P-Model

P-Model
Also known as	MUSIC & WORDS IKARI KARKADOR This Coast's Everlasting Kameari Paradise's ONE PATTERN Band Heaven KAMEARI TOWERS
Origin	Kameari, Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan
Genres	Experimental rock, electronic rock
Years active	1 January 1979 – 20 December 2000
Labels	Warner-Pioneer (1979–1981) Tokuma/Japan (1982–1984) Alfa/EDGE (1985–1986) Polydor K.K. (1992–1993) DIW/SYUN (1994–1995) Nippon Columbia (1995–1997) TESLAKITE (1996–present) MAGNET (1999) Chaos Union (1997–present)
Associated acts	Mandrake DADA Shun 4-D Uchoten GRASS VALLEY THE GROOVERS SONIC SKY HERE IS EDEN Long Vacation Phnonpenh Model THE SYNTHESIZERS Fukō Project CROW Global Trotters after the rain SOYUZ PROJECT YAPOOS NeoBallad
Members	Susumu Hirasawa
Past members	Former members

P-Model (also spelled as "P-MODEL" and "P. Model") was a Japanese experimental/electronic rock band started in 1979 by frontman Susumu Hirasawa. The band has experienced many lineup revisions over the years but Hirasawa was always at the helm of operations. It went through various periods of inactivity, notably from 28 December 1988 to 23 November 1990 and from 11 October 1993 to 1 December 1994. P-MODEL officially disbanded in 20 December 2000, although many of its members continue to release solo albums and collaborate with each other on different projects.

Hirasawa has also released solo work under the similar name "KAKU P-MODEL", primarily the 2004 album Vistoron and the 2013 album гипноза (Gipnoza), with the latter having guest appearances by a former P-MODEL member and a P-MODEL associate.

Members

• Susumu Hirasawa – Guitar, Vocals, Synthesizer, HEAVENIZER, Graviton, Amiga, Programming, Miburi (1 January 1979 – 20 December 2000; 2004–2005, 2013–2014 as KAKU P-MODEL)

Former members

• Yasumi Tanaka – Combo organ, Synthesizer, Keyboards (1 January 1979 – 20 March 1983; 2013 KAKU P-MODEL guest appearance)
• Sadatoshi Tainaka – Drums, Cowbell, Gong Bass, Electronic drums, Percussion (1 January 1979 – 22 December 1984; 14 March 1987 – 28 December 1988 PART2)
• Katsuhiko Akiyama – Bass, Synthesizer, Vocals, Keyboard, Amiga, Programming, Tubular Hertz (1 January 1979 – 3 November 1980; 23 September 1991 – 11 October 1993)
• Tatsuya Kikuchi – Bass, Synthesizer (21 November 1980 – 5 August 1984)
• Shunichi Miura – Keyboard, Guitar (27 March 1983 – 27 December 1985)
• Tadahiko Yokogawa – Bass, Violin, Ocarina, Vocals (28 August 1984 – 27 December 1985)
• Yasuhiro Araki – Drums, Gong Bass, Electronic drums, Percussion (22 December 1984 – 14 March 1987)

• Teruo Nakano – Bass, Keyboard, Vocals (23 January 1986 – 28 December 1988)
• Yoshikazu Takahashi – Systems (23 January 1986 – 27 September 1987)
• Hikaru Kotobuki – Keyboard, Synthesizer, Vocals, Amiga, Programming (1 November 1987 – 28 December 1988; 23 September 1991 – 11 October 1993)
• Yasuchika Fujii – Drums (23 September 1991 – 11 October 1993)
• Hajime Fukuma – System-1 (1 December 1994 – 20 December 2000)
• Kenji Konishi – System-2 (1 December 1994 – 20 December 2000)
• Wataru Kamiryō – 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. Never reappeared after 2000.

Member timeline

Associated members

• Yuichi "You1" Hirasawa
• Fumiyasu Abe
• Hiromi Seki
• Tohru Akutu
• Akiro "Kamio" Arishima
• Kazutaka Takazi
• Yuji Matsuda
• Masami Orimo
• Keralino Sandorovich
• Kazuhide "Kitune" Akimoto
• Yoshinori Sunahara
• PEVO1go
• Yasuhiro Nakano

