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Producer Spotlight: Nem
Nem
mylist | website | blog
Nem is a composer who is most probably well-known by now, not only because of his Vocaloid works but also because of his collaborations outside the Vocaloid-dom, either in his unit or with other singers. If you are a fan of GUMI, a fan of certain Nico singers (somewhere along the Asamakku/Dasoclear/wotamin mountain), you probably have heard of him and his works :).
Nem started his Vocaloid career in Nico Nico Douga sometime last year on June. He uploaded an old song of his, revised to be sung by GUMI right on the day she was released. His music borders between ballad and jazz, with excessive but dexterous use of violin and piano music. He also uses guitars in some of his ballads ("Alice ni Sayonara"), but not as much. It might be coincidental, but some of his songs portray certain seasons like summer ("Starmine") and winter ("Sayonara Polaris", etc.).
One impression he left with is first work is how he tunes his Vocaloids, specifically GUMI. He has a way of tuning GUMI so smoothly, she sounds human, complete with the pauses and breaths. He also rarely makes GUMI sing so high that she wavers, so her smooth, silky low voice is preserved very well in his songs. His Miku is also tuned to perfection with crisp last notes and no gratingly high/low reaches.
Aside from composing Vocaloid songs, Nem sings covers of Vocaloid songs. He also composes songs to be sung by his unit partner Aya or by himself. He also composed for PointFive's EnhAnce CD, specifically "Somatic Delusion" and "Summer Rain".
sample songs
# vocaloid
• Yoiyami no Augustin (GUMI)
• Bokura no Uta (GUMI)
• Alice ni Sayonara
• Starmine (GUMI)
• winter gift (Hatsune Miku)
# original + covers sung by Nem
• Kanon (original)
• Itsumo Yori Nakimushi na Sora (original by Rerulili)
• Mitsubachi (original by NioP)
• Jenga (original by 40mP)
* you can listen to some of Nem's original works (sung by Aya) in his website.
nikki says
I first heard of Nem in "Yoiyami no Augustin" because I was excited to listen to GUMI works (note: Nakajima Megumi fan). It was really impressive, but I felt it was underappreciated at that time. Next time I saw his work was when he released "Starmine", which I immediately loved because of the theme, the melody and GUMI's voice. If buzzG is my GUMI rock producer, Nem will be the jazz/ballad one and both of their works will always be included in my primers for GUMI/Vocaloid songs. If I were to choose a favorite song composed by him, it would be "Starmine" despite the fact that I have a ton of "Scissorhands" covers in my playlist... As for his covers, my favorite would be "Itsumo Yori Nakimushi na Sora".
On an unrelated note..
MGS Utattemita CD "Starry Sky" can now be ordered from Amazon! You might remember I wrote a review of the CD which has a wonderful singing cast including Miichan, Pagoda, Jack, Keisen, REN, etc.
Please buy the CD!
mylist | website | blog
Nem is a composer who is most probably well-known by now, not only because of his Vocaloid works but also because of his collaborations outside the Vocaloid-dom, either in his unit or with other singers. If you are a fan of GUMI, a fan of certain Nico singers (somewhere along the Asamakku/Dasoclear/wotamin mountain), you probably have heard of him and his works :).
Nem started his Vocaloid career in Nico Nico Douga sometime last year on June. He uploaded an old song of his, revised to be sung by GUMI right on the day she was released. His music borders between ballad and jazz, with excessive but dexterous use of violin and piano music. He also uses guitars in some of his ballads ("Alice ni Sayonara"), but not as much. It might be coincidental, but some of his songs portray certain seasons like summer ("Starmine") and winter ("Sayonara Polaris", etc.).
One impression he left with is first work is how he tunes his Vocaloids, specifically GUMI. He has a way of tuning GUMI so smoothly, she sounds human, complete with the pauses and breaths. He also rarely makes GUMI sing so high that she wavers, so her smooth, silky low voice is preserved very well in his songs. His Miku is also tuned to perfection with crisp last notes and no gratingly high/low reaches.
Aside from composing Vocaloid songs, Nem sings covers of Vocaloid songs. He also composes songs to be sung by his unit partner Aya or by himself. He also composed for PointFive's EnhAnce CD, specifically "Somatic Delusion" and "Summer Rain".
sample songs
# vocaloid
• Yoiyami no Augustin (GUMI)
• Bokura no Uta (GUMI)
• Alice ni Sayonara
• Starmine (GUMI)
• winter gift (Hatsune Miku)
# original + covers sung by Nem
• Kanon (original)
• Itsumo Yori Nakimushi na Sora (original by Rerulili)
• Mitsubachi (original by NioP)
• Jenga (original by 40mP)
* you can listen to some of Nem's original works (sung by Aya) in his website.
nikki says
I first heard of Nem in "Yoiyami no Augustin" because I was excited to listen to GUMI works (note: Nakajima Megumi fan). It was really impressive, but I felt it was underappreciated at that time. Next time I saw his work was when he released "Starmine", which I immediately loved because of the theme, the melody and GUMI's voice. If buzzG is my GUMI rock producer, Nem will be the jazz/ballad one and both of their works will always be included in my primers for GUMI/Vocaloid songs. If I were to choose a favorite song composed by him, it would be "Starmine" despite the fact that I have a ton of "Scissorhands" covers in my playlist... As for his covers, my favorite would be "Itsumo Yori Nakimushi na Sora".
On an unrelated note..
MGS Utattemita CD "Starry Sky" can now be ordered from Amazon! You might remember I wrote a review of the CD which has a wonderful singing cast including Miichan, Pagoda, Jack, Keisen, REN, etc.
Please buy the CD!
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I really love his songs to tears ;___;
although his tweets sometime makes my brain burst :/
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.,.I agree about the twitter part though XD;. Most amusing.
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And well, you know how I love Summer Rain too. I really think he's one of the best producers when it comes to ballads. :)
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Nem~!!!
Summer Rain <3333
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