As any of you that have had a cursory glance at the Push Square homepage will know: today is PlayStation's big 20th anniversary in Europe. Of course, this means that it's also WipEout's birthday, as the first entry in Psygnosis' high-octane series deployed alongside the PSone all the way back on 29th September, 1995. And what better way to celebrate that fact than with some free music by series superfan Gonçalo 'Shiryu' Lopes?
Shiryu has been making WipEout-inspired music for almost a decade now, and The WipEout Legacy: Perfect Lap Edition is his most comprehensive work yet. Featuring a whopping 61 tracks and multiple pieces of original artwork, this is a Bandcamp download that deserves your bandwidth. The composer's being kind enough to give the collection away today, but if you like what you hear, there is a 'Name Your Price' option, so do kick him a few quid.
We're going to spin this in the office for the rest of the day, so if you've got a dull afternoon in store or are just looking for something new to listen to, then you know what you need to do.
[source shiryu.bandcamp.com]
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Will definitely give this a look in! The PS Blog linked to a Playstation Spotify playlist earlier today as well - https://open.spotify.com/user/playstation_music/playlist/3rcuieXJbXf7NiITFSS2cv
I've not had a look at the track list yet as can't access it at work, but could be worth a listen!
Enjoy everyone, there are as many memories of me playing "Wipeout" along the years as the time I spend making these tunes.
Can't believe you wrote that entire article w/o once writing "right round". Could have sworn it would have been the subtitle. Well whatever, gonna be stuck in my head for a few hours now regardless, you subliminal sadist you.
@Shiryu I just donated to your album mate, it isn't much I'm afraid but after hearing a couple of tracks I needed to give something mate, well done.
@adf86 No, thank you! I feel humble for how many people a donating ate least 1€ for the download! Did not expect to get anything at all, much appreciated. There are tons more music to discover over here, I've been at this for 16 years now, always free to download.
@Neolit I hope to make it to at least 20 years like Wipeout! Thanks.
Just having a listen to your Turrican album now, great stuff!
I'm still beating myself over the head because I've never played Wipeout, but with this I can do it to awesome music.
Seriously, I sampled a few songs, and I really like it. Whenever I can pony up the cash, I'll definitely give you a donation worth the effort. Well done @Shiryu
@DerMeister Thanks, glad you're enjoying. And please do try out any entry in the series, even the earlier titles remain rather fresh in my very biased opinion.
@LieutenantFatman The Commodore Amiga was responsible for getting me hooked on chiptunes. I did do a lot of Mods but they were more noise then melody back then. Its because of people like Tim Wright and Chris Huelsbeck to name a few that I always wanted to get into video game music. All these decades later and I'm living the dream.
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