2000 studio album by Susumu Hirasawa
Philosopher's Propeller Released October 5, 2000 Studio Studio Wireself (rec/mix ) Sunrise Studio Akasaka DMR (mast. ) Genre Length 44 :52 Label Chaos Union, TESLAKITE Producer Kenji Sato (exec. ) Susumu Hirasawa
Philosopher's Propeller (賢者のプロペラ , Kenja no Puropera ) is the eighth solo album by Susumu Hirasawa , the first to be completely self-released.
The album was inspired by Myanmar alchemy ,[ 1] and several song names come from Latin terms pertaining to the alchemical magnum opus .
All tracks are written by Susumu Hirasawa
CD version Title 1. "Philosopher's Propeller-1" (賢者のプロペラ Kenja no Puropera ) 4:28 2. "Rubedo (Reddening)" (ルベド(赤化) Rubedo (Sekka) ) 4:38 3. "Nigredo (Blackening)" (ニグレド(黒化) Niguredo (Kokka) ) 4:51 4. "Albedo (Whitening)" (アルベド(白化) Arubedo (Hokka) ) (instrumental) 3:18 5. "Quadratur des Zirkels" (円積法 En Sekihō ) 4:03 6. "The Garden Where the Solutions are Found" (課題が見出される庭園 Kadai ga Miidasa Reru Teien ) (instrumental) 5:42 7. "An Expert Mountain" (達人の山 Tatsujin no Yama ) 4:32 8. "Opus (The Fool's Rose Garden)" (作業(愚者の薔薇園) Sagyō (Gusha no Baraen) ) 4:15 9. "Rotation (LOTUS-2)" (ロタティオン(LOTUS-2) ) 3:58 10. "Philosopher's Propeller-2" (賢者のプロペラ-2 Kenja no Puropera-2 ) 5:05
MP3 version - part 1 Title 1. "Philosopher's Propeller-1" (賢者のプロペラ Kenja no Puropera ) 2. "Rubedo (Reddening)" (ルベド(赤化) Rubedo (Sekka) ) 3. "The Garden Where the Solutions are Found" (課題が見出される庭園 Kadai ga Miidasa Reru Teien ) (instrumental) 4. "An Expert Mountain" (達人の山 Tatsujin no Yama ) 5. "Rotation (LOTUS-2)" (ロタティオン(LOTUS-2) )
MP3 version - part 2 Title 6. "Nigredo (Blackening)" (ニグレド(黒化) Niguredo (Kokka) ) 7. "Albedo (Whitening)" (アルベド(白化) Arubedo (Hokka) ) (instrumental) 8. "Quadratur des Zirkels" (円積法 En Sekihō ) 9. "Opus (The Fool's Rose Garden)" (作業(愚者の薔薇園) Sagyō (Gusha no Baraen) ) 10. "Philosopher's Propeller-2" (賢者のプロペラ-2 Kenja no Puropera-2 )
technical
visuals
Toshifumi Nakai (Seal/S Floor) - design
Hideki Namai - photography
Kazunori Yoshida - hair & make-up
operations
Teslakite - promotion
Mika Hirano, Rihito Yumoto
Kenji "Sato-ken" Sato (Chaos Union) - executive production
Special Thanks
Hirokazu Tsuchiya (Nikkei netn@avi)
Kasiko Takahasi (Fascination)
Masaru Owaku (A-Shield)
@Nifty Amiga Forum
Atsushi Kakuta
U Khin Maung Aye
Khin May Phue
MJRC
Hirosi Watanabe, Shio Nishikawa, Thaung Htun
Date
Label(s)
Format
Catalog
Notes
October 5, 2000 (2000-10-05 )
Chaos Union, TESLAKITE
CD
CHTE-0001
November 1, 2000 (2000-11-01 )
MP3
WC-00001
Tracks differ from their CD version counterparts to varying extents. All songs have since been re-ordered to follow the CD sequence and are available for download individually (cat. nos. WC-00010 – 19).
December 22, 2000 (2000-12-22 ) January 26, 2001 (2001-01-26 )
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