Original track by モリモリあつし.

(Just a quick update from hospital. Details included after I return home!)

PUPA -Floor of Larva Remix-

Another piece of collaboration within the Spiegel members.
"A collab with RAVON and Dynamix? Fine, just make everyone suffer..."

Genre: Hardcore (One-sided Action)

Compose / Arrangement: Ice, Yukino
Guitars: Yukino
Cymbals: Ice
Shota: Sand Suna
Boots, Ramen: Ice
Dead: TQ

Illustration: Sand Suna
Profile page: https://www.facebook.com/sandsuna

Yukino: https://twitter.com/yknworks

【RAVON, Dynamix】Spiegel vs Yukino - MassacrE || 3rc4224M

EGTS2021 Tiebreaker song. Players, good luck.

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After the devastating precipitation, after the cruel massacre that erased all other living beings, on the deserted lands there is dead and despair, there are the skies that shines to nowhere. And all that remains is the vision of the only one standing on the plateau, who owns the divine power to restore everything to the beginning.

The choice was made.

He stabbed the sword into his chest, giving up all his desires and returning everything he possessed to their origins - the world.

"If giving up your wish is your wish, I salute you."

That is the final thought that existed in humanity.

Which, also marks the conclusion of the catastrophe.

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'Hey dad, is this the end of the story?'
"Yes, it is a sad story, but after all it is a fantasy, so don't take it so seriously, okay? We come across good people often, and we gonna be good persons too. Do not betray others, because you might not be able to imagine about the consequences."
'I have always been a good boy!'
"That's good my son. Now have a good rest, and we shall start working when you wake up."

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Illustration: poca_p0ca (https://twitter.com/poca_p0ca)
Guitar support: Yukino (https://twitter.com/yknworks)

Conclusio Catastropha

Song title: Seven Days of Genesis (Violin: Scarlette)
Artist: Ice
BPM: 140 (70-280)

"Let there be light."
"Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water."
"Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear."
"Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth."
"Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky."
"Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind."

And there comes the day when he took a rest.

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With invitation and a brief setting from the KALPA team, I am honoured to make a collaboration track with their Sound Director - Scarlette, featuring the KALPA stories.

Available on KALPA now!

【KALPA】Seven Days of Genesis (Violin: Scarlette)

For the SGTS Grand Finals.

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Finally you can face your true self,
towards the doors of memories...

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K "Now look here, players are batshit insane"
K "this is a grand finals with japanese players i think we can allow ourselves that dw,. i will take full responsability 😎"
I "okay you said it"

Composition: Ice
Arrangement: Ice, Yukino
Guitar: Yukino

Artwork: OsuMe65 (https://twitter.com/OsuMe65)
Character: Jerry (https://twitter.com/NZMJerry)

R4incarnation (vs Yukino) 【SGTS2022】

"We will remember you."

Original music by SHIKI
Remixed and rearranged by Ice
Guitar by Masahiro "Godspeed" Aoki
Courtesy of QueseraGames Co., Ltd.

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Playable on KALPA from 23rd Dec, 2022.
Song illustration provided by QueseraGames Co., Ltd.
©QueseraGames Co., Ltd. 2022. All Rights Reserved.

【KALPA】Lapis (Ice Respect Remix) feat. Masahiro "Godspeed" Aoki - SHIKI

曲名：《創造》 Cries, Beyond The End
アーティスト：Katzeohr & Spiegel
作曲：Spiegel
編曲：3R2 as Katzeohr, Spiegel
作詞：Carna, Spiegel

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鐘の音に侵食され行く

（崇め　崇め　bow over almighty）
（沈め　沈め　memories burying）
（無くせ　無くせ　sacrifice souls and mind）
（一つ　になれ　be the fate human face）

I cry over the edge of the world
Take off to the earth

メザメノヒ　（メザメヨ　メザメヨ　セカイヨ　チカラヲ）
ムカウアサ　（ホロビヨ　ホロビヨ　バラバラ　クダケヨ）

証ならここにある　全て無に帰せよと

I cry over the edge of the world
I cry over the edge of the world
花と散る

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「花と散る」の一句狙いでした。
昔のニコ動にはやっていた「さーだーまーさーしー」みたいな5音節の歌詞を、曲の最後の最後に歌わせることが、この曲の最初のアイデアでした。
それからはThe Endシリーズというか、作った時点で心にある絶望感を思い出し、従来のBPM180から抜け出し、ドイツ人制作以来改めて3R2氏（Katzeohr）とのガチ合作でした。

