Synth stabs and piano runs pile on top of each other like a rhythm game note highway at max speed. O2Jam's Vol. 3 collects contributions from SHK and a roster of Korean rhythm game composers who have been fueling the VSRG scene for over two decades.
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"Toccata & Fuga" rips through a classical organ piece with distorted breakbeats, while "Visual Dream" floats on trance pads that dissolve into J-pop vocal hooks. "Acid Burst" hits that nasty electro-industrial pocket that only Korean arcade composers seem to nail.
The range here is wild, from sentimental ballads to full-tilt techno remixes of Chopin. If you ever fed quarters into a Korean rhythm cab, this collection is basically a time machine.