Where is the LOVE for Perfume?

― owen moorhead (i heart daniel miller), Saturday, 7 October 2006 16:12 (twelve years ago) Permalink

ie. Most of the songs on FRUITS CLiPPER > 'Electro World'.

― Badrock Example (Barima), Saturday, 7 October 2006 16:46 (twelve years ago) Permalink

― chap who would dare to contain two ingredients. Tea and bags. (chap), Saturday, 7 October 2006 17:03 (twelve years ago) Permalink

― owen moorhead (i heart daniel miller), Saturday, 7 October 2006 22:40 (twelve years ago) Permalink

'EW' is effectively 'Dreamin Dreamin' off FC with a drop-off in pop song skills and an upping of tempo and electro bass. Therefore, this is likely one of the few occasions I can agree with you on Nakata writing the same song twice (see also Capsule's 'Glider' > Perfume's 'Computer World'). Not something that bothers me in principle, since all the best alternative Japanese producers deliberately refer to their own sounds in later work, mind.

They just have more indie cachet because they dress mod and rock analog synths.

Which has what to do with anything?

― Badrock Example (Barima), Sunday, 8 October 2006 10:43 (twelve years ago) Permalink

― owen moorhead (i heart daniel miller), Monday, 9 October 2006 06:39 (twelve years ago) Permalink

― owen moorhead (i heart daniel miller), Monday, 9 October 2006 06:42 (twelve years ago) Permalink

PS. Capsule don't have an ILM thread.

PPS. It has nothing to do with Capsule being cooler (or "less pop") and everything to do with Nakata diluting his best ideas and giving them to Perfume.

PPPS. I'd do Perfume.

― Badrock Example (Barima), Monday, 9 October 2006 10:56 (twelve years ago) Permalink

PS Srsly? I was going to make a Capsule thread and then I thought that there was one already and then I was listening to Perfume and I wanted to make a Perfume thread.

PPS STILL NOT LEGAL

― owen moorhead (i heart daniel miller), Monday, 9 October 2006 12:44 (twelve years ago) Permalink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyEHQTVNnkc

I'm getting the 2009 album "Triangle" right now, but until then, enjoy this, my favorite song.

I wish 1:50 to 2:01 could loop forever. That'd get my sailors jumping!

― Captain Ahab, Sunday, 21 February 2010 20:55 (eight years ago) Permalink

also WOW I LOVE THESE GIRLS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6TV-ztJlJc

― Captain Ahab, Sunday, 21 February 2010 21:00 (eight years ago) Permalink

screw the j-pop thread, i'm posting this here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZKMaFR2mtU

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 21:40 (six years ago) Permalink

i mean this is a year-old b-side but it's still massive and i'm glad they made a video for it

― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 21:40 (six years ago) Permalink

I'm all about Point at the moment, potentially my pop song of the year.

― direct references of (seandalai), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 22:00 (six years ago) Permalink

I never saw this 2006 thread! ILX on top of it

sandbox detour for reference - http://sandbox.ilxor.com/sandbox/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=142&threadid=1671

The 'Fake It' clip in support of their new compilation for international markets - http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=TKCA-73840 - which I was looking forward to being a true best-of but in turns out to be a rather odd cross-section from their albums / singles, so it's missing quite a few of the songs I was hoping to be able to have on a CD like 'One Room Disco', but it's got 'Polyrhythm'

― Milton Parker, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 22:49 (six years ago) Permalink

More like "Where is the LOVE for Yasutaka Nakata?" is OTM. I've only recently started getting into Perfume and Meg, but I love Capsule and just about everything else the dude has had anything to do with. Copter4016882's 2D2D (which he had some level of involvement with and may have produced...?) is underrated even beyond the extent to which most of his stuff is underrated 'round here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqEg-Vs31Cg

― This Whole Fridge Is Full Of (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 23:03 (six years ago) Permalink

what are they up to now?

― pea hen (clouds), Saturday, 13 April 2013 15:48 (five years ago) Permalink

:D http://www.songkick.com/concerts/16342874-perfume-at-o2-academy-islington

― Chewshabadoo, Sunday, 14 April 2013 20:15 (five years ago) Permalink

great extended version of Spending All My Time from the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI0x5vA7fLo

― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 22 June 2013 22:32 (five years ago) Permalink

That performance is fucking fantastic. If they ever play New York I will be there in a heartbeat.

