Aoi Sakamoto Archives Vol.1 is a 2023 compilation that gathers remixes, VIP edits, and rearrangements from across the producer's catalog into one sprawling collection. The track names appear truncated in the listing, but the content reads like a greatest hits of the doujin remix underground, with contributors like Juggernaut.
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, Laur, Misoilepunch, and DJ Yoshitaka lending their signatures. "Ve Against Fate (Noah & Misoilepunch 2023 Remastered)" stands out as a collaborative remaster, while the "Happy Counter-Hardcore Remix" involving Jinobeats, Synthion, and DJ Yoshitaka is exactly the kind of multi-artist pile-on that makes this scene so entertaining.
Multiple VIP edits of tracks like "Cious Mischance" and "En's Rain" show how Aoi Sakamoto revisits and reworks their own material. "Ts 32bits 16bits 8bits 2024" plays with chiptune degradation as a concept, and the Noah Norio Metal Edit of what appears to be a track ending in "heux" adds yet another genre to the pile.
This is archival material for the already-converted, a deep cut collection that rewards familiarity with the source catalog.