is the second studio album by

Susumu Hirasawa is a Japanese musician and composer. He is well known for his work for the films of director Satoshi Kon and the animated adaptations of the Berserk (manga), ''Berserk'' manga series, alongside his work as a solo artist and as a member of P-Mode ...

. It was released on May 25, 1990 via Polydor K.K.

Overview

''The Ghost in Science'' is marked by a whimsical, futuristic thematic in which Hirasawa paints himself as a mad scientist. It has a sound similar to other Hirasawa albums of the same era, though puts greater emphasis on electronic elements.

Track listing

All tracks are written and arranged by Susumu Hirasawa except "Fish Song", cowritten by Akiro "Kamio" Arishima with strings coarranged by Kayo "Kokubo" Matsumoto. *"QUIT" contains a sample of "Haldyn Hotel", from the album ''

Water in Time and Space is the debut studio album by Japanese musician Susumu Hirasawa, released on September 1, 1989 via Polydor K.K. It is his first album and first musical material since the hiatus of the band P-Model. Background In December 1988, Hirasawa decided ...

''.

Personnel

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...

(on "Fish Song"),

timpani Timpani (; ) or kettledrums (also informally called timps) are musical instruments in the percussion instrument, percussion family. A type of drum categorised as a hemispherical drum, they consist of a Membranophone, membrane called a drumhead, ...

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or ...

autoharp An autoharp or chord zither is a string instrument belonging to the zither family. It uses a series of bars individually configured to mute all strings other than those needed for the intended chord. The term ''autoharp'' was once a trademark of t ...

synthesizer A synthesizer (also synthesiser or synth) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis a ...

drum machine A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument that creates percussion sounds, drum beats, and patterns. Drum machines may imitate drum kits or other percussion instruments, or produce unique sounds, such as synthesized electronic tones. A d ...

, sampler, sequencer,

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("Say" program - Dreaming Machine voice on "QUIT"),

programming Program (American English; also Commonwealth English in terms of computer programming and related activities) or programme (Commonwealth English in all other meanings), programmer, or programming may refer to: Business and management * Program m ...

arrangement In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition. Differences from the original composition may include reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or formal development. Arranging differs from orchestr ...

s, co-production,

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;additional musicians *Tuan Chin Kuan - voice (sampled) in "World Turbine" * - female vocals on "World Turbine" *

Jun Togawa is a Japanese singer, musician and actress. She is one of the greatest influences on Japanese avant-garde music and media, and her career spans over 35 years. Her close friends over the years include Susumu Hirasawa. She was mainly active from ...

(courtesy of Baidis Records) -

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are us ...

on "Rocket" & "Cowboy and Indian" * (Varichef Homium) - backing vocals on "Rocket", bass on "Fish Song" *Yūichi Hirasawa, (Here is Eden), Yuji Oda, Shigeru Fujishima, Masahiro Furukawa - backing vocals on "Rocket" * -

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

on "Fish Song" *Midori Ayabe, Hiroki Yamamoto, Nagisa Kiriyama and Yoshiaki Funayama -

violin The violin, sometimes referred to as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in regular use in the violin family. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino picc ...

on "Fish Song" and "Techno Girl" *Kaori Kurimaru and Rika Morozumi -

viola The viola ( , () ) is a string instrument of the violin family, and is usually bowed when played. Violas are slightly larger than violins, and have a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of the ...

on "Fish Song" and "Techno Girl" *Hirohisa Miyata and Makoto Ohsawa -

cello The violoncello ( , ), commonly abbreviated as cello ( ), is a middle pitched bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), tuned i ...

on "Fish Song" and "Techno Girl" *

Kazutoki Umezu is a Japanese jazz saxophonist. He has performed with Tom Cora, Samm Bennett, Ruins, Michiyo Yagi and Susumu Hirasawa is a Japanese musician and composer. He is well known for his work for the films of director Satoshi Kon and the animated ...

alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgians, Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in the key of E♭ ( ...

and

noise Noise is sound, chiefly unwanted, unintentional, or harmful sound considered unpleasant, loud, or disruptive to mental or hearing faculties. From a physics standpoint, there is no distinction between noise and desired sound, as both are vibrat ...

on "Cowboy and Indian" *Mamoru Kikuchi - Old Man's voice on "QUIT" *Hisashi " Dr. Ochanomizu" Katsuta - Laughing voice on "QUIT" *Kayo "Kokubo" Matsumoto - voice on "Techno Girl" ;technical *Akiro Kamio Arishima - production *Yoshiaki Kondo (Gok Sound) -

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& mixing engineer *Meiji Takamatsu (Mix) - second engineer ;visuals *Kiyoshi Inagaki (Asset) -

art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...

*Naoki Wada (CG), Yosuke Komatu -

photography Photography is the visual arts, art, application, and practice of creating images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is empl ...

*Yoshihiro Ariga - costume *Akemi Tsujitani - styling *Junko Maeda - hair & make-up ;operations *I₃ Promotion **Yūichi Kenjo - co-production, backing vocals on "Rocket" **Masami Fujii, Hiroyoshi Mitomi -

artist management A talent manager (also known as an artist manager, band manager, or music manager) is an individual who guides the professional career of artists within the entertainment industry. The responsibility of a talent manager is to oversee the day- ...

*Tsutomu Fukushima - stage director *Hiroki Yamaguchi - assistant *Katsuyuki Sawafuji - publicity coordination * Polydor K.K. **Kazuyoshi Aoki - A&R coordinator **Osamu Takeuchi - backing vocals on "Rocket", director ;Thanks *AC Unit, Sky Corporation, Mamoru Kimura Office, Toshikazu Tamura, Keiji Kimura, Masaya Abe, Sazaby's Furniture

Release history

*"Techno Girl" is included on the '' AD.POLICE - DRAGON TRIP'' drama CD. *"Fish Song" is the B-Side to the "Root of Spirit" single. *"Rocket" and "Fish Song" were included on the ''Root of Spirit～ESSENCE OF HIRASAWA SOLO WORKS～'' compilation. *"World Turbine", "Rocket", "Fish Song", "Dreaming Machine" and "Techno Girl" were included on the ''

Archetype The concept of an archetype ( ) appears in areas relating to behavior, historical psychology, philosophy and literary analysis. An archetype can be any of the following: # a statement, pattern of behavior, prototype, "first" form, or a main mo ...

, 1989-1995 Polydor years of Hirasawa'' compilation.

References

External links

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at iTunes Japan
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