28 Facts About Susumu Hirasawa

Susumu Hirasawa is a Japanese musician and composer.

Originally met with success, they turned to decidedly uncommercial post-punk and experimental rock after Susumu Hirasawa went through an adverse reaction to his fame.

Susumu Hirasawa continued to evolve his sound 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.

One of Susumu Hirasawa's defining factors that set him apart from other Japanese electronic artists is ever-changing production techniques and gear of choice.

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, it contained 3 New Age songs made specifically for the release and came with a 36-page long booklet chronicling the self-analysis of his dreams and reality.

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 has an older brother, artist Yuichi, who goes by the moniker "YOU1".

Susumu Hirasawa formed a stage effects team to give Mandrake shows visual flair and appeared on the band's last show, running on a treadmill.

Since childhood, Susumu Hirasawa showed a love for machines, and thought of himself as an engineer.

Susumu Hirasawa was a RC plane enthusiast and repaired broken devices 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, out of sheer luck, since he did not fully understand the circuits.

Susumu Hirasawa had motocross as a hobby for a time.

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

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

Susumu Hirasawa started smoking in 1979 and quit in 2001; he has since become an avid vaper.

Susumu Hirasawa has spoken out in favor of the Big Pharma conspiracy theory.

Susumu Hirasawa has been known to promote the usage of alternative medicine, including the widely discredited Miracle Mineral Solution, and has posted on Twitter extensively about his experiences with acupuncture and moxibustion.