Susumu Hirasawa
Susumu Hirasawa (平沢進, Hirasawa Susumu, born April 2, 1954) is a Japanese musician and composer.
Susumu Hirasawa 平沢進 | |||||
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| Born | April 2, 1954 Nakagawa, Adachi, Tokyo, Japan | ||||
| Origin | Higashi-Koganei Station, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan | ||||
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| Years active | 1972–present | ||||
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| Website | 平沢進 Susumu Hirasawa (P-MODEL) Official site | ||||
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| Kanji | 平沢 進 | ||||
| Hiragana | ひらさわ すすむ | ||||
| Katakana | ヒラサワ ススム | ||||
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In the fifth year of elementary school, Hirasawa took up the electric guitar, inspired by the surf and instrumental rock bands he heard on the radio and on TV, later joining his junior high school's band. In 1973 he formed Mandrake, a progressive rock band that incorporated elements from heavy metal and krautrock. Being one of the few Japanese progressive rock bands of its time, Mandrake achieved little success and released no albums during its lifetime.
After discovering punk rock and working on synthesizer-heavy projects, Hirasawa felt that progressive rock became just for entertainment and decided to reform the band as the electronic rock band P-Model in 1979. Originally met with success, they turned to decidedly uncommercial post-punk and experimental rock after Hirasawa went through an averse reaction to his fame. With Hirasawa at the forefront, the band went through various lineups and achieved some popularity in the Japanese independent music scene.
In 1989, Hirasawa launched his solo career. Unbound by the restraints of a band, his albums were marked by a refusal to stick to any particular genre. He continued to evolve his sound while concurrently working with two different iterations of P-Model until the group was disbanded in 2000. He has actively been releasing new music since.
While Hirasawa is mostly remembered in Japan for the first two P-Model albums, he has achieved international recognition for his soundtrack work, particularly for the adaptations of the Kentaro Miura manga Berserk and the work of anime director Satoshi Kon.
Compositions
Hirasawa's music takes from such concepts as analytical psychology, advances in digital technology, the philosophies of yin and yang, and principles of nature versus machines. As an avid fan of science fiction novels since the 1970s and an eclectic reader overall, he's been inspired by the works of Frank Herbert, Carl Jung, Hayao Kawai, Kenji Miyazawa, George Orwell, Wilhelm Reich, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Theodore Sturgeon, Nikola Tesla and Kurt Vonnegut.
A constant source of inspiration for his music has come from Thailand. On a 1994 trip to Phuket, Hirasawa went through a "Thai shock", amazed by the country's culture, namely its transsexual cabaret performers, some of whom he would invite to be singers on his albums and guest performers in his concerts throughout his career. After many trips back to the country Hirasawa grew to be increasingly identified with the transsexual population, incorporating their problems and experiences in society into his work.[1]
On having his music categorized based on western trends, Hirasawa has said:
"I dislike it when I hear someone describe [my music] as weird rock, or weird techno. Surely this genre is hard to define in the music scene, because it doesn’t meet the standard of Western music charts. Hence if a rock music critic attempts to judge me [and my music], all they come up with is ambient music, or music to take drugs to. [The Japanese music scene] doesn't help with introducing terms such as New Age or transpersonality. I want to let my music reach a broader part of society, being music born from Japanese culture, and I think this is why I want to connect to the world that doesn’t exist in the music scene".[2]
Performances
For every main solo album he releases, Hirasawa also stages an accompanying "Interactive Live Show", an interactive concert that merges computer graphics with his music to tell a story. The flow of each show is determined by audience participation; for example, Interactive Live Show 2000 Philosopher's Propeller was formatted as a maze, and the audience was asked to choose which direction to go in. Provided with phone numbers to four cellular phones during one song, the audience was allowed to call the numbers to have Hirasawa play the corresponding ringtones. This created an improvised harmony between the background music and the ringing phones.[3] Since 1998, participation has been possible through the internet.
Hirasawa's live music is built on samples he activates with various hand-crafted machines and pre-recorded tracks without vocals. For the Solar Live concerts, he used solar power and a power-generating wheel as the source of energy for his electronic equipment.
Hirasawa has worked since the start of his solo career to decrease the amount of performers around himself. Most of his solo albums from 1992 onwards feature no guest musicians, and live backing bands were relinquished in 1994. Since then, only a few select shows have had guest singers or backing instrumentalists.
Equipment usage
One of Hirasawa's defining factors that set him apart from other Japanese electronic artists is ever-changing production techniques and gear of choice.
Guitars
Hirasawa has favored guitars designed specifically by Japanese instrument manufacturers. With a movement in the early '80s of electric guitar makers moving away from mass-producing copies of foreign designs and towards original ones, Hirasawa played many unique models. Over a five-year period, from Mandrake's last days to the early P-Model phase, he used the H.S. Anderson Rider, Fernandes Art Wave and ESP Random Star, painting them in bright colors (burgundy, yellow, blue and white).[4][5] In 1983 he settled on Tōkai Gakki's Talbo aluminum guitars as his main ones, attracted by their unique material and design.[6] He used multiple Tōkai Talbos over an eleven-year period, with the guitar becoming an integral part of his image.
After Tōkai discontinued production and customer support for the Talbo due to financial difficulties in the mid-'90s, Hirasawa requested Fernandes to make him a guitar of his design in 1994 called PHOTON, a Talbo-shaped guitar with a wooden body.[7] In 2004, he requested TALBO Secret FACTORY, a manufacturer of Talbos run by other musicians who also liked the guitar and wanted to continue to use it, to build a Talbo of his own design, called ICE-9 (named after the material of the same name from Kurt Vonnegut's novel Cat's Cradle). It became Hirasawa's main guitar for the next eight years. To showcase it, he made an eponymous mini-album in 2005.
Hirasawa has continued to work with the TALBO Secret FACTORY, requesting the conversion of one of his early Tōkai models into a new design of his, the ASTRO, in 2011 and asking for the renewal of the PHOTON with new specifications after two decades of usage. In 2012, Secret FACTORY co-founder HISASHI gifted him a Talbo of his own design, the EVO 0101Z, which Hirasawa adopted as his new main guitar,[8] owning standard copies as well as two equipped with single coil guitar pickups for selective usage.[9]
Besides those, Hirasawa has also used different types of guitar for specific purposes, playing MIDI guitars like the Ibanez X-ING IMG-2010 and Casio MG500, various acoustic and classical models, classic surf ones like the Mosrite and the Jaguar, and the Aria AS-100C/SPL silent guitar.
Electronics
Hirasawa has used Amiga computers extensively in his work, starting out with CG production in 1987,[10] and later on applying it on his albums and live shows, using applications such as Say, SCALA, Bars & Pipes, SuperJAM![11] and OctaMED. He stopped using Amigas with the LIMBO-54 shows of 2003[10] and the Byakkoya/Paprika albums of 2006, since "maintaining an Amiga now is, like maintaining a classic car, costly".[12]
In the '90s he started a gradual transition to Microsoft Windows (later on dabbling in Ubuntu for a time),[13] using programs such as Delay Lama,[14] Vocaloids,[15] Bars'n'Pipes (an unofficial continuation of the Amiga program), Cakewalk Sonar and Synth1.[16]
When choosing string tones Hirasawa aims to find ones with unstable pitches and a "dark sound", which he finds harmonious, such as the Mellotron, Kurzweil synths and EASTWEST's line of Symphonic sounds.[17]
Recording/Production
In the '90s, Hirasawa gradually moved his work from professional facilities to home, dubbing his workspace on various residences "Studio WIRESELF". He finally moved completely to it by the recording of 2000's Philosopher's Propeller.[18] The following year he undertook the sustainable energy project "Hirasawa Energy Works" and changed his lifestyle so that all his music would be recorded with solar energy. To reduce carbon emission, Studio WIRESELF was outfitted to be powered completely by a photovoltaic system of 2 solar panels,[19] with 2 car batteries to store extra energy. Years later, Hirasawa added 2 more panels to the studio and retired the batteries.[9]
Initially Studio WIRESELF operated on large pieces of equipment, both analog and digital. With the advances of technology and the streamlining of production under Hirasawa Energy Works, the working landscape transitioned to software synthesizers, with the physical elements of the studio reduced to one recording booth and two workstations, one for Hirasawa and the other for engineer Masanori Chinzei.[9]
Activism and charity
In 1988, Hirasawa sold a Cassette Book at a flea market in Yoyogi for charity, it contained 3 New Age songs made specifically for the release and came with a 36-page long booklet chronicling the self-analysis of his dreams and reality. All proceeds were donated to the Human Earth – Awakening Village (人間大地・めざめの里, Ningen Daichi Mezame no Sato) volunteering welfare facility for the mentally ill in Gunma Prefecture, founded by the psychologist who gave Hirasawa counseling around the time he made the P-Model albums Scuba and Karkador.
