C80 News Part 5

This is probably the final news post before the big day, but you never know.

PolyphonicBranch - Brilliant White Noise
With both male and female vocalists, including amu, Hana-tan, Ron, Wotamin, Choucho and halyosy.
http://www.polyphonicbranch.com/bwn.htm

Sync.Art's - x-Materia
Original vocal album, containing songs Sycn.Art's has provided for other circles.
http://syncarts.jp/

怪盗集団Jupiter 予告盤CD (Kaitou Shuudan Jupiter Preview CD)
Preview CD. A collaboration between vocalists YuNa, Hayama Riku, Yuizuki Sora, and aya*k. the Psalm of Dreamers' Kahan serving as composer.
http://soranetarium.com/jupiter/

-Pf Audio- - twelve equal
1st full album. Featuring Usa (Hana), Kiyono, and Korika (Hana-tan) on vocal.
http://pfaudio.net/

Usa Colony - うさころ よんてんご (Usakono Yontengo)
Usa Colony's 5th album.
http://usacolony.tobiiro.jp/

Vagrancy - lilica～Orgel Arrange Mini Album～
Another orgel arrange album from Shikata Akiko.
http://www.vagrancy.jp/

Closed/Underground - Flying Artillerist -get ready, already.-
Katakiri Rekka's 1st Touhou CD. Really unexpected, I must say.
http://rekka.jp/

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WAVE - 隻眼のエデン -A.D.2109- "Eden", the One-eyed.
An all new project from Wave is a near future fantasy. Vocalists include Annabel, Katakiri Rekka, K.Juno, pico, Mitose Noriko and Nazuka Yuri (Lily). With voice drama by others.
http://www.circle-wave.net/

Fairial - fairial:material
http://www.fairial.com/

Hatsuki Yura - Gothika 2　～御伽影牢館～ (Gothika 2 ~Otogikageroukan~)
Continuing with the dark fairy tale theme, Gothika 2 sounds more gothic than 1 in my opinion. Composers include Drop, love solfege, オッカ (Okka), bitplane and 藤田真梨 (Fujita Mari). Do take a look at the PV.

Hatsuki Yura - 少女と背徳の欠片 (Shoujo to Haitoku no Kakera)
sequel to 少女と秘密の鍵穴 (Shoujo to Himitsu no Kagiana), another collaboration with Fujita Mari. The special page for this album is now up.
http://hatukiyura.sakura.ne.jp/

Gildia - カテナの銀環 (Catena no Ginkan)
Gildia's 3rd album.
http://gildia.jp/

Roundbooster Architexture - Revelations
Umineko-related, featuring the insert song "Revelation" in EP8.
http://www.roundbooster.com/

Circletempo - Dear Golden Witch
Umineko-related. Contains music composed by Luck-Ganriki for the visual novels and the two fighting games.
http://www.circletempo.net/ganriki/

C80 News Part 3

Primary - 心音/Butterfly (Shinon / Butterfly)
yuiko's 6th single.
http://primary-yuiko.com/

kaede.org - 深夜の怪談ラジオ (Shinya no Kaidan Radio)
After last year's pseudo New Year's Eve radio show, kaede.org brings us the late night horror radio show. Chata and Annabel will perform the OP and ED themes respectively, in addition to telling ghost stories.
http://kaede.org/

axsword - Blue Orb
onoken's 2nd album. With Emi Evans, b, 彩羅 (Sara) and Misawa Aki on vocal. String performance by string orchestra GaQdan.
http://www.axsword.com/

bassy - 燐光とその他 2+1 (Rinkou to Sonota 2+1)
A best single featuring Chata on vocal.
http://bassyrinkou.blog.fc2.com/

Atelier C-hicken - その素敵な音楽をVol.1～蒼の世界～ (Sono Suteki na Ongaku wo Vol. 1 ~Ao no Sekai~)
Aria doujin CD. Instrumental tracks only. Relaxing kind of music.
http://c-hicken.com/

Lydia Grave - Chordal Microstoria
The group's "SF Fantasy" release #2. Participating vocalists include Chicaco, Shiho, Fukami Chie, Hoshina Yuko and mintea.
http://lydiagrave.net/

Losrosaria - Bouvaldia
2nd single. solfa's 悠季 (Yuki) is the resident vocalist. The music leans towards the gothic sentiment.
http://www.luminouscore.com/losrosaria/

Shoujo Byou - 聖骸メロフォビア (Seigai Melophobia)
Album. Melophobia apparently means a "fear of music". Voice actresses Yuuki Aoi and Tomatsu Haruka provide their voices for the voice drama.
http://www.girldisease.com/

the Psalm of Dreamers - with my empty hands
Another all female vocal album. Vocalists include Yamai, めらみぽっぷ (Merami Poppu), 桃箱, YuNa, コツキミヤ (Kotuki Miya), uco, and 桜ふみ (Sakura Fumi).
http://kakkin.pro.tok2.com/

Visual Work Station - Agedum! Puella Magica!
A Madoka arranged doujin CD, this time with Chata, Sakura Fumi, and ℃iel on vocal.
http://visualworkstation.net/

Toki no Shikkoku x Hatsuki Yura - サイレント.キネマ (Silent Kinema)
First of two Hatsuki Yura releases. Include the song Velvet Refrain, which was released in a single-song free CD at M3-27. More rockish than Yura's usual work.
http://ib.12-i.net/

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RomariaCrusade - メロウ≠メロウ (Mellow ≠ Mellow)
The group's 15th album will be of the healing variety.
http://romaria.net/

