One Pattern

{{Infobox album | name = One Pattern | type = Studio | artist = P-Model | cover = P-MODEL - ONE PATTERN.gif | alt = | released = {{Start date|1986|6|25}} | recorded = 1986 | venue = | studio = {{Collapsible list|title=Various|titlestyle=font-weight:normal;font-size:12px;background:transparent;text-align:left|{{Plainlist|{{unbulleted list|Alfa Studio A, Shibaura, Minato, Tokyo|{{ill|LDK Studio|ja|LDKスタジオ}}, Otowa, Bunkyō, Tokyo|Music Inn Yamanakako, Yamanakako, Minamitsuru, Yamanashi}}}}}} | genre = {{hlist|Progressive rock|electronic rock}} | length = {{Duration|m=39|s=27}} | label = Alfa, Edge | producer = Akiro "Kamio" Arishima | prev_title = Karkador | prev_year = 1985 | next_title = P-Model | next_year = 1992 | misc = {{Singles | name = One Pattern | type = Studio | single1 = Another Day c/w Zebra | single1date = May 1986 (promo) ALFA-134 }} }}

'''''One Pattern''''' (stylized as '''''ONE PATTERN''''') is a 1986 album by P-Model and the last before the band's hiatus in 1988.

==Background== After the end of the supporting tour for ''Karkador'', P-Model was left without a bassist and a keyboardist. Frontman Susumu Hirasawa recruited Teruo Nakano and Yoshikazu Takahashi to fill the roles respectively, taking P-Model's sound in a new direction.

''One Pattern's'' style follows closely after Hirasawa's work in ''Karkador'', with Nakano as the main creative partner. Together, they employed varied musical styles, from orchestral to classic guitar work, while producing in a way as to create a lo-fi sound.

==Production== Due to the rising prominence of digital technology at the time, artificial sounds were used on the album more so than ever before. The songs were recorded with a Casio CZ-5000's built-in 8 track sequencer, as the band could not afford a standalone. For reproducing the sound for live performances they relied on intuition and using the devices they had on hand.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Takahasi|first1=Kasiko|title=フリー・ソフトウェアとしての平沢進|url=http://moderoom.fascination.co.jp/modules/DayScanner/archives/753|website=MODEROOM|publisher=Fascination, inc.|language=Japanese|date=30 December 2009|accessdate=18 September 2015}}</ref>

Hirasawa implemented a MIDI guitar on some songs, sometimes purposefully playing it "the wrong way" aiming to surprise the listener, though he struggled with the unreliability of the gear and its constant sound output delay. The complex basslines were played by Nakano on either a bass or on a keyboard. Takahashi took to heavy usage of samplers and using a cassette deck to play pre-recorded choral accompaniments, as well as having a hand in engineering. Drummer Yasuhiro Araki meanwhile, had his role in the band greatly diminished, with most of the drumming on the album handled by sequencers.

''One Pattern'' was recorded under a strenuous schedule by a P-Model in low spirits,<ref name=MIW>{{cite book|last=Takahasi|first=Kasiko|date=2010|orig-year=1999|title=改訂DIGITAL復刻版音楽産業廃棄物|trans-title=Music Industrial Wastes Rev.2.4|language=Japanese|volume=P-Model Side – Open Source|edition=3rd|publisher=Fascination}}</ref> with Hirasawa having his vision heavily imposed on by various circumstances, and he has since called this his least favorite P-Model album.<ref>{{cite web|title=RocketBaby's interview w/Susumu Hirasawa |url=http://rocketbaby.net/interviews_hirasawa_1.html |website=RocketBaby |publisher=Neo Cosmic Industries |accessdate=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010303074111/http://rocketbaby.net/interviews_hirasawa_1.html |archivedate=March 3, 2001 }}</ref> This was reflected in the album's title, "one pattern" being a Japanese phrase for "stuck in a rut".

