The Ghost in Science

1990 studio album by Susumu Hirasawa

Studio album by

Susumu Hirasawa

Released

May 25, 1990 (1990-05-25)

Recorded

January – March 1990

Studio

Key-Stone Studio, Ōhashi, Meguro, Tokyo
Kitty Izu Studio, Yawatano, Itō, Shizuoka

Genre

Sound collage
electronic rock
new-age
progressive rock
techno-pop
world

Length

44:22

Label

Polydor K.K.

Producer

Akiro "Kamio" Arishima
Susumu Hirasawa (co.)
Yūichi Kenjo (co.)

Susumu Hirasawa chronology

Water in Time and Space
(1989)

The Ghost in Science
(1990)

Virtual Rabbit
(1991)

Singles from The Ghost in Science

"World Turbine"
Released: May 25, 1990 PODH-1008

The Ghost In Science (サイエンスの幽霊, Saiensu no Yūrei) 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.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"World Turbine" (世界タービン Sekai Tābin)	4:03
2.	"Rocket" (ロケット Roketto)	3:31
3.	"Fish Song" (フィッシュ・ソング Fisshu Songu)	6:06
4.	"Cowboy and Indian" (カウボーイとインディアン Kaubōi to Indian)	2:50
5.	"QUIT"	6:50
6.	"Amor Buffer" (アモール・バッファー Amōru Baffā) (instrumental)	1:29
7.	"Dreaming Machine" (夢みる機械 Yume Miru Kikai)	3:24
8.	"Techno Girl" (テクノの娘 Tekuno no Musume)	3:47
9.	"FGG"	2:22

"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 [ja] - female vocals on "World Turbine"
Jun Togawa (courtesy of Baidis Records) - backing vocals on "Rocket" & "Cowboy and Indian"
Kazuhide "Kitune" Akimoto [ja] (Varichef Homium) - backing vocals on "Rocket", bass on "Fish Song"
Yūichi Hirasawa, Katsuhiko Akiyama [ja] (Here is Eden), Yuji Oda, Shigeru Fujishima, Masahiro Furukawa - backing vocals on "Rocket"
Shingo Tomoda [ja] - 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

Date	Label(s)	Format	Catalog	Notes
May 25, 1990 (1990-05-25)	Polydor K.K.	CD	POCH-1009
July 1, 2005 (2005-07-01)	Universal Music Japan, Universal Sigma	Digital Download	none
February 29, 2012 (2012-02-29)	Chaos Union, Teslakite	CD	CHTE-0055	Remastered by Masanori Chinzei. Disc 2 of the HALDYN DOME box set.
September 24, 2014 (2014-09-24)	Universal Music Japan	SHM-CD	UPCY-6910	Part of Universal's "Project Archetype" (supervised by Osamu Takeuchi & Kasiko Takahasi). Remastered by Kenji Yoshino (supervised by Chinzei) with both original liner notes and new ones.^[1]

"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.