Gentle stress

gentle stress

Song Information

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Artist: DJ Swan
Composition/Arrangement: DJ Swan
BPM: 175
Length: 1:43
Genre: DRUM'N'BASS
Movie: MORO (beatmania), VJ GYO (overlays by ?, beatmania IIDX)
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX substream / DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSiON 2
Other Music Game Appearances:

• beatmania THE FINAL / beatmania III THE FINAL

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• A remix of gentle stress by MR.DOG, titled gentle stress(SENSUAL MIX), can be found in DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX.
• A "live" long version of gentle stress, titled gentle stress(Live@honeyhunter TKO ’08) appears on Keiichi Ueno's first album, Rewind!.
• A remix of gentle stress by fu_mou, titled gentle stress wobble rmx, can be found in SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH.

Trivia

• gentle stress marks the debut of Toshiaki Komiya in BEMANI.
  • Also, gentle stress and Macho Gang both mark Keiichi Ueno's first original compositions in the DanceDanceRevolution series.
• In DanceDanceRevolution, most of gentle stress' background animations are tinted red.
• According to Keiichi Ueno's song comments on Secret of Love, dj TAKA was the one who came up with the name "gentle stress" for the song.
• In beatmania IIDX substream, gentle stress' genre was DRUM'N BASS.
• On the beatmania maniac-tracks from IIDX 2ndstyle , Yebisu MIX , Dancing Stage featuring TRUE KiSS DESTiNATiON and beatmania BEST SOUNDTRACK albums, gentle stress is instead titled Gentle stress.
• gentle stress' overlays are used as generic animations in beatmania THE FINAL.
  • Appropriately, they are used several times in gentle stress' animations.
• From beatmania IIDX 3rd style to beatmania IIDX 5th style, gentle stress' BPM was shown as 174. This was fixed in beatmania IIDX 9th style.
• gentle stress received LIGHT charts in beatmania IIDX 3rd style.
• gentle stress was absent from the location tests of beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD. However, it reappeared in the final release.
• gentle stress received ANOTHER charts in beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS CS. These charts were added to the arcades in beatmania IIDX 27 HEROIC VERSE.
• gentle stress is an unlockable revival in beatmania IIDX 27 HEROIC VERSE. It can be unlocked by fulfilling one requirement described in this article.
  • It received new Single/Double NORMAL and HYPER charts upon its revival.
  • As of beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER, it is available by default.

Song Production Information

beatmania

Fujii

A crossover from IIDX substream.
This early-era drum'n bass track, which uses a format called artcore, has piano rhythms that create beautiful streams, and a pleasant thrill of soaring away.

Video Production Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania difficulty rated from 1 to 9.
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 5 in substream, 1 to 7 from 2nd through 4th style, 1 to 7+ in 5th through 9th style, 1 to 8 in 10th style, 1 to 8+ in IIDX RED, and from 1 to 12 from HAPPY SKY onwards.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from 2ndMIX CLUB VER. through 5thMIX (and the Solo games) rated from 1 to 9. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from KANI KANI CRAB and BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

beatmania

Game	SP Difficulty			DP Difficulty
	Normal	Hard	Another	Normal	Hard	Another
Notecounts	232	350	-	272	351	-
beatmania THE FINAL	3	4	-	4	5	-
beatmania III THE FINAL	3	4	-	4	5	-

beatmania IIDX

Old charts

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	148	232	350	728	-	272	351	772	-
beatmania IIDX substream→2nd style	-	-	4	-	-	-	4	-	-
beatmania IIDX 3rd style→4th style	-	3	4	-	-	3	4	-	-
beatmania IIDX 5th style	-	3	4	-	-	↑4	↑5	-	-
beatmania IIDX 9th style→16 EMPRESS	-	3	4	-	-	4	5	-	-
beatmania IIDX 3rd style CS	-	3	4	-	-	3	4	-	-
beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS CS	-	3	4	9	-	4	5	8	-
beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST	2	3	4	9	-	4	5	8	-

New charts

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	-	172	342	728	-	198	327	772	-
beatmania IIDX 27 HEROIC VERSE→Present	-	2	4	9	-	3	5	9	-

Other chart not shown on the above table:

• beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS CS Double BEGINNER: total notes: unknown.

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	- / -	207 / 0	290 / 0	333 / 0	- / - / -	207 / 0	290 / 0	- / -	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSiON 2	-	6	8	9	-	6	8	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX APPEND CLUB VERSiON 2	-	6	8	9	-	6	8	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution CLUB VERSiON (DC)	-	6	8	9	-	6	8	-	-