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BPM: 170<br>
BPM: 170<br>
Genre: MEDIEVAL CHOIR<br>
Genre: MEDIEVAL CHOIR<br>
VJ: MAYA<br>
Movie: MAYA<br>
First Music Game Appearance: [[AC HAPPY SKY|beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY]]<br>
First Music Game Appearance: [[AC HAPPY SKY|beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY]]<br>
Other Music Game Appearances:
Other Music Game Appearances:
* [[AC DDR SuperNOVA|DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA]]
* [[AC DDR SuperNOVA|DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA]]
* Toy's March 2
* [[AC TM2|Toy'sMarch2]]


== Lyrics ==
== Lyrics ==
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== Song Connections / Remixes ==
== Song Connections / Remixes ==
* The DanceDanceRevolution series use a shorter version of Xepher, cutting most of the intro.
* The DanceDanceRevolution series uses a shorter version of Xepher, cutting most of the intro.
* A long version of Xepher, titled ''Xepher <Platinum Long Version>'', appears on Tatsh's [[MATERIAL]] album.
* A different arrangement of Xepher, titled ''Xepher(ver1.1)'', can be found in the ''BEMANIトップランカー決定戦 2006 Sound Tracks''.
* A remix of Xepher by [[DeadballP|デッドボールP]], titled [[Xepher Light and Darkness Dragon REMIX]], can be found in [[SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH]].
* A long version of Xepher, titled ''Xepher <Platinum Long Version>'', appears in Tatsh's [[MATERIAL]] album.
* A remix of Xepher by [[Ryo Takeshita|デッドボールP]], titled [[Xepher Light and Darkness Dragon REMIX]], can be found in [[AC SDVX|SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH]].
* A spiritual sequel to Xepher, titled [[Xevel]], appears in SEGA's ''CHUNITHM STAR''.


== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
[[Image:Xepher title card.png|thumb|Xepher's title card.]]
{{Gallery}}
[[Image:Xepher banner.png|thumb|256px|Xepher's banner.]]
* The movie for Xepher features the characters [[Killer]] and [[Licht]].
[[Image:Xepher unused.png|thumb|256px|Xepher's unused banner.]]
* Xepher, as indicated in the movie, is an acronym for many sets of six words, three of which include:
* There is an "X" "drawn" in Xepher's notecharts on the Single and Double HYPER and ANOTHER charts, at measure 38.
** '''X''', '''E'''xpense, '''P'''unishment, '''H'''ocuspocus, '''E'''cstasy, '''R'''eality.
* Xepher, as indicated in the video, is an acronym for many sets of six words, three of which include
** '''X''', '''E'''nd, '''P'''rayer, '''H'''esitation, '''E'''xistence, '''R'''egret.
{| class="wikitable" style="width:160px" border="0"
** '''X''', '''E'''verlasting, '''P'''ain, '''H'''orrible, '''E'''vening, '''R'''ecurrence.
* The following words appear in the middle of Xepher's movie:
<center><small><pre>Until now
what you know does exist


|-
With your fingertips
follow the path of the dirty dark sky


| X
At the end of the bright road,
Expense
what is waiting for you?
Punishment
Hocuspocus
Ecstasy
Reality


| X
take you to harmony
End
but you don't know
Prayer
Hesitation
Existence
Regret


| X
The hatred that was given birth to in
Everlasting
you has taken stars
Pain
Horrible
Evening
Recurrence


|}
and it turned it into poison
 
which is killing you silently</pre></small></center>
* The movie for Xepher features the characters [[Killer]] and [[Licht]].
* The note patterns on measure 38 of Xepher's Single and Double HYPER and ANOTHER charts form an X.
* Xepher had a different banner in the DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA location test, which uses different fonts for its text.
* The game version of Xepher is a consistent 170 BPM, unlike its OST version.
* Xepher received a BEGINNER chart in [[AC DistorteD|beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD]].
* Xepher is one of the Phase 1 hidden songs of Toy'sMarch2.
* Xepher, along with [[RED ZONE]] and [[Under the Sky]] being crossed over mark Tatsuya Shimizu's first appearance in the DanceDanceRevolution series.
* Xepher had a different banner in the DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA location test, which used different fonts for its text.
* Xepher features its beatmania IIDX video in DanceDanceRevolution, eliminating any on-screen dancers.
* Xepher features its beatmania IIDX video in DanceDanceRevolution, eliminating any on-screen dancers.
* The following words appear in the middle of Xepher's video:
* Xepher's CHALLENGE charts were the first CHALLENGE charts for a non-boss song in DanceDanceRevolution to be rated Level 10 on the old scale.
<center>Until now<br>what you know does exist
* Xepher was added to [[CS INFINITAS|beatmania IIDX INFINITAS]] on September 7th, 2016 as part of the September 2016 Basic Subscription Monthly Songs.
 
