Beacon (Susumu Hirasawa album)

Beacon
Studio album by Susumu Hirasawa
Released	July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)
Studio	Studio WIRESELF
Genre	Art pop electronic experimental rock industrial
Length	46:07
Label	Chaos Union, TESLAKITE CHTE-0085
Producer	Susumu Hirasawa
Susumu Hirasawa chronology
The Man Climbing the Hologram (2015) Beacon (2021) The Book of Phytoelectron (2024)

Beacon is the fourteenth solo album by Susumu Hirasawa.

Overview

Beacon is Hirasawa's first mainline solo album since The Man Climbing the Hologram in 2015. The six-year gap broke a pattern existent since 2000 of one mainline album every three years; this excludes Kaku P-Model releases which did not follow the pattern.

Two of the album's songs, "COLD SONG" and "The End of TIMELINE", were made public ahead of the album's release; first performed at the 24 Mandala  [ ja ] shows in April 2021, and later studio renditions were published on Hirasawa's official YouTube channel on July 21. ^{[1] [2]}

Due to the "deteriorating international postal situation" as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the album was not available for international shipping through the album's label, TESLAKITE. ^[3] In response, both Beacon and Kai=Kai were made available as digital downloads through Bandcamp. ^[4]

Members of Hirasawa's official fan club, Green Nerve, could additionally download karaoke versions of the album's songs and a second version of "The Man Who Falls Down" for free, even if they had not bought the album. ^[5]

"COLD SONG" is the first cover to be included in a mainline Hirasawa solo album. The song is an adapted rendition with new lyrics of the song of the same name by Klaus Nomi from his 1981 album Klaus Nomi , itself an adaptation of the aria "What Power art thou, who from below..." from Henry Purcell's 1691 semi-opera King Arthur .

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Susumu Hirasawa; all music is composed by Hirasawa, except "COLD SONG", by Henry Purcell.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"BEACON"	3:46
2.	"The Cognitive Another World of the Logical Coterie" (論理的同人の認知的別世界Ronri-teki Dōjin no Ninchi-teki Bessekai)	4:24
3.	"Disappearing TOPIA" (消えるTOPIAKieru TOPIA)	5:54
4.	"The Man Who Falls Down" (転倒する男Tentō Suru Otoko)	3:43
5.	"Ranks of Burning Flowers" (燃える花の隊列Moeru Hana no Tairetsu)	6:18
6.	"LANDING"	4:00
7.	"COLD SONG"	3:37
8.	"Ghost Train" (幽霊列車Yūrei Ressha)	3:44
9.	"The End of TIMELINE" (TIMELINEの終わりTIMELINE no Owari)	5:02
10.	"ZCONITE"	1:15
11.	"BEACON of Memory" (記憶のBEACONKioku no BEACON)	4:24
Total length:		46:07

Personnel

• Susumu Hirasawa – Vocals, guitar, keyboard, personal computer, digital audio workstation, synthesizer, sampler, sequencer, programming, production
• Masanori Chinzei – Recording, mixing, mastering
• Toshifumi Nakai – Design
• Syotaro Takami – Translation
• Presented by Chaos Union/TESLAKITE: Mika Hirano, Rihito Yumoto, Kinuko Mochizuki and Kenta Kogure

Chart performance

Chart	Peak position
Oricon Albums Chart [6]	12
Oricon Indie Albums Chart [7]	2

References

1. "COLD SONG / 平沢進 (Susumu Hirasawa)". YouTube. hirasawasusumu. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
2. "TIMELINEの終わり / 平沢進 (Susumu Hirasawa)". YouTube. hirasawasusumu. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
3. "Notice of Temporary Suspension of Product Shipment". TESLAKITE online shop. Archived from the original on 2021-07-10. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
4. "Beacon_en". SusumuhirasawaOnline. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
5. "BEACON". SusumuhirasawaOnline (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 July 2021.
6. "Beacon | 平沢進". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
7. "Oricon 2021 Week 32". JaME WORLD. Retrieved 26 August 2021.

External links

• Beacon Bandcamp page