Anothersmell

A musique concrète piece/sound collage, this song is the starkest example of how P-Model attempted many stylistic experiments in Potpourri. It was made with the studio-owned digital delay rack effect unit Lexicon Prime Time, whose functions allowed them to loop sounds at varying speeds and pitches. Although written by Yasumi Tanaka, its sample-heavy composition and yodelled vocals became key elements of Susumu Hirasawa's compositional style years later, both with and beyond P-Model. One of the sound sources used is a Pink Lady song; Hirasawa has retrospectively claimed that the ultimate goal of P-Model from the onset was to "overthrow" that duo.

Lyrics
Lyrics are only present on this song through a brief sample of 1977's "Wanted (Fugitive Warrant)" (music by Shunichi Tokura, lyrics by You Aku).

Connections

 * "Film" is another Potpourri song that interpolates someone else's composition, but performed from scratch. Hirasawa went on to multiple sample-based interpolations later in his career.
 * In the album, this track is preceded by "Different≠Another", which also contains yodelling. P-Model revisited it years later on "Party" and "The Workshop is Taboo", the latter establishing it as a somewhat common element of Hirasawa solo songs.

Trivia

 * "Wanted (Fugitive Warrant)" was a staple of early Yellow Magic Orchestra shows. One of those—FM 25 O'Clock Sound Carnival: Synthesizer Land (FM25時・サウンド・カーニヴァル　シンセサイザー・ランド)—also featured a set by The Bach Revolution, with Hirasawa and Tanaka as support members. Hirasawa was openly critical of that band at the time, blaming them for the "ruining" and "spoiling" of techno-pop that prompted P-Model drastically moving away from the style in Potpourri.