Virtual Rabbit

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Virtual Rabbit
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 25, 1991 (1991-05-25)
RecordedNovember 1990 – January 1991
Studio
Various
Genre
Length32:06
Label Polydor K.K.
Producer
  • Susumu Hirasawa
  • Yūichi Kenjo (Executive)
Susumu Hirasawa chronology
The Ghost in Science
(1990)
Virtual Rabbit
(1991)
Aurora
(1994)

Virtual Rabbit is the third studio album by Susumu Hirasawa, released on May 25, 1991 via Polydor K.K.

Contents

Overview

Virtual Rabbit was made in the same style as the previous two albums, although greater in scale, with compositions more in line with Hirasawa's later solo work, and with a larger focus on orchestral styled instrumentation. It explores reality, religion, science, and dreams.

With this album, Hirasawa continued to streamline his production methods, reducing the use of guest musicians in the album almost completely to choral backing.

This was the first Hirasawa album to be engineered by Masanori Chinzei, who has since worked as engineer on all of Hirasawa's music.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Susumu Hirasawa, except "Bandeira Travellers" with string & choral arrangements by Hirasawa & Kayo "Kokubo" Matsumoto.

No.TitleLength
1."Stormy Sea" (嵐の海Arashi no Umi)3:32
2."Bandeira Travellers" (バンディリア旅行団Bandiria Ryokōdan)5:00
3."Hawk in my Heart, Don't Take The Moon Away [Planet Eagle]" (我が心の鷲よ 月を奪うな[プラネット・イーグル]Waga Shin no Washi yo, Tsuki wo Ubau na [Puranetto Īguru])3:31
4."Virtual Rabbit" (ヴァーチュアル・ラビットVāchuaru Rabitto)3:15
5."Please Push "UNDO" Key" (UNDOをどうぞUNDO wo Dōzo)4:08
6."Clear Mountain Top" (山頂晴れてSanchō Harete)4:09
7."Quiet Sea" (静かの海Shizuka no Umi)3:25
8."Immortal Man" (死のない男Shi no Nai Otoko)2:56
9."A Tree Of Sun" (太陽の木Taiyō no Ki)5:55
10."Russian Tobiscope" (ロシアン・トビスコープRoshian Tobisukōpu)1:55

Personnel

additional musicians
technical
visuals
operations
Thanks

Release history

DateLabel(s)FormatCatalogNotes
May 25, 1991 Polydor K.K. CDPOCH-1084
July 1, 2005 Universal Music Japan, Universal Sigma Digital Downloadnone
February 29, 2012Chaos Union, TeslakiteCDCHTE-0056Remastered by Masanori Chinzei. Part of Disc 3 of the HALDYN DOME box set, alongside "Haldyn Hotel [Fractal Terrain Track]". "Bandeira Travellers [Physical Navigation Version]" is on Disc 1 (CHTE-0054).
September 24, 2014Universal Music JapanSHM-CDUPCY-6911Part of Universal's "Project Archetype" (supervised by Osamu Takeuchi & Kasiko Takahasi). Remastered by Kenji Yoshino (supervised by Chinzei) with both original liner notes and new ones. [1]

References

  1. Takeuchi, Osamu. "wilsonic works 41". wilsonic journal. Retrieved 15 November 2014.