Terra (band)

Terra (stylized as TЁЯRA) are Konami's in-house rock and J‑pop group that composes music and soundtracks for Beatmania IIDX, Dance Dance Revolution, Pop'n Music, GuitarFreaks, and DrumMania. They debuted in Pop'n Music 8 with their song "Stars☆☆☆". Their introduction in Konami's session simulation was "We Are" in GuitarFreaks 11th Mix & DrumMania 10th Mix. In Beatmania IIDX 10th Style, they were introduced into the DJ simulation series with the song "Doll". Since then, they've produced one song for each version of both IIDX and Gitado thereon, as well songs for the other active Bemani games. Their first album, Revolution was released on March 2005 and features longer versions of songs featured in the Bemani games, in addition to new songs. Their second album, Evolution was released on September 2011 and mainly features longer version of various Bemani songs including the solo version of 鏡花水月楼, one of their collaboration with Uchuu Sentai Noiz. The limited edition also contains a DVD which feature the PV of the album's main song, "Evolution".

On September 30, 2009, Terra closed their official site. Both Naoki and Jun stated this because they were far too busy focusing on projects to update the site.

With Jun and Naoki's departure from Konami on 2013, it was unknown if they would continue to perform songs as Terra. However, it was revealed in 2015 that Naoki was to be the producer of a new Capcom arcade game, crossbeats REV, and that Terra would return to produce more songs for the game.^[1]

Members

• Naoki Maeda (前田尚紀) - composer/arranger/guitarist/producer/vocalist *in "鏡花水月楼 & Parasite World*∞
• Junko Karashima (辛島純子) - vocalist/lyricist/arranger/composer

Bemani Works

Pop'n Music

• "Stars" (Pop'n Music 8)
• "North Wind" (Pop'n Music 9)
• "1/6 Billionth" (as an ee'Mall song)
• "Brave!" (as an ee'Mall 2nd Avenue song)
• "夢幻ノ光 (Mugen no Hikari)" (Pop'n Music 12 Iroha)
• "Masquerade" (Pop'n Music 13 Carnival)
• "桃花恋情 (Touka Renjou)" (Pop'n Music 15 Adventure)
• "Miracle Flyer!!" (Pop'n Music 16 Party)
• "Fantasia" (Pop'n Music 17 The Movie)
• "天上の星 ～黎明記～ (Tenjou no Hoshi ~Reimeiki~)" (Pop'n Music 18 Sengoku Retsuden)
• "薔薇は永遠に美しく (Bara wa Eien ni Utsukushiku)" (Pop'n Music 19 Tune Street)
• "Märchen" (Pop'n Music 20 Fantasia)

Beatmania IIDX

• "一途な恋 (Hyper J-Euro Mix)" (Ichizuna Koi) (Beatmania IIDX 10th Style)
• "Doll" (Beatmania IIDX 10th Style)^[2]
• "Ultimate" (Beatmania IIDX 11 IIDXRED)^[2]
• "Eden" (Beatmania IIDX 12 Happy Sky)
• "Alfarshear (双神威に廻る夢)" (Futatsukamui ni Mawaru Yume) (Beatmania IIDX 13 Distorted)
• "Parasite World" (Under the pseudonym Terra Underground) (Beatmania IIDX 13 Distorted)
• "零 (Zero)" (Rei) (Beatmania IIDX 14 Gold)
• "Stars (Re-tuned by Hal) (IIDX Edition)" (Beatmania IIDX 14 Gold)
• "Promise for Life" (Beatmania IIDX 15: DJ Troopers)
• "Evolution" (Beatmania IIDX 19: Lincle)
• "Lethebolg: 双神威に斬り咲けり (Futatsukamui ni Kiri Sakeri) (Beatmania IIDX 19: Lincle)

