X↑X↓

Song Information

Artist: DJ TECHNORCH
Composition/Arrangement: DJ TECHNORCH
Vocals: Uchuu☆kurage
BPM: 172
Length: 2:04
Genre: 新世紀進歩的羽扇子音楽
VJ: XTC
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

Some vocal samples can be heard.

Song Connections / Remixes

X↑X↓ might be a sequel to DJ TECHNORCH's earlier beatmania IIDX song 廿. Both songs have the same music genre and similar samples (though X↑X↓'s are less distorted).
A long version of X↑X↓, titled Ｘ↑Ｘ↓ (Titanium Sisters Long Version), can be found on the beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK album.

Trivia

According to DJ TECHNORCH, X↑X↓'s genre, 新世紀進歩的羽扇子音楽, is read as "Newskool Hardcore Rave".
When X↑X↓ is played on beatmania IIDX, the arcade LED ticker displays "X7XL".
- According to DJ TECHNORCH's Twitter, he requested to have the ticker display the title this way.
It is currently speculated that X↑X↓ is read as "tenjou tenge" (天上天下, meaning "Heaven and Earth") in Japanese; X being the Roman number for ten and 上 and 下 being the Japanese characters for "up" and "down" respectively.
As of November 20th, 2014, X↑X↓'s Double ANOTHER chart was unlocked for normal play in beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL.
As of March 18th, 2015, X↑X↓ is currently one of the only two new non-BEMANI crossovers on the default beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL songlist that does not have song comments on the official PENDUAL website (the other being もっと！モット！ときめき feat. 松下).

Song Production Information

Untranslated.

Video Production Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

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

Game	SP Difficulty				DP Difficulty
Game	Beginner	Normal	Hyper	Another	Normal	Hyper	Another
Notecounts	—	477	907	1485	559	1035	1658
beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL→Present	—	5	8	11	5	9	12

Tenjou tenge

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