is the first album by Kaku P-Model, a solo continuation of

P-Model P-Model (also typeset as P-MODEL and P. Model) was a Japanese electronic rock band started in 1979 by members of the defunct progressive rock band Mandrake. The band has experienced many lineup revisions over the years but frontman Susumu Hir ...

led 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 ...

Overview

''Vistoron'' has a

dystopia A dystopia (lit. "bad place") is an imagined world or society in which people lead wretched, dehumanized, fearful lives. It is an imagined place (possibly state) in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmen ...

n theme, something that was especially prominent in Hirasawa's work for a number of years starting with 2003's '' Blue Limbo''. The album's

science fiction Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...

concept story is about

mass media Mass media include the diverse arrays of media that reach a large audience via mass communication. Broadcast media transmit information electronically via media such as films, radio, recorded music, or television. Digital media comprises b ...

sending out "Anti-Vistoron" to show people false images of the world, and Hirasawa's investigation of the mysterious "Ashu-on" lifeform.

Track listing

*"Adore me, I am TV" contains a sample of the 2002 State of the Union Address, delivered by then-

President of the United States The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the Federal government of the United States#Executive branch, executive branch of the Federal government of t ...

of America

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. *"Cruise Psyclaon" contains a sample of "Cultivation" by Susumu Hirasawa, from the album '' Paranoia Agent Original Soundtrack''. *"Vistoron" contains a sample of

min'yō , ''Nihon min'yō'', Japanese ''min'yō'' or Japanese folk music is a genre of traditional Music of Japan, Japanese music. Characteristics Styles Many ''min'yō'' are connected to forms of work or to specific trades and were originally su ...

-style singing, performed by Hiroshi Harada, on "Skeleton Coast Park" by Susumu Hirasawa, from the album '' Water in Time and Space''.

References

External links

''Vistoron''
{{Authority control Susumu Hirasawa albums 2004 debut albums