Dreaming Machine

Music and lyrics by Susumu Hirasawa.

Versions
This version features heavy percussion in the chorus and vocal effects not present in most subsequent recordings.
 * The Ghost in Science, 1990
 * Susumu Hirasawa - vocals, all instruments

Replaces the end of the second verse with a single verse of "Fu-Ru-He-He-He". Omitted from the CD release. The footage is notable for a scene where Hirasawa shoots an arrow from a large bow at the beginning of the final chorus.
 * error, 1990
 * Susumu Hirasawa - vocals, guitar
 * Hikaru Kotobuki, Kazuhide Akimoto - keyboards
 * Katsuhiko Akiyama - bass
 * Shingo Tomoda - drums, electronic percussion

Hirasawa forgets a large portion of the lyrics, has a slight pants malfunction, fails to segue into "Fu-Ru-He-He-He", and eventually drops his guitar pick on stage. The acoustic guitar is also replaced with an electric guitar for the first time. This version is slightly infamous as a rare live mishap to receive an official release.
 * Hirasawa error Engine - Hirasawa Three Acts in Three Hours: Lower, 1994
 * Susumu Hirasawa - vocals, electric guitar
 * TAKA - keyboards
 * Toshihiko "BOB" Takahashi - fretless bass
 * Wataru Kamiryo - drums

Contains a new arrangement that prominently features a Zeusaphone (singing Tesla coil) and more orchestral synths. The guitar solo is alternated between Hirasawa on the ICE-9 and the Zeusaphone.
 * Phonon 2551 Vision, 2008
 * Susumu Hirasawa - vocals, all instruments

Similar to the previous version, but with a freestyle electric guitar solo.
 * Live Planet Roll Call, 2009
 * Susumu Hirasawa - vocals, all instruments

A full orchestral arrangement based on the PHONON 2551 version, but with all original synths replaced and the acoustic guitar restored. The Zeusaphone intro is altered as well, and a baka chorus is used in the chorus.
 * Hen-Gen-Ji-Zai, 2010
 * Susumu Hirasawa - vocals, all instruments

Live performance of the Hen-Gen-Jizai arrangement. The Zeusaphone is controlled by Neng and Rang through the Graviton.
 * Tokyo I-jigen Kudou, 2011
 * Susumu Hirasawa - vocals, guitar
 * Rang, Neng - Zeusaphone

Second live performance of the Hen-Gen-Jizai arrangement. PEVO 1go controls the Zeusaphone through a Misa Kitara.
 * Phonon 2555 Vision, 2013

Trivia

 * Satoshi Kon's unfinished animated film Dreaming Machine borrows its name from this song. Hirasawa rerecorded it for the film, seemingly the Hen-Gen-Ji-Zai version, given the timing.
 * The song references "Amor Buffer" (which directly precedes it on The Ghost in Science).