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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.

Members

• Susumu Hirasawa (平沢　進) – guitar, vocals, synthesizer, Miburi, Heavenizer, Graviton, Amiga, programming (1 January 1979 – 20 December 2000; 2004–2005, 2013–2014, 2018 as KAKU P-MODEL)

Former members

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

Live and Remix-Remake albums

Compilations

• P-Plant CD Vol. 1, 2000
• Ashu-on in the solar system (太陽系亞種音, Taiyōkei Ashu-on), 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
• Zebra Cassette (Zebraカセット, Zebra Kasetto), 1986
• Christmas Song, 1986
• "SSS-Star Eyes", 1987
• "entro Pack", 1987
• "Legend of Sadatoshi Tainaka", 1987
• Cassette's Bravo!, 1988
• Shut 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
• "Illegal Dumping" (不法投棄, Fuhōtōki), 1999
• Global Tribute Battle, 2000
• "Phase-7", 2000

Videography

• Moire Vision, 1988
• Sankai no Jintai Chizu (三界の人体地図), 1988
• Bitmap 1979–1992, 1992
• Ending Error, 1996
• Non-Locality Live Video (非局所性LIVEビデオ), 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 Harmonize"r, 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 Fukusuke [ja] 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 version of music") and Kenshi Yonezu (who has said that a Hirasawa song "changed life").

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 /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 Keralino Sandorovich [ja] named 2 of his stage plays (Frozen Beach [ja] and Blue Cross) after P-Model songs and 1 (Haldyn Hotel) after a Hirasawa solo song.

References

Citations

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3. Kon, Satoshi (12 August 2010). "好ましい物たち". Notebook. Kon's Tone. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
4. "三島の異色【SF】小説を現代設定に大胆脚色して放つ意欲作ー『美しい星』独創世界を紡ぐ孤高のアーティスト・平沢進、神曲「金星」を劇中曲に提供！". cinefil. Miramiru. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
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16. "第8回「この豚野郎！」" [Episode 8: "This Pig Bastard!"]. 星野源のオールナイトニッポン . Nippon Broadcasting System. 16 May 2016.
17. Hirano, Kouta (4 February 2017). "葬儀の際に個人の好きな曲をかけるとＪＡＳＲＡＣが来ると聞き じゃあ平沢進先生の曲ならＯＫかもと思ったが Ｆｏｒｃｅｓとか舵を取れとかをかけたら 葬儀場で蝕が起こって故人がゴッドハンドに復活しそう". 平野耕太 (@hiranokohta). Archived from the original on 6 February 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020 – via Twitter.
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22. "超絶話題沸騰中の「けいおん!」よりシングル2タイトルがリリース!限定盤は着せ替えジャケット!" [2 Singles from the Extremely Popular K-On! Have Been Released! Limited Edition Reversible Covers!]. アニソンニュース . Newtype Anime Music Download. Listen Japan. Archived from the original on 17 April 2009.
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26. Yotsumoto, Toshimi (16 December 2009). "ソロデビュー20周年記念・平沢進ロングインタビュー【前編】「私は平沢進だぞ。平沢唯じゃない」 本人に聞いてみた" [Solo Debut 20th Anniversary Susumu Hirasawa Long Interview We Asked the Man Himself about "I am Susumu Hirasawa. Not Yui Hirasawa"]. ミュージック・ギークス！ (#10). ASCII.jp. ASCII Media Works. p. 5.
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30. fake rev.歯堅ゑ儀 [Dental Firmness Ceremony] (Plaque inside temporary art installation venue Planis Hall). JR Tower Art Planets 2016　北海道新幹線開業記念「夢・つなぐ風景」 [Hokkaido Shinkansen Opening Commemoration Memorial: "The Dream — Connected Landscapes"]. Sapporo Station General Development. 2–24 July 2016.
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External links

• P-MODEL's Site (English and Japanese)
• P-MODEL Fansite
• P-Model discography at MusicBrainz

• Musical groups established in 1979
• Musical groups disestablished in 2000
• Japanese new wave musical groups
• Japanese electronic rock musical groups
• Tokuma Japan Communications artists
• Japanese techno music groups