【Touhou Rock/Metal】Best of Faai (彩音 ～xi-on～) [Spells Era; Part 1 of ?]
685Credits:
φ (Faai) [All arrangements, instruments, mix, production]
ZUN [original composer]
Tracklist:
01 0:00:00 *Youkai Mountain*
(Mysterious Mountain)
02 0:03:44 *Boundary of Fantasy*
(Spring Lane/Necrofantasia)
03 0:08:50 *Lunatic Princess*
(Flight of the Bamboo Cutter)
04 0:13:10 *Capriccio*
(Maiden's Capriccio)
05 0:16:29 *Fate of Sixty Years*
(Fate of Sixty Years/Gensokyo, Past and Present)
06 0:21:42 *Lotus Forest*
(Doll Judgement)
07 0:28:06 *Apparitions Stalk the Night*
(Apparitions Stalk the Night)
08 0:32:14 *Dark Road*
(The Road of the Apotropaic)
09 0:36:04 *Chinese Tea*
(Shanghai Teahouse)
10 0:41:24 *OddTime Ensemble*
(Phantom Ensemble/Vampire Killer (?))
11 0:45:13 *Dark Side of Faith*
(Dark Side of Fate)
12 0:48:28 *Traditional Old Man and the Stylish Girl*
(The Traditional Old Man and the Stylish Girl)
13 0:51:46 *Ultimate Truth*
(Ultimate Truth)
14 0:55:42 *Fall of Fall (intro)*
(Autmnal Waterfall)
15 0:57:21 *Wind God Girl*
(Wind God Girl)
16 1:01:41 *Old World*
(Nostalgic Blood of the East)
17 1:06:42 *Voile, the Magic Library*
(Voile, the Magic Library)
18 1:11:17 *Lullaby of Deserted Hell*
(Lullaby of Deserted Hell)
19 1:14:39 *Night Bird*
(Song of the Night Sparrow)
20 1:19:46 *Fall of Fall (Memory)*
(Autumnal Waterfall)
21 1:24:07 *Doll Judgement*
(Doll Judgement)
22 1:28:35 *Out Of The Dark*
(Oriental Dark Flight)
23 1:32:26 *The Mistery in Your Town*
(The Mistery in Your Town)
24 1:36:48 *Night Sakura of Dead Spirits*
(Ghost Lead/Night Sakura of Dead Spirits)
25 1:41:29 *Trick Shooter*
(Sleepless Night/Retrospective Kyoto)
26 1:44:56 *Riverside View*
(Higan Retour)
27 1:49:47 *Broken Moon*
(Broken Moon)
28 1:53:51 *Shrine at the Foot of the Mountain*
(Shrine at the Foot of the Mountain (1st Spell))
Art:
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While xi-on is still active and even released a new album during C101, Faai stopped doing rock/metal arrangements in 2013 and his last contribution to xi-on were some tracks on Electric Bamboo Beat during 2015. For this and future Faai videos I'm only going to consider everything from 1st Spell to 12th plus some extras (probably will do a best of xi-on post spells era later, though).
Faai is one of my favorite Touhou dudes and everything he did was absolutely majestic.
I have always thought his music is weird in a sense that it definitely feels like hard rock and metal but also doesn't really feel too heavy most of the time, he's super skilled (he covered Steve Vai and Liquid Tension Experiment) but a lot of his tracks don't even have solos, he can be super proggy but most of his discography is on 4/4. It's like he never felt the need to show off his skills.
What he does though, it's extremely beautiful.
His way of blending Touhou with guitars and keyboards is amazing and he's the reason why I use pianos on everything.
I bet you could easily show Faai music to someone who doesn't listen to rock or metal and they would like it; it's just super accesible and likable.
I love all he did in xi-on but specially I think he did the best Lunatic Princess and Broken Moon remixes I've heard.
I don't know what happened to Faai after EBB. I just hope, wherever he is, he's having a good time.
It's been 10 years since 12th Spell...
13th Spell 'till when?