[2025.12]

[2025.12]
Subjective curation of inspiring artists
Honorable mentions: tn-shi, Kou!, Nihoshika/にほしか, Youman/youまん, Frums, and Symmetori/新目鳥 for their style/signature being stuck in my head.
!! Includes rhythm-game music with some collab/remix. This isn't lyric-oriented. !!

Format:

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[<replay-score>:<impression-score>:"<comment>"]
ArtistName</アーティスト>: url1 | url2 | url3

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[3:3:"Like Youman and にほしか"]
Aoris/青栗鼠: https://youtu.be/q_mvEsO_yiM | https://youtu.be/l6z0kZb3NOw | https://youtu.be/yQJMCDplVFo

[2:3:"Similar to tn-shi and Symmetori, yet somewhat chronically present in almost every comment section"]
AZALI: https://youtu.be/JnQG33YftIw | https://youtu.be/cj2BG-Jrivg | https://youtu.be/RdorBFbQHYQ

[2:3:"I played osu!"]
Camellia/かめりあ: https://youtu.be/D_X5G2-ZMB8 | https://youtu.be/LhmbqUmq4tc | https://youtu.be/VFJSz81QmX4

[2:2:"Groovy"]
CASIOPEA: https://youtu.be/4Hvvltt7d-U | https://youtu.be/0Xyao-xOtdQ | https://youtu.be/Ufvbtb5PzjU

[1:3:"Irisu Syndrome! with breakcore"]
Emray: https://youtu.be/yC3uENi6qf4 | https://youtu.be/7edGRTTtVCk | https://youtu.be/L6aTBsH97dY

[2:3:"Introduced me to artcore"]
Feryquitous: https://youtu.be/eNnL750ViLY | https://youtu.be/lEuSwpvhsMg | https://youtu.be/uQPXMTK6cG4

[2:4:"Abstract and illustrative"]
Frums: https://youtu.be/I2b7PUMeciM | https://youtu.be/3qnrewFcnQs | https://youtu.be/jGu5T7NUIxQ

[1:3:"Like Nihoshika"]
Frog96/フロクロ: https://youtu.be/8BekVGwSX3c | https://youtu.be/1YaXcnLuKag | https://youtu.be/X5NhQ--8qu8

[1:3:"Introduced house"]
JOYRYDE: https://youtu.be/LXJ8FPJ-TKs | https://youtu.be/GV-0bQUAgy4 | https://youtu.be/jo41bR9zFZg

[1:3:"Unsettling with diverse tunes"]
Kikuo/きくお: https://youtu.be/NTrm_idbhUk | https://youtu.be/CwP1pT6aDcM | https://youtu.be/46RlmGbXqQc

[2:3:"Mysterious and underrated. .sm21783669 クラゲ has many chord progression breakdowns and derivatives by their fans"]
Koronba Sakamoto: https://youtu.be/1mXSYQc3lxE | https://youtu.be/9tPxh9y_q4U | https://youtu.be/ok7UX3utzvI

[3:4:"Love the off-note bass chords"]
Kou!: https://youtu.be/Do0d8ekjMTw | https://youtu.be/GKl8LQKBEho | https://youtu.be/bdwNztCQKoY

[3:3:"Catchy motifs like LonePi"]
Kurousagi/黒うさぎ: https://youtu.be/z13hzDHruo8 | https://youtu.be/rdgH5KaGRP0 | https://youtu.be/SswjLS7XX4Q

[2:3:"SOMEBODY SCREEEEE"]
Kurokotei/黒皇帝: https://youtu.be/BidG5Goe4RU | https://youtu.be/VJFNcHgQ4HM | https://youtu.be/Lj5VAleu4OQ

[3:3:"Like Kou! and Camelia"]
Kyutatsuki/九立つ気: https://youtu.be/sCIgykaAYzQ | https://youtu.be/JKXHVJOFfVk | https://youtu.be/JdDmb5AoQUQ

[3:3:"Boppin like JOYRYDE"]
Knock2: https://youtu.be/XyCy-iHmXdA | https://youtu.be/7YAjmqdNeAI | https://youtu.be/MgQPSSU1S2s

[3:3:"Like Aoris and Kurousagi"]
LonePi: https://youtu.be/BVPEj-6C6Jg | https://youtu.be/pGxq3oxBCWg | https://youtu.be/tR15E2QD63U

