Traktion 2a5766

Facebook, Soundcloud, YouTube
A DnB artist who produces very uplifting, dynamic music ; many of his bangers have been mapped into osu! classics : Gid V to name a few

Nhato 681b2n

Twitter, Soundcloud, YouTube
An electro artist, he often makes trance or remixes of other electro songs, and he's extremely talented ! He's featured in a lot of maps in osu! : Beyond The Seven...

Muzzy/MUZZ 6kqp

Facebook, Spotify, YouTube
An other DnB artist with a lot of epic tracks under his belt, the length and diversity within his songs are good material for very balanced maps imo, can probably make nice TBs in tournaments. Some ranked maps of his songs include Lost Forever

Rigël Theatre 41z7

Facebook, Bandcamp, Website
A very creative group, they make a lot of folkloric songs, their music is very vibrant and colorful, it really makes you travel ! Some maps of their songs : Lurie

Jordi "happy30" van der Hulst 4j5p1d

YouTube
Spotify
Twitter
Website



Happy30's been around forever and has even ranked some of his own songs and would be an awesome Featured Artist

A good Featured artist for osu! (in my opinion) would be:

Kikuo! (きくお) 3e5l4

Website: https://kikuo.jp/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kikuo_sound/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kikuo_sound
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com//kikkudas
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5FhcqamaRFfpZb4VHV47fu
Bandcamp: https://kikuo.bandcamp.com/
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/kikuosound
: [email protected]

I think Kikuo (きくお) would be a good Featured Artist to add because their songs are great and sometimes with dark/bizarre lyrics, but that makes the songs more interesting! These are my favourite Kikuo (きくお) songs:

カラカラカラのカラ (Kara Kara Kara no Kara)
愛して愛して愛して (Aishite Aishite Aishite)
しかばねの踊り (Shikabane no Odori)
君はできない子 (Kimi wa dekinai ko)
ごめんね ごめんね (Gomenne Gomenne)

Kikuo (きくお) is a freelance music producer from the Kanagawa prefecture (神奈川県). He is a composer, arranger, lyricist, mixing and mastering engineer. His style of work is DTM-based
KikuoHana (きくおはな) and Dreaming Technology (テクノロジーに夢乗せて) produced songs are useless, they are not from Kikuo (きくお).

sxnshine2020 wrote: 46145i

A good Featured artist for osu! (in my opinion) would be:

Kikuo! (きくお) 3e5l4

kick-u-on to the floor /j

Yooh 4l1p6m

One of the best artists i've ever heard, makes a lot of trance and hardcore music and its already known here from various songs as Seraphim mapped by Realazy and a lot more of songs

Soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/yooh-space
Twitter
https://twitter.com/Yooh_st5

I think this would a pretty amazing inclution to the game

If ever I start posing, I wouldn't mind becoming a featured artist. I was a rapper for a few years, using nothing but GarageBand to produce. Most likely, though, you'll have to find my stuff on Audius (Open-Source SoundCloud), since I'm an Open-Source, decentralized guy.

Kinda bored rn so imma suggest some more artists to be featured while im at it

Artist Suggestion: garlagan (He got in!)

An experimental artist known for their unique discography of electronic synth-pop and metal genre songs along with a unique style of vocals and unusual rhythms that appear in some of their songs. Although very recent to the Osu! scene with only one ranked map as of now (being Phob's Taiko Set of PPaper PPlanes), they are an artist known in the Geometry Dash community for their songs being used in a bunch of community-made levels and such. On his own, I think Garlagan would be fitting in the Featured Artist library for when it comes to adding song variety into the scene as their style is varied by default. Not only that, but they are also an artist and create animated music videos for their songs (along with promotional artworks)!

Check him out on his socials!

Twitter: https://twitter.com/garlagan
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com//garlagan
Website: https://garlagan.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1IQmQ5WV5S945Mj8t5aS3U
Bandcamp: https://garlagan.bandcamp.com
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/garlagan
Newgrounds: https://garlagan.newgrounds.com/

Wintergatan

Only coming into the internet spotlight about 5 years ago through a neat instrument called the Marble Machine which brought almost 190~ million views on YouTube. Wintergatan has always had this really unique choice of instruments (Melodica, Vibraphone, Slide Projector, Theremin, etc.) and a really nice catchy melody in all of their songs (specifically their album of the same name released back in 2013) even before becoming super popular (at that time).

I personally think that more folk electronica deserves to be mapped and noticed by more players, especially this specific band. Their songs are very simple yet extremely catchy and upbeat (most of the time; referring really to Starmachine2000 which presents a very promising potential of being incorporated into a fun and engaging map.

sadly no ranked maps yet

Links
Official Website (more links are available here)
Twitter
Bandcamp

sisig wrote: b4q50

Wintergatan

Only coming into the internet spotlight about 5 years ago through a neat instrument called the Marble Machine which brought almost 190~ million views on YouTube. Wintergatan has always had this really unique choice of instruments (Melodica, Vibraphone, Slide Projector, Theremin, etc.) and a really nice catchy melody in all of their songs (specifically their album of the same name released back in 2013) even before becoming super popular (at that time).

I personally think that more folk electronica deserves to be mapped and noticed by more players, especially this specific band. Their songs are very simple yet extremely catchy and upbeat (most of the time; referring really to Starmachine2000 which presents a very promising potential of being incorporated into a fun and engaging map.

sadly no ranked maps yet

Links
Official Website (more links are available here)
Twitter
Bandcamp

Wintergatan would also be good.

Yasuhiro Taguchi

Those who mapped his songs know him by aliases such as TAG and SUPER STAR -MITSURU-, he left KONAMI after a 15 year run with the company.

Now he is a freelancer, seeing original works made for this game could be refreshing.

Twitter
https://twitter.com/tag_underground

Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWWWLB-9fRCqgrMpl_Xtlqw

Niconico:
https://www.nicovideo.jp//120784997

The Prodigy

Actually there some very old ranked map of them, but they continue to release bang songs with rythms

Twitter:
https://twitter.com/the_prodigy/with_replies

Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7IZbkKDd20v6Ni_vFX63rQ

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4k1ELeJKT1ISyDv8JivPpB?si=TQxZ-eRFTQWwl6gORgfsAg

SoLush

1. SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/iamsolush
2. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2TMjtNAr3QJ-oC41NJalSA
3. Bandcamp: https://solush.bandcamp.com/
4. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4warakaREUb68wqw3suiaw

Mainly does future bass, electropop, and kawaii EDM stuff. Would be a nice, decently distinct addition to the FA library.

Also new song/album suggestions for existing FAs:

1. DUAL ALTER WORLD's WORLD DISTONATION (crossfade)
2. Aitsuki Nakuru & Sennzai's soleil de minuit (crossfade)
3. Sennzai's RedemptioN (crossfade)
4. Aitsuki Nakuru's Transpain (crossfade)
5. Natsume Itsuki's HAPPY ENFORCER (crossfade)
6. Natsume Itsuki & Aitsuki Nakuru's Eufolie (crossfade)
7. BlackY & Risa Yuzuki's Imitator (crossfade)
8. La priere's post-Galaxy Triangle songs (YT playlist; "Flyby Anomaly" and above)

Emma Essex 1v6d2n

aka Renard, The Quick Brown Fox and many other aliases

"Halley Labs / Lapfox Trax is a one-person record label by Emma Essex. She publishes a large amount of electronic music under the label, using various aliases as visual representation. Each alias produces a different genre of electronic music."
- From Halley Labs Wiki

Emma's work is popular within the osu! community since 2010. And because of that I firmly believe that most of the regular osu! players know about a map labeled as one of her aliases.

