Dhsu Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 Or "doujin," for those in the know. This is probably the third time I've revived this thread, and I'm not sure why I keep doing it. I guess I feel some sort of duty to keep newcomers informed of stuff outside our borders. It's also my hope that someone from Japan gets a remix posted on OCR someday. The rest of this thread is cross-posted from the GamingForce Forums. The Japanese VGM arrangement community is significantly different from the American one in that artists don't submit their works to central sites like OverClocked ReMix, VGMix, or Dwelling of Duels. Instead, everyone has their own site and provides their own hosting, although occasionally members of the community will come together and contribute to group projects known as "events." Due to the nature of the doujin music community, finding sites on your own is fairly cumbersome, especially if you don't understand Japanese. And even then, it takes time to separate the good from the mediocre and plain bad. Therefore, the purpose of this thread is to share and discuss your discoveries and recommendations. If you've never even heard of any of this until now, that's fine. A few people have taken it upon themselves to highlight/catalog these sites. Here are links to some of their sites, along with a couple others to get you started. Keep in mind that most of the MP3s are packaged in LZH format, so you'll need software such as WinRAR that can extract that type of file. Also, Excite's translator should help get around the language barrier. Lists and threads [Remix/Arrange] VGM Sites - A good list of both Japanese and English VGM arrangement sites. Great place to start. niki's finds - A doujin-sharing thread by another GamingForce member. TheShizz doujin thread - Good list with links and downloads from various doujin sites. 2chan OCR/VGMix thread - If we talk about their remixes on our message boards, it makes sense for them to talk about our remixes on theirs. Video Game Music Covers YouTube group - Started by 778 of GNGB. Kind of like the OCR YouTube group, but for VGM in general. Lots of great vids. Blogs Arrange Stream - The site that started it all for me. Currently on indefinite hiatus. Noctilucence - A cool VGM arrangement review blog. Disaster - A daily log of the latest doujin site updates. Probably the closest thing you'll find to a Japanese OverClocked ReMix. Good Nintentions Gone Bad - An interesting blog devoted to VG arrangements and...porn? Nitouhei's Blog - Another good arrangement blog. Fairly regularly updated. If you're a remixer, try putting your name in the search box and see what comes up. Database/Search sites - A blog run by several members of the doujin music community. Also keeps track of sites like OCReMix and VGMix. - An amazing searchable catalog of literally hundreds of doujin sites, even including American ones. - Probably the biggest existing database of doujin sites currently. - Another search site, with handy drop-down boxes for various categories. Otokei Doujin Database - Pretty self-explanatory. Some of my personal favorite artists YAMAGEN MintJam CROW'SCLAW preludio S.S.H. Hellion Sounds ViViX (and Serenade) AD794 Magical Trick Society Azu Piano Zephyr Cradle (Rock and heavy metal stuff is pretty popular if you didn't notice ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhsu Posted April 10, 2007 Author Share Posted April 10, 2007 Events March 12, 2006: December 24, 2006: March 25, 2007: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zircon Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 You will be happy to know we accepted a Chrono Trigger remix recently from a doujin mixer I also think there would be more interest in these if people could actually read Japanese and navigate the sites... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PassivePretentiousness Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 I can't read that can't you just post links to some schala crap that will come up on itunes for me a few days from now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhsu Posted April 10, 2007 Author Share Posted April 10, 2007 You will be happy to know we accepted a Chrono Trigger remix recently from a doujin mixer I also think there would be more interest in these if people could actually read Japanese and navigate the sites... Oh right, I forget to mention that. Go to http://www.excite.co.jp/world/english/web/ and copy the URLs into the text box. Then select "日→英" and click the gray button and you should be set. The translation won't be perfect, but it should be enough to get around. I had no idea that somebody finally submitted something...that's really awesome. Dignity Ark is a great example of what a lot of people are missing out on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonAvenger Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 Nitouhei's Blog - Another good arrangement blog. Fairly regularly updated. If you're a remixer, try putting your name in the search box and see what comes up. All they have of me is my awful attempt at recording the Aria from FF6? I definately need to go through these sites and pick up some stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilhead Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 Thanks for the links! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 There's also a thread with a bunch of links to mp3s on TheShizz forum: http://theshizz.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=19667 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audity Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 SUPRISE! http://www.escaprism.org/audity/Japanese%20Doujins.torrent Don't worry it's only 16.5 gigs worth. I didn't make it myself. Just something I found...somewhere. I'm nearing 50% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhsu Posted April 11, 2007 Author Share Posted April 11, 2007 Ah yes, niki's doujin torrent. Definitely a good starting point for any collection. Thanks for the link, Bahamut, adding it to the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyleJCrb Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 Bahamut beat me to the link I was gonna post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhsu Posted April 11, 2007 Author Share Posted April 11, 2007 Wow, I just found out that Sepia 'n' Gamers closed down. That sucks unbelievable amounts of testicles...he was one of my favorite arrangers. I really wish I'd grabbed all his stuff before this happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhsu Posted June 13, 2007 Author Share Posted June 13, 2007 Congratulations to Ryo Lion for his recently posted arrangement! I'm bumping this thread for the people that are interested in finding more like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bundeslang Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 I downloaded a lot of works from the Nitouhei's Blog, hope they aren't the same as the torrent (what can't be because the torrent is much bigger). I'm downloading the huge torrent now, didn't see it before so thanks for bumping it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiremanJoe Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 I've known about a couple of these for a while, particularly SSH. Good stuff there, always interesting to see new Doujin work. I have a single Hellion Sounds track, not sure where I got it from ages ago, but I'm having a hard time finding a full album (which I'd /really/ like). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arek the Absolute Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 How the hell do I order the albums from Hellion Sounds?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Culturekoi Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Bahamut, great link, so many great ones there. Also, SSH kicks ass for his Guilty Gear mixes- His version of Holy Orders is amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_Love_OC_ReMixes Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Thanks for the PM man, and all these additional links (including the torrent) Can't wait to check out what I've been missing for all these years. I will catch up on a couple years worth of great music in about a week (I hope) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhsu Posted June 20, 2007 Author Share Posted June 20, 2007 I've got the Tokka Search link in my post, but I'm not finding the doujin links at N-lovers. Mind pointing them out for us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atmuh Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 this torrent is taking a WHILE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhsu Posted June 20, 2007 Author Share Posted June 20, 2007 How many seeders are there? I can help a bit if you're running low. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Penwald Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 I've got the Tokka Search link in my post, but I'm not finding the doujin links at N-lovers. Mind pointing them out for us? The Remixes are listed on the page of the game itself, e.g. this (click me) is the page of Final Fantasy 1&2 Advance. If you scroll down, you'll find a category called "Remix" where you have links to different sites (including OCR) offering remixes for this particular game. Lots of dead links, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnsalot Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 How the hell do I order the albums from Hellion Sounds?! EmuParadise has all of Hellion Sounds' albums for download here. You have to sign-up with them first, but it's worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhsu Posted June 20, 2007 Author Share Posted June 20, 2007 If you wanna do it the legal way, try these guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychotic Ninja Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 I really enjoy Crow's Claw stuff, now if I can only find his Scythe of Hell album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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