P-Model

P-Model (also typset as P-MODEL and P. Model) was a Japanese new wave 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. 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", effectively a solo revival of the band.

Members

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

Former members

Timeline

Discography

Original albums

Live and Remix-Remake albums

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

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.

References

External links

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