Phnonpenh MODEL is an

electronica Electronica is both a broad group of electronic-based music styles intended for listening rather than strictly for dancing and a music scene that started in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the term is mostly used to ...

band created by Hikaru Kotobuki, a former member of

P-Model P-Model (also typeset as P-MODEL and P. Model) was a Japanese electronic rock band started in 1979 by members of the defunct progressive rock band Mandrake. The band has experienced many lineup revisions over the years but frontman Susumu Hir ...

as somewhat of a joke in order to enter a P-Model cover band contest at a club. They continue to regroup from time to time and have released three studio albums and a live CD from their shows in

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and

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...

. Key members are Hikaru Kotobuki,

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(ex- Yapoos and Metrofarce) and

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Discography

*Errors of P-MANIA! (1993, HIRASAWA BYPASS, various artists release) * Desk Top Hard Lock (1994, DIW/

SYUN ''SYUN'' was a Japanese record label founded by Susumu Hirasawa in 1994. Hirasawa created the label to be able to have freedom to release some of his less commercial works (which later expanded to works by his associates, mostly members of P-MO ...

, as "Kotobuki Hikaru with Phnonpenh MODEL") *PATCHWORKS (1998, Club Lunatica/

Captain Trip Records Captain Trip Records is a Japanese music label founded and run by musician Ken Matsutani. The label specializes in experimental music and various subgenres of rock, particularly psychedelic rock and progressive rock. In addition to the publicatio ...

) *THE LAST FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL GLUTTONS (1998, Snowdonia, various artists release) *melting high/berlin～paris～tokyo (1999, Club Lunatica) * (2000, Club Lunatica) *General Midge (2007, IRQ, inc.) Electronica music groups {{Japan-band-stub