I heard 'Dark Nights' on the radio tonight!! Sounded great :D

I heard 'Dark Nights' on the radio tonight!! Sounded great :D

Ooh yea. It immediately stood out as something very radio friendly :P

 

Change of plan after the last few hypes for the rave entry, I won't be entering it this month... I'll put it up as a potential for BJSC100 tho as I just realised some *might* not like the vocals too it, its more about the instrumental for me so I'll test it next month to see if you guys react well to the vocals or not, or if it's a little risky at the this stage in the contests history!

Since I don't want anything to scupper my chances of doing well lol.

 

Hope ur ready for a enigma sounding track tho *.*

For the 99th contest and our 22nd non consecutive entry we are sending the STUNNING 'Ameno' by ERA. This is very enigma esque with beautiful vocals and nice little dance beat to go with it similar to Enigma or any of that type of music back in those times. Controversially we did just become aware that this had already get sent to another contest elsewhere on the site (Unknown Pleasures) and earlier this year which I wouldn't have predicted, usually we do check everywhere just in case for our entries but this month was a clear slip up as I've been so distracted that I forgot to check Nuggets or UP lmao. Hopefully this won't interfere with it doing well here :kink:

 

 

 

also whilst we're at it, this is another one of theirs which I also considered, just as nice!

 

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I know this song but only the Ferhat Sonsoz remix. I expect I'll still like this version though!

Was shocked to see this here! I've known the song for years (it was a hit in Europe) and it's among my favourite UP entries of recent times so the hype is mutual this time around :D

Thrilled to announce that we qualified with the utter beaut that is Ameno. I know there was a bit of 'groans' about it being entered after it was sent to UP a few months prior, potentially resulting in some snubbing pointing it again as a result. In my defence it wasn't like I expected that track to be sent to something like that (would have expected it to have been sent to the main contest straight away, anyhow apologies again for not checking those areas this month x) on the plus side for anyone who heard this for the first time and like it thank you for your points and sending us to the final :cheer:

 

ERA to slay <3

I'm glad this has been sent here as well tbh, it's a glorious song that deserves the exposure to those who didn't already know it via UP. x

I'm glad this has been sent here as well tbh, it's a glorious song that deserves the exposure to those who didn't already know it via UP. x

I was talking to Rich about that and he basically had the same point & hence it shouldn't matter too much whether it could potentially be a slip up letting it through as it's a discovery for people who don't venture in UP lol.

Just a shame I didn't send it first tbh xx #latetotheparty

 

Thanks to everyone for pointing Ameno, we noticed their was a few snubs due to UP but thankfully it didn't harm us THAT badly in the end as we managed to just about secure out first 20-11 result coming in 19th! We're pleased with that even if did sound like something that could've finished a bit higher. Nothing to bother about though as it's still a medium sized hit!

 

Thank you to Tartford, Jadakissnia, FSR Rontvia, Persephonia, Espen, St Burbia, Botanikka, South Danaelanda, Beaverdonia, Yehesi among others (forgotten already :') )but a massive THANK YOU to Deandria & Dobago for awarding us their 18 points *.* (former nearly got a points swap *. )

 

Now we move onto the 100th contest and after being set on my two entries I've now go unsure about one and that was the *rave* one. I've got a couple other tracks I could send. Shall I post potentials since it may be better to get a better reflection instead of sending something that could be fatal for us on this penultimate contest?

Summericia continue to kill it for me in 2017 as 'Ameno' is gorgeous, it would've been my 12 if I had voted in semi 1 but it then got overtaken by a couple of songs in the final. I am yet to debut in Unknown Pleasures so I was not exposed to it through that, instead I just heard it on plug.dj once agggges ago and loved it, so thanks for reintroducing it to me! Top 20 is a pretty good result for it.

This was an amazing entry :wub: when that beat comes in it just goes to another level. Safe to say I definitely prefer this to the remix I mentioned previously in here. This now overtakes Show Your Colors as my fave Summericia entry to date!

Summericia continue to kill it for me in 2017 as 'Ameno' is gorgeous, it would've been my 12 if I had voted in semi 1 but it then got overtaken by a couple of songs in the final. I am yet to debut in Unknown Pleasures so I was not exposed to it through that, instead I just heard it on plug.dj once agggges ago and loved it, so thanks for reintroducing it to me! Top 20 is a pretty good result for it.

Well I'm glad I helped you make another essential Summericia entry!! Thanks Jadey!

 

This was an amazing entry :wub: when that beat comes in it just goes to another level. Safe to say I definitely prefer this to the remix I mentioned previously in here. This now overtakes Show Your Colors as my fave Summericia entry to date!

OMG that's excellent to hear *.* I can't recall what remix your referring to?

 

Thanks for the 18 again!

It was the Ferhat Sonsoz remix I already knew prior to the contest which is decent but not a patch on the version you entered.

 

You're welcome :D

 

BJSC 100 (unless I change later) ;o

 

 

#100 Phantom of the Opera meets Beauty and the Beast!!!

 

Welcome to our representative for the hundredth BJSC... Dark Sarah & JP - Dance With the Dragon!

 

Ok so since Illusion was originally saved for this particular contest and was decided by myself to enter earlier due to having nothing else I felt confident with at the time (still dnqing regardless) & a year on from Symphonic Metal entry Alga by Ignea which rewarded us 24th place, we ended up going back to the Metal genre (wasn't intending too x). This time we swap Symphonic for Cinematic instead... A very unusual pairing these two singers. JP's voice hopefully won't put people off much as it's almost comical until the chorus but when he and Sarah really go for it big in the chorus, it goes OFF. incredibly powerful, orchestrated video perfect for a blockbuster movie especially not too unfamiliar from the Beauty and the Beast film that came out this year and was absolutely brilliant in itself.

 

We hope this impresses you, I'd like to remain hopeful of our chance but we can't garuntee whether it'll q as the chances are that much tougher what with a massive batch of songs for this milestone of a contest!

 

(I'll link video in morn~)

here's the rather bonkers and unusual yet excellent video <3

 

Another fantastic entry! One of the clear Semi standouts.

Another fantastic entry! One of the clear Semi standouts.

Thanks Dobbo, seems like I'm on quite the roll with impressing you lately haha!

Dark Sarah will get retribution in my EOY personal chart X Thanks for voting it but I'm afraid it wasn't anywhere near to qualifying unsurprisingly. Just too damn good of a semi!

 

So we finish of our impressive year with a DNQ which brings that tally up to 4 (less than last year)

 

With Rejects coming soon we have 4 tracks needing your help!!

 

Prince Rama - Fantasy

VNV Nation - Illusion

Dorothy - Dark Nights

& Dance With the Dragon of course.

 

A very decent batch of Songs that missed out this time!

 

Gutting :( by a long shot my fave track of Semi 1. And yes to your earlier comment that's 3 of your past 4 entries I've absolutely loved :D