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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 . In 1973 he formed Mandrake , a progressive rock band that incorporated elements from heavy metal and krautrock . Being one of the few Japanese progressive rock bands of its time , Mandrake achieved little success and released no albums during its lifetime . After 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 new wave / electronic rock band P - Model in 1979 . Originally met with success , they turned to decidedly uncommercial post - punk and experimental rock after Hirasawa went through an averse reaction to his fame . With Hirasawa at the forefront , the band went through various lineups and achieved some popularity in the Japanese independent music scene . An electric guitar is a fretted string instrument that uses a pickup to convert the vibration of its strings  which are typically made of steel , and which occurs when a guitarist strums , plucks or fingerpicks the strings  into electrical signals . The vibrations of the strings are sensed by a pickup , of which the most common type is the magnetic pickup , which uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction . The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker , so it is plugged into a guitar amplifier before being sent to a loudspeaker , which makes a sound loud enough to hear . The output of an electric guitar is an electric signal , and the signal can easily be altered by electronic circuits to add " ___MASK17___ " to the sound or change the sound . Often the signal is modified using effects such as reverb and distortion and " overdrive ", with the latter being a key element of the sound of the electric guitar as it is used in blues and rock music . Paprika ( Japanese :  Hepburn : Papurika ) is a 2006 Japanese animated science fiction thriller film co - written and directed by Satoshi Kon , based on Yasutaka Tsutsui ' s 1993 novel of the same name , about a research psychologist who uses a device that permits therapists to help patients by entering their dreams . It is Kon ' s fourth and final feature film before his death in 2010 . Kon and Seishi Minakami wrote the script , and Japanese animation studio Madhouse Inc . animated and produced the film alongside Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan , which distributed it in Japan . The score was composed by Susumu Hirasawa . The soundtrack is significant for being the first film to use a Vocaloid : `` Lola . '' Post - punk ( originally " new musick ") is a broad type of rock music that emerged from the punk movement of the 1970s , in which artists departed from punk rock ' s raw , accessible style to pursue a variety of avant - garde sensibilities . Attempting to break from rock tradition , post - punk artists experimented with sources such as electronic music , ___MASK54___ dance music and the avant - garde , as well as novel recording technology and production techniques . The movement also saw the frequent intersection of music with art and politics , as artists incorporated ideas from sources such as modernist literature , critical theory , cinema , and performance art . Accompanying these musical developments were communities that produced independent record labels , visual art , multimedia performances and fanzines in conjunction with the music .