I think Emma Essex is a great artist that has tons of tracks that could become awesome maps to play. A lot of them are still to be explored and to be added to the collection of already ranked mapsets. And by making her a featured artist, the mapping process can become faster and her work can be known to even more people!
(and there is the fact that there are tons of people that don't know that TQBF and Renard have the same person behind it)

Mostly of the songs can be found on the Youtube channel.

Also, more info can be found on the Halley Labs Wiki.

For and any other info, there is her website.

me again

Artist suggestion: Synthion

An american future bass artist, DJ, vocalist and 'Vtuber' hailing from South Korea with a discography featuring an "energetic but emotional" tone in them to express a cross-section between dance music and anime soundtracks. In earlier years, she was classically trained and had started producing music at the age of 13 before making her debut in late 2017 with her E.P, "Stardust" while making a name for her unique blending of UK Hardcore and modern Future Bass, otherwise known as her signature "Love-core" sound. Since then, she has gained recognition from various circles (MEGAREX, AX Dance, etc) and from people of the likes of Hyper Potions, MYLK and even Porter Robinson. Although not too known in the Osu! community, she does have a few ranked maps of her songs and has even made appearances on other Featured Artist listings (With True) — having those in mind, why not feature her independently? I think her other songs would make for some great and creative maps across each gamemode!

Check her out on her socials!

Twitter: http://twitter.com/synthionmusic/
Youtube: http://youtube.com/synthion/
Website: https://synthion.space/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4YqfXU53VVYBunSuvrDZYO?si=eET7ECdVQTyzvZHBg_9Gbw/
Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/synthion/

Memme

Memme is an artist from South Korea who lives in a city called Seognam
Memme has also become a featured artist of several games such as PUMP IT UP, O2Jam, Musync

As an artist who often makes instrumental songs, Memme sometimes also likes to remix or rearrange a song and make it his original work, for example, Avalanche which is the result of a remix of Antonio Vivaldi - Winter.
Memme also likes to compose songs with the theme of typical Chinese songs such as Chinese Restaurant and Tantanmen.

Memme are also well known in osu,starting with the appearance of the map ranked song
BSPower Explosion in 2012
Memme are gaining popularity on osu,until the latest ranked memme song
Tantanmen in 2021

Twitter
https://twitter.com/memmeP

Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/parkmemme/

Soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/parkmemme

Alaska Belle

She mainly produces electronic and hyperpop, and her work is really unique, especially with the vocal style portrayed in the music ^^

Some of her cool works include HYPERcore (GUMDROP EP) and Center of Attention (Disenchant Me EP).

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWg6ghzjYmLnITePiW9inHw
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/AlaskaBelle
Her website: https://belle.cafe
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlaskaBelle_
Facebook: https://fb.me/AlaskaBelleFM

RIOT 5p1e65

The main reason, why they should be added is because there really is a lack of such a genre of music as they do, heavy dubstep, they also make most of their songs in low bpm, which is also not so common and this can give more variety in mapping, and the last is that their songs are already quite common in the game, like as Overkill, Battle Sirens (RIOT Remix) and my two maps Jungle Fury and The Mob so it would be right to add them to

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/WEARERIOT/videos

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groupRIOT

SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/weareriot

Twitter: https://twitter.com/RlOTmusic

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/riotmusic/

yeule
bandcamp

yeule's music can be compared to the likes of porter robinson, madeon, miraie, & shawn wasabi in of style, and - this is a bit outlandish, but - sewerslvt in of aesthetics when it comes to the whole "very online" feeling, despite being completely differnet genres.

yeule's music is described as synthwave, chillwave, bedroom pop, and indie. their music is influemced heavily by gaming and online culture. most dreampop is usually for laying in bed and whatnot, but yeule's music typically feels made for sititng at a computer late at night, alone with your thoughts, perhaps playing osu.

a good example of this would be their release serotonin ii
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Look Vibrant

bandcamp

Look Vibrant has a very unique style when it comes to alternative music. The melody is somewhere similar to Cavetown in of how the vocals are used. I'm not really that knowledgeable when it comes to explaining music >w< but hopefully you will consider this nonetheless. There have already been a few songs ranked, as well as some great maps in pending!

Thanks for your time!

Two electronic music producers that I believe would be a good addition to the FAs:


Justin Hawkes
(formerly known as Flite)
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/justinhawkes

A Drum and Bass artist hailing from the United States, Justin Hawkes works over a diverse range of DnB subgenres, ranging from the gritty:
The Underground
Break The Loop
to the soulful and deep:
Dive
Progression
Tragedy, Humanity
not excluding some vocal works:
Colorless
Blue Spark
I Won't Follow

With a wide variety of tracks that yet possess a unique style, and having featured on larger record labels such as Liquicity and UKF, Justin Hawkes is a must-needed addition to the Drum and Bass scene of osu!, especially given the recent influx of Liquicity-based DnB featured artists.


Au5
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/au5

With a number of tracks already featured in ranked osu! beatmaps, Au5 should require little introduction. Of the ranked beatmaps include:
Divinorum

Au5’s sonic design is nothing short of genius, presenting a cerebral auditory experience that is ideal for beatmaps with highly immersive gameplay. Encoming a wide array of electronic music genres, and having a considerable collection of already-ranked beatmaps, Au5’s music makes him a strong addition to osu!’s list of featured artists.

about time i suggest more people at once


Artist suggestion: Haywyre (He got in!)

A "Grammy nominated" american electronic producer inspired by artists from the likes of KOAN Sound, Herbie Hancock, Noisia and Flying Lotus while influenced by lesser known prodigies such as 19th century Russian composer / pianist 'Sergei Rachmaninoff' alongside having from household artists such as Zedd, Mat Zo, Gramatik and GRiZ. Since his debut in 2009 with ing ambient hip-hop style tracks onto Newgrounds, Haywyre would later make a name for himself in 2014 with his highly acclaimed album; "Two Fold Pt. 1" originally released on the known Electronic music label "Monstercat" while also releasing a remix of Micheal Jackson's "Smooth Criminal", which became viral within release while it succeeded in astounding music critics across the board. In Osu!, his popularity mainly comes from a loved Osu!Standard map of his song "Insight" which was first recognised for its intense spaced 1/4th snap "Jump patterning" at 140 BPM — aside from these, Haywyre is an artist that I believe would fit well into the Featured Artist roster especially with the songs he could bring in for variety, as some of them would fit well as Osu! maps under any gamemode.

Check out 'Haywyre'!

Website: https://www.haywyremusic.com/about/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/haywyremusic
SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/haywyre
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com//HaywyreMusicTV
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7aUSp5cOZlwEtd5zPC795k?si=o0h8ut20QJWczdwtwtrFFA



Artist suggestion: Hakushi Hasegawa (長谷川白紙)

Hailing from Japan, Hakushi Hasegawa is an experimental electronic music producer known for their unique take on the pop genre for their songs along with some jazz influences in some of them — his career started in 2017 with him releasing some EPs ("Extended Plays") on various labels and with free links, such as "iPhone 6 Plus" via Maltine Records in 2017 and Sōmuku Hōdō via Music Mine in 2018 before he would later then make more crucial appearances in other media, such as one of his songs ("Watashi o Mite" / "Look at me") being used in the anime "Artiswitch". On Osu!, he currently has two ranked maps of his songs being "Watashi o Mite" (Look at me) mapped by 'trollocat' in the Taiko gamemode. Aside from these, I think the artist would fit nicely into the Featured Artist roster as they are with some recognition in the community through ranked maps and with potential of some of their other songs being fitting to chart in each gamemode.

Check out 'Hakushi Hasegawa'!