― 誤訳侮辱, Sunday, 23 June 2013 01:51 (five years ago) Permalink

Let's gear up for their next album, out October 2nd.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BSkrZcrCcAAiGfb.jpg:large
01. Enter the Sphere
02. Spring of Life (Album-mix)
03. Magic of Love (Album-mix)
04. Clockwork
05. 1mm
06. 未来のミュージアム
07. Party Maker
08. ふりかえるといるよ
09. ポイント
10. だいじょばない
11. Handy Man
12. Sleeping Beauty
13. Spending all my time (Album-mix)
14. Dream Land

A great new track was revealed, 1mm:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OANDqgw9qU

― abcfsk, Tuesday, 27 August 2013 08:05 (five years ago) Permalink

'spring of life' is one of the 10 best song-video combinations in human history

― obi wankin' obi (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 27 August 2013 08:38 (five years ago) Permalink

I prefer the 'Spending' routine / video.

― abcfsk, Tuesday, 27 August 2013 08:41 (five years ago) Permalink

yep digging '1mm'. hope 'Spending all my time (Album-mix)' is the extended version from the recent live shows

― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 27 August 2013 10:29 (five years ago) Permalink

And when I said I prefer 'Spending' I meant the original, not the new one, which I forgot and is a whole new level of awesomeness in itself. The original had its own superhuman charm in the perfectness of the sync hand movements.

― abcfsk, Tuesday, 27 August 2013 11:04 (five years ago) Permalink

i hope it's more "spring of life" than "spending all my time".

― clouds, Monday, 2 September 2013 16:48 (five years ago) Permalink

Yeah, "Spending All My Time" is one of the greatest singles of the 2000s, and the video is amazing/hypnotic/creepy/brilliant. New song above is great, too—this is one of my most anticipated albums of 2013.

― 誤訳侮辱, Monday, 2 September 2013 17:11 (five years ago) Permalink

"1mm" is good.

― EZ Snappin, Monday, 2 September 2013 17:43 (five years ago) Permalink

"1mm" is good.
--EZ Snappin

yeah, it is. I'm excited.

still think "spending all my time" was a weak attempt to try to break into non-JPN territories. kinda edm eurotrash garbage imo. gimmie the bouncy, blue-skied instead perfume instead plz.

― original bgm, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 02:17 (five years ago) Permalink

Yep, seemed slight to me. Magic Of Love was a massive return to form.

― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 07:11 (five years ago) Permalink

Spending All My Time is my fave single of this period. Not remotely un-Perfume-y but still something kinda new and fun for them to try, adding some sounds they usually don't have in their arsenal without ever fully stepping into another genre. Spring of Life and Magic are both the definition of safe to me and not as good as their b-sides but being Perfume that still makes them very listenable indeed.

One of the new album tracks is over 7 minutes so it's all looking good, with the promise of a flashy video for 1mm as well.

― abcfsk, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 07:16 (five years ago) Permalink

Oh and one thing that's made the safer recent Perfume singles interesting as well is Nakata experimenting with close to no vocal effects at times.

― abcfsk, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 07:18 (five years ago) Permalink

"Magic of Love" is OK but yeah, a pretty safe bet; it kinda sounds like a rewrite of "Natural ni Koishite." I think "Mirai no Museum" is the weakest single they've released from the upcoming album.

― 誤訳侮辱, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 13:50 (five years ago) Permalink

yeah, I haven't been blown away by anything released since JPN really. largely competent and fun and listenable but pales a bit compared to the more adventurous stuff nakata's been doing with kyary.

still, i can't imagine i won't listen to this new one like crazy!

― original bgm, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 14:55 (five years ago) Permalink

oh wait, I forgot about "hurly burly" - that one rules

― original bgm, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 14:59 (five years ago) Permalink

Quite a few fans are pissed that Hurly Burly isn't on the tracklist.

I thought Kyary's latest album was pretty great and she has a few masterpieces under her belt. In general I think Nakata's work with Perfume's got an emotional core and melodical genius to it that gives it weight compared to Kyary's fun time tunage, even when playing it safe.

