This is an album that’s sure to confuse. UNDER DEFEAT was a top down shmup title released on both arcade and ported over to Dreamcast in 2006, and even recently was ported to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 as UNDER DEFEAT HD in 2011. Here we are in 2012, and this album is being released a re-issue of a past SuperSweep album that contained music from the arcade version and apparently contains the ‘DC Edition,’ although I don’t know what the differences may be.
Still, Shinji Hosoe has become a household name over the years for his mastery of electronic music, and UNDER DEFEAT is no exception. Interestingly, what really turned me on to Hosoe’s work was a remix he prepared for the Phantasy Star Online Premium Arrange album sporting a cool blend of electronics and rock instrumentation complete with a funky slap bass that I hadn’t heard from Hosoe in a long time, until now.
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