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]

Track listing

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

1. http://www.airamitsuki.com/disco6.html
2. http://natalie.mu/en/news/show/id/12539