Everything is relative, I would give all Perfume albums 10/10 and no song less than 8/10*.. then you get a couple of 8 singles in a row and it can come off as doomsday. But all the vibes I'm getting from this album is that it might work very well as an album indeed, and actually be a bit on the experimental side outside of the singles. Putting album mixes of singles there is a great choice. (The members talked in a recent interview about a few 'light' Perfume singles having been released in a row, and they have actually been their lowest selling singles in a few years)

* well, maybe.. http://youtu.be/ZMy_2UaQb-c

― abcfsk, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 15:17 (five years ago) Permalink

This on the other hand is definitely a solid 8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuPwFMTTYPo

― abcfsk, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 15:21 (five years ago) Permalink

those early tracks are hilarious.

In general I think Nakata's work with Perfume's got an emotional core and melodical genius to it that gives it weight compared to Kyary's fun time tunage, even when playing it safe.

yeah, I can see that. as much as I like kyary, she doesn't have a song with the emotional whallop of "electro world" or "polyrhythm" or "chocolate disco" or "dream fighter" or etc. etc. (not yet anyway)

and yeah, omitting "hurly burly" is a weird move for sure.

also, I don't really hate "mirai no museum" like everyone else seems to. it's... pretty likable, I think? def on the generic side but kinda gives off pleasant serani poji vibes that I can't really hate on.

― original bgm, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 16:10 (five years ago) Permalink

and how does his work with Capsule compare? I feel like it kind of gets the short stick re: the recent albums (though honestly outside of Fruits Clipper I dunno if I've heard a Capsule album that's been good all the way through)

― frogbs, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 16:16 (five years ago) Permalink

yeah, the capsule stuff is all really spotty but worth digging through for the gems in my experience. but I haven't heard it all.

sugarless girl is the best of what I've heard. love the title track and "starry sky". things get progressively more EDM-ey from that album on.

― original bgm, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 16:22 (five years ago) Permalink

mirai no museum was done for a children's movie ne?

i listened to abt half of "stereo worxxxx" or whatever before turning it off due to shitty rapping

― clouds, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 16:24 (five years ago) Permalink

I only made it through Stereo Worxxx once, but I love the album before that, World of Fantasy. When I just want huge head-crushing sound, I put on the title track at ridiculous volume (this does not make my co-workers happy).

― 誤訳侮辱, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 16:27 (five years ago) Permalink

will get that one then — i love nakata in sensory-overload mode :)

― clouds, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 16:31 (five years ago) Permalink

I've found that my favorite Capsule album is probably L.D.K. which is the one that precedes Fruits Clipper, and is a more of a transitional album between their earlier stuff and the more EDM/Electro House influenced material.

― MarkoP, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 16:32 (five years ago) Permalink

Never liked that one much, though I do appreciate the Hosono ref in the title :)

― frogbs, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 16:34 (five years ago) Permalink

the World of Fantasy video is a thing of wonder http://youtu.be/W4h8m74pyC8
there's a new Capsule album out the end of next month btw

― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 17:11 (five years ago) Permalink

That video is what sold me on them.

― 誤訳侮辱, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 17:21 (five years ago) Permalink

yea that video is awesome

― original bgm, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 17:22 (five years ago) Permalink

Full video for 1mm http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/Perfume---1mm/623c95ae935400520ba744d102d12f37

― abcfsk, Thursday, 5 September 2013 01:47 (five years ago) Permalink

yesssssss

― karl wallogina (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 25 May 2018 09:03 (seven months ago) Permalink

Tour dates! We were maybe visiting Japan this autumn anyway, this could swing it.

http://www.perfume-web.jp/eng/news/individual.php?id=47

― Does anybody remember Rock In Opposition? *audience screams* (Matt #2), Friday, 25 May 2018 12:31 (seven months ago) Permalink

Future Pop

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DgqrW_kU8AAsHbf.jpg

01. Start-Up
02. Future Pop
03. If you wanna
04. TOKYO GIRL
05. FUSION
06. Tiny Baby
07. Let Me Know
08. Chorairin
09. Mugenmirai
10. Housekino Ame
11. Tenku
12. Everyday

― abcfsk, Wednesday, 27 June 2018 05:03 (six months ago) Permalink

what a title

― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Wednesday, 27 June 2018 05:10 (six months ago) Permalink

Interesting one 18 years into their career. A statement about their legacy, and maybe that they're still at the front

― abcfsk, Wednesday, 27 June 2018 06:08 (six months ago) Permalink

august! jeez

― karl wallogina (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 27 June 2018 09:40 (six months ago) Permalink

oh sweeeeeeeeet

― nxd, Wednesday, 27 June 2018 09:48 (six months ago) Permalink

Expecting a promo stream this week. Really excited.

― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 27 June 2018 11:44 (six months ago) Permalink

it’s out

― Everything to do with chocolate (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 17 August 2018 03:53 (five months ago) Permalink

and it’s like a b sides compilation

― Everything to do with chocolate (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 17 August 2018 05:14 (five months ago) Permalink

I like it a lot, probably more than their last album. So far, anyway. New songs have a throwback quality, very cute. And the singles pop in this context.

― abcfsk, Friday, 17 August 2018 06:46 (five months ago) Permalink

aw this is fun and thankfully way shorter than usual

― princess of hell (BradNelson), Sunday, 19 August 2018 22:43 (five months ago) Permalink

I've seen complaints that the singles appear on the album exactly as they were initially released, not in new album mixes.

― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 19 August 2018 23:26 (five months ago) Permalink

i guess it's fine that i accidentally ignored this singles cycle then

― princess of hell (BradNelson), Sunday, 19 August 2018 23:29 (five months ago) Permalink

I have some thoughts about Future Pop.

― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 21 August 2018 12:31 (four months ago) Permalink

The album mixes have been downgrades lately so I'm happy they stay the way they were. I listen to Perfume mostly through albums and I want the 'real' deal.

― abcfsk, Tuesday, 21 August 2018 19:32 (four months ago) Permalink

nice article that xp

― nxd, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 09:28 (four months ago) Permalink

do they have a comp with the singles mixes? don't exactly want to track down 20 separate singles

― frogbs, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 13:14 (four months ago) Permalink

it was only on Level3 and Cosmic Explorer where there were mostly new mixes for the previously released singles, Triangle and JPN just had one or two new mixes of previously-released B-sides on them too.

there's no compilation of all the single version of tracks but there's not that many and the singles are all easily available on streaming services, it's not very hard to track them down.

― ufo, Wednesday, 22 August 2018 13:31 (four months ago) Permalink

Update: Le Me Know is a classic, A+ Perfume single, and with this great new Future Pop MV I'm ready to declare this year a Golden Age Perfume Year.

These are two of the best singles of 2018 and both get me emotional

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGlFxkWgI84

― abcfsk, Friday, 21 September 2018 20:39 (three months ago) Permalink

holy shit that is one of their best mvs, which is saying a lot

― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 21 September 2018 20:43 (three months ago) Permalink

"let me know" is such an awesome song, can't believe nakata is still surprising me like this

― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 21 September 2018 20:54 (three months ago) Permalink

That video is amazing. "If You Wanna," "Fusion," "Tenku," and "Everyday" are still my favorite tracks on the album.

― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 21 September 2018 21:23 (three months ago) Permalink

yyyyyeeeeeeIKES

amazing how all the imagery generally used to accompany dystopian articles about surveillance and social credit dictatorships are assimilated perfectly and neatly into a Perfume video slash advertisement for how great 5G is going to be

new album not kicking in for me, even the singles - something went missing in the latest replica, though my outlook has shifted as well the last two years and it's probably just me having a harder time enjoying almost anything

― Milton Parker, Friday, 21 September 2018 22:11 (three months ago) Permalink

that shot of the three of them dancing, surrounded both on land and air by circling shopping carts & delivery drones is really something though

― Milton Parker, Friday, 21 September 2018 22:18 (three months ago) Permalink

pop content never to be mistaken for mere entertainment etc

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-18/china-social-credit-a-model-citizen-in-a-digital-dictatorship/10200278
https://ehtrust.org/key-issues/cell-phoneswireless/5g-networks-iot-scientific-overview-human-health-risks/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5784487/The-roll-5G-wireless-service-massive-health-experiment-public-health-expert-warns-a.html

― Milton Parker, Friday, 21 September 2018 22:23 (three months ago) Permalink

wow that's a truly fantastic video

not really sold on the album at all, it's fine i guess but not at all thrilling like they used to be, and Cosmic Explorer at least had "Relax in the City" which was really sublime if not 'exciting'. nowhere near as bad as nakata's solo work at least

― ufo, Saturday, 22 September 2018 03:30 (three months ago) Permalink

Fun fact: a couple of days ago I explained--to someone I don't generally talk music--that "Dream Fighter" is one the greatest things I've ever heard. They were bewildered and wholly unmoved upon looking it up.

― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Saturday, 22 September 2018 05:35 (three months ago) Permalink

"Polyrhythm" is still one of my favourite songs ever

― ufo, Saturday, 22 September 2018 06:06 (three months ago) Permalink

Fun fact: a couple of days ago I explained--to someone I don't generally talk music--that "Dream Fighter" is one the greatest things I've ever heard

lol i was actually expressing this very thing yesterday, it's still the most mindblowing song i've heard in the past ten years

― princess of hell (BradNelson), Saturday, 22 September 2018 07:24 (three months ago) Permalink

I've tried telling trad prog-rock guys they should listen to Polyrhythm because it has polyrhythms in it (sort of). They weren't buying it, sadly.

― Category: Animist Rock (Matt #2), Saturday, 22 September 2018 09:18 (three months ago) Permalink

should we do a singles poll? they have such a great run

― ufo, Saturday, 22 September 2018 10:56 (three months ago) Permalink

yes!!!!

― princess of hell (BradNelson), Saturday, 22 September 2018 13:20 (three months ago) Permalink

POLLyrhythm - Perfume singles poll

here we are then!

― ufo, Saturday, 22 September 2018 14:00 (three months ago) Permalink

touring "Asia and North America" next spring, no dates/venues yet

🌟 Very excited to announce that we will be doing an Asia and North America tour in Spring 2019! Can’t wait to share wonderful moments with you again. ❤️ Stay tuned for more details coming soon. #FuturePopTour #prfm pic.twitter.com/YvlqXeLUqh

— Perfume_um (@Perfume_um) September 22, 2018

― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 22 September 2018 22:55 (three months ago) Permalink

That 2014 NYC concert was fucking amazing. I am seriously thinking about going back next year.

― grawlix (unperson), Saturday, 22 September 2018 23:46 (three months ago) Permalink

btw see them live if you can

first us tour was the best show i’ve ever seen

― princess of hell (BradNelson), Sunday, 23 September 2018 00:48 (three months ago) Permalink

I wanted to tie in seeing one of their arena shows with a forthcoming Japanese trip but it didn't happen, not least because the tickets are about £150.

― Category: Animist Rock (Matt #2), Sunday, 23 September 2018 01:33 (three months ago) Permalink

<3 that video

― nxd, Monday, 24 September 2018 08:51 (three months ago) Permalink

that video, holy moly

new album isn't really clicking for me but that's alright. I feel like the run up to and including JPN is more than most will ever accomplish and the rest is enjoyable enough. I like 超来輪 on this one.

great GREAT live act. seriously, go see them if you can.

― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Wednesday, 26 September 2018 04:32 (three months ago) Permalink

NA live dates are up!
http://www.perfume-web.jp/cam/FUTUREPOP/world/

― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 29 October 2018 18:16 (two months ago) Permalink

An interesting Forbes interview

― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 2 January 2019 23:51 (two weeks ago) Permalink

Also playing Coachella

― abcfsk, Thursday, 3 January 2019 06:59 (two weeks ago) Permalink

And yeah they had some good answers

― abcfsk, Thursday, 3 January 2019 06:59 (two weeks ago) Permalink

so so cool that they’ll be at Coachella!! Happy to see that the fest is still at least *trying* to reach for unique acts, even tho the American festival landscape - Coachella usually included - is so homogeneous these days.

Having a hard time getting into Future Pop. I like Tenku, but that’s pretty much it. Everything else feels very...um...”early-2010s” EDM?

I prefer the techno-disco of everything through Level3, which in retrospect is a pretty consistently bangin’ album.

― KevRus, Friday, 4 January 2019 03:47 (two weeks ago) Permalink

In a rare cover performance Perfume do Ryuchi Sakamoto's Computer Obaachan https://vimeo.com/309652893

― abcfsk, Thursday, 10 January 2019 05:55 (one week ago) Permalink

awesome...never even heard the original

funny part in that interview..."we're gonna hit our 30s now"...that's nuts! their first single was in 2002!

― frogbs, Thursday, 10 January 2019 14:29 (one week ago) Permalink

Oh my, that cover! Amazing.

― emil.y, Thursday, 10 January 2019 14:37 (one week ago) Permalink

this rules

― nxd, Friday, 11 January 2019 10:19 (one week ago) Permalink

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2019/01/10/music/perfume-goes-back-dance-basics-ahead-coachella-debut/

― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Friday, 11 January 2019 11:13 (one week ago) Permalink