Youtube: https://youtube.com/c/HAKUSHIHASEGAWA/featured
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hsgwhks
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/hakushi-hasegawa
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5DZqDIAqRSN8mBM0DoQwoi?si=GJXrCL82SJeWVJ2DIa-IeQ

bye2. bye2 makes experimental/breakcore in a standard 4/4 rhythm. what makes the music unique is how they sample and the variety in each song. bye2 is also just very nice. more breakcore pls osu.

spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/3Cm7eTsePSJMQwhUYBdDWn?si=fab2dcc664dc43b8
twitter https://twitter.com/VietnamSurvivor
soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/angrybirdvevo

yeah idk what im doing with myself but anyway MORE FA SUGGESTIONS

Artist suggestion: phonon

An American artist known for their unique blend of jazz, neuro and funk sounds along with their way of toying with music theory throughout songs. In 2020, phonon made his debut via the release of his song "Polyriddim" via Odio Records, which became recognised in the dubstep community due to it's usage of "nested tuplets" throughout the choruses and that it was more complex rhythmically compared to the stereotypical concept of how a "dubstep" song would be constructed along with becoming the #1 song on music platform "Beatport" for some time — since then, phonon has received and had their songs appear in playlists from other artists from the likes of Adam Neely, Jacob Collier and 100 gecs. In Osu!, phonon's popularity mainly comes from a loved 4K Osu!Mania map of his song II-L.

Check them out on their socials!

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/phonon_music
Twitter: https://twitter.com/phononmusic
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4CySw3P8BeBPMBr9Rymc8Y?si=DQz5b0OvSXuHbfDdPlgy0Q
Youtube: https://youtube.com/c/phononmusic


Artist suggestion: Polyphia (Not to be confused with Polysha)

Hailing from Texas, Polyphia is an instrumental "progressive rock" band that formed in 2010 and has taken influences from other genres such as jazz, hip-hop, and R&B for their music. In 2013, the band had started receiving mainstream success after a guitar playthrough of their song "Imion" (From their 2013 E.P: "Inspire") had gone viral on Youtube, while since then they have been growing in popularity and have toured with other progressive metal bands such as Perphery, Between the Buried and Me and August Burns Red. In Osu!, their popularity comes from multiple ranked maps of their songs mainly under the Osu!Standard gamemode each of which having more than 100k+ plays. Their works were introduced to Osu! in 2021 with a ranked 8* map of Rich Kids (feat. Yvette Young). Aside from these, I believe that Polyphia would be a great choice for the Featured Artist library considering the popularity of their songs (and ranked maps of said songs) in the community and that they could provide more song variety into the section considering that we haven't gotten any more Progressive and math rock in some time, of which it has potential to suit for some new maps under any gamemode.

Check them out on their socials!

Website: https://polyphia.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/polyphia
Youtube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCDe08Fs0s0YKJuk5h45csAQ
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4vGrte8FDu062Ntj0RsPiZ?si=VFQ80APOQJSUoNwc7HDA_w

DJ Majokko Mirakurun

The rhythms are complex, but are still very playable. A few maps in taiko and mania have been ranked or loved already.

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/mir4clen
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MIR4CLEN

Metomate, 花徒めと or めと

Metomate I think would be a great fit. Currently 4 ranked beatmaps use their music and they have also appeared in sound voltex.

A rock style sound with piano/ensemble elements and expressively articulated female vocals
Can have a mellow sound but also be powerful and expressive

Website: http://metomate.com/index.html
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/meto-6
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/metomate%E3%82%81%E3%81%A8/featured

cosMo@BousouP

I really like the intrumental songs of this artist, I'm sure many osu players also like the vocaloid songs they are making.

http://chemsys.cc/
https://cosmoinst01.tumblr.com/
https://cosmoinst02.tumblr.com/
https://cosmoinst03.tumblr.com/
https://open.spotify.com/album/1MuAh4EoisHyDV1RSDzJqz?si=D4QyTS96RqCgVTgQhP14iw

It also appears in most of AD:Piano albums:
https://diversesystem.bandcamp.com/

There are also songs some unlisted songs of featured artists in those AD:Piano albums, like https://diversesystem.bandcamp.com/track/the-end-of-dreams

excuse me!
https://hjkl-8901.bandcamp.com/

"Sophiaaaahjkl;8901 is a glitch/electronic musician and visual artist from Long Beach, California. Her musical work revolves around unconventional sound design, texture, and rhythms and is largely informed by a lifetime spent online."

and https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgG3Nvp86j1WaHaLwjoVJZg

"cTrix started playing with music software on a first gen Commodore 64 when he was 4 back in the early 80's. He then moved on to a Commodore Amiga in 1992 - then to PC tracking (GUS) in 1993.
Started playing with "fake" chip sounding tunes from 1995 - took a break for a few years and did the techno thing with synths - moved to early VSTi and hated the latency and lack of a tactile surface. Got all nostalgic one morning in 2000 when he got another C64, and started writing tunes and programming the SID chip. Picked up a Gameboy DMG in 2009."

Lets go!

First: Yorushika
- I think Yorushika would be pretty neat to have in osu! because they have recently(?) become really popular with taiko and that has branched out into the other gamemodes as well! Plus, they have a unique style and sound that appeals to those who don't necessarily like the "anime" sound but still fills that niche where they are rock/punk all the while fulfilling those who desire to listen to japanese music.
Info (their website)
Youtube Link

Second: TUYU
- I mean c'mon... does there need to be any explanation here? Its TUYU!
spotify link
apple music link
Youtube Link

Third: HoneyWorks
- A fun artist that has been around for AT LEAST 7 years, maybe some FA for them would be fun?
Youtube link
Twitter Page

My last post here is 3 years ago so I will asking again since none of my suggestion got FA

Kabanagu
https://soundcloud.com/kabanagu
https://twitter.com/Kabanagu
https://www.youtube.com/c/Kabanagu
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5za1QX51X1jaDRmPL7Um7P3

Super underrated artist, a part of maltine record that have a bunch of godlike track

Anyone from THINKR
https://thinkr.jp/member/

Thinkr is a creative firm that consists of multiple studios, the two that is relevant to us will be KAMITSUBAKI STUDIO and SINSEKAI STUDIO.

Kamitsubaki Studio has artists that are a fan favourite within the osu community such as

1. 花譜 / KAF
2. ヰ世界情緒 / isekaijoucho
3. DUSTCELL

isekaijoucho also has had some of her works produced by one of osu's current FA, Harumaki Gohan. The studio is also home to some producers such as

1. Guiano
2. 大沼パセリ / Parsley Onuma
3. 香椎モイミ / Moimi Kashii
4. and of course the very popular カンザキイオリ / Iori Kanzaki

(you've probably heard of him from the song "Hated by life itself / 命に嫌われている")

The music from this studio is very varied, and are more than suitable for a rhythm game. Any artist from them would be a welcome addition.

Also part of THINKR is the relatively newer SINSEKAI Studio. Actually, one of their artists (雄之助 / Yunosuke) is already an osu!FA. Having more artists, vocalists and composers from this firm, which I think contains some of the most talented individuals, would be great.


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花鋏キョウ (Hanabasami Kyo)
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kyo_Hanabasami
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4OeUf_KfYRrwksschtRYow

Kyo is somewhat known in osu!, with some of her covers already being mapped and ranked. However, I think having her discography being licensed would be very nice. She has many songs that are a mix between electronic and vocal heavy, which are both very well received as evident by past featured artists. Some of her works are already composed by current FAs such as Violet, composed by Aiobahn as well as Rainy & Monochrome, both of which are composed by Powerless/MuryokuP.

Tsukuyomi/YurryCanon is pretty good and underrated. Their song rhytm is pretty simple and i think it can be a really good material for osu. And currently there are 3 ranked mapset of their song as i writing this.

