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This song is so catchy and upbeat that I had fun making this remix. I figured that since this Aqours song had a feel of an EDM song, another EDM remix would fit nicely. What I did came from an idea of mine when I first heard of the original song and it goes like this: "What if Aqours made a collab song with western EDM artists like KSHMR, Calvin Harris, or Martin Garrix?"

Then I ended up with a remix that's more upbeat and heavier than the original. Hope you enjoy!

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I post my remixes there but with neat visuals. There are two remixes that I published here before but were taken down, so check my channel out!

Original Song: Daydream Warrior
Band: Aqours
Singers: Ruby Kurosawa (CV. Ai Furihata), Yoshiko Tsushima (CV. Aika Kobayashi), Hanamaru Kunikida (CV. Kanako Takatsuki), Chika Takami (CV. Anju Inami), You Watanabe (CV. Shuka Saitou), Riko Sakurauchi (CV. Rikako Aida), Dia Kurosawa (CV. Arisa Komiya), Kanan Matsuura (CV. Suwa Nanaka), Mari Ohara (CV. Aina Suzuki)

Aqours - Daydream Warrior (PolariS Remix)

The moment I heard the saw synth and the chord progression in the first part of the original song, I knew I was going to love everything about Guilty Eyes Fever. Aika definitely brought out the "guilty" part of the song with her smug and intense singing. Rikako complimented Aika through how gentle and innocent her singing was. Finally, the reach of Aina's voice during the verses portrayed the bubbly personality of Mari perfectly. The lyrics contain pretty bold messages for an idol group. But hey, so is WILD STARS.

I went for a future house remix with their voices and the chords of the song. I have a feeling that this classy "fashion show" style would fit their personalities well. A lighter house remix compared to my Daydream Warrior remix is just what I needed to get some diversity in my tracks. Hope you enjoy!

Free download: https://polarisflare.bandcamp.com/track/guilty-eyes-fever-polaris-remix

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Original Song: Guilty Eyes Fever
Band: Guilty Kiss
Singers: Yoshiko Tsushima (CV. Aika Kobayashi), Riko Sakurauchi (CV. Rikako Aida), Mari Ohara (CV. Aina Suzuki)

Guilty Kiss - Guilty Eyes Fever (PolariS Remix)

It's always fun to remix a bubbly AZALEA song and express the different emotions conveyed in the song in different ways. I prefer the kinds of remixes in which many elements of it are completely original rather than just simply remaking the melodies. Transforming the innocent feeling of the song into a dramatic kind is what I aimed to do on this one.

On a different note, I tried to experiment and do things that I haven't done before, particularly using different synths apart from the ones I usually use.

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Free Download: https://polarisflare.bandcamp.com/track/galaxy-hide-and-seek-polaris-remix

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Original Song: GALAXY HidE and SeeK
Band: AZALEA
Singers: Dia Kurosawa (CV. Arisa Komiya), Hanamaru Kunikida (CV. Kanako Takatsuki), Kanan Matsuura (CV. Nanaka Suwa)

AZALEA - GALAXY HidE and SeeK (PolariS Remix)

The song, including the lyrics and the way Guilty Kiss sang it, is sexy. I thought that my remix of this song should be sexy as well, so I used a number of jazz elements and the type of bouncy beat that you would normally hear in recent pop songs. In fact, it's more like a pop song than an EDM track to me.

I'd like to bring out the passionate and somewhat sensual emotions brought out by Guilty Kiss. It's not as bass-heavy as the ones I've made before, but I still like it. I had fun making it. Hope you enjoy!

EDIT: I just realized that the final track didn't include the vocoder that I used. Oh well. It's an optional effect anyway.

Free download: https://polarisflare.bandcamp.com/track/shadow-gate-to-love-polaris-remix

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Lock On Sweet Honey by tmfly
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Riko Complex by Natsumi
https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/riko_complex
Trick or Treat by Kougi Hiroshi
https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/trick_or_treat

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Original Song: Shadow gate to love
Band: Guilty Kiss
Singers: Yoshiko Tsushima (CV. Aika Kobayashi), Riko Sakurauchi (CV. Rikako Aida), Mari Ohara (CV. Aina Suzuki)

Guilty Kiss - Shadow Gate To Love (PolariS Remix)

INNOCENT BIRD is a pretty unique song. I have never heard of an idol song that sounds even remotely similar to it, and that's what I like about the song. Sure it's not better than GALAXY HidE and SeeK, but it has some charms. The intense lyrics of the desire for love and passion. The egg is a metaphor for innocence and breaking out of it is another metaphor for maturation and basically being lewd. I personally find it cool.

