Quickening

Quickening

Song Information

Quickening's jacket.

Artist: dj TAKA
Composition/Arrangement: Takayuki Ishikawa
BPM: 150 (beatmania, beatmania IIDX, DanceDanceRevolution), 149-150 (beatmania III Double ANOTHER)
Length: 1:45
Genre: PSYCHEDELIC
Movie: MORO (beatmania), VJ YUZ (beatmania IIDX), ? (DanceDanceRevolution)
First Music Game Appearance: Dance Maniax 2ndMIX
Other Music Game Appearances:

• beatmania THE FINAL / beatmania III THE FINAL
• beatmania IIDX 9th style
• DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA
• DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• A long version of Quickening appears on dj TAKA's first album, milestone.
• A small loop of music sounding a lot like Quickening plays in the music select screen in beatmania IIDX 5th style.
• Quickening shares the "sabroso negrito lindo" sample with El pais del sol, LATIN from pop'n music.

Trivia

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• According to dj TAKA's song comments on beatmania THE FINAL's official website (archived), he was requested to write Quickening by NAOKI, who was the sound producer of Dance Maniax 2ndMIX.
  • dj TAKA was stubbornly against Quickening being crossed over into beatmania IIDX since 6th style, but included it in beatmania THE FINAL, since it was the final game in the series.
• Quickening's Single HARD chart was made by DJ CIVA.
• According to dj TAKA's song comments on beatmania IIDX 9th style's official website, VJ YUZ created the Quickening video in his own time, and asked for it to be included in beatmania IIDX 9th style.
• Quickening is the last Dance Maniax song to date to appear in beatmania IIDX.
• Despite that in the beatmania III THE FINAL, the BPM of Quickening's Double ANOTHER chart is shown as 149-150 on the song selection screen, it actually is a constant 149 BPM.
• In DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX, Quickening's artist is credited as dj. TAKA.
• Quickening received a new Single EXPERT chart in DDR FESTIVAL -DanceDanceRevolution-. This chart was used as Quickening's Single CHALLENGE chart in DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2 and Dancing Stage Max.
  • The DDR FESTIVAL Single EXPERT chart for Quickening is used in the arcade releases of DanceDanceRevolution.
• Quickening received a unique video in DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2, different from its beatmania IIDX video. This video was carried to the arcade releases in DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA.
  • This video is played full-screen and eliminates any on-screen dancers.
• Quickening received a new Single BEGINNER chart in DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA.
  • This chart was previously found unused in the DDR FESTIVAL -DanceDanceRevolution- data.
• Quickening was one of 30 possible picks for songs for REFLEC BEAT groovin'!! Upper's 7th Set (Users' SELECTION) of the BEMANI MUSIC FOCUS unlocking system.
• Quickening is unlockable in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS from October 4th, 2017, after purchasing its charts with BITs.

Song Production Information

beatmania

dj TAKA

Quickening was a song I made during Dance Maniax 2ndMIX, at the direct request of sound producer NAOKI.
Being a rare opportunity, my idea was to employ a lot of techniques that would be awkward in typical beatmania, due to how the game works.
Even while getting numerous requests from players and the production team to bring the song over to IIDX, I was able to stubbornly fend them off, but...
I got a request this time begging me to put the song in beatmania since it's the last one, so I decided to challenge myself to put it in the game.
With all that background, there were a lot of particular struggles, but thanks to help from CIVA, who did sequence support for the chart, it ended up being satisfactory.
Thank you, CIVA.

beatmania IIDX

dj TAKA

I created this groovy, one-shot, happy tune by changing the scene with undulations without adding modulations.
It feels as if it's somehow gradually changing.
I created this song in a style which was very difficult to implement in "button pressing games" such as beatmania and pop'n, and I've been asked to crossover this song to the IIDX series since 6th, which I continuously refused....
During that time, I probably had strong personal beliefs and obsessions about it.

The reason why I finally included it in this game is actually because VJ YUZ liked this song very much when it was initially released, and personally created a movie for it, completely unrelated with work.
He told me that it was possible to refine that movie to include in 9th, if only this time, and I unintentionally gave him the OK!!
This movie is cool.

Dance Maniax

dj TAKA has created many famous numbers throughout the history of the BEMANI series. "Quickening", his first appearance in DMX, is a trance song with undulating sounds which clash with each other. The combination of sampled voices, electronic sounds, and mechanical drum rhythms, invites the listener into an unreal space. The impressive last part fades out at once, as if the tuning had malfunctioned.

Video Production Information

VJ YUZ

I heard this song a long time ago and it moved my heart, so I secretly made a movie of it which is able to see the light of day now.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania difficulty rated from 1 to 9.
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated 1 to 7+ in 9th style, 1 to 8 in 10th style, 1 to 8+ in IIDX RED, and from 1 to 12 from HAPPY SKY onwards.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and 1 to 20 from X onwards.
Dance Maniax difficulty rated from 1 to 9 in 2ndMIX onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from KANI KANI CRAB and BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

beatmania

Game	SP Difficulty			DP Difficulty
	Normal	Hard	Another	Normal	Hard	Another
Notecounts	478	651	878	440	620	1044
beatmania THE FINAL	6	7	8	5	6	9
beatmania III THE FINAL	6	7	8	6	7	8

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	206	478	875	1062	-	440	620	1044	-
beatmania IIDX 9th style	-	5	7+	N/A	-	5	7	N/A	-
beatmania IIDX 10th style→11 IIDX RED	-	5	8	N/A	-	5	7	N/A	-
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY→Present	-	5	↑9	10	-	5	7	10	-
beatmania IIDX 9th style CS	-	5	7+	7+	-	5	7	7	-
beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED CS	2	5	8	8+	-	5	7	8+	-
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS	-	5	9	10	-	5	7	10	-
beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE	-	5	9	10	-	-	-	-	-

DanceDanceRevolution

ULTRAMIX Charts

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	110 / 0	161 / 24	224 / 25	267 / 31	333 / 13 / 0	139 / 20	223 / 21	265 / 21	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX / Dancing Stage Unleashed	-	3	5	6	-	3	5	7	-
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2 / Dancing Stage Max	1	3	5	6	8	3	5	7	-

FESTIVAL Charts

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	111 / 0	161 / 24	224 / 25	333 / 13	- / - / -	139 / 20	223 / 21	265 / 21	- / - / -
DDR FESTIVAL	⁑N/A	3	5	8	-	3	5	7	-
DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA→SuperNOVA2	1	3	5	8	-	3	5	7	-
DanceDanceRevolution X→Present	3	6	7	11	-	5	6	8	-

⁑ Denotes chart is unused and cannot be accessed through normal gameplay.

Dance Maniax

Game	Single		Double
	Mild	Wild	Mild	Wild
Notecounts	355	416	383	362
Dance Maniax 2ndMIX→2ndMIX append JPARADISE	6	8	6	8