THE CUBE

THE CUBE

Song Information

THE CUBE's banner.

Artist: DJ SUWAMI
Composition/Arrangement: Keiichi Ueno
BPM: 178
Length: 1:53 (beatmania IIDX), 1:38 (DanceDanceRevolution)
Genre: DRUM'N'BASS
Movie: VJ GYO
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 5th style
Other Music Game Appearances:

• DanceDanceRevolution 5thMIX

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• The DanceDanceRevolution series features a shorter cut of THE CUBE, shortening the middle section of the song.
• A long version of THE CUBE, titled THE CUBE (Original Long Mix), appears on Keiichi Ueno's first album, Rewind!.

Trivia

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• THE CUBE marks the last consecutive appearance of Keiichi Ueno from the beginning of beatmania IIDX, being the only artist who wrote new songs for every installment (even beatmania IIDX substream) up to that point. He would not appear again in beatmania IIDX for over 3 years.
• Prior to LOVE B.B.B a decade later, THE CUBE was the only drum'n'bass song by Keiichi Ueno that he did not compose with Toshiaki Komiya.
• According to ucchie and VJ GYO, THE CUBE was the first song completed and included in beatmania IIDX 5th style.
• THE CUBE's beatmania IIDX charts were created by ucchie.
  • THE CUBE's Single ANOTHER chart has no scratches, being one of the very few beatmania IIDX charts on Single ANOTHER that does not.
• THE CUBE received a new banner in DDRMAX -DanceDanceRevolution-.
• THE CUBE is a hidden revival in beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED. It can be unlocked by playing 60 rounds with an entry card.
  • As of beat #2 (December 22nd, 2004), it is playable by default.

Song Production Information

ucchie

This is a fast-paced drum'n'bass song by Keiichi Ueno!
There are many delicious button sounds throughout the song, with focus on the piano, guitar, synth hits, and the entire solo synth in the song's second-half, which mainly had high-speed rhythms unique to the drum'n'bass genre.
In the ANOTHER chart, you only play the rhythms!
Please become a rhythm machine and aggressively hit the buttons.
It was the first song added to the cabinet during 5th production, so it was very memorable.

CS Information Data

DDRMAX -DanceDanceRevolution-

"THE CUBE" by DJ SUWAMI is an excellent chill-out and jazzy drum'n'bass track - a perfect example of music for the future.

Video Production Information

VJ GYO

Speaking of Ueno's DRUM'N'BASS, this is an unforgettable famous song in IIDX history.

In this movie, I started by associating the image formed by the song's title "THE CUBE".
Then, the next image was born from the melody...

... When you're on the ground, the five senses "run" through various sensations within your body, but if you view it from a high area, they feel strangely unnatural, dry, and pale...
... As a whole, the urban landscape transforms each day as if it was "running", but the flow of the change varies from each place, and isn't the same...

... And I tried adding the essence of the "city" on top of the video's image.

It was the first song recorded when 5th style production started, and it was the first movie I started making for the game (when I had enough time and energy).
I was very conscious about the goal to "expand the movie's range", but the concept work was bigger than the reality, causing aspects of the actual production to be unclear.

Staff Comments

Although this song's tempo is quite fast at 178bpm, you can comfortably listen to it without feeling rushed, it just feels smooth, simple, and yet, hmm, hmm, hmm.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 7+ from 5th through 7th style, 1 to 8 in IIDX RED, and 1 to 12 from HAPPY SKY onwards. beatmania (2006) difficulty rated from 1 to 10.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 9 in 5thMIX, and 1 to 10 in DDRMAX.

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	272	374	644	682	-	374	645	1113	-
beatmania IIDX 5th style→7th style	-	4	6	N/A	-	4	6	N/A	-
beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED	-	4	6	N/A	-	4	6	N/A	-
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY→Present	-	4	6	7	-	4	6	11	-
beatmania IIDX 5th style CS	2	4	6	6	-	4	6	6	-
beatmania (2006)	2	4	6	7	-	4	6	6	-
beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED CS	2	4	6	7	-	4	6	8+	-

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	- / -	135 / 0	215 / 0	282 / 0	- / - / -	152 / 0	236 / 0	323 / 0	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution 5thMIX	-	4	6	7	-	4	6	7	-
DanceDanceRevolution 5thMIX CS	-	4	6	7	-	4	6	7	-
DDRMAX CS NA	-	4	6	7	-	4	6	7	-