Since the original song used gritty basses, classic-sounding synths, and a simple funky groove, I tried to make use of some of its sounds and made it sound pretty modern. A bass-heavy EDM remix would do, right?

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Original Song: INNOCENT BIRD
Band: AZALEA
Singers: Dia Kurosawa (CV. Arisa Komiya), Hanamaru Kunikida (CV. Kanako Takatsuki), Kanan Matsuura (CV. Nanaka Suwa)

AZALEA - INNOCENT BIRD (PolariS Remix)

I tried my best to match the melancholic feel of the first parts of the song. The first lines of Yoshiko in the original song emphasized how heavy the song feels, which fits well with the whole song falling under the rock genre. Honestly, Guilty Kiss is like a sub-unit to balance the frilly fluffy innocent natures of AZALEA and CYaRon!, and that's what I like about them and their songs. It is an example that proves that not all mainstream idol songs sound the same, although I still agree to that argument to some extent. 

I honestly don't know what genre this remix falls under. It's leaning more into future bass, but I'm not sure if I can label this under the genre. I don't mind it though, since it would be pretty boring if the remix would sound similar to a lot of songs out there.

Making this remix took me a long while to make because I had a hard time to come up with a remix that has parts with different keys, namely c# minor and d# minor.  I also had a pretty hard time coming up with a drop that would to the fantastic singing some justice. At first, I came up with a drumstep drop but then I slowly shifted back to trap and future bass. It seems that I'm most comfortable with these genres than any other else, as I have little experience over the heavier ones like dubstep, drum and bass, and drumstep.

Kowareyasuki never fails to get me to sing along even while working on the remix.

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Free download: https://polarisflare.bandcamp.com/track/kowareyasuki-polaris-remix

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Original Song: コワレヤスキ
Band: Guilty Kiss
Singers: Yoshiko Tsushima (CV. Aika Kobayashi), Riko Sakurauchi (CV. Rikako Aida), Mari Ohara (CV. Aina Suzuki)

Guilty Kiss - Kowareyasuki (PolariS Remix)

YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/347y_zXb22c

I love this song so much that I don't have enough words to describe how I feel about it. The emotions that emanate from the lyrics were intensified by the feelings of sincerity from CYaRon!'s singing. The instrumentation was top-notch as well. The strings, guitars, piano, and the drums all give off the emotion of longing and regret that the whole song embodies. The additional effects, like the filtered claps and the cicadas, emphasize the summer night feeling upon listening to the song. I believe that the setting of the song takes place after the Koi ni Naritai AQUARIUM PV, and that's what makes the song more emotional.

The original song 夜空はなんでも知ってるの？ is the first Aqours song that I want to make a remix of out of all the songs I've done so far. However, I can't manage to make a clean version of the vocals. I asked for advice from other people for other ways on how to get clean vocals, and there it was. I got to make a clean enough version of the vocals to work with.

I listened to a remix of the same song by Nathaniel Keith, and I say I'm impressed by how he made a future bass remix. Although I felt that the remix didn't do the emotions of the song any justice. It's why I tried to make a remix that both captures the emotions of the original song and expresses my style of songs.

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CYaRon! - Yozora Wa Nandemo Shitteru no? (PolariS Remix)

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MY Mai TONIGHT has a fantastic blend of eastern and western instruments and melodies. When I first listened to it, I knew right away that I want to do my take on a remix of it. I tried to incorporate the koto instruments into the drop, so I ultimately came up with a trap remix. However, it's not the chill trap kind, but it's more like one of those high-tension ones but not those heavy ones with screeching leads since I want the koto to stay in my remix.

