WE'RE BACK!
Our 4th album (and first since 2019), Seasons is an eclectic blend of tracks and styles, bringing you our best work yet with a rekindled passion for all things Touhou!
The album drops on 06/21/22 (so, two weeks), and will be up FOR FREE at https://higandaybreak.bandcamp.com/

Please consider checking it out and spreading the word! As always, we thank you for your continued support!
--Ren and JD

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ARRANGEMENT
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JDxanadu: Tr.1,3,5,8,12,14
Ren: Tr.2,4,6,7,9,10,11,13
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LYRICS
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JDxanadu: Tr.1,3,5,8
Ren: Tr.4
KISAKI: Tr.9
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VOCALS
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Raven's Jig: Tr.1

Milkychan: Tr.3,5
(milkychan.net)
(www.youtube.com/Milkychan)
(twitter.com/Milkeechan)

Nocturne: Tr.4
(linktr.ee/demoniccherub)

wareya: Tr.8
(motomerumono.bandcamp.com)
(twitter.com/Wareya)

KISAKI: Tr.9
(www.kisakimusic.com)
(twitter.com/kisakimusic)
(www.twitch.tv/itskisakimusic)

Album art by Hira
(twitter.com/nanibeya)
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TRACKS
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Track 01 - "We're Not Giving The Wizard the Stupid Coin"
Original: 妖怪の山　～ Mysterious Mountain ["Youkai Mountain ~ Mysterious Mountain"]
Source: 東方風神録　～ Mountain of Faith ["Touhou Fuujinroku ~ Mountain of Faith"]

Track 02 - "The Days We Left Behind"
Original: 春風の夢 ["Dream of a Spring Breeze"]
Source: 東方妖々夢　～ Perfect Cherry Blossom ["Touhou Youyoumu ~ Perfect Cherry Blossom"]

Track 03 - "Rainy Night Phantom"
Original: 死霊の夜桜 ["Night Sakura of Dead Spirits"]
Source: 東方神霊廟　～ Ten Desires ["Touhou Shinreibyou ~ Ten Desires"]

Track 04 - "Seasons"
Original: フォールオブフォール　～ 秋めく滝 ["Fall of Fall ~ Autumnal Waterfall"]
Source: 東方風神録　～ Mountain of Faith ["Touhou Fuujinroku ~ Mountain of Faith"]

Track 05 - "You Will Be Discontinued"
Original: 秘匿されたフォーシーズンズ / メイドと血の懐中時計 ["The Concealed Four Seasons" / "The Maid and the Pocket Watch of Blood"]
Source: 東方天空璋　～ Hidden Star in Four Seasons / 東方紅魔郷　～ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil ["Touhou Tenkuushou ~ Hidden Star in Four Seasons" / "Touhou Koumakyou ~ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil"]

Track 06 - "Cave Story"
Original: 暗闇の風穴 / 緑眼のジェラシー / 龍王殺しのプリンセス ["The Dark Blowhole" / "Green-Eyed Jealousy" / "The Princess Who Slays Dragon Kings"]
Source: 東方地霊殿　～ Subterranean Animism / 東方虹龍洞　～ Unconnected Marketeers ["Touhou Chireiden ~ Subterranean Animism" / "Touhou Kouryuudou ~ Unconnected Marketeers"]

Track 07 - "Retribution"
Original: ピュアヒューリーズ　～ 心の在処 ["Pure Furies ~ Whereabouts of the Heart"]
Source: 東方紺珠伝　～ Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom ["Touhou Kanjuden ~ Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom"]

Track 08 - "Look Upon My Works Ye Mighty and Despair"
Original: デザイアドライブ ["Desire Drive"]
Source: 東方神霊廟　～ Ten Desires ["Touhou Shinreibyou ~ Ten Desires"]

Track 09 - "Tempestuous"
Original: 風神少女 ["Wind God Girl"]
Source: 東方花映塚　～ Phantasmagoria of Flower View ["Touhou Kaeizuka ~ Phantasmagoria of Flower View"]