Youtubeのほうは、海外配信の時点でまたアップしよう！

【CHUNITHM】Katzeohr & Spiegel - 《創造》 Cries, Beyond The End

Event page: https://manbow.nothing.sh/event/event.cgi?action=More_def&num=429&event=142

Sand Sunaくんへの誕生日プレゼントのつもりだったんだけど何故か豪華なメンバーも関わっていて、1年以上のプロジェクトになりました。

『世界はカオスになり、「真実」というものはもう存在しない。人間は、見えるものだけ信じるしかない。
ただ、その見えるものって、操られる結果かもしれない。』

それが、現実世界の現状に基づいた物語です。二人は、それぞれ自らの正義のために戦っていた。お互いが目指している目標がまったく一緒なのに。

Compose / Arrangement: Ice
Guitars: Masahiro "Godspeed" Aoki
Violins: Katali

Movie: Sand Suna
Animation: Sand Suna
Illustration: Sand Suna
Game design: Sand Suna

Special Thanks
After effects, technical support: Yan-K
Writer, game idea support: Cy
Character cameo, illustration correction: Draugnut

【BOF:NT】Ice × Sand Suna - Atohs

Original song for DJMAX Respect V, released in V Extension 5 DLC, 7 Dec 2023.

It was once titled as "Rhapsody for The VengeancE". Special credits to my good friend Sand Suna for finding an even better word that matches the "VE" concept, while having the word "End" as a respect for the Rhapsody series.

Recent years I have been making such orchestral arrangement with immense BPM changes, making it into "Pandora's Box" series since 2017, and I took the same approach while making this track.

In the recent VE4, "Die In" seems to have a very tricky ending with BPM changing trills. Inspired by such designs, I made the BPM stable during the trills, but in 5/4 triplets so that it is very difficult to keep up. (I wrote this when I submitted the track, and I shall regret that decision as I play it...)

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Title: Rhapsody for The VEndetta
Genre: Rhapsody
BPM: 280 (200~290)
Composed and arranged by: Ice
Visualization by: SR / Lepusnette

© NEOWIZ. All Rights Reserved.

【DJMAX Respect V】Rhapsody For The VEndetta

《BPM150 Only》

音ゲーマーの好奇心を招く、音ゲーマーなら大好きなBPMで構築したコンプレーションアルバム。新曲13曲収録。

特設サイト：https://sppcd0001.tumblr.com/
XFD：https://soundcloud.com/iceloki/2024-tdmbpm150-onlyxfd
イベント：TDM D2

Produce: Ice
Design: Sand Suna (@sandsuna_sfw)
Mastering: オータス (@Aurtas_Nine)

長い音ゲーマーとして活動したものとして、自分なりに大好きなBPM150をテーマにして、13曲を集めました。

それぞれの作曲者にお願いしたとき、「BPM150の曲を作ってください」しか言っていなく、どんな曲を作ってくれるか、プロデューサーとしてもわくわくしていました。XFDは作ってありますが、もしサプライスがほしい形は、そのまま全曲シャッフルして聞いてみればどうでしょう。

なお、今回は私が立ち上げたレーベルの、Spaceport Productionsの初コンピレーションアルバムとして、これからもレーベルとしてアルバムを発表していきたいと思います。

台湾の初音系同人イベント、Taiwan Doujin Music（TDM）で配布します。イベント運営も兼ねて、色んな意味で初挑戦です。

以下、今回のアルバムに楽曲を制作した方です。（収録曲順、敬称略）
Ardolf (@ardolf_official)
ZxNX (@NxTunes)
DCWH (@DCWH_tweet)
Jehezukiel (@Jehezukiel)
Ice
V!C (@tatamitako_ViC)
lixound	(@lixoundmusic)
LucaProject (@Lucaproject4543)
Violet.MKII (@violet_mk2)
XinG (@tom61403)
VOLTA (@volta342)
nm-y (@nmy_teki)
Nekoribo (@Nekoribo38)
Reku Mochizuki (@RekuMczk) 🍜

【2024 TDM】BPM150 Only【XFD】

If you're looking for something faster, like, really fast, 
I have prepared something interesting for you.

The clock is ticking...

