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}} |Genre = |Length = |Label = Polydor K.K. |Producer = |Last album = ''The Ghost in Science'' (1990) |This album = ''Virtual Rabbit'' (1991) |Next album = ''AURORA'' (1994) }} ''Virtual Rabbit'' is Susumu Hirasawa's third album. It is the final part of a trilogy, with ''Water in Time and Space'' being the first, and ''The Ghost in Science'' being the second, that explores reality, religion, science and dreams. ==Overview== The album's liner notes include a 2-page long "Virtual Rabbit Story", which was written by Hirasawa, the liner notes also include a note saying that the listener is free to rearrange the order of the songs if s/he so wishes, something that Hirasawa would later repeat with ''Sim City'' 4 years later. He has also said that this album is reminiscent of ''The Martian Chronicles''. ''Virtual Rabbit'' goes in the same style as its previous albums (mix and experimentation of various different music styles), although it has a more epic feel than the others, with multipart compositions more in line with his later solo work and a larger focus on orchestral styled instrumentation. With this album, Hirasawa continues to digitize his production methods: Hikaru Kotobuki (former P-Model member and keyboardist of Hirasawa's live band) introduced him to the Amiga software sequencer Bars & Pipes, whose ability to handle hundreds of MIDI tracks freed Hirasawa from the constraints of the Korg M1's built-in sequencer and the studios' multitrack recorders (the use of Bars & Pipes is credited on this and later albums as "Computer programming"). The use of guest musicians in the album is almost completely reduced to choral backing. There is no live percussion on the album, all drumming is Hirasawa with a Yamaha RX-5. This was the first Hirasawa album to be engineered by Masanori Chinzei, who has since worked as engineer on everything Hirasawa has worked on. A significant number of songs from this album were used in the original video animation series ''Detonator Orgun'', whose music was composed by Hirasawa. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Virtual Rabbit」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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