[2:3:"Emotional atmosphere like Tokyo Shoegazer"]
lexycat: https://youtu.be/4dhidqSL1_s | https://youtu.be/LhZJDZwTkaQ | https://youtu.be/67_ZX_1yv4w

[1:2]
Morimori Atsushi/モリモリあつし: https://youtu.be/xv_bc0i8YvI | https://youtu.be/6tHecc_ek8M | https://youtu.be/9g-qIY3UejI

[1:2:"Reminds me of Kikuo"]
muship: https://youtu.be/c8_Ctg_VvD0 | https://youtu.be/Fzq6F4ScLwk | https://youtu.be/4G1EbE0OjqY

[3:3:"Orchestal"]
Noah: https://youtu.be/24zvKhy2PGY | https://youtu.be/KVF6FTeM9Uc | https://youtu.be/oLcoljNKh3I

[3:3:"Great motifs"]
Nihoshika/にほしか: https://youtu.be/QQdddUKUkko | https://youtu.be/RXeNlroNW_U | https://youtu.be/Cx01Iqk_VP0

[1:3:"Guitar tn-shi"]
Polyphia: https://youtu.be/FHalHkfM5Aw | https://youtu.be/I-SkI9BwwOQ | https://youtu.be/9_gkpYORQLU

[2:3:"Catchy!?"]
r-906: https://youtu.be/NMiQmumW0nI | https://youtu.be/6eDhCz2vzVc | https://youtu.be/gnMtxPsFYXg

[2:3:"Goes hard"]
RoughSketch: https://youtu.be/RPmzX9tpQ_Y | https://youtu.be/mKs5aJKVhHc | https://youtu.be/Gue_Gz3d4fA

[2:3:"Prevalent motif usage like Camelia, Kou!, and Kyutatsuki"]
Seatrus: https://youtu.be/pjZbdWcPvsU | https://youtu.be/tsF7I-Yc6Yc | https://youtu.be/yDcFGkb6HoM

[3:4:"Much like Camellia, AZALI, tn-shi, and Frums"]
Spade: https://youtu.be/VNUl5p283OM | https://youtu.be/zMzpMKsmn2E | https://youtu.be/L-nAGIdox9c

[3:3:"Clean, fast piano artcore with off-notes like Kou!"]
Symmetori/新目鳥: https://youtu.be/HA3i00Nna8M | https://youtu.be/sxtR4Ix-5Sc | https://youtu.be/gH5A8MtW6x4

[1:2:"Like CASIOPEA"]
T-Square: https://youtu.be/KDVKaE_yg0U | https://youtu.be/oLOmqzvGmIM | https://youtu.be/cpVr2RdtJt8

[1:3:"Heavy rain"]
Tokyo Shoegazer/東京酒吐座: https://youtu.be/e54WJbp4qFc | https://youtu.be/hlAgMfKSCMk | https://youtu.be/CT_9MTE5z6U

[4:5:"Emotionally, ethereally dense with signature legatos, chords, percussion, rhythm, sweeps, and phases thou shan't overlook"]
tn-shi: https://youtu.be/dOP7G5J755s | https://youtu.be/sPB4HBf5Q6A | https://youtu.be/nwEykscMLbQ

[4:5:"Emotional yet underrated"]
Youman/youまん: https://youtu.be/LClESAqantY | https://youtu.be/ACCQTOVEKt0 | https://youtu.be/No50_2zfXyk

[2:3:"Nice elements, somewhat nostalgic"]
Yu Chen Peng: https://youtu.be/5FuAzfo-xHg | https://youtu.be/fLI3T5pOW18 | https://youtu.be/PUX4QiLzTRE

[2:4:"Heavy, emotional breakcore"]
Yem: https://youtu.be/3wEGzApWxEQ | https://youtu.be/KWXqLO0GM08 | https://youtu.be/DZ1pfnp-JBw

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!! Lore dump !!

Why'd I create this?

(tldr: I wished to compose music someday with the inspiration from artists above)

I can stream/compose multitrack procedural bass + percussion + melody + lead/chord mentally in a method similar to transformers/diffusion, but not individually with weak contextual foundation nor caching. The type of music is influenced by the initial note/chord, which can end and transition phases gracefully.

To depict in color, the composition bias accounts for blue(min), violet(aug), orange(sus), and red(maj) gradients based on chord type and the density/traffic of note instances. Lead/melody note has the most randomness out of bass and chords, spanning pitches, side legato, and sweep envelope based on desired emphasis, or to deter from static, predictable/traditional patterns. I'm more biased to compose a lead/buildup/resolution rather than rendering a drop phase in jungle, breakbeat, speedcore, hardcore, artcore, hi-tech/techcore, and futurecore genres due to lack of familiar variations to chain in detail.

