TEXTURE

TEXTURE

Song Information

Artist: SLAKE
Composition/Arrangement: SLAKE
BPM: 130
Length: 1:48
Genre: DEATH DISCO
Movie: F-FLY
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

Trivia

  • TEXTURE was absent from the location tests of beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD. However, it reappeared in the final release.
  • TEXTURE is a hidden revival in beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS. To unlock it, you must have three or more rivals registered to your account (if you go lower than three rivals, it will be re-locked).
    • As of January 7th, 2009, it is available by default.
  • TEXTURE is unlockable in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020) from September 8th, 2021 after purchasing its charts with BITs.

Song Production Information

SLAKE

I aimed for a dark disco sound, which is becoming popular deep in the Paris underground. Disco's image is generally associated with Afros and a fever atmosphere, but doesn't this song seem like a dark world where more thunderous desires swirl?
But I don't really know (laughs)
The break part has a slightly rock-ish point, so please look for it and fever at that part.
Maybe disco is all about fever after all?

Video Production Information

F-FLY

This is the first video I created during RED's production.
I like SLAKE's songs after all, so I immediately created this without worrying.

Did your first impact after watching it feel like "a mysterious night"?
I had the image of a night view and neon lights, so I actively filmed footage in Hong Kong.

Huh?!
It was a "Paris night"~ Sorry
At least it seemed to suit the night theme... how disappointing

Anyways
I didn't go to Hong Kong to film after listening to this song. I happened to travel there a few days before listening to this song, and after I heard it when returning, I thought "oh, it's perfect?"...
It seems different, but...

After that, I tried to create this video by blending a Chinese RED color with live-action materials, and overlapping it with typographic TEXTUREs (patterns).

Hong Kong sceneries make great visuals, and it's a treasure of materials.
But I'm just disappointed that I couldn't meet Jackie Chan... (I wonder if he's in Hollywood?)

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated 1 to 8+ in IIDX RED, and from 1 to 12 from HAPPY SKY onwards.

Game SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
BEGINNER NORMAL HYPER ANOTHER LEGGENDARIA NORMAL HYPER ANOTHER LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts 187 292 494 594 - 294 430 593 -
beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED - 3 5 N/A - 3 4 N/A -
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY→13 DistorteD - 3 5 6 - 3 4 6 -
beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS - 3 5 6 - 3 4 6 -
beatmania IIDX 17 SIRIUS→18 Resort Anthem - 3 5 6 - 3 4 ↑7 -
beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED CS 1 3 5 6 - 3 4 6 -
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020) - 3 5 6 - 3 4 7 -