Konami's rhythm game machine gun fires every club genre at you simultaneously and somehow none of them miss. REFLEC BEAT groovin'!! Upper pulls from the usual BEMANI stable of composers, and the result is a tracklist that ping-pongs between trance bangers, J-pop earworms, and hardcore that could peel paint off cabinets.
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"anqad" rides this pulsing, almost menacing synth line that keeps folding in on itself, while "OverDriveTrain" just goes fully unhinged with tempo shifts that dare you to keep up. Then you get stuff like "I LOVE COSMOS" being cheerful and sparkling right next to the gothic weight of "Miseria."
Whiplash, but the fun kind. If you want arcade music that treats genre loyalty as a suggestion, this delivers.