AETHER
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ÆTHER
Song Information
Artist: TAG underground
Composition/Arrangement: TAG
BPM: 192 (beatmania IIDX NORMAL/HYPER/ANOTHER, REFLEC BEAT), 191-384 (DanceDanceRevolution), 24-192 (beatmania IIDX LEGGENDARIA)
Length: 2:01
Genre: ASTRAL HARDCORE
Movie: Steins
Jacket design: 07
First Music Game Appearance: REFLEC BEAT colette -Summer-
Other Music Game Appearances:
- beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA
- DanceDanceRevolution (2013)
- REFLEC BEAT plus MUSIC PACK 53
- REFLEC BEAT + KONAMI MUSIC PACK 44
- ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom Ver.2
Lyrics
The following lyrics are from the We are “Try to Singers” album for ÆTHER -Try to Sing Ver.-. The original ÆTHER has no vocals.
Japanese
待ったなしのスピードで やってくる時間に 本当のことを託したら 気づけば後に引けない ひょっとしたらこれ以上 入り込んでしまう? まっさらな紙の上で 物語が動き出す 積み重ねた砂の城 何度も壊されて やっと悟る 心ごと海に溶けて 泡になる それは青く青く ただよう陽炎 揺れる 揺れる 幻のよう 巡り巡る神秘の扉を 開いたその先へ... それは青く青く ただよう陽炎 揺れる 揺れる 幻のよう 巡り巡る神秘の扉を 開いて見つけた それを辿る辿る 真理の迷路 揺らぐ 揺らぐ 命の模様 めくりめくる ページの最後に 刻んで残した それは続く続く まばゆい継承 宿る 宿る 魂、鼓動 光り光る未来の歴史へ伝える 5つのNeed for the ÆTHER
Romaji
matta nashi no SPEED de yattekuru jikan ni hontou no koto wo takushitara kizukeba ato ni hikenai hyottoshitara kore ijou hairikon de shimau? massarana kami no ue de monogatari ga ugokidasu tsumikasaneta suna no shiro nando mo kowasarete yatto satoru kokoro goto umi ni toke de awa ni naru sore wa aoku aoku tadayou kagerou yureru yureru maboroshi no you meguri meguru shinpi no tobira wo aita sono saki e... sore wa aoku aoku tadayou kagerou yureru yureru maboroshi no you meguri meguru shinpi no tobira wo aite mitsuketa sore wo tadoru tadoru shinri no meiro yuragu yuragu inochi no moyou mekuri mekuru PAGE no saigo ni kizan de nokoshita sore wa tsuzuku tsuzuku mabayui keishou yadoru yadoru tamashii, kodou hikari hikaru mirai no rekishi e tsutaeru itsutsu no Need for the ÆTHER
Song Connections / Remixes
- ÆTHER shares some similarities with Cosmic Hurricane, from the Tsugidoka! (つぎドカ!) event.
- The version of ÆTHER used in the beatmania IIDX, DanceDanceRevolution, and ミライダガッキ series has louder piano sounds in the middle of the song.
- This version of ÆTHER appears in the DanceDanceRevolution Original Soundtrack Vol.2 album.
- The ending part of ÆTHER utilizes a similar sounding portion of PARANOiA Revolution's beat structure, from DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX.
- A vocal version of ÆTHER by Hommarju, titled ÆTHER –Try to Sing Ver.-, can be found in the We are “Try to Singers” album.
- An instrumental version of ÆTHER –Try to Sing Ver.- also appears in We are “Try to Singers”.
Trivia
- ÆTHER is one of the unlockable songs of the second phase of REFLEC BEAT colette -Summer-'s Pastel Adventure colette Fishing unlocking system.
- From REFLEC BEAT groovin'!! to REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA 2, ÆTHER was playable by default.
- ÆTHER is Yasuhiro Taguchi's first non-DanceDanceRevolution original song under his TAG underground alias.
- It is also Yasuhiro Taguchi's first song in the REFLEC BEAT series with a HARD chart rated Level 10+ (11 or 12 in REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA/VOLZZA 2).
- According to ancient and medieval science, æther or ether is the material that fills the region of the universe above the terrestrial sphere.
- In REFLEC BEAT, ÆTHER'S BPM halves to 96 in the middle of the song.