Working on music is much quicker when I have nothing else to do. I've worked for the remix for a total of 18 hours and 30 minutes in the span of 9 days, the fastest I've done since my Torikoriko PLEASE!! remix. It might be because I had the free time and the inspiration to work quickly.

I've also tried to mix and master my remix traditionally in such a way that mixing and mastering are separate processes. Honestly, doing so was more tedious than my way of mixing and mastering, but it resulted to much better-sounding results, so I think I'll stick to the tradition.

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Aqours - MY Mai☆TONIGHT (PolariS Remix)

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Finally a (legit) BanG Dream! remix that isn't hardcore or eurobeat!

What got me to love Roselia is their song "LOUDER" since everything there was amazingly catchy. I would never get tired of that song. I actually use that for my alarm when I need to wake up early because it always hypes me up. When Re:birth day came out in the game, blew me away. The usual rock-type drums during the verses and hooks sounded punchy and powerful, and it was fine all on its own. When the drums in the chorus shifted the song to a different gear, from a fast-tempo rhythm to a downbeat one, I was in tears.

I've had a much harder time mixing this remix out of all the remixes I've made so far. There's just a lot going on, especially in the drum and bass part. I need to refine my skills if I had a hard time mixing fast -paced drums.
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The girl in the cover art is Yukina Minato, the lead vocalist in Roselia. Her eye color is different in the image. I guess the violet tint made it different, but I'm not so sure.

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Franchise: BanG Dream!
Original Song: Re:birth day
Band: Roselia
Members: Yukina Minato (CV. Aina Aiba), Sayo Hikawa (CV. Haruka Kudou), Lisa Imai (CV. Yurika Endou), Ako Udagawa (CV. Megu Sakuragawa), Rinko Shirokane (CV. Satomi Akesaka)

Roselia - Re:birth day (PolariS Remix)

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I'm back with LLSS remixes! This remix is long overdue, and I think I'm the last person to make a remix of this song. But hey, better late than never! Unfortunately, I'm forced to release only one track every month again because of university business.

Guilty Night, Guilty Kiss! is a cool funky song, and I have quite a strong attachment to it.  I've made two other remixes of the song before this one. One is a progressive house remix, and the other is a future bass one. Both sound terrible, so I tried my hardest with the third one. This is why I took an immensely long time to release a remix of the Guilty Kiss song.

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朝シャンマリー by ギノピー
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Summer Vacation by PITO
https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/summer_vacation_1

Maidens in Love are SHINY by Kumichou
https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/maidens_in_love_are_shiny

Original Song: Guilty Night, Guilty Kiss!
Band: Guilty Kiss
Singers: Yoshiko Tsushima (CV. Aika Kobayashi), Riko Sakurauchi (CV. Rikako Aida), Mari Ohara (CV. Aina Suzuki)

Guilty Kiss - Guilty Night, Guilty Kiss! (PolariS Remix)

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Hey everyone! I'm back with a remix of a song that you all wanted me to work with. I fell in love with "in this unstable world" the moment I listened to it in the PV. It was my type of song, so I got working to its remix as soon as I got it. But I wasn't able to get the single early, so I had to settle with working in my head.

I'm sorry for being away for two months. It's bad enough already that I release one song a month. I was forced to take a break from music for a while. Work started to eat up more of my time and effort than what I imagined, so I left this remix project untouched for three weeks.

The original song had me speechless when I finally got to listen to the full song. It's so energetic, punchy, dark, and tense that I had gone to set this song on loop on my phone for a few days to take the awesomeness all in. Aika's vocal quality is my favorite part of the song. The tone, the expression, the vocal range, and the way she made the song entirely kickin' easily made "in this unstable world" one of my favorite songs in the whole Aqours discography.

Anyway, here it is! I did all that I could to make the little demon's dark and dramatic song even darker by using creepy bell synths, deep moving basslines, epic booms, harsh-sounding lead synths and dubstep-like bass. The lead in the drop/chorus took the most time to do because I made so many changes. At the back of my head, it didn't sound good enough. Listening to similar tracks got me to what I wanted, but I still feel that it's not quite there yet.

Similar to the Kowareyasuki remix, I'm not confident with this remix. I'm probably not used to going too heavy on my tracks, because I think I'm not doing enough to match the industry standards. If this remix is gonna haunt me constantly, I'm gonna make another remix of "in this unstable world'.