** From August 2017, it can be purchased with BITs.
With your fingertips<br>follow the path of the dirty dark sky
* Xepher's timing was slightly fixed on the September 13th, 2016 update of [[AC DDR A|DanceDanceRevolution A]].
 
* Xepher also appears as one of the background music selectable to play during Accel Rave Time (アクセルレイブタイム) in ''SEVEN'S BEAT'' (セブンスビート), a KONAMI medal redemption game.
At the end of the bright road,<br>what is waiting for you?
 
take you to harmony<br>but you don't know
 
The hatred that was given birth to in<br>you has taken stars
 
and it turned it into poison<br>which is killing you silently</center>


== Song Production Information ==
== Song Production Information ==
=== Tatsh ===
=== Tatsh ===
The music that was born from my own world has expanded even farther thanks to the movies of our designer, Maya. I hope that the world of "Xepher" expands again thanks to your play next. In that spirit, I gave the song a title beginning with the letter signifying the unknown, "X".
A song conceived within my world, further expanded by the designer MAYA's MOVIE.<br>
Next, I'd like you to further expand this world called "Xepher" by playing it.<br>
That's why I gave the first letter of this song title "X", which means "the unknown".


For the choir in this song, we decided on Junko Hirata from [[platoniX]] as well as Natori Yumi from the gospel world. I certainly hope you will pay close attention to the singing as well.
I asked platoniX's JunkoHirata and Yumi Natori from the gospel world to participate in this choir. By all means, please also pay attention to their voices.


== Video Production Information ==
== Video Production Information ==
=== MAYA ===
=== MAYA ===
I've been fighting to expand the world of Tatsh's "Xepher" even further since the demo stage. "It's not this", "it's not that" ...
We had several discussions from its demo stage to further expand Tatsh's "Xepher" world.<br>
It's not like that~, it's not like this~..., and.
 
"Xepher" penetrated through me from the moment I was in charge of its lyrics.<br>
There are very few singing parts in this song, but actually, there's a very long and rough lyrics draft.<br>
Tatsh drew upon them and wrote the lyrics.<br>
I hope you can experience my interpretation of "Xepher" through the [https://web.archive.org/web/20150507122951/http://www.konami.jp/am/bm2dx/bm2dx12/g2arts_maya_works.html G2ARTS page] and some lyric choices below.
 


Xepher really began to take its hold on me when I was entrusted with the lyrics. There isn't very much singing in the song, but there was actually a very long rough draft of the lyrics. Tatsh took parts of it and came up with the actual lyrics for the song. If possible, I don't want to hang "Xepher" to death with concrete words. I believe you can get an interpretation of my Xepher through the lyrics on the G2ARTS works, which were one of the candidates for the final lyrics.


You who have issued forth your love,<br>
<span style="color:blue">You who have issued forth your love,<br>
Look to the sky in this world of madness<br>
Look to the sky in this world of madness<br>
Now, your eyes should be here, eyes that never fade away<br>
Now, your eyes should be here, eyes that never fade away<br>
But you don't know anything
But you don't know anything</span>


I wonder when it began?<br>
<span style="color:blue">I wonder when it began?<br>
I wonder where we may go to visit with the end?
I wonder where we may go to visit with the end?</span>


We trace the black sky that was dirtied beneath our feet<br>
<span style="color:blue">We trace the black sky that was dirtied beneath our feet<br>
With the whiteness at our fingertips
With the whiteness at our fingertips</span>


The stars that you sheltered invite you towards their repose, but<br>
<span style="color:blue">The stars that you sheltered invite you towards their repose, but<br>
You don't know anything about how<br>
You don't know anything about how<br>
The stars that tear and devour in this newly-birthed hatred<br>
The stars that tear and devour in this newly-birthed hatred<br>
Will become your poison, and scorch your body
Will become your poison, and scorch your body</span>


