Siren (Susumu Hirasawa album)

SIREN
Studio album by Susumu Hirasawa
Released	August 1, 1996
Recorded	1996 Shibuya Akasaka Karuizawa Bangkok
Genre	Ambient Downtempo Electronic rock Electronica Progressive rock Technopop World
Length	48:49
Label	Nippon Columbia, TESLAKITE
Producer	Susumu Hirasawa Yūichi Kenjo (Executive)
Susumu Hirasawa chronology
Sim City (1995) SIREN (1996) Technique of Relief (1998)
Singles from SIREN
"SAIREN *Siren*" Released: August 1, 1996 CODA-1012

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. It's the second part of a trilogy of Thailand-influenced albums partially recorded in Bangkok, following Sim City and followed by Technique of Relief.

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 *SEIRĒN*" (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

2009 HQCD reissue bonus tracks ("SAIREN *Siren*" single B-sides)
No.	Title	Length
12.	"ELECTRIC LIGHT BATH" (電光浴 Denkōyoku) (default version)	2:47
13.	"SAIREN *Siren*" (サイレン *Siren*) original karaoke (オリジナル・カラオケ orijinaru karaoke))	5:29

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)".

• "Siren *SEIREN*" (titled "SIREN"), "Gemini" and "SAIREN *Siren*" (titled "M-2") were included in the "HOSPITAL" album digest cassette.
• "SAIREN *Siren*", "Siren *SEIREN*" and "Nurse Cafe" were included in the "SIREN - PROMOTION ENHANCED CD" promotional enhanced CD.

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".

External links

• SIREN at NO ROOM - The official site of Susumu Hirasawa (P-MODEL)
• Introduction to Interactive Live Show 1996 "SIREN - Unreal Soprano"
• Online playable "Unreal Soprano" at Nippon Columbia's archived website - first page