’90s PC Game Soundtrack Tribute Album Wigglin’ Released

Made up of groovy MIDI-infused tunes inspired by video games of the late 1990s and early 2000s, music label Automaphonica have released their new album Wigglin’.

This Wigglin’ album pays host to original work by game composers and game developers jneen and tesselode. 

Listen in to a sample of its high-energy jazz, wonky grooves, and drum and bass with the official music video for Phasmotheque below:

jneen & tesselode – Phasmotheque (Official Music Video)

The full Wigglin’ tracklist can be seen below:

Wigglin’

Phasmotheque

Not Today, Sharon

OMG They Were Shroommates (ft. Zantilla)

Rock Candy Caverns

Jetpack Snail Race

The Mechanical Kraken

Zorp’s Last Voyage

Tesselode reflects:

“Much of my musical influence growing up was from mid-2000s PC and Game Boy Advance games. These used different forms of sample-based MIDI music. 

My earliest compositions were written in notation software that exported to general MIDI, which I then used in my games built on the Game Maker 6 engine. 

MIDI-based music pushes you to compose distinct melodies with a limited soundset, and 20 years later, I’ve channeled that melodic writing in this album.”

jneen added:

“A lot of my sound comes from classic early 2000s PC game soundtracks. From a time when Sierra was king – especially Tim Clarke’s extended soundtrack for The Incredible Machine: Even More Contraptions. 

The way the team embraced the technical limitations of the time while being unmoored from the traditional bounds of genre just absolutely spoke to me as a kid, and I think you’ll hear that influence across not just this album but my whole musical career.”

Be sure to check out Wigglin’ via its official Bandcamp page.

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