In 2001, a pregnant stray cat appeared in Hirasawa's studio. He took care of her and helped carry out four of her pregnancies from 2001 to 2002. Since he could not take care of all the kittens, Hirasawa created a temporary site to recruit possible adopters and keep up with the welfare of the various cats.[20]
As Hirasawa objected to the American response after the September 11 attacks, which he believes involved excessive carnage, and the Japanese government's aiding of such actions, he offered downloads of online banners and two of his songs for free, which he hoped would be used as tools of objection.[21] One of them is a rerecording of 1994's "Love Song", which is about children in the battlefield; the other is "High-Minded Castle", about a man who "can not know the truth and true background through media, he tries to face the real tragedy on the other side of the world". The latter was taken from the Blue Limbo album, which displays a dystopian theme partly influenced by the American government's retaliation.
To support freelance journalists, independent and citizen media, Hirasawa started a free music archive to be used by independent news as background music.[22] He sent e-mails to various associates and members of P-Model requesting involvement,[23] the only one to join was guitarist PEVO 1go. The files uploaded were instrumental mixes of songs by both musicians, including some from Vistoron, whose concept revolves around the propagation of a false reality by mass media.[24]
In the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, Hirasawa started traveling around the country with a Geiger counter, measuring the radiation levels and reporting them in his Twitter account. In June 2011, a song was posted on his site, titled "Nuclear Power" (原子力, Genshiryoku): A rerecording of the P-Model song "Boat" (from 1984's Scuba) in the style of "The Aggregated Past – Kangen Shugi 8760 Hours" project, with the lyrics changed to protest against Japan's use of nuclear power and to criticize the government and the media. The song, credited to "Stealthman", was only available on the site for six days, but could be redistributed if unaltered and not for profit. An instrumental mix was posted on the site by Hirasawa after the original was taken down, following the same distribution guidelines. As these events occurred, Hirasawa told a story on Twitter of being assaulted and having his computer and website hacked by "Stealthman". Through his tweets and the way the posts were worded on his website, Hirasawa effectively distanced himself from the track and disowned it. The song is available on the karaoke service provider Xing's JoySound online song library, credited to "Stealthman".[25][26]
Personal life
Hirasawa has an older brother, artist Yūichi (平沢 裕一, born October 5, 1950), who goes by the moniker "YOU1". He formed a stage effects team to give Mandrake shows visual flair and appeared on the band's last show, running on a treadmill.[27] Yūichi was P-Model's art director for the band's first 9 years of existence, and has done occasional artwork for his brother from 2013 onwards. His only musical credits are for writing the lyrics of "For Kids" and "Sunshine City" (from In a Model Room), and for doing backing vocals on "Rocket" (from The Ghost in Science).
In 2013, Yūichi opened the café bar Gazio in Tsukuba. Although branded as a "new wave" café, the establishment was heavily themed around P-Model and Susumu: it was adorned with various band related memorabilia, served original cocktails titled after his songs and often held special events and shows by members and associates of the band; Susumu made exclusive content for it and, as he gives his brother most things he has no need for at a given moment,[28] many studio and stage objects were displayed in the café. Gazio ceased operations as an active restaurant in 2015 and rebranded as an art studio; Yūichi now holds twice monthly "Café Gazio" events in Kichijōji.
Their father, Kiyoshi (平沢 清), was a firefighter[29] as well as a calligrapher: Under the penname "Hōseki" (峰石),[30] he wrote the names of album and band for the cover art of the P-Model album Potpourri.[31]
Since childhood, Hirasawa showed a love for machines, and thought of himself as an engineer. He was a RC plane enthusiast (at one point in time wanting to be a pilot) and repaired broken devices (such as radios and flashlights) given to him by his parents. He studied in the electronics department of Honjo Technical High School, where he was the first to finish the graduation project, the construction of a TV, out of sheer luck, since he did not fully understand the circuits. He also had motocross as a hobby for a time.[12]
He enrolled in the Tokyo Designer Gakuin College in 1972 and graduated cum laude in 1975 from the university's interior design course. According to the Tokyo Designers' Gakuin College '75 Design Annual, his graduation project was a dome-shaped stage set hall for Tangerine Dream shows.
During the early days of Mandrake, he worked as a part-time carrier on a fruits and vegetables market during the morning and at a Pepsi warehouse during the night, alongside Mandrake co-founder Fumiyasu Abe.[32] In 1978, Hirasawa applied for a part-time lecturer position at Yamaha Music Foundation, and since he was the only person that applied for that position, he got the job. He taught courses at the Yamaha Synthesizer School until 1983, and met various musicians that he would later collaborate with through these lectures.[27] After leaving his position as teacher, he took to making commercial jingle for the rest of the decade to make ends meet.[33]
Hirasawa started smoking in 1979[34] and quit in 2001; he has since become an avid vaper.[35] He's also a teetotaler, since drinking anything larger than a fifth of a cup of beer makes him feel like his head is exploding.[36] Regardless of that, he used to drink small amounts of wine during recording sessions to preserve his voice, which he's since replaced with throat lozenges.[37]
Hirasawa has spoken out in favor of the Big Pharma conspiracy theory. He has been known to promote the usage of alternative medicine, including the widely discredited Miracle Mineral Solution,[38][39] and has posted on Twitter extensively about his experiences with acupuncture and moxibustion.
A vegetarian, Hirasawa doesn't eat meat, remarking, "At any rate, meat is unappetizing and gross. Eating meat makes me tired and makes me throw up".[40] He lives in a house in Tsukuba with his pet calico cat Tebin (テビン). The house also has a garden, where he grows some of his food; he also cultivates bacteria to make yogurt out of soy milk.[26]
While repeatedly incorporating various concepts from Shintoism and Buddhism in his themes, as well as ones from other Asian religions, Hirasawa has never specified what his beliefs are. However, at one point in time, he supported the return of the imperial cult of the Emperor of Japan as a psychological measure: "I think His Majesty needs to recover his glorification. In this matter, I’m sort of right wing; the Emperor of Japan needs to regain his symbolic position as a God. But this is for the sake of a healthy process of collective consciousness, so please don't lump my position in with all the militaristic talk".[41]
Discography
Mandrake
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| Unreleased Materials Vol.1 |
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| Unreleased Materials vol.2 |
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P-Model
Shun/Syun
Original albums
| Title | Album details | Oricon peak chart position |
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| Water in Time and Space (時空の水, Jikū no Mizu) |
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| The Ghost in Science (サイエンスの幽霊, Saiensu no Yūrei) |
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| Virtual Rabbit |
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| Aurora |
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98 |
| Sim City |
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91 |
| Siren |
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| Technique of Relief (救済の技法, Kyūsai no Gihō) |
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| Philosopher's Propeller (賢者のプロペラ, Kenja no Puropera) |
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| Blue Limbo |
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202 |
| White Tiger Field (白虎野, Byakkoya) |
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171 |
| Planet Roll Call (点呼する惑星, Tenko Suru Wakusei) |
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42 |
| The Secret of The Flowers of Phenomenon (現象の花の秘密, Genshō no Hana no Himitsu) |
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43 |
| The Man Climbing the Hologram (ホログラムを登る男, Horoguramu wo Noboru Otoko) |
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32 |
Live and Remix-Remake albums
| Title | Album details | Oricon peak chart position |
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| Error CD |
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| Solar Ray |
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| Nano-duplication Memorials (ナノ重複記念曲集, Nano Chōfuku Kinen Kyokushū) |
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| Switched-On Lotus |
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| LIVE白虎野記念パッケージ (LIVE Byakkoya Kinen Pakkēji, LIVE Byakkoya – White Tiger Field Memorial Package) |
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| PHONON 2550 LIVE |
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220 |
| Totsu-Gen-Hen-I (突弦変異) |
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43 |
| Hen-Gen-Ji-Zai (変弦自在) |
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44 |
| p-0 Gazio Mix CD |
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| The Method of the LIVE 2: The Magic for introduction'' (LIVEの方法２『導入のマジック』, LIVE no Hōhō "Dōnyū no Majikku")[1] |
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52 |
| WORLD CELL 2015 memorial package[2] |
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Other releases
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| Charity Original Tape by Susumu Hirasawa[1] |
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| Techno Zikken Koubou (テクノ実験工房, Techno Experimental Factory) series[2] |
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| (世界細胞合唱鉄橋団, World Cell Choral Bridge Team) |
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| Fuhōtōki (不法投棄, Illegal Dumping)[3] |
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| Yojō Denryoku (余剰電力, Surplus Power)[4] |
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| Kara Hirasawa Solo Mi CD Ka Kyoku (から平沢ソロ未CD化曲, From Hirasawa: Solo Songs Not on CD)[5] |
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| Songs Against the Carnage (殺戮への抗議配信, Satsuriku e no Kōgi Haishin) |
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| Susumu Hirasawa special ringtones (スペシャル・リングトーンズ , Supesharu Ringutōnzu) |
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| ICE-9 |
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| P-0 |
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| Nuclear Power |
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| Something I Took Away From Stealthman[8] |
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| Christmas in Africa (アフリカのクリスマス, Afurika no Kurisumasu)[9] |
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| Hyaku Tarazu-sama (百足らず様) |
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| The 9th Mandala (第9曼荼羅) |
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- 1 ^ It has never been re-issued, although one of the songs was rerecorded for Water in Time and Space.
