perfume for the month of may

What better way to begin the merry month of May than with some tunes from Perfume? Here are links to 2 different tunes from different points in their career...

sweet donuts
(2003)



one room disco
(2009)

Used daily your overall mood will be improved!

perfume's vitamin drop

Yeah, another Perfume post. This one not just because they're super-hyper-ultra cute but because of the synth part: it's noticeably detuned. By a microtone? Anyway hearing it, and hearing how catchy it still is, should cause one to wonder just how far afield one might be able to stray in pop (and other styles of) music and still remain palatable...



Here's the link straight-up if you prefer it that way.

perfume's monochrome effect

If you happen to watch American Dad! and caught the episode May the Best Stan Win (season 6 episode 12) you'll recall that Cyborg Stan put a cd in the car stereo and told Francine that the music was "Japanese funk" and that everyone in the future loved it (this happes at around 10:47 in the episode). The tune is actually by a group called Perfume and the song is called Monochrome Effect. It is worth sharing:

youtube clip

(the embed function on this one has been 'disabled by request').

The video itself is what I could only describe as 'very Japanese', and the song, in addition to being as catchy as catchy can be (and does kind of give a shout out to the Yellow Magic Orchestra), is brimming with spirit to the point of being ultra-life affirming. As good as J-Pop gets...