P-Model

P-Model
P-Model
Also known as	Ikari; Heaven; Karkador; The Mortal World's Paradise Kameari Eternal One Pattern Band; Kameari Towers;
Origin	Kameari, Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan
Genres	Electronic rock; progressive 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); biosphere/MAGNET (1999); Chaos Union (1997–present);
Associated acts	Mandrake; Shun; Fukō Project; Global Trotters; PEVO; COTO; 4-D; soyuz project; NeoBallad; Phnonpenh Model; CROSS; THE GROOVERS; ALLERGY; Shampoo; Uchoten;
Members	Susumu Hirasawa

P-Model (also typset as P-MODEL and P. Model) was a Japanese 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. 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 (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

Yasumi Tanaka (田中　靖美) – bass, combo organ, synthesizer, keyboard (1 January 1979 – 20 March 1983; 2013 KAKU P-MODEL guest appearance)
Sadatoshi Tainaka (田井中　貞利) – drums, cymbals, percussion, electronic drums, drum machine (1 January 1979 – 22 December 1984; 14 March 1987 – 28 December 1988 PART2)
Katsuhiko Akiyama (秋山　勝彦) – bass, vocals, keyboard, synthesizer, Tubular Hertz (1 January 1979 – 3 November 1980; 23 September 1991 – 11 October 1993)
Tatsuya Kikuchi (菊池　達也) – bass, synthesizer (21 November 1980 – 5 August 1984)
Shunichi Miura (三浦　俊一) – keyboard, guitar, vocals (27 March 1983 – 27 December 1985)
Tadahiko Yokogawa (横川　理彦 (タダヒコ)) – bass, electric violin, double bass, ocarinas (bass, tenor and soprano), synthesizer, MSX, vocals (28 August 1984 – 27 December 1985)
Yasuhiro Araki (荒木　康弘) – drums, cymbals, percussion, electronic drums (22 December 1984 – 14 March 1987)

Teruo Nakano (中野　照夫 (テルヲ)) – bass (fretted and fretless), keyboard, vocals (23 January 1986 – 28 December 1988)
Yoshikazu Takahashi (高橋　芳一) – Systems (23 January 1986 – 27 September 1987)
Hikaru Kotobuki (ことぶき　光) – keyboard, synthesizer, vocals, Compact Macintosh, programming (1 November 1987 – 28 December 1988; 23 September 1991 – 11 October 1993)
Yasuchika Fujii (藤井　康親 (ヤスチカ)) – electronic drums, cymbals (23 September 1991 – 11 October 1993)
Hajime Fukuma (福間　創) – System-1 (1 December 1994 – 20 December 2000; 11 – 14 January 2014 KAKU P-MODEL guest appearance)
Kenji Konishi (小西　健司) – System-2, bass (1 December 1994 – 20 December 2000)
Wataru Kamiryō (上領　亘) – 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, later replaced with photos of Tainaka. Never reappeared after 2000.

Timeline

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) 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
Fune (舟, Ship)	Released: 9 December 1995 Label: Nippon Columbia, TESLAKITE Formats: CD
Electronic Tragedy/〜ENOLA (電子悲劇/〜ENOLA, Denshi Higeki/〜ENOLA)	Released: 29 November 1997 Label: Nippon Columbia, TESLAKITE Formats: enhanced CD
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

Live and Remix-Remake albums

Title	Release details
Perspective II	Released: 1 May 1982 Label: Tokuma Japan Corporation, Japan Record 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

The five main characters of the K-On! franchise are named after the late '80s members of P-Model (Susumu Hirasawa, Katsuhiko Akiyama, Sadatoshi Tainaka, Teruo Nakano and Hikaru Kotobuki), are in a band and share the surnames of P-Model members who play their respective primary instrument (save for Nakano).^[1]^[2] All referenced members who are still active have acknowledged the connection.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9] Besides that, P-Model references can also be found on the manga The Sorrow of a Perfectly Healthy Girl^[10]^[11] and Opus;^[12] as well the anime Sailor Moon, Perfect Blue,^[13] BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad and Space Dandy.

