Sota Fujimori First Album SYNTHESIZED

Except dj TAKA is first.

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For me, just like al2k4.

I'll post my scores on each song on the album once I grew up listening to them...

I have two songs though that I want to give a final score already

SYNTHESIZED 10/10
Fly Above 10/10

Once again, this is another great album by a BEMANI artist. I love every song on the album, but I must say that my ultimate favorite song is Rise'n Beauty -ELECTRO MIX-. I just can't get enough of it. Plus, SLAKE never really seems to disappoint me.

Ok... I'll post my review of Sota's Album....

DISC ONE: Original Album

1. SYNTHESIZED
The title of the song as a title of an album is simply awesome! Get Ready To Dance once you here this track. Great when played on Discos. Simply Epic 10/10

2. Kind Lady -2008 Extended Mix-
Well I love Kind Lady on DDR and was willing to wait for a full version and this is it. It's good but Sota could've added more vocals to this song since you'll hear like 4 minutes of instrumental of this song but it's still good. 8/10

3. I Need You -Nu Platinum Mix-
Solid Remix and a nice improvement of the original song. good vocals, good stuff. 8.5/10

4. Saturday Night Love -Phunk Disco Mix-
Nice remix of the original. The epic part of this song is when the vocals are mixed up! simply awesome!
8.5/10

5. together 4ever -Album Edit-
I love together 4 ever. But this version seems like Sota copied the intro of the game version to the first album version. nothing new here except a different ending and this song would be better if added more vocals. nevertheless great song though. 7/10

6. Look To The Sky -Cyber True Color Mix-
Despite having tons of remixes and long versions of Look To The Sky and At first, I thought this song would be like similar to those first long versions, but I was wrong... It's the same song with elements that are fresh for the Look To The Sky series. I love that rock guitar touch. Epic remake.
9.5/10

7. Back Into The Light -Feelings Won't Fade Vocal Mix-
Well, I haven't heard of Back Into The Light before but I really love playing Feelings Won't Fade in DDR. Mashing up the vocals of Back Into The Light into Feelings Won't Fade amazed me and it works well and I'm also happy that Feelings Won't Fade will have a long version and this is it... Very Good Sota!
9.5/10

8. Star Gate Heaven -Album New Mix-
At first, I thought that this track would be a waste of space in this album along with Andromeda II. But I was wrong. Sota remastered this track. I love the new intro and I haven't recognized it as Star Gate Heaven! Donna's vocals amazes me on this song. 10/10

9. The Hope of Tommorow -Extended Mix-
Simply Good. Could've added more vocals. Nothing much to say more about this.
9/10

10. Cyber Force -Extended Mix-
I have loved this song when I played it on IIDX Gold. Seeing and hearing a long version of it made me happy and I adore this long version. 9.5/10

11. minimal synthesizer
This song sounds like an intermission number on this album. Good.
8/10

12. Electrified -Album Extended-
My favorite Sota song on SN2! I'm amazed on the vocals here, Every synth of this song is very clear. It's not going in circles.... epic long version!
10/10

13. i-revolution -Album New Mix-
I've never heard of i-revo theme before... Well, this is different form the rest of the songs... This song has that relaxing feel. I can also hear samples of Cyber Force and ABSOLUTE 2007. Good theme song. 9/10

14. ANDROMEDA II -Extended Mix-
Simply good and tweaked in a good way. 8.5/10

15. State Of The Art -Album Extended-
I've never heard of State of The Art before.... But it's cool! Nice to hear Cyborg Akemi in Japanese though!
10/10

16. Fly Above -Album Extended-
Epic finalle for the album. I want to know who sang this song and I want to play this in Empress. Nothing to say more but epic.
10/10

Another quiz hosted by Ryu.

What is it all about though??? Sorry since I can't watch that video...

So I'm currently listening to a gamerip of Rumble Roses and Track 2 caught me off guard: it's Look to the Sky. It's the original version of the remix that appears on Disc2.

I thought I should point that out if no has done so.

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From Beatnation Records site, Back to Back column, Sota answer a question in english:


Q
Hello there Sota Fujimori! I'm one of your fans　from the Philippines. First of all, I have loved　your album SYNTHESIZED. I have sent you a mail because I want to ask you some questions.

1. When will you release the links for your interview with DAJI and AIKO?

2. Lastly, I really love Go Beyond!! and The Story Begins and I'm dissapointed you didn't include them in your album. I've lost hope for The Story Begins but I hope you ask Ryu to include Go Beyond!! on his upcoming album project soon. I'll look forward for that. More Power and take good care of yourself!

A
Thank you for sending me some comments. I'm very glad to hear that you enjoyed "SYNTHESIZED" Here are the answers to your questions.
1. Well, to tell you the truth, I don't know. However, maybe one day in the near future.
2. I'm really sorry that I dissapointed you. I will definitely tell Ryu to include "Go Beyond" on his CD.

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Well, at least we know Sota can understand English. Hahahaha

*bump for re-release*

Old Look to the Sky -cyber true color- replaced with an "'09" version? Do I smell new vocals?

Also, Nekomata Master's Do It Right has been removed and was replaced by We Can Change remixed by Dirty Androids

Weird, why are Taka, Tomosuke & Sota making re-done versions of their albums =/

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Pretty wierd indeed but I like that Tomo's remaking his album this that was released a few years ago. 2004 or 2005 perhaps

I also loved Taka remaking his album indeed because there are some tracks I want to be replaced.

If Taka, will replace more tracks on the album, I want him to replace these tracks.

pandora -ENGLISH VERSION-
lower world
Gradiusic Cyber -Vic Viper Born Duv-
Frozen Ray
Absolute 2007
Votum Stellarum -forest#25 RMX- <----- Just replace it with a full version of the original Votum Stellarum


Or maybe it could be only the Japanese Version of the said song.

Nothing Changed except Look to the Sky?

EDIT: I was so stupid And I didn't read the news feed and the previous post, damn sorry..

Announced today. Look To The Sky -Cyber True Color Extended '09- and We Can Change -Dirty Androids Remix- has been added. This album will be released on August 21st.

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From what I've noticed, Look To The Sky was removed from DDR X and beatmania IIDX.
Then Sota re-released the same song. I kinda agree piepiepie that maybe it could have new lyrics.

Also Do It Right was removed from DDR as well.
Do It Right was replaced by We Can Change -Dirty Android Mix-

There must be some issues between these two songs.

Yeah seems like new lyrics for Look to The Sky, i wish Sota put "Winning Anthem (dk Kaya remix)" ... i really love that song... oh well

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As long as the new LTTS lyrics are as good as the old ones, I'm happy.

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Wrong.

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Do it Right and Look to the Sky were removed from the album, and they have both been removed from DDR/IIDX. Same thing with Mobo Moga. I find it hard to believe that they would still use the same old vocals when that is taken into consideration. If there are new vocals, I wouldn't be surprised to see the song on DDR 2009.