Siren (Susumu Hirasawa album)

SIREN
Studio album by Susumu Hirasawa
Released August 1, 1996
Recorded
Genre
Length 48:49
Label Nippon Columbia, TESLAKITE
Producer Susumu Hirasawa
Yūichi Kenjo
Susumu Hirasawa chronology

Sim City
(1995)		 SIREN
(1996)		 Technique of Relief
(1998)
Singles from SIREN
  1. "SAIREN *Siren*"
    Released: August 1, 1996

SIREN, at times stylized as Siren *SEIREN* (Siren　*セイレーン*), is the sixth solo album by Susumu Hirasawa. It is the second album inspired by Thailand following Sim City. The title plays on the double meaning of "siren", alluding to both the alarm mechanism and the creatures from Greek mythology.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Susumu Hirasawa. 

No. Title Length
1. "ELECTRIC LIGHT BATHING-1 (電光浴-1 Denkōyoku-1)"   1:12
2. "SAIREN *Siren* (サイレン *Siren*)"   5:28
3. "On Line Malaysia"   4:46
4. "Siren *SEIREN* (Siren *セイレーン*)"   5:00
5. "Nurse Cafe"   4:01
6. "Holy Delay"   5:23
7. "Gemini"   5:25
8. "Day Scanner"   3:39
9. "Siam Lights"   5:42
10. "ELECTRIC LIGHT BATHING-2 (電光浴-2 Denkōyoku-2)"   1:25
11. "Mermaid Song"   7:03

Release history

Date Label(s) Format Catalog Notes
August 1, 1996 Nippon Columbia, Teslakite CD COCA-13571
March 18, 2009 Columbia Music Entertainment HQCD COCP-35524 Digitally remastered, with B-side alternative mixes for bonus tracks.
Digital Download none
February 29, 2012 Chaos Union, Teslakite CD CHTE-0059 Remastered by Masanori Chinzei. Part of Disc 6 of the HALDYN DOME box set, alongside "ELECTRIC LIGHT BATH (default version)".

Interactive Live Show

Interactive Live Show 1996 "SIREN - Unreal Soprano" (INTERACTIVE LIVE SHOW 1996 「SIREN - 架空のソプラノ」 INTERACTIVE LIVE SHOW 1996 「SIREN - Kakū no Sopurano」) was the fifth Interactive Live Show played by Hirasawa. The story is about self-loss and reclamation of identity.[1]

Syun's Kun Mae on a Calculation was played over the PA system before the show began. After an introduction with CG sequences and text narration, Hirasawa appeared sitting in a chair with his legs crossed wearing large futuristic black goggles, where he performed "ELECTRIC LIGHT BATH". For the duration of the show, Hirasawa performed in, besides his standard ways with guitar, Miburi and Tubular Hertz, inside a cage (a synthesizer was positioned close to the cage so Hirasawa could play some melodies on specific songs), a tribute to the 1986 Soviet film Kin-dza-dza![2] He does the same in the "Siren *SEIREN*" music video.[3] Throughout the show, the Cabaret SP-2 performers Miss N. and Miss Aeh sung in Thai, getting a highlight song with "ASOK", a Thai song that was incorporated into the show. P-Model members Kenji Konishi and Hajime Fukuma appeared on a pre-recorded video segment and programmed the show's music data, respectively. The show was reproduced on Hirasawa's then current website, with clickable hypertext links and samples of songs.

References

  1. ↑ "SIREN - 架空のソプラノ / 平沢進".
  2. ↑ "Siren and Kin-dza-dza!".
  3. ↑ "Susumu Hirasawa - SIREN*Seiren".

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