Bleep

Video game music is designed for focus and immersion, and there may be no better example than the hypnotic, heartracing rhythms of CoLD SToRAGE’s acclaimed wipE’out’’ one of the most influential video game soundtracks to grace consoles worldwide, but also some of the most invigorating electronic music of its era. Synths seem plucked straight from the engines of the game’s antigravity motorsports, and vocal hooks characteristic of 90s dance ecstasy sound from the cockpits of drivers’ crafts, who speed ahead and throw bombs of breakbeats at the competition. Previously these exhilarating songs could only be ripped from the original PlayStation discs. Now, Lapsus give CoLD SToRAGE’s wipE’out’’ legacy a definitive remaster, compiling tracks from the original 1995 game and its 2097 sequel with remixes exploring even more dizzying heights. A taster of the full length to come this sampler features an original track and reworks from the esteemed Brainwaltzera and techno legend Surgeon.