Philosopher's Propeller is an electronica album by Susumu Hirasawa

Susumu Hirasawa

is a Japanese electropop artist and composer.In 1972, he enrolled at . From 1972 to 1978, he performed in his first band Mandrake, a progressive rock group influenced by King Crimson and Yes. In 1979 he formed a New Wave synth-rock & techno-pop band called P-Model, along with two former members of...

. Some songs such as Nigredo and Rubedo come from Latin and scientific terms synonymous with the album title. Notably, some songs served as the basis for the Millennium Actress

Millennium Actress

is a 2001 Japanese anime by director Satoshi Kon and animated by the Studio Madhouse. It tells the story of a documentary filmmaker investigating the life of an elderly actress in which reality and cinema become blurred.-Plot:...

 soundtrack. Susumu Hirasawa had done different versions of the songs and examples of songs that have been remixed were Nigredo (Kagi no Kimi in the soundtrack), and Rubedo (Run in the Millennium Actress Soundtrack). Famously, Rotation (Known as Rotation (Lotus-2) in the soundtrack) made it onto the soundtrack by request of Satoshi Kon

Satoshi Kon

was a Japanese anime director and manga artist from Kushiro, Hokkaidō and a member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association . He was a graduate of the Graphic Design department of the Musashino Art University. He is sometimes credited as in the credits of Paranoia Agent...

 as the movie's closing theme. Despite the name, Susumu Hirasawa hadn't remixed it. During an interview near the end of the making of the movie, Satoshi Kon picked Rotation because he said it was the destination of Chiyoko and the audience.

This album has a similar sound to Technique Of Relief

Technique of Relief

Technique of Relief is an electronica album by Susumu Hirasawa. Like Aurora, some songs have been featured in "Interactive Live Show 2006 LIVE BYAKKOYA". Notably, the songs within the album can be considered as soothing...

; however, Hirasawa begins to mix falsetto

Falsetto

Falsetto is the vocal register occupying the frequency range just above the modal voice register and overlapping with it by approximately one octave. It is produced by the vibration of the ligamentous edges of the vocal folds, in whole or in part...

with his normal voice (although this trend began with P-MODEL OR DIE in 1999).

Track listing

1. "Philosopher's Propeller 1"
2. "Rubedo"
3. "Nigredo"
4. "Albedo"
5. "Quadratur Des Ziirkels"
6. "Garden Where Solutions are Found"
7. "An Expert Mountain"
8. "Opus
9. "Rotation"
10. "Philosopher's Propeller 2"