PV: sugosugiii
Background and Song Jacket: sugosugiii, osume65

【VNMC2024】I D M

After 12 years from release, together with the album "Entrance - 12 Years of HAVOC", I decided to make a self arrangement for Entrance, reflecting my change in production style all over the years.

I have always loved to make orchestral music, but without the knowledge and assets I was not able to make decent ones, until about 2013 when I first get some fundamental sounds for a full orchestral arrangement in L2.

I was in a cover band back before I started composing music, and I was the drummer. I always loved heavy metal, and I have always hoped that one day I can make a full symphonic metal song. Heavily inspired by Metallica, especially its symphonic live performances, I made this attempt to totally rearrange the song so that it could be live performed.

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This was the bonus track for "Entrance - 12 Years of HAVOC". It is a memorial album for 12 year debut of my very first commercial tracks, as well as the album of the same title, "Entrance". 12 remixes were selected from "Entrance Remix Invitation", a song contest that I held.

Entrance - 12 Years of HAVOC

Producer: Ice
Mastering: Jehezukiel
Illustration and Design: Sand Suna
Promotion Video: Yan-K

Compose: Ice
Remix: (in track order)
typeMARS, Bestie, RudBag, ky0ku70, Night Yard, Qromel, DCWH x lunul t. Ingolk, shinome, RiraN, NAMV, Salad Savior, Acotto

Entrance - 12 Years of HAVOC

Entrance - The Origin of HAVOC

BOF:TT参加作品です。
今回のチームのメンツだからこそ、やりたかったことをやりつくした。
ずっと昔から憧れたRJ大先生へのリスペクトです。
曲作った時は真夏の8月で、とてもあつかったのです。そんなあつあつサウンドで仕上げました。

BOF:TT参加作品
TEAM：#TimeTraveler
https://manbow.nothing.sh/event/event_teamprofile.cgi?event=146&team=10

Alias: Ice respect for RJ
Music: Ice
Visualization: Siesphere (https://x.com/Siesphere)

【BOF:TT】Ice respect for RJ - Volcanic August

Compose / Arrangement: Ice
Song Illustration: Sand Suna
Original story / character design: Ice, Sepia (nazek.)
PV: Sepia (nazek.)
2025 Spaceport Productions.

"Here I stand, the invisible man
Witnessing eternity, dancing in my ghostly land."

A total rework for the 2012 released song. With the song getting into arcade games, Sand Suna made a new illustration for it, and it might be a good time to republish the song.

Guess "L -Reminiscence-" is also on its way...

L (Remastered for Polaris Chord)

Composed for EGTS 2025 GF. Deliberately cut the song into multiple small sections for osutaiko mapping purpose. It is a either-sided hunt that one might think he is the predator, but maybe actually he's the prey. No one would know of the results till the very end.

Song title: M4DN355, Menace
Artist: Ice
BPM: 180
Illustration: Zeth
https://zethlim.crd.co/

M4DN355, Menace

N.M.S.T. (3R2 & Ice) - Snowflakes

Featuring latest collaboration track with guzheng performer Seasnow (黑鹿季雪). Including 3(+1) other recent tracks.

Release date: 27 April 2025
Event: M3春2025 
Booth: 第一展示場 S-09ab
Spec: 1 Download Card (Bandcamp redeem)

Produced by Ice
Album Illustration by Aubron
Design by Seasnow (黑鹿季雪)
All songs composed and arranged by Ice except
Track 1: guzheng performed by Seasnow (黑鹿季雪)

【M3春2025】Revolution EP【XFD】

我們家的Poodle，Cookie，在昨天晚上離開了我們，享年15歲。

還記得以前唸大學的時候，我媽說想養狗。剛好從日本留學回來，就慢慢適應多一位家庭成員的生活。

回家搭電梯到家門前，還沒拿鑰匙出來，Cookie就會聽到腳步聲，在門前不停吠著等我進門。我進門後，第一件事情就是直接跳起撲到我腿上，然後因為太興奮忍不住撒了一小泡尿。直到我最近兩年回去，他有點行動不便無法到處跑，但還是會在我進門後撲到我腿上。

他對其他人就算再親熱，也好像不及對我黏。有時候在家裡無事，他會晃到我房間門口趴著，看著我用電腦。有時候在遊樂場玩到終電才回家，半夜一兩點進門，他也會爬出來迎接我回家，等我好好摸他後才回去繼續睡覺。

跟他一起生活的時間沒有很久。他差不多5歲左右吧，我就離開香港到台灣工作了。

雖然知道Poodle的壽命差不多就是15歲，是該走的時候了，但失去一位家庭成員，內心還是有點不知道怎麼面對。有點悲傷，但也有點感恩吧。

一路好走，感謝你默默陪伴著我們一家。

Monochrome Gratitude (for Cookie)

Made for CWC2025. With the request of piano notes as the main feature, the series got an opportunity for continuation.