==Track listing== {{Tracklist |all_writing=Susumu Hirasawa, except where noted |title1=OH MAMA! |length1=3:56 |title2=LICORICE LEAF |writer2=Teruo Nakano |length2=4:04 |title3=Astro Notes |length3=3:31 |title4=Möbius band |note4={{Nihongo2|メビウスの帯}} ''Mebiusu no obi'' |writer4=Nakano |length4=2:13 |title5=Drums |length5=5:53 |title6=Zebra |length6=4:23 |title7=Oyasumi Dog |note7={{Nihongo2|おやすみDOG}} |length7=3:13 |title8=Another Day |length8=3:08 |title9=Harmonium |note9={{Nihongo2|ハーモニウム}} ''Hāmoniumu'' |length9=5:28 |title10=Sunpaleets |note10={{Nihongo2|サンパリーツ}} ''Sanparītsu'' |writer10=Nakano |length10=3:39 }}

==Personnel== ; P-Model – Arrangements, Backing vocals on "Drums" *Susumu Hirasawa – Vocal, Keyboards, Guitar *Yasuhiro Araki – Drums, Gong Bass, Percussion *{{ill|Teruo Nakano|ja|中野テルヲ}} – Bass, Keyboards, Lead vocals on "LICORICE LEAF" and "Möbius band", Backing vocals *Yoshikazu Takahashi – Systems (Keyboards, Sampler, Cassette deck, Backing vocals, Engineering)

; Guest musicians & production *Kayo "Kokubo" Matsumoto – "MAMA" Vocal on "OH MAMA!" *{{ill|Suginami Junior Chorus|ja|杉並児童合唱団}} (credited as "Suginami Jido Gassho-Dan") – "Sunpaleets" Voice *Masami Orimo (listed under special thanks) – Backing vocals on "Drums" *Akiro "Kamio" Arishima (AC Unit) – Keyboards on "Another Day", Production *Akitsugu Doi (Alfa Records) – Mixing, Engineering *Katsunori Takashima (Alfa Records) and Nobuo Namie (Freedom Studio) – Assistant Engineering *Mitsuharu Kobayashi (CBS-Sony) – Mastering Engineer

; Staff *Toshikazu Awano (Alfa Records) – A&R Coordination *Mitsuru Hirose (Model House) – Artist Management *Yūichi Hirasawa – Art director *Tatsuo Kuda – Photography *Akemi Tsujitani (AC Unit) – Costumer *Special Thanks: Yoshiaki Kondo (Gok Sound), Akai, {{ill|Talbo|ja|東海楽器・Talbo}} (Tōkai Gakki), Taro Yamamoto, Imagica

==Release history== {|class="wikitable" ! Date ! Label(s) ! Format ! Catalog ! Notes |- |{{Start date|1986|6|25}} |rowspan=3 |Alfa Records, Edge Records |LP |ELR-28004 | |- |{{Start date|1986|7|25}} |rowspan=5 |CD |32XA-79 |First native CD release of a P-Model album. |- |{{Start date|1992|2|21}} |ALCA-259 |Released (alongside ''Karkador'') five days before the release of ''P-Model''. |- |{{Start date|1994|12|21}} |Alfa Music, Edge Records |ALCA-9135 |Released (alongside ''Karkador'') 20 days after the debut show of the "Revised" P-Model. |- |{{Start date|2002|5|10}} {{Start date|2014|7|4}} |Chaos Union, Teslakite |CHTE-0010 |Remastered by Hirasawa. Part of Disc 6 of the ''Ashu-on [Sound Subspecies] in the solar system'' box set, alongside demos and bootlegs of songs originally meant for inclusion on ''Monster'' and a different arrangement of ''Kameari Pop'' (from ''In a Model Room'') made for a "One Pattern Band" show (with Kera and former members). Re-released with new packaging by Kiyoshi Inagaki. |- |{{Start date|2007|7|25}} {{Start date|2012|4|12}} |Sony Music Direct, GT Music |MHCL-1137 |Remastered, limited release (alongside ''Karkador''). Packaged in a paper sleeve to replicate the original LP packaging. Re-pressing (without sticker to indicate packaging) sold only through Tower Records. |}

*"Another Day" is included on the ''TWINS SOUND SAMPLER Vol.2～ROCK/POPS COLLECTION'' various artists compilation. *"OH MAMA!" is included on the ''TWINS SOUND SAMPLER Vol.4～TECHNO POP COLLECTION'' various artists compilation.

==See also== *1986 in Japanese music

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://noroom.susumuhirasawa.com/modules/disco/index.php/photo/39 ONE PATTERN] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130718110322/http://noroom.susumuhirasawa.com/modules/disco/index.php/photo/39/ |date=2013-07-18 }} at [http://noroom.susumuhirasawa.com/ NO ROOM – The official site of Susumu Hirasawa (P-MODEL)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522100939/http://noroom.susumuhirasawa.com/ |date=2013-05-22 }} *{{MusicBrainz release group|id=4fe96352-20ca-3bab-862d-08445bcbf7b2|name=ONE PATTERN}} *[http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/p-model/discography/MHCL-1137 ONE PATTERN] at Sony Music's official site

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