- 2 ^ This is a series of recordings of a weekly FM Gunma half-hour radio show that Hirasawa hosted. It lasted 39 broadcasts, divided in 12 volumes, released in sets of 4 tapes.
- 3 ^ Although this is considered a P-Model release (with 2 of its 4 files being credited to P-Model), it includes one Susumu Hirasawa song (the remaining file is credited to 4-D mode2, a group heavily associated with P-MODEL and Hirasawa, with two of its three members being P-Model members at some point).
- 4 ^ 3 part release, with parts 1 and 2 being named Audio File to Honor the Hunter and Winter Sunlight Conversion Example.
- 5 ^ The track "Ruktun or Die" was a limited time offer, and was taken out of sale in January 2002.
- 6 ^ Five of the seven ringtones were released by twenty2product on their website for free under the name "keitai".
- 7 ^ A limited time offer, taken out of NO ROOM on June 29, 2011, although re-distribution was allowed. Comes with text file containing lyrics.
- 8 ^ A limited time offer, taken out of NO ROOM on July 4, 2011, although re-distribution was allowed.
- 9 ^ Lyrics co-written with Masami Orimo. Rerecording of 1990 collaboration with Wakako Shimazaki. Fanclub members can download it and a karaoke mix for free.
Soundtracks
Besides the works listed below, he also contributed pieces for the anime X-Bomber (see "other projects").
| Original work | Type | Release | Release details |
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| Drama House at Night[1] | radio drama | — | |
| National Color Trans-Am X30[2] | commercial (radio) | ||
| Riki Choshu entrances[3] | live-action (wrestling matches) | ||
| various | commercial | Model House Works[4] |
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| Calgary Hurricanes entrances[5] | live-action (wrestling matches) | Hurricanes Bomb (ハリケーンズ・バム, Harikēnzu Bamu) |
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| Satsui no Jūsō (殺意の重奏, Murderous Ensemble)[6] | live-action (television film) | — | |
| Detonator Orgun[42][7] | anime (OVA) | Detonator Orgun 1 |
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| Detonator Orgun 2 |
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| Detonator Orgun 3 |
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| Glory Wars[8] | novel trilogy | Glory Wars |
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| Tadashi Shimada's Forest Message Kamui Mintara [Akan, Hokkaidō][9] |
live-action (nature/ethnographic documentary) | — |
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| Sword-Wind Chronicle BERSERK |
anime (TV series) | Sword-Wind Chronicle BERSERK Original Soundtrack |
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| LOST LEGEND[10] | theme park stage show | LOST LEGEND Legend of the Lost Continent Original Sound Track |
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| Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage | video game | BERSERK Millennium Falcon Arc Chapter of the Flowers of Oblivion Original Game Soundtrack |
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| densha[11] | american animation/live-action (short film) | — | |
| Lagnacure Legend[12] | video game | ||
| loop[13] | american animation/live-action (short film) | ||
| Far Nation[14] | video game | ||
| Millennium Actress | anime (film) | Millennium Actress Original Sound Track |
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| AmigaOS 4[15] | operating system | — |
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| Paranoia Agent | anime (TV series) | Paranoia Agent Original Soundtrack |
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| Paranoia Agent Outtake Collection |
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| IdN My Favorite Conference 2004 intro sequence[16] | american animation (short film) | — | |
| Adobe Expert Support trade show loop[17] | |||
| BERSERK Millennium Falcon Arc Chapter of the Holy Demon War[18] |
video game | BERSERK Millennium Falcon Arc Chapter of the Holy Demon War Original Soundtrack |
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| Paprika | anime (film) | "Paprika" Original Soundtrack |
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| Dreaming Machine[43][19] | — | ||
| — | online news | Free Music for Free-Lance Journalists and Independent Media[20] |
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| BERSERK Golden Age Arc[21] |
anime (films) | BERSERK Golden Age Arc II Siege of Doldrey[22] |
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| Berserk[44][23] | anime (TV series) | Ash Crow |
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| Opus | anime (film) | — | |
- 1 ^ Hirasawa only made sound effects for the show, and only worked on it for about a year.[45]
- 2 ^ A jingle for a radio/TV/cassette recorder combo. Performed with Yasumi Tanaka. Broadcast 1980. Never officially released.
- 3 ^ Titled Power Hall (パワーホール, Pawā Hōru), the name became a sort of brand for Choshu. Writing is credited to "Hanmyō Ibo", a play on the Japanese word for "beetle" picked by happenstance;[46] performance is credited to "ZZZ". Disowned by Hirasawa. First released on an the 1980 compilation album New Japan Pro-Wrestling Super Fighter's Themes, later included on various other wrestler entrance theme compilations over the decades, such as "Wrestling Q", which includes two covers of other wrestlers' entrance themes by Hirasawa. Various artists have covered the song, including Ken Ishii.
- 4 ^ A collection of ten assorted commercial jingles for Shiseido, Tama-Plaza, Matsuzakaya/Kansai Yamamoto, Sony, Nestlé/Nescafé, Teijin and Marui. Six variations of a jingle for Matsuden Home Shopping by Teruo Nakano are also included. Released as a bonus for the first volume of the Moire Club newsletter.
- 5 ^ Writing and performance are credited to "Yoshio Fukurai", a tribute to Tomokichi Fukurai. Out of the album's eleven tracks, "Furukai" is only present on the title track.
- 6 ^ Aired once by KTV, who co-produced it with Toho, on 2 February 1987. Based on the 1974 Seiichi Morimura suspense novel of the same name. Hirasawa made its backing music, Shin'ichi Sako made the sound effects and the theme song was done by George Winston.[47]
- 7 ^ A month before the release of the first episode, Polydor released a "making of" tape titled Detonator Orgun 0, containing an interview with Hirasawa and clips of a press conference he participated with others in the anime's staff.
- 8 ^ Image mini-album commissioned by Hideki Kakinuma, author of the Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko series and Detonator Orgun writer.[48]
- 9 ^ The first installment of Human Vision Special, a now defunct series of television documentary specials produced annually by Hokkaido Television Broadcasting. It was originally broadcast on 29 April 1992 and later re-edited for home video release (released 25 January 1993 on VHS and LaserDisc). Hirasawa appears in the TV edit paddling a canoe. The soundtrack has never had an official standalone release: The title track was originally released on Root of Spirit～ESSENCE OF HIRASAWA SOLO WORKS and Music For Movies～World of Susumu Hirasawa Soundtracks compilations, while the only release of the soundtrack proper is on Disc 11 of the HALDYN DOME box set, 20 years after the documentary aired.
- 10 ^ A "spectacle show" summer attraction at the Parque España in Shima. When it premiered, the soundtrack could be only bought from the park's gift shops.
- 11 ^ A short movie about the JR Shinjuku Station. The soundtrack has never had an official standalone release; the only kind of sound played on the short (which bears some resemblance to the Syun track "Kun Mae #4" from the "Kun Mae on a Calculation" album from 1996) was originally released on Illegal Dumping (named "Densha"), it was later released with other twenty2product collaborations and remaining tracks on Disc 16 of the HALDYN DOME box set (named "densha").
- 12 ^ An Artdink PlayStation RPG. Hirasawa only composed and performed the opening theme: "The Man Who Knows the Stars" (星を知る者, Hoshi wo Shiru Mono); it was originally released on "From Hirasawa: Solo Songs Not on CD", a live performance was included on the PHONON 2553 VISION DVD, an alternate version (named "2010 version") was later released with other remaining tracks on Disc 16 of the HALDYN DOME box set.
- 13 ^ A looping presentation about alternative energy, part of the "Hirasawa Energy Works" project. The soundtrack has never had an official standalone release. The audio, recorded during a surge of "Surplus Power" was originally released on Hirasawa's PHANTOM NOTES website (named "LOOP The Sound Track β1"). It was later released with other twenty2product collaborations and remaining tracks on Disc 16 of the HALDYN DOME box set (named "loop").
