Big When Far, Small When Close is the third studio album by Japanese band eX-Girl, released in 1999, on the Paranoiz label in Japan (PAR-50024), and by Kiki Poo Records in the US (KPCD-001).
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 "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 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 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)
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