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 (five years ago) link
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/10200278https://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 (five years ago) link
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 (five years ago) link
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 (five years ago) link
"Polyrhythm" is still one of my favourite songs ever
― ufo, Saturday, 22 September 2018 06:06 (five years ago) link
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 (five years ago) link
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 (five years ago) link
should we do a singles poll? they have such a great run
― ufo, Saturday, 22 September 2018 10:56 (five years ago) link
yes!!!!
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Saturday, 22 September 2018 13:20 (five years ago) link
POLLyrhythm - Perfume singles poll
here we are then!
― ufo, Saturday, 22 September 2018 14:00 (five years ago) link
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 (five years ago) link
That 2014 NYC concert was fucking amazing. I am seriously thinking about going back next year.
― grawlix (unperson), Saturday, 22 September 2018 23:46 (five years ago) link
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 (five years ago) link
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 ÂŁ150.
― Category: Animist Rock (Matt #2), Sunday, 23 September 2018 01:33 (five years ago) link
<3 that video
― nxd, Monday, 24 September 2018 08:51 (five years ago) link
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 (five years ago) link
NA live dates are up!http://www.perfume-web.jp/cam/FUTUREPOP/world/
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 29 October 2018 18:16 (five years ago) link
An interesting Forbes interview
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 2 January 2019 23:51 (five years ago) link
Also playing Coachella
― abcfsk, Thursday, 3 January 2019 06:59 (five years ago) link
And yeah they had some good answers
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 (five years ago) link
In a rare cover performance Perfume do Ryuchi Sakamoto's Computer Obaachan https://vimeo.com/309652893
― abcfsk, Thursday, 10 January 2019 05:55 (five years ago) link
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 (five years ago) link
Oh my, that cover! Amazing.
― emil.y, Thursday, 10 January 2019 14:37 (five years ago) link
this rules
― nxd, Friday, 11 January 2019 10:19 (five years ago) link
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 (five years ago) link
i've barely listened to any of their music since jpn but i'm considering seeing them live in nyc in a few days b/c it's rare that i'm in this city and i can't count on necessarily getting the chance to see them again
― dyl, Thursday, 28 March 2019 03:54 (five years ago) link
do it! i can't afford to do it this time
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 28 March 2019 04:02 (five years ago) link
Fucking do it. Absolutely. They were amazing last time. (I can't believe it's not sold out.)
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 28 March 2019 09:36 (five years ago) link
thank you both for encouraging me to make the correct decision
― dyl, Sunday, 31 March 2019 04:53 (five years ago) link
love that 'Secret Secret' is in the setlist! such a futuristic jam that I'd sort of forgotten about.
Lots of 'Future Pop' cuts as well, and yet no 'Let Me Know' or 'Tenku?' Kind of odd.
― KevRus, Thursday, 4 April 2019 17:49 (five years ago) link
forgot to bump this but NYC show ruled.
I keep thinking about how, each time I see them, there are fewer and fewer songs that I'm really that into if I'm being honest. I mean, nothing from but JPN and no "dream fighter" or "game" but they did "tiny baby"? what!!!
but whatever, somehow still so much fun. and seeing "electro world" was cool. best band.
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Thursday, 25 April 2019 04:00 (four years ago) link
Coachella set: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x76b2de
If anyone can tell me how the visual effect in "Daijobanai" works (from around 34.00) I'd love to know, apparently there's no hidden screens or anything.
― Zeuhl Idol (Matt #2), Thursday, 25 April 2019 09:32 (four years ago) link
The video has gone down for me (UK) before I got the time to watch it.
― Chewshabadoo, Saturday, 4 May 2019 08:49 (four years ago) link
Ah, found it on another streaming service: https://www.bilibili.com/video/av50153659
― Chewshabadoo, Saturday, 4 May 2019 09:11 (four years ago) link
Electro Link
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 4 May 2019 09:44 (four years ago) link
Superstar!
― Chewshabadoo, Saturday, 4 May 2019 13:54 (four years ago) link
here's my pox that no one asked for:
DaijyobanaiThe best thingSecret Secret1mmSpiceMagic of LovePolyrhythmDream FighterFushizen na GirlFUSION
― KevRus, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 22:07 (four years ago) link
Watched the Coachella last night with my daughters (thank you!). Despite the decent performance I was really let down by (a) the tracks conforming exactly to the album releases with the exception of an interlude (I think), and (b) half the time the camera people obviously had no idea how to shoot them to highlight the choreography, which let's face it is really the only "live" aspect of note. The 3D capture was also used pretty badly with insane rotations and pans unrelated to the music. I would have loved them to use more of the practical effect with the translucent screens onstage, instead of the overlaid elements on the video signal which I presume were shown on screens beside the stage.It struck me how weird it must have been for them to come on stage to a muted reception instead of the place going nuts. Having seen video of some of their full performances in Japan, their home shows are on another level altogether.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 22:31 (four years ago) link
Yeah, the livestream was a cool showcase of technology, but kind of dizzying if you want to focus on the choreo.
The extended sets they played during their main tour stops were more impressive production-wise. Some unique non-album arrangements too (a glitchy transition from the outro of Secret Secret into an extended, mid-tempo trip-hop piece?!).
Future Pop has grown on me a bit. I think it’s way better than Cosmic Explorer.
― KevRus, Friday, 10 May 2019 01:29 (four years ago) link
holy shit i forgot how perfect "daijyobanai" is
― clouds, Wednesday, 15 May 2019 14:15 (four years ago) link
It really is! I love how it sounds so ecstatic, and yet the lyrics hint at something more manic or neurotic. That melancholy middle-8 comes out of nowhere with those stabbing off-beat synths. A brief pensive pause before the mania continues.
And best of all, unlike so many Perfume tracks, it doesn’t overstay its welcome being just 3 mins long. And wow that choreography!
― KevRus, Friday, 21 June 2019 19:28 (four years ago) link
From their Reframe shows last year, kind of Einstein On The Beach gone ambient techno
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzvh2fw4FVQ
― threnody for the victims of alan shearer (Matt #2), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 22:40 (four years ago) link
wow
― ufo, Wednesday, 1 April 2020 23:24 (four years ago) link
If they release a Reframe Blu-Ray, I will absolutely buy it.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 2 April 2020 00:02 (four years ago) link
new single a bit of a throwback to their early stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M4EwGf-lH0
the curiously not futuristic future pop was OK and all but I def personally prefer them in this mode
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Thursday, 24 September 2020 20:03 (three years ago) link
^^ agreed this is a nice return to form
― orson around (clouds), Tuesday, 29 September 2020 00:24 (three years ago) link
Reframe will be on Netflix starting Friday!
― but also fuck you (unperson), Sunday, 14 March 2021 13:03 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKFAx-fi2JE
― but also fuck you (unperson), Sunday, 14 March 2021 13:07 (three years ago) link
Watching this now and it's phenomenal. Makes me wish my TV had speakers the size of walk-in freezers.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 19 March 2021 21:39 (three years ago) link