Nostalgia Sonatina Op.3

Released under NIZI-RINGO's compilation album "Ne/nuit".
https://t.co/eXaNok8izW

As a requirement of "violin and piano" mixture the Sonatina expressed the main phrases and solos mainly through piano and violin, with some experimental phrases on interlude development.

Frankly I was running out of inspirations right after rushing everything for RayarkCon, so I used variations from existing tracks while writing the solo phrases.

Enjoy :)

24/3/2017 update: Variation 2 of the track is here. 
https://soundcloud.com/iceloki/parodia-sonatina-varii

Parodia Sonatina

Upcoming release in Deemo 3.0.
A modified version of the previously released "Parodia Sonatina", which shares the same instruments and atmosphere but with a different structure designed specially for Deemo players.
Be well prepared before the update ;)

Previous one: https://soundcloud.com/iceloki/parodia-sonatina

Parodia Sonatina Var.II

There's just so many I would like to say about, after so many years of hard work, sorrows, farewell, despair, and happiness, joyful, rewarded, unity, tears, and last but not least the one final trigger by ふ？さん who ultimately beaten Cytus Chapter L, I made my promise to make a conclusion to everything since the beginning of L to that time instant.

Making Chapter L was challenging from scratch, and I went through eager and anxiety in each and every step, until the pieces of memory come together one by one, solidified, visualized (audible), and finally being a product. Back to when I created L in 2012 I have never imagined that I came that far.

More than a conclusion to each and every part of Chapter L, this is also a respect to all the great artists who influeced me so much. I took your teachings and they now become a part of me.

The album was released last week in Japan, and the batch for overseas shipping seems to be sold out at this moment, so I am putting this up for free for this whole week.

I love you all. Those who gave me motivation in any aspect.

Enjoy L0, the conclusion of all.

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(Edited 30 May 2019)
Apparently many out there wants to make a chart for free games, but stopped because of the BPM change in the middle, so I made a detailed note of all the BPM changes here!

0:00:00 BPM140
0:56:57 BPM156
4:15:03 BPM140
4:18:46 BPM134
4:20:70 (5/16) BPM136
4:21:14 (9/16) BPM141
4:21:46 (12/16) BPM146
4:21:56 (13/16) BPM141
4:21:98 BPM139
4:22:63 (7/16) BPM132
4:23:77 BPM125
4:24:25 (5/16) BPM132
4:24:48 (7/16) BPM136
4:24:92 (11/16) BPM140
4:25:56 BPM133
4:26:46 (9/16) BPM141
4:27:10 (15/16) BPM135
4:27:32 BPM131
4:27:78 (5/16) BPM139
4:28:64 (13/16) BPM138
4:29:08 BPM135
4:29:97 (9/16) BPM133
4:30:87 BPM129
4:32:73 BPM136
4:33:17 (5/16) BPM137
4:33:61 (9/16) BPM138
4:34:04 (13/16) BPM139
4:34:48 BPM140
4:35:33 (9/16) BPM138
4:37:07 (9/16) BPM136
4:37:95 BPM132
4:39:77 BPM128
4:40:71 (9/16) BPM130
4:43:02 (13/16) BPM133
4:43:47 BPM136
4:44:35 (9/16) BPM143
4:45:19 BPM147
4:45:60 (5/16) BPM151
4:46:00 (9/16) BPM153
4:46:39 (13/16) BPM154
4:46:78 BPM156

L0 -the conclusion-

Released in Deemo 3.1, in the alias of Ramenbot Jr.
Sheet music available in buy link (google drive).
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It has been quite a long time since I made legit classical piano pieces, and I shall keep doing it in the future. As a courtesy of "Devil's Playground", a song literally exists, this is only a waltz within the premises, and there is lot more happening simultaneously. It might turn out to be a series, depending if there is any other work going on.

