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]

"demo"
Single by P-Model
ReleasedMay 25, 1994 (1994-05-25)
Recorded1979
Electro Sound
Tokyo
GenrePost-punk, electropunk, electronic rock, new wave, technopop
Length6:31
LabelDIW Records, SYUN
Producer(s)Susumu Hirasawa
P-Model singles chronology
"OPENING SE 1992"
(1992)
"demo"
(1994)
"SAKSIT North Passage MIX"
(1996)

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."bijutsu-kan de atta hito daro"Susumu Hirasawa3:04
2."roomrunner"Yasumi Tanaka3:27

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "P-MODEL / 平沢進 バイオグラフィ". MODEROOM. Fascination, inc.
  2. ^ Sakuma, Masahide. "30th anniv". Masahide Sakuma [homepage] (in Japanese). Masahide Sakuma. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2015-04-20.
  3. ^ "DISC13". Ashu-on. Chaos Union. Archived from the original on February 14, 2005.
  4. ^ "P-MODEL Discography". MODEROOM. Fascination, inc.