AETHER

ÆTHER

Song Information

ÆTHER's jacket.

Artist: TAG underground
Composition/Arrangement: TAG
BPM: 192 (beatmania IIDX NORMAL/HYPER/ANOTHER, REFLEC BEAT), 191-384 (DanceDanceRevolution), 24-192 (beatmania IIDX LEGGENDARIA)
Length: 2:01
Genre: ASTRAL HARDCORE
Movie: Steins
Jacket design: 07
First Music Game Appearance: REFLEC BEAT colette -Summer-
Other Music Game Appearances:

• beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA
• DanceDanceRevolution (2013)
• REFLEC BEAT plus MUSIC PACK 53
• REFLEC BEAT + KONAMI MUSIC PACK 44
• ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom Ver.2

Lyrics

The following lyrics are from the We are “Try to Singers” album for ÆTHER -Try to Sing Ver.-. The original ÆTHER has no vocals.

Japanese

待ったなしのスピードで  やってくる時間に
本当のことを託したら  気づけば後に引けない
ひょっとしたらこれ以上  入り込んでしまう?
まっさらな紙の上で  物語が動き出す
積み重ねた砂の城  何度も壊されて  やっと悟る
心ごと海に溶けて  泡になる

それは青く青く  ただよう陽炎
揺れる  揺れる  幻のよう
巡り巡る神秘の扉を  開いたその先へ...

それは青く青く  ただよう陽炎
揺れる  揺れる  幻のよう
巡り巡る神秘の扉を  開いて見つけた

それを辿る辿る  真理の迷路
揺らぐ  揺らぐ  命の模様
めくりめくる  ページの最後に  刻んで残した

それは続く続く  まばゆい継承
宿る  宿る  魂、鼓動
光り光る未来の歴史へ伝える
5つのNeed for the ÆTHER

Romaji

matta nashi no SPEED de yattekuru jikan ni
hontou no koto wo takushitara kizukeba ato ni hikenai
hyottoshitara kore ijou hairikon de shimau?
massarana kami no ue de monogatari ga ugokidasu
tsumikasaneta suna no shiro nando mo kowasarete yatto satoru
kokoro goto umi ni toke de awa ni naru

sore wa aoku aoku tadayou kagerou
yureru yureru maboroshi no you
meguri meguru shinpi no tobira wo aita sono saki e...

sore wa aoku aoku tadayou kagerou
yureru yureru maboroshi no you
meguri meguru shinpi no tobira wo aite mitsuketa

sore wo tadoru tadoru shinri no meiro
yuragu yuragu inochi no moyou
mekuri mekuru PAGE no saigo ni kizan de nokoshita

sore wa tsuzuku tsuzuku mabayui keishou
yadoru yadoru tamashii, kodou
hikari hikaru mirai no rekishi e tsutaeru
itsutsu no Need for the ÆTHER

Song Connections / Remixes

• ÆTHER shares some similarities with Cosmic Hurricane, from the Tsugidoka! (つぎドカ!) event.
• The version of ÆTHER used in the beatmania IIDX, DanceDanceRevolution, and ミライダガッキ series has louder piano sounds in the middle of the song.
  • This version of ÆTHER appears in the DanceDanceRevolution Original Soundtrack Vol.2 album.
• The ending part of ÆTHER utilizes a similar sounding portion of PARANOiA Revolution's beat structure, from DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX.
• A vocal version of ÆTHER by Hommarju, titled ÆTHER –Try to Sing Ver.-, can be found in the We are “Try to Singers” album.
  • An instrumental version of ÆTHER –Try to Sing Ver.- also appears in We are “Try to Singers”.

