Post by BassSquared on Mar 29, 2020 7:06:40 GMT
Cassandra Wei
Years Active: 2011 - present
Associated Acts: Mili (2012 - present), AWAAWA (2023 - present)
Vocal Range: C♯3 - C6
{Vocal Summary}
A Canadian singer and songwriter best known as the vocalist for genre-blending Japanese group Mili, Cassie "Momocashew" Wei's unique voice has played a major part in the band's cult popularity. A naturally high-placed singer, her main vocal mode (particularly in their early material) adopts a very light tone that tends to walk the line between angelic and cloying. However, she is also capable of changing things up in this high range when it suits her, having developed a solid belting register and a surprisingly decent operatic vibrato in recent years. Her lower register is also relatively well-used for a soprano, with most songs making it down to the mid-third octave at least, and she often layers it with her higher vocals to create everything from subtle backing harmonies to one-woman duets and choirs. Combine that with her ability to sing in five languages (English, Japanese, Chinese, French, and a Latin-inspired conlang of her own devising) and her penchant for whimsical yet dark lyrics, and you have a vocalist whose quirks fit perfectly into Mili's idiosyncratic style.
Written by BassSquared.
A Canadian singer and songwriter best known as the vocalist for genre-blending Japanese group Mili, Cassie "Momocashew" Wei's unique voice has played a major part in the band's cult popularity. A naturally high-placed singer, her main vocal mode (particularly in their early material) adopts a very light tone that tends to walk the line between angelic and cloying. However, she is also capable of changing things up in this high range when it suits her, having developed a solid belting register and a surprisingly decent operatic vibrato in recent years. Her lower register is also relatively well-used for a soprano, with most songs making it down to the mid-third octave at least, and she often layers it with her higher vocals to create everything from subtle backing harmonies to one-woman duets and choirs. Combine that with her ability to sing in five languages (English, Japanese, Chinese, French, and a Latin-inspired conlang of her own devising) and her penchant for whimsical yet dark lyrics, and you have a vocalist whose quirks fit perfectly into Mili's idiosyncratic style.
Written by BassSquared.
{Album Ranges}Mag Mell (2014): E3 - G♯5
Miracle Milk (2016): E3 - A5
Millennium Mother (2018): E3 - G♯5
To Kill a Living Book (2021): E3 - G5
Miracle Milk (2016): E3 - A5
Millennium Mother (2018): E3 - G♯5
To Kill a Living Book (2021): E3 - G5
Significant High Notes:
C6 ("Mortal With You")
B5 ("Doemu")
B♭5 ("Sustain++")
A5 ("Between Two Worlds", "Entertainment", "Utopiosphere -Platonism-")
G♯5 ("Chou to Hana to Kumo", "Compass", "In Hell We Live, Lament", "Sacramentum (Unaccompanied Hymn for Torino)", "Skin-Deep Comedy", "Sustain++", "Though Our Paths May Diverge", "Vitamins")
G5 ("Between Two Worlds", "Mob Mentality", "Petrolea", "Red Dahlia", "Sacramentum (Unaccompanied Hymn for Torino)", "Static", "String Theocracy", "Utopiosphere", "Vitamins", "War of Shame", "Witch's Invitation")
F♯5 ("Bathtub Mermaid", "Dandelion Girls, Dandelion Boys", "Doemu", "Milk", "Mushrooms", "My Creator", "Nine Point Eight", "Sideshow Duckling", "Space Colony", "Though Our Paths May Diverge", "Through Patches of Violet", "Tokyo Neon", "Utopiosphere", "Within")