Utanoha - 魔法少女フォルトゥネ★マギカ (Puella Magi Fortunae Magica)
A Puella Magi Madoka Magica doujin CD from Takanashi Mako, with Hoshina Yuko as guest vocalist. Expect to see a lot of Madoka doujin CDs coming out this year.
http://www.utanoha.net/08_mm/

Ayutrica - 氷の檻、連珠の枷 (Koori no Ori, Renjuu no Kasei)
The circle's 6th single, with an all-new story.
http://ayutrica.s-lea.com/

Aki no Sora - 春と桜の雨 (Haru to Sakura no Ame)
Misawa Aki's new mini album. Following the trend of her previous two solo CDs, this mini album also has season as the theme. This time around, it's spring.
http://anraku.nothing.sh/akisora/

Love Solfege - Reception for Witnesses
The album that didn't get released last time. Also, Love Solfege is downsizing its operation.
http://lovege.noki.tv/index.html

arcane753 - 羽ノ亡キ蝶 (Hane no Naki Chou)
More butterfly motif from the trio (Manyo, Hiyama Nao and Shimotsuki Haruka). Shimotsuki Haruka as resident vocalist, with Marie as guest vocalist.
http://eleol.net/arcane753/

kito - 姫百合、花魁道中 (Himeyuri, Oiran Douchuu)
Japanese-styled music with the red-light district as the setting. Boasting a total of 9 female vocalists, including Yuka, Suzuha Yumi, Konno Sei, project leader Yuu, and others.
http://kito.cocotte.jp/

mimei - 鳥居ロンド -La Porte- (Torii Rondo)
A new entry to the toki-jiku series.
http://totsu-kuni.net/

coma reco - Super Galaxy Expo
A new mini album by Annabel and Fukami Chie after their collaboration in Dentro del Terrarium. To be released at Comitia 97, which takes place on Aug 21.
http://comareco.com/sge.html

Run Girls Fun - sketchbook
A preview CD to Fukami Chie's new project, Nitka. Also to be released at comitia97.
http://rgr.raindrop.jp/

MiddleIsland - Self Cover Best "M"
Best vocal album featuring new arrangement and recording of songs released from 2006 to 2008.
http://www.middleisland.net/

Barbarian On The Groove - Barbarossa
The album that took the group 2 years to make. Vocalists include IKU, Kahiena, Marie, Riryka, 古都美珠, Yoshikawa Sunao, Tamari and 璃杏.
http://www.astronotes.jp/bog-official/index.html

Lolita Neurosis - オールライト (Alright)
Amami Rimiyu's 11th CD.
http://lolita-neurosis.biz/

New Circle:

Geographic - Visibility
1st album. Mostly instrumental tracks, with Annabel providing vocal for track 2. Very calm and quiet kind of music. You might also want to check out the liner notes on the website; there's an English translation explaining the circle's musical approach and its aim.
http://geographic.jp/

PetitBrain - 籠の中の鳥は三度涙を流す (Kago no Naka no Tori wa Sando Namida wo Nagasu)
1st CD. A "Japanese-styled fantasy" collection depicting the tragedy happening to 3 siblings on the night of the festival. The PV for the first song is viewable on the website.
http://www.petitbrain.com/

C80 News Part 1

Yosh, after a month long break, I'm rejuvenated enough to listen to doujin music again. I'm trying out a new format for the news post so that I don't have to type as much. Besides, it looks a lot cleaner.

Rokugen Alice - 緋の境界と二つの夜 -Prologue A- & -Prologue B- (Hi no Kyoukai to Futatsu no Yoru)
These two singles take the form of an exchange diary between two girls. The story takes place in the same universe as "Alice in the Necrosis" and "Aka no Lorelei", but with two new girls as main characters.
http://www.rokugen.net/

Lotus root Orchestra - 光の三原則 (Hikari no Sangensoku)
Yuka's mini album. It's Yuka, so I'm keeping an eye on this.
http://yk.cage.to/index.html

Absolute Castaway - Ricerca
Nakae Mitsuki's 1st best album.
http://shule-aroon.sakura.ne.jp/index.html

FataMorgana - 120回言えなかったこと (120kai Ie Nagatta Koto)
YuNa's new solo single after more than a year is, for a lack of a better term, strange as always, though in a good way.
http://fatamorgana.jp/

Alieson - Over Dose
A sequel of some sort to their previous M3-27 album, "Need A Reason", continuing with the theme colour blue and creepy cover art.

Alieson - Dolls
A collection of songs Alieson has provided for projects outside of their circle.
http://www.alieson.net/html/

Paradise Eve - 少女ルビー (Shoujo Ruby)
Part 2 of the Seishoujo (Holy Maiden) trilogy, following M3-27's Shoujo Sapphire. This time around we have the Middle Eastern flair.
http://paradise-eve.net/index.html

Queen of Wand - Happy Madrigal
"Colourful voice combined with colourful music to weave together a tale of happiness."
http://www.q-o-w.jp/

Voltage of Imagination - Kusoh Katsugeki 2
Sequel to Kusoh Katsugeki. Unlike the variety in volume 1, nearly all the songs in volume 2 sound like typical anime songs.
http://www.voltagenation.com/

C80 comiket Twiter map

Most of us would be interested to know more about Comiket so this page is quite interesting. The map has different options and it is interesting to know about different doujin groups. However there it seems there isn't nothing to separate different activities cirles.

If you want to know where your favorite groups are, check their twitter page or at #twitcmap tag

Some translated things about the map:

１日目  2日目  3日目

Related to the different days 1st , 2nd and 3rd day.

東 East part 

西 West part