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== Lyrics ==
== Lyrics ==
=== Game Size ===
=== Game Size ===
==== Japanese ====
==== Original ====
<pre>Don't stop (the)sweet soul music
<pre>Don't stop (the)sweet soul music
Keep on free ・・・ soul music
Keep on free ・・・ soul music
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Keep on free ・・・</pre>
Keep on free ・・・</pre>


==== Romaji ====
==== Transliteration ====
<pre>Don't stop (the)sweet soul music
<pre>Don't stop (the)sweet soul music
Keep on free ... soul music
Keep on free ... soul music
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=== Long Version ===
=== Long Version ===
==== English+Japanese ====
==== Original ====
{{hide text|<pre>Don't stop (the)sweet soul music
{{hide text|<pre>Don't stop (the)sweet soul music
Keep on free ・・・ soul music
Keep on free ・・・ soul music
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== Song Connections / Remixes ==
== Song Connections / Remixes ==
* more deep(ver.2.1) is a remix of [[more deep]], from [[CS bm GOTTA|beatmania APPEND GOTTAMIX]].
* more deep(ver.2.1) is a remix of [[more deep]], from [[CS bm GOTTA|beatmania APPEND GOTTAMIX]].
* A long version of more deep(ver.2.1), titled ''more deep (ver.3.7)'', appears on Sana's [[Sanative]] album.
* A long version of more deep(ver.2.1), titled ''more deep (ver.3.7)'', appears in Sana's [[Sanative]] album.
* The DanceDanceRevolution series uses a much shorter version of more deep(ver.2.1).
* The DanceDanceRevolution series uses a much shorter version of more deep(ver.2.1).
* The scratch sample which opens more deep(ver.2.1) is also heard on the [[AC 8th style|beatmania IIDX 8th style]] title screen.


== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
* The scratch sample which opens more deep(ver.2.1) is also heard on the [[AC 8th style|beatmania IIDX 8th style]] title screen.
* Yoichi Hayashi provides background vocals in more deep(ver.2.1), marking his only original appearance in the beatmania IIDX series.
* Yoichi Hayashi provides background vocals in more deep(ver.2.1), marking his only original appearance in the beatmania IIDX series.
* According to Yasi's video comments on more deep(ver.2.1), he kept the video as simple as possible after the negative backlash he got for [[SANA MOLLETE NE ENTE -B.L.T. STYLE-]]'s video from [[CS 4th style|4th style CS]], where he tried to mask Sana behind visual effects, silhouette, and negative colors, and instead got criticized for making her look scary/dreadful. [https://web.archive.org/web/20071226040015/http://www.konami.jp/gs/game/2dx5th/column09.html]
* According to Yasi's video comments on more deep(ver.2.1), he kept the video as simple as possible after the negative backlash he got for [[SANA MOLLETE NE ENTE -B.L.T. STYLE-]]'s video from [[CS 4th style|beatmania IIDX 4th style -new songs collection-]], where he tried to mask Sana behind visual effects, silhouette, and negative colors, and instead got criticized for making her look scary and irritating.
* In the DanceDanceRevolution series, more deep(ver.2.1)'s artist was slightly changed to '''Togo project feat. Sana''' on the songwheel, although its banner capitalizes the letter "P" from "project".
* In the DanceDanceRevolution series, more deep(ver.2.1)'s artist was slightly changed to '''Togo project feat. Sana''' on the songwheel, although its banner capitalizes the letter "P" from "project".
** [[CS DDR ULTRAMIX2|DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX2]] and [[CS DS Unleashed2|Dancing Stage Unleashed2]] changed the songwheel artist display to match its banner, as '''Togo Project feat. Sana''', while changing the title to '''more deep ver.2.1'''.
** [[CS DDR ULTRAMIX2|DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX2]] and [[CS DS Unleashed2|Dancing Stage Unleashed2]] changed the songwheel artist display to match its banner, as '''Togo Project feat. Sana''', while changing the title to '''more deep ver.2.1'''.
* In the DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX / Dancing Stage Unleashed series, more deep ver.2.1's BPM is incorrectly displayed as 120.
* In the DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX / Dancing Stage Unleashed series, more deep ver.2.1's BPM is incorrectly displayed as 120.
* Though the charts are different, more deep(ver.2.1)'s Single BEGINNER and BASIC charts in the DanceDanceRevolution series have the exact same stepcount.
* Though the charts are different, more deep(ver.2.1)'s Single BEGINNER and BASIC charts in the DanceDanceRevolution series have the exact same notecount.
* more deep ver.2.1 received a Double BEGINNER chart in DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX2.
* more deep ver.2.1 received a Double BEGINNER chart in DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX2.


