History Music / SusumuHirasawa

In 1973, Susumu started a ProgressiveRock band called Mandrake. While obscure, the band was a pioneer of the genre in Japan, and his unique composition style can be heard even back then. When the band split up, he took 3 of his former bandmates and created a [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]] band, P-Model. Their first album, ''In A Model Room'', was released in 1979, and it and its single "Art Mania" had a punkish, energetic sound that made the band quite popular. If you need a comparison, think Music/{{Polysics}}. After their second album, ''Landsale'', P-Model began to become more experimental, releasing ''[[NewSoundAlbum Potpourri]]'', consisting mostly of Sound Collage -type song construction, bright guitar riffs, and [[CarefulWithThatAxe Susumu screaming his head off]]. This didn't last for long, however, and their sound evolved over the next few albums, keeping the bright riffs, using way more synth, and introducing Susumu's more well-known singing style. The album ''Karkador'' is generally the point where P-Model started sounding like themselves.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Maybe ''Wagnerian New Age''? Or ''Symphonic Techno''?

* ColdHam: See "Large Ham".

* KindHeartedCatLover: Few things are known about his private life, but it's confirmed that he lives alone with his two cats.
** In 2001, a pregnant stray cat was found in his studio. He took care of her, helping carry out four of her pregnancies. However, as he could not take care of all the kittens, Hirasawa created a temporary site to recruit possible adopters and keep up with the welfare of the various cats.
* ALadyOnEachArm

* NotDistractedByTheSexy

[[caption-width-right:350:This picture shows the [[TheStoic entire range of his publically displayed emotions]].]]

* EverythingsLouderWithBagpipes: "Caravan". Trust me when I say this comes out of nowhere.

* LoudnessWar: Unfortunately his albums are mixed loudly and even clipping is common.

* OneManBand: During his live performances; to be fair he uses some playback tracks.
+ OlderThanTheyLook: The man is in his 60's but you'd be forgiven for assuming he's in his 40's.

* LyricalDissonance: "Genshiryoku," a darkly sarcastic ProtestSong about Japan's nuclear energy policy set to an upbeat, triumphant-sounding EarWorm.

'''Susumu Hirasawa''' was born on April 2nd, 1954, in Tokyo, Japan, and since then has gone on to become one of the premier composers and performers of the dubious genre of Technopop. His musical style is indescribable, and his distinctive voice is instantly recognisable. He has composed for anime by Creator/SatoshiKon, including ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'' and ''Literature/{{Paprika}}'', among other things.

'''Mandrake discography:'''

'''P-Model discography:'''

'''Solo discography:'''

* DontLookAtMe: The [[Manga/KOn "I'm not Yui Hirasawa!"]] incident...

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* EpicRiff: All over the place.

* FaceOfTheBand: Hirasawa was always the center of P-Model, with a writing credit on a good 90% of their material. Despite a number of other members coming in and out of the band, their own individual styles were often minimized, particularly as the band's rhythms tend to be quite static.

* IAmTheBand

* CallBack: You can hear part of the P-Model song "Monster A Go Go" at the end of "[[{{Paprika}} Parade]]".

'''Susumu Hirasawa''' was born on April 2nd, 1954, in Tokyo, Japan, and since then has gone on to become one of the premier composers and performers of the dubious genre of Technopop. His musical style is indescribable, and his distinctive voice is instantly recognisable. He has composed for anime by Creator/SatoshiKon, including ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'' and ''{{Paprika}}'', among other things.

* ''Scuba'', 1984 (Sort of a mutimedia type thing)

* ''White Tiger Field'', 2006 (Some of the songs on this album were used in the soundtrack for Paprika)

* GenreRoulette: The music of P-Model was notorious for this, and while his solo career achieved a higher blending of styles, songs like ''Solar Ray'' changes genres quicker than you could list them.
* GratuitousEnglish: Sometimes as a chorus, sometimes as title such as ''Niwashi [-KING-]''.

* OneManBand: During his live performances, to be fair he uses some playback tracks.

* IntergenerationalFriendship: Most of his friends are in their 20's.

* LargeHam: He certainly likes playing with this. He was quite hammy during the first years of P-Model but hammed down a lot over the years so that he is TheStoic since the mid-80s. His music on the other hand is just as hammy as electronic music can get. He is able to combine TheStoic persona with a unique hammy delivery in [[UpToEleven his most bombastic songs]] like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkYYYew8CUI Forces]]. Yes, he's a stoic LargeHam.

In 1973, Susumu started a ProgressiveRock band called Mandrake. While obscure, the band was a pioneer of the genre in Japan, and his unique composition style can be heard even back then. When the band split up, he took 3 of his former bandmates and created a [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]] band, P-Model. Their first album, ''In A Model Room'', was released in 1979, and it and its single "Art Mania" had a punkish, energetic sound that made the band quite popular. If you need a comparison, think {{Polysics}}. After their second album, ''Landsale'', P-Model began to become more experimental, releasing ''[[NewSoundAlbum Potpourri]]'', consisting mostly of Sound Collage -type song construction, bright guitar riffs, and [[CarefulWithThatAxe Susumu screaming his head off]]. This didn't last for long, however, and their sound evolved over the next few albums, keeping the bright riffs, using way more synth, and introducing Susumu's more well-known singing style. The album ''Karkador'' is generally the point where P-Model started sounding like themselves.

* KindHeartedCatLover: Few things are known about his private life, but it's confirmed that he lives alone with his cat.

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* DontLookAtMe: The [[KOn "I'm not Yui Hirasawa!"]] incident...

In 1997, Susumu composed some music for the anime ''{{Berserk}}'', including [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWfrDG0nmlk Forces,]] which is likely one of his best known songs outside of Japan, and P-Model's sound grew even harder to pinpoint as 2 [=EPs=] and an album ''Enola'' were completed. As you would expect, P-Model had fallen out of the mainstream a while ago. Susumu focused on his solo work more, and after 1999's album ''P-Model Or Die'', P-Model offically disbanded.

* TitleOnlyChorus: “Homo Gestalt,” “Kaji wo Tore,” “[[{{Berserk}} Forces]],” “Rocket Shoot,” “Sekai Turbine,” “Mother,” “Seiren,” “Russian Tobiscope”

* ArcWords: On ''Technique of Relief'', the euphoric yell ''YIN YAAAA'', refering to the philosophy on yin and yang. The yell has become a catchphrase among fans.

* GratuitousEnglish: Sometimes as a chorus, sometimes as title such as ''Niwashi [-KING-]''.

In 1973, Susumu started a ProgressiveRock band called Mandrake. While obscure, the band was a pioneer of the genre in Japan, and his unique composition style can be heard even back then. When the band split up, he took 3 of his former bandmates and created a Music/NewWave band, P-Model. Their first album, ''In A Model Room'', was released in 1979, and it and its single "Art Mania" had a punkish, energetic sound that made the band quite popular. If you need a comparison, think {{Polysics}}. After their second album, ''Landsale'', P-Model began to become more experimental, releasing ''[[NewSoundAlbum Potpourri]]'', consisting mostly of Sound Collage -type song construction, bright guitar riffs, and [[CarefulWithThatAxe Susumu screaming his head off]]. This didn't last for long, however, and their sound evolved over the next few albums, keeping the bright riffs, using way more synth, and introducing Susumu's more well-known singing style. The album ''Karkador'' is generally the point where P-Model started sounding like themselves.