Waxing and wanding
waxing and wanding
Song Information
Artist: 青龍
Composition/Arrangement: Seiryu
BPM: 191
Length: 2:05
Genre: DANCE SPEED
Movie: ? (overlays by GOLI)
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD
Other Music Game Appearances:
- REFLEC BEAT limelight
- REFLEC BEAT plus MUSIC PACK 46
- REFLEC BEAT + KONAMI MUSIC PACK 34
- SOUND VOLTEX EXCEED GEAR
Lyrics
None.
Song Connections / Remixes
- A long version of waxing and wanding appears in the CARDINAL GATE conclusion album, included with beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD CS's special edition.
- Another long version of waxing and wanding appears in starmine 青龍 DISC, the bonus disc of Ryu☆'s first album, starmine.
- Yet another long version, titled waxing and wanding (BD MIX), appears in 青龍's first album, BLUE DRAGON. This version removed the intro.
- A remix of waxing and wanding by kors k, titled waxing and wanding (kors k mix), also appears in Ryu☆'s first album, starmine.
- Another remix of waxing and wanding by JAKAZiD, titled waxing and wanding (JAKAZiD's 新月 Remix), appears in the cyber beatnation 2 -Hi Speed conclusion- album.
- Another remix of waxing and wanding by しま兄, titled waxing and wanding (SS Remix), appears in SOUND VOLTEX IV HEAVENLY HAVEN.
- waxing and wanding's high-pitched vocal samples are taken from Franca Acapella 1, a vocal track found in the sample CD Techno Trance Essentials by Ueberschall.
Trivia
- waxing and wanding is one of the four CARDINAL GATE EXTRA STAGE songs.
- waxing and wanding's title refers to two phases of the moon, "waxing" (when it changes from new moon to full moon) and "waning" (from full moon to new moon).
- Seiryu (青龍) is the Japanese name of Qinglong, a Chinese god that represents the east and the spring season.
- The video features two embodiments of Seiryu, one being a blue dragon, and the other being a woman in kimono, resembling the woman in the video of 雪月花 (another Ryutaro Nakahara song with a GOLI video).
- waxing and wanding is the second song of Lincle LINK 5 to be unlocked in REFLEC BEAT limelight. It becomes available once Glass Level 25 has been reached.
- In REFLEC BEAT colette -All Seasons-, it has been automatically unlocked as of May 14th, 2014 by using an eAMUSEMENT PASS.
- waxing and wanding's jacket illustration is taken from the starmine 青龍 DISC CD.
- In REFLEC BEAT +, waxing and wanding's artist was romanized as SEIRYU.
- waxing and wanding is unlockable in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS from November 2nd, 2017, after purchasing its charts with BITs.
- From April 20th, 2022, it is available by default in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020).
- After being removed from the initial release of REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア, waxing and wanding was revived on December 28th, 2017.
- waxing and wanding received LEGGENDARIA charts in beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS. These charts can be unlocked from September 13th, 2018 by clearing the CARDINAL EXPERT course.
- As of beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage, these charts are available by default.
- These charts are available in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020) since July 26th, 2023.
- waxing and wanding was added to SOUND VOLTEX EXCEED GEAR on March 7th, 2024.
- waxing and wanding received new jackets in the SOUND VOLTEX series.
Song Production Information
Seiryu
I love the moon.
When I traveled to Europe, while flying over Siberia, there was just a perfectly round moon floating in the empty, truly empty sky.
It looked just like a smooth and polished pearl.
The clear atmosphere above the clouds also helped draw an arc with an extremely high resolution.
When I stared at this shining universe, it felt like the whimsical light surrounded and healed my tired self from daily life.
The images from that time are deeply etched in my eyes.
Such lovely trip occurred four months after I completed this song.
Huh?! Oh, yeah. It was four months later. Nearly four months later.
The previous sentence was just to be cool. I'm sorry. I regret it.
