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P-Model: “Art Mania”
From the album In a Model Room (1979)
P-Model was a self-described “techno-punk” band from Japan founded in 1979 by Susumu Hirasawa. Their first two albums— In a Model Room (1979) and Landsale (1980)— exhibit a twitchy, electronically-infused punk/pop style that powerfully demonstrates the global dimensions of the New Wave phenomena circa 1980.
The band’s next two releases, Potpourri (1981) and Perspective (1982) took a turn into more diffuse stylistic territory, less punkish and in many ways more experimental, with the earlier albums’ hard-edged production values traded in for a high-reverb sound-wash. These albums are not as immediately engaging as P-Model’s first works, but they represent some of the strangest and most fascinating musical endeavors of the early 1980s.
In addition to his work as the frontman for P-Model, Hirasawa has also had a prolific career as a solo artist, releasing 13 albums since 1989.
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July 18, 2010, 10:31am