- 14 ^ MMORPG developed by Sega originally for the Dreamcast, moved to the Xbox after the discontinuation of the former console, and ultimately cancelled.[49] The exact extent of Hirasawa's involvement is unknown; one track ("Nation-F") saw release on the Music For Movies～World of Susumu Hirasawa Soundtracks compilation.
- 15 ^ Hirasawa only composed and performed the boot jingle: "Eastern-boot". Two additional tracks were included on the AmigaOS 4.0 CD to showcase Hirasawa's music. The jingle was later released in the FAMIGA (Japanese Amiga community involved with Hirasawa) Forums and with Hirasawa's Near Future Never Come e-book (which consists of essays published on FAMIGA).
- 16 ^ The soundtrack has never had an official standalone release; the only kind of sound played on the short was originally released on LIVE Byakkoya – White Tiger Field Memorial Package (named "Bonus Spot"), it was later released with other twenty2product collaborations and remaining tracks on Disc 16 of the HALDYN DOME box set (named "IDN").
- 17 ^ The soundtrack has never had an official standalone release.
- 18 ^ Hirasawa only composed and performed the opening theme "Sign" and the ending theme "Sign-2", two different arrangements of the same song.
- 19 ^ As of 2011, production on the film has been put on hold for financial and artistic reasons following the death of director Satoshi Kon. Only a few scene/song combinations were set by Kon before his death;[50] it is not known if Hirasawa has started work on the film yet.
- 20 ^ A collection of various songs by Hirasawa and PEVO 1go from their careers that have been edited to serve as film score to be freely used by independent media and free-lance journalists delivering news via the Internet.
- 21 ^ Hirasawa only composed and performed the theme song: "Aria". While there have been soundtrack releases for the films, none of them include Hirasawa's work. "Aria" was originally a single-only release; it was then included in the Ash Crow compilation 5 years later, with the single CD being discontinued.[51]
- 22 ^ The Japanese home video release of the film includes a live performance of "Aria" from Hirasawa's "PHONON2555" concert tour (when that tour's DVD was released, this same performance was included, but with alternative angles overlaid on top of the version on this DVD). Video of a public appearance made by Hirasawa, the trilogy's director and voice actors of the main characters to promote the third film, The Advent, was included in its Japanese home video release.
- 23 ^ Hirasawa only composed and performed the insert songs "Ashes" and "Ash Crow". Accompanying album is a compilation of songs written for various Berserk projects.
Songs licensed for soundtracks
| Year | Work | Type | Song(s) used |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Uchida Yoko | commercial | "Karkador" (arranged and performed by P-Model) |
| 1986 | AV Cocktail chapter 4 ⟨CVI Art⟩[1] | video magazine | |
| 1992 | Suntory Old Whisky | commercial | "Root of Spirit" (魂のふる里, Tamashii no Furusato) |
| ???? | Itsukushima | "Fish Song" (フィッシュ・ソング, Fisshu Songu) | |
| 2004 | Paranoia Agent | anime | "Gemini 2" "1778-1985" "Kingdom" |
| 2017 | A Beautiful Star | live-action (film) | "Venus" (金星, Kinsei)[2] |
| Ruiner | video game | "Island Door (Paranesian Circle)" ((トビラ島 (パラネシアン・サークル), Tobira Shima (Paraneshian Sākuru)) "Recall" | |
- 1 ^ A promotional release to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the laserdisc by Pioneer, who commissioned Australian video artist to make a video for the song to be included.[52]
- 2 ^ Instead of featuring any of the recordings Hirasawa made of the song, the film uses a cover sung by two of its main actors (Ryuya Wakaba and Asuka Hinoi).
Unidentified jingles
From 1983 to 1990, Hirasawa worked on various commercials. Unlike most of the soundtracks listed above, Hirasawa undertook these less out of artistic interest and more out of financial necessity. Outside of those included on Model House Works, most of these jingles have never been officially released and not precisely identified—by Hirasawa or his fanbase—but among his clients were companies like Denon, Honma Golf, Japan Tobacco, Kirin, Mazda, Mizuno, NTT, Pip Fujimoto (rearranging another musician's jingle[53]), Rado, Snow Brand Milk Products, Tsukuda, TV Asahi, Unicharm and Volvo.[45] After he acquired an Amiga, he took on a handful jobs making both music and CGI with Takara, Itoki and HTB.[45] Beyond broadcast work, he also contributed to installations like the Optic Fiber Clock (located on the Bellvia mall near Chino Station, plays an unique Hirasawa song centred on bird chirps once an hour 10 times a day; originally featured karakuri puppet birds that moved in sync with the chirps), Tokai Bank automated teller machines, a closing time tune for a Shinjuku cake shop and synthesizer sound effects to make a Korakuen Amusement Park rollercoaster scary.[45]
Compilations
| Title | Release details | Oricon peak chart position |
|---|---|---|
| Root of Spirit ESSENCE OF HIRASAWA SOLO WORKS (魂のふる里, Tamashii no Furusato) |
|
— |
| Music For Movies～World of Susumu Hirasawa Soundtracks (映像のための音楽～平沢進サウンドトラックの世界, Eizo no Tame no Ongaku～Susumu Hirasawa Soundtrack no Sekai)[54] |
|
240 |
| HALDYN DOME |
|
— |
| Archetype 1989~1995 Polydor years of Hirasawa |
|
142 |
| Symphonic Code Susumu Hirasawa Instrumental Music: The Polydor years |
|
— |
Singles/free MP3 downloads
This list also includes a set of purchasable MP3s that promote their main album.
| Main release | Release | Release details |
|---|---|---|
| The Ghost in Science | World Turbine (世界タービン, Sekai Tābin) |
|
| Detonator Orgun 1 | Bandiria Travellers [Physical Navigation Version] (バンディリア旅行団 [Physical Navigation Version] , Bandiria Ryōkōdan [Physical Navigation Version]) |
|
| Root of Spirit ESSENCE OF HIRASAWA SOLO WORKS |
Root of Spirit (魂のふる里, Tamashii no Furusato) |
|
| SIREN | SAIREN *Siren* (サイレン *Siren*) |
|
| Sword-Wind Chronicle BERSERK Original Soundtrack |
BERSERK -Forces- |
|
| BLUE LIMBO | RIDE THE BLUE LIMBO |
|
| SWITCHED-ON LOTUS | Haldyn Hotel (ハルディン・ホテル, Harudin Hoteru) |
|
| Paranoia Agent Original Soundtrack | Reverie Hill (夢想ヶ谷, Musō ga Tani) |
|
| BERSERK Millennium Falcon Arc Chapter of the Holy Demon War Original Soundtrack |
Sign |
|
| ICE-9 | Eurasia 21 degrees centigrade (ユーラシア21℃, Yūrashia 21°C) |
|
| Byakkoya – White Tiger Field | The Westward of Time (時間の西方, Jikan no Seihō) |
|
| "Paprika" Original Soundtrack | The Girl in Byakkoya - White Tiger Field (白虎野の娘, Byakkoya no Musume) |
|
| Planet Roll Call | Royal Road, Paradise (王道楽土, Ōdō Rakudo) |
|
| Totsu-Gen-Hen-I | Solid air |
|
| Hen-Gen-Ji-Zai | Bandiria Travellers (バンディリア旅行団, Bandiria Ryōkōdan) |
|
| BERSERK Golden Age Arc I The Egg of the King |
Aria |
|
| The Secret of the Flowers of Phenomenon | The Secret of The Flowers of Phenomenon (現象の花の秘密, Genshō no Hana no Himitsu) |
|
| The Man Climbing the Hologram | The Man Climbing the Hologram (ホログラムを登る男, Horoguramu wo Noboru Otoko) |
|
Videos
| Title | Release details |
|---|---|
| Hirasawa Susumu no CG Nengajō (平沢進のＣＧ年賀状, Susumu Hirasawa's CG New Year Message)[1] |
|
| PHOTON series[2] |
|
| error (エラー, erā) |
|
| making of tokyo paranesian |
|
| HIRASAWA error ENGINE Hirasawa Three Acts in Three Hours Upper (HIRASAWA error ENGINE 平沢三幕三時間 上 , HIRASAWA error ENGINE Hirasawa Sanmakusan Jikan Kami) |
|
| HIRASAWA error ENGINE Hirasawa Three Acts in Three Hours Lower (HIRASAWA error ENGINE 平沢三幕三時間 下 , HIRASAWA error ENGINE Hirasawa Sanmakusan Jikan Shimo) |
|
| SIM CITY TOUR 1995.9.6 TOKYO SHIBUYA KOKAIDO |
|
| Unreal Soprano INTERACTIVE LIVE SHOW SIREN (架空のソプラノ INTERACTIVE LIVE SHOW SIREN , Kakū no Soprano) |
|
| INTERACTIVE LIVE SHOW 2000 Philosopher's Propeller version 1.4 (INTERACTIVE LIVE SHOW 2000 賢者のプロペラ version 1.4 , INTERACTIVE LIVE SHOW 2000 Kenja no Puropera version 1.4) |
|
| Hirasawa Energy Works Solar Live LIVE SOLAR RAY |
|
| Interactive Live Show 2003 LIMBO-54 |
|
| Reflection on the Meeting of ICE-9 ICE-9 LIVE & TALK EVENT (反射の集いは氷の9 ICE-9 LIVE & TALK EVENT , Hansha no Tsudoi wa Kōri no 9 ICE-9 LIVE & TALK EVENT) |
|
| INTERACTIVE LIVE SHOW 2006 LIVE Byakkoya (INTERACTIVE LIVE SHOW 2006 LIVE 白虎野) |
|
| P-0 (P-Soon) (ピー・スーン, Pī Sūn) |
|
| PHONON 2550 VISION |
|
| PHONON 2551 VISION |
|
| INTERACTIVE LIVE SHOW 2009 LIVE Planet Roll Call (INTERACTIVE LIVE SHOW 2009 LIVE 点呼する惑星 , INTERACTIVE LIVE SHOW 2009 LIVE Tenko Suru Wakusei) |
|
| PHONON 2553 VISION |
|
| Tokyo I-jigen Kudou (東京異次弦空洞) |
|
| PHONON 2555 VISION |
|
| INTERACTIVE LIVE SHOW 2013 Nomonos and Imium (INTERACTIVE LIVE SHOW 2013 LIVE ノモノスとイミューム , INTERACTIVE LIVE SHOW 2013 Nomonosu to Imyūmu) |
|
- 1 ^ This tape contains an AMIGA animation made by Hirasawa set to "Wood, Wind and Water Music" from the CHARITY ORIGINAL TAPE BY SUSUMU HIRASAWA and a monologue spoken by the Amiga program "Say" detailing the reasons for P-Model's Freezing/hiatus.
