Sayonara Technopolis

"Sayonara Technopolis"
Single by Mitsuki Aira
from the album Plastic
A-side Sayonara Technopolis
Released March 5, 2008
Format CD
Genre J-pop, electropop, dance-pop, big beat
Label D-topia Entertainment
Producer(s) Ōnishi Terukado (大西輝門)
Mitsuki Aira singles chronology
Robot Honey (2008) Sayonara Technopolis (2009) Valentine Step (2009)

Sayonara Technopolis (サヨナラTECHNOPOLiS lit. Goodbye/Farewell Technopolis) is the fifth single by the Japanese electronica artist Mitsuki Aira. It was released January 21, 2009.[1]

The single was marketed with the tagline "Electro meets big beat", and the tracks Sayonara Technopolis and High SD Sneaker (pronounced "High Speed Dance Sneaker") are most notably big beat-influenced. Track 6 of the single is a "Big Beat Crush remix" of "High SD Sneaker".

Theme and meaning

Aira stated that "Sayonara Technopolis" and its b-sides were written in response to the modern problems of the economy, apathy and global warming, also stating, "I wish that the human race could re-start on the Moon. When the time comes to live in the Moon some time and we see the Earth from the Moon, I hope for the Earth to be the place we want to live."

Aira owns an allotment of land on the Moon, and the single's cover uses NASA-licensed images.[2]

Tracklisting

No. Title Length
1. "Sayonara Technopolis (サヨナラTECHNOPOLiS)"   4:12
2. "High SD Sneaker (HiGH SD スニーカー)"   4:25
3. "Cosmic Chopper"   4:16
4. "Distant Stars"   3:45
5. "Sayonara Technopolis (Traks Boys rmx)"   4:39
6. "High SD Sneaker (Big Beat Crush rmx)"   3:30
7. "Sayonara Technopolis (digital mp-3 mastering ver.)"   4:12
8. "High SD Sneaker (digital mp-3 mastering ver.)"   4:25
9. "Cosmic Chopper (digital mp-3 mastering ver.)"   4:16
10. "Distant Stars (digital mp-3 mastering ver.)"   3:45

References