Air
This page is for the KONAMI original song Air by DJ SIMON. For the BMS license by SHIKI, please see Air (SHIKI).
Also not to be confused with アエル.
air
Song Information
Artist: DJ SIMON
Composition/Arrangement: DJ SIMON
BPM: 130
Length: 1:17
Genre: HOUSE
Movie: ちひろ
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania 6thMIX -THE UK UNDERGROUND MUSIC-
Other Music Game Appearances:
Lyrics
None.
Song Connections / Remixes
None.
Trivia
- air marks Kiyotaka Sugimoto's only original song composed for the mainline beatmania series.
- According to Kiyotaka, it was his last song written as an in-house artist for KONAMI [1].
- air, along with 321 STARS and 魔法の扉(スペース@マコのテーマ) being crossed over also mark his first appearance in the arcade DanceDanceRevolution series.
- According to Kiyotaka, it was his last song written as an in-house artist for KONAMI [1].
- air's banner and jacket use the same font as the one used to display the song title in beatmania 6thMIX and beatmania 7thMIX's music select screen. (This was similarly done for .59 in DanceDanceRevolution 4thMIX.)
- air received a Double BEGINNER chart in DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX2.
- air received a unique video in DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2. This video was carried over to the arcade titles in DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA.
Song Production Information
Fujii
Definitions for "air"
- atmosphere, al fresco
- space, aerial, sky
- breeze, soft wind
- disseminate, announce
- looks, appearance, countenance, demeanor, attitude, pretense
- tune, melody
- broadcast, propagation of radio waves
- aviation
That's the general feel of the song.
DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2
"air" is the latest house track from the same artist behind "321STARS", which appeared in DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME. "air combines house rhythms with a jazzy-lounge vibe to create a relaxing tune that makes breathing air while you dance a lot easier.
Video Production Information
Chihiro
The image I had in mind was one of feeling the air. The patterns that pop up look like you're getting sucked right into a spinning windmill, fluctuating your sense of stability.
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania difficulty rated from 1 to 9.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and 1 to 20 from X 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 | 180 | 306 | 337 | 180 | 306 | 341 |
| beatmania 6thMIX | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| beatmania 7thMIX→THE FINAL | 3 | 4 | 5 | ↓1 | ↓2 | ↓4 |
| beatmania III APPEND 6thMIX→THE FINAL | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| beatmania 6thMIX + CORE REMIX | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
DanceDanceRevolution
| Game | Single | Double | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | |
| Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows | 88 / 0 | 152 / 0 | 177 / 2 | 219 / 10 | - / - / - | 170 / 0 | 185 / 4 | 217 / 8 | - / - / - |
| DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME→SuperNOVA2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | - | 2 | 5 | 8 | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution X→Present | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | - | 5 | 7 | 11 | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME CS JP | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | - | 2 | 5 | 8 | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution ULTRAMIX2 / Dancing Stage Unleashed2 | N/A | 3 | 5 | 7 | - | 2 | 5 | 8 | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME2 / Dancing Stage Max | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | - | 2 | 5 | 8 | - |