OOPARTS (Shun album)

OOPARTS
Compilation album by Shun
Released	May 25, 1994 (1994-05-25)
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
SHUN・4 VISION (1988) OOPARTS (1994) Landscapes (1994)

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.	"1778-1985"	Hirasawa, Yuji Matsuda, Teruo Nakano	SHUN 2nd, 1985	5:41
4.	"TABLE BEAT [response version]"	Hirasawa, Matsuda	SHUN IIIrd SHEETS, 1985	4:47
5.	"TABLE BEAT [paradime 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
• 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
• Boris Karloff and O.P. Heggie – sampled acting in "Conditioning Cycle"
• Domenico Ghirlandaio – cover art (Saint Jerome in His Study)

References

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

External links

• OOPARTS at MusicBrainz
• OOPARTS at NO ROOM – The official site of Susumu Hirasawa (P-MODEL)