Demo (P-Model single)

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Single by P-Model
ReleasedMay 25, 1994 (1994-05-25)
Format Mini CD single
Recorded1979
Electro Sound
Tokyo
Genre Post-punk, electropunk, electronic rock, new wave, technopop
Length6:31
Label DIW Records, SYUN
Producer(s) Susumu Hirasawa
P-Model singles chronology
"OPENING SE 1992"
(1992)		"demo"
(1994)		"SAKSIT North Passage MIX"
(1996)

P-Model made a demo in 1979 to obtain a recording contract; it features 2 songs, each one being composed by Susumu Hirasawa and Yasumi Tanaka, P-Model's main songwriters at the time. The band negotiated with 8 record labels, in the end, they chose to sign a contract with Warner-Pioneer, [1] all P-MODEL releases from 1979 to 1981 (3 albums and 3 singles) were handled by Warner-Pioneer, including IN A MODEL ROOM , the album where both of these songs were included. Hirasawa also gave a copy to Plastics keyboardist Masahide Sakuma after a Plastics show after asking him to produce In a Model Room, which Sakuma accepted. [2] Due to the demo nature of the recordings, they are rawer and punkier than the studio recorded versions. The demo was released by Hirasawa's SYUN label in 1994 as a bonus for those who bought both OOPARTS and Pause , [3] the first release of the SYUN label (due to its nature, the demo received a catalogue number outside of the standard numbering convention of the SYUN label). The demo was remastered by Hirasawa and re-released on the Ashu-on [Sound Subspecies] in the solar system box set on 10 May 2002; it was put on CD 13, with SCUBA RECYCLE, Air On The Wiring and the In a Model Room outtake WHITE SHOES. [4]

Demo (music) song or group of songs recorded for limited circulation or reference use rather than for general public release

A demo is a song or group of songs recorded for limited circulation or reference use rather than for general public release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas in a fixed format, such as cassette tape, compact disc, or digital audio files, and to thereby pass along those ideas to record labels, producers, or other artists.

A recording contract is a legal agreement between a record label and a recording artist, where the artist makes a record for the label to sell and promote. Artists under contract are normally only allowed to record for that label exclusively; guest appearances on other artists' records will carry a notice "By courtesy of ", and that label may receive a percentage of sales.

Susumu Hirasawa is a Japanese musician and composer.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."bijutsu-kan de atta hito daro" Susumu Hirasawa 3:04
2."roomrunner" Yasumi Tanaka 3:27

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ "P-MODEL / 平沢進 バイオグラフィ". MODEROOM. Fascination, inc.
  2. ↑ Sakuma, Masahide. "30th anniv". Masahide Sakuma [homepage] (in Japanese). Masahide Sakuma. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2015-04-20.
  3. ↑ "DISC13". Ashu-on. Chaos Union. Archived from the original on February 14, 2005.
  4. ↑ "P-MODEL Discography". MODEROOM. Fascination, inc.
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