HAY GUYS

Vaeran · Aug 4, 2007, 11:06 PM

Just ordered my Alphabet Planet! Can't wait! :D

Carl: just noticed the link to Kaijinki. If I can assume it is in any way Kikuta-related, would you mind re-upping it somewhere?

Argh, I'm in the same boat... I wandered over here from the STC thread and kicked myself when I saw the upload had expired. *big puppy eyes at Carl*

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Vaeran · Aug 5, 2007, 07:56 PM

Much appreciated, thanks! :D The song is gorgeous.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Vaeran · Aug 9, 2007, 10:47 PM

Well, that's good news. Although now I kinda wish I'd ordered through VGMWorld instead of Amazon.co.jp, since I'd rather support Kahori. Oh well, she can be the backup plan.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Vaeran · Aug 15, 2007, 04:02 PM

Originally Posted by bishop743

I enjoyed Lost Files, personally.

Originally Posted by bishop743

I wasn't a huge fan of Lost Files

objection, lol

Anyway, I received my copy of Alphabet Planet today and... I'm not exactly impressed. :/

I honestly barely made it through the first disc (and actually had to skip most of the earsplitting "Uriah Heep", track 9); it's almost entirely made up of sugary sweet "town"-ish themes, which I don't mind in small doses or when they're done well, but this just felt like getting hammered with 17 tracks of brainless gee-whiz happiness. Clearly Mr. Kikuta is at a place in his life where he's feeling really good about things, and that's great, but I wish he'd dial it down a notch when he steps over to the keyboard. Coaster.

The second disc thankfully does steer away from Happy Happy Land a little, but I'm still not hearing anything particularly memorable or impressive here. This frustrates me, because I felt like Kikuta's style had really evolved and matured by the time Soukaigi and Koudelka came around, but this just feels like a huge step backwards for him.

I was willing to excuse some of Lost Files' unevenness, because it was made clear to us that that was just Kikuta sweeping up whatever was left on the cutting room floor. But Alphabet Planet is supposed to be new, fresh work? Nope. Doesn't cut it. I'll listen to Lost Files ten times (and Soukaigi fifty) before I come back to Alphabet Planet again.

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