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As you might remember, I posted the midyear special ranking sometime in July, where the songs included were those uploaded from December 2009 to June 2010. This is the LATTER PART of that ranking, where the top songs from June 15 to December 14, 2010 are uploaded.

The video has 80 songs, but the mylist has 200 songs O_O;. A-anyway, I've included them all in the list. As with the previous mid-year ranking and all the other rankings which aren't weekly, this is written in reverse for more suspense :D.

Since all of them are Miku songs, I'll just type the song, composer and additional Vocaloids used if there are any :).

nicovideo link 1
nicovideo link 2

( list under the cut! )


The last few are so predictable XD;. Anyway, I'll be doing the rest of the rankings, too (how many more to go? D: ) so please wait for them! /o/

...The tags...I...will do them later orz.

kaoling

mylist | piapro |

kaoling, who first named herself as "kaoling koto deita", started uploading her works in Nico Nico Douga January of 2010 and remains satisfactorily active at present. Aside from Vocaloid works, she also covers a few songs and does some mixing for other songs/covers.

kaoling's works are inspired by Celtic, ethnic/traditional and trance-new age music, which is why all of them sound surreal and magical. Her melodies are always rich because of the influx of various instruments she uses. Her works are a bit near to BungaP's/Vocalotus' works except that BungaP uses approaches closer to Japanese traditional music while kaoling's works sound closer to Irish/Celtic folk songs. Despite that, her works are mostly centered on Japanese themes.

She uses solely Hatsune Miku for her works, who she tunes impeccably. Her tuning is not as clear or flawless as most seasoned producers, but she uses Miku's voice to the fullest to fit her songs. Multiple background vocals, echoes, alternating low and high chant-like voices, breaths, etc. - she uses Miku in a special way apart from other producers. Think of KAITO in ShinjoP's works.

kaoling also occasionally sings and has sung a cover of her own song as well as one of another producer's. I must say she also sounds wonderful in her type of music.

sample songs
• Memoria "Kimi no Omomuku Mama ni" (Hatsune Miku) [celtic]
title translates to: "Memoria: As you Indulg"e
• Nagisa wa Gozen 9-ji (Hatsune Miku) [trance]
title translates to: "The Beach at 9:00 AM"
• Hane wa Nai Kedo Watashi Toberu (Hatsune Miku) [celtic / orchestra]
title translates to: "I Do Not Have Wings but I will Fly"
• Chitte Shimae yo Sakura no Gotoku (Hatsune Miku) [traditional japanese]
title translates to "Scatter Forth like Cherry Blossoms"
• Kami no Namae ni Ochiru Mono (Hatsune Miku) [celtic / ethnic]
title translates to "One who Falls at the Name of God"

covers
• Pane dhiria (original by ShinjoP)
• Kami no Namae ni Ochiru Mono (self-cover)


nikki says
I have truly fallen in love with kaoling's songs since I heard Memoria, mostly because I love Celtic/ethnic/traditional music very much. She does it so well from the intruments used to the lyrics to Miku's tuning. I especially love how her songs sound alike yet they have different instruments used for them. The vast range of melodies you can hear in her songs makes her songs loopable. The details she puts in the songs as well as the expertise in making all of them sound wonderful is really impressive.

With her type of music, it might seem that her works are impossible to cover. But actually, a few people have wonderfully covered her works including Lilie and Re:.

Last night, nine days since May started, I remembered that I forgot to do the Monthly Vocaloid Ranking for March D:. So sorry! I was in a hotel last May 1, so I totally forgot about it OTL. Anyway, it's better to be late than never. Here is the April Ranking, all 80 in the list :).

original nicovideo link

( 1-80 under the cut! )