OOPARTS (Shun album)

OOPARTS is a compilation album by the Japanese experimental music group Shun, released on DIW Records in 1994. The title of the album references out-of-place artifacts.

Overview
OOPARTS includes every song released by Shun over its four-year period of activity. It features heavy use of sampling.

Shun's composer Susumu Hirasawa remarked in the album's liner notes that the music did not age well, citing a loss of its original uniqueness and shock value.

Personnel

 * Susumu Hirasawa – shun (Vocals, HEAVENIZER), SHUN 2nd, SHUN IIIrd SHEETS (Drums, Acoustic guitar, Electric Guitar Bass, Keyboard, Voice, Effects, Noise) and SHUN・4
 * Akiro "Kamio" Arishima – shun (Tapes, Percussion)
 * Akemi Tsujitani – shun (Vocals, Synthesizer)
 * Iwao Asama – shun (Atmosphere)
 * Yuji Matsuda – SHUN 2nd, SHUN IIIrd SHEETS (Rhythm Adjustment, Electric Bass Guitar, Keyboard, Main Vocals, Effects) and SHUN・4
 * Teruo Nakano – SHUN 2nd
 * Hiromi Seki – SHUN・4
 * Shuichi Sugawara – SHUN・4
 * Shigeo Motojima – SHUN・4
 * The oldman, who was on the way to IWATE. – SHUN・4
 * Boris Karloff and O.P. Heggie – sampled acting in "Conditioning Cycle"
 * Domenico Ghirlandaio – cover art (Saint Jerome in His Study)