.59

.59

Song Information

.59's jacket.

Artist: dj TAKA
Conposition/Arrangement: Takayuki Ishikawa
BPM: 123-135
Length: 1:46
Genre: CHILL OUT
VJ: VJ GYO (overlays by GOLI)
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 2nd style
Other Music Game Appearances:

• DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• In beatmania IIDX, .59 sounds different when played on ANOTHER difficulty.
• A long version of .59, titled .59 [live], appears on the History of beatmania IIDX and TaQ's bounce connected albums. It is done by both dj TAKA and TaQ under their OutPhase alias.
• A remix of .59 by Jesper Kyd, simply titled .59 remix, appears in DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX2.
• Another remix of .59 by IDEA+RHYTHM, titled .59 -BOOTH BOOST REMIX-, appears in SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH.

Trivia

• .59's DanceDanceRevolution banner uses the font the song's name comes up on the music select screen in beatmania IIDX 3rd style. (This was similarly done for the beatmania song air in DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME.)
  • Also, DanceDanceRevolution character DEVIL-ZUKIN appears in .59's graphics.
• .59 is pronounced as "tengoku", which means "heaven".
• .59's overlays were removed from the beatmania IIDX arcade games as of beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro due to technical issues.
• In DanceDanceRevolution Classroom Edition, .59's title was slightly altered to 0.59.

Song Production Information

dj TAKA

It seems like there's an awful lot of techno, and my song ".59" is kind of a response to this. I guess it's in the nature of IIDX. It's pretty ha~rd. I wonder if I'm the only one on the staff that can do it. The entire history of German music from Bach to German trance is all somehow represented in this song! The historic circumstances and occasional chaos of the fusion of East and West is there too! (Yeah, right.) By the way, the whole staff was chatting about the name of the song. Here's VJ GYO to tell you the meaning behind .59!

Video Production Information

VJ GYO

".59". Have you all figured out how to pronounce it? It's not "point five nine", but "tengoku", the word for heaven. The dot is "ten", five is "go", and nine is pronounced "ku" this time. We ended up using a generic video for this song, but GOLI was able to come up with a key animation to appear when players press the keys on the keyboard, working with his usual high-energy spirit in a limited time. The song title may not be obvious as "Tengoku" or "Heaven" to everyone; the song and animation don't associate themselves directly with the idea. It's not so much praise for the people that have gotten there, but a message of relief for those that are suffering along the way ...

Difficulty & Notecounts

DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and 1 to 20 from X onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	90 / 0	157 / 0	234 / 0	275 / 0	- / - / -	173 / 0	226 / 0	281 / 0	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX→5thMIX	—	4	6	7	—	4	6	7	—
DDRMAX2	—	4	6	7	—	4	6	7	—
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME→SuperNOVA2	1	4	6	7	—	4	6	7	—
DanceDanceRevolution X→Present	3	5	8	11	—	5	8	10	—
DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX CS	—	4	6	7	—	4	6	7	—
DanceDanceRevolution KONAMIX	—	4	6	7	—	4	6	7	—
Dancing Stage PARTY EDiTiON	—	4	6	7	—	4	6	7	—
DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX / Dancing Stage Unleashed	—	4	6	7	—	4	6	7	—
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME US CS	1	4	6	7	—	4	6	7	—
DDR FESTIVAL	1	4	6	7	—	4	6	7	—

DanceDanceRevolution Solo

Game	Single
	Basic	Trick	Maniac
Notecounts	173	226	280
DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX Solo→4thMIX PLUS Solo	4	6	7
DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX CS	4	6	7