Aira Mitsuki×Saori@destiny – ×~PARK OF THE SAFARI December 12, 2011

Track Listing

1. GATE or EXIT
2. Discovery
3. WOWTOWN
4. PANAMA
5. DAMAGE
6. Umbrella
7. Theme of Safari
8. LAST SONG
9. Animal Daydream
10. Special LINK

1. GATE or EXIT

As the album’s introduction, I thought the beginning of GATE or EXIT was kind interesting at first and then what could be the biggest senseless snatch happened.  Terukado basically snatched Sleigh Bells’ “Tell ‘Em” added an extra note and made that the song’s arrangement.  If I didn’t know the band already, this wouldn’t be such a problem but I love Sleigh Bells and this really was uncalled for from him.  Hearing Aira and Saori is interesting singing though but the arrangement clearly covers them a bit much so it’s a little difficult to hear.  Still it’s an ok intro but please let’s not reuse something like that again!

2. Discovery

I must say that I was intrigued that some people described Discovery as a bit like Daft Punk (ironic since they have an album titled that).  I will say that after that rather disappointing introduction, Discovery really is something great since it feature a lot of buzzing synths and both Saori and Aira singing together which is sooo cool.  The thing that gets me is that once again, Roxanne is spittin the SAME stuff we heard already so long ago…can we stop using her in songs?  Still, this was an impressive song.

3. WOWTOWN

I love that I can hear Aira’s and Saori’s vocals seperately for WOWTOWN which is such a nostalgic trip for me.  The song has such a cute bounce to it and it works overall for me.  It’s just fun for all and it’s nice to finally focus on the girl’s vocals and I love Saori’s vocals mixing it up with Aira’s more raspy tone, who knew?

4. PANAMA

I like the next song as well replacing synths with more of a guitar-laced song that sounds like it’d be fun to hear on the beach or something like that.  With PANAMA it seems Aira takes lead for most of the song during the first verse and chorus and Saori in the second verse & chorus.  I really enjoy this song since it’s a bit more simpler in the arrangement and let the girls do their things in seperate places.

5. DAMAGE

Of the songs on here, I wasn’t expecting DAMAGE to be so chilled out and slow.  Sadly, this slow snail pace of the song kind of bores me through the song.  I mean I sense there’s some movement like the kind random placement of the background sounds and a bit of bass.  I just kind of lose focus with the song and I tune out fully by the end…not even Aira nor Saori could’ve saved the song.

6. Umbrella

Only two of the songs on the album are solo tunes, Umbrella is the first one and it’s sung entirely just by Aira.  I know Aira’s done “cute” songs in the past like “Candy Light Mode” and “Robot Honey” but Umbrella is the cute I would try to avoid since it’s too sparkly and smiles and unicorns for me.  Plus most of the song I remember is the whole ~chu-lu-lu-li-loo~ parts.  Yeah this is definitely not my kind of song from Aira!

7. Theme of Safari

So far on the album, I really never got the theme of the album quite yet which is a bit unusual but the album’s interlude finally gibes me that safari vision that I though I was going to get initially.  I mean the sounds of animals is quite awesome mixed with a light dance beat and cowbell?  XD  Though the vocal things are Aira and Saori going ~bom bom bom~ in different intervals that sounds like a mindfuck.  Kind of random but fits the image of the cover quite nicely.

9. LAST SONG

At first I was laughing at how ironic the title is since it isn’t the last song on the album.  This is also Saori’s solo and from what I’ve heard it seems that she got the better solo song hands down.  It’s also the first song that screams electro and to be honest this sound like it falls somewhere near her “Domestic domain” stuff and that’s pretty great!  Saori’s breathy vocals fit and she sounds pretty good during the chorus as well.  Pretty damn good song here!

9. Animal Daydream

I’m happy they stuck another safari-like song in Animal Daydream which is another slowish song from the duo.  It actually sounds a lot more enticing and dreamy unlike “DAMAGE”.  It does surprise me that I can remember Aira’s vocals quite a bit more here (then again it was hard to hear Saori since she was singing so quietly).  I wish this had a PV since it would’ve been great to hear them doing that with how unique it sounds.