When I created this song, I had vague thoughts such as "oh~, the moon. It's great~! So fabulous!".
Huh. That's right. It was four months later. I just extended it a bit.
Please don't make me say it again.
Well then, thank you very much for also checking it out today. I'm obviously Seiryu.
Also, person T somehow called this song "wowow".
I don't know why it's not abbreviated at all, so I added it.
I'm obviously Sei,,, huh?! No, that's because it was four months later!
1cm is also entirely four months later! I'm quite angry!
Video Production Information
GOLI
I was able to participate in a song which is part of the Four Heavenly Kings, so I seriously drew a dragon. Dragon motifs are very well-known in manga and TV, so many people might feel that they're commonly used.
But from an artist's perspective, it's unusual to find something very interesting as this.
It looks like a snake, but it's not a snake. It has antlers, but it's not a deer.
Dragons, wyverns, sea dragons... these are endless fantasies created by humans. They're very strange.
And this Seiryu song is labeled in my favorite genre that I listen to, and I listened to it quite frequently while creating this video.
I still can't hear what the vocals are saying in the opening.
It sounds like "awanao". I like this catchy song.
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
REFLEC BEAT to groovin'!! Upper difficulty rated from 1 to 10+, 1 to 13 in VOLZZA/VOLZZA 2, and 1 to 15 in 悠久のリフレシア.
SOUND VOLTEX difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from IV HEAVENLY HAVEN onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)
beatmania IIDX
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEGINNER | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | |
| Notecounts | 281 | 658 | 997 | 1457 | 2000 | 647 | 966 | 1399 | 2000 |
| beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD→14 GOLD | - | 7 | 10 | 11 | - | 7 | 10 | 12 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS→24 SINOBUZ | - | 7 | 10 | 11 | - | 7 | 10 | ↓11 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS→Present | - | 7 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD CS | 3 | 7 | 10 | 11 | - | 7 | 10 | 11 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST | 3 | 7 | 10 | 11 | - | 7 | 10 | 11 | - |
| beatmania IIDX INFINITAS | - | 7 | 10 | 11 | - | 7 | 10 | 11 | - |
| beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE | - | 7 | 10 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020) | - | 7 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
REFLEC BEAT
Old Charts
| Game | Level | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Medium | Hard | Special | |
| Notecounts | 144 | 381 | 678 | - |
| REFLEC BEAT limelight→VOLZZA 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | - |
| REFLEC BEAT plus | 3 | 7 | 10 | - |
| REFLEC BEAT + | 3 | 7 | 10 | - |
New Charts
| Game | Level | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Medium | Hard | White Hard | |
| Notecounts | 158 | 409 | 706 | - |
| REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア | 5 | 9 | 12 | - |
SOUND VOLTEX
| Game | Level | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOVICE | ADVANCED | EXHAUST | MAXIMUM | EXCEED | |
| Max Chain (EXCEED GEAR→Present) | 780 | 1275 | 1606 | 2042 | - |
| Effected By | レッドホットスクリューズ | レッドホットスクリューズ | レッドホットスクリューズ | レッドホットスクリューズ | - |
| Jacket Artists | GOLI | GOLI | GOLI | GOLI | - |
| SOUND VOLTEX EXCEED GEAR→Present | 6 | 13 | 16 | 18 | - |
| CARDINAL GATE | |
|---|---|
| EXTRA STAGEs | CONTRACT - Ganymede - waxing and wanding - 華蝶風雪 |
| ONE MORE EXTRA STAGE | 嘆きの樹 |
| Lincle LINK #5 | |
|---|---|
| beatmania IIDX songs | ビューティフル レシート - Flip Flap - Castle on the Moon - TITANS RETURN - quaver♪ |
| REFLEC BEAT songs | The Sampling Paradise - waxing and wanding - EXUSIA - 灼熱Beach Side Bunny - 天空の夜明け |
| Both games | HAERETICUS |