Retro-cool lounge pop filtered through late-90s Shibuya-kei sensibility. This beatmania PlayStation soundtrack was produced by Konishi Yasuharu of Pizzicato Five fame, and it sounds exactly like that pedigree suggests. "A.
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O.R." is smooth 70s-referencing bliss, "mambotango no.5" throws Latin rhythms into the blender, and "GAME OF EXOTICA" is this weird, beautiful thing that sounds like a spy movie set in a Tokyo jazz bar. The whole tracklist reads like a curated DJ set from someone with impeccable taste.
"Samba ja nai?" asks a question with its title and then answers it with groove. "Chuukagai Daisakusen" goes full cinematic adventure. Konishi treated the PS1 sound chip like a proper studio. Thirteen tracks, zero filler, all vibes.
If you ever wondered what beatmania sounds like when a Shibuya-kei legend gets the keys, this is your answer.