Track 10 - "Chasing Tomorrow"
Original: 無間の鐘　～ Infinite Nightmare ["Bell of Avici ~ Infinite Nightmare"]
Source: ダブルスポイラー　～ 東方文花帖 ["Double Spoiler ~ Touhou Bunkachou"]

Track 11 - "Arcane Dream"
Original: ラクトガール　～ 少女密室 ["Locked Girl ~ The Girl's Sealed Room"]
Source: 東方紅魔郷　～ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil ["Touhou Koumakyou ~ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil"]

Track 12 - "Three Days of Darkness"
Original: 平安のエイリアン ["Heian Alien"]
Source: 東方星蓮船　～ Undefined Fantastic Object ["Touhou Seirensen ~ Undefined Fantastic Object"]

Track 13 - "AURORA"
Original: 星幽剣士 ["Swordsman of a Distant Star"]
Source: 東方靈異伝　～ The Highly Responsive to Prayers ["Touhou Reiiden ~ The Highly Responsive to Prayers"]

Track 14 - "The Celestial Bodies"
Original: 星降る天魔の山 ["Starry Mountain of Tenma"]
Source: 東方虹龍洞　～ Unconnected Marketeers ["Touhou Kouryuudou ~ Unconnected Marketeers"]

All tracks originally composed by ZUN (上海アリス幻樂団 / Team Shanghai Alice)

[XFD] Seasons (2022)

I am pleased to announce that "Irregularity", my love letter to both the Mega Man X series and the doujin albums of yesteryear has finally released!!!
Featuring over 70 minutes of music and a wide variety of sources, this album is sure to have something for every Mega Man fan!

You can get it (for free, as always) here!
https://rensoundworks.bandcamp.com/album/rockman-x-irregularity

Original Composition: Takuya Miyawaki

ROCKMAN X ~ "Irregularity"

vs. BOSS [ROCKMAN X5]

it's Autumn Reitaisai, so you know what that means. A new Higan Daybreak release? You bet!
This time, it's a track off of our upcoming album, "Lunar Teatime"!

"Locked" is a shoegaze-y arrangement of "Locked Girl", arranged by JDxanadu, with vocals from the vtuber Manten Hanamaru! You can download/listen to the track (for free, as always) from the link below!

秋の例大祭ですから、その意味が分かりますね。彼岸デイブレイクの新作？あなたは賭けます！
今回はアルバム「Lunar Teatime」からの1曲です！

「Locked」は「Locked Girl」をJDxanaduアレンジでシューゲイズアレンジ、V-Tuberの満天花丸がボーカル！以下のリンクからトラックをダウンロードして聴くことができます（いつものように無料です）！

https://higandaybreak.bandcamp.com/track/locked-feat-manten-hanamaru

Original: ラクトガール　～ 少女密室 ["Locked Girl ~ The Girl's Sealed Room"]
Source: 東方紅魔郷　～ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil ["Touhou Koumakyou ~ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil"]
Originally composed by ZUN (上海アリス幻樂団 / Team Shanghai Alice)

Album art by KiryuuSoma
twitter.com/Kiryuu_Soma
pixiv.me/somarize

Locked

Check out ECLECTIC RESONANCE, the first original dual release by french doujin circle KodamaSounds ! https://kodamasounds.bandcamp.com/album/eclectic-resonance-dawn
https://kodamasounds.bandcamp.com/album/eclectic-resonance-dusk

Mastered by malicent (Cursed Monastery / Sigillum Azoetia) https://malicent.bandcamp.com/
Album artwork by wauldelta and Melissalitian

How come...
So long...

