Demo (P-Model single)
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| Single by P-Model | ||||
| Released | May 25, 1994 | |||
| Recorded | 1979 Electro Sound Tokyo | |||
| Genre | Post-punk, electropunk, electronic rock, new wave, technopop | |||
| Length | 6:31 | |||
| Label | DIW Records, SYUN | |||
| Producer(s) | Susumu Hirasawa | |||
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P-Model made a demo in 1979 to obtain a recording contract; it features 2 songs, each one being composed by Susumu Hirasawa and Yasumi Tanaka, P-Model's main songwriters at the time. The band negotiated with 8 record labels, in the end, they chose to sign a contract with Warner-Pioneer,[1] all P-MODEL releases from 1979 to 1981 (3 albums and 3 singles) were handled by Warner-Pioneer, including IN A MODEL ROOM, the album where both of these songs were included. Hirasawa also gave a copy to Plastics keyboardist Masahide Sakuma after a Plastics show after asking him to produce In a Model Room, which Sakuma accepted.[2] Due to the demo nature of the recordings, they are rawer and punkier than the studio recorded versions. The demo was released by Hirasawa's SYUN label in 1994 as a bonus for those who bought both OOPARTS and Pause,[3] the first release of the SYUN label (due to its nature, the demo received a catalogue number outside of the standard numbering convention of the SYUN label). The demo was remastered by Hirasawa and re-released on the Ashu-on [Sound Subspecies] in the solar system box set on 10 May 2002; it was put on CD 13, with SCUBA RECYCLE, Air On The Wiring and the In a Model Room outtake WHITE SHOES.[4]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "bijutsu-kan de atta hito daro" | Susumu Hirasawa | 3:04 |
| 2. | "roomrunner" | Yasumi Tanaka | 3:27 |
Personnel
- Susumu Hirasawa - vocals, guitar, synthesizer, production, engineering
- Yasumi Tanaka - bass, combo organ, synthesizers, drum machine, sequencer, backing vocals, engineering
- Sadatoshi Tainaka - drums
References
- ^ "P-MODEL / 平沢進 バイオグラフィ". MODEROOM. Fascination, inc.
- ^ Sakuma, Masahide. "30th anniv". Masahide Sakuma [homepage] (in Japanese). Masahide Sakuma. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2015-04-20.
- ^ "DISC13". Ashu-on. Chaos Union. Archived from the original on February 14, 2005.
- ^ "P-MODEL Discography". MODEROOM. Fascination, inc.