Discography

Original albums

Title	Release details
In A Model Room	Released: 25 August 1979 Label: Warner-Pioneer Formats: LP, CS
Landsale	Released: 24 April 1980 Label: Warner-Pioneer Formats: LP, CS
Potpourri	Released: 25 April 1981 Label: Warner-Pioneer Formats: LP, CS
Perspective	Released: 1 March 1982 Label: Tokuma Japan Corporation, Japan Record Formats: LP
Another Game	Released: 25 February 1984 Label: Tokuma Japan Corporation, Japan Record Formats: LP
Scuba	Released: 10 December 1984 Label: JICC Printing Office Formats: Cassette Book
Karkador	Released: 25 December 1985 Label: Alfa Records, EDGE Records Formats: LP
One Pattern	Released: 25 June 1986 25 July 1986 (CD Release) Label: Alfa Records, EDGE Records Formats: LP, CD
P-Model	Released: 26 February 1992 Label: Polydor K.K. Formats: CD
big body	Released: 25 March 1993 Label: Polydor K.K. Formats: CD
Ship (舟, Fune)	Released: 9 December 1995 23 March 2009 (Reissue) 21 September 2011 (Reissue) Label: Nippon Columbia, TESLAKITE Columbia Music Entertainment (Reissues) Formats: CD on Demand CD (2009 Reissue) Digital download (2011 Reissue)
Electronic Tragedy/〜ENOLA (電子悲劇/〜ENOLA, Denshi Higeki/〜ENOLA)	Released: 29 November 1997 24 September 2009 (Reissue) 21 September 2011 (Reissue) Label: Nippon Columbia, TESLAKITE Columbia Music Entertainment (Reissues) Formats: CD on Demand CD (2009 Reissue) Digital download (2011 Reissue)
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)	Released: 1 September 1999 (MP3) 22 September 1999 (CD) Label: Chaos Union, TESLAKITE (MP3) MAGNET Records, TESLAKITE (CD) Formats: MP3 CD

• MONSTER, unreleased

Live and Remix-Remake albums

Title	Release details
Perspective II	Released: 1 May 1982 25 August 1991 (Reissue) 25 April 2007 (Reissue with Perspective) Label: Tokuma Japan Corporation, Japan Record Tokuma Japan Corporation, WAX Records (1991 Reissue) Tokuma Japan Communications, sky station, SS RECORDINGS (2007 Reissue) Formats: CS CD (Reissues)
SCUBA (1989 CD re-issue)	Released: 21 January 1989 Label: captain RECORDS Formats: CD
Pause	Released: 25 May 1994 Label: DIW, SYUN Formats: CD
The Way of LIVE (LIVEの方法, LIVE no Hōhō)	Released: 23 July 1994 Label: DIW, SYUN Formats: CD
Corrective Errors〜re-mix of Fune (Corrective Errors〜re-mix of 舟)	Released: 30 September 1995 Label: DIW, SYUN Formats: CD
SCUBA RECYCLE	Released: 30 November 1995 Label: DIW, SYUN Formats: CD
VIRTUAL LIVE-1 [P-MODEL Live at Roppongi S-KEN STUDIO 1979]	Released: 6 July 1999 (MP3) 25 August 1999 (CD) Label: Chaos Union, TESLAKITE (MP3) MAGNET Records, TESLAKITE (CD) Formats: MP3 CD
VIRTUAL LIVE-2 [P-MODEL Live at SHIBUYA Nylon 100% 1980]	Released: 25 October 1999 (MP3) 25 November 1999 (CD) Label: Chaos Union, TESLAKITE (MP3) MAGNET Records, TESLAKITE (CD) Formats: MP3 CD
VIRTUAL LIVE-3 [P-MODEL Live at Kyodai Seibu Kodo 1982]	Released: 25 November 1999 (MP3) 15 December 1999 (CD) Label: Chaos Union, TESLAKITE (MP3) MAGNET Records, TESLAKITE (CD) Formats: MP3 CD

Singles

• ART MANIA, 1979
• KAMEARI POP, 1979
• MISSILE, 1980
• junglebed II, 1981
• P-0, 1983
• SOLID AIR DANCE VERSION, 1983
• IKARI, 1984
• RE;, 1985
• PROT DRUM/D-SIDE, 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

• Fu Kyoka Kyoku Shū (不許可曲集, UNAUTHORIZED MUSIC COLLECTION), 1983
• MODEL HOUSE Works, 1985
• LEAK/Birds, 1986
• Saitama Dynamic Theory Holding Greeting, 1986
• Zebra Cassette (Zebraカセット, Zebra Kasetto), 1986
• CHRISTMAS SONGS, 1986
• SSS-STAR EYES, 1987
• entro Pack, 1987
• Legend of Sadatoshi Tainaka, 1987
• CASSETTE' 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

Compilations

• P-PLANT CD Vol.1, 2000
• Ashu-on [Sound Subspecies] in the solar system (太陽系亞種音, Taiyōkei Ashu-on), 2002
• GOLDEN☆BEST, 2004
• P-MODEL Warner Years Singles Box, 2012

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 "PHOTON-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 ONLY YOUR 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

Although P-MODEL has disbanded, many of the members have formed small side projects with each other in similar vein to P-MODEL, including KAKU P-MODEL, PEVO, and Phnonpenh MODEL, as well as their own solo works, Susumu Hirasawa in particular.

The five main characters of Kakifly's yonkoma comic strip manga K-On! are named from members of P-MODEL (Susumu Hirasawa, Katsuhiko Akiyama, Sadatoshi Tainaka, Teruo Nakano and Hikaru Kotobuki). The characters are in a band and share the surnames of P-MODEL members who play their respective instrument.

External links

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