Post by Electric Mami on May 17, 2024 22:00:14 GMT
Photo from her May 9, 2023 Instagram post
Full name: 若林萌 / Wakabayashi Moe
Stage name: moë
Birth date and place: Unknown date, in Japan
Years active: 2019-Present
Vocal range and voice type: D3 - G♯5 (2 octaves and 6 semitones) / Soprano From Mars
Stage name: moë
Birth date and place: Unknown date, in Japan
Years active: 2019-Present
Vocal range and voice type: D3 - G♯5 (2 octaves and 6 semitones) / Soprano From Mars
{Vocal Summary}
Quote mixing the Japanese (translated via DeepL) and English text from the description of her first EP’s trailer on YouTube:
Indie artist of dreamy and romantic city pop tunes, Moe is a fairly low placed soprano that has the brightness characteristic of her voice type while also having a rather wealthy and well controlled low register. Her voice could be described as somewhat cold and charming, with great diction and a nicely measured breathiness. She mainly relies on a light feathered vocal approach, but can also effortlessly switch to more dramatic and round sounding belts that hint her influences, AURORA in particular. Her falsetto is light and can be pretty piercing. She showcased a slightly rawer approach to her vocals on her more rock orientated Soundcloud demos. She seems to be really conscious, comfortable and playful with the contrasts of her voice that she has displayed so far, hinting that she’d easily be able of even more dynamics playing and range use. I’m personally excited of how she’s gonna evolve as both a composer and vocalist.
Moe Wakabayashi aka moë is a Japanese singer-songwriter and arranger based in Tokyo. She grew up influenced by a variety of artists, from Japanese bands such as JUDY AND MARY and L’arc～en～Ciel to Scandinavian artists AURORA and Björk, and started composing music at the age of 15 using computer softwares. Her free sound-making, which has its roots in the idea of “programming” without the need for a band or instruments, produces a unique worldview that is genre-less but somewhat out-of-this-world, so-called “bedroom pop”, which she describes as “a genre where the music is created without live performances in mind”. Moe explains that a world exists within herself that she created and drew in her sketchbooks as a child. With a voice that is both powerful and languid, and a world of beautiful poetry with delicate psychological descriptions, her music delivers a sense of immersion and comfort to the listener.
Indie artist of dreamy and romantic city pop tunes, Moe is a fairly low placed soprano that has the brightness characteristic of her voice type while also having a rather wealthy and well controlled low register. Her voice could be described as somewhat cold and charming, with great diction and a nicely measured breathiness. She mainly relies on a light feathered vocal approach, but can also effortlessly switch to more dramatic and round sounding belts that hint her influences, AURORA in particular. Her falsetto is light and can be pretty piercing. She showcased a slightly rawer approach to her vocals on her more rock orientated Soundcloud demos. She seems to be really conscious, comfortable and playful with the contrasts of her voice that she has displayed so far, hinting that she’d easily be able of even more dynamics playing and range use. I’m personally excited of how she’s gonna evolve as both a composer and vocalist.
Significant High Notes (110)
G♯5 (“Pilot Fish”, “Zeitaku”)
G5 (“Glass no Wakusei”, “Inu”, “Kiss Me In The Rain”, “Lonely”, “Occult”, “Sakusha”, “Shijima ga Kikoeru”, “Time Machine”)
F♯5 (“Letters From Mars”, “Pilot Fish”, “Star Gazer”, “Tochuu”)
F5 (“Glass no Wakusei”, “Kiss Me In The Rain”, “Shijima ga Kikoeru”, “Super Prism”, “Tochuu”, “What Was I Made For?”, “Zeitaku”)
E5 (“Chill × Cologne”, “Ditto”, “In Love With Love”, “Kimi no Kokoro ni Seisokushitai”, “Left On Earth”, “Letters From Mars”, “Lonely”, “Moon Child”, “Muse”, “Star Gazer”, “Super Prism”, “What Was I Made For?”)
