So, anyone else coming to Perfume in Shepherds Bush tomorrow? We should be having some drinks nearby beforehand if anyone fancies joining us.
― Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 4 July 2013 15:45 (ten years ago) link
didn't know that the BiS noise collaboration song was a cover of a Jun Togawa song, the original is p great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQkG-5M0qd8?t=1m8s
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Friday, 5 July 2013 08:51 (ten years ago) link
That's one of my all-time favourite Togawa songs. Not *entirely* convinced by the cover, though the conceit is certainly in keeping.
Also, zappi, it's not too late to jump on a train and come to Perfume with us. ^__^
― emil.y, Friday, 5 July 2013 14:07 (ten years ago) link
lol i wish :_; hope you and mr craig have fun
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Friday, 5 July 2013 14:16 (ten years ago) link
Keen keen keen for tonight!
― the mod urn dance (seandalai), Friday, 5 July 2013 16:21 (ten years ago) link
Posted about BiS/Biskaidan on Burning Ambulance today. I like their other video, where they're ska-punk skinheads.
― 誤訳侮辱, Friday, 5 July 2013 18:34 (ten years ago) link
I dig some BiS songs, this one fer instance:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHwPVTtYum0
but their 'anti-idol' thing feels way more contrived than the idol culture they're lampooning to me. blood, nudity, noise... 'edgy' but not nearly as weird or unique as, say, momoiro clover z. and if you're covering togawa, well she's nothing if not the real deal...http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-uxpylXf5fQ
― original bgm, Friday, 5 July 2013 18:48 (ten years ago) link
So I had fun at Perfume. Sound wasn't great, and they seemed to blow their visual budget in the first couple of songs but vibes were good and both the group and the crowd were very much into it. They did the projection-dress thing from Cannes for the first song and it was amazing. Particularly enjoyed watching the crazy dancing fan at the front of the left-hand balcony. I'm not a big fan of audience participation but who couldn't fall for "Fish! Woo! Chips! Woo! Fish and Chips! WOO!".
― the mod urn dance (seandalai), Sunday, 7 July 2013 13:13 (ten years ago) link
Worried the crazy dancing fan at the front of the left-hand balcony was one of us.
― emil.y, Sunday, 7 July 2013 17:18 (ten years ago) link
Haha, it could have been one of us. But, I think it is more likely it could have been the guy with millions of perfume badges on a hat, a face mask and a Michael Jackson glove with a teddy bear attached.
― Chewshabadoo, Sunday, 7 July 2013 17:39 (ten years ago) link
That wasn't you?!?!
― emil.y, Sunday, 7 July 2013 17:46 (ten years ago) link
In my DREAMS!
― Chewshabadoo, Sunday, 7 July 2013 17:56 (ten years ago) link
Yep. Were you guys also up there?
― the mod urn dance (seandalai), Sunday, 7 July 2013 21:07 (ten years ago) link
Aye! I was just behind that guy for the last half of the concert, emil.y and C were a few people back next to the balcony. I usually prefer to be down the front for gigs, but found having a view and space to dance great.
― Chewshabadoo, Monday, 8 July 2013 09:11 (ten years ago) link
Jealous of seeing the projection dresses live. Would go to see them every week if I had the chance.
AKB48's new surprise 'center's 'tude creating some hope for the future of idols... useless if the next girl is kicked out for it of course.
In the July 2 episode of Dancing Sanma Palace, Rino Sashihara looked back at the scandal which was scooped by Weekly Bunshun.
"If that didn't happen, this (placing 1st) wouldn't have happened. I'm grateful to that weekly tabloid, Weekly Bunshun."
Then Sanma asked: "What kind of guy do you like?"
Sashihara: "A person who can keep a secret."
― abcfsk, Monday, 8 July 2013 09:22 (ten years ago) link
So, I just discovered that Pefume Complete Best contains a track called ‘Wonder 2’, as does MBV. Coincidence?
― Chewshabadoo, Monday, 8 July 2013 21:03 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62CaiWk0Cpw
this whole album is such an eargasm but the songs that combine traditional japanese instruments and scales are the stand-out tracks for me.
― dash, Monday, 8 July 2013 23:40 (ten years ago) link
Salyu & Cornelius playing live with copious loop pedal fuckeryhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSkNKYnxcsk
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 10 July 2013 19:31 (ten years ago) link
reeeeally into this dempagumi.inc track:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMHj3U3-RA4
the pachelbel's canon part with the distorted rapping really seals the deal. anything else similarly dense and hyper and FAST that I should be checking out? kind of need more stuff like that and momoclo's battle & romance in my life right now.
― original bgm, Thursday, 11 July 2013 04:10 (ten years ago) link
Ooh, I like this. Sounds Okinawan to me, but I doubt I know what I'm talking about.
