Acid Pumper

Song Information

Artist: ni-21
Composition/Arrangement: ni-21
BPM: 150
Length: 1:58
Genre: HARD DANCE
Movie: かーる
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 23 copula
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

An extended version of Acid Pumper appears in the beatmania IIDX 23 copula ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK album.
- An updated long version, titled Acid Pumper (Extended Mix Private Edit 2016), was played live by ni-21 at the TOKYO HARD GROOVE SESSION'16 event. It is unknown if this version will be released.

Trivia

Acid Pumper marks Shigeyuki Niimura's debut in BEMANI.
According to Shigeyuki's song comments for Acid Pumper, he has never played beatmania IIDX.
The video for Acid Pumper was done by re-editing a generic video from beatmania IIDX 18 Resort Anthem.
- The green-haired girl in the Acid Pumper's video is named Riko.
According to an interview with Shigeyuki Niimura, he named Acid Pumper as "it started with "A-C." So, I figure that if people look at the music from A to Z, my music would be first in line!" [1]. True to this plan, Acid Pumper is first in the beatmania IIDX 23 copula folder when sorting in alphabetical order.
Acid Pumper is available in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS as part of beatmania IIDX INFINITAS 楽曲パック vol.10.

Song Production Information

ni-21

Hello everyone.
I'm ni-21, known as "that person that I don't know how to read" in the HARD DANCE world.
...It's read as "ni-ni".
I've thought about changing my name, but I prefer to go with the "that person that I don't know how to read" branding.

Recently I've been working on songs featuring "acid" (a unique "biyobiyo unyounyo" sound played by Roland's legendary "TB-303" bass synth). The song that I produced this time, Acid Pumper, is my introduction to "acid" sounds. I'm proud of it, and is probably one of the most unique songs recorded in beatmania this time.

Actually, I have never played beatmania as I almost never play games. (I'm sorry, KONAMI!)
How my song will be played in your hands and how will it sound at the arcades... that's what I'm looking forward to.

Video Production Information

Karu

Upon my first listen of the song, I said, "this sound has never been heard in IIDX before! It's so cool!"
That sound was stuck in my head for a long time, so I decided to produce an animation was produced! Yay!

From the sound, I thought about a construction site. A site under construction.
I like the inorganic and solid feeling of a construction site, and the sense of power, order, and chaos mixed together.
Yes, I'm the type of person who likes seeing structural beauty.

My direction for this movie was to add lightness, in a good sense, to a construction site design.

Difficulty & Notecounts

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

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
Game	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts / Hell Charge Notes / Hell Backspin Scratches	-	348 / 53 / 0	812 / 112 / 2	1267 / 120 / 5	-	392 / 46 / 4	850 / 81 / 6	1221 / 88 / 8	-
beatmania IIDX 23 copula→Present	-	4	9	11	-	5	9	11	-
beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE	-	4	9	11	-	-	-	-	-
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS	-	4	9	11	-	5	9	11	-