P-MODEL

Japanese new wave band P-Model started up in 1979, formed by central member Hirasawa Susumu out of the remains of his previous band, the progressive rock group Mandrake. Often credited, together with their contemporaries the Plastics and Hikashu, as co-founders of Japanese techno-pop, P-Model's influence has been felt over several generations of Japanese music. P-Model's 1979 debut album, In a Model Room, was produced by Sakuma Masahide of the Plastics, cementing the early connection between the two groups. Like the Plastics', the sound is heavily influenced by new wave and te...