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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 group was active from 1983 to 1987, although it was never officially ended, and was revived by Hirasawa in 1994 to 1996.

History

In 1983, Susumu Hirasawa's band

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, who demanded the group redo the lyrics of the song "Atom-Siberia", claiming they encouraged discrimination. After this, P-Model broke their contract with Tokuma and created the "Another Act" project, where the group would release records with compositions made independently by each member in styles different from P-Model. Hirasawa's releases were made under the name ''Shun'', experimental in nature and featuring heavier use of Hirasawa's homemade sampler, the Heavenizer. After the fourth Shun album in 1987, the project was put into dormancy until 1994, when Hirasawa re-branded it as Syun, a label to release some of his less commercial works. The same year Syun released ''Landscapes'', an ambient album featuring sounds created by the

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. In 1996, Syun released the Thai-inspired ''Kun Mae on a Calculation''. No more albums were released under the Shun/Syun name after 1996, although Hirasawa continued to use the sounds that originated in Syun albums, most notably in his soundtracks for the adaptations of '' Berserk'' and the works of

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Discography

Members

– All releases *Akiro "Kamio" Arishima – ''shun'' and ''Landscapes'' *Akemi Tsujitani – ''shun'' *Iwao Asama – ''shun'' *Yuji Matsuda – ''SHUN 2nd'', ''SHUN IIIrd SHEETS'' 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'' *Motohiro Yamada – ''Landscapes'' *Sacol Trakranprasirt – ''Kun Mae on a Calculation'' *Supat Kuntatun – ''Kun Mae on a Calculation'' *Yūichi Hirasawa – ''SHUN・4 VISION'' (except ''SHUN・II'') *Hiroshi Moriguchi – ''SHUN・4 VISION'' (''SHUN・II'' only) *Kiyoshi Inagaki – ''SHUN・4 VISION'' ("GRAPHIX")

External links

SHUN/SYUN Discography
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Japanese Hirasawa fansite
(lists Shun/Syun releases and advertisements)

(list relationships between songs of the Shun/Syun albums and other Hirasawa songs)

(talks a bit about Shun/Syun) {{Authority control Japanese experimental musical groups Japanese electronic musicians Japanese new wave musical groups DIW Records artists Musical groups established in 1984 Musical groups disestablished in 1996