sadly, xi's career now is not as high as the last 5 years ago. As Bemani's popularity decreases over time, so does xi. Right now, the rhythm games songs album are dominated by hardcore tanoc which is pretty hard for xi to adapt with the trend. But at least he manages to grab a title as one of the best rhythm games composer of all time and i am pretty sure a lot of rhythm games community will remember that
xi also recently released the sequel of the Freedom Dive saga, "Heavenly Blast" featured in Maimai. Also notice how xi uses the initial words from each song, Freedom Dive (FD), Glorious Crown (GC), Heavenly Blast (HB). I think thats pretty cool
Holy shit man i haven't even finished watching this video, but i can tell you that you are currently super underrated! I absolutely love your in depth explanations of everything, especially about death piano and it's difficulty as i've never seen or played the chart despite having about 2 years of VSRG experience (mainly osu!mania and etterna) i learned an absolute ton about the chart that i've only heard that it was difficult but never knew why it was so difficult.
Thanks so much man! I'm glad you could get something out of it :) Also speaking of which, I highly recommend you check out FFR if you havent already, it's a really fun VSRG and it's where I started (been playing them for 6 and a half years now!)
I keep rewatching these videos surprised by how they are so high quality but low in views. You’re going to explode in popularity any one of these days, I’m sure of it.
Thanks so much man! That'd be awesome one day, definitely not ready for popularity yet though. For now as long as even a single person enjoys I'm glad :)
Wow, i recently found the Nanahira video and instantly got this recommended, i was searching for more of Xi's history for a long time and you did a amazing work sumarizing all of it, thank you.
Recently there was a new xi's track added to Muse dash - Twisted Escape. An absolute banger, one of the most fun songs to play but also extremely hard.
Really nice video. Xi has been one of my favorite composers as of late, I first came across his music in Arcaea with Halcyon and Overwhelm (Overwhelm being one of my all time favorites) a really great composer and it was very interesting to hear about the history behind Xi.
Been a fan of Xi's songs for a while, they've gotten me through some pretty rough times, but I never really knew who this producer was, aside from how much I loved his songs Thanks so much for the video, your channel is seriously underrated
Years ago, I thought about how great it would be for someone to make RUclips analyses on prolific rhythm game artists, and here you are! xi is one of my favorite artists of all time, this was a real treat :)
Thoughout this video I started typing my favourite xi song multiple times, but it's a different one for each time I comment so I guess I'm just gonna have to accept Xi is a legend who doesn't peak but simply stands at the top.
Damn, watching this video 4 years after my first listen to xi's music give me whole new perspective in interpreting his music. The amount of research done is insane, I've been trying to find more of his earlier tracks, and this video basically covered everything i've been searching. Nice work man, keep it up. Btw, To live, Albatross and iolite are also not to be overlooked in his latest album.
That is incredible work man. I ve been making a report for my engl class about xi based on your video for 5 hours straight and im already tired. Just an insane amount of labor was put into creating this masterpiece. It's a pity that the community rhythm of the games is not quite big, because of which you are not as popular as you should really be. Great potential!
I fell in love with his music through my first rhythm game, DEEMO, and I have loved rhythm games and Xi's music ever since! Thank you so much for this awesome series, it's really giving me some more insight into my favorite genre of game!! Thank you Xi, killing my fingers from Aragami to Freedom Dive, his music has vibed with me since 2015
the go beyond jazzy mix is in a pack I made in 2009 (around when it came out I think?) called Xoon 4 Blue Version for Stepmania 4key if anyone wanted to hear it
I always play his songs in the arcade and i’m loving every second of them! The only one i haven’t played is his collab with Kaneko Chiharu. And that one is a bomb as well
Amazing video. I always wanted to know more about xi because I absolutely love his music. There’s just something so infectious about some of his songs. I also think that the song Storia is pretty good. Its a mashup of xi and Sakuzyo. The songs for each artists are: xi: Halcyon, Nifheimr Sakuzyo: Magical Musical Master, AXION, Black Lair
To that one person who disliked this absolute masterpiece, I will find you I will come to you And I will make yo listen to Halcyon on loop for all of eternity Until you like this video
Never have i been so hype by the amount of songs i've guess correctly when you mention the event even though i only hear them on osu. Thanks for the amazing document.
