Sim City 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...

. Inspiration for this album came from visits to Thailand and transsexuals. Several Thai

Thai people

The Thai people, or Siamese, are the main ethnic group of Thailand and are part of the larger Tai ethnolinguistic peoples found in Thailand and adjacent countries in Southeast Asia as well as southern China. Their language is the Thai language, which is classified as part of the Kradai family of...

vocalists have appeared in this album, providing some samples for his songs. Susumu Hirasawa later took some songs from this album, remixed it, and released it again in Switched-on Lotus, a memorial soundtrack.

Track listing

1. "RECALL"
2. "ARCHETYPE ENGINE"
3. "LOTUS"
4. "KINGDOM"
5. "ECHOES"
6. "SIM CITY"
7. "MOONLIGHT"
8. "PACIFIC RIM IMITATION NETWORK"
9. "COLONY"
10. "CARAVAN"
11. "PROLOGUE"