Philosopher's Propeller

Released

October 5, 2000

Studio

Studio WIRESELF

Length

44:52

Chaos Union, TESLAKITE

Susumu Hirasawa

Technique of Relief
(1998)

Philosopher's Propeller
(2000)

Blue Limbo
(2003)

Philosopher's Propeller (賢者のプロペラ, Kenja no Puropera) is the eighth solo album by Susumu Hirasawa, the first to be completely self-released.

The album was inspired by Myanmarese alchemy,^[1] and several song names come from Latin terms pertaining to the alchemical magnum opus.

Track listing

All tracks written by Susumu Hirasawa.

CD version
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Philosopher's Propeller-1" (賢者のプロペラ Kenja no Puropera)	4:28
2.	"Rubedo (Reddening)" (ルベド(赤化) Rubedo (Sekka))	4:38
3.	"Nigredo (Blackening)" (ニグレド(黒化) Niguredo (Kokka))	4:51
4.	"Albedo (Whitening)" (アルベド(白化) Arubedo (Hokka)) (instrumental)	3:18
5.	"Quadratur des Zirkels" (円積法 En Sekihō)	4:03
6.	"The Garden Where the Solutions are Found" (課題が見出される庭園 Kadai ga Miidasa Reru Teien) (instrumental)	5:42
7.	"An Expert Mountain" (達人の山 Tatsujin no Yama)	4:32
8.	"Opus (The Fool's Rose Garden)" (作業(愚者の薔薇園) Sagyō (Gusha no Baraen))	4:15
9.	"Rotation (LOTUS-2)" (ロタティオン(LOTUS-2))	3:58
10.	"Philosopher's Propeller-2" (賢者のプロペラ-2 Kenja no Puropera-2)	5:05

MP3 version - part 1
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Philosopher's Propeller-1" (賢者のプロペラ Kenja no Puropera)
2.	"Rubedo (Reddening)" (ルベド(赤化) Rubedo (Sekka))
3.	"The Garden Where the Solutions are Found" (課題が見出される庭園 Kadai ga Miidasa Reru Teien) (instrumental)
4.	"An Expert Mountain" (達人の山 Tatsujin no Yama)
5.	"Rotation (LOTUS-2)" (ロタティオン(LOTUS-2))

MP3 version - part 2
No.	Title	Length
6.	"Nigredo (Blackening)" (ニグレド(黒化) Niguredo (Kokka))
7.	"Albedo (Whitening)" (アルベド(白化) Arubedo (Hokka)) (instrumental)
8.	"Quadratur des Zirkels" (円積法 En Sekihō)
9.	"Opus (The Fool's Rose Garden)" (作業(愚者の薔薇園) Sagyō (Gusha no Baraen))
10.	"Philosopher's Propeller-2" (賢者のプロペラ-2 Kenja no Puropera-2)

Date	Label(s)	Format	Catalog	Notes
October 5, 2000 (2000-10-05)	Chaos Union, TESLAKITE	CD	CHTE-0001
November 1, 2000 (2000-11-01)		MP3	WC-00001	Tracks differ from their CD version counterparts to varying extents. All songs have since been re-ordered to follow the CD sequence and are available for download individually (cat. nos. WC-00010 – 19).
December 22, 2000 (2000-12-22) January 26, 2001 (2001-01-26)		MP3	WC-00001

"Rotation (LOTUS-2)" (CD version) is included on the Millennium Actress soundtrack and Music For Movies～World of Susumu Hirasawa Soundtracks compilation.

Susumu Hirasawa

Studio albums	Water in Time and Space (1989) The Ghost in Science (1990) Virtual Rabbit (1991) Aurora (1994) Sim City (1995) Siren (1996) Technique of Relief (1998) Philosopher's Propeller (2000) Blue Limbo (2003) Byakkoya (2006) Planet Roll Call (2009) The Secret of The Flowers of Phenomenon (2012) The Man Climbing the Hologram (2015)

as Kaku P-Model	Vistoron (2004) Gipnoza (2013)

Other albums	Solar Ray (2001) Ash Crow (2016)

Related	P-Model

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