Check Out This Banana Slamma of a LoFi Album
Curaga Records releases new Donkey Kong Country 2 LoFi album
October 14, 2022 - Curaga Records has just released the newest album in their LoFi Collection, “Video Game LoFi: Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest.” The album features ten diverse tracks, each showcasing Michael Staple’s musical prowess from chill and ethereal Lo-Fi hip-hop to heavy hitting Lo-Fi trap. The album truly is a love letter to the original game soundtrack by David Wise.
“Video Game LoFi: Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest” will transport players right back to the 1995 SNES era with songs that include heavy Lo-Fi Trap hitter “K.Rool Returns,” the ever funny “Klomp’s Romp,” and the ethereal “Stickerbush Symphony”; the latter which released last month on streaming platforms. Here is what Michael had to say about the album:
“David Wise is one of the best composers in the gaming industry,” says artist Michael Staple, “I wanted to honor him by mostly staying faithful to his compositions for DKC2 while giving it the lofi / chill vibes infused with other genres, which I think people will enjoy. There's something for everyone on this album.”
Tracklist:
1 K.Rool Returns (from "Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest")
2 Klomp's Romp (from "Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest")
3 Lockjaw's Saga (from "Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest")
4 Hot-Head Bop (from "Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest")
5 Mining Melancholy (from "Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest")
6 Bayou Boogie (from "Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest")
7 Flight of the Zinger (from "Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest")
8 Stickerbush Symphony (from "Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest")
9 Forest Interlude (from "Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest")
10 In a Snowbound Land (from "Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest")
Video Game LoFI: Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest is available right now on Bandcamp, Spotify, Deezer, and Apple Music. You can also pick up the CD or cassette over at the Materia store right now with vinyl on the way summer of next year.
About Curaga Records
Curaga Records is a video game music record label that releases Lo-Fi Hip Hop, Chill, Jazzy, and downtempo covers of video game music favorites. The label was founded in 2021 and has released renditions from games such as Zelda, Sonic, Deltarune, Yoshi, NieR:Automata, Pokémon, Genshin Impact and more. They’ve since garnered over four million streams across multiple platforms and continue to set the bar for the next generation of chill and lo-fi video game music.
Becca Smith