THE DETONATOR

THE DETONATOR

Song Information

Artist: teranoid vs. L.E.D.-G
Composition/Arrangement: teranoid, L.E.D.-G
Vocals: MC Kent
BPM: 173
Length: 2:22
Genre: NU STYLE GABBA
VJ: alo
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD CS
Other Music Game Appearances:

• beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA

Lyrics

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Exterminate the core

We're gonna blow up the bass, and trigger off the kicks.
Be the victim of the beats, yeah.
It's gonna erupt, it's gonna burst
Feel the rhythm heating up

Radical gabber groove hits the floor
You better keep up with it

THE DETONATOR

We're gonna devastate the place down

Yeah
You better keep up with it

It's about to get down y'all

Feel the rhythm
Feel the beat
Detonation is about to come

You think this is it
You haven't seen nothing
You think this is it
You haven't seen nothing
Get ready for an explosion
You've never seen or imagined
Get ready for an explosion
You've never seen or imagined
Gonna detonate the rush in you
Detonate the rush in you
Feel the shocking sensation
Feel the shocking sensation

THE DETONATOR

Detonation complete

Long Version

Introducing tonight's triple threat:
L.E.D.-G
teranoid
and MC Kent

Warning: Extremely explosive hardcore techno track.
Be well prepared before listening.

Are you ready for the HARDCORE?

Exterminate the core

We're gonna blow up the bass, and trigger off the kicks.
Be the victim of the beats, yeah.
It's gonna erupt, it's gonna burst
Feel the rhythm heating up

Radical gabber groove hits the floor
You better keep up with it

THE DETONATOR

We're gonna devastate the place down

Yeah
You better keep up with it

Clap your hands if you wanna get down
Clap your hands if you wanna get down
Clap your hands if you wanna get high
Clap your hands if you wanna get high

Clap your hands if you wanna get down
Clap your hands if you wanna get down
Clap your hands if you wanna get high
Clap your hands if you wanna get high

It's about to get down y'all

Feel the rhythm
Feel the beat
Detonation is about to come

You think this is it
You haven't seen nothing
You think this is it
You haven't seen nothing
Get ready for an explosion
You've never seen or imagined
Get ready for an explosion
You've never seen or imagined
Gonna detonate the rush in you
Detonate the rush in you
Feel the shocking sensation
Feel the shocking sensation

THE DETONATOR

THE DETONATOR

THE DETONATOR

Down to the floor and feel the underground
Let yourself go. Yeah
Hands up! It's unstoppable
Here we go now. Drop the hardcore bomb

The Detonator is nonstop
We don't dance for terrorists
The Detonator is nonstop
We don't dance for terrorists

Down to the floor and feel the underground
Let yourself go. Yeah
Hands up! It's unstoppable
Here we go now. Drop the hardcore bomb

The Detonator beats nonstop

Detonation complete

Song Connections / Remixes

• A long version of THE DETONATOR appears on L.E.D.'s first album, 電人K.
• A completely re-done version of THE DETONATOR appears on the beatmania IIDX CS Collection -GOLD, DJ TROOPERS, EMPRESS- album.
• A remix of THE DETONATOR by RoughSketch, titled THE DETONATOR (RoughSketch BPM200 Remix), appears on the beatnation RHYZE vs HARDCORE TANO*C album.

Trivia

• Originally, THE DETONATOR was to be selectable at the beginning of beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD CS. However, it was decided to make it a hidden song, making it the first collaboration song to be a hidden song in beatmania IIDX.
• Sound data for THE DETONATOR can be found in beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro, including its unused song preview.
  • It was finally added as a playable song to beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA, as part of MAP DX-7 of the Qprogue event.

Song Production Information

L.E.D.

For the IIDX GOLD collaborations, we were planning six collaboration songs, and this song was going to be added as another collaboration song, but as a hidden song. I had wanted to work with teranoid, so we made a agreement to make a song together, which even before we finished the song, we titled "THE DETONATOR."
(By the way, teranoid spent a lot of time on this)

After several exchanges of data, I asked teranoid for his finished part, but he then introduced the idea of adding an MC to the song, so when I listened to the song, I was pleasantly surprised by how strong the song sounded.
teranoid, a feeling of dread... I like it.

Also, a full version of "THE DETONATOR" is on L.E.D.'s recently released album "denjin-k", with a foreign flavor and a slightly altered virtual live version, making it more hardcore.
If you are interested, please come and listen to the album.

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teranoid

Hey, everyone, it's been a while.
After a long absence, teranoid has participated in IIDX.
I had a chance to hear Mr.Toshiyuki Kakuta's samples of the song beforehand, and my heart resonated with the savage quality of the music.
"I must work with this person to create a song!"
That was what I was thinking.
Fortune must have been smiling at me, because I received a call for a IIDX collaboration, and so I seized the opportunity.
We enthusiastically went to work, and created a collaboration song that we both can be proud of.

Now for a bit of a story. Before I was contacted about a collaboration, my musical influences was moderately American. But recently, I have been listening to more Dutch music, which I think is more profound and dramatic. This is why the song has a Dutch flavor to it, with an American atmosphere all around it, and an essential Japanese element at its original base.

I have a feeling that me and Mr.Kakuta will be arguing on who actually originated the song.

Anyways, if you like the song, please get the game!
Don't blink, because this song is also on "denjin-k"!
The long version of this song will go beyond the game version and will hit you like a shock to the spinal cord as a new song.
It is almost too much for one's head.

Next time I'll see you, I'll come up with another hardcore song for you.
get ready for an explosion
you've never seen or imagined

hardcore priest teranoid (from Earth)

Video Production Information

alo

This is a detonation. It seems to be detonating. It is cool.

The nucleus sent a signal from the nerve to the synapse, activating my muscles and causing images to form.
I let these images form and reform and it became something else.

Forgive me if I am giving a bit of an intense image for this high-paced song.
Thinking about the important parts of the song, I wanted to make the movie such that it would enhance the video game music and add tension.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

Game	SP Difficulty				DP Difficulty
	Beginner	Normal	Hyper	Another	Normal	Hyper	Another
Notecounts	-	836	1284	1636	985	1156	1570
beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD CS	-	6	10	11	7	9	10
beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA→Present	-	↑7	10	11	↑8	9	10