Gentle stress
gentle stress
Song Information
Artist: DJ Swan
Composition/Arrangement: DJ Swan
BPM: 175
Length: 1:43
Genre: DRUM'N'BASS
Movie: MORO (beatmania), VJ GYO (overlays by ?, beatmania IIDX)
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX substream / DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSiON 2
Other Music Game Appearances:
Lyrics
None.
Song Connections / Remixes
- A remix of gentle stress by MR.DOG, titled gentle stress(SENSUAL MIX), can be found in DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX.
- A "live" long version of gentle stress, titled gentle stress(Live@honeyhunter TKO ’08) appears on Keiichi Ueno's first album, Rewind!.
- A remix of gentle stress by fu_mou, titled gentle stress wobble rmx, can be found in SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH.
Trivia
- gentle stress marks the debut of Toshiaki Komiya in BEMANI.
- Also, gentle stress and Macho Gang both mark Keiichi Ueno's first original compositions in the DanceDanceRevolution series.
- In DanceDanceRevolution, most of gentle stress' background animations are tinted red.
- According to Keiichi Ueno's song comments on Secret of Love, dj TAKA was the one who came up with the name "gentle stress" for the song.
- In beatmania IIDX substream, gentle stress' genre was DRUM'N BASS.
- On the beatmania maniac-tracks from IIDX 2ndstyle , Yebisu MIX , Dancing Stage featuring TRUE KiSS DESTiNATiON and beatmania BEST SOUNDTRACK albums, gentle stress is instead titled Gentle stress.
- gentle stress' overlays are used as generic animations in beatmania THE FINAL.
- Appropriately, they are used several times in gentle stress' animations.
- From beatmania IIDX 3rd style to beatmania IIDX 5th style, gentle stress' BPM was shown as 174. This was fixed in beatmania IIDX 9th style.
- gentle stress received LIGHT charts in beatmania IIDX 3rd style.
- gentle stress was absent from the location tests of beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD. However, it reappeared in the final release.
- gentle stress received ANOTHER charts in beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS CS. These charts were added to the arcades in beatmania IIDX 27 HEROIC VERSE.
- gentle stress is an unlockable revival in beatmania IIDX 27 HEROIC VERSE. It can be unlocked by fulfilling one requirement described in this article.
- It received new Single/Double NORMAL and HYPER charts upon its revival.
- As of beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER, it is available by default.
Song Production Information
beatmania
Fujii
A crossover from IIDX substream.
This early-era drum'n bass track, which uses a format called artcore, has piano rhythms that create beautiful streams, and a pleasant thrill of soaring away.
DanceDanceRevolution
Although an arranged version is included in the latest arcade version, the original song is included here. This new BeatmaniaIIDXsubstream song received tremendous support.
The impressive sampled brass riffs, clear piano melodies, and interesting parts in this song, are a highlight of CLUB Version vol.2. As of December 1999, this is the only game where you can play and listen to this song at home.
Video Production Information
None.
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania difficulty rated from 1 to 9.
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 5 in substream, 1 to 7 from 2nd through 4th style, 1 to 7+ in 5th through 9th style, 1 to 8 in 10th style, 1 to 8+ in IIDX RED, and from 1 to 12 from HAPPY SKY onwards.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from 2ndMIX CLUB VER. through 5thMIX (and the Solo games) rated from 1 to 9. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from KANI KANI CRAB and BEMANIWiki 2nd.)
beatmania
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Hard | Another | Normal | Hard | Another | |
| Notecounts | 232 | 350 | - | 272 | 351 | - |
| beatmania THE FINAL | 3 | 4 | - | 4 | 5 | - |
| beatmania III THE FINAL | 3 | 4 | - | 4 | 5 | - |
beatmania IIDX
Old charts
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEGINNER | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | |
| Notecounts | 148 | 232 | 350 | 728 | - | 272 | 351 | 772 | - |
| beatmania IIDX substream→2nd style | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 3rd style→4th style | - | 3 | 4 | - | - | 3 | 4 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 5th style | - | 3 | 4 | - | - | ↑4 | ↑5 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 9th style→16 EMPRESS | - | 3 | 4 | - | - | 4 | 5 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 3rd style CS | - | 3 | 4 | - | - | 3 | 4 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS CS | - | 3 | 4 | 9 | - | 4 | 5 | 8 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | - | 4 | 5 | 8 | - |
New charts
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEGINNER | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | |
| Notecounts | - | 172 | 342 | 728 | - | 198 | 327 | 772 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 27 HEROIC VERSE→Present | - | 2 | 4 | 9 | - | 3 | 5 | 9 | - |
Other chart not shown on the above table:
- beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS CS Double BEGINNER: total notes: unknown.
DanceDanceRevolution
| Game | Single | Double | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | |
| Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows | - / - | 207 / 0 | 290 / 0 | 333 / 0 | - / - / - | 207 / 0 | 290 / 0 | - / - | - / - / - |
| DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX CLUB VERSiON 2 | - | 6 | 8 | 9 | - | 6 | 8 | - | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX APPEND CLUB VERSiON 2 | - | 6 | 8 | 9 | - | 6 | 8 | - | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution CLUB VERSiON (DC) | - | 6 | 8 | 9 | - | 6 | 8 | - | - |