The Way of Live
The Way of Live (LIVEの方法, LIVE no Hōhō) is the third remix album by P-Model.
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| Released | July 23, 1994 | |||
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| Length | 43:14 | |||
| Label | disk UNION (DIW Records), SYUN | |||
| Producer | P-Model | |||
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Overview
The album consists of a selection of rearrangements of older songs played by the "defrosted" lineup of the band in their style. Besides these songs, the "defrosted" P-Model also performed nine other songs from older albums (including In a Model Room, Landsale and Scuba, which are not represented in this selection) that did not receive studio remixes.
It is part of a pair of conceptual takes on a live album, alongside Pause: For this album, Hirasawa aimed to replicate the songs as they sounded to the band members. Since the band heard their music on stage coming from multiple speakers/monitors, they got a "flood" of distorted sound. As such, the album was mastered to bring out harshness and loudness, aiming to replicate that situation as well as the tension and the intensity of the formation's live shows.[1]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Susumu Hirasawa and arranged by Hikaru Kotobuki.
| No. | Title | Originally from | Length |
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| 1. | "Zebra" | One Pattern, 1986 | 4:28 |
| 2. | "Train" (列車 Ressha) | Perspective, 1982 | 3:00 |
| 3. | "OH! MAMA" | One Pattern | 3:53 |
| 4. | "HOLLAND ELEMENT" | Another Game, 1983 | 4:07 |
| 5. | "Oyasumi Dog" (おやすみDOG) | One Pattern | 4:34 |
| 6. | "CYBORG" (サイボーグ Saibōgu) | Karkador, 1985 | 5:43 |
| 7. | "Heaven" | Perspective | 4:08 |
| 8. | "disgusting telephone" (いまわし電話 imawashi denwa) | Potpourri, 1981 | 3:24 |
| 9. | "ATOM-SIBERIA" | Another Game | 4:01 |
| 10. | "LEAK" | Karkador | 5:50 |
Personnel
- Susumu Hirasawa - Vocals, Synthesizer, Guitar, Computer programming, Amiga
- Hikaru Kotobuki - Synthesizer, Computer programming, Amiga, Vocoder, Backing Vocals
- Kayo "Kokubo" Matsumoto - "MAMA" Vocal on "OH! MAMA" (sampled)
- Boris Karloff and O.P. Heggie - acting in "LEAK" (sampled)
- Masanori Chinzei - Engineering
Release history
| Date | Label(s) | Format | Catalog | Notes |
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| May 25, 1994 | disk UNION (DIW), SYUN | CD | SYUN-003 | |
| May 10, 2002 July 4, 2014 |
Chaos Union, Teslakite | CHTE-0019 | Remastered by Hirasawa. Part of Disc 15 of the Ashu-on [Sound Subspecies] in the solar system box set, alongside "OPENING SE 1992", the REBEL STREET version of "FU-RU-HE-HE-HE" and the "Countless Answers" version of "ATOM-SIBERIA". Re-released with new packaging by Kiyoshi Inagaki. |
References
- Hirasawa, Susumu (1994). The Way of LIVE (liner notes) (in Japanese). P-Model. SYUN. SYUN-003.