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nikki ♫ ([personal profile] fascinates) wrote in [community profile] ofurotaimu2010-08-20 11:11 pm

Utaite Spotlight: Pagodes/ぱごだ

Pagodes/ぱごだ

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Her name is spelled as "Pagoda" but the actual spelling that she uses in her blog/usernames is "Pagodes", taken from Claude Debussy's piece named Pagodes, which is said to have been written with influences from the Orient. She started uploading songs in 2008 and is still uploading covers now.

You might recognize Pagodes as the one who sang a beautiful rendition of "Ryuusei" by minato. She has an "angelic" voice: high but smooth and gentle, never sounding shrill or squawking even in very high notes. If I'm to compare her to some singers, her voice type would be very near F9's and Hanatan's (high range Hanatan) or maybe a higher version of Seriyu's. She has a way of making songs sound serene and easy to listen to. If you have heard "Ryuusei" then you know what I mean :). Pagodes usually sings ballads and pop songs with slightly slow beats which suit her voice perfectly.

sample songs

Melody in the Sky (40mP)
Moon (iroha)
VOiCE (LovelyP)
Light Song (kz)
Yoru no Soko (gomezP)


nikki says

I didn't know about Pagoda before "Starry Sky" so I am thankful that the CD has introduced me to her wonderful voice. To be honest, I do not like any cover of Ryuusei aside from hers. I was drawn to her amazingly high but gentle voice. Some of her songs are not mixed well (especially the earliest ones) but her voice makes up for the quality.

[personal profile] jakuu 2010-08-21 01:52 pm (UTC)(link)
thanks for the write-up! i love her voice a lot. when i first heard moon, i thought that she really fitted the song.
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[personal profile] stephieku 2011-03-04 08:38 am (UTC)(link)
omg... I'm in love with her Light Song.....

(Anonymous) 2011-08-24 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
I fell in love with Pagoda and her voice ever since she uploaded "moon" ;A;
Her relative obscurity really baffles and saddens me. Thank you so much for featuring her~~!! \>w</ She sounds soo amazing on wowoka's Unhappy Refrain Disc 2 remixes album, especially with Toku-P's stellar mixing~ She's really improved so much TTwTT