aoz wrote: ↑ I'll be highly disappointed if he goes the ICE-9 route on this. These samples are fantastic and ICE-9 was boring. In general I'm happiest whenever he leans toward the KAKU P-MODEL side of things rather than the symphonic stuff.
flowersofnight wrote: ↑ I enjoy his symphonic stuff quite a bit but I'm inclined to agree. Anyhow, I do think he'll be incorporating some glitchy Kaku-esque elements on both. It's the style he's landed on since 2015 and it looks like it's here to stay for a while at least
Here's an oddity: they recently released Hirasawa's first 3 solo albums (plus some P-MODEL stuff) on vinyl https://diskunion.net/jp/ct/detail/1008191129 It might be cool to have larger versions of the album art, but that's really the only appeal I see here.
I picked up the 2014 remaster of "jikuu no mizu" on SHM-CD here. It does seem like it's a genuine remaster of some sort - there's a recording engineer credited for it and the waveform does look different. I can't tell how much different it really is though, apart from being mixed louder - which may not be a good thing.
I probably have the same remaster. Such an amazing album. However, I think I prefer the live versions of those songs from the Error CD, even though that live recording has the most echo I've ever heard on any live release. I've probably listened to the live version of "QUIT" from that release a thousand times. I don't even know what album that song was originally released on or if it's even his solo career work.
Hampo wrote: ↑ It's from his second solo album, "science no yuurei". The live version from the "san jikan san tobari" videos is remarkable, if you're a fan.
New DVD for "The 9th Mandala" announced: https://susumuhirasawa.com/information/archives/1374 I don't even know when the last time he played "Paranesian Circle" was