Links:
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2OgzdgLQ7vxlANVxF3kgvg
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tsukuyomi_JP

Here's gonna be a few I feel like could be really nice for Techno/Trance music from Newgrounds (along with people like Dimrain47 and Erik McClure who are already Featured Artists)

B0UNC3 (nka Axel Oliver) - One of the most iconic producers in Newgrounds from 2005. Had ranked beatmaps using his music in osu! before (Paradise On E, Alive, Distorted Reality), but they're quite old now, so it would be awesome to see more fresh maps using his other songs, either old ones from 2005, or more recent stuff, those on NCS.
Newgrounds: https://b0unc3.newgrounds.com/ (Has all his other socials linked as well)

DJ Spyroof - And here's a more modern musician I found through the site. Responsible for keeping the Hands Up style of music (similar to those from DJ Splash) alive. Unfortunately no ranked maps using his songs yet though.
Newgrounds: https://djspyroof.newgrounds.com/ (Has his other socials too)

These are the two I think would be the most likely to appear in osu! but as a bonus, ill mention a few other, less likely candidates:

1. DJ Splash (Iconic Hands Up producer, has many ranked beatmaps)
2. Elation (fka DJBjra, known for contributions in the Henry Stickmin OST, no ranked maps)
3. ParagonX9 (One of the best known Newgrounds musicians, has a few ranked beatmaps)

i2o2 https://soundcloud.com/isaac-wagoner makes some really good music that is reminiscent of early fighting games, fast paced sort of 8bit music. He's a really small artist but I think his music would be good for osu! mapping as it is fast paced music that would also bring a twist to the current songs on osu!. He currently has non on his songs map however.

Origami Angel, they are a 2 piece band that make emo revival emo/pop punk songs that are perfect for osu, there are already a few very good maps on osu with their songs.


Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0cmSXx965Hnm6fP42oW6vY?si=MNBqN29SRyCt8TvPtPkaEA

Twitter
https://twitter.com/GAMIGANG?s=20&t=S_6GHt2hTpqpeI3IlRVxKg

Shayne Orok, he's a cover artist that covers anime openings, and also songs originally done in english but he makes them japanese. Imo his work is better than the original like 90% of the time and I would love to see beatmaps of his songs. My favorites from him are the songs that were originally in english and he turned japanese, like "Dear Maria", "Poloroid Love", and "light Switch".

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1MQ48GaF9nanTisRGu3Mtl?si=xNtbWOFkT4-X4w5M54b-yw

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asteria 4l5l5t

asteria is a very underrated musician, I must say, but his music isn't new to the osu! scene. Most popularly, his song FUSION was used in the osu!taiko world cup which is where I first heard of his music. I feel like asteria's hyperpop style of music would work very well as taiko maps and would also make very fun tech maps in osu! I definitely believe that adding asteria to the featured artist list would be beneficial to both him and osu! as asteria will gain more recognition and osu! will continue to gain a larger variety of music with his addition. asteria has already taken notice of osu! as on twitter, he reacted to his song being in the osu!taiko world cup which he thought was pretty cool. asteria would be a cool addition to the featured artist list and I can't wait to see what maps of his songs will spark up in the future.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMvmRb3dal_aGxmhTVeRCdw

Twitter: https://twitter.com/asteriavx/status/1516654834568482818

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/asteria

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0I7VmE5LkRmWoHltutTUh9

Lorna Shore

If you want a metal featured artist, it's definetly this one.
They absolutely crushed the deathcore scene in 2021 with their EP "...And I Return to Nothingness" and their 2020 album "Immortal" with also an 2022 album "Pain Remains" in fall/late 2022. The technical detail and brutality of their songs are extraordinary and they would make an amazing addition to the featured artist lineup.

Youtube: https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCyqgKuAOtkK4BM61QADpsRQ
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6vXYoy8ouRVib302zxaxFF?autoplay=true
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LornaShore
Newest release Sun//Eater: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK8mw2X-4ug

Lorn

https://lorn.bandcamp.com

Just Some Industrial EDM Artist

Vektroid (She goes by many names, one of them being MACINTOSH PLUS)

https://vektroid.bandcamp.com

Prince Daddy and the Hyena, with the addition of Origami Angel the distant relative of Prince Daddy and the Hyena I feel would be a great new addition to the featured artist roster. The agreed upon genres include punk rock, power pop, post-hardcore, indie rock, and most importantly emo. This band emanates pure angst and punk through their older music and more emotional/heavy topics through their newer albums. Each album details stages in their lives with their newest self-titled album tackling the topic of death, after the band's close run in with it in a car crash. This band has helped me through some troubling times with their music and I'd love to see some of their music incorporated into the game. They currently do not have ranked beatmaps on osu! and I personally feel as it is a shame because they have so much potential for this game and I'd love to see this band grow even larger. The best fits to add for this band I feel would come from their first official album "I Thought You Didn't Even Like Leaving" some songs for this one being Broc Ched (My personal favorite from the album) and the title track of the album I Thought You Didn't Even Like Leaving. Or their second album "Cosmic Thrill Seekers" some from this one being Klonopin, Trying Times, Cosmic Thrill Seeking Forever, Lauren, The Prototype of the Ultimate Lifeform, and my personal favorite Wacky Misadventures of the enger. Or maybe some from their newest self-titled album "Prince Daddy and Hyena" some that I think would fit with osu! being A Random Exercise in Impermanence, Jesus Fucking Christ, Hollow, As You Figured, Keep up That Talk, Shoelaces, In Just One Piece, and my favorite of the album Black Mold which is Prince Daddy's most emotionally filled song of their entire music career. Some other great songs from albums/eps that were not mentioned are Thrashville 1/3 which is a great fast-paced song and ***HIDDEN TRACK***. So all in all, please feature this artist they deserve it and I would love it!!!!

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3EYgeLZ0vtVHKkUL26Eu49?si=5KsRnPvCRYqN4ZrFoGNrAQ
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Pdaddynthehyena?s=20&t=cKRteEYzpPqMlD00GYj16Q
Youtube: They don't really post on Youtube so I will link their record label https://www.youtube.com/c/PureNoiseRecs/featured

Will Stetson

Bandcamp: https://willstetson.bandcamp.com/community

YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/c/WillStetsonMusic

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4DzC4sTTWf2juzeeMiFB8O?autoplay=true&source_application=google_assistant

Final Sketch

Final Sketch is a breakcore/dubstep/dnb/ambient/8bit/etc artist known in narrow circles, who became popular thanks to his remixes of Underoath and Her Bright Skies. Also his music has already been used in FFR.
I spoke to him personally about FA and he would not mind being an official osu artist.

Bandcamp: https://finalsketch.bandcamp.com

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/final-sketch

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5v4TYJ55Uc4T7pmpWjojnX?si=nRB-hep4SHumi3rU8VVtsQ

LLAAPPSSEE

Ambient electronic music, also with jazz. It's trippy and complex, sort of like Frums. His music is pretty uncommon in osu, but sounds really mappable.
Bandcamp: https://lapse.bandcamp.com/
Newgrounds: https://llaappssee.newgrounds.com/audio

Artist suggestion: Xtrullor

A long-time Finnish electronic producer that is remarkably known for their unique blend of dubstep and orchestral genre elements. Having started producing music since the age of 10, Xtrullor has been ing songs to online platforms like Newgrounds and Youtube ever since 2011 and has been making waves with his music as their songs had begun to make a name for themselves in 2013 music-based game 'Geometry Dash' as they were frequently featured in difficult community-made levels in the game. Although they don't have any ranked maps of their songs yet, I believe that their songs are varied and unique enough for Osu! beatmaps and even to bring more song variety into the featured artist roster.

Please take a moment to check out their works!

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/xtrullor
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/xtrullor/featured
Bandcamp: https://xtrullor.bandcamp.com/
Newgrounds: https://xtrullor.newgrounds.com/

Artist: Satanic a la mode

A japanese metal band. Their songs feels very similar to some other popular bands around here, like UNDEAD CORPORATION, TEARS OF TRAGEDY, Yousei Teikoku and Release Hallucination (just to name a few), and they seem to be pretty lowkey on their own scene, so this might also help them push their visibility.

