GENE

GENE

Song Information

Artist: VINCENT GANATCH
Composition/Arrangement: Hommarju
BPM: 163
Length: 2:06 (NORMAL), 1:55 (HYPER), 2:20 (ANOTHER)
Genre: TECHNO GRAFFITI
Movie: BEMANI Designers "NAGI" (arcade), F-FLY (INFINITAS)
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• GENE has three variations, each one corresponding to its NORMAL, HYPER and ANOTHER charts.
  • The NORMAL version of GENE samples Aurora and Get'em up to R.A.V.E.
  • The HYPER version of GENE samples Pollinosis, in motion, CaptivAte～浄化～, and rage against usual.
  • The ANOTHER version of GENE samples INAZUMA, 炸裂！イェーガー電光チョップ！！(JAEGER FINAL ATTACK), and Scripted Connection⇒ A mix.
    • Although 炸裂！イェーガー電光チョップ！！(JAEGER FINAL ATTACK) does not appear in beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY, it was included on its corresponding soundtrack.
• The full version of GENE, combining all three versions into one long song, appears on the beatmania IIDX 27 HEROIC VERSE Original Soundtrack album.
  • The same long version appears in the MUSIC PLAYER of beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE, under beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage ON GAME.

Trivia

• GENE is the ARC SCORE.VIII song of beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage's ARC SCORE EXTRA STAGE system. It can be played from August 1st, 2019. Its theme is HAPPY SKY.
  • When playing GENE in ARC SCORE, the frame switches to a design based on beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY's own frame.
  • From February 6th, 2020, its charts can be purchased in beatmania IIDX 27 HEROIC VERSE with Tone discharger (トーンディスチャージャー).
  • As of beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER, it is available by default.
• GENE has a different video for each difficulty level, which contains parts of videos and overlays from songs that made their beatmania IIDX debut in 12 HAPPY SKY, including: ラクエン, SigSig, Tizona d'El Cid, PLASMA, SEXYSEXYCHEVY, Under the Sky, Twelfth Style, Votum stellarum, Little Little Princess, Don't let it go, 100% minimoo-G, Love Magic, tant pis pour toi, Pollinosis, POODLE, MOON RACE, TOE JAM, オレはビートマニア！お前は何マニア？, mind the gap, EDEN, Aurora, Get'em up to R.A.V.E, Pink Rose, Xepher, 冥, HAPPY☆ANGEL, Catch Me, in motion, We are Disっ娘よっつ打ち命, garden, FUNKTION, CaptivAte～浄化～, rage against usual, and INAZUMA.
• According to Hommarju, the VINCENT GANATCH alias originates from the 1997 movie GATTACA and the name of its protagonist, Vincent Freeman [1].
  • "GANATCH" is derived from the letters of the four base elements of DNA (Guanine, Adenine, Thymine, and Cytosine) and of the initials of the NORMAL, HYPER, and ANOTHER difficulty levels of beatmania IIDX.
• GENE was added to beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE on December 23rd, 2021. It can be purchased from the SHOP for 20 MM.
• GENE is available in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020) as part of beatmania IIDX INFINITAS Music Pack vol.18 (beatmania IIDX INFINITAS 楽曲パック vol.18).
• GENE's video is replaced with a generic video in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020), the 10th HOUSE generic video.
  • The unique videos were restored on the October 5th, 2022 software update.

Song Production Information

VINCENT GANATCH

Who can straighten what GENE hath made crooked?

I'm a "hoodoo" or a "de-gene-erate", whatever you want to call it.

But I am NOT a belong to you.

Where you were activity just how, creation has NO border.

There's no GENE for fate.

Video Production Information

BEMANI Designers "NAGI"

I must use all the footage of the HAPPY SKY era (sense of mission)

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12. (Ratings obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd and TexTage.)

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts / Charge Notes	-	664 / 0	1009 / 18	2183 / 0	-	659 / 0	990 / 26	1986 / 0	-
beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage→Present	-	7	10	12	-	7	9	12	-
beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE	-	7	10	12	-	-	-	-	-
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020)	-	7	10	12	-	7	9	12	-

ARC SCORE
8th style	XENON II ～TOMOYUKIの野望～
GOLD	金野火織の金色提言
SIRIUS	Red. by Jack Trance
Lincle	抱きしめてモナムール
EMPRESS	& Intelligence
SPADA	ONIGOROSHI
3rd style	COSMIC CYBER
HAPPY SKY	GENE
FINAL	GO OVER WITH GLARE -ROOTAGE 26-