Razor sharp Devo damaged Japanese synth pop with a frantically blipping style that also brings to mind both The Plastics and Italy's Confusional Quartet. P-Model were prime movers of the Japanese new wave and the madly fun style they innovated has informed everything from Magmoid lunatics Koenjihyakkei to the giddy contempo j-pop new wavery of The Polysics.
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Thanx a lot from jpn! Koool music.
ReplyDeleteAnother great post, Mutant Sounds. Love this quirky synth pop madness in the Devo style!
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ReplyDeleteThis is what your blog is all about!! Finding your new favorite alnum by a group you never even suspected existed!!!!!
Thanks so much for this gem :)
Have a good weekend!!!
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I love this album, IN A MODEL ROOM of P-MODEL 1st. (japanese technopop classic 1979). I haven't been able to locate my LP's for sometime now. I still have it but cannot locate somehow... so thanks! Both 1st and 2nd rocks even now. It was lucky to catch them live set of LANDSALE (2nd) tour at 88-rock day in Osaka Japan. P-MODEL started in 1979 by Susumu Hirasawa (of Mandlake), Katsuhiko Akiyama, Yasumi Tanaka, and Sadatoshi Tainaka. All 3 were fan of Mandlake, a progressive rock band I have not had chance to listened to yet. Two volume of Mandlake remastered/unreleased material was released in 2006 on CHAOS UNION.
ReplyDeletemuch more to find at: http://noroom.susumuhirasawa.com/?ml_lang=en
Their first five albums are all excellent. After Landsale they ventured into a sort of epic postpunk while retaining their former Zolo quirks.
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ReplyDeletearigatou! (thanks!) nice blog^^
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