![]() 2 more instrumental albums were released later on, but it was not until late 2002 when her first original vocal album Yuragu Sora (ユラグソラ) was released, and that was the starting point where Shimotsuki defined her own style of rich fantasy traditional and ethnic music. ![]() Her first doujin album Ciel Etoile, was a re-arrangement of some tracks from Air. ![]() Shimotsuki Haruka started her career in 2001 as a doujin artist under the circle named Maple Leaf. Lip-Aura ~Sono Te ga Katadoru Sekai~ (~その手が象る世界~).Kiri no Mukou ni Tsunagaru Sekai (霧の向こうに繋がる世界).The music is generally very rich instrument-wise, and it ranges from mysterious/secret themes to happy, quick beat tunes. Shimotsuki composes, writes the lyrics and sings for most of her doujin work (although she doesn’t always arrange them). ![]() It was her doujin work that caught my attention initially and it slowly grew on me, and before long, I became a fan of it. For the first category, her work revolves around game theme songs, mostly composed by other people, they are generally j-pop and usually aren’t too special. In general, Shimotsuki’s music can be separated into 2 main categories – her more pop’ish commercial side and her fantasy-rich doujin compositions.
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