Glitchy, lo-fi, and completely unclassifiable. Ghost Pop Tape on PSP is this wild 2013 beat tape that sounds like someone raided a VHS bin and a sample library at 3AM. Ballad of A Poor Man opens with melancholy crunch that sets the whole mood.
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M.U.G.E.N. hits harder, pulling from fighting game culture with distorted swagger. Bubblegum Crisis and Pizzicato Five wear their references openly, channeling anime and Japanese pop through layers of static and tape hiss.
The live tracks at Central Station add this raw, human element to an otherwise hyper-digital project. Twenty-five tracks that refuse to sit still in any genre for longer than a few minutes. A collage, not an album. If you like your beats weird, referential, and slightly broken, Ghost Pop Tape is the vibe.