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nikki ♫ ([personal profile] fascinates) wrote in [community profile] ofurotaimu2011-09-11 08:50 pm

Utaite Spotlight: Bibi

Bibi/ビビ

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Bibi is very new to the utattemita scene, having only started uploading his covers February of this year. Despite being a rookie, though, he has gained enough attention and respect from fans and other utaite alike because of his unique covers and high-quality uploads.

Bibi's style can be likened to the types of Touyu, Kouhei, Furuike Yuusuke, etc. albeit at a less loud degree. He's a passionately strong singer and always sings in high-strung, full-forced voice. What is impressive about his style, however, is his tenacity and solidity in terms of holding the rhythm as well as pitch very well. Singing in this style plus carrying out the perfect rhythm (and second voicing) is quite a task even for seasoned utaite, and I think it's in this part that Bibi earns people's admiration. Despite singing in this style, though, he can sing basically anything from rockish songs to gentle 40mP songs without effort.

sample songs
Babylon (Tohma original)
Gaikotsu Gakudan to Lilia (Tohma original)
Shiryokukensa (40mP original)
Yoku Aru Rinne to Neko no Uta (KotsubanP original)
Sleep, Sky, Walk (YuuyuP original)
Tokyo Teddy Bear (with Panyo; Neru original)

nikki says
Bibi is one of those few utaite who have impressed me at my first listen. Usually, it takes a while before we get used to someone's voice, especially if they only have a few covers, but Bibi really actually made me loop his covers of Lilia and the Skeleton Band and Babylon. Even though I likened him to a few utaite above, I find his style entirely different, probably because aside from the passionate singing, he can also change his pitch from out of the blue without difficulty, reach high notes effectively, sometimes even without screaming, and create a whole new approach to covering a particular song. I honestly think that he is amazing and that has a lot of potential as an utaite. I'm looking forward to seeing/hearing how he can manage to cover certain songs in different genre.
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[personal profile] stephieku 2011-09-24 07:16 am (UTC)(link)
*___* I'm really liking his singing style! His voice is quite distinct, especially that vibrato! He has nice clarity and seems quite skilled! (Because Babylon is a hard song to sing, but he nails it!) I think I prefer his rock songs because it really shows off his skill.

Thanks for the write up! :D
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[personal profile] relaxing 2011-09-30 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
;w; I recently got introduced to him by his cover of tokyo teddy bear, thanks for the spotlight! Now I'm looping Babylon forever..

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(Anonymous) 2012-08-02 05:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Where did he go? :( I can't find him anywhere, it says his mylist and community are deleted.
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Re: ;_;

[personal profile] stephieku 2012-08-02 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you for the tip ><; It does seem like his videos, comm, twitter, and blog are delted. I'll try asking around to see if anyone knows what happened. I'm posting his nico dic article here just in case it updates with info http://dic.nicovideo.jp/a/%E3%83%93%E3%83%93(%E6%AD%8C%E3%81%84%E6%89%8B)

(Anonymous) 2013-04-30 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
I love his cover of Matryoshka with 96Neko! I think she should collab with him more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT-YCV0FWcM