- Video game soundtracks meet modern club music on this track from a promising producer.
- Video games and dance music have a long history together—from the trance and gabber inflections of the early Streets Of Rage games to Kode9 remixing game soundtracks. Richmond, Virginia's ARCHANGEL is the latest producer to incorporate the sweet but brittle sounds of '90s JRPGs into club music.
Bright string arpeggios float above a pounding syncopated kick drum—a textural duality that'll not only make you pine to hear it on a system, but makes it feel like an honest homage to the games of yore. "SUB-MISSION" captures the simple genius of so much early video game music and successfully combines it with punchy dance floor dynamics, one of the best examples of the form since Ikonika's "The Idiot." It's a tasty sample of ARCHANGEL's forthcoming EP, Critical Hit!, which uses video game music as a jumping-off point for creative club music—keep an eye out for it.