- 2 ^ Instead of containing a live show, this series of tapes contain experimental videos/Desk Top Movies based around Hirasawa's music.
As Kaku P-Model
| Title | Release details | Oricon peak chart position |
|---|---|---|
| Big Brother |
|
— |
| Vistoron |
| |
| 1st Live Memorials |
| |
| LIVE VISTORON |
| |
| Anti-vistoron (Mecano Version) |
| |
| Big Brother – Reversible Separation Aspect |
| |
| гипноза (Gipnoza) |
| |
| гипноза (Gipnoza) |
|
31 |
| Adore me, I am TV (崇めよ我はＴＶなり, Agameyo Ware wa TV Nari) |
|
— |
| The Method of the LIVE 2: The Magic for introduction (LIVEの方法２『導入のマジック』, LIVE no Hōhō "Dōnyū no Majikku")[1] |
|
52 |
| Kai=Kai (回＝回, Kai ikōru Kai) |
|
26 |
- 1 ^ Artist given as "Susumu Hirasawa and KAKU P-MODEL".
Other projects
| Project name | Other members | Release | Release details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre P-Model | Yasumi Tanaka Akiro "Kamio" Arishima |
Air on the Wiring (配線上のアリア, Haisenjō no Aria) |
|
| E-PROJECT (E-プロジェクト, E-Purojekuto) | Akiro "Kamio" Arishima Takashi Kokubo |
Synthesizer Trek (シンセサイザー・トレック, Shinsesaizā Torekku) |
|
| E-PROJECT BOW WOW |
Suite (組曲, Kumikyoku) X-Bomber (エックス ボンバー, Ekkusu Bonbā) |
| |
| Fukō Project (不幸のプロジェクト, Fukō no Purojekuto) | Kenji Konishi | How about FUKO? (不幸はいかが?, Fukō wa ika ga?) |
|
| Global Trotters[1] | Kenji Konishi Hans-Joachim Roedelius Alquimia David Bickley Felix Jay |
Drive |
|
| Global Trotters[2] Hans-Joachim Roedelius David Bickley Alex Paterson[3] |
GLOBAL TROTTERS PROJECT volume I DRIVE |
| |
| Susumu Hirasawa + InhVmaN | Riccardo "InhVmaN" Brett | Tetragrammaton |
- 1 ^ Although Hirasawa is considered a core member of the group, he only worked on the track "Parallel Motives".
- 2 ^ This album is a remix album of "Drive" made by Roedelius and Bickley, including a remix of "Parallel Motives".
- 3 ^ Paterson did "Parallel Motives II", a re-remix-crossfade of the "Parallel Motives" remix.
Collaborations
| Artist/Group | Release | Release details | Collaboration(s) | Track(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Bach Revolution | Synthesizer Study |
|
Guitar Keyboard Synthesizer Arrangement[1] |
All |
| ROCK & KEYBOARD'79 SYNTHESIZER Supplement Record |
|
Composition Performance |
Damī no Sakuryaku (ダミーの策略)[2] | |
| PRO-WRESTLING SUPER FIGHTER'S THEMES |
|
Performance | One of These Days (吹けよ風、呼べよ嵐, Fuke yo Kaze, Yobe yo Arashi) Chinese Kung-Fu (チャイニーズ・カン・フー, Chainīzu Kan-Fū)[3] | |
| No Warning |
|
Synthesizer[4] | Polyphonic Cosmos (ポリフォニック・コスモ, Porifonikku Kosumo) | |
| Shampoo | Tonight[5] |
|
Production | All |
| 3F=C | To-Ma-Do-I (と・ま・ど・い) |
|
Engineering Sound Adviser | |
| Michiro Endo | VIETNAM LEGEND (ベトナム伝説, Betonamu Densetsu) |
|
Guitar Keyboard |
Kanon (カノン) |
| KI-GA KI-GA KI-KYO |
|
Bass Keyboard Arrangement |
KI-GA KI-GA KI-KYO (飢餓々々帰郷)[6] | |
| Hisakatsu Igarashi | PUZZLE |
|
Composition Guitar |
SEVEN JOINT MAN (七節男, Nana Fushi Otoko)[7] |
| THE LOODS | HARD MOUSE |
|
Production/Adjustment Keyboard |
"Hard Mouse" and "Paradise" |
| STOP FUCKIN' AROUND! |
|
Production/Adjustment Keyboard |
All[8] | |
| Michiro Endo | THE END |
|
Synthesizer | ING, O! 7 (インゴ セブン, Ingo Sebun) WATER SISTER |
| THE LOODS | LOUD MACHINE |
|
Production | All |
| THE GROOVERS | Maximum Kiss |
|
Production Arrangement |
All For the Sister Moon (シスター・ムーンのために, Shisutā Mūn no Tameni) |
| Jun Togawa | 10 Years in Entertainment Memorial (芸能生活十周年記念, Geinō Seikatsu Jū Shūnen Kinen) Shōwa at Death (昭和享年, Shōwa Kyōnen) |
|
Production Arrangement Performance |
"Virgin Blues" (バージンブルース, Bājin Burūzu), "Princess Knight" (リボンの騎士, Ribon no Kishi), "In the Morning" (夜が明けて, Yo ga Akete) and "A Good Man Strolls By" (吹けば飛ぶよな男だが, Fukeba Tobu Yona Otoko Daga)[9] |
| Kazutoki Umezu | KINEMA |
|
Vocals | FROM CHERBOURG ～ LES PARAPLUIES DE CHERBOURG (シェルブールから～シェルブールの雨傘, Sherubūru Kara ～ Sherubūru no Amagasa) |
| Wakako Shimazaki | White Album'90 |
|
Composition Arrangement Performance |
Christmas in Africa (アフリカのクリスマス, Afurika no Kurisumasu)[10] |
| Tadahiko Yokogawa | TWO OF US |
|
Lyrics Vocals |
Truk Lagoon (トラック・ラグーン, Torakku Ragūn) |
| Jun Togawa | Virgin Blues (バージンブルース, Bājin Burūzu) |
|
Arrangement Performance |
All[10] |
| Yapoos | Dial Y for Murder (ダイヤルYを廻せ!, Daiyaru Y o Mawase!) |
|
Guitar | Count from 3 (3つ数えろ, 3 Tsu Kazoero) Hysteria (ヒステリヤ, Hisuteriya) |
| HERE IS EDEN | I'll Continue to Play Even After the Night Falls (夜になっても遊び続けろ, Yoru ni natte mo Asobi Tsudukero) |
|
Production Guitar |
Boku wa Mainichi Yūgata ni Naruto Sukoshi Tasogaretye Shimau (僕は毎日夕方になると少したそがれてしまう) and Memento Mori (メメントモリ)[12] |
| Yapoos | Yapoos de la Cruz no Hanzai Teki Jinsei (ヤプーズ・デ・ラ・クルスの犯罪的人生) 96m Maki 2 Mai Kasane Mishin me Ari (96m巻・2枚重ねミシン目あり) |
|
Guitar | Mysterious Guy (ミステリアス・ガイ, Misuteriasu Gai) 3 Tsu Kazoero (3つ数えろ) Hysteria (ヒステリヤ, Hisuteriya) Red Chariot (赤い戦車, Akai Sensha) Fool Girl Anti-ennui (アンチ・アンニュイ, Anchi-annyui) Men's JUNAN Watakushi no Naka no Tanin (私の中の他人) Insect Forces (昆虫軍, Konchū Gun) |
| Dadada ism |
|
Composition Arrangement Production |
Virus (ヴィールス, Vīrusu)[13] and Condor Gaton Dekuru (コンドルが飛んでくる) | |
| 4-D | Subconscious Unity |