Bandcamp: https://satanicalamode.bandcamp.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2QtvqYpaNThSit3WmSK1fH

These next links (I think) are not really the artist itself, but seems to be from someone IN it, or someone who has

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_3hFMQu_AnqBQCo4mnDh7w
Art(?): https://www.inntotheuniverse.art/salm
Twitter: https://twitter.com/innternetningen

Hyperverb (Hardcore, Hardstyle, Frenchcore...)

https://www.discogs.com/artist/10035991-Hyperverb

Akatsuki Records
Every Akatsuki Records song is a banger.
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCZaFfDBBCqmYdfp6DJl0cRw/videos

Artist: Unlucky Morpheus

A japanese Doujin Metal band whose music is some of the best in the scene. Similar to ICDD

With many songs already being mapped and ranked with their music I think they would be a great fit for the featured artists roster.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKQPvkXu59Ei4nHyl83dF2g/videos

tricot

tricot is a Japanese mathrock band who already have a couple of ranked maps of their songs: Summer 2020 beatmap spotlight.

They have a wide range of music, from calmer tracks such as potage, and much more intense ones such as Bakuretsu Panie-san, all of which would make for interesting osu! maps.

Socials:

1. Website
2. YouTube channel
3. Twitter

Hi, I'm Astedroid and am seeking for to be a featured Artist on osu!

I do mostly 128-bpm house, but am not afraid to do other genres. (Hardcore, DnB, Electro, ColorBass/House, you name it)

You may listen to my tracks on Spotify (https://bit.ly/astedroidsf), Apple Music (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/astedroid/1364411348) and on SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/astedroid)

My suggestion: Tobu

Tobu is a Latvian producer from Latvia who creates mostly house music, usually electro house or progressive house, but also makes songs in dubstep or Arabian trap. His songs, which can be described as nostalgic and catchy, have many elements to them, which makes them great for mapping in osu!mania, but they can also be used in other gamemodes. His song "Candyland" has been used in this beatmap by - Heatwave -: beatmapsets/1221508#osu/2540957

Links:

1. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/tobuofficial
2. Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/7obu
3. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1feoGrmmD8QmNqtK2Gdwy8
4. Website: https://tobu.io/

some suggestions:

Capchii
-Soundcloud link: https://soundcloud.com/capchii
-number of followers is comparable to many featured artists
-ranked beatmap
-https://osu-ppy-sh.zoneani.me/beatmapsets/798459#osu/1695858
-some of their music is free to

watering
-soundcloud link: https://soundcloud.com/waterin
-osu profile: s/11671515
-discord is listed on soundcloud profile
-multiple ranked maps
-https://osu-ppy-sh.zoneani.me/beatmapsets?q=watering

YonKaGor
-soundcloud link: https://soundcloud.com/melodyline14
-twitter link: https://twitter.com/YonKaGor
-youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/c/YonKaGor/featured
-ranked osu maps
-https://osu-ppy-sh.zoneani.me/beatmapsets?q=YonKaGor

Akatsuki Records 暁Records

https://twitter.com/Stack_Akatsuki
https://osu-ppy-sh.zoneani.me/beatmapsets/980783#osu/2052575" rel="nofollow">https://osu-ppy-sh.zoneani.me/beatmapsets/980783#osu/2052575

Euchaeta

Japanese songwriter/arranger/singer

Highly variable genre between the songs. Also Large variety of diffrent bpm's to map. Because of this i think many mappers could find something to map from his music.

There is already few ranked maps from his songs including my maps and few years older mapset from ailv. beatmapsets?q=Euchaeta

Links:
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Euchaeta
Website: https://www.euchaeta.net/home
Twitter: https://twitter.com/euchaeta
Bandcamp: https://euchaeta.bandcamp.com/music

Lovejoy

indie-rock group who already have some banger maps in ctb, their songs are perfect for osu

https://twitter.com/lovejoy
https://open.spotify.com/artist/33tFkBLsl6f8TjKkV0uF0C

1. r-906
   Official Website
   
   A vocaloid P who produces several hit tunes.
   A recent work MANIMANI got 1st place in The Vocaloid Collection 2022 spring.
   Their music style is characteristic: they're not too overweighted to vocals but focusing on instrumental parts too, so they surely match osu.
2. Yamajet
   Official Website
   Bandcamp
   
   Known as a BMS composer. One of the famous work in osu is w.
   Btw he also has a knowledge of beatmapping.
3. 電音部 (DEN-ON-BU)
   Official Website
   
   "Music-based charactor project"
   The project is producing a lot of wonderful electronic songs and some of them are used in arcade rhythm games.
   Some of osu FAs are ing as composers like Aiobahn, Neko Hacker.
4. ねこみりん (Nekomirin)
   Official Website
   
   They produce cute technopops including denpa songs.
   Their works are used in a lot of arcade rhythm games.

Main Request:
Artist name: #2i2

Before I explain anything about this artist, listen to this and this.

OK hopefully that got your attention, and for mappers, maybe you have some ideas for mapping those songs.





Information:
The song linked above links to their official YouTube channel
Official Website
Link to their YouTube Music Topic Channel

Who they are:
An idol group (yes, I know that sounds like a turn-off, that's why I put music samples first)

What they do:
Generic idol entertainment things
Music: mostly electronic-inspired stuff and also rock and metal - quite the opposite of generic idol stuff, but not quite BABYMETAL either.
The individual singers are gravure idols (this is also kind of weird, but again hopefully you'll be convinced that at least the songs would fit in osu!)






That's the bulk of my main suggestion. The rest is extra.

1) Either add nayuta as a featured artist on her own right (not the first time I've asked this) or add some of her guest vocal work to existing artists like ARForest.
2) Echoing Hinsvar from over a year ago, please add existing FAs' new songs. The La priere non-album stuff doubly so. You all already added the Imitator EP (thank you), but then like the gift that keeps on giving we have PARADOXY (another collab mini-album between BlackY and yuzurisa). It's also a shame that Toushin Gengi was used in OWC but is not actually a licensed ABSOLUTE CASTAWAY song.
3) I don't think I need to request this but other major rhythm game artists like Team Grimoire, P*Light, sakuzyo, etc. for obvious reasons.

Mitchie M 1e3kn

* Who are they?
Mitchie M is a Japanese J-Pop hype artist, they are ironic to the Vocaloid community with Viva Viva Happy, Freely Tomorrow, Ohedo Julia-Night

* Why featured artist?
Having beatmaps made as early as 18(search shows 17) maps with leaderboards

They have been featured in rhythm games before also as known as Project diva game series, Project Mirai 2, Project sekai (I know, alot of projects lol)
I think their songs would be great addition to rhythm games like osu

*Links:
Official Website
Twitter
Soundcloud
Page
Other links

fleufleu

1. Official website: https://fleu2.net/
2. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com//fleu2official
3. Twitter: https://twitter.com/fleu_fleu

Spotify link of 1st album ("fleuraison"): https://open.spotify.com/album/4f26ynBBxzUTu96qYx98ID?si=AhH0Pk4eRGmWVbfT4aEpMQ


They're a Japanese all-female pop-rock band, which I think would be warmly welcomed by a majority of osu!'s playerbase due to their anisong & J-Pop/Rock vibes.

Yu-dachi 192e71

1. Twitter: https://twitter.com/thx_r308
2. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLDpaoy1p-Dq0DQyBWO_pkA
3. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3BFh1j65svlPUe2PTJXZWZ?si=42BlKZzcTSmN6SCaMMLLAw
4. Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/yu-dachi
5. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/yu_dachi

Also known as Yu＊dachi, featured in various rhythm games such as Arcaea and Deemo, this Japanese artist and illlustrator composes quite a lot of electronic songs with happy mood. Their compositions will definitely fits to osu! to map and play.

