Song: RETROFUTURE
Artist: DJ SIMON
Genre: BREAKBEATS
First appearance: beatmania ClubMIX (credits), beatmania THE FINAL (playable)
Retrofuturism - an image of the future painted by the past. It's an aesthetic that beatmania ClubMIX was already channeling, with its use of space-age imagery in a game released in 2000, and its song list mixing modern (at the time) dance music with classic disco and funk. Ironically, a game designed in the image of retrofuturism of its time might now be considered retrofuturistic itself, with the passage of time.
At any rate, DJ SIMON mixes fast breakbeats, blissful piano, spacey synths, and a touch of guitar into our final song here at 5keysongoftheday. It's a truly nostalgic tune, and one that succeeds in uniting the past and the future.
Perhaps Cohost, itself, was also retrofuturisim; an ideal of the future of social media, built on concepts of the past and the present.
So, as we move forward in our lives, and leave this place behind, we can remember where we've been, and think about where we'll go. 5key beatmania is retro in its own right, carrying a style all its own. Let's remember each other, remember beatmania, remember cohost, and above all; keep the beat.
This is DJ Keeg, signing off one last time.
hey! thank y'all for being here, and for joining me on this little musical journey. I hope I inspired some folks to check out the old beatmania games, or at least gave people some nice things to listen to.
I've got a few links in my profile that'll lead to other places where I'll probably be around, so if you wanna follow me there you can. See ya later!