Big When Far, Small When Close is the third studio album by Japanese band eX-Girl, released on the PARANOIZ label in Japan (PAR-50024), and by KIKI Poo Records in the US (KPCD-001).
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| Released | May 9, 2000 | |||
| Recorded | November, 1999 | |||
| Length | 25:22 | |||
| Label | Paranoiz | |||
| Producer | Hoppy Kamiyama | |||
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The line-up consisted of Chihiro, Kirilo and Fuzuki, and the album was produced by Hoppy Kamiyama.
Several of the tracks are sung a capella apart from the odd chime, triangle or hand clap. Exceptions are Zozoi with its tribal-esque drumming, Dandera Korabatten with some repeated background instrumentation, and Alabama Song with a carnival-esque brass and clarinet arrangement.
Track listing
edit- "Neanderthal & Cro-Magnon" (Lyrics: Kirilo, Hoppy Kamiyama / Music: Kamiyama) – 0:50
- "Souvlaki" (Lyrics: eX-Girl, Kamiyama / Music: eX-Girl, Kamiyama) – 4:26
- "Zozoi" (Lyrics: Kirilo / Music: eX-Girl) – 4:28
- "Jet Mogura" (Lyrics: Kirilo / Music: eX-Girl, Kamiyama) – 3:20
- "Dandera Korabatten" (Lyrics: Chihiro / Music: eX-Girl, Kamiyama) – 3:51
- "Disco 3000" (Lyrics: Chihiro / Music: eX-Girl, Kamiyama) – 3:19
- "Alabama Song" (Lyrics: Bertolt Brecht / Music: Kurt Weill) – 3:52
- "Big When Far, Small When Close" (Lyrics: Kamiyama / Music: eX-Girl) – 1:12
Personnel
edit- Chihiro – vocals, hand claps, stepping.
- Kirilo – vocals, hand claps, stepping.
- Fuzuki – vocals, hand claps, stepping, bell.
- Hoppy Kamiyama – floor tom, cymbal, sample, gram pot.
- Masafumi Minato – floor tom, tom-tom, cymbal.
- Takerô Sekijima – tuba, trombone, trumpet.
- Kanji Nakao – clarinet, trombone, wood block.
Production
edit- Hoppy Kamiyama – record producer.
- Takerô Sekijima – brass arrangement.
- Jin Terada – recording and mixing November 8–11, 13, 14 1999 at MIT studio, Sound Atelier.
- Yoshiaki Kondo – mastering at Kojima Recordings.
- Kazvnori Akita – graphic design.
- Jimmy Henda – photography.
- Yukari Terakura – costumes.
- eX-Girl – illustrations.
- Ray - illustration (Frog Prince).