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| Compilation album by Susumu Hirasawa | ||||
| Released | September 24, 2014 | |||
| Recorded | 1989-1995 Japan and Thailand | |||
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| Length | 1:49:49 | |||
| Label | Universal Music Japan | |||
| Producer | Susumu Hirasawa | |||
| Susumu Hirasawa compilation chronology | ||||
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Archetype | 1989-1995 Polydor years of Hirasawa (tentatively titled Best of Polydor years) is Susumu Hirasawa's fourth compilation album.
Susumu Hirasawa is a Japanese musician and composer.
Released as part of "Project Archetype", a Universal catalog reissue program made to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Hirasawa's debut as a solo artist, the album was part of the first wave of the project, alongside reissues of Hirasawa's first three albums. Polydor years is a spiritual successor to Polydor's ESSENCE OF HIRASAWA SOLO WORKS 1992 compilation (with the exception of the Water in Time and Space song "Skeleton Coast Park" and the original mix of "Bandiria Travellers", the entire ESSENCE OF HIRASAWA SOLO WORKS selection is present here), expanded with digitally remastered tracks released after that compilation.
Water in Time and Space is Susumu Hirasawa's first solo album.
Hirasawa himself had no involvement with the making of the album or the whole reissue project, but his associates were. The project was spearheaded by Osamu Takeuchi, a former Polydor employee whose first job with the company was as assistant director on Water in Time and Space (he kept his position on all subsequent Hirasawa Polydor releases, and was part of some of the impromptu chorus section that Hirasawa formed for certain songs). Kasiko Takahasi, whose Fascination company published Hirasawa's "Music Industrial Wastes" & "Near Future Never Come" books, was brought in to supervise. Masanori Chinzei, who has engineered every single Hirasawa release since 1991 supervised Universal's mastering process. Toshifumi Nakai, who designs Hirasawa's album sleeves (under the moniker "non graph") did the art direction. Takahasi, as well as Akiro "Kamio" Arishima (leader of The Bach Revolution, founder of AC Unit and holder of a 16-years long on-and-off creative partnership with Hirasawa), Yasuhiro Nakano (Disk Union manager that assisted Hirasawa in creating the SYUN label, later on funded the new wave shop Mecano) and Susumu Kunisaki (editor of Sound & Recording Magazine) all wrote of their experiences with Hirasawa's work under Polydor, which were made into new liner notes for the albums. [1]
SYUN was a Japanese record label founded by Susumu Hirasawa in 1994. Hirasawa created the label to be able to have freedom to release some of his less commercial works ; the label was named after Syun, Hirasawa's experimental sampler unit, the label's logo is the cover of the Syun album SHUN・4, which was designed by Quiyoshi Inagaki. Distribution was handled by DIW Records, an independent label owned by the music store chain disk UNION. It released music sparsely, always in a pair of two, which were sold in record stores and through mail order. Hirasawa's direct releases were mostly material that was created years before it was released. The label eventually stopped after Hirasawa/P-MODEL signed with Nippon Columbia and later on formed the Chaos Union company, giving himself more freedom to release what he wants. Hirasawa eventually released the Ashu-on [Sound Subspecies] in the solar system and HALDYN DOME box sets, reissuing most of the SYUN catalog, with most of the remaining releases being out of print since their release under the SYUN label.
Liner notes are the writings found on the sleeves of LP record albums and in booklets which come inserted into the compact disc jewel case or the equivalent packaging for vinyl records and cassettes.
Polydor years consists of two thematic discs, disc 1 has songs that were important in shaping Hirasawa's pop style, disc 2 has single releases and compilation/non-instrumental soundtrack songs (including one that was made before Hirasawa signed with Polydor, but whose original label ended up being acquired by Universal). With the exception of 2 tracks, Hirasawa's soundtrack work is omitted from this compilation, as it was set to be released as its own compilation, Symphonic Code .
The album comes with a 32 page long color booklet, which contains a large essay by Sound & Recording Magazine editor Susumu Kunisaki, the cover is the photograph used on the inner part of the ESSENCE OF HIRASAWA SOLO WORKS tray card, with slivers of Hirasawa's first 5 main albums overlaid on it. The booklet is adorned with album artwork photo session outtakes of the albums covered on the compilation.
All tracks written by Susumu Hirasawa.