10. Special LINK

The final song on the album is kind of similar to Aira’s “Plastic Doll” song which is pretty cool because you get Terukado in a more comfortable spot.  Both ladies sing together along this very synthy and bouncy arrangement and once again they sound quite nice together.  Might be a bit of a memory back to the good days and it turned out well ^_^

Tracks Recommended

• WOWTOWN
• LAST SONG
• Special LINK
• Animal Daydream
• Discovery

Song of Avoidance

• DAMAGE

I knew one day that D-topia’s goddesses would get together and release an album as a unit.  For the most part, ×~PARK OF THE SAFARI satisfied my need from both artists.  They do have great songs but also not so good songs as well.  I wouldn’t mind seeing another in the future but who knows if that’ll happen.

Saori@destiny – Domestic domain June 21, 2011

Track Listing

1. BEATBOP
2. Domestic domain
3. GAMBA JAPAN
4. COLLAGE
5. OFF THE WALL
6. Pray
7. Klaxon

1. BEATBOP

Lulz at the trumpet opening the mini-album.  Anyways, this opening intro feels like a cluttered idea put together because there’s a lot going on in the arrangement and some things inserted from previous D-topia songs.  For being about 2:40 in length, it’s a bit much but the fact Saori has lyrics in the song is nice and I guess it makes for an alright intro to the album.

2. Domestic domain

The actual first full track is the title track and I kind of enjoyed this song because it sounds like something I would’ve expected on “WORLD WILD 2010″ or “WOW WAR TECHNO”.  The great thing I noticed was the interesting addition of guitar that slightly reminds me of a more toned down guitar riff from Aira’s “Robot Honey”.  This song is actually quite catchy to listen to for sure.

3. GAMBA JAPAN

The next song was freaked me out because I never heard something like this but it sounds really unique with everything going on.  The weird synths, and the weird filters on Saori and co’s voices.  It does sound like something that would be more of a celebratory tune but it also has this weird arranged style that does feel like it’d fit “WORLD WILD 2010″ but that’s alright because I think I’m loving this song right now.

4. COLLAGE

I will say that I loved that “GAMBA JAPAN” flowed into COLLAGE smoothly but sadly, I’m kind of annoyed with COLLAGE here.  I think it’s the very repetitive line that lasts way too long when it starts.  After Saori’s opening lines it does turn into a disco track, but it feels like it lacks energy and speed so it feels tiring to listen to.  Add in the airy vocals from Saori and it just doesn’t seem to bode well for me.  Probably my least favorite of the mini-album, plus 5 minutes is way too long for this song.

5. OFF THE WALL

Just like the title suggests, OFF THE WALL is a bit true to it’s title.  It’s like a jazz/funk fusion of a song and I enjoyed this mixture when I first heard the preview of it on YouTube.  It’s relaxing and yet easy to just sway your hips with the groove of the song.  I think it did its job for sure and is another favorite here.  Though what really gave the title is that the lyrics basically mention various 80′s songs which is quite unique for something like Saori to do (I mean she has crazy ass lyrics too but this is almost like what Momoi Haruko did with “Sunday early Morning”.

6. Pray

Who’s the guy that opens up Pray?!?  Anyway, Pray to me sounds like a more chilled out version of “OFF THE WALL” by taking the funk out and giving it a more slower tempoed track.  To me it’s kind of boring and doesn’t really lead anywhere big so it’s just essentially there.  Meh…

7. Klaxon

Closing the mini is Klaxon which is isn’t an immi cover people!  I can only wonder why Saori repeats ~tell me why~ so many times at the start and then uhm….well some fast singing.  Is it Saori rapping or what?!?  I love the beats for this song though and that it builds into something danceable quickly.  Closed the mini on a good note in my opinion.

