"Blip, Bleep (Soundtracks to Imaginary Videogames)" is a collection of
electronic music released in 1998 on the Lucky Kitchen record
label with a unique premise -- each of the 18 tracks on the album are
soundtracks to imaginary videogames that were dreamt up by a
diverse mix of electronic music artists.
In the liner notes, the artists describe
the humorous objectives of their imaginary games. In "Family Tree
Polo", you "bounce through time in your time travel ambulance" as you
"find ailing relatives and keep them out of trouble so you may
eventually be born" and in "Trashcandan", you "must collect trash
from some of the most treacherous parts of town and get back to the
depot by sundown."
The music itself is full of synths, bleeps, and samples from
videogames. For "Nuclear Cats Get New Home," the artist sampled the
sounds of vintage Commodore 64 games, then used them as the
basis of a deranged drum and bass track.
Packaged in a hand-sewn felt envelope, "Blip, Bleep" was
limited in production to 746 numbered copies.
Tracklisting:
- Nick Birmingham & Daniel Beattie - Trashcandan
- V/VM - The Swedish Model with big Bazoomas and no implants
bedding Game
- Soundcard - Thula
- Colongib - Megablasterfiend
- Egghatcher - Chaos Equilibrium
- Jake Mandell - Botanical Seppuku
- Personal Electronics - A Seller’s Variation’s
- Marumari - The Vaus
- Blitter vs. Hrvatski - Nuclear Cats Get New Home
- Flexible Products - Get Soaked
- Aerospace Soundwise - 1985
- MHAR66 - Access Denied
- Flatline Racing System - Video Tic-Tac-Toe
- Stupid Lepton - Star Cruncher
- Wheaton Research - Soul :: Transport
- Suetsu & Underwood - Family Tree Polo
- Underwood - Leonardo DiCaprio Game
(I've included
hard links to some of the more humorous game
descriptions)
Liner notes posted with the permission of alejandra and aeron of the lucky kitchen record label