Hirasawa's music takes from such concepts as analytical psychology, advances in digital technology, the philosophies of yin and yang, and principles of nature versus machines. While Hirasawa is mostly remembered in Japan for the first two P-Model albums, he has achieved international recognition for his soundtrack work, particularly for the adaptations of the Kentaro Miura manga Berserk and the work of anime director Satoshi Kon. He has actively been releasing new music since. He continued to evolve his sound while concurrently working with two different iterations of P-Model until the group was disbanded in 2000. Unbound by the restraints of a band, his albums were marked by a refusal to stick to any particular genre. In 1989, Hirasawa launched his solo career. With Hirasawa at the forefront, the band went through various lineups and achieved some popularity in the Japanese independent music scene. Originally met with success, they turned to decidedly uncommercial post-punk and experimental rock after Hirasawa went through an adverse reaction to his fame. Being one of the few Japanese progressive rock bands of its time, Mandrake achieved little success and released no albums during its lifetime.Īfter discovering punk rock and working on synthesizer-heavy projects, Hirasawa felt that progressive rock became just for entertainment and decided to reform the band as the electronic rock band P-Model in 1979.

In 1973 he formed Mandrake, a progressive rock band that incorporated elements from heavy metal and krautrock. In the fifth year of elementary school, Hirasawa took up the electric guitar, inspired by the surf and instrumental rock bands he heard on the radio and on TV, later joining his junior high school's band.

Susumu Hirasawa ( 平沢進, Hirasawa Susumu, born April 2, 1954) is a Japanese musician and composer. 平沢進　Susumu Hirasawa (P-MODEL)　Official site

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