That original 1978 four-note descending bass line opens this collection and immediately you're back in the arcade. ZUNTATA and Cosio bring decades of Space Invaders music together across two volumes, from the raw cabinet sounds to the absolute sensory overload of Space Invaders Extreme.
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"invAde yOu" is straight-up breakbeat aggression with glitched vocal samples that shouldn't work in a Space Invaders game but absolutely do. "Rave Lovers from Outer Space" goes full trance. The Extreme tracks especially feel like Cosio was trying to see how far you could push a 1978 concept sonically.
Wild contrast hearing the original play sounds right next to stuff that could close out a DJ set. Essential listening for anyone who thinks retro games can't go hard.