Absolute remix chaos. Daiku no Gensan, known in the west as Hammerin' Harry, got a 2024 tribute album that throws its classic construction-worker-brawler tunes into a blender with some of Japan's wildest electronic producers.
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"JUST KEEP FIGHTING" gets the DJ Shimamura treatment, turning it into blazing hardcore. "Colorful" remixed by SamplingMasters AYA has that Bemani-adjacent energy that'll make rhythm game fans lose it. "Gekiretsu Brave Heart" by kokushimusou goes full intensity.
This is a fan celebration album, packed with love for a series that's been swinging hammers since the late '80s. The remix styles range from bubblegum to breakcore and somehow it all holds together. If you thought retro platformer music couldn't go this hard in the modern era, you were wrong.