 

 

As this is Saori’s first release since the transfer to D-topia UNIVERSE, Domestic domain isn’t Saori’s finest material released in form but I must say that lyrically it’s a much brighter look to Saori’s music.  About that as well, I felt this was more or less…a continuation of “WORLD WILD 2010″ but that didn’t bother me because I loved that album and some of these songs would fit perfectly into it while others were a bit boring at times.  I hope both Aira and Saori pick themselves up for their next releases…

Saori@destiny – WORLD WILD 2010 April 14, 2010

Track Listing

1. Re:revolution
2. WORLD WILD 2010
3. Ethnic Planet Survival
4. I can’t
5. Lonely Lonely Lonely
6. Play
7. BABY tell me
8. Funny Parade
9. Grotesque
10. Prism
11. Sympa
12. Lonely Lonely Loney (FUNKOT.JP remix)

1. Re:revolution

A 42-second opening, Re:revolution begins the album with a pretty hectic opening with a muffled voice (French-tinted) saying various things that really don’t exactly making sense but I guess it did its job…I think.

2. WORLD WILD 2010

Kind of weird that our next song is also quite short being under three minutes all.  Now this whole ethnic feel the album is trying to portray and it did bridge really nicely out of “Re:revolution”.  That said those two could really be put together.  Now the arrangement is surprisingly emptier than her previous songs and I love the things happening from the clinking, the background vocals, and Saori’s singing after.  I thought it was pretty clever and original for her.

3. Ethnic Planet Survival

After such a tinny song with basically no bass and rush into the first A-side of the era, Ethnic Planet Survival was pretty amazing.  Keeping up with the original flavor and mixing with the electroness of it all, EPS is still one of those tracks that’ll catch you off guard with it’s heavy South American feel.  I was surprised when she released this because this kicked a lot of ass.

4. I can’t

From the start of the song I was heavily reminded of capsule’s recent tune “Love or Lies” with the whole cut n’ paste style that covered the front part.  I really like that Terukado let up a little on the vocoder/auto-tune shindig and let emotions take over.  I’m not sure what part of the world she’s trying to portray, but I’m pretty sure it’s Japan since it’s got a rather flow that sounds pretty typical nowadays.  I ended up liking the song a bit since it is just normal Saori and not experimental by any sorts.

5. Lonely Lonely Lonely

As the 2nd single released in the era, Lonely Lonely Lonely definitely slowed things and gave a stronger push to the more slower side of tunes.  I was really taken aback with the heavy synths and buzzing going on that reminded me a lot of Katamari music.  I like it, but it’s one of those songs that’ll either make u like it or just hate its empty arrangement. 

6. Play

As the B-side from “Ethnic Planet Survival”, Play is still somewhat on the back og my mind because the songs is just oddly robotic and on the album it sounds like it could be her take on Indian music, but I’m not totally sure because I keep getting thrown off by those Mortal Kombat lines.  It’s alright, but I feel that there’s just something missing in the song and I’m not sure what that it is.

7. BABY tell me

I thought this song was going to a ballad by just looking from the title alone, but this is actually a heavy electro tune from the girl and while from the start I thought it was going to be like American electro, Saori throws the verses on another level and there’s some parts where I was thinking that she pulled some stuff from “Ethnic Planet Survival”.  The best thing about this track is that it’s chaotic, but it makes sense at the same time.

8. Funny Parade

I wonder where the world took her for Funny Parade.  Compared to the previous songs, this song is a little more happier and there’s even spots with 8bit included to make it more like a fantasy-ish sounding song and it worked for me and those loud claps also colored the song more.  It’s like they took Aira’s “HEART LINE ALIVE and Fantasy Candy” and mixed em togehter to get this song, but I love it!

9. Grotesque

I was pretty surprised when Terukado decided to use the “Birthday Everyday” thingie that Aira did and made it a different tone for Saori and made that into Grotesque.  While I think the lyrical meaning will be quite odd, Grotesque is mid-tempo and it’s nice, but I don’t think it stands as strongly as much since there’s so many standout songs as it is.  I’ll admit though the bass after the chorus was awesome.

10. Prism

As it is the lone “ballad” on the album, Prism is leagues better than her last effort in “Yowamushi Heart”.  I don’t know why, but D-topia ballads usually aren’t amazing and end up sounding the same, but Prism really stick outs because of the blips and bloops of the arrangement and how things kept getting fuller with sound.  I guess it does sort of stray away from being a ballad, but it’s still pretty good.

