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Origin | Kameari , Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan |
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Years active | 1 January 1979 – 20 December 2000 |
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Members | Susumu Hirasawa |
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 "Kaku P-Model" (核P-Model, lit. 'nucleus of P-Model'), effectively a solo revival of the band.
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In A Model Room | |
Landsale |
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Potpourri |
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Perspective |
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Unauthorized Music Collection vol.1 (不許可曲集 vol.1, Fu Kyoka Kyoku Shū vol.1) |
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Another Game |
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Scuba |
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Karkador |
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One Pattern |
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P-Model |
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big body |
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Fune (舟, Ship) |
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Electronic Tragedy/〜Enola (電子悲劇/〜Enola, Denshi Higeki/〜Enola) |
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Music Industrial Wastes〜P-Model or Die (音楽産業廃棄物〜P-Model or Die, Ongaku Sangyō Haiki Butsu〜P-Model or Die) |
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Perspective II |
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Unauthorized Music Collection (不許可曲集, Fu Kyoka Kyoku Shū) |
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SCUBA (1989 CD re-issue) |
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Pause |
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The Way of Live (Live の方法, Live no Hōhō) |
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Corrective Errors〜re-mix of Fune (Corrective Errors〜re-mix of 舟) |
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Scuba Recycle |
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Unauthorized Music Collection from 1983 (不許可曲集 from 1983, Fu Kyoka Kyoku Shū from 1983) |
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Virtual Live-1 [P-Model Live at Roppongi S-Ken Studio 1979] |
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Virtual Live-2 [P-Model Live at Shibuya Nylon 100% 1980] |
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Virtual Live-3 [P-Model Live at Kyodai Seibu Kodo 1982] |
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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".
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. [1] 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, [2] 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, [3] film director Daihachi Yoshida considers Hirasawa as the creator of "about half of my way of thinking". [4]
Beyond associates, P-Model and/or Hirasawa have been cited as influences by musicians such as Fukusuke of Metronome, [5] Hiroyuki Hayashi of Polysics, [6] Daoko [7] (whose song "Welcome to the Parade", from 2012's HyperGirl: Mukōgawa no Onna no Ko, was directly influenced by Hirasawa's worldview [8] ), Toby Driver of Kayo Dot (who claims the album Plastic House on Base of Sky was an attempt to "make [his] version of [Hirasawa's] music") [9] and Kenshi Yonezu (who has said that a Hirasawa song "changed [his] life"). [10]
Other artists that have expressed adoration for their work include Klaha of Malice Mizer, [11] Shiroi Heya no Futari mangaka Ryoko Yamagishi, [12] Arika Takarano of Ali Project, [13] Roujin Z / JoJo's Bizarre Adventure director Hiroyuki Kitakubo, [14] voice actress/singer Sumire Uesaka, [15] musician/actor Gen Hoshino, [16] Hellsing mangaka Kouta Hirano, [17] Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba mangaka Koyoharu Gotouge, [18] Fullmetal Alchemist / Concrete Revolutio director Seiji Mizushima, [19] Fate/stay night [Réalta Nua]/ Taiko no Tatsujin composer Satoshi "hil" Ishikawa [20] and actress/singer Ko Shibasaki. [21]
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). [22] [23] All referenced members who are still active have acknowledged the connection. [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] Besides that, P-Model references can also be found on the manga The Sorrow of a Perfectly Healthy Girl [31] [32] and Opus ; [33] as well the anime Sailor Moon , Perfect Blue , [34] BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad and Space Dandy . In the world of theatre, musician/playwright Keralino Sandorovich named 2 of his stage plays ( Frozen Beach and Blue Cross) after P-Model songs and 1 (Haldyn Hotel) after a Hirasawa solo song.
Satoshi Kon was a Japanese film director, animator, screenwriter and manga artist from Sapporo, Hokkaido, and a member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association (JAniCA). He was a graduate of the Graphic Design department of the Musashino Art University. He is best known for his acclaimed anime films Perfect Blue (1997), Millennium Actress (2001), Tokyo Godfathers (2003), and Paprika (2006), and the TV series Paranoia Agent (2004). He died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 46 on August 24, 2010.
Susumu Hirasawa is a Japanese musician and composer. He is well known for his work for the films of director Satoshi Kon and the animated adaptations of the Berserk manga series, alongside his work as a solo artist.
In a Model Room is the debut album of Japanese band P-Model. It was an electronic pop album, released in 1979 under the label, Warner Bros.
Potpourri is the third album of Japanese band P-Model.
Detonator Orgun is a 1991 Japanese original video animation series by AIC and Artmic, directed by Masami Ōbari with character designs by Kia Asamiya. Planning for the series started in 1989, but the animation process did not start until 1991. The series was released on DVD in 2001 by Central Park Media in the United States, in 2002 by Happinet Pictures in Japan, and in 1997 by Manga Entertainment in the United Kingdom. Orgun later appeared in the Super Robot Wars W video game.
Aurora is Susumu Hirasawa's fourth solo album.
Technique of Relief is the seventh solo album by Susumu Hirasawa.
Katsuei Hirasawa is a Japanese politician who served as the Minister of Reconstruction in Yoshihide Suga's cabinet. A member of the House of Representatives, Hirasawa is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and is affiliated to the revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi.
Gaku Shibasaki is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the J1 League club, Kashima Antlers and Japanese national team.
Water in Time and Space is Susumu Hirasawa's first solo album.
Another Game is the fifth studio album by P-Model.
Fune is the tenth studio album by P-Model and the first by its "revised" lineup.
Ash Crow -Susumu Hirasawa Soundtracks for BERSERK is an album by Susumu Hirasawa.
Electronic Tragedy: Enola, stylized as Electronic Tragedy/〜ENOLA, is the eleventh studio album by P-Model and the second by its "revised" lineup.
Kento Kaku is a Japanese actor born in Tokyo. He has appeared in a number of feature films, television series, and stage productions. He is represented by Amuse, Inc. His wife is actress Nana Eikura.
Kai equal Kai is the third album by Kaku P-Model.
Mandrake (マンドレイク) was a Japanese progressive rock band formed in Tokyo in 1973. One of the few Japanese groups active during the genre's heyday, they distinguished themselves by developing a style of their own, harder than the jazz fusion hybrid most other Japanese groups played.
The following is the solo discography of Susumu Hirasawa, Japanese musician and composer. Since the beginning of his professional activities in 1973, Hirasawa has produced a prolific number of recordings, with a constant stream of releases since 1978, under his own name as well as multiple bands and side projects. See Mandrake, P-Model and Shun (band) for more output.
Beacon is the fourteenth solo album by Susumu Hirasawa.