The same recording with different artist credits (though the artist is the same)

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I wrote about it on a topic made by me already, but no one answered, so I make this as it’s own topic.

I started editing TOHO COMPLETE BOX. It’s a compilation of UNDEAD CORPORATION’s previous tracks.

The credits are slightly different for the tracks though.
At some point West Village started getting credited as Dougen Kubota.
That’s the same person.
I wanted to merge old recordings that have West Village in relationships with the ones from TOHO COMPLETE BOX which have Dugen Kubota in credits (I didn’t add relationships yet), but would that mean I need to add Dougen Kubota to the recordings relationships where there’s already West Village, or should those recordings be separate?

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If they are the exact same recording than the recording artist is how it appears on the first official release. You can merge any recording that you know is the exact same regardless of how it’s credited on a release. Are these artists actually the exact same person. If so, they should likely be merged, unless they consider them to be different projects (i.e. they are using 2 different names at same time). As far as relationships go, only credit them once. I think it’s okay to use the current artist’s name if that’s their intent, but I usually credit how it appears on first release.

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I don’t know if he considers his 2 names to be different projects.
What I see though is that with UNDEAD CORPOTARION his first time getting credited by his name is in O.D..
On J.O.I.N.T. though, he is credited as DOUGEN.
He is also credited as DOUGEN in Thousand Eyes from the start of the band.

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Are both names still showing as separate on streaming services? If so, I might keep separate for now. If not, I’d still merge and just use the “credited as” field to show how they are credited on each track, release, etc.

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By looking at Spotify, in Thousand Eyes, he is mentioned as Dougen in credits.
On UNDEAD CORPORATION, I didn’t find him getting mentioned.
On UNDEAD CORPORATION DOUJIN WORKS (that’s where touhou arrangements are), I didn’t find him either.

He has 2 artist accounts: