Small Waves
Small Waves
Song Information
Artist: dj TAKA
Composition/Arrangement: Takayuki Ishikawa
BPM: 126
Length: 2:06
Genre: CLUB MIX
Movie: VJ GYO
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 4th style
Other Music Game Appearances: None.
Lyrics
None.
Song Connections / Remixes
None.
Trivia
- "Small Waves" is the English translation of the Japanese "小波", which is read as "KONAMI".
- In addition, Small Waves's 7KEYS chart has a max combo of 573, a reference to the KONAMI number.
Song Production Information
dj TAKA
The song title's origin is "a gathering of small waves", which is compared to the beatmania gameplay. However, there's another meaning that's not related to the song's contents (Is there also a hint in the number of objects?).
I combined two separate house tracks with a crossfader in order to create the atmosphere of a DJ game, ranging from hardware to music. I'd be happy if you can identify which part the song completely changes at.
Video Production Information
VJ GYO
I personally really like the latter-half of the song and its title too.
I fell in love with club music when I heard it for the first time, and it was with this song's groove which attracted me to the genre.
Having said that, when I returned home and listened to those songs from that era, I strangely felt tired and sad over how old they were.
This type of song genre really makes you feel your age, doesn't it?
Since it's electronic music, does this song signify the evolution of equipment used? I'm not quite sure.
Anyways, it's strange that this type of groove has re-emerged despite the latest sounds being currently used.
As expected of dj TAKA, it's a fine song.
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania IIDX to 10th style difficulty rated from 1 to 7 in 4th style, and from 1 to 7+ from 5th through 7th style.
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEGINNER | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | |
| Notecounts | - | 411 | 573 | 585 | - | 547 | 584 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 4th style→7th style | - | 4 | 5 | N/A | - | 4 | 5 | - | - |
| beatmania IIDX 4th style CS | - | 4 | 5 | N/A | - | 4 | 5 | - | - |