OOPARTS (Shun album)

OOPARTS
OOPARTS
Compilation album by Shun
Released	May 25, 1994
Recorded	1984-1987; AC UNIT STUDIO (SHUN IIIrd SHEETS); United States Of KAMEARI (SHUN・4)
Genre	Experimental, electronic, ambient, psychedelic, industrial, trance, musique concrète
Length	43:21
Label	DIW, Shun
Producer	Shun, Susumu Hirasawa
Shun chronology

OOPARTS is a compilation album by the Japanese experimental music group Shun, released on DIW Records in 1994. The title of the album references out-of-place artifacts.

Overview[]

OOPARTS includes every song released by Shun over its four-year period of activity. It features heavy use of sampling.

Shun's composer Susumu Hirasawa remarked in the album's liner notes that the music did not age well, citing a loss of its original uniqueness and shock value.^[1]

Track listing[]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Originally from	Length
1.	"Ⓘ-Location"	Susumu Hirasawa, Akiro "Kamio" Arishima, Akemi Tsujitani, Iwao Asama	shun, 1984	4:51
2.	"Conditioning Cycle"	Hirasawa, "Kamio", Tsujitani, Asama	shun, 1984	5:05
3.	""	Hirasawa, Yuji Matsuda,	SHUN 2nd, 1985	5:41
4.	"TABLE BEAT [response version]"	Hirasawa, Matsuda	SHUN IIIrd SHEETS, 1985	4:47
5.	"TABLE BEAT [paradigm version]"	Hirasawa, Matsuda	SHUN IIIrd SHEETS, 1985	4:39
6.	"LOCATION"	Hirasawa, Hiromi Seki, Shuichi Sugawara, Shigeo Motojima, Matsuda, The oldman, who was on the way to IWATE.	SHUN・4, 1987	4:08
7.	"SIPHON"	Hirasawa, Seki, Sugawara, Motojima, Matsuda, oldman	SHUN・4, 1987	6:00
8.	"SHUN II"	Hirasawa, Seki, Sugawara, Motojima, Matsuda, oldman	SHUN・4, 1987	4:35
9.	"PAE"	Hirasawa, Seki, Sugawara, Motojima, Matsuda, oldman	SHUN・4, 1987	3:34

Personnel[]

Susumu Hirasawa - shun (Vocals, HEAVENIZER), SHUN 2nd, SHUN IIIrd SHEETS (Drums, Acoustic guitar, Electric Guitar Bass, Keyboard, Voice, Effects, Noise) and SHUN・4
Akiro "Kamio" Arishima - shun (Tapes, Percussion)
Akemi Tsujitani - shun (Vocals, Synthesizer)
Iwao Asama - shun (Atmosphere)
Yuji Matsuda - SHUN 2nd, SHUN IIIrd SHEETS (Rhythm Adjustment, Electric Bass Guitar, Keyboard, Main Vocals, Effects) and SHUN・4
- 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
Boris Karloff and O.P. Heggie - sampled acting in "Conditioning Cycle"
Domenico Ghirlandaio - cover art (Saint Jerome in His Study)

References[]

^ "SYUN-001 『OOPARTS』旬：ライナーノーツ。" (in Japanese).

External links[]

[1] "SYUN-001 『OOPARTS』旬：ライナーノーツ。" (in Japanese).

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