Yukiasobi (YUKIASOBI EP): https://soundcloud.com/yu-dachi/yu-dachi-yukiasobi

Self Deception 28534m

Who are they? Self Deception is a swedish rock/modern rock band, founded in 2007.

Why featured artist? In my opinion, they make really nice songs, and they are fun to map/play. Right now, there is only one ranked Self Deception beatmap, but I would love to see more. They definitely deserve more attention.

Links YouTube, Spotify & Their homepage.

TRONIC 3f381r

1. Twitter: https://twitter.com/tronicfromchile
2. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com//tronicchile
3. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5HkHDnrE6HW1FsD5gf8nrw
4. Email: [email protected]

TRONIC is a pop-punk band from Chile, that have been playing music for almost 20 years now. They've been doing independent music their entire career (that means they own all of their music), and they're pretty much famous here in South America.

There's ranked maps of this band as well:

https://osu-ppy-sh.zoneani.me/beatmapsets/730805#fruits/1542365

If you want to check some tracks from them:

I have one-
Myself!

Winkwing
I'm an artist who makes music for fun and loves to experiment.
I've got a very small following of my own. I've actually always wanted to compose for a rhythm game or two and when I tried to beatmap my own tracks with osu!mania, I found it to be genuinely fun. Plus I just generally like the game and think people might enjoy making their own beatmaps of my tracks.

https://www.youtube.com/c/Winkwing
https://winkwing.newgrounds.com/
https://twitter.com/winkwing__

Stay awesome lads.

It's probably already been said, but here goes.

Susumu Hirasawa

Many of you may know Starrodkirby86, a mapper responsible for many of the most iconic and influential maps in the early years of osu!. Among these are but not limited to:

Forces

Chevron

Armor Buffer

Aurora 2

Big Brother

and perhaps most infuentially, SWITCHED-ON LOTUS.

These maps, with difficulties titled "KIRBY Mix", all helped launch mapping into the modern age and were a step above the rest in difficulty and quality for their time.

It just so happens that all the maps I mentioned use songs written by the same artist; Susumu Hirasawa.

Making Susumu Hirasawa a featured artist would preserve some of the greatest early osu! maps for future generations of players, and encourage more great maps of his songs to be produced.

Bandcamp

Spotify

YUC'e

they're a japanese producer/singer, and there's already a lot of ranked/loved maps of their songs. the high energy of their songs, along with the bpm often being around 180, makes it pretty suitable for mapping.

https://www.youtube.com/@YUCe_ch/about (leads to other links as well)

hmmmmmm...wait am I ready to be featured artist for osu! yet!?!?!? O_O


youtube link
Already have posted all of them in my main channel and put them into a playlist....

soundcloud link
post all of it too until uhh the free thingy expires ._. ( idk does it actually expire??? probably.. :/ )

bandcamp link
only "good?" music gets posted here owo

Will Stetson

Hi, how has no one requested FELT yet?

http://feltmusic.net/

They make cool Touhou mixes which are pretty good for rhythm games.

Case in point:
beatmapsets/1027740
etc.

I think they've disbanded though, but maybe you can get ahold of whoever has copyright on songs.

Ryu Sei 112y73

(yes it's me btw)

1. Twitter: https://twitter.com/R_sei_
2. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RyuSei544732
3. Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/r-sei

Ryu Sei is a notorious osu!mania mapper who often demands player to testplay his maps. But behind that, Ryu Sei is also a newbie composer who tries to make musics focused on rhythm games.

Music samples:

DJ Genericname

DNB producer, with two songs of theirs getting a lot of attention from osu players, Dear You and Dango Dango Drum and Bass:
- beatmapsets/43466 Dear You by Rue
- beatmapsets/64636 Dango Dango Drum and Bass by Moway
There's many more to list!

SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/adam-whitton
Bandcamp: https://djgenericname1.bandcamp.com/
Youtube: https://youtube.com/@DJGenericname

Also worth noting that they might have an osu! , but I'm not sure exactly, has one comment on a mapset with their song: s/4994133

I'm surprised no one suggested this person yet, would be ana amazing addition to the featured roster!

Here's an insane suggestion, but...

Groove Coverage

A German EDM/pop group responsible for remakes of many popular songs such as:
- Moonlight Shadow
- God Is A Girl
- Poison
- Holy Virgin
...and many more

What they're probably much more well known for (inside of osu! at least) are many of their nightcore remixes of those songs being used for beatmaps since early osu! years up until today. I would suggest Cascada as well, but due to their higher popularity, I think it's extremely unlikely for them to appear as featured artists.

Some maps that use Groove Coverage music:
- beatmapsets/57984 Poison (Nightcore Mix) by Gero
- beatmapsets/54675 Holy Virgin (Nightcore Mix) by riffy
- beatmapsets/9284 God is a Girl by Rena-chan
- beatmapsets/48047 On The Radio (Nightcore Mix) by ztrot
...and many more

They can be found in:
Website: https://www.groove-coverage.info/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@GrooveCoverageTV
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GrooveCoverage/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/groovecoverageofficial
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1yWjNh9SRE7C59A3LDIwVW
...other places

Palette Project 5x6u1f

Formerly known as Alt!!, Despite it's lesser appearance in the vtuber community, palette project had started at 2018 and has appeared in many shows such as Life Like a Live! And vills. They also appears in live which the most recent live is めいくあっぷ with Aogiri High school

Twitter: https://twitter.com/PaletteProject_?t=wM61t8E6BRF8URexXpPTiw&s=09
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@PaletteProject
Website: https://matereal.jp/


Song examples:

1. Dream in Bloom!: https://youtu.be/0M9Y-FUFS78
2. Natsuyuki tokimeki high tension!: https://youtu.be/9FGRNVDZIz0
3. Kimi to Utaitai Uta ga aru: https://youtu.be/VjxEazY_CDE

As Alt!!:

1. Analog Heart: https://youtu.be/BjUYdESsW90
2. Dramatic Parade: https://youtu.be/BZBrsxqO8
3. StAlt!!: https://youtu.be/8UE4KHm7sF0

Other than all song and older Alt!! Songs, they offered wide variety through their smaller groups, "REGALILIA" the metal unit, "Sputrip" the city pop unit, and "RouteHeart" (formerly known as Altimate!!) The vocaloid unit:

REGALILIA:

1. Close to you: https://youtu.be/BiCiXFcEIG8
2. Souzou: https://youtu.be/c6TPK_VNYR4
3. Tiny Brave: https://youtu.be/H-MMTZv1Bvo

Sputrip:

1. Idol Life Flight: https://youtu.be/pHxVKq8QoTY
2. Hikari no Wakusei: https://youtu.be/KdP6xlOHesM
3. with your JOURNEY: https://youtu.be/S2oZFzXHzX8

Altimate!! (Currently as RouteHeart)

1. Kokoro Step: https://youtu.be/BzMa1XylKAs
2. Re:Myself: https://youtu.be/9AhTdybYjtU
3. Strobe Flower: https://youtu.be/eF0TVA_1tpw

Dragonis is a very underrated music artist who makes EDM music and various tutorials teaching people how to make EDM music.
He is a perfect fit to become a featured artist at osu. Honestly, he is instantly worthy of becoming a featured artist at first listen because he has made very remarkable songs such as Journey to Windrise which is one of his most loved songs that is found on his YouTube channel.


He also does YouTube tutorials on music previously mentioned, this is his most popular tutorial so far. He even has his website: dragonismusic.com.
All of his music currently has a creative commons license.
Lastly, he has an osu profile: dragonis_music.
To sum it up, I was hoping that you could allow Dragonis to the featured artists.