|
Guitar | Frontier |
| TAKA | Hyper Angel ～Genki no Moto wa Kimi no Egao～ (Hyper Angel ～元気の素はKimiの笑顔～) |
|
Production Guitar |
All |
| Shelly |
| |||
| TAKA |
| |||
| Kotobuki Hikaru with Phnonpenh Model | Desk Top Hard Lock |
|
Composition | NEOTENY BOX (幼形成熟BOX, Yō Keisei Juku BOX)[14] |
| Yapoos | Suspicious Activities of the Yapoos (ヤプーズの不審な行動, Yapoos no Fushin na Kōdō) |
|
Virus (ヴィールス, Vīrusu) | |
| Tadahiko Yokogawa | DIVE |
|
Lyrics Vocals |
CALL |
| Yoko Ueno | e-mix Ai wa Shizukana Basho e Orite Kuru (愛は静かな場所へ降りてくる) |
|
Remixing[15] | Flower of Asia (アジアの花, Ajia no Hana) Tangmo Mix |
| PEVO | CONVEX AND CONCAVE |
|
Production Vocals Lyrics |
All Coelacance (シーラカンス, Shīrakansu)[16] |
| Wataru Kamiryo | Karasu (鴉 (からす)) |
|
Guitar Solo | voix Karasu (Crow) (鴉 (からす)) |
| Yūko Miyamura | Mother |
|
Composition Performance Arrangement |
All |
| Spirit (魂, Tamashii) |
|
Mother MOON[17] | ||
| Yoko Ueno | biosphere Label Sampler Plus |
|
Remixing | AOIFE (remix) |
| Yūko Miyamura | Daisūshii (大四喜) |
|
Composition Performance Arrangement |
Ruktun or Die[18] |
| Yuiko | Man of the Land (陸の人よ, Riku no Hito yo) |
|
Composition[19] Performance |
Man of the Land (陸の人よ, Riku no Hito yo)[20] |
| NHK Okāsan to Issho | Saishin Best (最新ベスト) – Kono Yubi Tomare (このゆびとまれ) |
|
Composition Arrangement |
Earth Cat (地球ネコ, Chikyū Neko) |
| Tanpopodan ni Hairou！！ (タンポポ団にはいろう！！) |
| |||
| 4-D | Die offizielle Raubkopie |
|
Guest (Computer Programming Vocals Guitar) |
Session7_1 (Yoko-Nari~Koni-Hira~Hirasawa Session) |
| Rekonnekted |
|
Guitar | My Neighbor Upstairs | |
| Hiiro no Crew (緋色のCrew) |
|
Hiiro no Crew (緋色のCrew) (nylon destroyed mix) | ||
| DENKMAL |
|
Hiiro no Crew (緋色のCrew) (Teruo Nakano's Cafè Mix) | ||
| DRIVE |
|
CREST | ||
| Wieder |
|
Guitar Vocals |
Wieder | |
| PEVO | The Spot Directive (スポット破壊指令, Supotto Hakai Shirei) |
|
Guitar[21] | Ya! Po! Kids of the Stars (星の子ども, Hoshi no Kodomo) |
| OFFICIAL BOOTLEG DVD NEOZIC |
|
Guitar Vocals[21] |
Nec-Ro-Man-Ser (ネクロマンサー, Nekuromansā) Kids of the Stars (星の子ども, Hoshi no Kodomo) Konperitan Chippuru (コンペリタンチップル) Ya! Po! A Spotless World (スポットのない世界, Supotto no Nai Sekai) | |
| Kera & the Synthesizers | Keralino Sandorovich Music Hour (ケラリーノ・サンドロヴィッチ・ミューヂック・アワー, Kerarīno Sandorovicchi Myūjikku Awā) |
|
Vocals Guitar |
Ohayo (オハヨウ) Rush Job (やっつけ仕事, Yattsuke Shigoto) |
| minus(-) | V |
|
Descent into Madness Close Peepshow Dawn words falling B612 Texture | |
| Hikashu | Zekkei (絶景, Magnificent View) |
|
Gardener King (庭師KING, Niwashi KING) Melancholy in the Global City (グローバルシティの憂鬱, Gurōbaru Shiti no Yūutsu) Missile (ミサイル, Misairu) Pike (パイク, Paiku) Ruktun or Die I Got It (ナルホド, Naruhodo) Art Mania (美術館で会った人だろ, Bijutsukan de Atta Hito Daro, You're the Person I Met in the Art Museum) Puyo Puyo (プヨプヨ) | |
| Toshifumi Nakai | Monogrammed |
|
Guitar Solo Oneshot Voice |
Transpose In and Inside Ranjiku |
- 1 ^ Performed with Mandrake.
- 2 ^ This record was included with a magazine that had an opinion piece by Hirasawa on Tony Banks published in it.
- 3 ^ Performed with Mandrake. Covers of the entrance themes of Abdullah the Butcher and Jumbo Tsuruta.
- 4 ^ Credited under "Special Thanks", alongside P-Model keyboardist Yasumi Tanaka, who appears in the track Obelisk (オベリスク, Oberisuku).
- 5 ^ "Tonight" was also included in the compilation "TECHNOLOID 〜JAPANESE 80's NEW WAVE SAMPLER〜" (which also includes the P-Model song "Art Mania"). "Stock" (ストック, Sutokku) was also included in the compilation "Impossibles! ~ 80's JAPANESE PUNK & NEW WAVE" (which also includes the "Countless Answers" version of the P-Model song "Atom-Siberia").
- 6 ^ Released with the magazine "ING, O! No.5". Act name given as "Michiro Endo + Susumu Hirasawa + Korechika Kitada + Jun Inui". The only track was also included in the compilation "KI-GA KI-GA KI-KYO".
- 7 ^ Rerecording of the P-Model song of the same name from the album "Scuba". with new arrangement & guitar lines.
- 8 ^ Fellow P-Model member Shunichi Miura also plays keyboards on all tracks.
- 9 ^ Those tracks were also included in the compilations "TWIN ～ VERY BEST COLLECTION" and "TEICHIKU WORKS – 30th anniversary".
- 10 ^ Lyrics co-written with Masami Orimo. Also included in the compilations "20th anniversary BOX", "for winter music Lovers ～ TECHNO POP Xmas" and "Archetype | 1989～1995 Polydor years of Hirasawa". Rerecorded solo as a standalone MP3 release for Christmas 2014.
- 11 ^ The tracks with vocals were included in the compilations "TWIN ～ VERY BEST COLLECTION", "TOGAWA LEGEND – SELF SELECT BEST & RARE 1979～2008" and "TEICHIKU WORKS – 30th anniversary". The title track was included in the compilation "Sanagika no Onna: Mika Ninagawa Selection" and its music video was included in the 2002 and 2012 reissues of the video "Yapoos Keikaku" and the compilation "TEICHIKU WORKS – 30th anniversary". All tracks exclusive to this release are included in reissues of Shōwa Kyōnen.
- 12 ^ "Memento Mori" was also included in the compilation "GROOVIN' Shōwa! 7 ～ Romantist".
- 13 ^ This song was included in the compilation "TOGAWA LEGEND – SELF SELECT BEST & RARE 1979～2008".