The sins of the morning spill over into the evening and dirty the night<br>
<span style="color:blue">The sins of the morning spill over into the evening and dirty the night<br>
Where are you, whom we called the sky?
Where are you, whom we called the sky?</span>


That girl is the key to washing away the sin<br>
<span style="color:blue">That girl is the key to washing away the sin<br>
Walking together, you can discover the weight of that sin
Walking together, you can discover the weight of that sin</span>


The girl who knows nothing of time became a curse herself<br>
<span style="color:blue">The girl who knows nothing of time became a curse herself<br>
An incredible power must be eating away at her heart at last
An incredible power must be eating away at her heart at last</span>


Scorched by the hatred of the past, you released the fire<br>
<span style="color:blue">Scorched by the hatred of the past, you released the fire<br>
Your own screams invited the sin, sneering<br>
Your own screams invited the sin, sneering<br>
You cannot return to where you were anymore
You cannot return to where you were anymore</span>


Your heart begins to fade away under the influence of the serpent that wanders the sky;<br>
<span style="color:blue">Your heart begins to fade away under the influence of the serpent that wanders the sky;<br>
It collected your light and made it unclear<br>
It collected your light and made it unclear<br>
The battle continues, dancing in and between the sky<br>
The battle continues, dancing in and between the sky<br>
And the pain continues as well
And the pain continues as well</span>


The endless sky...
<span style="color:blue">The endless sky...</span>


You melted me in the morning, we spoke in the evening, you loved me in the night<br>
<span style="color:blue">You melted me in the morning, we spoke in the evening, you loved me in the night<br>
You came close to me in the night, when we called you the sky<br>
You came close to me in the night, when we called you the sky<br>
And committed a great sin<br>
And committed a great sin<br>
Your unrewarded existence will turn everything into nothing
Your unrewarded existence will turn everything into nothing</span>


== Difficulty & Notecounts ==
== Difficulty & Notecounts ==
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.<br>
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.<br>
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and 1 to 20 from X onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from [http://bemaniwiki.com/ BEMANIWiki 2nd].)
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and 1 to 20 from X onwards.<br>
Toy'sMarch difficulty rated from 1 to 5. Renda notes are counted as 1 note. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from [http://bemaniwiki.com/ BEMANIWiki 2nd] and [https://gist.github.com/987123879113/dcd204a5ffd579606b99a9ed61c2dce4 tminfo].)


=== beatmania IIDX ===
=== beatmania IIDX ===
{{IIDX Chart Header|
{{IIDX Chart Header|
{{IIDX Chart Notecounts|205|571|1135|1520|559|1089|1498}}
{{IIDX Chart Notecounts|205|571|1135|1520|-|559|1089|1498|-}}
{{IIDX Chart|beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY|-|5|10|11|5|11|12}}
{{IIDX Chart|beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY|-|5|10|11|-|5|11|12|-}}
{{IIDX Chart|beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD&rarr;Present|'''3'''|5|10|11|5|&darr;10|&darr;11}}
{{IIDX Chart|beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD&rarr;Present|'''3'''|5|10|11|-|5|&darr;10|&darr;11|-}}
{{IIDX Chart|beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY CS|&darr;2|5|10|11|5|10|11}}
{{IIDX Chart|beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY CS|&darr;2|5|10|11|-|5|10|11|-}}
{{IIDX Chart|beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST|2|5|10|11|5|10|11}}
{{IIDX Chart|beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST|2|5|10|11|-|5|10|11|-}}
{{IIDX Chart|beatmania IIDX INFINITAS|-|5|10|11|-|5|10|11|-}}
{{IIDX Chart|beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE|3|5|10|11|-|-|-|-|-}}
{{IIDX Chart|beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020)|3|5|10|11|-|5|10|11|-}}
}}
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{{DDR Chart|DanceDanceRevolution X&rarr;Present|4|7|10|13|15|7|10|13|15}}
{{DDR Chart|DanceDanceRevolution X&rarr;Present|4|7|10|13|15|7|10|13|15}}
{{DDR Chart|DanceDanceRevolution / Dancing Stage SuperNOVA CS|1|5|7|9|10|5|6|9|10}}
{{DDR Chart|DanceDanceRevolution / Dancing Stage SuperNOVA CS|1|5|7|9|10|5|6|9|10}}
{{DDR Chart|DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX|4|7|10|13|15|7|10|13|15}}
}}
=== Toy'sMarch ===
{{TM Chart Header|
{{TM Chart Notecounts|323|491}}
{{TM Chart|Toy'sMarch2|4|5}}
}}
}}


