This is a recording meant for video game enthusiasts. It was originally released on Friday, July 12th of 2013 which is the composer’s birthday, but it got re-released and remastered on Tuesday, March 10th of 2020.

Over the years, I have come to an understanding that video game soundtracks can be the soundtrack to some young person’s life. I grew up with Led Zeppelin and Van Halen, and those are the songs that are my soundtrack. Now it seems that young people are ponying up to Pacman and other assorted video game soundtracks.

Well, this is right up your microchipped mind with a recording called “Arcade Land”. The opening track feels like you have actually traversed yourself into a video game and you are now the star player.

With pieces called “Let’s Go Party!” and “Intergalactic Invasion”, you are now the Captain of a Starship destroying Space Invaders and Asteroids.

If you buy into the piece, “Modern Life”, you may realize that even the pets you own are just microchips.

There are darker moments where you seem dazed and lost. You may find yourself in DJ Nokturne’s “Downtown(E.R.)” world or stuck in one of his “Clandestine Visions”.

This music is pure escapism as you perambulate the cold hard circuitry of this virtual world. The good news is that it is not all dark.

Near the end of this journey, a light appears, and you have been transported into a space called “Urbanoid”. It is a fun little dance piece that will have you breathing underwater.

When you decide to go “Back to Virtuality”, this becomes a ritualistic piece that attempts a form of spiritual rebirth or some kind of alien extraction.

The Final Battle comes with the final piece called “Game Over”. Become the warrior in Mortal Kombat and finish this game until next time you decide to enter “Arcade Land”.

Alas being a small chicken with no fingers, I cannot play any arcade games, but at least I can listen to them…

Look out for his upcoming full album release called “Trance:Porter” that will be out this summer after 13 years in the works!

This recording was brought to you by the mysterious and multiple personalities of Rodrigo “Jugulator” Raquio AKA The InsomAniac. A man on a true artist’s journey.

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