20:31 it's actually Time Files as it says on the screen, as much as i repeatedly misread "Time Flies" to make more sense from an English phrase standpoint
Great video! Was very enjoyable to watch. I really wish we had more people documenting this stuff. We have a serious lack of such content in the rhythm gaming niche haha. A few things however: You don't need a special version of LR2 to play PMS, it plays PMS just fine right out of the box. Light-pop is just a skin to make LR2 look more like pop'n'music but functionally it doesn't change anything, it's purely visual. The version of Solros Grandthaw released for BMS has no vocals, the version with vocals was special album release. And lastly, just a personal note, it's a little upsetting to see you talk about all these rhythm games but not the rhythm game these songs were made for. Freedom Dive has one of biggest running legacies in BMS. Freedom Dive - Four Dimensions (the name of the osu map was a direct reference to this) has existed pretty much since the song's original creation, is one of the most played songs on the entire platform, it's the song you need to clear to achieve the highest dan certification, and still no one has full combo'd it. This is a platform where pretty much all the top players of most rhythm games end up playing at some point in their career. Yet over the last 15 years, no one has been able to do it. However, the bar is still getting raised, with 1 combo break (5BP) achieved for the very first time just last year. I don't think it's understatement to say that if this song ever gets fullcombo'd it will be the single greatest achievement ever in rhythm gaming as a whole.
Thanks for watching man, glad you enjoyed haha. Those were all mistakes on my part, mainly because of me not being hugely knowledgeable at the time since I had come straight from mainly playing 4k. FREEDOM DIVE was a pretty big miss on my part though, apologies on that.
This is some high-tier video, you are underrated af! Im so looking forward to new videos ^^ Edit: Forgot to say that you really manage to keep someones attention quite good! I didn't even notice that a whole hour has passed!
Thank you for your hard work on this very detailed video about one of my favourite rhythm games producers ever! xi rules! '3' Halcyon was the first song I heard of them a long time ago but I got hooked on since :D Btw I also like the jazz remix of Go Beyond! Their jazz fusion tracks are always really nice . Thank you for notifying about the new releases on their other three albums, I will check them out for sure! Again thank you for bringing a spotlight into xi' history! I really like your comments on EM and Ascension to Heaven
People on the internet tend to overuse praises, call others goated left and right, but I think xi truly deserves this one. To me he's the best composer of this century, and I think it will be really hard to take this title from him. It's no surprise that almost all my favorite songs from xi ended up being in Parousia album and indeed it might be the best rhythm game music album ever. I barely knew anything about his roots and what else he did besides BMS, so thanks for making this video! It was a good watch
Great video about a great artist. One song I really like from Evolved Chronicles that you didn't mention is Aparajita. I just love the buildups in the song. The way each note in the melody just raises a semitone just really makes them feel more powerful and intense. Honourable mentions to two songs that weren't mentioned that I think are good: Azalea and Mjolnir. Mjolnir is very similar to Longinus, would strongly recommend listening to it.
Great video! I'm glad to see someone took the time to find out the past of XI. Definitely an amazing artist that deserves some more recognition. Also, noticed there was nothing about AQUAELIE's XI. Was curious as to if you even knew about that or not. I'm assuming you did but thought I'd double check. ^-^
older video and already has been mentioned once, but i find it so amusing how almost everyone i met who tries to say the song name time files either calls it time flies or patiently waits for someone else to mispronounce it to point them out, never have i seen song title with such impact as this one
That video was amazing. I don't play rhythm games but I listen to Xi most of the time. It's nice to see his musical career and I now know his standpoint in the rythmgame community.
How did I not find this video? I LOVE xi since I played Cytus version 4? I guess? I legit got goosebumps when Halcyon plays. Thanks for making this video! Edit: I wrote this comment while watching, and once again, Parousia hit me hard.
can i request a history on team grimoire? from the amount of albums they released and how they're always appears as a boss song in many rhythm games, kinda want to know them a bit more
Absolutely brilliant work - that's what xi's compositions should be considered. While listening to so called rhythm game music I sometimes how it turned out the music of the future isn't acknowledged by the mainstream music community
@@rinnythe16th Absolutely, I think Another Halcyon does the work well with that but it's still great to hear his style again, because he seems pretty done with releasing music I think (altough iirc he still makes music for commercials)
@@xKaby He just released a new song called Overwhelm for Arcaea! It feels like a really modern take on his classsic "xi" style. P.S. You've probably heard it already, but fyi just in case. 😅
The song Halcyon is the reason why I started listen to not only xi's music, but also music from rhythm games as well. Oh, also. Will you do a video about the history of Cranky in the future?
ome of the things i wish from xi is for him to remaster some of his older songs, not likely, might be just me, might be because i really like .357 magnum.