E♭5 (“Chill × Manicure”, “Glass no Wakusei”, “Kiss Me In The Rain”, “Left On Earth”, “Lonely”, “Muse”, “Occult”, “Paper Moon”, “Pilot Fish”, “Sakusha”, “Sparkle”, “Tansuigyo”, “Tochuu”, “Tokoyo no Kuni”, “Zeitaku”, “Zone_1”)
D5 (“Blooming”, “Error404:Ghost Of Venus”, “Inu”, “Kamigakushi no Time Travel”, “Kimi no Kokoro ni Seisokushitai”, “Kiss Me In The Rain”, “Letters From Mars”, “Moon Child”, “No Disk”, “Occult”, “Shijima ga Kikoeru”, “Super Prism”, “What Was I Made For?”, “Winter × Cheeks”, “World’s End”)
C♯5 (“Blooming”, “Chill × Cologne”, “Chill × Manicure”, “Ditto”, “Error404:Ghost Of Venus”, “In Love With Love”, “Kimi no Kokoro ni Seisokushitai”, “Lonely”, “Norui”, “Paper Moon”, “Pilot Fish”, “Sparkle”, “Super Prism”, “Survive”, “Tochuu”, “Winter × Cheeks”, “Zeitaku”, “Zone_1”)
C5 (“Blooming”, “Chill × Surf”, “Glass no Wakusei”, “Kamigakushi no Time Travel”, “Kiss Me In The Rain”, “Letters From Mars”, “Moon Child”, “No Disk”, “Occult”, “Shijima ga Kikoeru”, “Time Machine”, “Tokoyo no Kuni”, “What Was I Made For?”, “World’s End”)
B4 (“Chill × Cologne”, “Error404:Ghost Of Venus”, “In Love With Love”, “Inu”, “Left On Earth”, “Letters From Mars”, “Muse”, “Norui”, “Pilot Fish”, “Star Gazer”, “Super Prism”, “Survive”, “Zeitaku”, “Zone_1”)
Significant Low Notes (65)
A3 (“Ditto”, “Glass no Wakusei”, “In Love With Love”, “Kamigakushi no Time Travel”, “Kimi no Kokoro ni Seisokushitai”, “Tochuu”, “Moon Child”, “No Disk”, “Norui”, “Occult”, “Shijima ga Kikoeru”, “Time Machine” Toy Box version, “What Was I Made For?”)
G♯3 (“Left On Earth”, “Lonely”, “My Love Mine All Mine”, “Paper Moon”, “Sakusha”, “Sparkle”, “Tansuigyo”, “Zeitaku”, “Zone_1”)
G3 (“Blooming”, “Chill × Cologne” Normal pitch, “Chill × Manicure”, “Error404:Ghost Of Venus”, “Glass no Wakusei”, “Kiss Me In The Rain”, “Letters From Mars”, “Occult”, “Survive”, “World’s End”)
F♯3 (“Chill × Cologne”, “Ditto”, “Error404:Ghost Of Venus”, “Inu”, “Kimi no Kokoro ni Seisokushitai”, “Left On Earth”, “Muse”, “My Love Mine All Mine”, “Occult”, “Pilot Fish” Toy Box version / Demo version, “Sakusha”, “Star Gazer”, “Tochuu”, “Zeitaku”, “Zone_1”)
F3 (“Glass no Wakusei”, “Kamigakushi no Time Travel”, “No Disk”, “Pilot Fish”, “Sparkle”, “What Was I Made For?”)
E3 (“Chill × Cologne”, “In Love With Love”, “Kimi no Kokoro ni Seisokushitai”, “Letters From Mars”, “My Love Mine All Mine”, “No Disk”, “Norui”, “Tochuu”)
E♭3 (“Pilot Fish” Toy Box version / Demo version, “World’s End”)
D3 (“Letters From Mars”, “Star Gazer”)
175 notes
G♯5 (“Pilot Fish”, “Zeitaku”)
G5 (“Glass no Wakusei”, “Inu”, “Kiss Me In The Rain”, “Lonely”, “Occult”, “Sakusha”, “Shijima ga Kikoeru”, “Time Machine”)
F♯5 (“Letters From Mars”, “Pilot Fish”, “Star Gazer”, “Tochuu”)
F5 (“Glass no Wakusei”, “Kiss Me In The Rain”, “Shijima ga Kikoeru”, “Super Prism”, “Tochuu”, “What Was I Made For?”, “Zeitaku”)
E5 (“Chill × Cologne”, “Ditto”, “In Love With Love”, “Kimi no Kokoro ni Seisokushitai”, “Left On Earth”, “Letters From Mars”, “Lonely”, “Moon Child”, “Muse”, “Star Gazer”, “Super Prism”, “What Was I Made For?”)