11. Sympa

OMG, the Animal Crossing song!  Sympa is gotten stuck in my head way too many times for my good since reviewing it on “Lonely Lonely Lonely”.  The thing about the song that I loved was the happy-go-lucky mood that this song put me in and with its many quirks about it, I quickly got back into whore mode for this song just now hold on…

12. Lonely Lonely Lonely (FUNK.OT.JP remix)

Ending the album off once again with a remix of one of the main tracks, Lonely Lonely Lonely’s remix really twisted the mood of the song into a more electronic and faster tune which in my head made me thing of DENPA!!!  I mean the layers of synths is crazy, but the various English stock vocals kind of killed a lot of the song.  At least when Saori comes in as 1/3 of the song has already gone by…It could’ve been good, but they should’ve just left off the English crap.

Tracks Recommended

• Ethnic Planet Survival
• Sympa
• I can’t
• Funny Parade
• BABY tell me

Song of Avoidance

• Lonely Lonely Lonely (FUNK.OT.JP remix)

Taking a world tour with Saori is quite tiring especially when a good portion of it came off as really fresh and good.  This definitely is her best collection of songs yet when you compare to both “JAPANESE CHAOS” and “WOW WAR TECHNO”.  All the songs have something interesting in it and it makes me think that newcomer Riko and Aira’s next release will just be as powerful!

Saori@destiny – Lonely Lonely Lonely February 22, 2010

Track Listing

1. Lonely Lonely Lonely
2. Sympa
3. Breathe Breathe Breathing
4. Stainless Starlight

1. Lonely Lonely Lonely

I thought “Ethnic Planet Survival” was a strange song, but Lonely Lonely Lonely is definitely quite different from anything we’ve heard from Saori.  It’s like a mix of funk and a pseudo-ballad at various points in the song, but I thought this was so much better than “Yowamushi Heart” in the ballad side of things.  To be quite honest, I could picture this 100% completely being a Katamari song since it has all that randomness that makes the series well-known.  Pretty different and I like it quite a bit.

2. Sympa

Hahahaha, just as Katamari-ish and maybe a little like Animal Crossing like a few people have said, Sympa is a quirky little tune.  I liked the piano fronting most of the song and the interesting rhythms mixed with Saori’s singing.  She’s sounding softer than I usually remember, but still what a cute tune this is and I liked every second.

3. Breathe Breathe Breathing

I just find it weird that we have to review again the original tune.  It does fit on the single in a strange way, but sometimes I feel that it might be a little too energetic for the single since both “LLL” and “Sympa” are more calm tracks while BBB is kind of energetic, but it still retains cuteness which was the reason I liked it off of “WOW WAR TECHNO”. 

4. Stainless Starlight

Wow, I’m surprised that I’m ending up reviewing this song for the third time!  I still do enjoy the song a lot because it’s got this ethereal flow through it that just pwned “WOW WAR TECHNO” hands down.  It’s pretty fast, kind of edgy at points and I love Saori in this song personally.  Sweet song.

 

 

While Saori’s 2nd and final single of the era was definitely interesting nonetheless.  Though we are here to talk about the new songs and for the most part I was impressed at the rather random sounding arrangements for both songs and TBH are better together than “EPS” and “Play” off the last single.  The other two tracks are good tunes to have chosen as well…but I would’ve had replaced Breathe Breathe Breathing with something from “JAPANESE CHAOS”.

Saori@destiny – Ethnic Planet Survival January 27, 2010

Track Listing

1. Ethnic Planet Survival
2. Play
3. chemical soda
4. Breathe Breathe Breathing (spring breeze rmx)

1. Ethnic Planet Survival

Ok so we get the first digital single release from Saori, starting with Ethnic Planet Survival which carries a small torch from “WOW WAR TECHNO” with the howl and the 80′s-ish flow that’s going on.  I kind of like the ethnic feel of the song and with it’s strange lyrics, the song is pretty wacky and I like that the song doesn’t follow a true melody.  Still a pretty cool song to start 2010.

