This compilation pulls from some of the gnarliest N64 racing and action games and the result sounds like a 1999 time capsule you cracked open in a basement. The Wipeout 64 tracks dominate, with "Chasing Radium" delivering this cold, propulsive drum and bass that still sounds legitimately tough.
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"Tethra" from Extreme G2 rips with distorted synths that match the game's insane speed. Then Shadowman's main theme closes the whole thing out on this dark, cinematic note that feels completely different from everything before it.
A strange but honest cross-section of where N64 audio was heading. If you miss when console games had actual licensed electronic music, this compilation remembers.