Kecak
Kecak
Song Information
Artist: John Robinson
Composition/Arrangement: John Robinson
BPM: 139
Length: 2:07
Genre: TRANCE
VJ: kjk@tksd / 東京食堂
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED
Other Music Game Appearances: None.
Lyrics
Several tribal samples can be heard in the song.
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 received a brand-new Double ANOTHER chart in beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED CS. This chart was carried to the arcade releases in beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD.
- 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).
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
Untranslated.
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Normal | Hyper | Another | Normal | Hyper | Another | |
| Notecounts | 176 | 511 | 854 | 1234 | 488 | 847 | 1319 |
| 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+ |