- In DanceDanceRevolution, all of ÆTHER'S BPM values are doubled.
- In beatmania IIDX, its LEGGENDARIA also has a brief 24 BPM part near the end of the 96 BPM portion before speeding up to 192 BPM.
- ÆTHER was added as a default song to beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA on March 25th, 2014, as part of the TAG seitansai (TAG生誕祭) event.
- ÆTHER is one of DanceDanceRevolution (2013)'s special EXTRA STAGE songs. It was added on March 25th, 2014, as part of the TAG生誕祭 event.
- ÆTHER and esrev:eR are the first BEMANI crossover songs in the arcade DanceDanceRevolution series that are used as EXTRA STAGE songs.
- In DanceDanceRevolution (2014), it could be unlocked via the EXTRA ATTACK unlocking method.
- From December 17th, 2015 onwards, ÆTHER has been automatically unlocked for all players.
- From DanceDanceRevolution (2014) onwards, ÆTHER appears in the DanceDanceRevolution (2014) folder instead of the (2013) folder.
- In DanceDanceRevolution (2014), before June 17th, 2014, ÆTHER was sorted alphabetically after A Stupid Barber, which meant it was sorted as "ATHER". It is now sorted between Adularia and AFRONOVA, as "AETHER".
- After being removed from the initial release of REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア, ÆTHER was revived on December 28th, 2017.
- ÆTHER is available in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS as part of the beatmania IIDX INFINITAS Music Pack vol.6 (beatmania IIDX INFINITAS 楽曲パック vol.6).
- ÆTHER's difficulty level change from DanceDanceRevolution A20 was applied to DanceDanceRevolution A on March 27th, 2019.
- ÆTHER is available in DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX's GRAND PRIX mode from March 1st, 2022, by purchasing the GRAND PRIX music pack vol.3 (グランプリ楽曲パック vol.3).
- ÆTHER received LEGGENDARIA charts in beatmania IIDX 30 RESIDENT's ARENA MODE. They could be unlocked from August 10th, 2023 to August 23rd, 2023 by collecting 120 ARENA CUBES.
- From February 8th, 2024, these charts can be purchased in beatmania IIDX 31 EPOLIS with Hizou no record (秘蔵のレコード).
- In the DanceDanceRevolution series prior to DanceDanceRevolution WORLD, ÆTHER's BPM was displayed as 192-384.
Song Production Information
None.
Video Production Information
None.
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from X onwards.
REFLEC BEAT to groovin'!! Upper difficulty rated from 1 to 10+, 1 to 13 in VOLZZA/VOLZZA 2, and 1 to 15 in 悠久のリフレシア. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)
beatmania IIDX
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEGINNER | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | |
| Notecounts | - | 514 | 833 | 1440 | 1640 | 542 | 839 | 1385 | 1621 |
| beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA→29 CastHour | - | 5 | 8 | 11 | - | 5 | 8 | 11 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 30 RESIDENT→Present | - | 5 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 12 |
| beatmania IIDX INFINITAS | - | 5 | 8 | 11 | - | 5 | 8 | 11 | - |
| beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE | - | 5 | 8 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - |
DanceDanceRevolution
| Game | Single | Double | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | |
| Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows | 215 / 11 | 372 / 26 | 551 / 23 | 704 / 6 | - / - / - | 368 / 25 | 550 / 19 | 688 / 9 | - / - / - |
| DanceDanceRevolution (2013)→(2014) | 6 | 9 | 14 | 17 | - | 9 | 14 | 17 | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution A→Present | 6 | 9 | 14 | 17 | - | ↑10 | 14 | 17 | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX | 6 | 9 | 14 | 17 | - | 10 | 14 | 17 | - |
REFLEC BEAT
Old Charts
| Game | Level | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Medium | Hard | Special | |
| Notecounts | 248 | 475 | 780 | - |
| REFLEC BEAT colette -Summer-→groovin'!! Upper | 5 | 8 | 10+ | - |
| REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA→VOLZZA 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | - |
| REFLEC BEAT plus | 5 | 8 | 11 | - |
| REFLEC BEAT + | 5 | 8 | 10+ | - |
New Charts
| Game | Level | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Medium | Hard | White Hard | |
| Notecounts | 258 | 521 | 796 | - |
| REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア | 7 | 10 | 13 | - |