OOPARTS (SYUN album)

OOPARTS is Shun's only compilation album and the first release of the SYUN label (although it was released at the same time as the P-MODEL live album Pause and the group's demo). OOPARTS collects every song released by SYUN, a "group" created by Susumu Hirasawa at the time, which were 9 songs spread over 4 releases over 4 years and 3 labels. The songs are experimental variations of the P-MODEL sound in their nature (referred to in the obi strip as "ascetic techno") and feature heavy use of sampling, with importance placed in the "atmosphere" (which led to people who, by chance, were present during the recordings, being credited as members). It received the title OOPARTS due to the songs being heavy in their use of samples, which was an uncommon way of music making when they were created. Hirasawa mentions in the album's liner notes that the songs haven't aged well, losing their original uniqueness and shock value, now being only shoddily, poorly edited songs. The album was remastered by Masanori Chinzei and re-released on the HALDYN DOME box set on 29 February 2012.