- 14 ^ A rerecording/remix of the P-Model song of the same name from Big Body, the album also includes an a capella alternatively named version of "LAB=01" from the album P-Model that doesn't use the parts written by Hirasawa and a remix of the Opening SE that P-Model used on their 1992 shows.
- 15 ^ Remixed with fellow P-Model member Hajime Fukuma.
- 16 ^ A cover of a P-Model song of the same name from the album Perspective (the original's lyrics were written by Hirasawa and Tanaka and the music was composed by Tanaka). The entire album's lyrics are sung in the PEVO language, which was created by the band (a dictionary can be found in the booklet) and some of them sung by a pitch-shifted Hirasawa, who wasn't credited for either lyrics or vocals, but was credited for production as "Volquice Proladuke".
- 17 ^ Hirasawa would later re-record both songs, with himself on vocals, for the album TECHNIQUE OF RELIEF. "Mother" was included in the compilation "Best Collection ~ Meccha Best".
- 18 ^ Hirasawa would later re-record this song 5 times, with himself on vocals.
- 19 ^ Co-written with Yuiko. Co-Credited with "Shirō Sakata" (Hirasawa under a pseudonym)
- 20 ^ Also included in the album "Crystal" (結晶, Kesshō).
- 21 ^ Credited as "Volquice Proladuke".
Tours
Concerts
| Year | Format | Title | Dates/Venues |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Concert Tour | "Water in Time and Space" Tour Part 1 (第1回"時空の水"ツアー , Dai-1 Kai "Jikū no Mizu" Tsuā) |
5 Venues, 5 Concerts
July 4 - DRUM Be-1 |
| One-off Concert | Village of the Awakening Earth Human Festival '89 (人間大地・めざめの里 Festival '89 , Ningen Daichi Mezame no Sato Festival '89) |
1 Venue, 1 Concert
July 30 - Village of the Awakening Earth Human | |
| Concert Tour | "Water in Time and Space" Tour Part 2 (第2回"時空の水"ツアー , Dai-2 Kai "Jikū no Mizu" Tsuā) |
7 Venues, 7 Concerts
September 3 - Shibuya CLUB QUATTRO | |
| One-off Concert | across the forewaters | 1 Venue, 1 Concert
November 5 - Nihon University College of Art Auditorium | |
| 1990 | Concert Tour | Live Photon (ライヴ・フォトン, Raivu Foton) | 2 Venues, 2 Concerts
May 7 - Shibuya CLUB QUATTRO |
| World Turbine Tour (世界タービン・ツアー, Sekai Tābin Tsuā) | 3 Venues, 3 Concerts
July 4 - MID Theater | ||
| One-off Concert | Village of the Awakening Earth Human Festival '90 (人間大地・めざめの里 Festival '90 , Ningen Daichi Mezame no Sato Festival '90) |
1 Venue, 1 Concert
July 29 - Village of the Awakening Earth Human | |
| Live Event | ERROR FORCE | 1 Venue, 1 Concert
September 23 - Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall | |
| Concert Tour | World Turbine Tour Vol.2 (世界タービン・ツアー Vol.2, Sekai Tābin Tsuā Vol.2) | 3 Venues, 4 Concerts
December 2 - Theatre Apple (2 Concerts, 1 on Day, 1 on Night) | |
| 1991 | Virtual Rabbit Tour (ヴァーチュアル・ラビット・ツアー, Vāchuaru Rabitto Tsuā) | 3 Venues, 3 Concerts
June 21 - Shinsaibashi CLUB QUATTRO | |
| Live Event | I3DAYS | 1 Venue, 1 Concert
December 5 - ON AIR | |
| 1992 | Hi-Res | 1 Venue, 1 Concert
September 23 - Shibuya Public Hall | |
| I3DAYS'92 | 1 Venue, 1 Concert
December 31 - ON AIR | ||
| 1993 | ERROR OF INFORMATION Wait (ERROR OF INFORMATION 待機, ERROR OF INFORMATION Taiki) | 1 Venue, 1 Concert
October 11 - Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall | |
| I3DAYS'93 | 1 Venue, 1 Concert
December 15 - ON AIR | ||
| 1994 | One-off Concert | ERROR ENGINE Hirasawa Three Acts in Three Hours (ERROR ENGINE 平沢三幕三時間, ERROR ENGINE Hirasawa Sanmakusan Jikan) | 1 Venue, 1 Concert
September 23 - Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall |
| 1999 | Concert Tour | Live-Phonon Watahashi the Sound Forces (Live-Phonon 渡橋する声軍, Live-Phonon Watahashi Suru Kūgun) | 2 Venues, 3 Concerts
April 12 & 13 - ON AIR EAST |
| 2001 | One-off Concert | Hirasawa Energy Works - Solar Live LIVE SOLAR RAY |
1 Venue, 2 Concerts
November 10 & 11 - Monument Plaza |
| 2005 | Live & Talk Event | GREEN NERVE PRESENTS Reflection on the Meeting of ICE-9 (反射の集いは氷の9, Hansha no Tsudoi wa Kōri no 9) |
1 Venue, 2 Concerts
September 19 (14:00 - Daytime & 17:00 - Nighttime) - Minami-Aoyama MANDALA |
| 2007 | One-off Concert | PHONON 2550 | 1 Venue, 2 Concerts
March 3 & 4 - LIQUIDROOM ebisu |
| 2008 | PHONON 2551 | 1 Venue, 2 Concerts
November 28 & 29 - Tokyo KINEMA CLUB | |
| 2010 | PHONON 2553 | 1 Venue, 3 Concerts
February 26–28 - LIQUIDROOM ebisu | |
| 2011 | Tokyo I-jigen Kudou (東京異次弦空洞) | 1 Venue, 2 Concerts
January 13 & 14 - Shibuya-AX | |
| 2012 | PHONON 2555 | 1 Venue, 3 Concerts
June 6–8 - U-Port Hall | |
| 2014 | Susumu Hirasawa × KAKU P-MODEL HYBRID PHONON |
1 Venue, 3 Concerts
October 11–13 - EPSON Shinagawa Aqua Stadium (Stellar Ball) |
Interactive Live Show
| Year | Title | Date/Venue/Set Lists | Guest Performers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | The Aurora Legend (オーロラ伝説, Ōrora Densetsu) | 3 Venues, 3 Concerts
March 10 - Osaka Postal Savings Hall |
Jun Togawa - Mother of Navajo (マザー･オブ･ナバホ, Mazā obu Nabaho) |
| TOKYO Paranesian (TOKYOパラネシアン, TOKYO Paraneshian) | 2 Venues, 3 Concerts
June 13 & 14 - NISSIN POWER STATION |
Toshihiko "BOB" Takahashi - IO Raster (IOラスタ, IO Rasuta) Wataru Kamiryo - AlgoRhythm (アルゴリズム, Arugorizumu) TAKA - Electric TAKA (電気っTAKA, Denki TTAKA) | |
| Adios Jay | 1 Venue, 1 Concert
December 13 - LIQUIDROOM |
Wataru Kamiryo: Drums | |
| 1995 | SIM CITY TOUR | 3 Venues, 3 Concerts
September 1 - SKALA ESPACIO |
Miss-N: Vocals |
| 1996 | Vol.5 SIREN | 2 Venues, 3 Concerts
September 2 - Osaka Postal Savings Hall |
Miss-N: Vocals Miss-Aeh: Vocals |
| 1998 | WORLD CELL | 2 Venues, 2 Concerts
October 21 - Nakano Sun Plaza Hall |
Hajime Fukuma: System |
| 2000 | Philosopher's Propeller (賢者のプロペラ, Kenja no Puropera) | 2 Venues, 4 Concerts
November 11 & 12 - Osaka BIG CAT |
MIRAI - Space Nat Kadaw (スペース・ナッカドー, Supēsu Nakkadō) Kenji Konishi - Iron Nat Kadaw (アイアン・ナッカドー, Aian Nakkadō) |
| 2003 | LIMBO-54 | 2 Venues, 4 Concerts
April 28 & 29 - Namba Hatch |
None |
| 2006 | LIVE Byakkoya (LIVE 白虎野) | 2 Venues, 3 Concerts
1 May - Namba Hatch | |
| 2009 | LIVE Planet Roll Call (LIVE 点呼する惑星, LIVE Tenko Suru Wakusei) | 1 Venue, 3 Concerts
April 16–18 - Edogawa Center of Arts |
A-sai - Naangfaa 1 Fiat - Naangfaa 2 Rang - Astro-Hue! |
| 2013 | Nomonos and Imium (ノモノスとイミューム, Nomonosu to Imyūmu) | 1 Venue, 3 Concerts
January 24–26 - Shibuya Public Hall |
Masami Orimo - Sanmia Junpei Noda - Amputee Gerbera PEVO 1go - Orimo's Escort |
| 2015 | WORLD CELL 2015 | 1 Venue, 3 Concerts
November 27–29 - Tokyo Dome City Hall |
