Haunting synth melodies and that signature ZUN compositional style that Touhou fans know in their bones. Dolls in Pseudo Paradise is ZUN's first music collection album from 2002, bridging PC-98 era sounds into early Windows territory.
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U.N.オーエンは彼女なのか？ is the legendary track here, the one that spawned a thousand remixes and never stops being intense. 蓬莱伝説 (Hourai Legend) opens with this mythical, floating quality. 明治十七年の上海アリス has that old-world European flavor ZUN loves, all waltz-like and slightly unsettling.
エニグマティクドール leans full into the creepy doll atmosphere the album title promises. The whole thing tells a story through sound, moving from folk-tinged pieces to frantic, layered compositions. 人形の森 (Forest of Dolls) is exactly as eerie as it sounds.
If you call yourself a Touhou fan and haven't sat with this front to back, what are you even doing.