you've been in the voca scene a really long while, so do you have any songs from when you first got into it that are still bangers despite your taste changing over time?

yeah!!! although for the most part what i listened to when i got into it were the popular songs at the time. or at least semi-well known.

kemu's pandora voxx songs are still up there on my fave songs list especially rokuchounen, reincarnation, and ikasama life game.

i also still have a special place in my heart for the shuuen no shiori project songs despite not being active in the fandom the past few years. sarumane isu tori game is literally how i came up with my url. d-ne my beloved. theres a part in the ia ver of the song towards the end that always sounded similar to when u blow into a straw i always thought that was neat. arikitari heroes is still my most listened to song in my life. song i listened to for like a month straight if not more (+ multiple weeks on & off. for months.) Back In The Day & still have trouble turning off if i put it on.

i also adore old mafumafu songs adagaeshi syndrome was my first & still goes hard & kakushigoto & yuugure semi nikki are still songs i listen to frequently. kuusou sekai to omocha no shinzou was also something i latched onto heavily. also as the resident aoki lapis fan im required to tell u mafu owns her & has used her exactly Once in an album only song toumei palette which thank u for reminding me i think i'll go listen to that now

now the one producer i miss SOOO much who also deleted most of their works is sekaikeiP or #n/a. their songs are. loud. to say the least u will want to turn ur volume down for all but one of them but i HIGHLY recommend sekaikei shoujo wa dennou sekai wo oyogu which is my second fave song of theirs so im super glad its still up. it gets stuck in my head frequently. there was no translation for this when i found it so i tried doing it myself & it went poorly so its a really cool feeling to go from completely not understanding to being able to understand most of it without double checking anything. but i digress. also highly recommend muhyoujou shoujo to yume miru kusuri. again volume warning. solid song tho & this one does have a translation if i remember right. the last one no longer has an official upload anywhere HOWEVER its my favorite of all their songs so i'm breaking my own rules & linking a reupload here. shounen A to mousou shoujo. this one has a normal volume btw its the one thats not super loud. absolutely devastated they didnt keep this up it was one of their more popular songs too. i drew fanart for it & they found it & followed me bc of it. good times. this producer's been missing since 2015 but i still think of them fondly.

debated leaving him off bc of the drama around szm but i. legitimately have no clue if new fans know szm's songs. the idol series of songs are iconic of course. undead enemy as well. personally i also really liked jinrui gofun mae kasetsu. there was a period of time i drew a lot of the girl in the video.

as for more one off songs i still go back to

clean tear's suki ni natteshimatta... ayatsuriningyou. what can i say i love trance songs & aoki lapis.

ken's yokkyuu fuman march.

ych's yotei chouwa quest. also ych's poker face but everyone knows poker face i want people to know this one too.

takamatt's dragon rising.

seleP's ref-rain. actually im a seleP fan in general but this has pretty solidly been my fave the whole time. they do mostly yandere theme songs. which if ur a naisho no pierce fan ur used to anyway. but seleP's more dance/trance in genre.

im sorry this is such a long post ive listened to nearly exclusively vocalo songs since 2013 i know. so many

pov sonic goes into the backrooms @mangoravens

THIS WAS FROM LIKE... LAST WEEKEND AND IVE NOTSTOPPED THINKING ABOUT IT

DONT EVEN ASK. PLEASE DONT.

(BTW SORRY SPAMMY POST TIME IHAVE WAY TOO MUCH ENERGY AND WAY TOO MANY THOUGHTS BRAINS GOING WEEEEE)

so i beat ffcc today. cried during the ending credits, as expected! i was seriously overpowered for the final bosses because i had collected all of the artifacts for the normal dungeons, should have thought that through much better cus wanted a bit more of a challenge haha, oh well. but the reason why i wanted to get all the artifacts for the original dungeons before beating the game was because i KNEW that if i unlocked the hard mode dungeons, i would want to play through those ASAP. and i wasn’t wrong! i played through fallen leaves, toadstool forest, and miasma pit as soon as it took me back to the map. the first two weren’t that bad, but fucking miasma pit??? INSANE!! took me 45 minutes to go through the level, when usually the mine of cathuriges only takes me about 20-25 minutes for a full clear in normal mode. the mobs kept kicking my ass but luckily i had +2 poison resistance so it wasn’t that bad...except....