Waltz in Devil's Playground

Deemoの玄関音源変わってるじゃん寂しい！って言われたのでこっちもアップしといた。正直新音源のほうが好きですけど一応気になる方へ。

Entrance (Deemo旧音源)

Released in Cytus II 1.0, a track of ConneR.

Definitely not because I bought Nint_ndo Switch and took the first letters of it for the song name. ;)
Anyway, so nostalgia, too much sonatina.
Now thinking of the next sonatina title. Parodia, Nostalgia, what's next? (Play_tation, Nint_ndo, and...?)

Cytus II is released on iOS today so check it out. :)
https://itunes.apple.com/tw/app/cytus-ii/id1290687550?mt=8
(Or check on your local app store with "Cytus2")

Nostalgia Sonatina

It's about 3 weeks from Cytus2's release, and I guess lots of you have already enjoyed the theme song - "Used to be" by KIVΛ and K.
https://soundcloud.com/kivawu/cytus-ii-theme-used-to-be

So this would be something after the staff roll, with all 5 characters (PAFF, Robo_HEAD, NEKO, Xenon, ConneR) level 25 you would unlock... this.

It was first released back in last year in Shota Paradise as the "final" track (yes, final, excluding the bonus track).
Simply having Entrance in Cytus 2 might work as well, but I guess having a new but related song would be even better. :)
Special thanks to my friend Kero for contributing to the melody.

Also I designed the chart for it. Difficulty was reduced a little bit, but I guess good enough for a 1.0 version challenge. ;)
Enjoy.

Floor of Lava (Game size)

Deemo 3.2のIce Collectionにリリースした、モリモリあつし(@ats024)さんとの合作曲でした。

モリあつさんが先にフレーズ作って、全体の編曲をこっちで決めてから、「Iceがピアノとオケ、モリあつがドラムとシンセ」の感じで仕上がりました。

普段BPM202って速さはなかなか手出せないものですが、202といえばモリあつさんなので今回は早めのピアノフレーズにします。

「今回は」、な。

RE:UNION -仇する双つの刃-

Deemo 3.2のIce Collectionにリリースした、xi (@com_giko_31)さんとの合作曲「Scherzo -pain in rain-」でした。

xiさんとコラボするのだいぶ前から話していたが、どういう曲を作るか結構悩んでいました。xiさんがメロ性強いハードコア（俗に言うとHard Renaissance）をよく作っているイメージで、更に強烈なハードコアを目指そうかと思っていまして、BPM180→200の方向性は一番先に決めていました。

そしてxiさんからラフのピアノメロをいただいて、どうしても拍子が不安定のイメージがするので、3/4、4/4を混ざりながら編曲リレーしましてなんと曲の半分がだいぶまともなピアノソロになってしまいました。

というか、こんなにピアノフレーズをリレーの感じに作曲したことなくて、かなり面白い経験でした。

最後に曲名を考えていたところ、「季節に関連する単語がいい」とxiさんが提案し、勝手に「雨」（春、そしてノーツの密度に指して）と名付け、この曲名にしました。

お互いも音ゲーにいわゆるボス曲を作るのが評価されているようで、Deemoならではのボス曲を目指しました。

スケルツォ（scherzo）は、イタリア語で「冗談」を意味し、語源的にはふざけた音楽を指すが、その意味あいは形骸化していった。諧謔曲（かいぎゃくきょく）。

世の中には、もともと冗談だったことが多く、それをなんと実現化される時、びっくりされ、そしてそれを楽しむことはかなり多く、今回の曲もまさにこんな感じです。

どう？きれいな雨でしょう。

Scherzo -pain in rain-

We are gathered here today, to remember the great DJ Mashiro, and to express our love and admiration for her.

DJ Mashiro, an honorable DJ when she was still active in the electronic music community, wasn't a particularly religious person but it was thought that our gathering today should include some form of religious content and prayers.

Today is also a day for memories, today will be remembered for many reasons, but mainly I hope it will be remembered by you all; as a very special day, a special day in which you shared some time with others; in order to pay your last respects; and to say both mentally and physically; a sad and fond farewell to a lovely lady, a lady whom we were all so very privileged to have known.

We have come together from different places, and we are all at different stages on our journey through life. Our paths are varied and we look at life in different ways. But there is one thing we all have in common, at one point or another, and to some degree or other, our lives have touched the life of DJ Mashiro, and for sure we have all enjoyed all those creative content which made us all happy, regardless of our race, religion and nationality.

