Hatsune Miku on stage at ICon 2025

VOCAWAVES has concluded

2021 - 2025

Thank you for participating over the years!

Our story

From the first idea to fan concerts in the UK and Germany.

  1. Initial ideas in the Hatsune Miku bot server

  2. First online concert, under the name VOCA-UK
    Read the VOCA-UK story

  3. Project restarted as VOCAWAVES

  4. South Yorkshire Anime Festival

    Doncaster, UK

    Our first fan concert: around 40 minutes of custom MMD visuals (including custom covers), with our own projection equipment and playback software. GUMI, the MEIKA Twins, Otomachi Una, IA, Kasane Teto and Yuzuki Yukari performed.

    Watch a clip on YouTube (opens in a new tab)

    Set list (18 songs)
    1. INTERGALACTICA
    2. Yomosugara Kimi Omou
    3. Heart Pie Dancehall
    4. Donut Hole
    5. Mozaik Role
    6. Hate It. Hate It. Jigahidai
    7. ECHO
    8. Asu no Yozora Shoukaihan
    9. Yoshiwara Lament
    10. Kisaragi Attention
    11. Booo!
    12. This Special Tone is Wonderful
    13. Ochame Function
    14. Marine Dreamin'
    15. KING
    16. Megu Megu Fire Endless Night
    17. Freedom Lolita
    18. ONEgai Darling
    GUMI on stage at the South Yorkshire Anime Festival

  5. VOCABERLIN Hatsune Miku Geburtstag

    Berlin, Germany

    VOCABERLIN asked us to provide a concert for their largest Miku birthday event yet. We produced a special show with custom renders featuring Hatsune Miku.

    Visit VOCABERLIN (opens in a new tab)

    Set list (17 songs)
    1. Happy Happy Birthday
    2. 39
    3. 39 Music
    4. Ai no Uta
    5. Blue Star
    6. Greenlights Serenade
    7. Kocchi Muite Baby
    8. Koi Suru VOC@LOID
    9. Love Words IV
    10. Miku Miku ni Shite Ageru
    11. My Time
    12. SPiCa
    13. Birthday Song for Miku
    14. GETCHA
    15. Teo
    16. The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku
    17. Unknown Mother Goose
    VOCABERLIN and VOCAWAVES representatives posing with Miku

  6. VOCAWAVES Christmas Special

    Great York Anime Festival, York, UK

    A festive concert that brought a live guitarist to our shows for the first time, with Icy Seas Music on stage. We also ran the stage and did all audio mixing for the day.

    Watch a clip on YouTube (opens in a new tab)

    Set list (19 songs)
    1. LIVEDRIVE
    2. 1,2 Fanclub
    3. Override
    4. Kokuhaku Rival Sengen
    5. Six Trillion Years and Overnight Story
    6. Teto Teto in the Wonder Night
    7. ENVY BABY
    8. Go My Way
    9. Love will surely skyrocket
    10. Very Merry Happy Christmas
    11. Snowman
    12. Melt
    13. The Snow White Princess Is
    14. Star Night Snow
    15. Snow Fairy Story
    16. Colorful Marine Snow
    17. Melancholic
    18. Egorock
    19. Mesmerizer
    A guitarist playing beside Rin while the crowd waves glowsticks

  7. ICon 2025

    Imperial College London, UK

    We created a custom set list for a VOCALOID society's performance at a university event. This was our first time solely providing the renders for a show.

    Watch the video on YouTube (opens in a new tab)

    Set list (17 songs)
    1. World is Mine
    2. Rolling Girl
    3. God-ish
    4. Meltdown
    5. Romeo and Cinderella
    6. Two Faced Lovers
    7. Senbonzakura
    8. Tale of the Deep Sea Lily
    9. SPiCa
    10. Migikata no Chou
    11. Just Be Friends
    12. Intergalactic Bound
    13. Nostalogic
    14. Remote Control
    15. Rabbit Hole
    16. Magical Cure! Love Shot!
    17. Mesmerizer
    Hatsune Miku on stage at ICon 2025

  8. VOCAWAVES disbanded

Post-disbandment projects

Projects that came out after we disbanded.

  • Megpoid GUMI live at the FAB Award Ceremony

    Festival of Animation Berlin

    We provided the renders for the show which was presented by VOCABERLIN. This show was in production prior to our disbandment.

    Set list (2 songs)
    1. Megu Megu Fire Endless Night
    2. Tokio Funka

  • Midwest Mirai

    Anime Nebraskon

    Upon request, we provided the renders for Envy Baby and Shadow Shadow, and contributed to SHANTI with our lyric video render.

What we did

We were a non-profit association set up to grow knowledge and appreciation of Japanese vocalsynth culture outside Japan. Here is how we contributed.

Fan concerts

We operated the entire setup, from screens to projection equipment. Every set list was built for its event with fully bespoke renders, so no two shows were the same.

After each event, the audience could take a picture with their favourite character on stage.

Otomachi Una on the stage Post-concert photo session

Live sound and video

We provided A/V support for RakuCon 2024 in Manchester, maintaining equipment, running sound and video, and managing the stages. In earlier years we also gave concerts there as VOCA-UK.

Presenters on stage at RakuCon Manchester Teto doing some very professional audio mixing

Software and tools

We built our own tools for our shows and for the events we worked with.Most of it is open source and available on GitHub.

Characters and content

Koemoto Jenna (声元ジェンナ) was our official mascot, created to visualise our mission of promoting vocalsynth culture.

We also created a range of stickers and other merchandise which were distributed for free at events.

Koemoto Jenna, with purple hair and a jacket in the VOCAWAVES colours, making a peace sign
Art by nilotan