Mind the gap

mind the gap

Song Information

Artist: Osamu Kubota
Composition/Arrangement: Osamu Kubota
BPM: 98-147
Length: 1:53
Genre: UK PROGRESSIVE
Movie: たかたん
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

None.

Trivia

• mind the gap's video marks BEMANI designer Hyogo Takahashi's debut in the beatmania IIDX series.
• According to dj TAKA's staff comments in the beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY official website, he worked with Yoshitaka to implement mind the gap's time signature changes in the game [1].
• mind the gap is an unlockable revival song in beatmania IIDX 29 CastHour's ARENA MODE. It could be unlocked from September 29th, 2022 to October 16th, 2022 by collecting 60 ARENA CUBES.
  • From February 13th, 2023, it can be purchased in beatmania IIDX 30 RESIDENT with Hizou no record (秘蔵のレコード).
  • As of beatmania IIDX 31 EPOLIS, it is available by default.
• mind the gap received brand-new Double charts upon its revival in beatmania IIDX 29 CastHour.

Song Production Information

Osamu Kubota

There was once a man. He disliked the dance music playing throughout the city, and with a group, founded the "irregular time signature temple" in Ogikubo, Tokyo​, in an effort to popularize the strange time signature, which led to the complicated and mysterious "death of the 4-beat time signature".
I've revived this after 20 years have passed. I'm truly grateful to receive the opportunity to create this kind of song. I'd like to give you a British scent that I recreated just from my efforts performing it, which is said to go beyond analog to physical, back when PCs didn't exist as a student.

"mind the gap" - that's the secret code. A space-time distortion created by magical 16th notes. The "irregular prime numbered time signature" spiral, which is even more advanced than music with odd time signatures, is like a magnificent cathedral built without using a single nail. Won't you suddenly be transported to an island country 6,000 miles away?

Video Production Information

Takatan

Nice to meet you. I'm Takatan.
I'm currently a designer on the Gitadora team who's bothering everyone there.
Why am I here...?

That's right, I created a movie for "mind the gap". I did it~~

I was given the song and told to make however I liked~, so I made it however I liked (laughs).
"First, the atmosphere is majestic and ominous... I wonder if there's an old castle illuminated by the moonlight....
Oh, the rhythms are somewhat lively... let's make a running skeleton~.
... By the way, why is it running? That's right, it's looking for a toilet.
... It ended up having a somewhat comical touch to it, well, let's add a punchline~"
I made it with a quite irresponsible groove, which feels like this... tehehe.

Nevertheless, the IIDX series has high quality movies every time, so I wonder if it's somewhat OK for me to disrupt them...
When I compare my movies to those created by others...
Kya~~~ how embarrassing~~~ don't look at it~. Oh, but you saw it after all~~~
Even so, I tried my best.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12 from 12 HAPPY SKY onward.

Old Charts

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	111	395	550	840	-	380	550	-	-
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY→14 GOLD	-	4	7	9	-	4	8	-	-
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY CS	2	4	7	9	-	4	8	-	-

New Charts

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	-	395	550	840	-	378	564	856	-
beatmania IIDX 29 CastHour→Present	-	↑5	7	9	-	6	8	9	-