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 Hirasawa was always at the helm of operations. P-Model officially disbanded in 2000, although many of its members continue to release solo albums and collaborate with each other on different projects.

Hirasawa has since released work under the name , effectively a solo revival of the band.

Members

* – guitar, vocals, synthesizer, Miburi, Heavenizer, Graviton, Amiga, programming (1 January 1979 – 20 December 2000; 2004–2005, 2013–2014, 2018 )

Former members

* – bass, combo organ, synthesizer, keyboard (1 January 1979 – 20 March 1983; 2013 )
* – drums, cymbals, percussion, electronic drums, drum machine (1 January 1979 – 22 December 1984; 14 March 1987 – 28 December 1988 )
* – bass, vocals, keyboard, synthesizer, Tubular Hertz (1 January 1979 – 3 November 1980; 23 September 1991 – 11 October 1993)
* – bass, synthesizer (21 November 1980 – 5 August 1984)
* – keyboard, guitar, vocals (27 March 1983 – 27 December 1985)
* – bass, electric violin, double bass, ocarinas (bass, tenor and soprano), synthesizer, MSX, vocals (28 August 1984 – 27 December 1985)
* – drums, cymbals, percussion, electronic drums (22 December 1984 – 14 March 1987)

* – bass ( fretted and fretless), keyboard, vocals (23 January 1986 – 28 December 1988)
* – Systems (23 January 1986 – 27 September 1987)
* – keyboard, synthesizer, vocals, Compact Macintosh, programming (1 November 1987 – 28 December 1988; 23 September 1991 – 11 October 1993)
* – electronic drums, cymbals (23 September 1991 – 11 October 1993)
* – System-1 (1 December 1994 – 20 December 2000; 11 – 14 January 2014 )
* – System-2, bass (1 December 1994 – 20 December 2000)
* – AlgoRhythm (1 December 1994 – 15 May 1997)
*Tainaco – Virtual Drums (21 October 1997 – 20 December 2000)
** Amiga program operated through MIDI signals; three types, 1, 2 and E (enhanced) were created. CG model based on drummer Sadatoshi Tainaka, later replaced with photos of Tainaka. Never reappeared after 2000.

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Discography

Studio albums

Live and Remix-Remake albums

Compilations

*'' P-Plant CD Vol. 1'', 2000
*', 2002
*''Golden☆Best'', 2004
*''P-Model Warner Years Singles Box'', 2012

Singles

*''Art Mania'', 1979
*'' Kameari Pop'', 1979
*''Missile'', 1980
*'' junglebed II'', 1981
*'' Index P-0'', 1983
*'' Soldi Air Dance Version'', 1983
*'' Ikari'', 1984
*'' Re;'', 1985
*'' P-Model Another Act 6'', 1985
*'' Another Day'', 1986
*'' Opening SE 1992'', 1992
*''demo'', 1994
*'' SAKSIT North Passage MIX, 1996
*''>>>Unfix One>>> * Rocket Shoot*'', 1996
*''>>>Unfix Eight>>> * Ashura Clock*'', 1997
*''>>>Unfix Nine>>> * Layer-Green*'', 1997

Other releases

*''Model House Works'', 1985
*''Leak''/''Birds'', 1986
*''Pre Drums'', 1986
*', 1986
*''Christmas Songs'', 1986
*'' SSS-Star Eyes'', 1987
*''entro Pack'', 1987
*''Legend of Sadatoshi Tainaka'', 1987
*''Cassette' Bravo !'', 1988
*''Shtu Up'N'Hit Your Stage, 1988
*''Music Industrial Wastes〜P-Model or Die Samples'', 1999
*''Virtual Live Samples'', 1999
*''Dekikake'', 1999
*''Moon Plant-I (full)'', 1999
*''Astro-Ho (narration Version), 1999
*''Falling Rain (P-Model version)'', 1999
*, 1999
*''Global Tribute Battle'', 2000
*''Phase-7'', 2000

Videography

*'' Moire Vision'', 1988
*', 1988
*''Bitmap 1979–1992'', 1992
*'' Ending Error'', 1996
*', 1997
*''Live Video "Music Industrial Wastes〜P-Model or Die"'', 2000

Music Videos

All videos from the Great Brain to Harm Harmonizer were directed by Yuichi "You1" Hirasawa (Susumu's brother). "Fu-Ru-He-He-He", "2D or Not 2D" and "Grid" were included in "Bitmap 1979–1992"; "Monotone Grid" was included in "Phton-3"; "http" was included in "Rocket Shoot"; "Logic Airforce" was included in "Live Video Music Industrial Wastes〜P-Model or Die".