I could walk a thousand miles and never find the thing I crave
I could carry on, lie to myself into thinking I'm being brave
Loosing grasp of the life you live and the one you wished you did
The familiar streets once so comforting have never felt this bland

When you fail to weave your thread through the social net
fallen down the web

How come
The familiar streets once so comforting
now all feel so bland
So long
And the friends we made along the way
never seen again
It's like a thousand dreams at once
Time is standing still
I'm wide awake yet none of this seems real

I still remember back when I could walk a mile in my own shoes
Do you think I can remotely walk in yours ?
Out of touch with the ones you love or the one you wished you did
A window and a pavement feel like an ocean just to cross

How come
The familiar faces bright and lovely
now all feel so stale
So long
And the friends we made along the way
never seen again
It's like a thousand dreams at once
Time is standing still
I'm wide awake yet none of this seems real

How come
The connections I made all around me
are withering away
So long
And the friends we made along the way
never seen again
It's like a thousand dreams at once
Right before my eyes
The world is calling, look outside
Time is standing still for me
I'm wide awake and finally myself

ECLECTIC RESONANCE ~Dawn~

Bandcamp

SNS (from ECLECTIC RESONANCE ~Dawn~)

Our release for Comiket 101, Split Personality is an EP made in collaboration with the circle 求める者. Each artist was tasked with making an arrangement that combined two sources from the Touhou Project. We hope you like the results, and you can get the EP on our Bandcamp on 12/31/22!

Track 01 - 聖樹オンライン攻略記
Arrangement: wareya
Lyrics: wareya
Vocals: wareya
(motomerumono.bandcamp.com)
(twitter.com/Wareya)

Original: Maple Dream... / 禁じざるをえない遊戯 ["Maple Dream..." / "The Inevitably Forbidden Game"]
Source: 東方夢時空 ～ The Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream / 東方幻想郷 ~ Lotus Land Story ["Touhou Yumejikuu ~ The Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream" / "Touhou Gensoukyou ~ Lotus Land Story"]


Track 02 - Delinquent Duo
Arrangement: JDxanadu
Lyrics: JDxanadu
Vocals: Aviary
(twitter.com/Avial_Andrew)
Vocals: Milkychan
(milkychan.net)
(www.youtube.com/Milkychan)
(twitter.com/Milkeechan)

Original: 輝く針の小人族 ～ Little Princess / リバースイデオロギー ["Kobito of the Shining Needle ~ Little Princess" / "Reverse Ideology"]
Source: 東方輝針城 ～ Double Dealing Character ["Touhou Kishinjou ~ Double Dealing Character"]


Track 03 - Apparitions
Arrangement: Ren
Lyrics: Ren
Vocals: Kurin T.
(www.youtube.com/@kurint8350)
(twitter.com/KurinT2)

Original: 旧地獄街道を行く / 死霊の夜桜 ["Walking the Streets of a Former Hell" / "Night Sakura of Dead Spirits"]
Source: 東方地霊殿　～ Subterranean Animism / 東方神霊廟 ～ Ten Desires ["Touhou Chireiden ~ Subterranean Animism" / "Touhou Shinreibyou ~ Ten Desires"]

All tracks originally composed by ZUN (上海アリス幻樂団 / Team Shanghai Alice)

Album art by HedProtag
(twitter.com/HedProtag)

[C101] Split Personality XFD

Please consider purchasing the album and supporting all the incredible artists who made it happen!
kodamasounds.bandcamp.com/album/gensok…riya-barista

Originally from "Gensokyo Party Vol. 3 Moriya Barista", published by KodamaSounds, I wanted to do a downtempo song that still had a good groove to it, and this was the result. Given the source title, Maple had to be in there somewhere, and after a trip to a local coffeehouse, I knew I had my title, lol.
--Ren

Track Credits (from the album notes):
Original Composer: ZUN (Team Shanghai Alice)
Arranger: Ren (Higan Daybreak)
Programmed by Ren (Higan Daybreak)
Produced by Ren (Higan Daybreak)
Mixed by Ren (Higan Daybreak)
Mastering Engineer: malicent (Cursed Monastery / Sigillum Azoetia)
Original Track: Maple Dream...
Source: Touhou Yumejikuu ~ Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream.