the boss was fucking tough!! i was barely doing any damage, and the mobs respawn so much faster! also those annoying-ass cockatrices kept petrifying me, which was making the battle go that much slower. it’ll be a while before i gather the ingredients for the +2 poison resistance armor, and not sure if there is one for petrification cus holy shit those monsters were annoying af. i had heard that miasma pit, goblin festival, and rainy ruins are some of the toughest hard mode dungeons and they weren’t kidding...sheesh! also that was only cycle 4 of miasma pit, can’t imagine how insane it’s going to be once i get to cycle 6!

also i was pleasantly surprised when i heard that...the hard mode dungeons have the songs remastered as well!! holy shit!! like i knew they had added that veo lu sluice dried up river version, and the new boss theme for the giant crab, but....to have remastered all the dungeon songs?? ffcc has always had one of my favorite OSTs EVER, and it has solidified its spot with just a few versions of the remastered songs i’ve heard. LOVE what they did to the river belle path song, and...replacing the main instrument for the mine of cathuriges with a FLUTE??? my jaw dropped. also i went in to oblivion village cus i wanted to hear what the new song would sound like and omfg, i was not prepared to hear vocals in the song!! reminded me a bit of nier automata. ahhhh i NEED to buy the remastered OST, it’ll be totally worth it!!! can’t wait to hear what the selepation cave song will sound. i wonder if the remastered cd will also have new versions for the towns...?? 

either way, i know folks have complained about the remastered not being what they expected, and i can totally understand that if their main experience with the original was multiplayer mode. but as someone who only played the original in solo mode, i couldn’t be happier with this remaster. sure there are definitely improvements that could be made, but overall, can’t complain too much. i have 50 hours logged into the game already, and it looks like with all the stuff that’s been added as part of the hard mode dungeons, i’ll have quite ways to go before i am ready to move on to another game :)

anyway tl;dr i love ffcc forever and always

Nixon Nkodima AC on the mission to put Mabopane on the map

"Businesses should invest in local clubs if we want to see more black Olympians" While the debate rages on about the racial composition of South Africa's Olympic team, athletics coaches and administrators working on the ground are calling on local businesses to invest in the creation of more black Olympians. The NIxon Nkodima Athletic Club recently received a sponsorship from Baroka Funerals after being featured on The Top Runner. Photo Credit: MWMedia. One such elite-athlete-turned-coach is Nixon Nkodima who after narrowly missing out to Josia Thugwane at the SA Marathon Championships in February 1996 was selected as a non-travelling reserve for the Olympic team where Thugwane would go on to become the country's first black gold medalist. During the month between May to end of July we managed to get team sponsorship from Baroka Funerals. They assisted with club registration, 2021 licences and running shoes. Mr. Ratau Mphahlele, owner of Baroka Funerals welcomed us with warm hands. He handed us over to their marketing team led by Lebo to assist us. Nkodima is now grooming the next generation of top runners in his hometown of Mabopane, Pretoria. Because when I was running, I made a lot of mistakes. So by preparing them from my mistakes, I think they will do better. So it's very good, they are doing well. They are promising athletes," he said. Athletes were struggling with running shoes and that was a big challenge for them to cover long runs. We realised that their performance was not up to required standard, after discussions we decided to go all out looking for sponsorship. From our own pockets we went to Baroka funerals with sponsorship proposals and they assisted our club. We are meeting 3 times a week at Odi Stadium coaching athletes, some of them stay 10km away and we assist them with transport fees. We hope the running shoes will relieve their pressure so they can focus on improving their performance But it hasn't been easy. Because even though Nkodima is working with great potential in the likes of Benjamin Selepe and Karabo Mailula a lack of resources has stifled the club's growth. Fortunately, Good Samaritans in the form of Baroka Funerals heard of Nkodima's plight after watching their story on #TheTopRunner on SuperSport and came to the rescue. Urban Fusion Media  | Urban Fusion Mag © 2021