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[[Category:DDR Songs with Unique Videos]]
[[Category:DDR Songs with Unique Videos]]
[[Category:IIDX Songs]]
[[Category:beatmania IIDX Songs]]
[[Category:IIDX Songs with Unique Title Cards]]
[[Category:beatmania IIDX Songs with Unique Title Cards]]
[[Category:IIDX Songs with Unique Videos]]
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[[Category:Toy'sMarch Songs]]

Latest revision as of 06:45, 13 March 2024

Xepher

Song Information

Xepher's jacket.

Artist: Tatsh
Composition/Arrangement: Tatsh
Lyrics: Tatsh, MAYA
Vocals: Junko Hirata, Yumi Natori
Length: 2:03 (beatmania IIDX), 1:48 (DanceDanceRevolution)
BPM: 170
Genre: MEDIEVAL CHOIR
Movie: MAYA
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY
Other Music Game Appearances:

Lyrics

Game Size

Existing in this place now are uncleanable lies
I wonder when it has begun...
How far do I have to go to see the light?

Stars in your eyes
Stars in your heart

You will live in shadow of shade and commit the eighth sin
Unrequited existence will turn everything into nothing

Long Version


Existing in this place now are uncleanable lies
I wonder when it has begun...
How far do I have to go to see the light?

Existing in this place now are uncleanable lies
I wonder when it has begun...
How far do I have to go to see the light?

You will live in shadow of shade and commit the eighth sin
I wonder when it has begun...
How far do I have to go to see the light?

Stars in your eyes
Stars in your heart
Stars in your eyes
Stars in your heart

Existing in this place now are uncleanable lies
I wonder when it has begun...
How far do I have to go to see the light?

You will live in shadow of shade and commit the eighth sin
Unrequited existence will turn everything into nothing

You will live in shadow of shade and commit the eighth sin
I wonder when it has begun...
How far do I have to go to see the light?

Song Connections / Remixes

  • The DanceDanceRevolution series uses a shorter version of Xepher, cutting most of the intro.
  • A different arrangement of Xepher, titled Xepher(ver1.1), can be found in the BEMANIトップランカー決定戦 2006 Sound Tracks.
  • A long version of Xepher, titled Xepher <Platinum Long Version>, appears in Tatsh's MATERIAL album.
  • A remix of Xepher by デッドボールP, titled Xepher Light and Darkness Dragon REMIX, can be found in SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH.
  • A spiritual sequel to Xepher, titled Xevel, appears in SEGA's CHUNITHM STAR.

Trivia

This song has different backgrounds, banners, jackets, or other related images. For more information, please see this page.
  • The movie for Xepher features the characters Killer and Licht.
  • Xepher, as indicated in the movie, is an acronym for many sets of six words, three of which include:
    • X, Expense, Punishment, Hocuspocus, Ecstasy, Reality.
    • X, End, Prayer, Hesitation, Existence, Regret.
    • X, Everlasting, Pain, Horrible, Evening, Recurrence.
  • The following words appear in the middle of Xepher's movie:
Until now
what you know does exist

With your fingertips
follow the path of the dirty dark sky

At the end of the bright road,
what is waiting for you?

