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Mirror Temple (Mirror Magic Mix)
Thermosphere
Flaming Bonds are Being Tested

Match 1 is mirror temple is cool like a night out at mystery and chasing day break rain fails to catch my interest too much though it has some real cool key changes in the middle like 1:06 but the instrumentation and the occasional chanting is less preferable so easy pick here..

Match 2 is probably the two highest songs that have appeared in a match together for me so far, both are great and whichever loses becomes prime candidate for wildcard material which is frustrating because I sort of want Hoi Level 5 to be wildcard too though my main concern for yesterday was for Hoi to not lose to one of if not my least favorite song in the bracket and then it did so I am sad anyway. But any way this match is a thing. Midnight Lady is an interesting song that I got to replace the Surface music in La Mulana Randomizer, which was an interesting experience because I opened that one little path that just connects two areas inside the middle of the rocks long before I actually got out to the real surface so whenever I'd pass through I'd hear that radio stuff before getting to the real music. And the real music is good stuff, a lively strong beat that I can really get into. :46 with that saxophone which often I do not like but this case is good, is a real nice section with a retro nostalgic jazzy night feel. Song may be a little repetitive and doesn't go a lot of places but is still solid through and through though guess what I don't like when the people speak up. Thermosphere has a less appealing beat that's like in the uncanny valley of not good slow or good fast but in the middle. But the instrumentation is much more distinct and interesting for me. The piano part that starts at like :41 I like less for the simpler instrumentation and it lasts for quite a bit, then we get back to the starting part again which is good still and then we get to 2:15 which is great, it's slow but has great digital sounds and an atmosphere of wonder, what a world. This is a difficult match! Midnight lady is like a solid consistent line of quality whereas Thermosphere's line of quality is much more wavy and dips below Midnight Lady at it's low points and rises above it at it's high points. But I feel like Midnight Lady being so "consistent" is a slight flaw on it's own because Thermosphere has more variety (the radio does not count!). Therefore Thermosphere is my gut pick here and I can't come up with any arguments to counter this decision.

Toc Tiebreaker was closer for me than the Zadok match so I'm giving this more of a real thinking relistening effort to see if my viewpoint has changed. Actually I think I like Douwa Kairou a bit more this time but not enough for me to push it over Quite yet so I'ma look at the write ups from last time to see if anyone's write ups can convince me to change. Hm maybe not that was probably a silly idea. Eh, both songs have strengths and weaknesses and while Douwa Kairou feels more "distinct" it just fails to really catch me as much as some of the varied parts of Flaming Bonds does, like at 1:40. I'll stand by my earlier vote.

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luigi says: "and"