(Man I wasn't really into much new music the first six months and then everything just exploded and I can't keep up. Some of that explosion involved backtracking and discovering already released things some of which I had heard.)
― _Rudipherous_, Thursday, 11 July 2013 04:16 (ten years ago) link
The Salyu & Cornelius is nice too.
― _Rudipherous_, Thursday, 11 July 2013 04:36 (ten years ago) link
I've mostly avoided watching the live Perfume videos but I have to admit they are pretty wild. I would probably go see them live in a large venue just from the spectacle angle.
― _Rudipherous_, Friday, 12 July 2013 17:52 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_P1MmBEYpJU&feature=youtu.be
can't tell whether this is just Capsule 2.0 or an interesting "dark" direction for Kyary
― dash, Saturday, 13 July 2013 12:19 (ten years ago) link
Note that the song is only co-written by Nakata - the 'stock' song is given to different artists in different countries.
― abcfsk, Saturday, 13 July 2013 12:34 (ten years ago) link
Also think it would've fit Perfume better.
― abcfsk, Saturday, 13 July 2013 12:37 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AGe4ZfZsbg
― abcfsk, Sunday, 14 July 2013 22:58 (ten years ago) link
BABY I'm not okay and alsoI'm not okay at all, and moreoverBABY I'm not okay
― Milton Parker, Sunday, 14 July 2013 23:07 (ten years ago) link
between the 'suki suki daisuki' cover, the noise-pachelbel bridge, and this video, the influence of Jun Togawa seems to be riding unexpectedly high this year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffH_Mp74xh4
― Milton Parker, Thursday, 18 July 2013 18:04 (ten years ago) link
what's the togawa angle there?
― original bgm, Thursday, 18 July 2013 19:45 (ten years ago) link
it is more of a stretch, there, but I would connect it to the stare on the one who's eating caterpillars
― Milton Parker, Thursday, 18 July 2013 19:49 (ten years ago) link
ah, ok.
good vid btw.
― original bgm, Thursday, 18 July 2013 19:56 (ten years ago) link
What other 2013 music have you been enjoying in 2013, Milton? Can be classical, though that will generally be wasted on me.
― _Rudipherous_, Thursday, 18 July 2013 20:16 (ten years ago) link
I mostly listen to old stuff but those Solfeggio youtubes Scott posted to the ASMR thread dovetail nicely with my recent self-mortification via 1985-1995 era Hearts of Space albums. You probably don't mean reissues but that David Tudor box set is wonderful.
My pal Safety Scissors put out a new record this year called 'In A Manner Of Sleeping' which I am very impressed by. Did catch up on the last few Perfume b-sides after abcfsk posted Daijobanai upthread.
― Milton Parker, Thursday, 18 July 2013 21:53 (ten years ago) link
I bought this today, anybody read it?
http://i43.tinypic.com/nxoyuf.jpg
The title is slightly misleading as the book ends at 1990, but I'm looking forward to digging in.
― MaresNest, Thursday, 25 July 2013 18:57 (ten years ago) link
No but be sure to post your thoughts.
While waiting for Perfume's next album, here's what we would end up if Nakata decided to go big bang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnHDHByOK9I
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 12:28 (ten years ago) link
Big band* obviously, too much time spent with asian pop
Doesn’t do much for me.
― Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 20:44 (ten years ago) link
No but hearing unprocessed Perfume vocals is a bit like spotting a snow leopard in the wild. Doesn't happen often. Better if it was live of course http://youtu.be/TcA5HtvhOrw
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 23:12 (ten years ago) link
ha, i think that's the time i've heard them singing live & untreated. amused that it's a cover of this, those lyrics! http://youtu.be/DZTNAhYP2A4
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 23:53 (ten years ago) link
It’s a bit of a trend I guess, Magic of Love had the vocals comparatively unprocessed.
― Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 15 August 2013 07:04 (ten years ago) link
Nakata not busy enough finishing albums left and right - produces pop rock band SCANDAL's new single. You wouldn't necessarily guess it on first listen http://fuckyeahscandalband.tumblr.com/post/58902897458/scandal-over-drive-sp-footage-for-those-who
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 10:15 (ten years ago) link
Starts off sounding like Boys Don’t Cry.
― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 23 August 2013 17:40 (ten years ago) link
40 seconds in it starts sounding like Nakata though
― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 23 August 2013 17:41 (ten years ago) link
i really like it, the layers sound great!