take you to harmony
but you don't know

The hatred that was given birth to in
you has taken stars

and it turned it into poison
which is killing you silently
  • The note patterns on measure 38 of Xepher's Single and Double HYPER and ANOTHER charts form an X.
  • The game version of Xepher is a consistent 170 BPM, unlike its OST version.
  • Xepher received a BEGINNER chart in beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD.
  • Xepher is one of the Phase 1 hidden songs of Toy'sMarch2.
  • Xepher, along with RED ZONE and Under the Sky being crossed over mark Tatsuya Shimizu's first appearance in the DanceDanceRevolution series.
  • Xepher had a different banner in the DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA location test, which used different fonts for its text.
  • Xepher features its beatmania IIDX video in DanceDanceRevolution, eliminating any on-screen dancers.
  • Xepher's CHALLENGE charts were the first CHALLENGE charts for a non-boss song in DanceDanceRevolution to be rated Level 10 on the old scale.
  • Xepher was added to beatmania IIDX INFINITAS on September 7th, 2016 as part of the September 2016 Basic Subscription Monthly Songs.
    • From August 2017, it can be purchased with BITs.
  • Xepher's timing was slightly fixed on the September 13th, 2016 update of DanceDanceRevolution A.
  • Xepher also appears as one of the background music selectable to play during Accel Rave Time (アクセルレイブタイム) in SEVEN'S BEAT (セブンスビート), a KONAMI medal redemption game.

Song Production Information

Tatsh

A song conceived within my world, further expanded by the designer MAYA's MOVIE.
Next, I'd like you to further expand this world called "Xepher" by playing it.
That's why I gave the first letter of this song title "X", which means "the unknown".

I asked platoniX's JunkoHirata and Yumi Natori from the gospel world to participate in this choir. By all means, please also pay attention to their voices.

Video Production Information

MAYA

We had several discussions from its demo stage to further expand Tatsh's "Xepher" world.
It's not like that~, it's not like this~..., and.

"Xepher" penetrated through me from the moment I was in charge of its lyrics.
There are very few singing parts in this song, but actually, there's a very long and rough lyrics draft.
Tatsh drew upon them and wrote the lyrics.
I hope you can experience my interpretation of "Xepher" through the G2ARTS page and some lyric choices below.


You who have issued forth your love,
Look to the sky in this world of madness
Now, your eyes should be here, eyes that never fade away
But you don't know anything

I wonder when it began?
I wonder where we may go to visit with the end?

We trace the black sky that was dirtied beneath our feet
With the whiteness at our fingertips

The stars that you sheltered invite you towards their repose, but
You don't know anything about how
The stars that tear and devour in this newly-birthed hatred
Will become your poison, and scorch your body

The sins of the morning spill over into the evening and dirty the night
Where are you, whom we called the sky?

That girl is the key to washing away the sin
Walking together, you can discover the weight of that sin

The girl who knows nothing of time became a curse herself
An incredible power must be eating away at her heart at last

Scorched by the hatred of the past, you released the fire
Your own screams invited the sin, sneering
You cannot return to where you were anymore

Your heart begins to fade away under the influence of the serpent that wanders the sky;
It collected your light and made it unclear
The battle continues, dancing in and between the sky
And the pain continues as well

The endless sky...

You melted me in the morning, we spoke in the evening, you loved me in the night
You came close to me in the night, when we called you the sky
And committed a great sin
Your unrewarded existence will turn everything into nothing

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and 1 to 20 from X onwards.
Toy'sMarch difficulty rated from 1 to 5. Renda notes are counted as 1 note. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd and tminfo.)

beatmania IIDX

Game SP Difficulty DP Difficulty
BEGINNER NORMAL HYPER ANOTHER LEGGENDARIA NORMAL HYPER ANOTHER LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts 205 571 1135 1520 - 559 1089 1498 -
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY - 5 10 11 - 5 11 12 -
beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD→Present 3 5 10 11 - 5 ↓10 ↓11 -
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY CS ↓2 5 10 11 - 5 10 11 -
beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST 2 5 10 11 - 5 10 11 -
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS - 5 10 11 - 5 10 11 -
beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE 3 5 10 11 - - - - -
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020) 3 5 10 11 - 5 10 11 -

DanceDanceRevolution

Game Single Double
Beginner Basic Difficult Expert Challenge Basic Difficult Expert Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows 111 / 0 221 / 14 336 / 9 442 / 14 530 / 14 / 0 217 / 13 329 / 5 419 / 12 515 / 13 / 0
DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA→SuperNOVA2 1 5 7 9 10 5 6 9 10
DanceDanceRevolution X→Present 4 7 10 13 15 7 10 13 15
DanceDanceRevolution / Dancing Stage SuperNOVA CS 1 5 7 9 10 5 6 9 10
DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX 4 7 10 13 15 7 10 13 15

Toy'sMarch

Game Level
Easy
(かんたん)
Hard
(むずかしい)
Notecounts 323 491
Toy'sMarch2 4 5