YAPONESIA

[takeru]

Re: YAPONESIA: NSC 126

NSC 126

Project Zenit - Kozimnin Karasy (Pupil of my Eye)
I touched briefly on the story behind this entry in my post for NSC 112. Basically, Project Zenit was all set to be my entry for Paperland's last hosting, but fate decided they would wait a year and come to Paper & INK for NSC 126 instead! The link even still fits; after a trip that included Kazakhstan in 2014, my 2015 trip included Bulgaria.

Project Zenit are a team formed in 2012 based primarily in Astana, Kazakhstan. Timur Turisbekov and Ivan Shopov are two long time friends divided by many countries who decided to unite into a Kazakh-Bulgarian collaboration to explore different dimensions of the music they like. Zenit's 'Көзімнің қарасы' uses the lyrics of one of Kazakhstan's most famous folk songs over a dark electronic pulse, featuring local sounds that can be heard in the Kazakh wild.

 

[takeru]

Re: YAPONESIA: NSC 127

NSC 127

Salome featuring Dej še'n litro - Laži Me (Lie to Me)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMJOXWV8WJ8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMJOXWV8WJ8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMJOXWV8WJ8
Finally, we are up to date! Having enjoyed the delightful 'ples kiše' in Slovenia and Croatia (and other places), I went searching for something fun and exyu for NSC 127 (a first for Yaponesia!) Eventually I settled on this Croatian turbofolk classic turned into this brassy Slovenian cover, evoking the nostalgic styles of NSCs past.

Salome Ćuća-Žentil was born in Croatia, but moved to SR Slovenia for the army and her later sex reassignment surgery, and she is now based in Slovenia, where she became a diva famous in the 00s for singing, performing and being on Big Brother (standard career progression). She is accompanied by Dej še'n litro, a brass ensemble from Ljubljana, singing her 2007 cover of Alka Vuica's 1994 hit 'Laži me'.

NSC 128 ENTRY WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT MIDNIGHT!

 

[Paper7]

Re: YAPONESIA: 120 Years of Yaponesia ~ ↑Ƌ8

Light of Love, the problem with this was for me that it is a type of song i like to listen once, but not on more times in a short time... what i had to do for my voting So it started high and get down, get down and get down on my ranking. But now i liked it again as i've heared it once more

 

[takeru]

Re: YAPONESIA: 120 Years of Yaponesia ~ ↑Ƌ8

Light of Love, the problem with this was for me that it is a type of song i like to listen once, but not on more times in a short time... what i had to do for my voting So it started high and get down, get down and get down on my ranking. But now i liked it again as i've heared it once more

Hahaha okay, well stop listening to it for a while please; right now it's my most likely Congratulations entry

 

[takeru]

Re: YAPONESIA: 120 Years of Yaponesia ~ ↑Ƌ8 + 128

NSC 128

LO-FANG
LOOK AWAY

Live performance of 'Look Away'. Click below for the music video.​

Lo-Fang - Look Away
Thanks for tolerating my daily updates this last week; it's all been a bit of an unnecessary build-up to this 120th anniversary, as it's actually a song I only discovered the other day (I was clueless for most of this week!) Nevertheless, it's all worth it to have an excuse to meticulously update my thread, and now I can announce Yaponesia's 120th entry!

Lo-Fang, real name Matthew Hemerlein, is an up-and-coming American artist as well as a classically-trained multi-instrumentalist. He plays the guitar, violin, cello, bass, mandolin and piano, and incorporates them all into his songs. He released his album 'Blue Film' in 2014 and is best known for his cover of 'You're the One that I Want' from Grease. 'Look Away' is the opening track from his album, and is a song of two halves, bursting with a psychedelic electronic opening and ending with the acoustic strings of reality.

LYRICS

Two eyes staring back at me
From a magazine in my room
Cut-out paper tragedies
Paper tragedies that I glue
So what good's a memory
If it only feels black and blue?
Creating a fantasy
Something I can dream that is true

I will only look away
If you say, if you say
I will only look away
If you say, if you say

I don't see it
Another message left for me in code
Hieroglyphics
I never figured out how to
Unfold your paper crane's origami agony
I ripped the edges, it gave me pleasure
Figuring it out, each question in a shroud
It's clear forever, wasn't forever

I will only look away
If you say, if you say
I will only look away
If you say, if you say

Now when I close my eyes I see how much I've lost
From scratching a memory 'til all the colour's off
Revealing the jagged line still there in black and white
When I close my eyes, if I close my eyes
But I can't laugh about it yet, it's all too soon
The things we used to joke about have all come true
I had to slowly back away

I will only look away
If you say, if you say
I will only look away
If you say

I will only look away
If you say, if you say
I will never look away
When you say



​

 

[Paper7]

Re: YAPONESIA: 120 Years of Yaponesia ~ ↑Ƌ8 + 128

It's crazy how many of my Internal NF entries for 128 i see mixed in this song But in the end it is just me have heard all that songs too much lately, i guess ^^

 

[takeru]

Re: YAPONESIA: Your Sound ~ NSC 129 NF

NSC 129 ||| YOUR SOUND
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NSC 129 National Final

Thank you again for our best ever 2nd place in NSC 128
For NSC 129's PQ spot, Yaponesia is trying out something we haven't done for years! The return of our National Final.
However, this National Final has very special new format:

YOUR SOUND: YAPONESIA

In the graphic above, you can see three special countries highlighted in Yaponesian red.
Behind each outline lies a song from that country, which we have been considering in the last few years, from some of our previous travels.
These are the three songs competing in the very first Your Sound: Yaponesia!
Please PM me a score for each song consisting of a percentage i.e. give each song a score out of 100.
(That doesn't mean all three have to add to 100; simply give each song any score up to 100)
If you have any ties in your scores, please break them and let me know which one you would rank higher.
The deadline will be Sunday 15th November, at noon CET​

But why is it "YOUR" SOUND?

