Phnonpenh MODEL is an

electronica Electronica is both a broad group of electronic-based music styles intended for listening rather than strictly for dancing and a music scene that started in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the term is mostly used to r ...

band created by

Hikaru Kotobuki is a Japanese musician who worked with artists like Susumu Hirasawa (P-Model), and Jun Togawa. In the early 1980s, Kotobuki joined Morio Agata's tour as a keyboard player and guitarist. After Agata's tour, Kotobuki and Agata formed a band which t ...

, a former member of

P-Model P-Model (also typeset as P-MODEL and P. Model) was a Japanese electronic rock band started in 1979 by members of the defunct progressive rock band Mandrake. The band has experienced many lineup revisions over the years but frontman Susumu Hiras ...

as somewhat of a joke in order to enter a P-Model cover band contest at a club. They continue to regroup from time to time and have released three studio albums and a live CD from their shows in

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and

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. Key members are

, Lion Merry (ex- Yapoos and Metrofarce) and Masaaki Taniguchi.

Discography

*Errors of P-MANIA! (1993, HIRASAWA BYPASS, various artists release) *

Desk Top Hard Lock ''Desk Top Hard Lock'' is the first studio album by Phnonpenh 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 songBe in a Fix (from t ...

(1994, DIW/

SYUN ''SYUN'' was a Japanese record label founded by Susumu Hirasawa in 1994. Hirasawa created the label to be able to have freedom to release some of his less commercial works (which later expanded to works by his associates, mostly members of P-MODE ...

, as "Kotobuki Hikaru with Phnonpenh MODEL") *PATCHWORKS (1998, Club Lunatica/

Captain Trip Records Captain Trip Records is a Japanese music label founded and run by musician Ken Matsutani. The label specializes in experimental music and various subgenres of rock, particularly psychedelic rock and progressive rock. In addition to the publication ...

) *THE LAST FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL GLUTTONS (1998, Snowdonia, various artists release) *melting high/berlin～paris～tokyo (1999, Club Lunatica) * (2000, Club Lunatica) *General Midge (2007, IRQ, inc.) Electronica music groups {{Japan-band-stub