音時雨 ～Regentropfen～

With Noriko first time referring to the special page for "vierge automatique" in her blog, she revealed more details about the songs themselves--since that album hasn't got released "in public" (it was already released on her 8/24 live!), nothing about the concepts yet.

So today, 9 days ahead of its official release, I wanna transport the digest of what Noriko mentioned in her blog.

and thus, here let me also show this kinda-creppy album jacket again~
- The cover doll is also from Dollhouse Noah, which is the same as the first single.
- The jacket designer is the same person as in "Yoruoto Hyouhon": Maeda@The Monneyless Vincent Imitation Graphica.

1. vierge automatique
⇒A new song for opening the album. Written in self-made language and like a hymn, arranged by multiple chorus. (Ar Tonelico?!).

2. Mindsphere
⇒The arrangement won't have too much of change. But this time, the vocal and mix were remade. A re-recording.

3. 百花庭園の幻影 (Phantom in the Flower Garden)
⇒This song was only ever performed on the live exhibition in 2004--and there were only 30 people in each time. (What a phantom song!) Therefore, even this song was "rearranged", since it never got released, it can actually be called a "new" song.

4. cercueil blanc～白の柩～
⇒The arrangement, vocal and mix all got changed a lot here in the new version. A real "rearranged" song. Plus the rearrangement was done by Naruki from ORITA, this song will be in ORITA-style. (I'm looking forward how it sounds after rearrangement. I do love the first version!)

5. 廃墟の心臓 (Heart of Ruins)
⇒A new song that was asked to be written in "progressive rock" style. Also just from the title, it's obvious that this song was written for the album. (hmmm, I don't know how prog-rock sounds like, what I know is only about GARNET CROW's J-rock.. orz)

6. 白繭の城 (Castle of White Cocoon)
⇒A song that was composed by Noriko herself! "A secluded girl eventually made a song! (Mitose N, 2012)" This song was born so naturally, yet was also born to be for this album. (It's so great that Noriko got some self-composing!! What kind of aura this song will have? I would say it's "Centifolia" like, but who knows. xD)

7. とおりゃんせ (Touryanse)
⇒An awfully arranged children's folk song. It was supposed to be the "Horror Touranse" like on "Yorlga" live, but here, it turned to be even more horrible, or I would rather say it evolved much more from that point. (But Touranse from Cotton#2 isn't that horror. I'm so curious about this, especially because the arranger is Yoshitaka Hirota.)

8. 薄氷<うすらい> (Thin Ice)
⇒About 15 years ago, Noriko did the lyrics for this song, and it was composed by Saneatu Shinomoto. Noriko only performed it on Kirche live once (another phantom song?!). So this time, it's the Noriko version of "rearrange+cover", and doesn't it sound like another new song?

9. カナリヤ機械 (Automatic Canary)
⇒Even though this song was performed a lot of times through Kirche lives, it never got released. Yet this song fits the motif of the album, it got rearranged specifically and finally will be released. In brief, this song is "Kirche's Mitose self-cover + new recording + first release". (Even only the title attracts me very much!)

10. 伽藍の空 (Temple's Sky)
⇒A new song. Noriko was trying to compose it on her own, yet she couldn't come up with a satisfied melody. Therefore the composing was asked to be done by the one who can create the same sense.

Things like that.

Just simply feel the titles, this album will be even darker than album "Centifolia"--but Noriko really fits such dark songs perfectly. I thought like this natually even I'm not that good at guessing. However, she does have the power to create the unique and delicate metaphysics of imagination.

Being in full-live-mode for more than half year, Noriko now already announced two new releases. It was rather a rush to me, since I just pre-ordered one of her new releases...

Anyway, I just read the second release from her blog this morning:

Mille-feuille ～Noriko Mitose Pop Works Best～
Centifolia = hundred petals; Mille-feuille = thousand leaves.
Obviously, it's a sister album of her Centifolia--by simply looking at the style of the album title.

Using Noriko's own idea, Centifolia contains all her "art" works, which are difficult to sing and the aura is rather darker. However, this time, in Mille-feuille, songs will be more "pop". Extremely catchy and cute, you may sing with the music even just after one time of listening.

