ÆTHER

Song Information

 
ÆTHER's jacket.

Artist: TAG underground
Composition/Arrangement: TAG
BPM: 192 (beatmania IIDX, REFLEC BEAT), 192-384 (DDR)
Length: 2:01
Genre: ASTRAL HARDCORE
VJ: Steins
Jacket design: 07
First Music Game Appearance: REFLEC BEAT colette -Summer-
Other Music Game Appearances:

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

  • ÆTHER shares some similarities with Cosmic Hurricane.
  • The beatmania IIDX version of ÆTHER has louder piano sounds in the middle of the song.
  • A vocal version of ÆTHER by Hommarju, titled ÆTHER –Try to Sing Ver.-, can be found on the We are “Try to Singers” album.
    • An instrumental version of ÆTHER –Try to Sing Ver.- also appears on We are “Try to Singers”.

Trivia

  • ÆTHER is one of the unlockable songs of the second phase of REFLEC BEAT colette -Summer-'s colette Fishing unlocking system.
  • ÆTHER is Yasuhiro Taguchi's first non-DanceDanceRevolution original song under his TAG underground alias.
    • ÆTHER is also Yasuhiro Taguchi's first song in the REFLEC BEAT series with a HARD chart rated 10+.
  • 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.
  • ÆTHER was added as a default song to beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA on March 25th, 2014, as part of the TAG's Birthday event.
  • ÆTHER is one of DanceDanceRevolution (2013)'s special EXTRA STAGE songs. It was added on March 25th, 2014, as part of the TAG's Birthday event.
    • ÆTHER and esrev:eR are the first BEMANI crossover songs in the arcade DanceDanceRevolution series that are used as EXTRA STAGE songs.
    • As of DanceDanceRevolution (2014), it can be unlocked via the EXTRA ATTACK unlocking method.
  • 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".

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 difficulty rated from 1 to 10+. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

beatmania IIDX

Game SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
Beginner Normal Hyper Another Normal Hyper Another
Notecounts - 514 833 1440 542 839 1385
beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA→Present - 5 8 11 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)→Present 6 9 14 17 9 14 17

REFLEC BEAT

Game Level
Basic Medium Hard Special
Notecounts 248 475 780
REFLEC BEAT colette -Summer-→Present 5 8 10+