2. Play

Play follows a bit more like some kind of Mortal Kombat song at the start and I thought that was pretty cool.  Play kind od feels a little more tropical than “Ethnic Planet Survival”, but besides that, the music can become a little too tedious in the later parts of the song.  It does kind of get better, but besides that nothing to write home about.

3. chemical soda

I wonder why D-Topia would stoop so low to actually rehash a song from “JAPANESE CHAOS”.  It also kind of messes up the flow of the single since it really doesn’t sound like a Saori song to begin with.  I mean yeah, the 8bit stuff is pretty cool, but Saori’s vocals were definitely not like the vocals heard later in the career.

4. Breathe Breathe Breathing (spring breeze rmx)

The remix that is also found on the “WOW WAR TECHNO” mini-album, Breathe Breathe Breatning’s remix reappearing is a bit of kick in the face face becuase it’s non really .  I’m still not fully equipped to enjoy this song I’kk pass the over for right now.

 

 

Saori begins a new era of songs with EPS which is awesome BTw, but the toher 3 tracks were definitely wacky.  I don’t know but I’d only get the single just for the main track because it was pretty good.

Saori@destiny – WOW WAR TECHNO March 23, 2009

Track Listing

1. WOW WAR TECHNO
2. Breathe Breathe Breathing
3. EZ DO DANCE
4. Lost
5. Spiral
6. Yowamushi Heart
7. Stainless Starlight
8. Breathe Breathe Breathing (spring breeze rmx)

1. WOW WAR TECHNO

The song that really represented the era, WOW WAR TECHNO sounds so much better in 320, I definitly agree to that.  I do love all the parts where Saori sings, but the whole ~whoa whuh whuh~ parts is that damn annoying and really takes the experience out of the song.  At least it had a PV right?  *cough* it sucked BTW

2. Breathe Breathe Breathing

Yeah, this song is definitly something that sounds like capsule.  More along the lines of “More!MoreMore!” and maybe a little of “Adventure” but more of the former.  I don’t know why but whenever the song hit the minor tones in the bridge it was just amazing.  Other than that, it is the first song to really incorporate 8-bit sounds and then the whole acoustic finish reminded me of how “Sugarless GiRL” ended…strange.

3. EZ DO DANCE

Being a cover of TRF’s sophomore single, EZ DO DANCE is a lot more aggressive and a lot more catchy than the original which is surprising.  I have to say so far this song is one of the best in her career.  The whole techno theme just fits with this song and her singing under the vocoder isn’t horrible.  One of the best on the album.

4. Lost

I’m not sure what to think of Lost.  At one side, it sounds just like a really good techno song to get lost into (oh there’s the pun).  At first the whole whooping call was a turnoff, but it’s nice to know they didn’t overload the song just on that sound.  The chorus is a little too short, but I like the music for sure.

5. Spiral

Spiral seems to calms things down a bit with its almost naturistic synth sound.  From the previews, I enjoyed this song and my guesses were right, I still really like the song in full.  It does sound a little bit like “Breathe Breathe Breathing” but it’s not full-on reminescent, maybe given the cute touch.  What’s with the Animal Crossing synth though?  It’s so random but made the song more win hahaha.

6. Yowamushi Heart

Another artist to fall into the ballad world?  What is wrong with D-TOPIA?  Can’t they make an actual ballad that sounds different from everything?  It sounds just like “Every night heartfull music song” and “distant STARS” mixed together and stripped of Aira’s lisp issues.  That being said, the song is just not too original and actually bores me to death.

7. Stainless Starlight

I still really love the song from the single and get a pretty good quality version just made it so much more better.  I have to say this is vocally/musically the strongest track because it’s not focused solely on the music as much as it’s importance on Saori here.  Love this track still!

8. Breathe Breathe Breathing (spring breeze rmx)

The biggest failure of the mini is definitly the final track.  WTF are you trying to do mixing techno with reggae?  You can’t be serious right?  You take one of the coolest tracks and destroy it in one fall swoop?  Saori’s vocal are a bit more vocodered, but the whole tribal drum and mood just seems to be really bothersome and it seems the music covers up Saori majority of the time…This sucks!