So here's where this NF has a special format:
Although we have percentage scores for each song, no voting system has been decided.

The voting system is your choice.​

After voting, every voter is encouraged to post their idea in this thread for how these percentages will be turned into a voting system.
E.G. The first voter could say "The song with the highest score gets 12pts, the middle gets 6pts, the lowest gets 0pts"

However, you can be as creative as you like!!!
For now, I will allow literally any interpretation of a voting system, although try to avoid game breakers.
As the voting systems will be public, you can edit your systems in response to others, but you can't edit your points.
At the end of the deadline, all voting systems will be applied to all the scores.

Complicated? Feel free to ask me here or on Skype for any clarifications!

So now that the system is cleared up; here are the songs!

01

All Mongols
HAMAG MONGOL TUSUL



02

Makhno Project
ODESSA



03

Berkut & Aisha
MEKENIM KAZAKHSTAN



YOUR VOTING​

1. PM me [MENTION=4372]takeru[/MENTION] a percentage score (/100) for each song, with ties broken.
2. Post your voting system in this thread
3. Feel free to vote for your favourite in the poll (there's one system already to get you started!)

DEADLINE: 15/11/15 12:00NOON​

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[takeru]

Re: YAPONESIA: Your Sound ~ NSC 129 NF

The songs have now all been added and updated!
There is also a poll, which you can consider to be the first system here (although it's a total extra of course!)
P.S. It's not Yaponesia's system, I'm keeping that under wraps for now

Looking forward to your ideas!!

 

[Paper7]

Re: YAPONESIA: Your Sound ~ NSC 129 NF

My system:

(Song-Score) - (average Song-Score of the Voter) / 2* = Points of the song (negative or positive)

*just choose a number who make this voting system not being to overweighted compared to the others ^^

 

[SpZ]

Re: YAPONESIA: Your Sound ~ NSC 129 NF

(score powered by 2)-5000=x if x>0 then that number of points, if x<0 then 0 points.

 

[berlyda]

Re: YAPONESIA: Your Sound ~ NSC 129 NF

I'll stick to Heiki's scale (0-5000 points).

Denote the percentage score given to a song by p.
Then the number of points awarded to that song is given by 2(50 - p)[SUP]2[/SUP].

i.e. The more polarising a song is, the more points it gets

 

[strajker]

Re: YAPONESIA: Your Sound ~ NSC 129 NF

Then the number of points awarded to that song is given by 2(50 - p)[SUP]2[/SUP].[/B]

so boog = woog?

 

[berlyda]

Re: YAPONESIA: Your Sound ~ NSC 129 NF

so boog = woog?

Woog = woog, boog = woog, bwoog = boog A score of 0 or 100 gets 5000 points, while a score of 50 gets 0 points.

 

[takeru]

Re: YAPONESIA: Your Sound ~ NSC 129 NF

Yay, it's working!! Delighted with some interesting systems already I knew you guys wouldn't let me down though
Just to say btw, you do need to vote in order for your system to be included So I'm expecting yours before the deadline [MENTION=4464]SpZ[/MENTION]. [MENTION=4369]berlyda[/MENTION] and [MENTION=7308]Paper7[/MENTION] your votes are counted; thank you so much 1
Already some of these scores are going to be gigantic Remember every single system is used on every single set of votes, now with a range of 5000! But don't be afraid, I guess the scores will look just like televoting figures

One very important thing I forgot!!!:
If you have a tie in your scores, please break it. (tell me which one you would rank higher if you had to anyway)
Otherwise ordered systems won't work

 

[dogmeat]

Re: YAPONESIA: Your Sound ~ NSC 129 NF

Each song gets 1273 points, regardless of the score.

 

[takeru]

Re: YAPONESIA: Your Sound ~ NSC 129 NF

One hour til the deadline here!
I will accept things afterwards, although I would like to do results and stuff this evening before the actual 129 deadline.
Thanks so much to people who have participated so far

There are a few of you from whom I got scores but not systems, and vice versa.
So, a reminder (if you want to!)

Waiting for scores from:
Zombira [MENTION=4464]SpZ[/MENTION]
Rumia [MENTION=4630]dogmeat[/MENTION]

Waiting for systems from:
Il-Bidu [MENTION=12986]Romeo[/MENTION]
Illumia [MENTION=6519]Tinchey[/MENTION]

Oh, and here we go, let's reveal Yaponesia's system:
The percentage score from the poll and your scores will be added together.
If the total is more than 100, the score is doubled.
The final score will be reproportioned appropriately.
(I can reproportion all systems if you request it, like Paper's system has)

 

[Luki]

Re: YAPONESIA: Your Sound ~ NSC 129 NF

Every song gets -23 points for every artist of the same nationality that has been entered in the last 10 editions. ^^

 

[Romeo]

Re: YAPONESIA: Your Sound ~ NSC 129 NF

sorry I only just logged on

 

[SpZ]

Re: YAPONESIA: Your Sound ~ NSC 129 NF

meh, i planned to vote around now

 

[takeru]

Re: YAPONESIA: Your Sound ~ NSC 129 NF

The NF isn't closed yet! You can all vote/provide systems/spambump mah thread for a few hours or so ^^
New voters are welcome too

Btw, the full roster of participants so far:
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