BanYa

BanYa (반야), sometimes spelled BANYA or Banya, is South Korean Andamiro's musical group responsible for creating original songs for Pump It Up. The style of its music varies greatly, from rap to techno, from rock 'n' roll to classical music.

Classical remixes are among Banya's most popular productions. Several sonatas, symphonies and pieces feature in different versions. Mixing violins, guitars and heavy beats, these songs draw particular attention from players and passers-by.

ong catalogue

The group's first two releases under the name of Banya were Ignition Starts and Hypnosis, although Bee, Solitary and The Final Audition had been already recorded by Yahpp as an independient artist. Up to 2004 they released 3 albums:

Some nonstop remixes of several Banya songs have also been made for Pump It Up.

On Exceed 2, "CanCan" was moved from the "K-Pop Channel" to the "Banya Channel", even though it was made by F2 Systems, who worked with Andamiro to make Extra Mix. "Holiday", the other F2 song, has only showed up on Extra, Prex and Prex 2.

"Pump It Up" (first version)

"Pump It Up: The O.B.G. SE"

"Pump It Up: The Premiere 2 / Pump It Up: The Rebirth"

"Pump It Up: Exceed"

"Pump It Up: NX"

"Pump It Up: NX2"

Additional songs

Banya also released some songs on promotional CDs, which are not featured so far in any games:
* "Warm Shadow in a Stranger's Eyes"
* "Going Home"
* "Golden Tears"
* "Let Me Break it Down"

As well as full versions of the following in-game songs:
* "Beat of the War 2" (Full Version is playable on NX and NX2)
* "Canon-D" (its full version is a secret remix on "Exceed 2", but has yet appear on any soundtracks. It also appears in Zero's Remix Station, and in NX/NX2's Special Zone)
* "Dance With Me"
* "Emperor"
* "Final Audition"
* "Fire" (Full Version is playable on NX and NX2)
* "Get Your Groove On"
* "Hate"
* "Love is a Danger Zone 2" (Full Version is playable on NX and NX2)
* "Maria"
* "Miss's Story"
* "Mission Possible"
* "Mr. Larpus"
* "My Way"
* "N"
* "Oh! Rosa"
* "Oy Oy Oy"
* "Point Break"
* "Pump Jump"
* "She Likes Pizza"
* "Solitary"
* "Winter"

Discography

The 1st Step to the Banya

This album comprised all their songs from "Pump It Up: the 1st Dance Floor" to "The OBG SE", excluding Creamy Skinny and Koul, from the 2nd Dance Floor. It also included an electric guitar version of Ignition Starts instead of the original hardcore version, a version of Hate sung by Pp (the same girl who sang Pumping Up) and a completely new song, a ballad entitled Warm Shadow in a Stranger's Eyes (rough translation, as it's very hard to translate this title from Korean). All the songs that existed in a version longer than the one appearing in the arcade were included in their original versions, except The Final Audition.

#Nightmare
#Midnight Blue
#She Likes Pizza (Pump mix)
#Close Your Eyes
#Free Style
#Turkey March
#Pumping Up
#First Love
#An Interesting View
#Oh! Rosa (Pump mix)
#With My Lover
#Betrayer (Pump mix)
#Final Audition (Pump mix)
#Naissance
#Ignition Starts (guitar version)
#Final Audition 2
#Hypnosis
#Mr Larpus (Pump mix)
#Extravaganza
#Solitary (Pump mix)
#Betrayer (Original version)
#Hate
#Hate (Pp version)
#Oh! Rosa (Original version)
#She Likes Pizza (Original version)
#Solitary (Original version)
#Mr Larpus (Original version)
#Warm Shadow in a Stranger's Eyes

Interlock

#Pump Jump
#Mission Possible
#My Way
#The Emperor
#Golden Tears
#Get Your Groove On
#Going Home
#All I Want for X-Mas
#Let Me Break It Down
#Love Is A Danger Zone
#Street Show Down
#Will-O'-The-Wisp
#Beethoven Virus
#Maria
#Dr.M
#Point Break
#Winter
#Chicken Wing(Mutation)

Unfinished

#Final Audition 3 U.F
#Beat of the War
#Naissance 2
#Csikos Post
#Rolling Christmas
#Hello
#D Gang
#Bee
#Vook
#Pump Me Amadeus
#Get Up!!
#Blazing
#Set me Up
#Come to Me
#Miss's Story
#Oy Oy Oy
#N
#Till the end of Time
#Dance With Me
#Monkey Fingers
#We Will Meet Again

External links

* [http://www.piugame.com/ Pump It Up official site]
* [http://yahpp.millim.com/?xc=2005&tid=yahpp Site of Yahpp, former Banya member, including long versions and original works for download]
*musicbrainz artist|id=c228fb11-be7e-4378-ba4d-52547b3a8b6d|name=BanYa‎
* [http://www.ph-online.net/html/ph_newspage_v3_03.html Interview of Yahpp (2005)] to [http://www.ph-online.net/ Pump Haven]