Overall, the composition is very biased on pitch and anti-repetitive patterns. The cognitive load is fairly conservative, acting as a slightly reverberated playback, yet volatile. Said track instruments and sound are recreation from those artists I admire. Some sample of said song can be used for streamed improvisation using most of source soundfonts provided by the song and familiarity like tn-shi, Kou!, Polyphia, and others. Although I'm a fan of Kasane Teto and Adachi Rei with some Japanese comprehension, I neither can write poems/lyrics nor understand them by ear, regardless of language. I'm usually biased hear the tone/composition first.

I'm more-or-less predicting how said artists would compose or remix a sample/segment of a song or lead motifs, understanding what and how their projections differ from source sample.

I've tried to stick with oss daws, currently learning ultrabox, a fork of beepbox over LMMS for now due to its attractive ootb experience. So far, I could only write two measure of a reminiscent motif that culminates styles before disinterest after 5-10mins of multipass editing/finetuning on single track.

Hopefully this curation clarifies my taste in music.

How'd I create this?

By listening from 2021.11 onwards, where I started playing osu!.

I've been adding songs to mixed playlists here:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV_Dz6w68lZ0hgluCyaCiHnbmtc-NylyY
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV_Dz6w68lZ1NVN1GCEgp3bOjRtk09uzX
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV_Dz6w68lZ2qMUs84QAMCZdgYDWvs2BX

Miscellaneous playlists:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV_Dz6w68lZ1NlucNa657xFa7vHgVWx1s
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV_Dz6w68lZ06mXw6ruc39K1pVmrdNjal
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV_Dz6w68lZ31TwgU0nZhBf-7dReQw5mw
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV_Dz6w68lZ34g-swm5WfRa9OkkF5_v6M
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV_Dz6w68lZ2CmKs3kZFJfQ5MJYIFVI00
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV_Dz6w68lZ3hCYjPRg0-f9_HprYhBDX3

With some archive playlists (from recent):
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV_Dz6w68lZ1-uoAicAOa8_03RXnB3IUy
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV_Dz6w68lZ3RT6AJvCSih8uvzs0VLoXY
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV_Dz6w68lZ36UUt62naRehJ3r4tPYQuE
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV_Dz6w68lZ32rEK7lW68ARoKLFu97xF2
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV_Dz6w68lZ1rhzPwyEa3lF2T95UZS7u_

Auto-generated recap playlists (ytm):
2025: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=LRYR-1nO1OudG19AGx4g4sQJ8cxozAww0pMcC
2024: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=LRYR6sWYC7A2FyCTkouiVRkchfIB-qyg7vcVo

YTM profile (playlist sections may be inaccurate):
https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCXm1KBKLgnHspCn87OYzxMw

Felt the need to share this seemingly maintained tn-shi playlist that includes their external works:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm3mrYhsvR5TbjiKKv9uCUNDYq91MwXOO

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If you want a quick <=50 playlist from artist links above, paste this entire document and edit the prompt below to any recent Large Language Model and let it use this context to generate the playlist. (tested consistently with GPT-5.2)

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Create <a single/multiple/per-artist/per-replay/per-impression> part <=50ct playlist url with <ascending/descending/random> <replay score/impression score/name order/random>  <including/excluding/any> <artist/url/none> <per/up to/only> <url1/url2/all/random>.

Note: This URL may be long. If you open the link in your browser, it will generate a shorter URL for the playlist. Playlist links longer than 50 may be truncated to first 50 by YouTube.

Default prompt:

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1	Create single part <=50ct playlist url with descending impression score including any up to all.

Playlist URL instruct:

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With the above YouTube video URLs, extract the last 11 characters of each URL as the video ID, then generate and output a single YouTube playlist URL with under 50 videos in the single-line format: `https://www.youtube.com/watch_videos?video_ids=ID1,ID2,...`

Python reference from danberlyne/yt-playlist-generator:

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
# yt_playlist_generator.py - Creates a YouTube playlist from a list of URLs.

def main():
    file = open('urls.txt')
    urls = [line.strip() for line in file.readlines()]
    file.close()
    ids = [url[-11:] for url in urls]
    playlist = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch_videos?video_ids=' + ','.join(ids)
    print(f'Playlist created at: {playlist}')

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

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