Kanon

Michiro Endo wrote this, originally a folk song called "From Within the Bottle" (ビンの中から), before The Stalin was formed. He changed the title after hearing "Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo" (Kanon und Gigue für 3 Violinen mit Generalbaß) by Johann Pachelbel and realizing both songs have the exact same chord progression.

He wanted the song to be done casually, and thought it could be done quickly if the orchestra part was played according to the score. He asked Susumu Hirasawa if he could reproduced such a classical piece on synthesizer, to which he said yes, since he had the know-how and theoretically could. Endo gave sheet music to him, under the misconception could read music and play it instantly by sight. Hirasawa spent about 2 days practicing his fingering, breaking the song down into several bars, then recorded it little by little on his home studio, a process which took around 50 hours.

Connections

 * This is Hirasawa's first time as sideman for a punk-adjacent interpretation of Pachelbel's Canon, followed by Jun Togawa's/Yapoos' "(Punk) Pupa Woman".