PEVO 1go: Guitar, Laser harp Masami Orimo - Sally at the Fire Rang - Astro-Hue! |
World Inspection Tour
| Duration | Title | Location(s) |
|---|---|---|
| October 12–17, 1994 | Island Door Tracking Travellers (トビラ島大追跡旅行団, Tobira Shima Dai Tsuiseki Ryōkōdan) | Phuket, Thailand |
| October 10–14, 1995 | Wiwat Tarasangop Virtual Rescue Transferrers ( |
Bangkok, Thailand |
| October 16–22, 1996 | Camouflaged Pilgrimage Soprano Kleshad (偽装巡礼ソプラノ煩悩団, Gisō Junrei Sopurano Bonnōdan) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| October 28–31, 1997 | Nonlocal Green Immunized (非局所性緑色免疫団, Hikyokushosei Midoriiro Menekidan) | Bali, Indonesia |
| November 28-December 3, 1998 | World Cell Union Railway Bridge Choir (世界細胞組合合唱鉄橋団, Sekai Saibō Kumiai Gasshō Tekkyōdan) | Bangkok & Mueang Kanchanaburi, Thailand |
| June 14–19, 2000 | Parallel Village Large Propeller Alchemists (平行郷錬金術大プロペラ団, Heikō gō Renkinjutsu Dai Puroperadan) | Yangon & Bagan, Myanmar Bangkok, Thailand |
| June 29-July 3, 2007 | P-0 | Phuket, Thailand |
Backing band members
- Hikaru Kotobuki – Keyboards, Backing Vocals (July 4, 1989 – December 31, 1992)
- Kazuhide "Kitune" Akimoto - Keyboards, Amiga, Bass, Backing Vocals (July 4, 1989 – September 23, 1990)
- Toshihiko "BOB" Takahashi - Fretless Bass, Backing Vocals (July 4, 1989 – December 2, 1994)
- Shingo Tomoda - Drums, Electronic drums, Percussion (July 4, 1989 – December 5, 1991)
- Soft Ballet (September 8, 1989 & September 30, 1991)
- Ryoichi Endo - Lead and Backing Vocals
- Maki Fujii & Ken Morioka - Synthesizers
- Wataru Kamiryo - Drums, Cowbell, Gong Bass, Percussion (September 8, 1989; September 30, 1991; December 31, 1992 - December 2, 1994)
- Ichiko Hashimoto - Piano (September 28, 1989)
- Kenji Konishi - Keyboards, Synthesizers, Electronic percussion, Turntable, Backing Vocals (May 7, 1990 - December 18, 2000)
- Takeo Nagura - Amiga (May 7 & 19, 1990)
- Jun Togawa - Lead and Backing Vocals (May 19, 1990 - September 23, 1994)
- Katsuhiko Akiyama - Bass, Backing Vocals (July 4, 1990 - December 31, 1992)
- Kazutoki Umezu - Saxophones, Bouvian Pipe, Wind Synthsizer, Backing Vocals (July 4, 1990 - September 23, 1994)
- Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Nurse - Strings, Horns (July 11, 1990)
- Yasuchika Fujii - Drums, Backing Vocals (September 23, 1990 - June 25, 1991)
- Yoshinori Sunahara - Keyboards, Backing Vocals (June 21, 1991 - December 31, 1992)
- Tadahiko Yokogawa & Yoko Honji - Violin, Backing Vocals (June 25, 1991 & September 23, 1994)
- Kazuhiko Fujii - Backing Vocals (June 25, 1991)
- Hiroshi Fujiki - Keyboards (December 5, 1991)
- Eiichi Tsutaki & Kazumi "KERA" Kobayashi - Backing Vocals (December 31, 1992)
- Takanori "TAKA" Yamaguchi - Keyboards, Backing Vocals (December 15, 1993 - December 2, 1994)
- Miss N. - Vocals (September 1, 1995 - September 5, 1996)
- Miss Aeh - Vocals (September 2–5, 1996)
- Hajime Fukuma - Keyboards, Electronics, Backing Vocals (October 21, 1998 - April 23, 1999)
- Teruo Nakano - Under Techno System, PC, Electronics, Backing Vocals (April 12–23, 1999)
- TAINACO-2 – Virtual Drums (April 12–23, 1999)
- MIRAI - Keyboards, Synthesizers, Electronic percussion (December 11–18, 2000)
- Yasuhiro Nakano - Talk Time (September 19, 2005)
- Masami Orimo - Talk Time, Narration, Vocals (September 19, 2005; January 24–26, 2013; November 27–29, 2015)
- A-sai & Fiat - Vocals (April 16–18, 2009)
- Neng - Vocals, Graviton, Zeusaphone, Performance (April 16–18, 2009; January 13 & 14, 2011; November 27–29, 2015)
- Rang - Graviton, Zeusaphone, Performance (January 13 & 14, 2011)
- Yasuhiro Araki - Timpani, Electronic percussion, Wind chimes (6–8 June 2012)
- PEVO 1go - Electric guitar, Guitar synthesizer, Misa Kitara, Zeusaphone, Laser harp, PC, Angle grinder, Mobile Wormhole, Katana, Performance (6 June 2012–present)
- Junpei Noda - Performance (24–26 January 2013)
Publications
- Landsale – Record Copy Full Score (with Yasumi Tanaka & Katsuhiko Akiyama). Ongaku Shunjū, 1980
- P-Model. I3 Promotion, 1992
- ura P-mania (裏Ｐ－ＭＡＮＩＡ) – P-model no kako ha ikaga?. Sankakuyama Tsūshin (independent fan club), 1995 (collection of press clippings & flyers, 1973-1993)
- Music Industrial Wastes (音楽産業廃棄物, Ongaku Sangyō Haikibutsu) (by Kasiko Takahasi). Chaos Union & SoftBank Publishing, 1999 (2 volumes & 1 CD-ROM)
- P-Model Side – Open Source
- Hirasawa Side – Desktop Ouroboros (卓上のウロボロス, Takujō no Uroborosu)
- Rev.2.0 (revised & expanded reissue). Fascination & Book-ing, 2005
- Rev.2.4 v2010 (revised & expanded digital reissue). Chaos Union & Fascination, 2010 (available as both a limited pressing of a 1000 physical DVD-ROMs and as download)
- SP-2 (タイのニューハーフ？ いいえ「第２の女性」です). Chaos Union & Teslakite, 2008 (mix of photography & essays)
- Near Future Never Come (来なかった近未来). Chaos Union & Fascination (material originally posted on FAMIGA from December 1998 to March 2002), 2012
- Newsletters
- Moire Club. Model House, 1985–1989 (12 volumes)
- Hirasawa Bypass. I3 Promotion, 1989–1996 (19 volumes)
- Green Nerve. Chaos Union & Teslakite, 1997–present (37 volumes)
- Special releases
- Another Papers. Model House & Personal Pulse, 1983
- Bookmark's Banquet (宴の栞, Utage no Shiori) two 16-page booklets: Kami (上, Upper) & Shimo (下, Lower). DIW (Disk Union) & SYUN, 1994
- tokyo paranesian. I3 Promotion, 1994
- Sim City Photographs. I3 Promotion, 1995
- Interactive Live Show Vol.5. Hirasawa Bypass (I3 Promotion), 1996
- p-model 1996. Hirasawa Bypass (I3 Promotion), 1996
- Day Scanner of Susumu Hirasawa. Chaos Union & Teslakite, 1997
- deranged door (錯乱の扉, sakuran no tobira). Chaos Union & Marquee, 1997 (2 volumes)
- World Cell – History of Interactive Live Show. Chaos Union & Teslakite, 1998
- A Young Person's Guide to Mandrake 1973–1978. Chaos Union & Mecano, 2006
- Live Byakkoya. Chaos Union & Teslakite, 2006
See also
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External links
- Susumu Hirasawa at IMDb
- 平沢進 Susumu Hirasawa (P-MODEL) Official site (current website)
- NO ROOM – The official site of Susumu Hirasawa (P-MODEL) (semi-deactivated site)
- Ghost Web at the Wayback Machine (archive index)/GHOST WEB at the Wayback Machine (archive index) (defunct personal sites)
- Twitter account (in Japanese)
- Susumu Hirasawa iTunes Japan page (Universal) (in Japanese)
- SUSUMU HIRASAWA iTunes Japan page (Columbia) (in Japanese)
- Susumu Hirasawa discography at MusicBrainz
- Susumu Hirasawa discography at Discogs
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