*The Great Brain, 1979
*I am Your Only Model, 1980
*different≠another, 1981
*potpourri, 1981
*natural, 1981
*disgusting telephone, 1981
*Heaven, 1982
*Perspective, 1982
*Be in a Fix, 1982
*Hoka No Keikaku, 1983
*Echoes, 1983
*Fu-Ru-He-He-He, 1983
*Atom-Siberia, 1984
*Harm Harmonizer, 1984
*Karkador, 1986
*Another Day, 1986
*2D or Not 2D, 1992
*Grid, 1992
*Monotone Grid, 1994
*Power to Dream, 1995
*http, 1996
*Ashura Clock (Discommunicator), 1997
*Logic Airforce, 1999

Legacy

P-Model, as well Susumu Hirasawa through his solo career, have been influential both on musicians, as well as on artists that work on other mediums, with a reputation for having many fans in the manga and anime industries. Their creative collaborators (and even 6 of the band's members) often started out as big fans of and directly influenced by their work: '' Berserk'' mangaka Kentaro Miura has found that listening to Hirasawa's songs has helped him regain focus on the themes of his writing multiple times, mangaka/anime director Satoshi Kon wrote that Hirasawa's work was "a source of imagination and creativity for me" over the last 20 years of his life, film director Daihachi Yoshida considers Hirasawa as the creator of "about half of my way of thinking".

Beyond associates, P-Model and/or Hirasawa have been cited as influences by musicians such as of Metronome, Hiroyuki Hayashi of Polysics, Daoko (whose song "Welcome to the Parade", from 2012's ''HyperGirl: Mukōgawa no Onna no Ko'', was directly influenced by Hirasawa's worldview), Toby Driver of Kayo Dot (who claims the album '' Plastic House on Base of Sky'' was an attempt to "make isversion of irasawa'smusic") and Kenshi Yonezu (who has said that a Hirasawa song "changed islife").

Other artists that have expressed adoration for their work include Klaha of Malice Mizer, '' Shiroi Heya no Futari'' mangaka Ryoko Yamagishi, Arika Takarano of Ali Project, '' Roujin Z''/''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' director Hiroyuki Kitakubo, voice actress/singer Sumire Uesaka, musician/actor Gen Hoshino, ''Hellsing'' mangaka Kouta Hirano, '' Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba'' mangaka Koyoharu Gotouge, ''Fullmetal Alchemist''/''Concrete Revolutio'' director Seiji Mizushima, ''Fate/stay night éalta Nua'/'' Taiko no Tatsujin'' composer Satoshi "hil" Ishikawa and actress/singer Ko Shibasaki.

The five main characters of the ''K-On!'' franchise (Yui Hirasawa, Mio Akiyama, Ritsu Tainaka, Tsumugi Kotobuki and Azusa Nakano) are in a band, share the surnames of late '80s P-Model members and play their respective primary instrument (save for Nakano). All referenced members who are still active have acknowledged the connection. Besides that, P-Model references can also be found on the manga '' The Sorrow of a Perfectly Healthy Girl'' and ''Opus''; as well the anime '' Sailor Moon'', ''Perfect Blue'', '' BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad'' and ''Space Dandy''. In the world of theatre, musician/playwright named 2 of his stage plays (' and ''Blue Cross'') after P-Model songs and 1 (''Haldyn Hotel'') after a Hirasawa solo song.

References

;Citations

External links

P-MODEL's Site (English and Japanese)
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