Desk Top Hard Lock
Desk Top Hard Lock is the first studio album by Phnonopenh MODEL and the first solo album by Hikaru Kotobuki. The band was formed to participate in the Errors of P-MANIA! copy band contest, where they performed the song "Be in a Fix" (from the album Perspective) while sampling "Immigrant Song", among the other members there was the cross-dressing Lion Merry (formerly of Yapoos, Metrofarce, Virgin VS) and Shonen Maruta (formerly of Ikiru), both members of the band echo-U-nite. It mixes the electronic sounds used by Kotobuki on the "Defrosted" era of P-MODEL with ethnic sounds inspired by his travels through the world and the overall mood is marked by Kotobukii's peculiar sense of humor; it also features some sound alteration that Kotobuki would explore in later releases. After this album was released, Kotobuki sold all his musical instruments and travelled through Asia, which left Phnonpenh MODEL inactive until 1997.
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| Released | July 25, 1994 January 15, 2011 (Reissue) | |||
| Recorded | 27 June 1992 ("Industrial Music") 12 October – 30 November 1993 | |||
| Studio | Kotobuki LAB ("Industrial Music") STUDIO WIRE SELF | |||
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| Length | 34:19 | |||
| Label | DIW Records, SYUN IRQ inc. (Reissue) | |||
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Track listing
All songs arranged by Hikaru Kotobuki and Lion Merry.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Industrial Music" (産業音楽 Sangyō Ongaku) | instrumental | Kotobuki | 1:19 |
| 2. | "Life, Death, And I" (生と死と私と Sei to Shi to Watashi to) | Masaaki "Shonen Maruta" Taniguchi | Kotobuki, Merry | 4:44 |
| 3. | "Neoteny BOX" (幼形成熟BOX Yō Keisei Juku BOX) | Susumu Hirasawa, Kotobuki | Hirasawa, Kotobuki | 4:09 |
| 4. | "D.T.H.L" | Maruta | Kotobuki, Merry, Maruta, Thaniya Patpong, Yasuchika Fujii | 2:38 |
| 5. | "Thousand-Year Naga" (千年ナーガ Chitose Nāga) | Maruta | Merry | 3:55 |
| 6. | "Skyburial ～ A.JET69" (鳥葬 ～ A.JET69 Torisō ～ A.JET69) | Maruta | Maruta | 4:46 |
| 7. | "Hachiman to SPIRAL" (八幡 to SPIRAL) | instrumental | Kotobuki | 2:24 |
| 8. | "LuLuLu-Man" (ルルル男 RuRuRu-Otoko) | Hirasawa, Kotobuki | Hirasawa, Kotobuki | 1:08 |
| 9. | "Apollo-Vietnam" (アポロベトナム Aporo-Betonamu) | Maruta | Merry | 3:21 |
| 10. | "Timebomb-Chime" (時限時報 Jigen-Jihō) | instrumental | Kotobuki | 5:57 |
Personnel
- Hikaru Kotobuki - Keyboard, Vocal, Victory 3000, Production
- Lion Merry - Keyboard, Vocal, Kalimba
- Masaaki "Shonen Maruta" Taniguchi - Vocal, Overtone, Tibetan Bell
- Thaniya Patpong - Guitar, Vocal, Mandolin
- Masami Fujii, DIW - Co-Production
- Takeshi Fujita - Direction
- Motohiro Yamada - Mixing
- Kiyoshi Inagaki - Art director
- Nakagawa-san - Photography
- Susumu Hirasawa - Liner notes