Gensokyo Party Vol. 3 Moriya Barista

An Autumn Breeze and Maple Chai [Gensokyo Party Vol. 3 Moriya Barista]

Please consider purchasing the album and supporting all the incredible artists who made it happen!
kodamasounds.bandcamp.com/album/gensok…riya-barista

Originally from "Gensokyo Party Vol. 3 Moriya Barista", published by KodamaSounds, Cherry Blossom Wind is a Minimum Electric Design-inspired track from JD that's sure to make you relax. Maximum comfiness abounds in this one.
--Ren

Track Credits (from the album notes):
Original Composer: ZUN (Team Shanghai Alice)
Arranger: JDxanadu (Higan Daybreak)
Programmed by JDxanadu (Higan Daybreak)
Produced by JDxanadu (Higan Daybreak)
Mixed by Ren (Higan Daybreak)
Mastering Engineer: malicent (Cursed Monastery / Sigillum Azoetia)
Original Track: Swim in a Cherry Blossom-Colored Sea
Source: Touhou Tenkuushou ~ Hidden Star in Four Seasons.

Cherry Blossom Wind [Gensokyo Party Vol. 3 Moriya Barista]

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemonicCherub

Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwvAgY3_Ju8

Art: https://www.deviantart.com/mmatchoo

Spirits (Nocturne Cover)

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H_RYslNQ0Y

• Composer & Arranger: Fivda (KodamaSounds)
• Programmed, Produced and Mixed by Fivda (KodamaSounds)
• Photography: Fivda (KodamaSoft)

• Used Software: Reaper
• Used VSTs & Samples: Sitala, TAL Reverb, sforzando, Serum, Vital, Analog Lab V, ReaEQ, ReaComp, Markus Hakala's Kicks, Nhato Sample Pack, Patchbanks Lo-Fi Drums, 7rystan sample pack, BL13 Aberration, The Silver Case Soundfont, SMDrums, Tancla Vital Presets, Mute Production Vital Presets, Dash Glitch Vital Presets

• About this track: Hello! Feels like it's been a while. My last produced and released track was for Fragments of Gratitude which released more than five months ago already. I've been opening Reaper more than before though, and I feel like I'm learning more and more each day. My mixing and capacity to read chords and frequencies are still kind of struggling behind, but hopefully I'll be able to produce more original tracks and interesting arrangements in the future - I have a lot of ideas, but lack a lot of directions and skills to do everything I wish I could actually put on paper. Anyway, this is a progressive techno track I've been working on the past few months. This track is the kind of project I only work on once every few weeks, but when i do, I spend numerous hours on it. The past 6 months have been rather rough and lonely for me, hence the name of this track. I like the idea of putting raw emotions in my tracks, and although it's a rather abstract idea, I feel like I managed to get the feeling across on this track rather well. I was originally thinking of the tile of "Scared, Lost and Confused" for a while but I figured a more explicit single word was more impactful, especially considering how simple this track turned out to be. This is the first track I've made so far where I've never had to ask for outside help for friends to fix my tracks and fill in some ideas- and just for that, I'm quite proud of myself, even if it's a rather simplistic track. I was once again very inspired by some of my favorite japanese techno artists like Hiroyuki Arakawa and other Akihabara Heavy Industries Inc. artists. I hope other people can enjoy it, cause I liked arranging this track and I learned a lot of stuff while doing it. I will likely keep this track warm and cozy for now, until it will be available for release and downloadable on a 1st album release one day... Thank you for listening!

https://kodamasounds.bandcamp.com

Eremophobia

Custom song for 4K Korean Mania Tournament 2

Forum Post: https://osu.ppy.sh/community/forums/topics/1866795?n=1
Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/4kmtosu

--- Beatmap ---

Beatmap: https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmapsets/2141241#mania/4506840
Mapped by: Begin

--- Design ---

Cover Typography & Artist: Transendium
https://transendium.carrd.co/

My Angel Goodbye

Doujin musician and half of the Touhou circle, "Higan Daybreak"/Arranger of "Super Sound Series"/同人サークル「Higan Daybreak」会員。東方Projectの曲をアレンジ/「スーパーサウンドシリーズ」の編曲家

Here's where you can find my (mostly) non-Touhou stuff, primarily arrangements of other VGM. Most of this is unpolished, so expect re-works and replacements uploaded fairly frequently.

vs. BOSS [ROCKMAN X5]

HiganRen

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