Updated 04-May-2020.
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Photo provided by Chaos Union Hirasawa Susumu first launched his prolific music career in…
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: susumu hirasawa ( ) is a Japanese musician and composer . in 1973 he formed Mandrake, a progressive rock band that incorporated elements from heavy metal and krautrock . Originally met with success, they turned to decidedly uncommercial post-punk and experimental rock . in 1989, Hirasawa launched his solo career . his albums were marked by a refusal to stick to any particular Hirasawa is mostly remembered in Japan for the first two P-Model albums . he has achieved international recognition for his soundtrack work . inspiration for his music has come from Thailand . Hirasawa’s music has been categorized based on western trends . he has said: “i dislike it when I hear someone describe [my music] as weird rock, or weird techno. Surely this genre interactive live show 2000 Philosopher’s Propeller was formatted as a maze . the audience was allowed to call the numbers to have Hirasawa play the ringtones . participation has been possible through the Hirasawa’s live music is built on samples he activates with hand-crafted machines . for the Solar Live concerts, he used solar power and a power-generating wheel . most of his solo albums Hirasawa used the H.S. Anderson Rider, Fernandes Art Wave and ESP Random Star . he settled on Tkai Gakki’s Talbo aluminum guitars as his main Hirasawa discontinued production and customer support for the Talbo due to financial difficulties . he requested Fernandes to make him a guitar of his design in 1994 called PHOTON . in 2004, he secret FACTORY co-founder hISASHI gifted him a Talbo of his own design . in 2012 he adopted it as his new main guitar . he started a gradual transition to Microsoft windows Studio WIRESELF was outfitted to be powered entirely by a photovoltaic system of 2 solar panels, with 2 car batteries to store extra energy . years later, Hirasawa added 2 more panels to the hirasawa helped carry out four of his pregnancies from 2001 to 2002 . he offered downloads of online banners and two of his songs for free . to support freelance journalists, he started a hirasawa sent e-mails to associates and members of P-Model requesting involvement . the only one to join was guitarist PEVO 1go . instrumental mixes of songs by both musicians were uploaded . Hirasawa tells story on twitter of being assaulted and having website hacked by “Stealthman” song available on karaoke service provider Xing’s JoySound online song library Yichi opened the café bar Gazio in 2013 . the establishment was heavily themed around P-Model and Susumu . their father, Kiyoshi ( ), was a firefighter he enrolled in the Tokyo Designer Gakuin College in 1972 . he graduated cum laude in 1975 from the university’s interior design course . his graduation project was a dome-shaped stage set hall for Tang Hirasawa started smoking in 1979 and quit in 2001 . he’s a teetotaler, drinking anything larger than a fifth of a cup of beer makes him feel like his head is a vegetarian, Hirasawa doesn’t eat meat, remarking, “Eating meat makes me tired and makes me throw up” he incorporates concepts from Shintoism and Buddhism in his themes Hirasawa 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” 2 Available only to those lasted 39 broadcasts, divided in 12 volumes, released in sets of 4 tapes . 5 The track “Ruktun or Die” was a limited time offer, and was taken out of sale in January 2002 comes with text file containing lyrics . 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 . he has contributed songs for the anime X-Bomber . has worked on commercial jingles for companies like denon, the name became a sort of brand for Choshu . writing is credited to “Hanmy Ibo”, a play on words with the Japanese for “tiger beetle” and “wart” first released on obscure 1980 vinyl record, later included on wrestler entrance theme compilations . includes two covers of other wrestlers’ entrance themes by Hirasawa . Various artists have covered the song, including Ken I out of the album’s eleven tracks, “Furukai” is only present on the title track . 6 Television film aired once by KTV, who co-produced it with Toho . Polydor released a “making of” tape titled Detonator Orgun 0, where a Hirasawa interview is included . 8 A fantasy manga by Orgun writer Hideki Kakinum the soundtrack has never had an official standalone release . the only release of the soundtrack proper is on Disc 11 of the HALDYN DOME box set . 10 A “spectacle show” summer attraction at the the soundtrack has never had an official standalone release . it was originally released on Illegal Dumping (named “Densha”), later released with other twenty2product collaborations . 12 An artdink the soundtrack has never had an official standalone release . the audio was recorded during a surge of “Surplus Power” it was released with other twenty2product collaborations . two additional tracks were included on the AmigaOS 4.0 CD to showcase Hirasawa’s music . the only kind of sound played on the short was originally released on LIVE Byakkoya – White as of 2011, production on the film has been put on hold for financial and artistic reasons . only a few scene/song combinations were set by kon before his death . it is not known if Hirasawa has a live performance of “Aria” from Hirasawa’s “PHONON2555” concert tour is included . video of a public appearance made by Hirsawa to promote the third film, 2 This album is a remix album of “Drive” made by Roedelius and Bickley . 3 Paterson did “Parallel Motives II”, a re-remix- 4 Credited under “Special Thanks”, alongside P-Model keyboardist Yasumi Tanaka . 5 “Tonight” was also included in the compilation “TECHNOLOID JAPANES 9 Those tracks were also included in the compilations “TWIN – VERY BEST COLLECTION” and “TEICHIKU WORKS – 30th anniversary”. 8 Fellow P-Model member 10 Lyrics co-written with Masami Orimo . also included in compilations “20th anniversary BOX” and “for winter music Lovers TECHNO POP Xmas” 11 all tracks exclusive to this release are included in reissues of Shwa Kynen . 14 A rerecording/remix of the P-Model song of the same name from Big Body the entire album’s lyrics are sung in the PEVO language, created by the band . Hirasawa was credited for production as “Volquice Proladuke” he would later re- co-written with Yuiko. Also included in the album “Crystal” (, Kessh). 21 Credited as “Volquice Proladuke”. Sankakuyama Tsshin (independent fan club), 1995 (collection of press clippings & flyers, 1973-1993) Music Industrial Wastes (, Ongaku Sangy Haiki 2012NewslettersMoire Club. Model House, 1985–1989 (12 volumes) Hirasawa Bypass. I3 Promotion, 1989–1996 (19 volumes) Green Nerve. Chaos Union & Teslakite DIW (Disk Union) & SYUN, 1994 tokyo paranesian. I3 Promotion, 1995 Interactive Live Show Vol.5. Hirasawa Bypass (I3 Promotion), 1996 p- chaos union & Teslakite, 1997 deranged door (, sakuran no tobira). Chaos Union & Marquee, 1977 (2 volumes) World Cell – History of Interactive Live Show. Chaos Union