is the eighth solo album by

Susumu Hirasawa is a Japanese musician and composer. He is well known for his work for the films of director Satoshi Kon and the animated adaptations of the Berserk (manga), ''Berserk'' manga series, alongside his work as a solo artist and as a member of P-Mode ...

, the first to be completely self-released. The album was inspired by

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alchemy Alchemy (from the Arabic word , ) is an ancient branch of natural philosophy, a philosophical and protoscientific tradition that was historically practised in China, India, the Muslim world, and Europe. In its Western form, alchemy is first ...

, and several song names come from

Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...

terms pertaining to the alchemical

magnum opus A masterpiece, , or ; ; ) is a creation that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career or a work of outstanding creativity, skill, profundity, or workmanship. Historically, ...

Track listing

Personnel

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

, all instruments,

production Production may refer to: Economics and business * Production (economics) * Production, the act of manufacturing goods * Production, in the outline of industrial organization, the act of making products (goods and services) * Production as a stat ...

;technical *Masanori Chinzei -

recording A record, recording or records may refer to: An item or collection of data Computing * Record (computer science), a data structure ** Record, or row (database), a set of fields in a database related to one entity ** Boot sector or boot record, re ...

, mixing, project management *Keiko Ueda (Pharos) - mastering ;visuals *Toshifumi Nakai (Seal/S Floor) - design *Hideki Namai -

photography Photography is the visual arts, art, application, and practice of creating images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is empl ...

*Kazunori Yoshida - hair & make-up ;operations *Teslakite - promotion **Mika Hirano, Rihito Yumoto *Kenji "Sato-ken" Sato (Chaos Union) - executive production ;Special Thanks *Hirokazu Tsuchiya (

Nikkei Nikkei can refer to: *, abbreviated , Nikkei, a large media corporation in Japan *, abbreviated , Nikkei, a major business newspaper published in Japan *, a Japanese stock market index, published by ''Nihon Keizai Shimbun'' *Nikkei cuisine, a Japan ...

netn@avi) *Kasiko Takahasi (Fascination) *Masaru Owaku (A-Shield) *@Nifty

Amiga Amiga is a family of personal computers produced by Commodore International, Commodore from 1985 until the company's bankruptcy in 1994, with production by others afterward. The original model is one of a number of mid-1980s computers with 16-b ...

Forum *Atsushi Kakuta *U Khin Maung Aye *Khin May Phue *MJRC **Hirosi Watanabe, Shio Nishikawa, Thaung Htun

Release history

*"Rotation (LOTUS-2)" (CD version) is included on the ''

Millennium Actress is a 2001 Japanese animated drama film co-written and directed by Satoshi Kon and produced by Madhouse. Loosely based on the lives of actresses Setsuko Hara and Hideko Takamine, it tells the story of two documentary filmmakers investigating ...

'' soundtrack and '' Music For Movies～World of Susumu Hirasawa Soundtracks'' compilation.

References

External links

''Philosopher's Propeller''

"Philosopher's Propeller" music video
{{Authority control 2000 albums Susumu Hirasawa albums