Hope you enjoy. Sorry for the mic quality at certain points.
first dislike
anyways i regret
You've earned a sub
Your research efforts and way of explaining is crazy
Uhhh, where was Akasha? It's infamous in beatsaber for making a man get a heart rate of 220.
sadly, xi's career now is not as high as the last 5 years ago. As Bemani's popularity decreases over time, so does xi. Right now, the rhythm games songs album are dominated by hardcore tanoc which is pretty hard for xi to adapt with the trend. But at least he manages to grab a title as one of the best rhythm games composer of all time and i am pretty sure a lot of rhythm games community will remember that
Man. After years of being a fan of an artist i knew almost nothing about this is just what i needed. Thank you!
Glad you could get something out it man, thanks for watching!
wow your description on asciension to heaven is so detailed
Yeah, it's one of the first songs I heard from him way back so I had a lot to say about it haha
xi also recently released the sequel of the Freedom Dive saga, "Heavenly Blast" featured in Maimai. Also notice how xi uses the initial words from each song, Freedom Dive (FD), Glorious Crown (GC), Heavenly Blast (HB). I think thats pretty cool
xi - interstellar ascension
Xi sounds like he was a one man Prog/Neo-Classical Metal composer who discovered J-Hardcore and Speedcore, insane stuff
The 2007 version of Blue Zenith can actually be found in this video: ruclips.net/video/njSznaVwnc0/видео.html
Looked all over for this, thanks for finding it!
This is amazing work man! You are really scratching an itch I've had for years ~
Glad to hear it man! More to come soon!
I feel the same for sure!
Longest video I've actually watched throigh on yt, I still come back to it now and then, it's really a great video
Holy shit man i haven't even finished watching this video, but i can tell you that you are currently super underrated! I absolutely love your in depth explanations of everything, especially about death piano and it's difficulty as i've never seen or played the chart despite having about 2 years of VSRG experience (mainly osu!mania and etterna) i learned an absolute ton about the chart that i've only heard that it was difficult but never knew why it was so difficult.
Thanks so much man! I'm glad you could get something out of it :) Also speaking of which, I highly recommend you check out FFR if you havent already, it's a really fun VSRG and it's where I started (been playing them for 6 and a half years now!)
wow, the fact that this channel hasnt blown up yet blows my mind. this video definitely isnt perfect, but its still suuuper good, great work!
Thanks so much man! Appreciate the kind words 🙏
5:16 original track being remixed is Fantasie Impromptu by Chopin.
Knew it sounded familiar, just didnt know what it was called, thanks man!
I keep rewatching these videos surprised by how they are so high quality but low in views. You’re going to explode in popularity any one of these days, I’m sure of it.
Thanks so much man! That'd be awesome one day, definitely not ready for popularity yet though. For now as long as even a single person enjoys I'm glad :)
Wow, i recently found the Nanahira video and instantly got this recommended, i was searching for more of Xi's history for a long time and you did a amazing work sumarizing all of it, thank you.
Recently there was a new xi's track added to Muse dash - Twisted Escape. An absolute banger, one of the most fun songs to play but also extremely hard.
xi is basically beethoven of the rhythm game music scene
Really nice video. Xi has been one of my favorite composers as of late, I first came across his music in Arcaea with Halcyon and Overwhelm (Overwhelm being one of my all time favorites) a really great composer and it was very interesting to hear about the history behind Xi.
yo actually a very enjoyable video. gj keep it up
Been a fan of Xi's songs for a while, they've gotten me through some pretty rough times, but I never really knew who this producer was, aside from how much I loved his songs
Thanks so much for the video, your channel is seriously underrated
Years ago, I thought about how great it would be for someone to make RUclips analyses on prolific rhythm game artists, and here you are! xi is one of my favorite artists of all time, this was a real treat :)
This is such a good video damm also I got some maybe try doing a video on Sakuzyo, chroma or leaf that would be cool to see
Thanks! Also yeah I absolutely wanna take a look at sakuzyo and LeaF, but Chroma is someone I hadn't considered. Noted
Thoughout this video I started typing my favourite xi song multiple times, but it's a different one for each time I comment so I guess I'm just gonna have to accept Xi is a legend who doesn't peak but simply stands at the top.
xi is an amazing artist, so many of his songs i love are under 1k views 😢
Xi's songs make me tear up, he truly knows how to music.
