music.wikisort.org - CompositionAurora is Susumu Hirasawa's fourth solo album.
1994 studio album by Susumu Hirasawa
Aurora |
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Released | February 25, 1994 (1994-02-25) |
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Recorded | 1993 |
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Studio |
- Eggs Shep Studio, Oshino, Minamitsuru, Yamanashi
- Key-Stone Studio, Sendagaya, Shibuya, Tokyo
- Wireself Studio, Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo
- Onkio Haus (mast.), Ginza, Chūō, Tokyo
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Genre | - Ambient
- electronica
- new-age
- orchestral
- progressive
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Length | 60:11 |
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Label | Polydor K.K. |
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Producer | - Susumu Hirasawa
- Yūichi Kenjo (co.)
- Hitoshi Maeda (exec.)
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Overview
His first main solo album in three years following a period where focus was directed on the Defrosted P-Model, Aurora, which Hirasawa has said can be considered a second solo debut,[1] is a turning point in his career. Unlike the previous solo albums, Aurora doesn't feature guest musicians, with almost all instrumentation handled by MIDI-compatible devices.[2] The music was composed with the Amiga The Blue Ribbon SoundWorks programs Bars & Pipes Professional, which he started using for "more natural orchestration",[3] and SuperJAM!,[4] whose "Bartok" style he modified by inputting data from his own songs, irreversibly turning its patterns and variations into "Hirasawa" style ones.[5]
Aurora was created to appeal to the instinctual side of the listener as opposed to the logical, in likeness to tales and myths,[6] emphasizing vocals and melody. The songs were written so that the album would lack any inherent story or concept, inviting the listener to create their own reading.[3] However, as he wrote the lyrics out, seven of the album's ten songs ended up having to do with "you" (キミ, kimi), which accidentally created undertones of a story about two people. Hirasawa wanted to avoid that if at all possible, but felt that was just the way the language worked and left it as is.[3] Many words representing natural phenomena were included in an attempt to resolve complaints about the lyrics being opaque. Hirasawa chose words that were easy to understand and had a large impact, the word Aurora came from this decision as well.[3]
The album's booklet is adorned with Buddhist imagery. Advertisements for Aurora used the phrase "The Greatest Music of All" (至高の音楽, Shikou no Ongaku).[7]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Susumu Hirasawa.
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1. | "Stone Garden" (石の庭 Ishi no Niwa) | 6:02 |
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2. | "Love Song" | 7:02 |
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3. | "Aurora" (オーロラ Ōrora) | 4:17 |
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4. | "Song of the Force" (力の唄 Chikara no Uta) | 5:28 |
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5. | "Take the Wheel" (舵をとれ Kaji wo Tore) | 4:32 |
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6. | "Snow Blind" (スノーブラインド Sunōburaindo) | 6:40 |
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7. | "The Double of Wind" (風の分身 Kaze no Bunshin) | 4:51 |
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8. | "In the Square" (広場で Hiroba de) | 4:34 |
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9. | "Island Door (Paranesian Circle)" (トビラ島 (パラネシアン・サークル) Tobira Shima (Paraneshian Sākuru)) | 13:29 |
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10. | "Ringing Bell" (呼んでるベル Yonderu Beru) | 2:57 |
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- The official translations of the titles of the songs are stylized in all uppercase letters.
- "Snow Blind" contains a sample of "Oh Mama!" by P-Model, from the album One Pattern.
Personnel
- Susumu Hirasawa - vocals, electric guitar (Talbo), acoustic guitar (Yairi), synthesizers (E-mu Proteus/2, Korg MS-20, Korg M1R, Roland JD-800), sampler (Akai S1100), drum machine (Roland R-8 with DANCE card), Amiga (2500), sequencer (Bars&Pipes Professional), programming, production[2]
- technical
- Masanori Chinzei - recording, mixing
- Motohiro Yamada (Eggs Shep Studio), Harumi Ōta (MIX), Tsutomu Okada (MIX) - assistant engineering
- Masao Nakazato (Onkio Haus) - mastering
- visuals
- Kiyoshi Inagaki (d.d.t.) - art direction, design
- Hideki Namai - photography
- Akemi Tsujitani - styling
- Kazunori Yoshida - hair & make-up
- operations
- Roppei Iwagami (Pre-Octave) - publishing
- I3 Promotion
- Yūichi Kenjo - co-production
- Masami Fujii - publicity coordination
- Koosuke Mogi - artist management
- Takeshi Fujita - personal management
- Polydor K.K.
- Osamu Takeuchi - direction
- Tomohide Ishikawa - A&R chief
- Hitoshi Maeda - executive production
- Thanks
- Gallery LS for Mandala (スーナムギャムフォ), Fernandes
Release history
Date |
Label(s) |
Format |
Catalog |
Notes |
February 25, 1994 (1994-02-25) |
Polydor K.K. |
CD |
POCH-1328 |
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July 1, 2005 (2005-07-01) |
Universal Music Japan, Universal Sigma |
Digital Download |
none |
February 29, 2012 (2012-02-29) |
Chaos Union, Teslakite |
CD |
CHTE-0057 |
Remastered by Masanori Chinzei. Disc 4 of the HALDYN DOME box set. |
November 5, 2014 (2014-11-05) |
Universal Music Japan |
SHM-CD |
UPCY-6930 |
Part 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.[8] |
- "Love Song", "Aurora", "Song of the Force" and "Snow Blind" are included in the NEW SONGS FROM AURORA promotional sampler.
- "Love Song", "Aurora" and "In the Square" are included on the Archetype | 1989-1995 Polydor years of Hirasawa compilation.
- "Island Door (Paranesian Circle)" is included in the vinyl release of the Ruiner Original Soundtrack.
References
- Hirasawa, Susumu (2012). "Disc 01-07". Haldyn Dome (PDF file included on Data Disc) (in Japanese). Chaos Union, TESLAKITE. p. 37. CHTE-0057.
- アーティスト研究 平沢進 [Artist Study - Susumu Hirasawa]. Sound & Recording Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 4. Rittor Music. April 1994. ISSN 1344-6398.
- Takahasi, Kasiko (2010) [1999]. 改訂DIGITAL復刻版 音楽産業廃棄物 [Music Industrial Wastes Rev.2.4] (PDF) (in Japanese). Vol. Hirasawa Side — 卓上のウロボロス [Desktop Ouroboros] (3rd ed.). Fascination. p. 21.
- "平沢進 - "舵をとれ" / Hirasawa Susumu - "Take the Wheel"". 音の帯〜Phonon Belt.
- "Interview 平沢進". Keyboard Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 10. Rittor Music. October 1998. ISSN 1344-6371.
- Inoue, Takako (March 1994). 目を閉じて犬になり、雲になり・・・・・・ [Close Your Eyes, Then You Become a Dog, or Cloud......]. Rockin' on Japan (in Japanese). Vol. 82. Rockin' on Inc. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- "Ad for the release of Aurora". Hirasawa Lyrics.
- Takeuchi, Osamu. "wilsonic works 41". wilsonic journal. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
External links
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as Kaku P-Model | |
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Soundtracks | |
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Related |
- Discography
- Mandrake
- P-Model
- Shun
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