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Does anyone listen to Susumu Hirasawa? I adore his music, but can never find anyone else who likes him or listens to anything outside of his soundtrack work. :( I've tried the subreddit, but you know how that place is.

Gotz wrote: Fri Aug 21, 2026 10:12 pm

Does anyone listen to Susumu Hirasawa? I adore his music, but can never find anyone else who likes him or listens to anything outside of his soundtrack work. :( I've tried the subreddit, but you know how that place is.

Not only do I love Hirasawa, but the song you posted is my favorite song of his! (And one of my all-time favorite songs ever.) I can't listen to it without feeling like I'm having a transcendent experience being at one with all of creation.

I will give a shout out to the album he released under the 核P-MODEL (Kaku P-Model) name, named 回=回 (Kai=Kai). It sounds even more like his solo stuff than other P-Model albums. My favorite track is the closer:



I actually first discovered Hirasawa because I liked a lot of wacky old Japanese new wave music, including P-Model. But I like his solo work the most. The first "taste" of it I got was probably this opener from the P-Model album Perspective. You can really hear his later sound on it, but with more of the clashing sort of punk sound of his earlier music still in the background:



(Isn't that one of the most 80s/new wave album covers you've ever seen?)

Finally!!! \(^o^)/ I completely agree. With extreme versatility in sound and incredible vocals, his music is like no other. Granting incredible life changing experiences for those willing. My favorite track is Island Door (Paranesian Circle)


I love Berserk. So the 1997 soundtrack was my introduction to Hirasawa. But my first track of his I heard outside of it was Niwashi King! And then Ride the Blue Limbo! Then around the same time I happened to be playing the game RUINER as well. And I noticed his voice in the hub area. It's always cool to see how people find him. (^-^)
I'm extremely familiar with Hirasawa's entire discography. Including Shun, Mandrake, P-MODEL, Kaku P-MODEL, and all of his soundtrack work. I own almost all of it on CD. But the Haldyn Dome box eludes me. And the P-MODEL box set literal is unobtanium.

Kai = Kai is a excellent album! But I really think all of them are tbh. (ᵕ—ᴗ—) MY favorite Kaku album though has to be Vistoron! Then my favorite P-MODEL album has gotta be Electronic Tragedy: Enola. And Paprika's soundtrack! ٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و
What's your favorite album from each group? And have you listened to Kaku's final album unZIP yet?

Forgive me for being a little all over the place. I never get to talk Hirasawa with anyone...