E♭5 (“Chill × Manicure”, “Glass no Wakusei”, “Kiss Me In The Rain”, “Left On Earth”, “Lonely”, “Muse”, “Occult”, “Paper Moon”, “Pilot Fish”, “Sakusha”, “Sparkle”, “Tansuigyo”, “Tochuu”, “Tokoyo no Kuni”, “Zeitaku”, “Zone_1”)
D5 (“Blooming”, “Error404:Ghost Of Venus”, “Inu”, “Kamigakushi no Time Travel”, “Kimi no Kokoro ni Seisokushitai”, “Kiss Me In The Rain”, “Letters From Mars”, “Moon Child”, “No Disk”, “Occult”, “Shijima ga Kikoeru”, “Super Prism”, “What Was I Made For?”, “Winter × Cheeks”, “World’s End”)
C♯5 (“Blooming”, “Chill × Cologne”, “Chill × Manicure”, “Ditto”, “Error404:Ghost Of Venus”, “In Love With Love”, “Kimi no Kokoro ni Seisokushitai”, “Lonely”, “Norui”, “Paper Moon”, “Pilot Fish”, “Sparkle”, “Super Prism”, “Survive”, “Tochuu”, “Winter × Cheeks”, “Zeitaku”, “Zone_1”)
C5 (“Blooming”, “Chill × Surf”, “Glass no Wakusei”, “Kamigakushi no Time Travel”, “Kiss Me In The Rain”, “Letters From Mars”, “Moon Child”, “No Disk”, “Occult”, “Shijima ga Kikoeru”, “Time Machine”, “Tokoyo no Kuni”, “What Was I Made For?”, “World’s End”)
B4 (“Chill × Cologne”, “Error404:Ghost Of Venus”, “In Love With Love”, “Inu”, “Left On Earth”, “Letters From Mars”, “Muse”, “Norui”, “Pilot Fish”, “Star Gazer”, “Super Prism”, “Survive”, “Zeitaku”, “Zone_1”)
Significant Low Notes (65)
A3 (“Ditto”, “Glass no Wakusei”, “In Love With Love”, “Kamigakushi no Time Travel”, “Kimi no Kokoro ni Seisokushitai”, “Tochuu”, “Moon Child”, “No Disk”, “Norui”, “Occult”, “Shijima ga Kikoeru”, “Time Machine” Toy Box version, “What Was I Made For?”)
G♯3 (“Left On Earth”, “Lonely”, “My Love Mine All Mine”, “Paper Moon”, “Sakusha”, “Sparkle”, “Tansuigyo”, “Zeitaku”, “Zone_1”)
G3 (“Blooming”, “Chill × Cologne” Normal pitch, “Chill × Manicure”, “Error404:Ghost Of Venus”, “Glass no Wakusei”, “Kiss Me In The Rain”, “Letters From Mars”, “Occult”, “Survive”, “World’s End”)
F♯3 (“Chill × Cologne”, “Ditto”, “Error404:Ghost Of Venus”, “Inu”, “Kimi no Kokoro ni Seisokushitai”, “Left On Earth”, “Muse”, “My Love Mine All Mine”, “Occult”, “Pilot Fish” Toy Box version / Demo version, “Sakusha”, “Star Gazer”, “Tochuu”, “Zeitaku”, “Zone_1”)
F3 (“Glass no Wakusei”, “Kamigakushi no Time Travel”, “No Disk”, “Pilot Fish”, “Sparkle”, “What Was I Made For?”)
E3 (“Chill × Cologne”, “In Love With Love”, “Kimi no Kokoro ni Seisokushitai”, “Letters From Mars”, “My Love Mine All Mine”, “No Disk”, “Norui”, “Tochuu”)
E♭3 (“Pilot Fish” Toy Box version / Demo version, “World’s End”)
D3 (“Letters From Mars”, “Star Gazer”)
175 notes
{Albums Ranges}
2020/xx/xx - new songs (Soundcloud playlist of demos): E♭3 - F5 - G♯5 (The “Zeitaku” G♯5 is less buried in the demo version)
2023/03/10 - ToyBox: E♭3 - F5 - G5 - G♯5
2024/04/28 - OCCULT: D3 - E3 - F♯5 - G5
2023/03/10 - ToyBox: E♭3 - F5 - G5 - G♯5
2024/04/28 - OCCULT: D3 - E3 - F♯5 - G5
Black marks chest, head voice, and mix notes.
Blue marks falsetto notes.
Underlines mark backing vocal notes and notes obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic and intentional spoken notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person’s vocal capabilities.
Blue marks falsetto notes.
Underlines mark backing vocal notes and notes obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic and intentional spoken notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person’s vocal capabilities.