TEXTURE
TEXTURE
Song Information
Artist: SLAKE
Composition/Arrangement: SLAKE
BPM: 130
Length: 1:48
Genre: DEATH DISCO
VJ: F-FLY
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED
Other Music Game Appearances: None.
Lyrics
None.
Song Connections / Remixes
- TEXTURE shares vocal samples with hypnotheque, from GUITARFREAKS 6thMIX & drummania 5thMIX.
Trivia
- TEXTURE was absent from the location tests of beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD. However, it reappeared in the final release.
- TEXTURE is an unlockable revival in beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS. To play it, you must have 3 or more rivals registered to your account (if you have 3 rivals and then drop to 2, TEXTURE is re-locked).
- From January 7th, 2009, TEXTURE is available by default.
Song Production Information
SLAKE
With this song I was aiming for the dark disco sound that vividly shows the Paris underground.
The typical images most people associate with disco is afros and "disco fever", but isn't there a darker side of swirling desires?
I don't really know myself ... *g*
The breaks are kind of a rock-ish point to the song, but think of it as "fever". After all, isn't disco something that gets you in the fever?
Video Production Information
F-FLY
This is the very first thing I worked on for the RED production. Since I like SLAKE's songs, I was able to start work right away without too much trouble.
Don't you get the feeling of a suspicious night scene as your first impression? I had the image in mind of a neon-lit nighttime environment in mind, so I went around Hong Kong taking lots of pictures.
... wait!
He said "Paris at night", didn't he? Sorry~
It looks like I got the night part right, at least ... oh well.
Anyway ...
I didn't go to Hong Kong to take pictures because of this song. I happened to be travelling shortly before we began work, and when I came back and listened to this song, I thought, "hey, that's it!" But it looks like I was wrong ...
After that, I bled a Chinese red over the photographs, and repeated the word "TEXTURE" (as in, a graphical pattern) to create this movie.
You get great pictures from Hong Kong no matter what scenery you're in, so it's a treasure trove of photographic material. The only bad thing was probably that I didn't get to meet Jackie ... (I wonder if he's in Hollywood?)
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated 1 to 8+ in IIDX RED, and from 1 to 12 from HAPPY SKY onwards.
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEGINNER | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | |
| Notecounts | 187 | 292 | 494 | 594 | - | 294 | 430 | 593 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED | - | 3 | 5 | N/A | - | 3 | 4 | N/A | - |
| beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY→13 DistorteD | - | 3 | 5 | 6 | - | 3 | 4 | 6 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS | - | 3 | 5 | 6 | - | 3 | 4 | 6 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 17 SIRIUS→18 Resort Anthem | - | 3 | 5 | 6 | - | 3 | 4 | ↑7 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED CS | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | - | 3 | 4 | 6 | - |