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I thought I'd take the opportunity to give a formal introduction to my favourite Japanese act of all time, Perfume. And yes, I said Japanese, so if you've written them off already, then either clear off or humour me. At least I thought I could give some pointers to the @COB s and @ButterTart s of the world.
Perfume are a 3-piece electropop group from Hiroshima, debuting in 2002 and moving to Tokyo's Akihabara district to make it big a few years later, eventually signing to a major label in 2005. Akihabara is sort of the hotbed for indie idols and weird electro experiments (also the tech geek capital of Japan).
They built a following and finally broke through in 2007 with their single "Polyrhythm". From then on it was onward and upwards, and all of their 6 studio albums have been #1 on the Oricon charts and are on a 12-year string of 20 top 5 singles.
Electropop is a broad church, sometimes they lean more pop, other times more electro. A few downtempos (but no big ballads), sometimes straight-up Streets of Rage music, City pop, and some freshness I don't get from western pop.
I LOVE them, I first picked up on them on a flight back from Tokyo in 2012 where I saw Spring of Life on a music video program. I gobbled up their material and saw them in concert in London in 2013 (definitely see a live show, just from a technological standpoint they are AMAZING), and I credit it as a bit of a turning point in my decision to move to Japan, the energy was so positive. Watching some of their music videos today I felt a bit emotional in a way I never get from music really, and I don't get why.
I hope you enjoy them
Perfume are a 3-piece electropop group from Hiroshima, debuting in 2002 and moving to Tokyo's Akihabara district to make it big a few years later, eventually signing to a major label in 2005. Akihabara is sort of the hotbed for indie idols and weird electro experiments (also the tech geek capital of Japan).
They built a following and finally broke through in 2007 with their single "Polyrhythm". From then on it was onward and upwards, and all of their 6 studio albums have been #1 on the Oricon charts and are on a 12-year string of 20 top 5 singles.
Electropop is a broad church, sometimes they lean more pop, other times more electro. A few downtempos (but no big ballads), sometimes straight-up Streets of Rage music, City pop, and some freshness I don't get from western pop.
I LOVE them, I first picked up on them on a flight back from Tokyo in 2012 where I saw Spring of Life on a music video program. I gobbled up their material and saw them in concert in London in 2013 (definitely see a live show, just from a technological standpoint they are AMAZING), and I credit it as a bit of a turning point in my decision to move to Japan, the energy was so positive. Watching some of their music videos today I felt a bit emotional in a way I never get from music really, and I don't get why.
I hope you enjoy them