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.
 * P-Model revisited yodelling years later on "Party" and "The Workshop is Taboo", the latter establishing it as a somewhat common element of Hirasawa solo songs.