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== Song Information ==
== Song Information ==


Artist: [[Jun_Wakita|玄武]] (Genbu)<br>
Artist: 玄武 (Genbu)<br>
Composition/Arrangement: [[Jun Wakita]]<br>
BPM: 72-82<br>
BPM: 72-82<br>
Genre: Esoteric Slowcore<br>
Length: 2:06<br>
Genre: ESOTERIC SLOWCORE<br>
VJ: [[HES]]<br>
VJ: [[HES]]<br>
First Appeared On: [[AC DistorteD]]<br>
First Music Game Appearance: [[AC DistorteD|beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD]]<br>
Length: 2:06<br>
Other Music Game Appearances: None.


== Lyrics ==
== Lyrics ==
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== Song Connections/Remixes ==
== Song Connections/Remixes ==


* One of the 4 Cardinal Gate songs.
* Ganymede is one of the 4 Cardinal Gate songs.
 
* A long version of Ganymede appeared on the ''CARDINAL GATE conclusion'' album (on CS DistorteD's Special edition) along with [[CONTRACT]], [[waxing and wanding]], [[Kachoufusetsu|華蝶風雪]], and [[Nageki no Ki|嘆きの樹]].
* A long version of this song appeared on the ''CARDINAL GATE conclusion'' CD (on CS DistorteD's Special edition) along with [[Contract|CONTRACT]], [[Waxing and Wanding|waxing and wanding]], [[Kachoufusetsu|華蝶風雪]], and [[Nageki no Ki|嘆きの樹]].


== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==


* In William Shakespeare's play ''As You Like It'', the character Rosalind disguises herself as a deceitful boy named Ganymede. The song's odd speed (plus its changes) and its deceitful note chart may be an homage to the play.
* In William Shakespeare's play ''As You Like It'', the character Rosalind disguises herself as a deceitful boy named Ganymede. The song's odd speed (plus its changes) and its deceitful note chart may be an homage to the play.
* This is the slowest of the Cardinal Gate songs.
* Ganymede is the slowest of the Cardinal Gate songs.
* This song features a green colored skin.
* Ganymede features a green colored skin.
* Genbu is believed to be [[Jun_Wakita|Wac]]'s alias.  Perhaps the most apparent evidence for this is Wac's very distinctive energetic, longwinded writing style being used in the song notes on Konami's web site, as well as the song name, which follows Wac's pattern of naming songs after astronomical bodies. CARDINAL GATE conclusion (the CD that comes with the special edition of IIDX DistorteD CS) confirmed this by crediting him as composer.
* 玄武's identity was confirmed on the ''CARDINAL GATE conclusion'' album, by crediting Jun Wakita as the composer.
* Ganymede is also the name of one of Jupiter's Galileo moons, and the song may refer to its lonely and desolate nature.
* Ganymede is also the name of one of Jupiter's Galileo moons, and the song may refer to its lonely and desolate nature.
* The video features a green Armored Core-style robot-like character as the embodiment of Genbu.
* The video features a green Armored Core-style robot-like character as the embodiment of Genbu.