== Song Production Information ==
== Song Production Information ==
Untranslated.
=== beatmania IIDX 5th style -new songs collection- ===
==== "Moto kuguri Johnny" Togo ====
This song is based on "more deep" that I wrote for the now nostalgic "beatmania APPEND GOTTAMIX" (released in 1999), rearranged it with a genre called 2STEP.
 
I didn't have enough time during the production of GOTTAMIX, so I quickly made it with basic equipment, and it stuck in my mind for a long time. (It doesn't means it's good if you have time to make it with good equipment, however...)<br>
So for that reason, I tried to create it with the thought of "let's settle it", but after all, "It's selfish of me ~smug~" (... You've heard that somewhere, right?).<br>
Also, did I promise club/techno-styled rhythms for a while? I was fed up with "four-beat kicks", so let's go with a 2STEP without "four-beat kicks"!... So I said.
 
Now, when I just started production, I reunited with the guitarist named Kenji Suzuki after 10 years for another project.<br>
He was from the same music school as me, and has been a catchy guitar player since then. He is currently very active in the major scene, recording and touring for artists such as Hikaru Utada and Misia!<br>
Well, when I saw him play amazingly up close, I suddenly felt weak and immediately told him, "Oh, I'm not going to play guitar by myself this time".<br>
(I poorly played the guitar in [[Toshiyuki Kakuta|L.E.D.]]'s [[SOMETHING WONDERFUL|song]]... Kaku-chan, I'm sorry [laughs])<br>
So listen & press to his nice guitar play.
 
Of course, the cute honey(?) diva "Sana" reprises and doubles the charm as the vocalist!<br>
Oh..., and the sound director of pop'n, "Haya-P", also participates in it.
 
I want to make a long version of this song someday for music CDs etc., so by all means, please listen to it again.
 
=== beatmania IIDX 7th style ===
==== Togo ====
I tried to include an old A.O.R.-styled mature(?) melody in a 2STEP-styled beat.<br>
It's always a headache finding the right balance between the contradictory "club/dance progression" VS. "song progression with a story".<br>
It was a difficult delivery, but I somehow gave birth safely!<br>
The guitar by Suzuken (Kenji Suzuki), who is also active as a guitarist for artists such as Misia and Hikaru Utada, is very effective.
 
==== Sana ====
"more deep" is perhaps the most mature song I've sung.<br>
Two people in love burn their hearts out, then turn into stardust and disappear in the night sky.<br>
At that time, the power of love released was so deep, that Sana had selfish delusions of it as not deeper, but "more deep".<br>
Have you ever felt so passionate, that you think it's alright to fall to the depths?


== CS Information Data ==
== CS Information Data ==
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== Video Production Information ==
== Video Production Information ==
Untranslated.
=== beatmania IIDX 5th style -new songs collection- ===
==== Yasi ====
The original song was two years ago... time flies by so fast.<br>
At that time, I never thought these types of movies would be included in the home version of beatmania, from the pixel art movies in the 5-key beatmania.... This is when the PS2 was still a rumor.
 
Well, finally this time, I mean, I finally said... we have released it. The true face of Sana, the BEMANI diva.<br>
In my previous work, "SANA MOLLETE NE ENTE", some effects were overexposed for her to remain anonymous, but it received a poor reception for being "scary" and "irritating", so I tried to keep it as straightforward as possible this time.
 
The location was in a rented studio in Tokyo.<br>
I wanted to capture as much footage of Togo-chef's hands as possible, so I asked him to let me come along to the recording session.<br>
For some reason, Sana is wearing a stage costume, although she was supposed to be in "plain" clothes.
 
=== beatmania IIDX 7th style ===
==== Yasi ====
It feels like a rather long time ago now that I've created this video, and my memories of making it are fading, but...
 
Anyways, I didn't have materials or time to make the movie, so I forced myself to go to the studio and film the song's recording.<br>
There was something like a rough "aim" to show the behind-the-scenes atmosphere of an artist, but in the end, it became a movie with no twist whatsoever, so I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved and apologize.
 
Come to think of it, Sana's [[papayapa bossa|vocal debut]] in the [[CS bm|first PS version of beatmania]] in 1998 started half-jokingly, but I hope it will remain as a good memory for Togo and Sana, the driving forces behind it.


== Difficulty & Notecounts ==
== Difficulty & Notecounts ==