OOPARTS (Shun album) explained

OOPARTS
Type:	Compilation album
Artist:	Shun
Cover:	SYUN - OOPARTS.gif
Recorded:	1984–1987 AC UNIT STUDIO (SHUN IIIrd SHEETS) United States Of KAMEARI (SHUN・4)
Genre:	Experimental, electronic, ambient, psychedelic, industrial, trance, musique concrète
Label:	DIW, Shun
Producer:	Shun, Susumu Hirasawa
Prev Title:	SHUN・4 VISION
Prev Year:	1988
Next Title:	Landscapes
Next Year:	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]

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)

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: SYUN-001 『OOPARTS』旬：ライナーノーツ。. Japanese.