Guitar Freaks & DrumMania

• "We Are" (Guitar Freaks 11th Mix & DrumMania 10th Mix)
• "Brave!" (as an ee'Mall 2nd Avenue song)
• "Escape to the Sky ★彡" (Guitar Freaks V & DrumMania V)
• "Glide" (Guitar Freaks V2 & DrumMania V2)
• "Zenith" (Guitar Freaks V3 & DrumMania V3)
• "Revolution" (Guitar Freaks V4 & DrumMania V4)
• "鏡花水月楼 (GFDM Edition)" (GuitarFreaks V5 & DrumMania V5 with Uchuu Sentai NOIZ)
• "Catharsis Garden" (GuitarFreaks V6 & DrumMania V6)
• "Sacred Oath (GFDM Edition)" (GuitarFreaks XG2 & DrumMania XG2)

Dance Dance Revolution

• "Stars (2nd Naoki's Style)" (Dance Dance Revolution Party Collection)
• "DoLL" (Dance Dance Revolution Strike)
• "華爛漫 (Flowers)" (Hana Ranman) (Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova)
• "Switch" (with Daisuke Asakura) (Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova 2)
• "鏡花水月楼(DDR Edition)" (Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party 2 with Uchuu Sentai NOIZ)
• "Sacred Oath" (Dance Dance Revolution X2 (US PS2) & Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party 3)
• "ever snow" (DanceDanceRevolution (US PS3) & DanceDanceRevolution (US Wii))

Jubeat

• This Night (Jubeat edition) (Jubeat plus)

Reflec Beat

• Dioramatic Moment (Reflec Beat 1.5)
• 華爛漫 -Flowers- (2nd edition) (Reflec Beat Limelight)

Other Works

• Ever Snow *Naoki Maeda: composer and arranger; Junko Karashima: lyrics; Yoma Komatsu (from BeForU) as vocalist* [DDRMAX2 -Dance Dance Revolution 7th mix-]
• Termination *Naoki Maeda: composer and arranger; Junko Karashima: lyrics; 今井優子 [Yuko Imai] as vocalist* [Guitar Freaks 10th mix &Drummania 9th mix]
• Doll: L.E.D. style mix [Beatmania IIDX remix for 10th Success Anniversary]
• Dive to the Night: Terra Works remix [小坂りゆ [ Riyu Kosaka ] – Begin]
• Alfarshear [Golializzle: Goli Matsumoto Archives]
• Revolution [performed in Beatmania IIDX Secret Live 2]
• Stars [Re-tuned by Hal] [Konami Musicフル]
• 聖なる鐘が、鳴り響く街 (2004 コナミスタイルクリスマスキャンペーンソングver.) [Seinaru Kane Ga, Narihibiku Machi (2004 Konami Style Christmas Campaign ver.)] ~instrumental~ [Bemani Top Rankers special CD]

Album

Revolution

• Additional arrangers for Revolution:

1. Masao Akashi
2. Sōta Fujimori (as a remixer)

Track list^[3]

Evolution

Track list

Development

As of January 31, 2008, Terra has released four new tracks, all of which are playable on Beatmania IIDX 15 DJ Troopers. 10 second clips of two of these new tracks can be heard on the official Terra website, as well as new art from 零 (Rei) -Zero- by Matsumoto Goli.

The clip of the first new track, titled "Reminiscence//001 (Rebirth)", sounds very similar to 零 (Rei) -Zero- in its style, and energy. However, the melody is slightly more happy, rather than nostalgic, like that of "Doll" or "Alfarshear".

"Reminiscence//001 (Rebirth)" is the first of a three-part series, similar to Bemani artist A/I's Captivate series. The second in the series is "Reminiscence//002 (Life)" and the third is "Reminiscence//003 (Destiny)".

Terra has finished production of their latest track "Miracle Flyer!!" for the newest Pop'n Music installment Pop'n Music 16 Party, as well as "鏡花水月楼 (GFDM Edition)" for GuitarFreaksV5 & DrumManiaV5 which was produced in collaboration with rock group Uchuu Sentai Noiz. A PV of the video can be seen on Terra's official website.

Recently, Terra have announced two new songs called "Fantasia" and "Catharsis Garden". Fantasia will be featured in Pop'n Music 17 The Movie and "Catharsis Garden" will be featured on GuitarFreaks V6 Blazing!! & DrumMania V6 Blazing!!. A preview of the "Catharsis Garden" video is currently on TЁЯRA's site and under the "Special" tab on their site, there are photos and information about the filming of the video.

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