FESTA DO SOL

Song Information

Artist: Mt.Circle
Composition/Arrangement: Sho Maruyama
Producer: Osamu Kubota
BPM: 130
Length: 1:48
Genre: LATIN GROOVE
Movie: VJ GYO
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 9th style
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

None.

Trivia

Sho Maruyama was one of the winners of the second beatmania IIDX Musicianship Trial, along with vocalist flare, the vocalist of lights.
Festa do sol (also known as Inti Raymi, "Festival of the Sun") was a religious ceremony of the Inca Empire in honor of the god Inti, one of the most venerated gods in Inca religion. It is still celebrated to this day in some cultures throughout the Andes and typically involves music, colorful costumes, and the sharing of food.
Sho Maruyama's alias used in FESTA DO SOL, Mt.Circle, is a pun on his last name, Maruyama ("maru" means "circle", and "yama" means "mountain".)

Song Production Information

beatmania IIDX Musicianship Trial Official Website

"FESTA DO SOL"
Composed by Sho Maruyama, a.k.a Mt.Circle (22 years old/Saitama/University student)

As this was the category with the most applications, the final selection was extremely difficult, but one person was chosen because his song has a new style that has never existed in IIDX before, which was the decisive factor.
During the production, Osamu Kubota was somehow introduced as the music producer, and the result is a professional sound that brings out the best of the original.

Well, below is Sho Maruyama's comment.

Sho Maruyama

Good evening, I'm Mt.Circle.
I was still in the state of composing songs, so I couldn't apply for the previous public contest, but this time, I took on the challenge and applied after a long time.
Since I was going to apply, I thought about creating a genre that's never been done before, and with my tense face, I tried to make a song with a Latin-style + techno essence. The upper half is Latin and the lower half is techno. Finally, I added some avant-garde elements to make the song interesting.
I'd like to thank Osamu Kubota for his production and advices, as well as dj TAKA and the rest of the staff for their help and support. Thank you very much.

beatmania IIDX 9th style

Mt.Circle

Good evening. I'm Mt.Circle.
This time, my song became a Latin + Techno genre mix called LATIN GROOVE.
When I listened to this song, as well as the new songs and REMIXes, I once again felt that there were no genre boundaries. To be precise, should I say that when various things are mixed, something new will be born?
In terms of drinks, it's a world where you can taste green tea and coffee simultaneously, which appears as green tea, but tastes like coffee.
You can't do such things in reality (although you can do the former...), but I think music is interesting because you can do "this kind of thing".

Video Production Information

VJ GYO

This is an abstract, motion graphic video.

→Latin means passionate colors and sharp movements, used to match the sound
→Techno means artificial forms and structures, used to remove useless decorations

I tried to express both elements in this video.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 7+ in 9th style, 1 to 8 in 10th style, 1 to 8+ in 11 IIDX RED, and 1 to 12 from 12 HAPPY SKY onwards.

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
Game	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	331	342	642	859	-	342	642	-	-
beatmania IIDX 9th style→10th style	-	3	6	N/A	-	3	7	-	-
beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED	-	3	6	N/A	-	3	↓6	-	-
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY→14 GOLD	-	3	6	8	-	3	6	-	-
beatmania IIDX 9th style CS	2	3	6	6	-	3	7	-	-