28 Facts About Susumu Hirasawa

Susumu Hirasawa is a Japanese musician and composer.

Susumu Hirasawa is well known for his work for the films of director Satoshi Kon and the animated adaptations of the Berserk manga series, alongside his work as a solo artist.

Susumu Hirasawa lived with his older brother, artist Yuichi, who goes by the moniker "YOU1".

Susumu Hirasawa formed a stage effects team for Mandrake and appeared on the band's final show, running on a treadmill.

Since childhood, Susumu Hirasawa had an interest in machinery, and thought of himself as an engineer.

Susumu Hirasawa was an RC plane enthusiast, wanting to be a pilot, and repaired broken devices like radios and flashlights given to him by his parents.

Susumu Hirasawa studied in the electronics department of Honjo Technical High School, where he was the first to finish the graduation project, the construction of a TV, despite the fact he did not fully understand the circuits.

In 1978, Susumu Hirasawa applied for a part-time lecturer position at Yamaha Music Foundation, and got the job, as he was the only person who applied.

Susumu Hirasawa taught courses at the Yamaha Synthesizer School until 1983, and met various musicians that he would later collaborate with through these lectures.

In 1989, Susumu Hirasawa launched his solo career with the release of the album Water in Time and Space.

Susumu Hirasawa's music incorporated elements from other genres, alongside themes from philosophy and psychology.

Susumu Hirasawa continued to change his musical style while concurrently working with two different iterations of P-Model until the group was disbanded in 2000.

Susumu Hirasawa's music takes from such concepts as analytical psychology, advances in digital technology, the philosophies of yin and yang, and principles of nature versus machines.

Susumu Hirasawa has worked since the start of his solo career to decrease the amount of performers around himself.

Susumu Hirasawa has favored guitars designed specifically by Japanese instrument manufacturers.

Susumu Hirasawa used multiple Tokai Talbos over an eleven-year period, with the guitar becoming an integral part of his image.

Susumu Hirasawa has continued to work with the TALBO Secret FACTORY, requesting the conversion of one of his early Tokai models into a new design of his, the ASTRO, in 2011 and asking for the renewal of the PHOTON with new specifications after two decades of usage.

In 2012, Secret FACTORY co-founder HISASHI gifted him a Talbo of his own design, the EVO 0101Z, which Susumu Hirasawa adopted as his new main guitar, owning standard copies as well as two equipped with single coil guitar pickups for selective usage.

When choosing string tones Susumu Hirasawa aims to find ones with unstable pitches and a "dark sound", which he finds harmonious, such as the Mellotron, Kurzweil synths and EASTWEST's line of Symphonic sounds.

Susumu Hirasawa finally moved completely to it by the recording of 2000's Philosopher's Propeller.

Years later, Susumu Hirasawa added 2 more panels to the studio and retired the batteries.

In 1988, Susumu Hirasawa sold a Cassette Book at a flea market in Yoyogi for charity.

Susumu Hirasawa took care of her and helped carry out four of her pregnancies from 2001 to 2002.

Since he could not take care of all the kittens, Susumu Hirasawa created a temporary site to recruit possible adopters and keep up with the welfare of the various cats.

Susumu Hirasawa sent e-mails to various associates and members of P-Model requesting involvement, the only one to join was guitarist PEVO 1go.

Susumu Hirasawa made exclusive content for it and, as he gives his brother most things he has no need for at a given moment, many studio and stage objects were displayed in the cafe.

Susumu Hirasawa started smoking in 1979 and quit in 2001; he has since become an avid user of electronic cigarettes.

Susumu Hirasawa's house has a garden, where he grows some of his food.