Now is but a moment in time, I dedicate the next few moments to every single precious memory associated with DJ Mashiro. To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose on earth. A time to be born and a time to die. Here in this final act, in sorrow but without fear, in love and appreciation we commit the body of DJ Mashiro to be cremated.

The separateness, the uniqueness of each human life is the basis of our grief in bereavement. Look through the whole world and there is no one like DJ Mashiro, but she still lives on in your memories, and though no longer a visible part of your lives, she will always remain a member of your family and of your circle, through the influence he/she has had on you and the special part he/she played in your lives.

Lets remind ourselves; that the dead reside not in the grave or an urn, but in the hearts and minds of the living. Hold on to DJ Mashiro in your thoughts: there is no need to part from her too hastily, talk about her often, repeat the words and sayings she used, and the jokes she made, and enjoy your memories of her; just as we have; here today.

The catastrophe of death cannot be altered, but it can be transformed by love. We can share our grief, and I hope you will not feel ashamed or embarrassed to weep openly if this is a help.

All living things are subject to death: it is the basis of growth. Through evolution, in the course of millions upon millions of deaths, humanity has evolved. We carry this inheritance. But we, as human individuals, have a more personal contribution to make, in the value of our own lives. And those of us who accept the unity and completeness of the natural order of things, and believe that to die means the end of all conscious personality, as DJ Mashiro did, look death in the face with honesty, with dignity and with calm.

Before we take our leave and to help send us on our way, we are going to listen to another song that was a particular favorite of DJ Mashiro's and held special memories for her.
Many of you here will remember and associate DJ Mashiro with the song Happiness Breeze; you will be relived to know that we are not going to play that. Although I would like to suggest that the next time you hear it you may be reminded of DJ Mashiro, and perhaps be brave enough to smile.

Last but not least, I would like to thank all of you who read this in depth, which I just simply googled some random funeral phrases and made it related to DJ Mashiro, which are completely meaningless and just for the sake of relating to the song title.
Ice here, logging out, and enjoy this song "in game" shortly.

DJ Mashiro Is Dead Or Alive (Cytus II ver.)

更に、心がより薄く削られてゆく。

…私は、誰？

"iL" - Ice
Released in Cytus II v2.1.

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err I think I messed up that file for sooooooo long. Replaced with the one version that you are all familiar with.

iL (Cytus II v2.1)

Entrance (featuring piano solo edit)

Cytus II Battle CHAOS JPの決勝課題曲として初披露。

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2018年11月。とある雑談枠でGodspeedさんと対談中。
Ice「合作しよ？テーマはラーメンで。」
Godspeed「いいぜ！ラーメンbotとGodspeedだからRamen is Godやな？」
それからしばらくGodspeedさんのツイッターの名前にRamen is Godがついていた。（2019年11月13日時点で健在）

よく知られていることだけど、ロキにゃんさんは冗談をド本気でやるバケモノである。
2019年4月、Rayark本社にで。
プロデューサーから、Rayark WonderlandのC2大会で、決勝戦に使う新曲制作してくれって言われて、心から大きな声で「きたああああ」と叫んでいた。
早速Godspeedさんに電話して、「Ramen is God」の制作が決定した。

「二人で一緒にラーメンを食べてないというのは、ラーメンは神という感覚を同じラーメンを食べながら共有出来てないというだけのことなのであまり気にしないでください。」

気にしないわけないんでしょう。ラーメンは神だから。

(Ramenbot a.k.a. Ice)

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「ラーメンは神」というこの世の真理にIceさんと共に触れることになりました。ラーメンを食べるというのは神聖な時間であり、救済の瞬間であり、また一方で食べ終わってしまう絶望を受け入れるためのカウントダウンでもあります。ラーメンとは喜びと哀しみを内包しているのです。故にこの曲もその2つが同居したものでなければならず、シンフォニックメタルに辿り着いたのは自然過ぎるほど自然なことでした。

ラーメンと対面した際の湯気のようなイントロから始まり、スープの最初の一口をすすった時のようなパンチのあるTutti、一心不乱に麺をかきこむ変則的なリフ、魂で味わうバイオリンとギターのユニゾン、太麺の縮れを想起させる細かなトリルの入り混じったギターのメロディ、高菜やお酢、ラー油を投入し味を変える後半戦、勢いのまま貪った結果訪れるラーメンとの突然の別れ、と畳み掛けるように展開していきます。あなたにはどんなラーメンが感じられましたか？