Trivia

• ÆTHER is one of the unlockable songs of the second phase of REFLEC BEAT colette -Summer-'s Pastel Adventure colette Fishing unlocking system.
  • From REFLEC BEAT groovin'!! to REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA 2, ÆTHER was playable by default.
• ÆTHER is Yasuhiro Taguchi's first non-DanceDanceRevolution original song under his TAG underground alias.
  • It is also Yasuhiro Taguchi's first song in the REFLEC BEAT series with a HARD chart rated Level 10+ (11 or 12 in REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA/VOLZZA 2).
• According to ancient and medieval science, æther or ether is the material that fills the region of the universe above the terrestrial sphere.
• In REFLEC BEAT, ÆTHER'S BPM halves to 96 in the middle of the song.
  • In DanceDanceRevolution, all of ÆTHER'S BPM values are doubled.
  • In beatmania IIDX, its LEGGENDARIA also has a brief 24 BPM part near the end of the 96 BPM portion before speeding up to 192 BPM.
• ÆTHER was added as a default song to beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA on March 25th, 2014, as part of the TAG seitansai (TAG生誕祭) event.
• ÆTHER is one of DanceDanceRevolution (2013)'s special EXTRA STAGE songs. It was added on March 25th, 2014, as part of the TAG生誕祭 event.
  • ÆTHER and esrev:eR are the first BEMANI crossover songs in the arcade DanceDanceRevolution series that are used as EXTRA STAGE songs.
  • In DanceDanceRevolution (2014), it could be unlocked via the EXTRA ATTACK unlocking method.
  • From December 17th, 2015 onwards, ÆTHER has been automatically unlocked for all players.
• From DanceDanceRevolution (2014) onwards, ÆTHER appears in the DanceDanceRevolution (2014) folder instead of the (2013) folder.
• In DanceDanceRevolution (2014), before June 17th, 2014, ÆTHER was sorted alphabetically after A Stupid Barber, which meant it was sorted as "ATHER". It is now sorted between Adularia and AFRONOVA, as "AETHER".
• After being removed from the initial release of REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア, ÆTHER was revived on December 28th, 2017.
• ÆTHER is available in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS as part of the beatmania IIDX INFINITAS Music Pack vol.6 (beatmania IIDX INFINITAS 楽曲パック vol.6).
• ÆTHER's difficulty level change from DanceDanceRevolution A20 was applied to DanceDanceRevolution A on March 27th, 2019.
• ÆTHER is available in DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX's GRAND PRIX mode from March 1st, 2022, by purchasing the GRAND PRIX music pack vol.3 (グランプリ楽曲パック vol.3).
• ÆTHER received LEGGENDARIA charts in beatmania IIDX 30 RESIDENT's ARENA MODE. They could be unlocked from August 10th, 2023 to August 23rd, 2023 by collecting 120 ARENA CUBES.
  • From February 8th, 2024, these charts can be purchased in beatmania IIDX 31 EPOLIS with Hizou no record (秘蔵のレコード).
  • As of beatmania IIDX 32 Pinky Crush, they are available by default.
• In the DanceDanceRevolution series prior to DanceDanceRevolution WORLD, ÆTHER's BPM was displayed as 192-384.

Song Production Information

None.

Video Production Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from X onwards.
REFLEC BEAT to groovin'!! Upper difficulty rated from 1 to 10+, 1 to 13 in VOLZZA/VOLZZA 2, and 1 to 15 in 悠久のリフレシア. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	-	514	833	1440	1640	542	839	1385	1621
beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA→29 CastHour	-	5	8	11	-	5	8	11	-
beatmania IIDX 30 RESIDENT→Present	-	5	8	11	12	5	8	11	12
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS	-	5	8	11	-	5	8	11	-
beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE	-	5	8	11	-	-	-	-	-

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	215 / 11	372 / 26	551 / 23	704 / 6	- / - / -	368 / 25	550 / 19	688 / 9	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution (2013)→(2014)	6	9	14	17	-	9	14	17	-
DanceDanceRevolution A→Present	6	9	14	17	-	↑10	14	17	-
DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX	6	9	14	17	-	10	14	17	-

REFLEC BEAT

Old Charts

Game	Level
	Basic	Medium	Hard	Special
Notecounts	248	475	780	-
REFLEC BEAT colette -Summer-→groovin'!! Upper	5	8	10+	-
REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA→VOLZZA 2	5	8	11	-
REFLEC BEAT plus	5	8	11	-
REFLEC BEAT +	5	8	10+	-

New Charts

Game	Level
	Basic	Medium	Hard	White Hard
Notecounts	258	521	796	-
REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア	7	10	13	-

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