Producer Spotlight: ←P

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YajirushiP / ←P

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YajirushiP is a young producer (probably still a student) known for his works such as Astro and Falldown. He also calls himself Amaoto Sora. His producer name ←P/YajirushiP (meaning "arrow"), comes from the way he likes using arrows in his comments and blurbs. Fans fondly call him YaP (yappi).

YajirushiP describes his own work as "fuwafuwazushin", meaning music that has serious, heavy notes but can still feel light and fluffy. This somehow really describes his songs accurately. His earlier works were more of rock ballads, with very soft, poignant guitars. Usually, his first few songs start with a slow, soft intro which escalates into a drum and guitar rich rockish music. Eventually, his music slowly evolved into more of progressive rock similar to whoo's and ryuryu's works, with a tinge of violins, keyboards and other sounds that give his songs an ethereal feel. His screechy but muffled guitars and deep-sounding drums remain the same, however.

He uses only Hatsune Miku in his works, and she is tuned to sound soft to whispery, never shrill and often at medium range. His earlier tuning made Miku's voice a bit wobbly but as he made more songs, his Miku became more refined and clear-voiced with wonderful diction even when singing with a whispery, breathy voice.

YajirushiP has participated in many collaboration CDs including EXIT TUNES Presents Supernova 5, Live House, Try! (creazuma) and Vocarock Collection. He also has released CDs of his own including Kuroi Neko to Shiroi Hana, Uchuu Radio, Amaoto and falldown. Aside from composing, he also sings and his voice is often described as bordering gentle bishounen and erotic.

sample music
• Amaoto (Sound of Rain)
• Kuroi Neko to Shiroi Hana (Black Cat and White Flowers)
• Uchuu Radio (Space Radio)
• Adayume (Transient Dream)
• Burial at Sea

sample utattemita (covers)
• Uchuu Radio
• Alice (FullkawaP original)
• Calc. (JimmythumbP original)
• Kimi Nashi Vision (KulfiQ original)


nikki says
I've liked YajirushiP's name song, Uchuu Radio, although I haven't really followed his releases before that. I think I started checking his works when the_desserter translated his song Ada Yume. After that I began noticing more and more of his works, my recent favorite being his new song Kudrayka. As many of you know, I love whoo's and ryuryu's music style a lot, so it's no surprise that I got attracted to YajirushiP's music as well.

Comments

[asatenshi]

Good timing! Was just listening to one of his utattemita songs hehe~ I love his uchuu radio *O* so beautiful!! Havent listened to most of his other stuff but I've been wanting to check out his other stuff for a while, so thanks a lot for this write-up! \o/

[yualaurant]

I don't listen to YajirushiP much, but his Adayume is really great, and his other works seem to always have nice feeling too (yeah, the same as when i listen to whoo and ryuryu). Ah and I didn't know that he's still that young :)) Thanks for writing a spotlight of him!

[the_desserter]

yappiiii-- i really love his songs! XD and i like whoo's works too! i haven't listened to ryuryu, i suppose i should! X3

btw, i think yappi is either in university level or maybe already finished with it? XD i read his entry on adayume when i translated it and he mentioned finishing high school and going into a music school, iirc. XD i'll check in a while! ><

just dropped by to comment~~ i haven't checked the rankings for new songs i might like in ages and i haven't been on here much, sob. ;_;

anyway, otsu again! o/

[stephieku]

I love ryuryu's works, so I'll check out more of his songs!

I know his Falldown, I love the intro, it's so cool! But I think my favorite is his Adayume, it's so beautiful and I really love the fuwafuwaness ><

I love his name too, I didn't know it had such a history XD