PLASTIC & PLATE by /INK

PLASTIC & PLATE is the music track for the opening cinematic of GLEAMPUNK, a non-existent action game set in a near-future where corporations hold all the power and laborers get worked to death. (Wait, what year is it?)

The original track was made in 48 hours, and won first place in the OST JAM CRUNCHTIME 2: CYBERPUNK: https://itch.io/jam/ost-composing-jam-crunchtime-02/rate/1780024

In it, rapper-hacker-activist `pkill` traps the Metacorp CEO in the elevator on the way to his office, and serves him up a beat-down that he'll never forget.

The track focuses around flamboyant anti-corporatism, and touches on themes of income inequality, corporate greed, transhumanism, and collective action.

Cyberpunk isn't just about technology -- it's about the ways that technology changes society. The lyrics draw heavily from communal cyberpunk lore -- mirrorshades, deckers, cyborgs, and daredevil shadowrunners -- but also highlights how technological advances, when left to their own devices, only serve to empower the already-powerful.

Oops, the cyberpunk future is the one we're living in right now.