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19-SEP-07 ITG Multiplayer

stsung — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:12:55 +0000

Watch this video, the end with Twilight on Expert is magnificent. This would be impossible in my country….

Did You Know? - 573

stsung — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:28:49 +0000

573 does this number sound familiar? Do you know what it has to do with this blog? Well, I will tell you.

Beatmaniaiidx.com was supposed to be mainly about the great music game BeatMania IIDX (7K) which is an “upgrade” of BeatMania (5KEYS). BM is the first musical game from a series called BEMANI. As you can see everything on this blog has to do with either BEMANI or other music games. BEMANI games are produced by a company named KONAMI. So you wonder where the number 573 is hidden in the word KONAMI?

It’s easy actually. KONAMI is a Japanese company. Isn’t there something more to the name? Well, there is. Five is said “go” in Japanese and it can be changed to voiceless version “KO”. Seven can be said nana and from there comes the “NA”. “Number” three can be described by mitsu from which comes the last syllable “MI”. From this 573 was born and the company is also known under this number.
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573 number can be found in KONAMI games. For example both The Legend of Max and Max300 from DDR have max combo exactly 573.

Virkato - ピアノ協奏曲第1番 ‘蠍火’

stsung — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:08:45 +0000

I guess that all of you have played Piano Concerto No.1 Anti-Ares in Beatmania IIDX11 or other version of BM IIDX. It’s level of difficulty 8 on another may be to difficult to some and easy for others.

But have you ever imagined that this score was actually composed for the piano? That’s not seven/fourteen keys and a turntable.See how this young Japanese pianist tried his best on this concerto.

Click here to view the video => Piano Concerto No.1 Anti-Ares

DJ Taka, who would never heard of him?

stsung — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:22:58 +0000

dj TAKA as he is most known is a Japanese musician contributing a lot to KONAMI’s BEMANI series games. You can find most of his songs in Beatmania IIDX games.Did you ever wonder what these people - OutPhase, Iconoclasm, DJ Amuro, TAKA, lion MUSASHI, DJ Setup, 金獅子 and Risk Junk - have in common? I personally did, because I like them all and later I found out that it is actually one composer and that his name is Takayuki Ishikawa (石川貴之) - the real name of our beloved dj TAKA.

In June this year dj TAKA released his first album called Milestone and it was a great success.

Small amount of info on Taka’s life…

Takayuki became obsessed with turntables at the age of 17. But it wasn’t his only love. He was also a passionate drummer. He became well known in Tokyo when his rock group Oblivion Dust became successful. Several years later Taka found out that for him turntables mean much more than drumming and started his DJing carrier. Soon his fame preceded him and what started as a small party for friends became a big club event.

You can visit dj Taka’s own blog at dj Taka official blog