I know I've said more than once that I'll be making a WATER BLUE NEW WORLD remix. But the problem is, I couldn't think of any good ideas for what to start with. I always end up scrapping the ideas I make because I didn't like them. So I think I'll leave that project under the bed for now.

Get it here:
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无题 by 游客0957
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Yoshiko by Free Style (@yohan1754)
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The twitter source has disappeared, so I uploaded an imgur mirror.
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Original Song: in this unstable world
Artist: Yoshiko Tsushima (CV. Aika Kobayashi)

Yoshiko Tsushima - In This Unstable World Remix (PolariS Remix)

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Hey guys! Here's my remix on 1000 Crying Skies (1000回潤んだ空) by Poppin' Party. I've read in the YouTube comments many months ago that I should make a drum and bass remix of a Love Live! song. I settled with a BanG Dream! song instead because I wanted to make one in that franchise (which I think is much more forgiving towards copyright than LL! but don't tell them that) since I only have one remix from it so far.

1000 Crying Skies is the first song that I liked from Poppin' Party. The first time I got to listen to it was in the game BanG Dream! Girls Band Party. Actually, I learned about most of their songs from the game when I started playing over a year ago. The song was so good that I ended up picking that song in multi-lives for a week! 

This my first time making a drum and bass track, and here's my take on the genre! I'm not yet confident in making dubstep-like bass, so I made a melodic kind of DnB but not liquid DnB. Think of the band Pendulum, but all the members are Japanese and cute.

Making the remix took more of my effort than usual. Unlike trap songs, drum and bass songs have a lot of conflicting elements because the drums are so lively. It felt like producing a rock song, but the drums are louder and heavier, and the bass needed to stand out a little. And like a rock song, I recorded myself play the electric guitar for the parts 0:51-1:04 and 3:09-3:23! If I had an audio interface, I would record more guitar parts for my remixes. Maybe with the help from you guys, having the money to afford one will be sooner than I expect!

Anyway, next on my list of songs to remix are not yet certain. I might either work on P.S. no Mukougawa, Yume de Yozora wo Tereshitai, an original banger (probably trap, future bass, house, or chillhop), or something else. There's a lot of songs that I can remix, including the ones that you guys suggest in the comments, but I don't have any idea on how to go about in doing them. No wonder I upload only a few times a month, right?

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山吹さん by ぽりごん
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バンドリコール本 by 猫沖輝海（てるみぃ）
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Original Song:
Song Title: 1000回潤んだ空
Artist: Poppin' Party

Poppin'Party - 1000 Crying Skies (PolariS Remix)

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Hi guys! Apologies for releasing only one song for July. I took a week-long hiatus from making music because of some personal stuff. I also got sick at the time, so my hiatus was extended. It took a hard time for me to get back in the swing of things because of those personal stuff I mentioned. 

Anyway, here's my latest AZALEA remix! Ever since their first single, I was always drawn to their songs whenever they release one. Because of that, I always end up wanting to make AZALEA remixes! The only song from them I haven't remixed is LONELY TUNING. I'll get to that later on, don't worry.

"Sotsugyou desu ne" sounds like an 80s song that ended up in 2018, and I love every bit of it! I admit that I wasn't born yet to experience 80s music, but I sure would like to. This song says a whole lot, from its lyrics to the choice of chord progressions and melodies. The third years, Kanan, Dia, and Mari, are about to graduate. They will be walking on different paths leading to different opportunities to move forward. For the rest of Aqours, they will have to accept what is inevitable. The promise of seeing each other again is a sweet promise, but they will have to endure the bitterness.

Its lyrics. That's what I love about the song. I wanted to make a dramatic and edgy remix to make the whole thing sound perfect, so I made a remix inspired by the style of Illenium! I did what I can to put both my style and Illenium's style into the remix. I hope I made something good!

All the guitar parts that you've heard in the remix are all made by me! I got an audio interface earlier this month, which enabled me to record my electric guitar in high-quality. So when I got it, I went overboard with recorded to my heart's content! It's definitely gonna be part of my style from now on.

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