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This is the debut solo album for the Bemani composer Taku Sakakibara (TaQ).  It was published in limited quantities under his self-produced Ongaq label.

The extended arrangements on these discs are in the form of a nonstop mix.

The arrangements on this album come from his original music from the following games:

Tracks 1.01, 1.02, 2.01: beatmania IIDX 8th Style
Tracks 1.03, 2.04, 2.08: beatmania IIDX 3rd Style
Tracks 1.04, 1.11, 2.02: beatmania IIDX 7th Style
Tracks 1.05, 2.03: beatmania IIDX 4th Style
Track 1.06: Dance Dance Revolution
Tracks 1.08, 1.10: beatmania IIDX 5th Style
Tracks 1.09, 2.05, 2.07: beatmania IIDX 2nd Style
Track 2.06: beatmania IIDX 6th Style

1.01 written by setup : taq. / produced and engineered by taq.
1.02 written, produced and engineered by taq.
1.03 written, produced and engineered by taq.
1.04 written, produced and engineered by taq.
1.05 written, produced and engineered by taq.
1.06 written by naoki : taq. / produced and engineered by taq.
1.07 written, produced and engineered by taq.
1.08 written, produced and engineered by taq.
1.09 written, produced and engineered by taq.
1.10 written by taka : taq. / produced and engineered by taq.
1.11 written, produced and engineered by taq.

2.01 written, produced and engineered by taq.
2.02 written, produced and engineered by taq.
2.03 written, produced and engineered by taq. / additional drums by hidemaru hiyoshi, recorded by taq.
2.04 written, produced and engineered by taq.
2.05 written, produced and engineered by taq.
2.06 written by taka : taq. / produced and engineered by taq. / additional guitars by tim leffman, recorded by taq.
2.07 written by taka : taq. / produced and engineered by taq.
2.08 written, produced and engineered by taq.

performed and recorded live somewhere in tokyo, 2003.
mixed at ongaq studio and zero studio by taq and "hazzy" naitou
mastered at south&north mastering studio by hiroshi siota (tokyo recording co.,ltd.)


thanq to
my parents : isaac stern : babara stanzeleit : vesselin paraschkevov : my violin
"subsimon" mayer : takayuki ishikawa : "samm" kubota : "hidemaru" hiyoshi
tatsuya furukawa : tim leffman : "ryu*" nakahara : minoru ikeda : "big jimmy" imamura
"hazy" naitou : "d.b.d." yoshiya : wasei chikada : "tad2unv" satou : satsuki naruse : "ysk" ito
zero studio : south&north mastering studio : studio visitor : good-cool : konami
everybody at bounce : ... and of course to all of you who read this