The greatest live act
― abcfsk, Sunday, 14 February 2016 19:01 (eight years ago) link
album tracklisting
01. Navigate02. Cosmic Explorer03. Miracle Worker04. Next Stage with YOU05. STORY06. FLASH(Album-mix)07. Sweet Refrain(Album-mix)08. Baby Face09. TOKIMEKI LIGHTS(Album-mix)10. STAR TRAIN(Album-mix)11. Relax In The City12. Pick Me Up13. Cling Cling(Album-mix)14. Hold Your Hand
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Sunday, 14 February 2016 19:05 (eight years ago) link
I'm hoping, from the title, that this will be their move into full-blown Tangerine Dream / Italo space techno, although the presence of Star Train in the track list isn't boding well for that.
― めんどくさかった (Matt #2), Sunday, 14 February 2016 20:12 (eight years ago) link
album mix though! could mean literally anything
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Sunday, 14 February 2016 20:21 (eight years ago) link
[日程] 2016/08/26 (金)[会場] The Wiltern(Los Angeles)http://www.wiltern.com[開場/開演] 19:00/20:00 (現地時間) $39.50 / $49.50 / $59.50
[日程] 2016/08/28 (日)[会場] The Warfield(San Francisco)http://www.thewarfieldtheatre.com[開場/開演] 19:00/20:00 (現地時間) $49.50 / $59.50 [日程] 2016/08/31 (水)[会場] The Vic Theatre(Chicago)http://jamusa.com/the-vic/[開場/開演] 19:00/20:00 (現地時間) ] $49.50
[日程] 2016/09/03 (土)[会場] HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM(New York)http://www.mcstudios.com[開場/開演] 19:00/20:00 (現地時間) $39.50 / $49.50 / $59.50 / $64.50
[日程] 2016/09/04 (日)[会場] HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM(New York)http://www.mcstudios.com[開場/開演] 19:00/20:00 (現地時間) $39.50 / $49.50 / $59.50 / $64.50
― abcfsk, Saturday, 5 March 2016 13:33 (eight years ago) link
mmmmmm
― How Butch, I mean (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 5 March 2016 13:46 (eight years ago) link
Two New York shows over Labor Day weekend? Man, I have no excuse for skipping that...
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Saturday, 5 March 2016 14:06 (eight years ago) link
Perfume kung fu fighting!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM63o4UlUPU
― abcfsk, Friday, 25 March 2016 07:56 (eight years ago) link
The album is... OUT
http://www.generasia.com/w/images/3/3e/Perfume_-_Cosmic_Explorer_(Regular_Edition).jpg
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 5 April 2016 17:29 (eight years ago) link
hearts in my eyes at the instrumentation for "next stage with YOU"
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Tuesday, 5 April 2016 17:48 (eight years ago) link
wtf @ "story"
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Tuesday, 5 April 2016 17:54 (eight years ago) link
re: the album mixes, "flash" is a sort of baffling abstraction of the original (see also "spending all my time," but i think this one works better), "sweet refrain" is sort of improved but also randomized, i don't remember what the original "tokimeki lights" or "star train" sounded like at this point, "cling cling" feels less stuttering and awkward
i almost wish he'd done something to "relax in the city" and "pick me up" but then those were my favorite singles, they're perfect as they are
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Tuesday, 5 April 2016 18:31 (eight years ago) link
in fact in its album mix "cling cling" kinda sounds like a follow-up to "voice"
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Tuesday, 5 April 2016 18:32 (eight years ago) link
Tokimeki Lights is just the kind of warm, comforting Perfume track, mid-tempo, with uniquely Perfume-y flourishes, a little piano - they did these quite a bit in earlier years and all my defenses break down.
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 5 April 2016 18:34 (eight years ago) link
Story: For people who felt the EDM elements on the last album were far too subtle.
― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 5 April 2016 18:35 (eight years ago) link
it's distinctly less enjoyable than "party maker" but i imagine it goes off live
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Tuesday, 5 April 2016 18:35 (eight years ago) link
"hold your hand" is an inspired idea for a closer imo
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Tuesday, 5 April 2016 18:36 (eight years ago) link
Story is the intro music from their SXSW showcase. It worked at an intro, but... It's quite funny, at least, that it comes at the point it does on the album. BAM!