Each song has a distinctive FEEL, I love that.
Glorious Crown is the reason I wanted to get good at MaiMai. Thank you Xi if you ever see this, your music is truly incredible.
I loved every second of this. Thanks for putting it together
Appreciate it man, thanks for watching!
5:22 "fantasy improvisation" here is referring to Fantaisie Impromptu by Chopin I believe
Yep
Every Single Xi Song is like a Final Boss from a game, Every song is super mega brutaly epic.
So much quality from so underrated youtuber. Keep it up! Really want to see your future uploads^^
Thanks so much man! More coming soon!
Damn, watching this video 4 years after my first listen to xi's music give me whole new perspective in interpreting his music. The amount of research done is insane, I've been trying to find more of his earlier tracks, and this video basically covered everything i've been searching. Nice work man, keep it up.
Btw, To live, Albatross and iolite are also not to be overlooked in his latest album.
I didn't know this was already done. Almost 1 hour, damn..
That is incredible work man. I ve been making a report for my engl class about xi based on your video for 5 hours straight and im already tired.
Just an insane amount of labor was put into creating this masterpiece. It's a pity that the community rhythm of the games is not quite big, because of which you are not as popular as you should really be. Great potential!
Thank you, I'm glad it inspired you so much haha, good luck with your english class man
@@rinnythe16th thank you
I’d love to see Camellia, one of the more modern rhythm game icons yk?
100% Camellia is coming one day, though I want his to be special so it wont be for a while
@@rinnythe16th That’s totally fine, I’ll wait for it :)
Actually got genuinely hyped seeing this getting recommended in the sidebar, and this just delievered dude. Dropping a sub here
I fell in love with his music through my first rhythm game, DEEMO, and I have loved rhythm games and Xi's music ever since! Thank you so much for this awesome series, it's really giving me some more insight into my favorite genre of game!!
Thank you Xi, killing my fingers from Aragami to Freedom Dive, his music has vibed with me since 2015
I honestly never knew that Grand Thaw (a.k.a Rigel-Theatre) is one circle with xi. Man, rhythm game and doujin music scene are truly inseparable
the go beyond jazzy mix is in a pack I made in 2009 (around when it came out I think?) called Xoon 4 Blue Version for Stepmania 4key if anyone wanted to hear it
This is true, forgot about Xoon! Love your works and music btw man
@@rinnythe16th hey you're the best. These vids are fantastic and really bring out the rhythm game nostalgia haha
I always play his songs in the arcade and i’m loving every second of them! The only one i haven’t played is his collab with Kaneko Chiharu. And that one is a bomb as well
Amazing video. I always wanted to know more about xi because I absolutely love his music. There’s just something so infectious about some of his songs.
I also think that the song Storia is pretty good. Its a mashup of xi and Sakuzyo.
The songs for each artists are:
xi: Halcyon, Nifheimr
Sakuzyo: Magical Musical Master, AXION, Black Lair
This is an awesome video! Just discovered your channel and I'm excited to see more.
20:32 The song is actually Time files, not Time flies by the way.
Can't believe I've been misreading that for the past 4 months... lmao, thanks for watching man, more soon :)
To that one person who disliked this absolute masterpiece,
I will find you
I will come to you
And I will make yo listen to Halcyon on loop for all of eternity
Until you like this video
Never have i been so hype by the amount of songs i've guess correctly when you mention the event even though i only hear them on osu. Thanks for the amazing document.
i found this a few weeks ago and have already watched the entire thing about 5 times. Absolute masterpiece
20:31 it's actually Time Files as it says on the screen, as much as i repeatedly misread "Time Flies" to make more sense from an English phrase standpoint
Great video! Was very enjoyable to watch. I really wish we had more people documenting this stuff. We have a serious lack of such content in the rhythm gaming niche haha. A few things however:
You don't need a special version of LR2 to play PMS, it plays PMS just fine right out of the box. Light-pop is just a skin to make LR2 look more like pop'n'music but functionally it doesn't change anything, it's purely visual.