もし今すぐラーメン屋に行くことが出来なくても安心して下さい。カップ麺にお湯を注いでこの曲を1度聴けば大体食べ頃になっているはずですから。

(Masahiro “Godspeed” Aoki)

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Masahiro "Godspeed" Aoki
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Godspeed_ViViX
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/godspeed8040

【Cytus II】Ramen is God - Ramenbot a.k.a. Ice VS Masahiro "Godspeed" Aoki

With the release of Cytus Alpha and DJMAX version I guess you might spot a little bit difference from the one that I uploaded few years ago. That's simply because I have literally changed all orchestral samples to newer ones, which I have better control of. 
I kept the Nexus piano as it was, as newer piano sounds would remove some of the sound texture from the piano, just like how I kept the very edged FL Keys in Entrance all over the years. :)
I personally like the tension that the tremolo strings in the beginning is giving. The vibe of devastation, hopeless and destruction was what I aimed for.
Anyway, more uploads coming very soon - stay tuned!

L (2019 Remastered)

SpiegelにYukino氏のことを招いて、初バーサス曲でした。
主にBPM180で、1:44~2:06がBPM170になってる。

ピアノ狂想曲を作ってからアレンジしてもらってこの盛り上がりである。
これからもよろしく。

"CHUNITHM CRYSTAL PLUS" (チュウニズム クリスタル プラス)より遊べられます。

Illustration by 夜汽車
© 2020 SEGA
CHUNITHM website : https://chunithm.sega.jp

【CHUNITHM】Spiegel vs Ice - 《破滅》 ～ Rhapsody for The End

Get Entrance Remix E.P. on bandcamp:
https://1112345678999.bandcamp.com/album/entrance-remix-e-p

As a bonus track for the release of Entrance Remix E.P. on bandcamp, I made a full remake of the original ～L2 - Ascension～ making it consistent to my current production habits (including the hyphen in the song title and all the sounds in it).
As always, immense thanks to Sand Suna for this illustration of my OC, which you might have seen in previous posts and so. 

This track has always been a milestone within myself, paving the road to electronic / classical hybrid style that I am still making up to this point. Please enjoy!

Song Illustration and PV Support: Sand Suna (Twitter: @sandsuna__)

Entrance Remix E.P.

L2 -Reminiscence-

Buy MiKURA Compilation here:
https://mikura.bandcamp.com/releases

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I believe most of my followers here should be familiar with rhythm game music, or most of my songs which features the piano, that high pitched piano hooks are designed. However the lower notes are often only used as accompaniment, and from time to time I want to design a song that features a lower part melody line. That's what I did for this song, and you can see how I really emphasize the riff right from the very, very beginning. Do check the full track out when it is released. (*'v'*)

The concept for featuring cactus is that it doesn't need to be watered often, and is very capable in surviving in harsh conditions. It is exactly how the lower piano keys survives all over the the centuries, capable of not only doing accompaniment but also developing emotional melody lines.

The concept went further when there is a random instance that I want to title it as "Rhapsody for the Cactus", which is a parody of my song title released last year, but on casual chatting with friends they seem to be in favour of calling the plural of cactus as "Cactuses", which I went like "okay why not, let's do it" and distorted the title into this cute nonsense of CACTUSES.

※Proper plural form of cactus is "cacti", a knowledge bomb sponsored by Spaceport©.

(Edit 26 Mar, 2021)
New song illustration by X-suke a.k.a. 壱世ばつすけ (Twitter: @rapunzelholic) along with Jmak's cytoid project.

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Album title: MiKURA Compilation
Catalog No.: MKR-001
Release date: 2021.02.27 (FF37)
Booth: NeoTokyoRadio (D1: R36 / D2: R31)

Staff
Producer：3R2
Executive Producer：DiagonalT
Coordinators：Jeff Hazama, FeCo
Mastering：3R2
CG：Hakurei Neko
Design：srr.
Web Design：catLee
MiKURA Logo Design：米川

Bandcamp (*'v'*)

Rapsodie fer za Cactuses (*'v'*)

Symphonic / Electronic music composer. Specialized in rhythm game music production, A&R, direction.
Commissions open. Message thru Soundcloud / Twitter / other SNS for inquiries.

@iceloki

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