Soichi Terada

4XLP box set, 4 Coloured records: translucent violet, ice, blue, and orange vinyl

Hardcover slipcase box
Celebrate twenty-five years of Ape Escape and thirty years of PlayStation with Ape Escape 3 Originape Soundtracks in a Box!

Far East house assassin Soichi Terada gives flashbacks for late ‘90s/early ‘00s gamers with the boxset of his melodic jungle techno soundtracks to an influential, ape-chasing PlayStation game.

Harking to more innocent times, ‘Ape Escape Originape Soundtracks In A Box’ holds 4 x LPs of nimble, fluffy and richly evocative PS1 jungle vibes produced by an artist who is perhaps better known for his deep and uplifting club music. This separate, yet related, strain of his work was likely disseminated far wider to bedrooms across the world, scored with an upfront freshness to match the innovative design as one of the first games to use the analog DualShock controller.

The results feel a little like hearing mid-late ‘90s jungle D&B from the wrong end of a telescope, with tunes that resemble the jazz-funky chord chops of 4Hero or Good Looking Records, but cutely compressed and rolling in a way that feels like the club is full of laughing gas or your 120s are over pumped for proper weightless bouncing at the set’s regular 170BPM running pace.

All custom remastered from original files, the set will be very welcome by a new wave of gamers looking to the OG PlayStation era as much as veteran, insatiable jungliest seeking new thrills, including bonus cuts.