The Ghost in Science

The Ghost In Science (サイエンスの幽霊) is Susumu Hirasawa's second solo album.

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.

Personnel

 * Susumu Hirasawa - vocals, guitars, bass (on "Fish Song"), timpani, percussion, autoharp, synthesizers, drum machine, sampler, sequencer, Amiga 2500 ("Say" program - Dreaming Machine voice on "QUIT"), programming, arrangements, co-production, computer graphics


 * additional musicians
 * Tuan Chin Kuan - voice (sampled) in "World Turbine"
 * Kaoru Kinjo - female vocals on "World Turbine"
 * Jun Togawa (courtesy of Baidis Records) - backing vocals on "Rocket" & "Cowboy and Indian"
 * Kazuhide "Kitune" Akimoto (Varichef Homium) - backing vocals on "Rocket", bass on "Fish Song"
 * Yūichi Hirasawa, Katsuhiko Akiyama (Here is Eden), Yuji Oda, Shigeru Fujishima, Masahiro Furukawa - backing vocals on "Rocket"
 * Shingo Tomoda - drums on "Fish Song"
 * Midori Ayabe, Hiroki Yamamoto, Nagisa Kiriyama and Yoshiaki Funayama - violin on "Fish Song" and "Techno Girl"
 * Kaori Kurimaru and Rika Morozumi - viola on "Fish Song" and "Techno Girl"
 * Hirohisa Miyata and Makoto Ohsawa - cello on "Fish Song" and "Techno Girl"
 * Kazutoki Umezu - alto saxophone and noise 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) - recording & mixing engineer
 * Meiji Takamatsu (Mix) - second engineer


 * visuals
 * Kiyoshi Inagaki (Asset) - art director
 * Naoki Wada (CG), Yosuke Komatu - photography
 * 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
 * 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 | 1989-1995 Polydor years of Hirasawa compilation.