as to continue to prosper without Kajiura. My other favourite FJ member Yuuka is hell damn living proof. I love Yuuka and her voice, but her solo songs (Kiseki, motherland, shizuku, etc) mostly lack the oomph factor I get from AnK, Yakusoku and Yorokobi. I acknowledged after that the main reason I continue listening may be because of Kajiura factor. I don't know how many fans think like me, or of whether Kajiura's present singers can survive and prosper without her.
 
Keiko is happy in Kalafina and I think that Yuki Kajiura is able to write the best music for her. But now it's only few tracks: Alleluia, Nohara, tetoteto me to me, fantasia, ongaku... or parts of some songs. Why so small?
 
^ I'm sure someone will have the link to hand, but I recall an interview somewhere in which Yuki explained that she's not used to writing lead vocal parts for Keiko's vocal range. But then there's that live version of Houseki from 2008 where Keiko sings the main vocal and OWNS it. That version of the song still leaves me speechless, and it's one my all-time fave songs that Yuki's written.

In other words, it may well be challenging for her, but it's at least possible.
 
I really wish Keiko would get more too, she's got such a beautiful and unique voice. I love Hikaru and Wakana of course but decent, deep female vocals are rare. She's really something special.

I'm kinda tempted to order the vinyl, just like I was with the RYB single, but I think I'll hold off again. Hopefully the fact that this is getting a vinyl release means that they might release the next album on vinyl though, that I will likely cave for.
 
Oooo I can totally seeing it being something like Te To. I have not watched the anime yet, and probably will before the single comes out, but from what people were saying I think it would fit. And I like that song a lot. Or maybe Yami no Uta? Well, and if there weren't all three girls, then it wouldn't be Kalafina. So I kind of get why Yuki stuck Keiko in the back but then gave her some parts in other songs, like the two I just mentioned. Who knows? Maybe One Light will be totally different and will be a slow ballad like 'Kimi ga Hikari ni Kaete Iku' which Keiko had a strong part of. I am hopeful it is different though.
 
Vinyl SEJL-28

Out of print on CDJ/HMV/Yamano-Music as of this post.

Now waiting for tokuten info.
 
Liana_Ilia said:
Oooo I can totally seeing it being something like Te To. I have not watched the anime yet, and probably will before the single comes out, but from what people were saying I think it would fit. And I like that song a lot. Or maybe Yami no Uta? Well, and if there weren't all three girls, then it wouldn't be Kalafina. So I kind of get why Yuki stuck Keiko in the back but then gave her some parts in other songs, like the two I just mentioned. Who knows? Maybe One Light will be totally different and will be a slow ballad like 'Kimi ga Hikari ni Kaete Iku' which Keiko had a strong part of. I am hopeful it is different though.
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You probably missed it but there's a desciption at the Arslan Senki website which we translated and is now into the newspost too.

It says...

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One light sings for the heart of the protagonist who goes forward to his path that cannot yet be seen. Its a song to cheer up yourself.
(thanks to yuki.n for the translation)

so, it doesnt seem like something dark. or frightening, and the anime doesnt have love theme, so it wont probably be a love song either.
 
My reaction upon seeing the promo pic:

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But that's just me.

Also, this 'Kalafina's style is getting too generic and commercial' argument is getting repetitive. I get its a serious issue, but this argument has just been going on and on for a while, and it's getting so redundant just reading the same posts over and over again.

As for you people whining over Keiko not getting enough solo parts in songs, I love Keiko and her deep voice, and without her there would be nothing in Kalafina. Keiko's voice is a standout for me, especially in harmonies. Whenever somebody else sings low harmony, like Hikaru, I just pass it off as a harmony and get over it. But when I listen to Keiko, I try to listen to her over the main harmony, she is very enjoyable to listen to. But it's been 8 (or 7?) years since Kalafina has started and she hasn't gotten any more solo parts, so really, what do you thinks gonna change? It takes ages for someone's voice to progress, and Keiko definitely has the higher register to perform different songs to blow us away. But if Kajiura thinks that it wouldn't suit her, or it might damage her voice or put too much strain on her, that you need to deal with that she might not get many solos until Kalafina disbands.

*stands back to accept the flame*
 
then I can safely say that your argument is also repetitive. af.

feel free to block me btw.
 
Honestly, I'm getting bored by all these Keiko discussions there and there, everywhere. Find it disrespectful for the two other girls and Yuki Kajiura. Kalafina is Keiko for sure, but also and equally Hikaru and Wakana, each one having her "role" in the band, as assigned by Yuki Kajiura, because she thinks that's for the better, and we can't do anything to change that, period. Kalafina as a whole, as for the voice part, globally sounds fine like this, there's quite a balance between the two girls - it can't be perfect, for sure, but you can't say that Keiko is obviously left behind - and I can't see any reason for this to change.
Kajiura-san hired her for her ability to sing with a deep voice, there's no reason to ask her to do something else, nor to ask Kajiura-san to write her songs especially to give Keiko an higher role - she composes from the demand from the producers of the anime or from her own inspiration, and if the anime or if she's in the mood of composing something clear and high, she won't volontarily darken the song with Keiko being the lead singer. When Keiko will say "I'm not happy with what I'm doing with Kalafina", she can do like Maya did, I don't think she's enslaved, plus she's gotten enough recognition with Kalafina to be able to make something else if she wants to.
On the other side, still agreeing for the commercial thing, but that's no use to complain again and again, that's a fact against which we can't do anything, that's the price of success. I can't help but console myself thinking that this is good for them to be more and more known, so that Kalafina can last and keep on giving us great non tie-in songs aside.
Sorry for this long disgression. Back to the topic, I'm getting more and more expectations from this single. Something like Hikari no Senritsu, which I personnally enjoy - I know I'm pretty the only one -, or Moonfesta, a song that is meant to give courage and energy, with traditionnal instruments, that can give something really great, if only there's finally no more "background beat" nor sudden disruptions in rhythm and singing like in the three previous releases.
 
^ (sorry for slightly off-top chime but) if I recall correctly, HnS is also one of Kajiura's own personal favourites. :ohoho: Pretty sure I remember her calling it her 'magnum opus of the century', or something like that. (Maybe not as exaggerated lol, but I definitely remember she referred to it as her 'magnum opus')
 
I'm gonna say what people here told me many-a-time: you can always leave if you don't like it.

Funny how that works, isn't it?
 
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