The version of Solros Grandthaw released for BMS has no vocals, the version with vocals was special album release.
And lastly, just a personal note, it's a little upsetting to see you talk about all these rhythm games but not the rhythm game these songs were made for. Freedom Dive has one of biggest running legacies in BMS. Freedom Dive - Four Dimensions (the name of the osu map was a direct reference to this) has existed pretty much since the song's original creation, is one of the most played songs on the entire platform, it's the song you need to clear to achieve the highest dan certification, and still no one has full combo'd it. This is a platform where pretty much all the top players of most rhythm games end up playing at some point in their career. Yet over the last 15 years, no one has been able to do it. However, the bar is still getting raised, with 1 combo break (5BP) achieved for the very first time just last year. I don't think it's understatement to say that if this song ever gets fullcombo'd it will be the single greatest achievement ever in rhythm gaming as a whole.
Thanks for watching man, glad you enjoyed haha. Those were all mistakes on my part, mainly because of me not being hugely knowledgeable at the time since I had come straight from mainly playing 4k. FREEDOM DIVE was a pretty big miss on my part though, apologies on that.
This is some high-tier video, you are underrated af!
Im so looking forward to new videos ^^
Edit: Forgot to say that you really manage to keep someones attention quite good! I didn't even notice that a whole hour has passed!
Thanks for the kind words! More soon :)
Thank you for your hard work on this very detailed video about one of my favourite rhythm games producers ever! xi rules! '3' Halcyon was the first song I heard of them a long time ago but I got hooked on since :D
Btw I also like the jazz remix of Go Beyond! Their jazz fusion tracks are always really nice . Thank you for notifying about the new releases on their other three albums, I will check them out for sure! Again thank you for bringing a spotlight into xi' history! I really like your comments on EM and Ascension to Heaven
People on the internet tend to overuse praises, call others goated left and right, but I think xi truly deserves this one. To me he's the best composer of this century, and I think it will be really hard to take this title from him. It's no surprise that almost all my favorite songs from xi ended up being in Parousia album and indeed it might be the best rhythm game music album ever. I barely knew anything about his roots and what else he did besides BMS, so thanks for making this video! It was a good watch
Fantastic job ! Must have been a lot of work creating this video, I loved it.
Great video about a great artist. One song I really like from Evolved Chronicles that you didn't mention is Aparajita. I just love the buildups in the song. The way each note in the melody just raises a semitone just really makes them feel more powerful and intense.
Honourable mentions to two songs that weren't mentioned that I think are good: Azalea and Mjolnir. Mjolnir is very similar to Longinus, would strongly recommend listening to it.
This video is amazing, especially that FFR part. FFR doesn't get alot of recognition so i appreciate that
If only all this music wasn't such a pain to transcribe. When something is this beautiful, I find myself wanting to add my own things to it.
Awesome content! just discovered this video and it should get a lot views than the current amount.
P.S. will you be getting to ZUN/Touhou remixes?
A tier list for Touhou remixes is something I consider! Thanks for the kind words 🙏
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Great video! I'm glad to see someone took the time to find out the past of XI. Definitely an amazing artist that deserves some more recognition. Also, noticed there was nothing about AQUAELIE's XI. Was curious as to if you even knew about that or not. I'm assuming you did but thought I'd double check. ^-^
I FEEL LIKE RHYTHM GAME ARTISTS ARE SO MYSTERIOUS I HAVE NO CLUE WHERE THEY CAME FROM
Thank you, I love his music but there was little info about him to be found :D
No problem mate, thanks for watching :)
older video and already has been mentioned once, but i find it so amusing how almost everyone i met who tries to say the song name time files either calls it time flies or patiently waits for someone else to mispronounce it to point them out, never have i seen song title with such impact as this one
What's the gameplay in the background?‚ that game that keep saying yell!?
That video was amazing. I don't play rhythm games but I listen to Xi most of the time. It's nice to see his musical career and I now know his standpoint in the rythmgame community.