 

 

Saori actually really stepped up her game for the mini-album.  Even though two tracks were really bad on the album, Yowamushi Heart and BBB’s remix.  Other than that this was surprisingly strong and loving the direction she’s going in, but wheres the DENPA rmx?  hahaha. 

Saori@destiny – WOW WAR TECHNO February 10, 2009

Track Listing

1. WOW WAR TECHNO
2. Stainless Starlight

1. WOW WAR TECHNO

WOW WAR TECHNO begins with this 80′s throwback of the synth which was amazing and then these guys voices pronounce the title in a cut-n-paste kind of way.  I’ll admit that I don’t like them one bit and just sounds so annoying.  Saori’s parts though are pretty good, but few and far between.  Iono, this just wasn’t what I was hoping for, even with the multiple changes.

2. Stainless Starlight

Luckily, Stainless Starlight sounds so much better and less empty.  I rather would’ve suggested this to be the A-side rather than being pushed to being the B-side.  I just love the rushing synths and sounds like it’s her fastest song in her discography minus the (DENPA rmx) right now which means it can only get better.

 

 

Saori’s first single for the era was flopsided.  If Stainless Starlight was the main track, I think it’d be amazing, but with WOW WAR TECHNO lagging behind I just felt it wasn’t the best single to release.  I notice though, she is getting better under the vocoder, so I’ll praise that ^_^

 

 

Saori@destiny – JAPANESE CHAOS January 26, 2009

Track Listing

1. Shangri-La
2. Sayonara Revival
3. My Boy (New Vocal Styling Mix)
4. chemical soda
5. My Way
6. Perfect Wonder Girl
7. sakura
8. 0 no Mahou to Hysteric Sniper
9. Hikari Syndrome
10. Sayonara Revival (DENPA rmx)

1. Shangri-La

Shangri-La opens the album in a pretty loud way.  There’s some pretty cool synth stuff, but I thought this was a higher pitched “Swallowtail D.A.N.C.E with actually deciphirable lyrics.  Also noteworthy, is that it’s a cover of a Denki Groove track of the same name.  I haven’t heard the original, but I bet it was less exciting than this. 

2. Sayonara Revival

I think hands down this was the best track of the era that made it on the album.  I mean Saori’s vocals aren’t heavily vocodered, but it’s enough.  Though after hearing the final track on this album, this track does seem to be a little boring, but if you didn’t know about it, then you’ll be pleasant at what you hear.

3. My Boy (New Vocal Styling Mix)

I can’t really decipher the main difference between this and the single version.  I think it’s just the samee song and no differences.  I do like the calm sound and the fantasy mood of the song itself.  Even though it is her debut, it fits snuggly within the album.

4. chemical soda

Saori incorporates 8-bit in this track and it worked to her advantage here.  The bass synths sound like something you would hear in the 80′s.  The chorus does fly by pretty quickly but your pulled back in with the chiptune melody.  Against the other tracks though, this isn’t my favorite of them.

5. My Way

Ok, one of my crazy addictions is this opening melody to My Way.  The dance beat mixed with some cool moments in the instrumentation definitly struck me goo here.  I was in the zone here with everything going on.  One of her best songs off the album.

6. Perfect Wonder Girl

Perfect Wonder Girl is one of the lighter J-tek songs off the album, but it didn’t really do it for me.  I do like the whole calm state the song is getting at, but it just wasn’t adding up to me.  Like it was just a filler track on the album.

7. sakura

I like the distortions under the vocoder that they used on Saori, but like I said, this song isn’t her best track and I think the twinkling and strane ad-libbing just didn’t make too much sense.  I guess this song just dragged on for me.

8. 0 no Mahou to Hysteric Sniper

I guess we get the closest to a J-tek ballad with our next new track.  Oddly it sounds a little too close to “sakura” which did not help.  It still managed to better than said track because it just was nice with piano backing stuff up as well.  There was enough energy put into it as well not making it amazingly boring.