F5 ("Between Two Worlds", "Bulbel", "Compass", "Cry of Pluto (Main Theme)", "Duetting Solo", "Entertainment", "From a Place of Love", "Phantomcat of Meowloween", "Rosetta", "Sacramentum (Unaccompanied Hymn for Torino)", "Static", "Sustain++", "Victim", "Witch's Invitation")
E5 ("Bathtub Mermaid", "Bento Box Bivouac", "Colorful", "Dancing Ghost's Ball-Jointed Darling", "Entertainment", "Excalibur", "Extension of You", "Flowerworks", "Ga1ahad and Scientific Witchery", "Gertrauda", "Iron Lotus", "Isshun Furan", "It's a Wonderful World", "Kagaribito", "Mortal With You", "Ocean Bby", "Poems of a Machine", "PonPonPon", "Rightfully", "Sideshow Duckling", "Space Colony", "Summoning 101", "Though Our Paths May Diverge", "Through Patches of Violet", "Ton Ton Mae", "Unidentified Flavourful Object", "Utopiosphere")
E♭5 ("Bathtub Mermaid", "Birthday Kid", "Bulbel", "Cast Me a Spell", "Chase the Light", "Chou to Hana to Kumo", "Colorful", "Cry of Pluto (Main Theme)", "Dancer in the Dark", "Doemu", "Gertrauda", "Give Me Rice", "Imagined Flight", "In Hell We Live, Lament", "Meatball Submarine", "Milk", "Paper Bouquet", "Red Dahlia", "Rosetta", "Rubber Human", "Salt, Pepper, Birds, and the Thought Police", "Sleep Talk Metropolis", "Sloth", "String Theocracy", "Through Patches of Violet", "Victim", "What Robots Need", "Witch's Invitation")
D5 ("Ame to Taieki to Nioi", "Chocological", "Dancing Ghost's Ball-Jointed Darling", "Dandelion Girls, Dandelion Boys", "Extension of You", "Flowerworks", "Fossil", "Imagined Flight", "Iron Lotus", "Kimi to Mata, Aeru Hi Made", "Mirror Mirror", "Mob Mentality", "Mushrooms", "Nenten", "Nine Point Eight", "Origin", "Phantomcat of Meowloween", "Salt, Pepper, Birds, and the Thought Police", "Sideshow Duckling", "Static", "String Theocracy", "Summoning 101", "A Turtle's Heart", "Unidentified Flavourful Object", "Vitamins", "War of Shame", "World.execute(me)", "World.search(you)", "Yubikiri-Genman")
C♯5 ("Birthday Kid", "Boys in Kaleidosphere", "Cerebrite", "Excalibur", "Flowerworks", "Fly, My Wings", "Gertrauda", "Gone Angel", "Isshun Furan", "Ikutoshitsuki", "Kagaribito", "Komm Süsser Tod", "My Creator", "Ocean Bby", "Past the Stargazing Season", "Poems of a Machine", "Skin-Deep Comedy", "Sleep Talk Metropolis", "Soil", "Tokyo Neon", "With a Billion Worldful of <3", "Within")
C5 ("Ame to Taieki to Nioi", "And Then Is Heard No More", "Cast Me a Spell", "Chase the Light", "Colorful", "Dancer in the Dark", "Duetting Solo", "Ender Lilies Main Theme", "Fossil", "From a Place of Love", "Fushicho (Le Papillon Immortel)", "Ga1ahad and Scientific Witchery", "Give Me Rice", "Gunners in the Rain", "Imagined Flight", "Kimi to Mata, Aeru Hi Made", "Komm Süsser Tod", "Mitsubachi", "Mob Mentality", "Mushrooms", "Paper Bouquet", "Salt, Pepper, Birds, and the Thought Police", "Sl0t", "Sloth", "What Robots Need", "World.search(you)", "Yubikiri-Genman")
B4 ("Camelia", "Chocological", "DK", "Every Other Ghost", "Excalibur", "Hide Utopia", "Ikutoshitsuki", "Isshun Furan", "Mirror Mirror", "Nenten", "Opium", "Origin", "Painful Death for the Lactose Intolerant", "Past the Stargazing Season", "Petrolea", "PonPonPon", "RTRT", "Shitty Flowers", "Still Alive", "Though Our Paths May Diverge", "Ton Ton Mae", "A Turtle's Heart")
Significant Low Notes:
B♭3 ("Birthday Kid", "Cast Me a Spell", "Every Other Ghost", "Fly, My Wings", "Gunners in the Rain", "Harmonious", "Hide Utopia", "Komm Süsser Tod", "Mother", "Mushrooms", "Ocean Bby", "Opium", "Red Dahlia", "Sleep Talk Metropolis", "Static", "Vitamins", "War of Shame")
