Английская Википедия:Aurora (Susumu Hirasawa album)
Aurora is Susumu Hirasawa's fourth solo album.
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 Шаблон:Nihongo, 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 Шаблон:Nihongo.[7]
Track listing
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Шаблон:Start date | Polydor K.K. | CD | POCH-1328 | |
| Шаблон:Start date | Universal Music Japan, Universal Sigma | Digital Download | none | |
| Шаблон:Start date | Chaos Union, Teslakite | CD | CHTE-0057 | Remastered by Masanori Chinzei. Disc 4 of the HALDYN DOME box set. |
| Шаблон:Start date | 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.
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