9. Hikari Syndrome

Hikari Syndrome sounds pretty far-out like something Aira would put to it.  It’s also very ballad-like which is great to hear when a J-tek artist does it.  Then Saori throws a wrench into that when she enters the chorus with a fast beat.  I have to say this has the most complex arrangement to it and that’s probably why I like it so much.  Great song.

10. Sayonara Revival (DENPA rmx)

Take Sayonara Revival, speed it up immensely and make Saori’s vocals sound like Alvin & The Chipmunks and you get the oddest and final track off the album.  The weird thing is that there were also some note changes as well, but it’s basically the original just given the DENPA touch.  I have to say I LOOOVE THIS SONG.  Anyone can just get lost in the maniacal remix we have here.

Tracks Recommended

•  Sayonara Revival (DENPA rmx)
• My Way
• 0 no Mahou to Hysteric Sniper
• Hikari Syndrome
• Sayonara Revival

Song of Avoidance

• sakura

Saori’s debut was alright.  I mean it wasn’t like OMG best album because it had it’s fill with great songs and some filler tracks.  Overall, I was quite contempt with what was featured in the album.  I think a future problem would prolly be to differentiate Saori and Aira since they are on the same label….Well (Aira does have that lisp thing)  Still, it’ll be tougher down the road.

Saori@destiny – sakura January 21, 2009

Track Listing

1. sakura
2. Sayonara Revival
3. Destiny’s War (connects since mix)
4. sakura (digital mp-3 mastering mix)
5. Sayonara Revival (Instrumental)

1. sakura

Yeesh, we get a pretty calm J-tek track with sakura.  Oddly, when she does the adlibbing it reminds me of SAWA pretty obviously.  It’s kind of safe in the sense that it just doesn’t spark any interest and well, it’s kind of worse than “My Boy” at least right now, I think I have to get used to it.  I have to agree that she sounds better under the vocoder this time.

2. Sayonara Revival

Like the majority of us would all agree together that we first heard this off the “Beautiful Techno” compilation album.  Good reason, because this is clearly the best track off this single.  There’s something aggressive about it that I really enjoy it.  There’s some pretty cool things happening with the music and Saori’s vocals though a little boring sound pretty good and saves the track from being too poor.  Great song!

3. Destiny’s War (connects since mix)

If I could imagine what the original sounds like, I bet it was a little less synthy and maybe a tad slower.  It’s actually the fastest song and has this twinkly sound in the instrumental parts that are so funny.  The verses though are totally shweet as it fast and synthy and amazing.  Forget “Sayonara Revival” this is the best song off the single!

 

sakura, is pretty much a step up totally from “My Boy”.  Even though the A-side wasn’t anything to write home about, the other two tracks were amazing and is worth a listen if you like J-tek.  Now if I only knew what the original Destiny’s War sounds like cuz the remix is so good!

 

Saori@destiny – My Boy January 5, 2009

Track Listing

1. My Boy
2. Our Telepathy
3. My Boy (connects since mix)
4. My Boy (mp-3 senyou digital mastering ver.)
5. My Boy (Instrumental)

1. My Boy

At first I really liked the song and how it opened, and how Saori started out singing, but after a while I felt that the song become something of H!P kind of track which is pretty sad.  She also sounds kind of uncomfortable with the vocoding, but you know every J-tek artist has that in their first few singles.  It’s not a terrible song, but she’s done better.

2. Our Telepathy

Our Telepathy though was definitly the highlight of the single.  There’s a darker sound and Saori sounds like she’s under vocoder and being filtered which is pretty cool.  Then again, it’s a pretty safe J-tek song so it doesn’t really take any risks and kind just leaves it as an unmemorable track.

3. My Boy (connects since mix)

Weird they actually sped the song and gave a more understandble speed.  I actually prefer this over the original as it’s definitly more eventful even though the speed is basically the only major thing that’s changed.  Saori sounds more higher pitched too, but it maybe me.

 

 

Saori@destiny’s debut wasn’t fantastic to say, but it’s more of a stepping stone for her which is understandable.  I do kind of wish there was a little more to both tracks, but it was an alright single