FLOWERS for ALBION

FLOWERS for ALBION

Song Information

Artist: dj TAKA
Composition/Arrangement: Takayuki Ishikawa
BPM: 70-93
Length: 1:38
Genre: AMBIENT
VJ: VJ GYO
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 4th style
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

None.

Trivia

• FLOWERS for ALBION was used as the ending theme of beatmania IIDX 4th style in ARCADE MODE.
• FLOWERS for ALBION was one of the possible choices of BEMANI transplants for fans to vote in DanceDanceRevolution EXTREME's development.
• FLOWERS for ALBION's title is a reference to Flowers for Algernon, a 1959 short story by Daniel Keyes.

Song Production Information

dj TAKA

This song is for people who said that they liked Tangerine Stream. Because the schedule was so tight, I really wanted the production to be delayed, but KAGE forced me to finish on time. Although, I'm glad I made it this song. This song is often compared to Tangerine Stream, but there are considerable differences among the two. First of all, Tangerine Stream was the first song made for this game, as FLOWERS for ALBION was the last. So, Tangerine Stream had a very long production time, as FLOWERS for ALBION was only made in a few days. Tangerine Stream was made for the ending, but was later added in as a freebie. FLOWERS for ALBION was made to be played normally in game, but was also used in the ending, etc.

Well, until the rhythm part comes in to this song, the BPM subtly changes. Even though it's a little specialized, this time I reproduced 1/F, which I had a really good feeling about. Those people who can outshine others during the first half of this song must have a similar feel of rhythm as me. This is not a bad idea, and I wonder if it was suitable or not. For those who haven't been able to match my feel of rhythm, I hope you can easily forgive me...

By the way, this song is named after VJ GYO. I wanted this song to be named after someone who gave me a lot of musical influence. NAOKI, who was listening to similar music at the time, understood the attempt, and smiled to himself. As the song become longer, I suddenly wanted to talk to some of my friends about it's contents.

Video Production Information

Untranslated.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX to 10th style difficulty rated from 1 to 7+ (up to 9th style) or 8 (10th style), and from 1 to 12 from HAPPY SKY onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	-	122	222	-	190	222	-	{{{8}}}	{{{9}}}
beatmania IIDX 4th style	-	1	5	-	1	5	-	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}
beatmania IIDX 5th style→6th style	-	1	5	-	↑3	5	-	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}
beatmania IIDX 17 SIRIUS→Present	-	↑2	5	-	↑5	↑7	-	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}
beatmania IIDX 4th style CS	-	1	5	-	1	5	-	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS	-	2	5	-	5	7	-	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}