Within Temptation 603324

The one band that needs no introduction and has made an impact on osu! that not a lot of artists ever had

Twitter
Youtube
Website
Spotify

celtix

A less known artist from Japan, who produces electronic music in multiple genres, which may catch an interest of tech mappers.
Here are some of the genres:

1. Dubstep
2. Neurofunk
3. Gothic Hardcore
4. Hitech
5. and more...

Socials:

1. Soundcloud
2. Youtube
3. Twitter

They also recently made a huge collab with Refractal Collective, which features a whole album of Neurofunk Drum'n'Bass music.

jeko

A producer whose music is very similar to Camellia's, and specialises in creating rhythm game esque music. They make genres such as:

1. 200step
2. Hardcore
3. Artcore
4. Chiptune
5. Hi-Tech
6. Techcore

Their newest songs are high quality in of ideas and mixing, and they have a variety of songs that can be used. Although their older songs are (in my opinion) much lower quality, improvement is very clear and they are capable of making some very high quality music. jeko's music has been featured in "Coul's Scuffed Overskilled 5 Digit Cup" and is a part of coul's collective known as Break-Trax.

Song Examples:

1. aberration: https://youtu.be/tqwBe97bJg0
2. Inefficient: https://youtu.be/8cX3BkED9oc
3. ØSU! TUTORIÄL (jeko's "ÆONIC KÄB00M!!!" remix): https://youtu.be/u-0rN8dUrBM

Socials:

1. Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/j3cyclone
2. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@jeko_official
3. Bandcamp: https://jekoofficial.bandcamp.com/

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jeko

A producer whose music is very similar to Camellia's, and specialises in creating rhythm game esque music. They make genres such as:

1. 200step
2. Hardcore
3. Artcore
4. Chiptune
5. Hi-Tech
6. Techcore

Their newest songs are high quality in of ideas and mixing, and they have a variety of songs that can be used. Although their older songs are (in my opinion) much lower quality, improvement is very clear and they are capable of making some very high quality music. jeko's music has been featured in "Coul's Scuffed Overskilled 5 Digit Cup" and is a part of coul's collective known as Break-Trax.

Song Examples:

1. aberration: https://youtu.be/tqwBe97bJg0
2. Inefficient: https://youtu.be/8cX3BkED9oc
3. ØSU! TUTORIÄL (jeko's "ÆONIC KÄB00M!!!" remix): https://youtu.be/u-0rN8dUrBM

Socials:

1. Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/j3cyclone
2. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@jeko_official
3. Bandcamp: https://jekoofficial.bandcamp.com/

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coμl

A very underrated producer from Poland who makes music in a very unique style, using many different elements from different EDM and non-EDM genres. He has made music in genres such as:

1. Breakcore
2. Footwork
3. Psytrance
4. Speedcore
5. 200step

coμl's most unique characteristic is that while he's started making music for about 1 year, his skill in music production has rapidly increased and is already better than a lot of producers who started around his time. He is the owner of a collective known as BrΣak-Trλx which has many such as jeko, svreign, AXiS/JP and many others. He has also created an osu tournament known as "coμl's Scuffed Overskilled 5 Digit Cup" which is officially on the osu! wiki, and has many custom songs from many different artists in it.

Song Examples:

1. LLII-3 MiSSiON: https://soundcloud.com/coulmusic/llii-3-mission
2. Save File: https://soundcloud.com/coulmusic/save-file
3. coul​初​の​フ​ッ​ト​コ​ア​!: https://soundcloud.com/coulmusic/coul-rer

Socials:

1. Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/coulmusic
2. BrΣak-Trλx Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/break-trax
3. BrΣak-Trλx Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@breaktrax

Kanro 45p28

A not-super-popular 16 year old from London, UK.
His styles vary in Dubstep, Electro House, Future Bass, Kawaii Bass, and Trap.

Personal Website: https://kanromusic.com
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/kanromusic
Instagram: https://instagram.com/kanromusic
YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/kanromusic
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sounds_kanro

He'd be a great fit as a featured artist because I think his style would catch on quite quick. It exactly matches the style that you see in osu! a lot. I also think that a lot of his songs are very "mappable", meaning they won't require much effort to figure out the timing.

Overall, super neat guy, would be great to have him here.

Forteresse (Link is to their latest album from 2016)

Not really sure how popular they are, but they're a Quebecer black metal band that sings in french, which is really rare. Their sound quality is also above average for the genre according to some of my friends who are really into black metal. Kinda cool imo.

havent made another one of these in a year, so off i go

Artist suggestion: EVOKE / Alden Groves

EVOKE (Otherwise known as 'Alden Groves') is a music producer based in Colorado that is "fuelled by emotion and driven by experience", whom is known for producing electronic music as well as rap music that covers various struggles.

On Osu!, their music gained recognition through ranked/loved maps of Edison in Osu!mania — the latter map being widely known for its difficult dumpstream patterns.

Overall, I believe he would make for a good fit in the featured artist library as we don't have a lot of music much like Evoke's (Both for electronic and rap music as a whole), so I hope he can provide as a viable option for pushing more song variety inside.

Check them out on his platforms below!

Bandcamp: https://evokehop.bandcamp.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/evokehop
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/evokehop
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/aldengroves
Facebook: https://facebook.com/aldengrovesmusic
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2TljAKrnT0SDyoSf88mciP?si=BZuutPtHSzC9323WOGwxZg
Website: https://www.aldengroves.com/

deco*27

KawaiiKittyKore

Hi, well im an artist who want to grow up, i make HappyHardcore and hardcore in general

There are some song:

Nostalgic Future: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR1DzI4HhiI
Kawaii Rave For Kawaii People: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc0etirKITA
Stepmania for GameBoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U13TNivvFow

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-es/artist/67lwwH92Et8x3tEUpc72HL?si=aPuCK1-iQqCQvKrs2W4kXg
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@KawaiiKittyKoreuwu
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/kawaiikittykore

Thank you for taking me into consideration. <3

Sydosys ([LS]Ham)

nuff said

beatmapsets/2036571#taiko/4247150

Casey Lee Williams/Jeff Williams

Casey Lee Williams is currently the music director and singer for the show RWBY, a popular webshow in the likes of an anime. RWBY has been around in the osu! community since it's inception in 2013 and has been tied to the likes of many popular charts such as Die. osu! has given the spotlight to the work of Jeff Williams and Casey Lee Williams, as shown from the over FORTY million plays through all of the charts attributed to them. Rooster Teeth has worked with games before (Smite, Paladins, etc.) and in it's current state is definitely willing to license the work of RWBY to osu!

I believe Casey Lee Williams is the best person to for this, as she is currently the music director for RWBY and is currently in charge of the music for the show going forward. Jeff Williams does not currently work on it anymore but considering he is the father of Casey, it'll work out wise.

Casey Lee Williams

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caseyleewilliams/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/caseylwilliams
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@caseyleewilliams1678
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/08dD0frW9WYHRGVa40oILp
Website: https://caseyleewilliams.com

As for s with Rooster Teeth, please keep in mind they are owned by Warner Media and may be a bit hard to reach but Rooster Teeth themselves are open to working with their IPs.

WaMi
https://www.youtube.com/@WaMiChannel

Not much introduction needed, there are already a bunch of songs in the FA listing with her as the guest vocalist, and she frequently collaborates with artists in the FA listing so should be a very welcome addition. Speaking of collaborating with current FAs...

Awairo
https://kamitsubaki.jp/artist/awairo/

A duo composed of WaMi and current FA Yunosuke. Again should be a very welcome addition considering their songs are already popular on osu.

Orden Ogan

There has been multiple ranked sets of them already and they are a very unique power metal band.
Osu does not have many power metal FA's anyways, and one that stands out as much as them would be a perfect fit.

They are comparably small to other larger power metal bands too and their production is more than just amazing.