References

Citations

↑ "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 [AniSon News]. Newtype Anime Music Download. Listen Japan. Archived from the original on 17 April 2009.
↑ Yotsumoto, Toshimi (7 June 2009). "なぜ我々は「けいおん!」に萌えてしまうのか?" [Why are We so Moe for K-On!?]. テレビを捨てよ、動画サイトを観よう [Throw Away Your TV, and Let's Watch Video Sites] (#6). ASCII.jp. ASCII Media Works. p. 1.
↑ "Twitter in Translation - The Legend of Hirasawa Yui". 音の帯〜Phonon Belt – via Dreamwidth.
↑ Maname (4 November 2009). "Twitter「平沢唯じゃない」でも1万人がフォロー" [Twitter - "I'm Not Yui Hirasawa", but 10,000 People Still Follow]. 週刊Twitterなう! [Weekly Twitter Now!] (#17). ASCII.jp. ASCII Media Works.
↑ 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 [Part 1] We Asked the Man Himself about "I am Susumu Hirasawa. Not Yui Hirasawa"]. ミュージック・ギークス！ [Music Gigs!] (#10). ASCII.jp. ASCII Media Works. p. 5.
↑ Akiyama, Katsuhiko (12 July 2010). "「けいおん」グッズ！" [K-On Goods!]. 秋山勝彦の宅録日記 [Katsuhiko Akiyama's Home Recording Diary] – via Yahoo! Japan Blog.
↑ Akiyama, Katsuhiko (24 July 2010). "「けいおん」で想い出した事" [Things K-On Made Me Remember]. 秋山勝彦の宅録日記 [Katsuhiko Akiyama's Home Recording Diary] – via Yahoo! Japan Blog.
↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20100712083207/https://twitpic.com/23r08a
↑ 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.
↑ https://ameblo.jp/blueniceday/entry-10252786138.html
↑ https://ameblo.jp/blueniceday/entry-10253534789.html
↑ The Art of Satoshi Kon. Dark Horse. 5 August 2015. ISBN 978-1616557416.
↑ "the scene in Perfect Blue where CHAM's new single makes the charts". Hirasawa Lyrics – via Tumblr.

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[1] "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 [AniSon News]. Newtype Anime Music Download. Listen Japan. Archived from the original on 17 April 2009.

[2] Yotsumoto, Toshimi (7 June 2009). "なぜ我々は「けいおん!」に萌えてしまうのか?" [Why are We so Moe for K-On!?]. テレビを捨てよ、動画サイトを観よう [Throw Away Your TV, and Let's Watch Video Sites] (#6). ASCII.jp. ASCII Media Works. p. 1.

[3] "Twitter in Translation - The Legend of Hirasawa Yui". 音の帯〜Phonon Belt – via Dreamwidth.

[4] Maname (4 November 2009). "Twitter「平沢唯じゃない」でも1万人がフォロー" [Twitter - "I'm Not Yui Hirasawa", but 10,000 People Still Follow]. 週刊Twitterなう! [Weekly Twitter Now!] (#17). ASCII.jp. ASCII Media Works.

[5] 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 [Part 1] We Asked the Man Himself about "I am Susumu Hirasawa. Not Yui Hirasawa"]. ミュージック・ギークス！ [Music Gigs!] (#10). ASCII.jp. ASCII Media Works. p. 5.

[6] Akiyama, Katsuhiko (12 July 2010). "「けいおん」グッズ！" [K-On Goods!]. 秋山勝彦の宅録日記 [Katsuhiko Akiyama's Home Recording Diary] – via Yahoo! Japan Blog.

[7] Akiyama, Katsuhiko (24 July 2010). "「けいおん」で想い出した事" [Things K-On Made Me Remember]. 秋山勝彦の宅録日記 [Katsuhiko Akiyama's Home Recording Diary] – via Yahoo! Japan Blog.

[8] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20100712083207/https://twitpic.com/23r08a

[9] 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.

[10] ttps://ameblo.jp/blueniceday/entry-10252786138.html

[11] ttps://ameblo.jp/blueniceday/entry-10253534789.html

[12] The Art of Satoshi Kon. Dark Horse. 5 August 2015. ISBN 978-1616557416.

[13] "the scene in Perfect Blue where CHAM's new single makes the charts". Hirasawa Lyrics – via Tumblr.

P-Model
Studio albums	In a Model Room (1979) Landsale (1980) Potpourri (1981) Perspective (1982) Another Game (1984) Karkador (1985) One Pattern (1986) P-Model (1992) Big Body (1993) Fune (1995) Electronic Tragedy/〜ENOLA (1997) Music Industrial Wastes〜P-MODEL OR DIE (1999)
Other albums	Scuba (1984) Pause (1994) The Way of Live (1994)
Related	Susumu Hirasawa Shun

P-Model
Also known as	Ikari Heaven Karkador The Mortal World's Paradise Kameari Eternal One Pattern Band Kameari Towers
Origin	Kameari, Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan
Genres	Electronic rock progressive 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) biosphere/MAGNET (1999) Chaos Union (1997–present)
Associated acts	Mandrake Shun Fukō Project Global Trotters PEVO COTO 4-D soyuz project NeoBallad Phnonpenh Model CROSS THE GROOVERS ALLERGY Shampoo Uchoten

Members	Susumu Hirasawa