kimino-museum: 風見幽香の群青日和--Flower of Japan Arrange

Circle: 君の美術館/kimino-museum
Arrange: fanfan., PHEVOTT
Vocals: 723
Album: ataraxia2 -ep edition2-
Release: Reitaisai 9 (May 27, 2012)
Track 01 of 06
Original Song: 桜花之恋塚　～ Flower of Japan (Lovely Mound of Cherry Blossoms ~ Flower of Japan)
Original Game: 稀翁玉 (Venerable Rare Jewel)
Contains references to キラーチューン/Killer Tune and 群青日和/Gunjo Biyori by 東京事変/Tokyo Jihen.
Picture Link: http://safebooru.org/index.php?page=p...

Oh my god. OH MY GOD.

Listening to this song, I was like "wait wait, the music's incredibly familiar...no way." Then I just fan-spazzed all over the place.
kimino-museum in this song is referencing Tokyo Jihen, the band of J-Rock singer Shiina Ringo, one of my favorite Japanese bands ever. Not to mention they're using one of the best Yuuka themes to do so.
The music, in case you don't know, is a recreation of Killer Tune. /watch?v=PFZR_n86CxY
The title actually alludes to another Tokyo Jihen song. Romanized, the title is "Kazami Yuuka no Gunjo Biyori," and Gunjo Biyori was the first single of Tokyo Jihen. /watch?v=qfaYiUpMfXw
From what I can tell, this arrange doesn't borrow anything other than the title of Gunjo Biyori.
I can't express my feelings here. It's just too cool to see two of my favorite things mixed together, the music of Touhou and the music of Tokyo Jihen~
The good thing about this arrange is that they didn't just recreate the melody of Killer Tune flat-out. They added their own flair, evident from the piano (which always stands out in kimino-museum's works) and guitar work. This is just a great arrange, par for the course for kimino-museum.

I haven't listened to 723 enough on her own to tell if she's trying to emulate Shiina Ringo here. I don't think she is. Her vocals are nice, but I'm used to Cherose for kimino-museum songs. Though this arrange wouldn't have worked without a female vocalist.

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