Like this a lot. Baby Face is cute.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 6 April 2016 12:49 (eight years ago) link
I like the album on first listen, but its multifaceted-ness takes some getting used to. The title track could easily be covered by a power metal band like Sonata Arctica or somebody, and I'm not sure we needed two ballads (one with acoustic guitar). And the stuff that seems most blatantly aimed at US dancefloors is a little hard to take. I would have preferred more ultra-hard capsule-style techno tracks. But "Pick Me Up" is still such a great song it balances out a lot of the less-immediately-awesome stuff. I'm gonna listen to the album a few dozen more times and see if I change my mind.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 6 April 2016 13:05 (eight years ago) link
i really should've learned years ago to stop actively listening to perfume singles and just wait for the album but the sequencing on this record is really bizarre to me and i can't tell if it actually is or i'm just hyperfamiliar with the back half
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Thursday, 7 April 2016 15:37 (eight years ago) link
I haven't listened that much to the singles, and I also think the sequencing is really weird. I kinda like that, though.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 7 April 2016 15:59 (eight years ago) link
was just remembering how I felt the first time I heard the cut-up part of "polyrhythm". still prob the best thing I've ever heard
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Thursday, 7 April 2016 16:07 (eight years ago) link
The sequencing is really weird; it doesn't come to a conclusion like an album "should," it just sort of...runs out of tracks.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 7 April 2016 16:32 (eight years ago) link
Perfume can even make tropical house sound good <3
― tay.ai fan (seandalai), Monday, 18 April 2016 20:37 (eight years ago) link
dang. if you got rid of the title track and "story" this would be a much tighter record – and still plenty substantial at 47 mins.
surprised by how enjoyable and compatible these songs are otherwise, even if they might not have much to match the highs of their other albums. really in love with "miracle worker" for some reason
― soyrev, Tuesday, 19 April 2016 10:14 (eight years ago) link
think this might be my fav Perfume song in quite a whilehttp://mikietsang.tumblr.com/post/164736017493/perfume-everyday-video-clip-lq
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 29 August 2017 10:59 (six years ago) link
mugenmirai
https://youtu.be/Q51bru32S7A
― karl wallogina (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 21 March 2018 23:09 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WQZ_Q8e_pU
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 22 March 2018 23:11 (six years ago) link
whoa
"fusion" intro is... not unlike dopplereffekt?
I don't really care for "mugenmirai" tho. man, enough with the dubstep wobbling already, nakata.
btw anyone listen to his recent solo ablum? I'm afraid to.
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Friday, 23 March 2018 15:09 (six years ago) link
I'm curious about it but man is it getting some terrible reviews
― frogbs, Friday, 23 March 2018 15:11 (six years ago) link
yea it feels like he still hasn't really recovered from that dark EDM bro period
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Friday, 23 March 2018 16:08 (six years ago) link
Just got an email from my friend Patrick, he's written about GAME for the 33 1/3 series, he's a great writer, very well informed and kinda gossipy in a good way, I'm looking forward to checking this out.
― MaresNest, Friday, 30 March 2018 09:18 (six years ago) link
oh tight, been meaning to check that out, nice to hear a good uh testimonial
― lowercase (eric), Friday, 30 March 2018 11:20 (six years ago) link
would read!
― it was stale, and I did not like it, as the man said, &c (seandalai), Friday, 30 March 2018 13:25 (six years ago) link
oh cool it's already out, *will* read!
― it was stale, and I did not like it, as the man said, &c (seandalai), Friday, 30 March 2018 13:43 (six years ago) link
New album in August http://www.perfume-web.jp/eng/news/individual.php?id=46
― abcfsk, Friday, 25 May 2018 08:16 (five years ago) link
yesssssss
― karl wallogina (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 25 May 2018 09:03 (five years ago) link
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 (five years ago) link
Future Pop
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DgqrW_kU8AAsHbf.jpg
01. Start-Up02. Future Pop03. If you wanna04. TOKYO GIRL05. FUSION06. Tiny Baby07. Let Me Know08. Chorairin09. Mugenmirai10. Housekino Ame11. Tenku12. Everyday
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 27 June 2018 05:03 (five years ago) link
what a title
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Wednesday, 27 June 2018 05:10 (five years ago) link
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 (five years ago) link
august! jeez
― karl wallogina (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 27 June 2018 09:40 (five years ago) link
oh sweeeeeeeeet
― nxd, Wednesday, 27 June 2018 09:48 (five years ago) link
Expecting a promo stream this week. Really excited.
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 27 June 2018 11:44 (five years ago) link
it’s out
― Everything to do with chocolate (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 17 August 2018 03:53 (five years ago) link
and it’s like a b sides compilation
― Everything to do with chocolate (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 17 August 2018 05:14 (five years ago) link
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 years ago) link
aw this is fun and thankfully way shorter than usual
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Sunday, 19 August 2018 22:43 (five years ago) link
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 years ago) link
i guess it's fine that i accidentally ignored this singles cycle then
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Sunday, 19 August 2018 23:29 (five years ago) link