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Blue Line (Instrumental)
Vast Poni Canyon
FLIGHTLESS

Wow, today was banging.

First match was pretty close. Dangan is a rock banger with plenty of interesting things going on throughout, but ultimately it loses out to the j a z z. Blue Line is just gorgeous, in harmony and melody and arrangement but I may be biased since I just love Masahiro Andoh's work, both in and outside of T-Square. Plus, he's one of my absolute favourite guitarists. It's hard to overstate how monumental his presence is in the world of j-fusion and subsequently VGM, so it stands to reason that he's very good at what he does. If I had to pick one composer I'd like to just meet and shake hands with, it'd probably be him.

Second match was also close. I came in fully expecting to vote for Uematsu's arena prog rock banger, but this is Pokmon music that I fucking adore??? Everything about Canyon just sits right with me, and the instrumentation is just chef's kiss. Either this is an exception to the rule or I'm being seriously Pokpilled right now. If it's the latter, I intend to fully embrace it.

CAMELLIAAAAA. Few electronic producers can have me pumping my fist and bouncing around like I'm at an actual party while also keeping me engaged in how amazingly detailed and atmospheric of a production it is. I know there's a lot of wub-averse people here, but his work is honestly just a goldmine. So why didn't I vote for Camellia? BECAUSE FLIGHTLESS IS SO GOOD. I could talk about how much I love all the wacky shit this song does, but I'd like to highlight how balanced it is. It's a long track, but never feels meandering cause it keeps evolving and providing fresh ear candy, but at the same time all this ear candy comes together into a cohesive experience where each part is sufficiently different while feeling like they're from the same song. It's a great compromise between fluffy and dense, between style and substance. Just really cool stuff all around.