Here is some of their songs, their youtube, their record label and their spotify

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPm46Qgyn24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMW3FuE38Fk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bEAjvpJZGg

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6nNhZ3JT_XBW_bLWCBVNlQ
https://www.youtube.com/@afmrecords

https://open.spotify.com/artist/3t5X2CVDf5mrlIx1SdvWYM?si=2bbb3e4a98674ed9

Artist: Eliminate (Nathan Merrill)

Reason:

1. In 2023 there were 3 mania beatmaps using his song being ranked or loved.
beatmapsets/1838002

And Crankin is adopted in osu!mania 4K World Cup 2022 semifinals

2. With unique and sophisticated sound design, he has released in many widely known labels, including:
Disciple
Never Say Die (osu! featured label already)
Monstercat (osu! featured label already)

Links:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6hBrJJrcYoNhvLC6KaFR4b
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EliminateHQ
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/eliminatemusic
Twitter: https://twitter.com/eliminatemusic

Genre: Electronic

US Dubstep(Brostep):
I'll Be There (Cyber Whale EP, Disciple)

Trap:
Bump (Collab with Hydradlix, Never Say Die)
Mutation (Single, BassRush)

Briddim:
Sinkhole (Dead Sea EP, Disciple)
BREAKSH!T (Belly of the Beast EP, Disciple)

Garage:
Walk Away (Belly of the Beast EP, Disciple)

Bass House:
Weeble Wobble (Cyber Whale EP, Disciple)
Elevator (Belly of the Beast EP, Disciple)

Drum and Bass:
Dawn (Get Off the Internet, self release)
Nothing Left (Single, NightMode)
Everything (Dead Sea EP, Disciple)

Happy Hardcore:
Waste My Time (Get Off the Internet, self release)

Serani Poji

they started out as a musical group/unit for a sega game (roommania, pretty obscure game from what i can research). Sasaki Tomoko is the only member left currently, at a first glance. They specialize in the "shibuya-kei" genre, pretty peculiar yet cute genre if you tell me tho.

osu! currently (as of this post) hosts 3 ranked Serani Poji maps
pipo pipo (taiko) https://osu-ppy-sh.zoneani.me/beatmapsets/2090465#taiko/4383486 - I mapped this one
where is smiley? (std) https://osu-ppy-sh.zoneani.me/beatmapsets/1963051#osu/4068659
sugar boo (std) https://osu-ppy-sh.zoneani.me/beatmapsets/1766654#osu/3616252

here are some some links
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6JzJhoOtjzVLZpMi3Ppz3T
Website (Serani Poji): https://www.seranipoji.com/
Website (Sasaki Tomoko): https://sasakitomoko.jp/

tyvm!🥰

ZUN/ZUN Soft/Team Shanghai Alice:
Reason: Touhou
https://www16.big.or.jp/~zun
https://kourindou.exblog.jp
https://twitter.com/korindo

07th Expansion:
Reason: Higurashi & Umineko
https://07th-expansion.net
https://twitter.com/07th_official
https://07th-expansion.net/kyu/Main.htm

beatMARIO/COOL&CREATE:
Reason: Touhou Doujin Circle
http://cool-create.cc
https://twitter.com/beatmario
https://www.youtube.com/@beatmario

Rekunan wrote: 1z75o

07th Expansion:
Reason: Higurashi & Umineko
https://07th-expansion.net
https://twitter.com/07th_official
https://07th-expansion.net/kyu/Main.htm

i think they would have to do individual artists for 07th Expansion, like how -45 is already a featured artist

Hakushi Hasegawa

nuff said nvm someone said nuff said already

wow, my last post on this thread was like 5 years ago.

glaive
https://www.glaivemusic.com/
https://soundcloud.com/1glaive
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgVCTlNEvc7at5cAkTsKWCA

they playing osu btw

meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee... :3

https://mrmcmikey22.newgrounds.com/audio

ok i'm joking, i really don't deserve this for now. ;w;

brakence

(too much soundcloud followers)

takehirotei 5f1s6

[osu!] [youtube] [soundcloud]

A growing name in the rhythm game community, hardcore/metal artist takehirotei (a.k.a. Finite Limit) has features in various projects/contests including Orzmic, vivid/stasis, and various BMS events. However, most osu! players will recognize takehirotei as a fellow member of the osu! community and a constant presence as a commissioned artist for tournament tiebreakers, including C://YOU NEX-TIME, Rules of the Chaos Dilemma, Fullest Adventure from the Abyss to Divine, and Cosmic Fragmentation.

Rexlambo
Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/@rexlambomusic
Spotify : open.spotify.com/artist/0I83Jj4OE4Y102cx1R5mjV
Apple Music : itunes.apple.com/us/artist/rexlambo/1492684002
Yandex Music : music.yandex.ru/artist/8557011
SoundCloud : soundcloud.com/rexlambo
VK : vk.com/rexlambomusic

Raul Music
Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/@RaulMusic111

BeIN 비인
Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/@bein127

While it is serious to consider copyright for using musics, asking for FA before using music would be better. So here's the 2 things which I recommend for FA. Also their payment might be lower than some major artists.

WAKTAVERSE 5y2f53

왁타버스

Korean V-Tube group which has woowakgood who manages this group, Gomem(고정멤버, consider like crew member) and ISEGYE IDOL(이세계아이돌) . From 2024, they produces original musics since Gomem cover is worried due to original music's copyright.

If osu!staff needs to with this group, you can via [email protected] which is woowakgood's email for contract.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@waktaverse
Music Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8e1Byk1Dx0&list=PLWTycz4el4t7BFSfhv_ixrWE9IIsqGQaj&pp=iAQB
(Notice that only original musics can be picked. Covers need based music's copyright too so impossible to handle)

There's no ranked/loved mapsets but can watch popular from Freeter Dance (7.2M views) or Just Live! (10.3M views)

Some recommendations
Ballin' : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79rDMDll-IY
Jungtur : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ePxevNqM2s (woowakgood's reaction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmRPfxDlphg ) [Need to for CLTH if you want to contract this music too. ]
Freeter Dance : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S87M2j33Zdw
TRUE LOVER : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8e1Byk1Dx0

ISEGYE IDOL a5q2w

이세계아이돌

Korean V-Tube group which is subset of WAKTAVERSE but semi-major group which musics are on Spotify too. 6 , Ine(아이네), Jingburger(징버거), Lilpa(릴파), Jururu(주르르), Gosegu(고세구) and VIichan(비챤, notice that V and I should be capitalized) makes nice musics for everyone and its concert(ISEGYE FESTIVAL, 이세계 페스티벌) was held at 2023 Sep. [Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dOQ1pEkpTY ]

If osu!staff needs to with this group, you can via [email protected] which is woowakgood's email for contract. Woowakgood picked for this group and met in real life even ISEGYE IDOL is V-Tube group so their relation is very thick.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@waktaverse
Music Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgSXAKsq-Vo&list=PLWTycz4el4t4l6uuriz3OhqR2aKy86EEP
(Notice that only original musics can be picked. Covers need based music's copyright too so impossible to handle)
YouTube Topic: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChQveKKV7nZHLSGJaAKOkHA
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/08OoIISROuIG0Hw8pVhYE6

Also osu! has already 3 ranked/loved of RE:WIND by 3 different hosts.
Loved mania(4K) - beatmapsets/1838778
Ranked mania(4/6K) - beatmapsets/2146646
Ranked taiko - beatmapsets/2097529

Music lists
But You One More - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcvMQ9MZhF8
RE:WIND - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgSXAKsq-Vo
Winter Spring - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY-gJkMuJ94
LOCKDOWN - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgMFpuos4Rg
Another World - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KTFf2X-ago
KIDDING - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDFUl2mHIW4
OVER - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4SRH9jfUMQ
Superhero - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyhwJnNpVJI [TMI: This music's composer is INFX = HyuN who is already osu! FA ]



ps. Woowakgood played osu! before haha
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCoVEFpICZk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LGjUsPG9hE