― dash, Thursday, 5 September 2013 12:54 (ten years ago) link
lol tracklisting for new Capsule album CAPS LOCK
01. HOME02. CONTROL03. DELETE04. 1234567805. SHIFT06. ESC07. SPACE08. RETURN
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 10 September 2013 17:23 (ten years ago) link
Incredible lol
― ineloquentwow (Craigo Boingo), Tuesday, 10 September 2013 21:30 (ten years ago) link
omg
― original bgm, Tuesday, 10 September 2013 21:43 (ten years ago) link
this came out on ltd vinyl recently so i had to buy it
http://i.imgur.com/D4XBz4A.jpg
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 12 September 2013 10:46 (ten years ago) link
Nice. I read a few interviews with them recently and those girls are pretty into pushing their balls out version of idol art. From coming up with their own zany stage ideas like these sets http://response.jp/imgs/feed_l/593119.jpg to fighting rockism:
"Before (Ozzfest) an internet backlash like, "This is not a stage (event) for idols," was blowing everywhere. Even more than the actual members, the adults were on edge. Naturally the members could infer the strange atmosphere. The moment they got on stage Kanako yelled, "Watch first, then decide!" {見てから決めろ! / Mitekara Kimero!} letting the air out of the current of bashing based on the label “idol.” Then she howled, "Now, in front of you, WE ARE IDOLS." "When we got on stage, everything was covered in black t-shirts. It's like, if we don't dye this place MomoClo's colors immediately... It's not like they're going to come to us if we just give them time. We have to force the decisive moment from the very beginning. "Usually when we're 'away' we drift in their direction, right? But this time, out of all our costumes, we're wearing something that makes you think, ‘Is it even possible to be that idol-like?’ Yeah. I think this is a new fighting style for us""
The moment they got on stage Kanako yelled, "Watch first, then decide!" {見てから決めろ! / Mitekara Kimero!} letting the air out of the current of bashing based on the label “idol.” Then she howled, "Now, in front of you, WE ARE IDOLS."
"When we got on stage, everything was covered in black t-shirts. It's like, if we don't dye this place MomoClo's colors immediately... It's not like they're going to come to us if we just give them time. We have to force the decisive moment from the very beginning.
"Usually when we're 'away' we drift in their direction, right? But this time, out of all our costumes, we're wearing something that makes you think, ‘Is it even possible to be that idol-like?’ Yeah. I think this is a new fighting style for us""
-If you really try new things, while you're still at it, the opinion of the people watching keeps changing. "It's way more fun than always doing the same thing. I have a deep confidence that this 'some people love it- some people hate it'- stuff is fun. When the people who say, "I don't like it" come around, and I'm feeling, "I'm so glad we did it!" I'm just totally happy. The current MomoClo can't continue forever. I don't want to say that I suggest hate it/ love it stuff for it's own sake. Just the feeling of I want to do the absolute best things, and they always turn into these good-side-bad-side ideas. Which is to say, aren't we on the cutting edge? - Too far onto the cutting edge. Some of the audience is scared half to death. After "The 5th Dimension Tour" you overcame the 2 days at The Seibu Dome [Haru no Ichidaiji 2013]. Well... Nissan Stadium. Just doing the math, it's double the size of the Seibu dome. "Uh, what to do?. But, at MomoClo shows, aren't the far seats and the near seats are the same price? For the same price, if you ask which is more fun, I'd think the close seats. We're really thinking of and trying everything to make the fans in the distant seats have as much fun. I want to do a show where they'd even say they had MORE fun.
"It's way more fun than always doing the same thing. I have a deep confidence that this 'some people love it- some people hate it'- stuff is fun. When the people who say, "I don't like it" come around, and I'm feeling, "I'm so glad we did it!" I'm just totally happy.
The current MomoClo can't continue forever. I don't want to say that I suggest hate it/ love it stuff for it's own sake. Just the feeling of I want to do the absolute best things, and they always turn into these good-side-bad-side ideas. Which is to say, aren't we on the cutting edge?
- Too far onto the cutting edge. Some of the audience is scared half to death. After "The 5th Dimension Tour" you overcame the 2 days at The Seibu Dome [Haru no Ichidaiji 2013]. Well... Nissan Stadium. Just doing the math, it's double the size of the Seibu dome.
"Uh, what to do?. But, at MomoClo shows, aren't the far seats and the near seats are the same price? For the same price, if you ask which is more fun, I'd think the close seats. We're really thinking of and trying everything to make the fans in the distant seats have as much fun. I want to do a show where they'd even say they had MORE fun.
Both from the 'leader' Kanako Momota
― abcfsk, Thursday, 12 September 2013 11:17 (ten years ago) link
new denpagumi inc. - w.w.d. 2!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyZOePtID6s
video is somethin else. takes place in 2020 and former band members have now become shut-ins, hostess girls, etc. cameo from BiS too. nice breakdown with the context for it all up here:http://mbmelodies.tumblr.com/post/61051780049/dempagumi-inc-w-w-d-ii-2013-somehow-i
like the song too but I think I prefer w.w.d. 1
― original bgm, Saturday, 14 September 2013 16:45 (ten years ago) link