Now the thing is, should I order this album as well? Maybe I'll decide when the official tracklist is revealed. I do wonder what songs will be in this album. Pop, catchy, cute, huh... I would say I prefer Noriko from the dark side, but I don't refuse the bright Noriko. So I'll see. (´・ω・｀)

At the end of that post, she finally mentioned her "vierge automatique" and linked it. But, why didn't she link it to the special website instead of its amazon page--what are you planning for?? Σ(ﾟДﾟ)

Also, Noriko did mention that, in case of mille-feuille, the pastry is more well-known, thus I went to check how this kind of pastry looks like (I'm quite slow in memorizing food names orz). They look so nice (I did ever eat them, without known the name of that kind of food though)! Then I was like dead--I MEAN I HAVE TOTALLY NO RESISTANCE TO THEM. =w=

I changed my blog background on August 29. The reason was simple: summer has gone, staring at the jellyfish will just make you feeling cold. ^^; Due to having no idea for another theme, I tried various photos or designs. At last, I came up with one season word of autumn:
Lycoris radiata.

Even a little bit red, it's not that bad, is it? And my previous colour scheme fits the image perfectly! So on that night, I started to loop Noriko's "Manjushage" for a while. XD
I LOVE MANJUSHAGE!!
Probably I'll keep this background until it snows. :3

Speaking of lycoris, in the next day, I somehow did some scribble, the motif was "katana and sword". But maybe because I didn't outline on my pencil draft, I couldn't do that as what I thought first via tablet.

Guardian Souls: Mihane side

Guardian Souls: Tohne side

I spent almost entire Sunday working on this, or maybe I could say these. Since it was supposed to be in one frame. I'm just not yuri enough to get perfect arrangement of the characters.
Major elements I already decided before finishing up included: moon night, field with flower, breeze. In case of "katana", I chose Lycoris radiata without hesitation. and shrine maiden custom ftw! However, I took much longer for the "sword" side. What flower I could use? I don't exactly know how I eventually got my way to daisy (some impression from tsukihime). Yet soon in the next day (I mean today) I began to regret. Even though the final version is satisfactory enough to me. I don't mean I don't like daisy, I merely blaming myself for forgetting the classic flower that matches a sword! I feel like I completely lost. °A°

...bury me using thousands of Lycoris!
(つд⊂)
↑...and recently I do love and use this emoji quite a lot!

Now, waiting for the arrival of KOKIA's "History", and do a countdown to the release of Noriko's "vierge automatique".
September 20... still long to wait...
(つд⊂)

Due to my laziness, this is another delayed post, though the delay made me combining two pieces of content together.
I'm now basically in seventh heaven (my wallet isn't though).

KOKIA - History

Official Page

Even though I can't go to KOKI-live for real, I'm so happy that this will be in my collection soon! I knew that in last Friday, and was thus in super KOKIA mode. I looped "Road to Glory" for 200+ times in a row on that night--so I regained KOKIA being the first position of my new last.fm chart. (the first one was Annabel's "blind hunger", which I didn't even believe. How could that song be my No.1!! Though I do love that song. xD)

Here is a digest video of that concert DVD (and I don't know if it will be expired in future, if KOKIA wants to delete it):

"調和", "人間ってそんなものね", "世界を包む Ribbon in our heart"... look at them, all my favorite songs! I'll be looking forward this! :3

Noriko Mitose - vierge automatique～擬似少女楽園廃墟II～

Official Page

EVENTUALLY, Noriko you resumed this work!! QAQ
She ever mentioned about "II" 4 years ago, which was in 2008. At that time, I didn't even know Noriko! However, I never heard anything new since that post until this February. I was just happy that Noriko remembered that old project. Yet she had been enjoying having lives since the end of last year till now--all her recent blog posts were about her lives--I even thought she forgot that again. Anyway, that's awesome that this album has been confirmed to release on September 20th~

About its special page. I checked it in July, and it was only like a draft. But now, the site has been fully built. (Maybe not? It has no banner! lol) Whatever, how could you say nothing about it in your blog? Are you trying to be like Akiko, who keep quiet about her works and sneakily make this or that special pages, now? XDD

From her own description, this album will be dark-sided, combining the aura of her original world "Suimeikyuu". So I thought the jacket might be some dark based art, but this time, the jacket really surprised me--why it gives me an odd feeling of creepiness? Cloudy day, half gloomy room, floating doll in white, as if she's going to suck your soul out and therefore resurrect... I know Am I over-thinking? orz

For the songs, the famous "cercueil blanc" and "Mindsphere" will be rearranged. As for others, they used to be live/event-only (if I remember right).
Here is the tracklist:

Just looking at the titles, I'm already over-excited. So fantastic, so ethereal and so fragile. This album will be extremely beautiful.