A3 ("Bento Box Bivouac", "Chocological", "Entertainment", "Excalibur", "Extension of You", "Fossil", "From a Place of Love", "Fushicho (Le Papillon Immortel)", "Gone Angel", "Mortal With You", "Nenten", "Nine Point Eight", "Origin", "Space Colony", "Still Alive", "String Theocracy", "A Turtle's Heart", "Utopiosphere", "War of Shame", "World.execute(me)", "World.search(you)")
G♯3 ("Ame to Taieki to Nioi", "Bathtub Mermaid", "Bulbel", "Camelia", "Cerebrite", "Every Other Ghost", "Flowerworks", "Fly, My Wings", "Hide Utopia", "Isshun Furan", "Ikutoshitsuki", "In Hell We Live, Lament", "It's a Wonderful World", "Komm Süsser Tod", "Milk", "Mushrooms", "My Creator", "Phantomcat of Meowloween", "Rubber Human", "Sacramentum (Unaccompanied Hymn for Torino)", "Skin-Deep Comedy", "Soil", "Victim", "What Robots Need", "With a Billion Worldful of <3")
G3 ("Bento Box Bivouac", "Birthday Kid", "Children of the City", "Cry of Pluto (Main Theme)", "DK", "Ender Lilies Main Theme", "Extension of You", "Fossil", "From a Place of Love", "Ga1ahad and Scientific Witchery", "Gunners in the Rain", "Harmonious", "Imagined Flight", "Let the Maggots Sing", "Mitsubachi", "Mob Mentality", "Paper Bouquet", "Petrolea", "Red Dahlia", "Rosetta", "RTRT", "Salt, Pepper, Birds, and the Thought Police", "Sloth", "Static", "String Theocracy", "Summoning 101", "Sustain++", "Through Patches of Violet", "Unidentified Flavourful Object", "Utopiosphere", "Witch's Invitation", "World.execute(me)" Key Ingredient ver.)
F♯3 ("Bathtub Mermaid", "Boys in Kaleidosphere", "Camelia", "Chou to Hana to Kumo", "Dancing Ghost's Ball-Jointed Darling", "Dandelion Girls, Dandelion Boys", "DK", "Doemu", "Flowerworks", "Gertrauda", "Gone Angel", "In Hell We Live, Lament", "Iron Lotus", "Lemonade", "Meatball Submarine", "Milk", "My Creator", "Nenten", "Ocean Bby", "Painful Death for the Lactose Intolerant", "Poems of a Machine", "Rightfully", "Rosetta", "RTRT", "Rubber Human", "Soil", "Space Colony", "Though Our Paths May Diverge", "Witch's Invitation", "With a Billion Worldful of <3", "Within")
F3 ("And Then Is Heard No More", "Between Two Worlds", "Bulbel", "Cerebrite", "Children of the City", "Cry of Pluto (Main Theme)", "Duetting Solo", "Fushicho (Le Papillon Immortel)", "Ga1ahad and Scientific Witchery", "Gertrauda", "Give Me Rice", "Imagined Flight", "Meatball Submarine", "Paper Bouquet", "Sacramentum (Unaccompanied Hymn for Torino)", "Sideshow Duckling", "Sleep Talk Metropolis", "Sloth", "Sustain++", "What Robots Need")
E3 ("Boys in Kaleidosphere", "Chou to Hana to Kumo", "Compass", "Dandelion Girls, Dandelion Boys", "Extension of You", "Fossil", "Iron Lotus", "It's a Wonderful World", "Let the Maggots Sing", "Mob Mentality", "Mortal With You", "Petrolea", "Phantomcat of Meowloween", "Rightfully", "Skin-Deep Comedy", "Sl0t", "Ton Ton Mae", "Yubikiri-Genman")
E♭3 ("Between Two Worlds", "Compass", "Mother", "My Creator", "Through Patches of Violet", "Tokyo Neon" Key Ingredient ver.)
C♯3 ("Through Patches of Violet", "Within")
{Questionable Notes}
B♭5 "Give Me Rice" [1]
G♯5 "Mushrooms" [2]
G5 "Chou to Hana to Kumo" [2]
F♯3 "Chocological" [1]
D3 "Sustain++" [4], "World.execute(me)" [4]
A2 "Entertainment" [4]
G2 "Between Two Worlds" [4]
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
B♭5 "Give Me Rice" [1]
G♯5 "Mushrooms" [2]
G5 "Chou to Hana to Kumo" [2]
F♯3 "Chocological" [1]
D3 "Sustain++" [4], "World.execute(me)" [4]
A2 "Entertainment" [4]
G2 "Between Two Worlds" [4]
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
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Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.