音時雨 ～Regentropfen～

始めにこんな和洋折衷なタイトルごめんね～ (・ω・｀)
I didn't intend to have such a mixed title...

After wasting about 400 pieces of paper on Thursday, I'm officially on win8 now. By saying officially, I mean I transferred my win8 code from the one I throw at the lab to the one I mainly use at home.

you can see the solid task bar is the only change of appearance.
↑ I made this wallpaper before I formatted win7.
KOKIA is ALWAYS so pretty. I can look at this all day~~（*´▽｀*）

And of course, there is no reason for not talking about this album (which I KEPT LOOPING FOR FIVE DAYS)!

The very overall impression to me was an image full of indigo, sometimes with several other brighter hues. Gentle rain drops falling, blending these colour patches into one clear world. Ura Kiyohide's arrangement was another impression since the very beginning, things like "only he could depict this kind of ambience".
-- You got it?

#1. Dance with the wind. I did get a feeling of "soft breeze is in my heart" during the introduction and before looking at the song title. Music is wonderful that you can see beyond the word. The first and the second songs are connected so naturally. Both are slow and warm. #2. 愛はこだまする / Love is echoing. I love the introduction sooo much. Time by time, with the addition of sets of new instruments (and I especially love the strings), the main melody repeats -- or I should say echoes. Then, KOKIA's "I love you" is luring me.. ^^;

#3. you are not alone. Like inheriting from "moment", here the music expends a feeling of the endless blue sky. "I want to do something for you, and please don't leave me along." #4. liar liar ～ロマンティックワルツ / romantic waltz. This song was the very first song that made me looping (for over 70 times...). The 6/8 time signature (I assume) brings me an excellent delightful mood. This song also fell into my self-defined KOKIA's "another world", in which includes fantastic cute and lovely non-heart-touching songs (it's hard to describe but I hope it makes sense). The tiny candle light is swinging in the magic bunny's palms, and follow the sound of rain, in front of the dark tunnel, he'll take you to your own wonderland. #5. something blue & something red. Somehow, I myself want to pair this song with "you are not alone" -- probably because of the lyrics.
I'm waiting for someone.

#6. ヒトの中にあるもの / Inside of human beings. This song gives a transition of the image colour to a tender orange. The lyrics is like a folksong, and it first related me to the album "aigakikoeru" -- more exactly, "the story of two daughters". The god inside our hearts may be different, yet we're all keeping praying, and so making an ensemble of this planet. The final phrase is so "world" (that's the only description appeared in my mind)! #7. 微笑みを忘れないように / Remember the Smile. The fresh orange from #6 is fading. KOKIA+Ura Kiyohide are just a tearjerker. The No. 1 heart touching song out of the whole album, especially at 1'58''. We feel, as time goes by, yet the feelings are something beyond the words. #8. 夢の途中 / On the way of dream. The last one I want to group with "you are not alone". So the order could be, #5 -- #3 -- #8 (I know I'm now in my daydream to combine songs in a story-telling fashion). This song is at its best position, I mean the positive ambience and the major chord restore my feeling from #7. "Dream is my life. I will be my dream."

#9. 映画のような恋でした / like the love from films. Calm star sky and warm strings. I especially like the last phrase of this song, KOKIA's voice is so sweet and adorable. #10. Where to go my love. In regular editions of this album, this song is the last, echoing back with the album title, return the motif.
-- "Where to go my love?"

#11. One by one, Day by day. This is the encore!! I've already listened to this song for times since the release of her the 5th season concert DVD (and I believe this song is from "the 2nd day"~ ;3). This is a cheerful song, drawing a perfect full stop of her 15th anniversary album.
(P.S. Here I want to emphasise how well she can sing, on live or in the studio <3)

Now, as the second part of what the title says, I've fallen into a Taishou Romance mood.

↑ Annabel - ファンタスマゴリア / Phantasmagoria

That's my sekushi Annabel again! and myu is such a genuis!! >__<
Just sekushi, don't ask me to explain it---!

Yesterday when I was configuring my computer, while without music copied onto my hard drive, I was looping this song for all day -- without a single change. As a non-single CD collector, maybe I should buy this single (although I'm not a fan of Ceui at all ^^; ).

Sadly, again I forgot how to read the kanji "哉", so I went back to its wikipedia page and saw the future theme song information. Don't know if I ever saw it before, but Noriko will definitely have three new songs (hopefully can be released in the summer, which is when the game will be released).

Anyway, Noriko+Hirota is back!!!! I wish for a horror Tooryanse or Hanayome Ningyo ambience! About Dani, although I don't hold a special affection for him in terms of composing and arranging, his EXEC_DISHADOW_includes.Ex_VANISLAND/. is awesome.

But what I want to say here is I just read from Noriko blog about the set-list of a live in which a mini hymmnos section will be included. Noriko is gonna perform "EXEC_PHANTASMAGORIA/." with Dahna. This song was for three people and thus I'm so curious how the two would sing it, also, how it would sound like while a male is singing! xD

At last, some "new" releases to me:

Eiko Shimamiya etc. - 5 tears vol. 2
The more I listen to this mini album, the more I feel "this is the Eiko style". By the way, Lia's "infini" is fantastic~

LAYLANIA Another Storys [moon*birds]
I do think I see a "s" after the word "story"...... anyway, I thought that's Akiko composing, but I'm wrong. The composer is Ken Nakagawa (music isn't bad though). Yet comparing to this image CD, I more want the mug cup, the blue one is good!! °A°

Seems Akiko will have some new works too for a new anime, I remember things that vaguely from her twitter account. I don't care about if that's for an anime, just got excited by the Umineko-ish ambience with multi-chorus (according to Akiko). (´∀｀)o

Finally, shall I resume my Taishou-romance or continue with KOKIA tonight? (*ﾟ∀ﾟ)