Off-topic: when I ordered Noriko's album, I wanted to order another album else. The first thing came into my mind was Key+riya's "Love Song". But...
"this product can not be delivered outside of Japan." which was what wrote beside product information.
WTF! I checked several other items with key-sound-label, all the same.
Nice, now I hate you, key sound label! °A°

It's me writing, who is very satisfied by her long straight hime-cut, and who recently mainly lives in a not-more-than-three-track-to-loop-per-day life style. NOT MORE THAN THREE TRACKS. I'm not kidding. Even I myself am impressed by my long-time non-changed looping. I would be appreciating if that huge crazy looping history could be recorded to my lastfm account. Unfortunately, that's impossible
It's rather more impossible to me to use an ipod anyway. :nap:

I was planning to write for this year's C82, but, apparently I'm not in the mood right now.

I'm in a super anime mode recently.
I've rewatched several animes that I liked years ago, or that I didn't watch carefully enough. Among them, I got some containing audio tracks in English. It's not that bad than what I thought--I would say those audio tracks are actually good. But, my willing to compare between English and Japanese can't beat myself as a voice-mania--I don't really expect fan-made subtitles can win over official translation. As a result, I keep original sound and watch with subtitles, when it comes to somewhere I wonder about a proper expression, I switch and play that scene again (sounds tedious, huh?). Yet, I do enjoy a lot and feel that how cheap English is--yes, cheap, especially if you know how many ways to say "I" in Japanese--or, I'm actually saying how impossible 100% accurate translation is! xD

Anyhow, despite animes, I also got pulled back into TopGear world. Still that statement, I don't have any interest in cars, but I enjoy TG as a good entertainment a lot.
And that was this image, which made me starting to watch TG again:

I do believe there is no need to explain it as long as you've watched enough TG. :tea:

So tonight, as a good memory for returning into TG world,

I laughed so badly that my stomach hurt!
TG will also be a super choice for me because I'm watching Higurashi and will watch Umineko, which I don't really dare to touch during night with full-screen mode on. I'm just that type--the more being afraid, the more interest to continue. orz

my irresonsible tarot project's 2nd work: the magician.

@pixiv

my irresponsible tarot project's first work: the fool.

@pixiv

It's probably the first time I make a post specifically for Natsu-Komi--Yet there are so many new releases that I'm looking forward so I have to make one!!

Bassy+Annabel: ワールド・ワイド・ボクシステム
I couldn't hold back from the samples, thus I also got attracted. Annabel's voice is even sexier than all previous works! I bet I'll love this release, and I might love bassy more from now on? :P

MANYO+やなぎなぎ: Tachyon
Nagi's new release. This time, MANYO+Nagi. A complete different aura from this one comparing with MANYO+Annabel. Maybe like Europa, and why I think this one sounds better than the one by Key+Nagi? xDD
Currently, I loved the second track.

V.A.: 隻眼のエデン 3rd season 真実のウトナピシュテム
To be honest, I never ever tried to see the story behind this series. To me, this series is extremely bipolarized, that I only love songs that my favorite singers were involved--I don't have any prejudice, I did try to replay all songs over several times and that's my final conclusion.
Anyway, this time, the most shinning star is "TSUKUYOMI SYSTEM -nanna-". So all three "system" songs have Noriko. You such a great chanter! *_*

霜月はるか: 蝶ノ在リ処
I've mentioned it before, but for keeping this post complete, I'll get this here again.
Haruka's Butterfly series that I only care about jacket arts! xD

V.A.: カニッツァの花迷宮

V.A.: 酣歌 vol.2
No too much love for this two so far, but they're here because of Annabel. It may just be my obligation to collect all Anna-related works. :3

A small complaint:

Is it so hard to give your own HP a name? Anna-neechan!! xD

So, after the list of future music, time to go through released works quickly!

伊藤真澄 - ユメのなかノわたしのユメ
Flourish. The only word I would like to use here. Not looking at its jacket art, I would rather give the songs "thick orange" as the main image color. ^^;

A little P.S.: I'm considering using another simple image as my blog background, similar like last two drawings I made. I'll see soon!