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Originally from | Length |
| 1. | "Frozen Beach" (フローズン・ビーチFurōzun Bīchi) | Water in Time and Space , 1989 | 4:48 |
| 2. | "Haldyn Hotel" (ハルディン・ホテルHarudin Hoteru) | Water in Time and Space, 1989 | 4:31 |
| 3. | "Venus" (金星Kinsei) | Water in Time and Space, 1989 | 3:16 |
| 4. | "Techno Girl" (テクノの娘Tekuno no Musume) | The Ghost in Science , 1990 | 3:46 |
| 5. | "Rocket" (ロケットRoketto) | The Ghost in Science, 1990 | 3:31 |
| 6. | "Dreaming Machine" (夢みる機械Yume Miru Kikai) | The Ghost in Science, 1990 | 3:23 |
| 7. | "Virtual Rabbit" (ヴァーチュアル・ラビットVāchuaru Rabitto) | Virtual Rabbit , 1991 | 3:12 |
| 8. | "Clear Mountain Top" (山頂晴れてSanchō Harete) | Virtual Rabbit, 1991 | 4:08 |
| 9. | "Stormy Sea" (嵐の海Arashi no Umi) | Virtual Rabbit, 1991 | 3:32 |
| 10. | "IN THE SQUARE" (広場でHiroba de) | AURORA , 1994 | 4:33 |
| 11. | "AURORA" (オーロラŌrora) | AURORA, 1994 | 4:17 |
| 12. | "LOVE SONG" | AURORA, 1994 | 7:03 |
| 13. | "Archetype Engine" | Sim City , 1995 | 4:44 |
| 14. | "Kingdom" | Sim City, 1995 | 5:13 |
| 15. | "Lotus" | Sim City, 1995 | 4:25 |
| 16. | "Pacific Rim Imitation Network" (環太平洋擬装網Kantai Heiyō Gisō Mō) | Sim City, 1995 | 3:21 |
| Total length: | 62:37 | ||
All tracks written by Susumu Hirasawa, except "Bandiria Travellers", with string & choral arrangement by Hirasawa & Kayo "Kokubo" Matsumoto, "Haldyn Hotel [Fractal Terrain Track]", remixed by Masanori Chinzei, "Root of Spirit", with titling by Toshiaki Minejima and string arrangement by Jun Miyake, "Fish Song", with music by Hirasawa & Akiro "Kamio" Arishima and string arrangement by Hirasawa & Matsumoto, "Turista", by Ângelo Apolônio, and "Christmas in Africa", with lyrics by Hirasawa & Masami Orimo.
Jun Miyake is a Japanese composer. His music was used in the film Pina, nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Documentary Feature in January 2012. He has also been awarded by the German critic’s award - Der Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik as Best Album of the Year for his last 3 albums “Stolen from Strangers”, “Lost Memory Theatre act-1”, and “Lost Memory Theatre act-2”. He is not to be confused by the Jazz saxophone player of the same name active in New York.
| Disc 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Originally from | Length |
| 17. | "World Turbine" (世界タービンSekai Tābin) | single, 1990 | 4:02 |
| 18. | "Solar Ray [SPECTRUM 2 TYPE]" (ソーラ・レイSōra Rei) | "World Turbine" single, 1990 | 3:09 |
| 19. | "Bandiria Travellers [Physical Navigation Version]" (バンディリア旅行団Bandiria Ryōkōdan) | single, 1991 | 5:01 |
| 20. | "Haldyn Hotel [Fractal Terrain Track]" (ハルディン・ホテルHarudin Hoteru) | "Bandiria Travellers [Physical Navigation Version]" single, 1991 | 4:37 |
| 21. | "Root of Spirit" (魂のふる里Tamashii no Furusato) | single, 1992 | 5:43 |
| 22. | "Fish Song" (フィッシュ・ソングFisshu Songu) | "Root of Spirit" single, 1992 | 6:05 |
| 23. | "Kamui Mintara" (カムイ・ミンタラ) | Kamui Mintara, 1992 | 4:56 |
| 24. | "TURISTA" (The Atlantics cover) (instrumental) | les enfants, 1989 | 3:00 |
| 25. | "AFTER THE WARS" | Glory Wars, 1993 | 5:59 |
| 26. | "Water in Time and Space [Full Size]" (時空の水Jikū no Mizu) (instrumental) | Detonator Orgun 3 , 1992 | 4:01 |
| 27. | "Christmas in Africa" (アフリカのクリスマスAfurika no Kurisumasu) (with Wakako Shimazaki) | White Album'90, 1990 | 3:48 |
| Total length: | 47:12 | ||
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