Big When Far, Small When Close

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

1. "Neanderthal & Cro-Magnon" (Lyrics: Kirilo, Hoppy Kamiyama / Music: Kamiyama) – 0:50
2. "Souvlaki" (Lyrics: eX-Girl, Kamiyama / Music: eX-Girl, Kamiyama) – 4:26
3. "Zozoi" (Lyrics: Kirilo / Music: eX-Girl) – 4:28
4. "Jet Mogura" (Lyrics: Kirilo / Music: eX-Girl, Kamiyama) – 3:20
5. "Dandera Korabatten" (Lyrics: Chihiro / Music: eX-Girl, Kamiyama) – 3:51
6. "Disco 3000" (Lyrics: Chihiro / Music: eX-Girl, Kamiyama) – 3:19
7. "Alabama Song" (Lyrics: Bertolt Brecht / Music: Kurt Weill) – 3:52
8. "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)