Big Body (P-Model album)

Big Body (stylized as big body) is the ninth studio album by P-Model and the second by the band's "defrosted" lineup.

Big Body
Studio album by P-Model
Released	March 25, 1993 (1993-03-25)
Recorded	October–December 1992
Studio	Eggs, Shep Studio, Oshino, Minamitsuru, Yamanashi Key-Stone Studio, Ōhashi, Meguro, Tokyo Tokyu Fun Digital Mastering Room (mast.), Dōgenzaka, Shibuya, Tokyo
Genre	Electronica industrial
Length	35:19
Label	Polydor K.K.
Producer	Susumu Hirasawa Yūichi Kenjo (co.)
P-Model chronology
P-Model (1992) Big Body (1993) Fune (1995)

Overview

Following in the footsteps of the self-titled P-Model, Big Body is another take on a science fiction themed album, putting greater emphasis on melodic variety.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Susumu Hirasawa, except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Cluster"		3:44
2.	"Chevron"		3:14
3.	"Biiig Eye"		3:32
4.	"Big Foot"		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, Welcome to the House of Chrono-Synclastic Infundibulum)		3:19
6.	"Journey Through Your Body"	Katsuhiko Akiyama	3:38
7.	"Neoteny Box" (幼形成熟BOX Yō Keisei Juku BOX)	Hikaru Kotobuki	2:39
8.	"Burning Brain"	Akiyama	4:06
9.	"Binary Ghost"		2:40
10.	"Homo Gestalt"		4:44

"Biiig Eye" contains a sample of "Loud, Loud, Loud" by Aphrodite's Child (lyrics by Costas Ferris).

All tracks arranged by Hirasawa, except 6 & 8 by Akiyama and 7 by Kotobuki. All track titles are stylized in all caps.

Personnel

P-Model

• Susumu Hirasawa – vocals, electric guitar, synthesizers, Amiga ("Say" program – lead vocals on "Binary Ghost"), programming, producer, computer graphics
• Katsuhiko Akiyama – synthesizers, vocoder, programming, lead vocals on "Journey Through Your Body" and "Burning Brain", backing vocals
• Hikaru Kotobuki – synthesizers, Compact Macintosh, programming, lead vocals on "Neoteny Box", backing vocals
• Yasuchika Fujii – electronic drums

technical

• Masanori Chinzei (Magnet) – engineer (mixing and recording)
• Motohiro Yamada (Eggs, Shep Studio), Harumi Ohta (Mix) – assistant engineers
• Keiko Ueda (Tokyu Fun) – mastering engineer

visuals

• Masahiro Kubo (VF) – art director, design
• Hideki Namai – photography
• Kazunori Yoshida – hair & make-up
• Akemi Tsujitani – styling
• Yoshino Takatsuki – costume design

operations

• Osamu Takeuchi (Polydor K.K.) – director
• I₃ Promotion – artist management
  • Yūichi Kenjo – co-producer
• Hiroki Yamaguchi – personal manager
• Shoko Mashio, Saya Ohta, Yuki Abiko – publicity coordination
• Tsutomu Fukushima – stage coordination
• Masami Fujii, Roppei Iwagami (Pre Octave) – publisher

thanks

• Tenney Tsuji, Yuji Matsuda, Susumu Kunisaki, Arai & Co., AC Unit
• Akiyama special thanks: Tetsuji Fujita

Release history

Date	Label(s)	Format	Catalog	Notes
March 25, 1993 (1993-03-25)	Polydor K.K.	CD	POCH-1195
May 10, 2002 (2002-05-10) July 4, 2014 (2014-07-04)	Chaos Union, Teslakite		CHTE-0011	Remastered by Hirasawa. Part of Disc 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 (2004-09-08) December 5, 2012 (2012-12-05)	UM³, USM Japan		UPCY-6022 UPCY-9273	Part of the "GOLDEN☆BEST" budget bundle brand, packaged with P-Model. Reissue available for sale for a limited time.
May 2, 2012 (2012-05-02)	Universal Music Japan, Tower Records		PROT-1023	Limited reissue, sold only through Tower Records.

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