Big Body (P-Model album)
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| Studio album by P-Model | ||||
| Released | March 25, 1993 | |||
| Genre |
Progressive rock Electronic rock Techno Technopop Experimental | |||
| Length | 35:19 | |||
| Label | Polydor K.K. | |||
| Producer |
Susumu Hirasawa Yuichi Kenjo | |||
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Big Body is the ninth studio album by P-MODEL.
Overview
This album goes in the same style as P-MODEL, which has a dual relationship with this album (similar to the one between In A Model Room and Landsale), although it has a style that's similar to bandleader Susumu Hirasawa's solo work, with songs that are more composed and layered than previous P-MODEL releases. It's also a concept album based on SF stories of Theodore Sturgeon (More Than Human) and Kurt Vonnegut (The Sirens of Titan); telling a story where the human race was transformed into a species named "Homo Gestalt" by computer networks, having a "Journey Through Your Body" theme.
The disk jacket has the inscription "Nsetn.... Oirao Ivook", which, when read from the lower right to upper left vertically, means "kono ato revisION..."; seven months after the album's release, in October 11 on the "ERROR OF INFORMATION Wait" (ERROR OF INFORMATION 待機 ERROR OF INFORMATION Taiki) at the Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall (which was released on the Pause album), P-MODEL went under "revision", going into a period of inactivity, with the members going their separate ways, with small releases through 1994-1995 until the band's return in 1 December 1994 with a different lineup.
Track listing
All tracks arranged by Susumu Hirasawa, except tracks 6 & 8 by Katsuhiko Akiyama and track 7 by Hikaru Kotobuki.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |
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| 1. | "CLUSTER" | Susumu Hirasawa | 3:44 | |
| 2. | "CHEVRON" | Hirasawa | 3:14 | |
| 3. | "BIIIG EYE" | Hirasawa | 3:32 | |
| 4. | "BIG FOOT" | Hirasawa | 3:36 | |
| 5. | "WELCOME TO THE HOUSE OF "TIME'S LEAKING THROUGH EQUAL DISTANCE CURVE" (時間等曲率漏斗館へようこそ Jikantō Kyokuritsu Rōtokan e Yōkoso)" | Hirasawa | 3:19 | |
| 6. | "JOURNEY THROUGH YOUR BODY" | Katsuhiko Akiyama | 3:38 | |
| 7. | "NEOTENY BOX (幼形成熟BOX Yō Keisei Juku BOX)" | Hirasawa Hikaru Kotobuki |
2:39 | |
| 8. | "BURNING BRAIN" | Akiyama | 4:06 | |
| 9. | "BINARY GHOST" | Hirasawa | 2:40 | |
| 10. | "HOMO GESTALT" | Hirasawa | 4:44 |
Track information
- CLUSTER
- A live version that was included on the PAUSE album.
- CHEVRON
- A live version performed by P-MODEL was included on the PAUSE album.
- A live version performed by Hirasawa as KAKU P-MODEL was included in the LIVE VISTORON video.
- Hirasawa remade the song in a symphonic, orchestral, string-oriented style as part of "The Aggregated Past KANGENSHUGI 8760 HOURS" project, this version was released on the Totsu-Gen-Hen-I album, where Hirasawa slightly altered the structure of the second half of the song and incorporated drill sounds; this version of the song had 4 sketches released by Hirasawa on the Kangen Shugi website as he worked on it;[1][2][3][4]
- A live performance of this version by Hirasawa was included in the Tokyo I-jigen Kudou video.
- Hirasawa released the instrumental mix of this version, titled DreamBoat on his website as part of Free Music for Free-Lance Journalists and Independent Media, this release also included an edit of the instrumental that only has the theme titled Theme_DreamBoat.
- BIIIG EYE
- A live version performed by the Revised P-MODEL was included in the ENDING ERROR video.
- BIG FOOT
A live version was included on the PAUSE album.
- WELCOME TO THE HOUSE OF "TIME'S LEAKING THROUGH EQUAL DISTANCE CURVE"
inspired by the Kurt Vonnegut novel The Sirens of Titan.
- a live version was included on the PAUSE album.
- JOURNEY THROUGH YOUR BODY
It has sparse, heavily filtered vocals, which were performed by Akiyama, both on studio and on live shows, including the version that was included on the PAUSE album, which features lyrics that were not included in big body.
- NEOTENY BOX
Has a P-MODEL counterpart in 2D OR NOT 2D. The song has a fast tempo and a frequent thin synth phrase; with Kotobuki singing lead vocals (with a filter on his voice).
- A live version that was included on the PAUSE album (which was translated in that album's page in Hirasawa's website as "MATURNIG BOX").[5]
- Kotobuki remade the song (with Phnonpenh MODEL), this version opens with theme played soothingly on mandolin (by Phnonpenh MODEL member Thaniya Patpong), with the rest of the song sounding mostly similar to the P-MODEL version, with one notable difference being Kotobuki's unfiltered vocals; this version was released on the Desk Top Hard Lock album.
- BURNING BRAIN
Akiyama sings lead vocals.
- HOMO GESTALT
Has an epic style, being heavily layered and arranged. The song has a P-MODEL counterpart in WIRE SELF.
- Rejected from the voting polls early on the "The Aggregated Past KANGENSHUGI 8760 HOURS" project by Hirasawa due to it being too similar to the already chosen WIRE SELF.
Personnel
- Susumu Hirasawa - Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizer, Computer programming, Amiga, Production
- Katsuhiko Akiyama - Synthesizer, Computer programming, Amiga, Vocals
- Hikaru Kotobuki - Synthesizer, Computer programming, Amiga, Vocals
- Yasuchika Fujii - Electronic Drums
- Yuichi Kenjo - Production
- Masanori Chinzei - Engineering
Release history
| Date | Label(s) | Format | Catalog | Notes |
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| March 25, 1993 | Polydor K.K. | CD | POCH-1195 | |
| May 10, 2002 July 4, 2014 |
Chaos Union, Teslakite | CHTE-0011 | Remastered by Hirasawa. Part of CD 7 of the Ashu-on [Sound Subspecies] in the solar system box set, alongside P-Model. Re-released with new packaging by Kiyoshi Inagaki. | |
| September 8, 2004 December 5, 2012 |
UM³, USM Japan | UPCY-6022 UPCY-9273 |
Part of the GOLDEN☆BEST compilation, alongside P-Model. Reissue available for sale for a limited time. | |
| May 2, 2012 | Universal Music Japan, Tower Records | PROT-1023 | Limited reissue, sold only through Tower Records. | |
References
- ↑ Hirasawa, Susumu. "CHEVRONスケッチ１". The Aggregated Past KANGENSHUGI 8760 HOURS. Chaos Union.
- ↑ Hirasawa, Susumu. "CHEVRONスケッチ２ 間奏前". The Aggregated Past KANGENSHUGI 8760 HOURS. Chaos Union.
- ↑ Hirasawa, Susumu. "CHEVRONスケッチ3 ギター間奏". The Aggregated Past KANGENSHUGI 8760 HOURS. Chaos Union.
- ↑ Hirasawa, Susumu. "CHEVRONスケッチ4 ヴォーカルスケッチ". The Aggregated Past KANGENSHUGI 8760 HOURS. Chaos Union.
- ↑ "[PO-04] PAUSE - Discography". NO ROOM. Chaos Union.
External links
- big body at NO ROOM - The official site of Susumu Hirasawa (P-MODEL)
- big body at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
- big body at Universal Music Japan's official site
- GOLDEN☆BEST (reissue) at Universal Music Japan's official site
- big body at Tower Records Online
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