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Fune (album)

Fune
P-MODEL - Fune.jpg
Studio album by P-Model
Released December 9, 1995 (1995-12-09)
Recorded 1995
Genre
Length 51:56
Language Japanese, Thai
Label Nippon Columbia
Producer
  • P-Model
  • Yūichi Kenjo (Executive)
P-Model chronology
Big Body
(1993)
Fune
(1995)
Electronic Tragedy/〜ENOLA
(1997)
Corrective Errors
remix of Fune
Remix album by P-Model
Released September 30, 1995 (1995-09-30)
Genre
Length 56:28
Label disk UNION (DIW Records), SYUN
Producer P-Model
P-Model live/rearrange chronology
The Way of Live
(1994)
Corrective Errors〜remix of Fune
(1995)
SCUBA RECYCLE
(1995)
Singles from Corrective Errors~remix of Fune
  1. "SAKSIT North Passage MIX" c/w "11th fact"
    Released: February 29, 1996 (1996-02-29)

Fune (?, Ship) is the tenth studio album by P-Model and the first by its "revised" lineup.

Following the dissolution of the "defrosted" lineup of P-Model, leader Susumu Hirasawa focused on his solo career, releasing Aurora and performing accompanying concerts. Some of the live shows featured a backing band, select members of which were sought by Hirasawa to join P-Model. Wataru Kamiryo, who worked with Hirasawa as the drummer of Soft Ballet in two special guest shows, agreed to join. Kenji Konishi, a friend of Hirasawa's since the late '70s who gigged with him and P-Model intermittently since 1983, accepted with surprise. To fill out the fourth member role, Konishi convinced Hajime Fukuma, a chat room friend of his to join the band. This "revised" (改訂?) lineup debuted with two shows in December 1994.

The recording of Fune started immediately after Hirasawa finished his solo album Sim City. His main technological interest of the time had switched from Amiga personal computers to the rapidly growing internet, leading the band to produce music based around this idea. The members worked from their home studios and sent audio files back and forth through e-mail.

As a concept album, it tells a story of the band dividing itself into two parties to sail through cyberspace and connect the opposing ideals of the spiritual and the technological. Hirasawa commented, "No, honestly, I think this might be the most easy-to-understand release in P-Model's history of works. The overall intended message is 'Come over here, it's super interesting, I'm already into it too, you're definitely gonna get hooked!'; a passionate invitation to the computer network."


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