Scuba (P-Model album)

Scuba is an album by the Japanese new wave band P-Model. It is different from other P-Model albums in that it was made almost entirely made by guitarist Susumu Hirasawa alone and for its original issue in the cassette book format: the album was packaged with an 84-page booklet[1] that contained techniques to induce rapid eye movement sleep and hypnosis, the lyric story expanded Scuba Monogatari, photos of the involved band members in a coastal area that illustrated the stories, and an interview with The Stalin vocalist Michiro Endo.

Scuba
Studio album by P-Model
Released	September 25, 1984
Recorded	1984
Studio	AC Unit, Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo
Genre	Cold wave
Label	JICC Publishing Bureau
Producer	P-Model
P-Model chronology
Another Game (1984) Scuba (1984) Karkador (1985)
Alternative cover
CD release cover

Track listing

All tracks are written by Susumu Hirasawa, except where noted.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Frozen Beach"			4:24
2.	"Boat"			4:16
3.	"Seven Joint Man" (七節男 Nana Fushi Otoko)			4:11
4.	"Ohayo II" (オハヨウ II)			4:31
5.	"Looping Opposition"	Michiro Endo (intro), Hirasawa		4:10
6.	"REM Sleep"		Hirasawa, Shunichi Miura	4:31
7.	"Fish Song"	Hirasawa, Akiro "Kamio" Arishima	Hirasawa, Kamio	4:39
8.	"Scuba"	instrumental		1:12

Endo's segment on "Looping Opposition" is not present on the CD mix of the track, shortening it by 23 seconds. The cassette book version contains sheet music for a "Song of Horohomo" (ホロホモーの歌, Horohomō no Uta), credited to "Furufucchi" (フルフッチ) and sequenced between "Seven Joint Man" and "Ohayo II". No recording of this composition by Hirasawa or anyone involved with the album exists.

Personnel

P-Model - Production, Arrangements

• Susumu Hirasawa - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Synthesizer, Drum machine, Sampler, Programming, book text
• Tatsuya Kikuchi - Bass (performances not used)[2]
• Shunichi Miura - Synthesizers

Additional personnel

• Akemi Tsujitani (AC Unit) - Clothes Construction & Leg, Backing Vocals on "Boat"
• Michiro Endo (The Stalin) - Voice on "Looping Opposition" (cassette book version only)
• Akiro "Kamio" Arishima (AC Unit) - Synthesizer on "Fish Song"
• Mugen Kanzaki (Eco) - Hard Cover Design
• Yumiko Onozawa - Red Clothes Making
• Yasuhiro Ichikawa (Pool) - Photography
• Yūichi Hirasawa (credited as "Yuhichi Hirasawa") - Art director
• Model House - Editorial Coordination
• Mitsuru Hirose - Artist Management
• Special thanks: Kuniharu Kawasaki, Teruo Nakano, Yoshikazu Takahashi, Yuji Matsuda, Kayo Muto

References

1. ISBN 9784880630564
2. Takahasi, Kasiko (2010) [1999]. 改訂DIGITAL復刻版 音楽産業廃棄物 [Music Industrial Wastes Rev.2.4]. P-Model Side — Open Source (3rd ed.). Fascination. p. 71.

External links

• Scuba (P-Model album) at Discogs