Ascension to heaven is one of my favourite songs period, makes me sad that they didn’t even get top ten in the event :(
I've been listening to Xi for a long while. what a cool frickin video to cover stuff i wish i knew
Wow, I was very surprised to see that this video has so little views, this video was of amazing quality 👏
I'm pretty sure the song Beatrice is a reference to Umineko. If you know, you know.
I wish you had more recognition.
Your content is really good
Appreciate it my man :)
How did I not find this video? I LOVE xi since I played Cytus version 4? I guess? I legit got goosebumps when Halcyon plays. Thanks for making this video!
Edit: I wrote this comment while watching, and once again, Parousia hit me hard.
As a very active Adofai player, I have surprisingly never heard of them. (Writing this near beginning of video)
Awesome video. earned yourself a new sub. I’d really love to see a video on P*Light in the future.
Glad you enjoyed mate :) P*Light is on my list so you might see him at some point!
noticed lilieze as that bgm at the start instant sub
Amazing video, looking forward to more!
TY FOR MAKING THIS
can i request a history on team grimoire? from the amount of albums they released and how they're always appears as a boss song in many rhythm games, kinda want to know them a bit more
So this is the composer who made freedom dive , theres a certain tracks i recognize as well , and ones i havent heard but enjoyable
20:39 idk why but the BGA is equally as satisfying as the actual song lol
_A little video about TEAM GRIMOIRE would be nice._
Absolutely brilliant work - that's what xi's compositions should be considered. While listening to so called rhythm game music I sometimes how it turned out the music of the future isn't acknowledged by the mainstream music community
Really nice!
Fun Fact: xi released not long ago a song named "Ceyx" although it doesn't really sound like a Halcyon sequel
Interesting! Had a listen and its pretty much completely different. Feels like a missed opportunity by xi but nothing can beat the original
@@rinnythe16th Absolutely, I think Another Halcyon does the work well with that but it's still great to hear his style again, because he seems pretty done with releasing music I think (altough iirc he still makes music for commercials)
@@xKaby He just released a new song called Overwhelm for Arcaea! It feels like a really modern take on his classsic "xi" style.
P.S. You've probably heard it already, but fyi just in case. 😅
@@oonkadoonk544 Yes! I listened to it 2 days ago when he announced that he won on Twitter, I absolutely love it :D
man amazing video! definitely deserves more attention!
im not going to lie my favorite song by xi us aparajita
i was not expecting the sk bgm
Really good documentary. I subbed👍🏼
Thanks so much man!
Hi,
If I wanted to compose music like xi's early music, where should/would I start? Like happy hard-core.
Could you provide the source for XI - F? because dang that hit hard i really wanna listen to it full now
Chopin - Fantaisie-Impromptu
ngl xi is probably one of my favorite music artists in general
dang this video is amazing
Same tbh, making this boosted my appreciation for him 10x
The song Halcyon is the reason why I started listen to not only xi's music, but also music from rhythm games as well.
Oh, also. Will you do a video about the history of Cranky in the future?
thank you
Ahora con este video puedo apreciar mucho mas la musica de Xi, gran artista 🫡🫡
Really good video! I would love to see one of LeaF. But that's up to you
Thanks man! LeaF is definitely on my list so he'll be covered at some point
The only reason why I listen to xi a bit (glorious crown and freedom dive), it's because of red zone arranges.
Really nice video!
Jesus man what an incredible deep dive into someone so iconic
xi's music is just a trip to listen to, it's a journey. I love it!
Really really good documentary i enjoy listening to it.
Death piano is such a fucking banger. didnt know it was made that long ago :0.
ascension to heaven is the beat xi song change my mind
Agreed ascension to heaven is one of my favorite songs ever
But what about Niflheimr?
It's good, but no where as good as his really old songs
I never really thought of xi that much :/
His musical style definetely hit my soft spot but I never glorified him as much.
You're soo underrated. Love your content ;)
ome of the things i wish from xi is for him to remaster some of his older songs, not likely, might be just me, might be because i really like .357 magnum.
Finally xi face reveal :') i love your music
Really good video :) I hope to see Laur or Camellia in there soon
the question that has been bothering me is: how is it pronounced tho?
ksi?
chi?
key?
X I? (as in the letters)
Romawi Number,Eleven but XI getting reference from mitology.
Sai.
He said, "xi" was named after the Playstation Game "XI(Sai)(Devil Dice)".