Kecak

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Kecak

Song Information

Artist: John Robinson
Composition/Arrangement: John Robinson
BPM: 139
Length: 2:07
Genre: TRANCE
Movie: kjk@tksd / 東京食堂
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

None.

Trivia

  • Kecak marks John Robinson's debut in BEMANI.
  • Kecak is a form of Balinese dance and music drama that developed in the 1930s in Bali, Indonesia.
  • Kecak's video is the first to feature the digital stick man, which would later appear in all other videos by kjk@tksd (LESSON 5, DUE TOMORROW, and Come On).
  • Kecak received a brand-new Double ANOTHER chart in beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD. This chart also appeared in beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED CS.

Song Production Information

John Robinson

The idea of Kecak came from the traditional tribal dance performed by the Balinese in Indonesia.
It actually translates to "trance dance" so it seemed somehow appropriate. The tribesmen work themselves up into a frenzy, all the while chanting the "chak chak chak" sounds that you can hear in Kecak.
I was extremely happy and relieved after I performed this song with 50 tribesmen in Bali.....
I wonder what would have happened to me if they had not liked it!!!!!!!!!

Video Production Information

kjk@tksd / TOKYO SYOKUDO

Firstly, this is based on kecak kecak.
There's more kecak kecak. I can't get enough of it. It's still excessive.
It isn't a kecak dance at all, but I had an image of characters quickly moving, so I kept them in.
So anyways, I thought it was interesting for them to unexpectedly appear in the video without context, so other than kecak kecak, I summarized it in a normal and pretty way, and timed the rhythms as carefully as possible to get that feeling.

To summarize the total image, within a computer system which is working properly, an error occurred, as the kecak virus suddenly appeared, somehow made noise, and seemed to quickly scatter throughout the screen.
It has nothing to do with the real Bali kecak dance.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated 1 to 8+ in IIDX RED, and from 1 to 12 from HAPPY SKY onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

Game SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
BEGINNER NORMAL HYPER ANOTHER LEGGENDARIA NORMAL HYPER ANOTHER LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts 176 520 766 1259 - 571 931 1363 -
beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED 1 5 7 N/A - 4 7 - -
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY 1 5 7 11 - 4 7 - -
beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD - 5 7 11 - 4 7 10 -
beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED CS 1 5 7 8+ - 4 7 8+ -