The Man Climbing the Hologram

The Man Climbing the Hologram
A man wearing climbing boots jumps off of an iron mountain.
Studio album by Susumu Hirasawa
Released November 18, 2015 (2015-11-18)
Studio Studio WIRESELF
Genre
Label Chaos Union, TESLAKITE CHTE-0077
Producer Susumu Hirasawa
Susumu Hirasawa chronology
The Secret of The Flowers of Phenomenon
(2012)		 The Man Climbing the Hologram
(2015)

The Man Climbing the Hologram (ホログラムを登る男 Horoguramu wo Noboru Otoko) is the thirteenth solo album by Susumu Hirasawa. Its sound is a blend of Hirasawa's previous solo album The Secret of The Flowers of Phenomenon and the Kaku P-Model album Gipnoza. In April 2014, Chaos Union started the alternate reality game Samurai Facing the Past: The machinations in the Psi'gahara Field (過去向く士（さむらい）・Ψ（プシー）ヶ原の策謀 Kako Muku Samurai - Pushī'gahara no sakubō), which features various Hirasawas from different timelines and leads into the album's accompanying Interactive Live Show. If ordered from Hirasawa's official store, an EP of instrumental mixes is included, and members of Hirasawa's official fanclub are eligible to download an alternate mix of a song in MP3 format for free.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Susumu Hirasawa. 

No. Title Length
1. "Adios" (アディオス Adiosu)  
2. "Avatar Alone" (アヴァター・アローン Avatā Arōn)  
3. "The Time being Proud of its Heterogeneity" (異種を誇る「時」 Ishu wo Hokoru "Toki")  
4. "MURAMASA"    
5. "Wi-SiWi"    
6. "Circuit OFF Circuit ON" (回路OFF回路ON Kairo OFF Kairo ON)  
7. "Qualia Tower" (LG-G version) (クオリア塔 Kuoria Tō)  
8. "Sally at the Fire" (火事場のサリー Kajiba no Sarī)  
9. "The Man Climbing the Hologram" (ホログラムを登る男 Horoguramu wo Noboru Otoko)  
10. "The Iron Cutting Song (The Man Climbing an Iron Mountain)" (鉄切り歌（鉄山を登る男） Tetsu Kiri Uta (Tetsuyama wo Noboru Otoko))  
11. "Qualia Tower" (HG-G version) (クオリア塔 Kuoria Tō) (bonus track)  

Preliminary listing

The album was first announced in the 37th volume of the Green Nerve fanclub newsletter, with a partial tracklist, slightly different from the end release's, listed.[1] The finalized tracklist above is an exact match for the order of song creation.[2]

  1. Adios
  2. Avatar Alone
  3. The Time being Proud of its Heterogeneity
  4. MURAMASA
  5. Sally at the Fire
  6. Tower
  7. Wi-Si-Wi
  8. Circuit ON Circuit ON (回路ON回路ON Kairo ON Kairo ON)

Personnel

Interactive Live Show

Interactive Live Show 2015 "WORLD CELL 2015" is the twelfth Interactive Live Show played by Hirasawa. A sequel to 1998's WORLD CELL, it features themes from that Interactive Live Show, as well as those from the Ashu-on [Sound Subspecies] in the solar system P-Model box set and the albums of Kaku P-Model & Pevo. Staged on the Tokyo Dome City Hall, one of the biggest venues Hirasawa has played, both concertgoers and members of the home audience participate through the Chord Shooter music video game. Guitarist Pevo 1go performed onstage, playing laser harps with a katana; prerecorded performances by Masami Orimo of Shampoo and Rang of the Phuket Simon Cabaret were used on key parts of the show where their characters appeared. As an experiment, two custom-built camera cranes were incorporated into the show's cinematography. Hirasawa originally planned for them to be remotely controlled by himself and 1go, but technical issues led him to hire cameramen for them.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Le 13° album solo + IL "WORLD CELL 2015"". PHONON BELT - Fanblog sur le Monde de Susumu Hirasawa (in French). 23 August 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "平沢進　“アロルの館”にて独創的な制作手法を語る" [Susumu Hirasawa Talks About his Unique Production Techniques at the “House of A ROR”]. Sound & Recording Magazine (in Japanese). No. 2 (Rittor Music). February 2016. ISSN 1344-6398.
  3. ↑ Hirasawa, Susumu (12 February 2016). "No. 2". Ustream. Back Space Pass (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 March 2016.

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