oh relistening to "daijobanai" now and remembering how there's no functional snare in the entire song (what's hitting on the 2 and 4 is super subtle and basically manifests as a slight accent on the kick if one really listens for it; also that heavily reverbed pickup leading into the chorus, i guess), which is always an accomplishment for a banger (most impressively imo on "new slaves" which aside from the sample coda lacks percussion throughout, less what could be considered a kick/low tom here and there). love that song so much :')
― soyrev, Saturday, 12 September 2015 03:26 (eight years ago) link
wait are we talking about nakata's writing/production on "dream fighter" which was really still evolving out of his work on game and sugarless girl/more more more as "wheelhouse"? "autopilot"?
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Saturday, 12 September 2015 07:17 (eight years ago) link
i have written a song and know theory, but i'm bad at both. regardless i think the structure and production of "dream fighter" is really surprising and dimensional in a way that you're downplaying in favor of novelty and economy
i mean obviously we listen to music for different reasons but u are really insistent about explaining in paragraphs how you tend to listen for very specific things, which i think is a narrow and very alienating approach if you're on a message board about discussing music
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Saturday, 12 September 2015 07:28 (eight years ago) link
the singles on triangle were so comfort zone for him by then, maybe sliiight progressions but i would be interested to hear how you'd quantify these as songs as great leaps for him. (what is "surprises" you about "dream fighter?" how is it "dimensional?"
i think economy's important across the board (granted, a 20-minute song can be perfectly economical), but even if i think a song could stand to lose some weight (these ones, "nee," much other nakata) i can still appreciate all that it gets right. as for "novelty," i don't agree with that word's connotations – it makes something innovative sound like a party favor. but yes, as i believe i've said before (and why i'm motioning that we maybe stop talking about these things, at least in such catty ways), in an instance of two hypothetical songs that are of equal quality, i'm always going to prefer the one that arrives at that goodness in an idiosyncratic way. at this point in my life the strategy of how music achieves its goals is a huge part of why music even interests me, and i do think is a measure more 'objective' a discussion than your generic "i like this" vs. my generic "i like this." the why is what's interesting.
"i mean obviously we listen to music for different reasons but u are really insistent about explaining in paragraphs how you tend to listen for very specific things"
no? that is one sentence of what i posted above. the paragraph is me explaining what those specific things are that i find exceptional about x y z songs we're discussing...which is, yes, the entire point of a message board aboutg discussing music, as you've italicized it. all you ever say is "this is good, this is not" – can you explain to me how using concretes and bothering to expound is "narrow" and "alienating," or how that underscores some kind of superficial engagement or whatever you said the last time we had this convo w/ diff topical variables plugged in? or can we at least not do it anymore? it's just an ironic diss coming from someone who always responds with "yeah but you're wrong" or an emoticon or w/e
― soyrev, Saturday, 12 September 2015 09:20 (eight years ago) link
sorry for messiness, i need to start what my dictation software put down before hitting enter ;-(
― soyrev, Saturday, 12 September 2015 09:21 (eight years ago) link
*start checking XD
I like Spending All My Time quite a lot, but saying it's Nakata at its boldest just because he does a banal trick he hasn't employed before is a good example of why using 'theory' when talking taste can lead to baffling results. Similarly Point being unique just because it does genre elements? That could easily be turned around and used to argue the song is reductive and "musically risking little". Its use of breakbeat is a simple quotation in service of a catchy song.
Favorites:
Vitamin DropMonochrome EffectElectro WorldComputer DrivingPolyrhythmBaby Cruising LoveMacaroniPlastic SmileDream Fighter EdgeOne Room DiscoThe Best THingKiss and MusicNatural ni Koishite NeeGlitterSpice
― abcfsk, Saturday, 12 September 2015 09:30 (eight years ago) link
More recently Sweet Refrain and p,erhaps Relax In the City just to get some easy listening on the list.
― abcfsk, Saturday, 12 September 2015 09:46 (eight years ago) link
nah – the logic of those songs go deep. and these aren't so much "theoretical" points as ones to do with arrangement, structure, production, daredevil strategies (i.e. very few songs work as well as "spending all my time" does with as little or less, though i'd be curious to hear counterexamples), etc. it's the way nakata brings them all together that's special. though sure, if you isolate any one element of a song like "point" - or most any - it's easy to write off.
― soyrev, Saturday, 12 September 2015 10:00 (eight years ago) link
I'm not saying Spending All My Time doesn't do well with that choice, or Point for that matter, nor that it's not valid to bring these qualities up. You talked of originality/risk in a binary way though - these songs risk a lot, these songs don't (so they're worth less). I feel that's rarely the best primary factor to judge songs on, and I also think it's pretty easy to argue that some of your choices aren't more original than some of the others. Selective use of theoretical arguments - you like a song and find arguments for its uniqueness.
― abcfsk, Saturday, 12 September 2015 10:44 (eight years ago) link
i'm sure you're right sometimes, though it very often goes the other way (per another discussion we've all taken part in, i actually disliked "missing you" until i bothered to analyze it a bit). in the case of nakata alone, though, i'd say that the songs i've mentioned are far more distinct from the rest of his work than triangle's singles...whether we agree re: the value of that or not
and i thought i made it clear, but no, i do not think an unusual strategy is central to value. but i do think in the case of two good songs, the unusual one is that much worthier. and that's how i come down on this particular selection of music, again all of which i like. i think it's great to disagree and i actually feel like i'm learning something by you articulating why, though i find brad's more ad hominem and sub-sentence responses redundant (esp when they're always about the same fundamental parallax y'dig)
― soyrev, Saturday, 12 September 2015 10:53 (eight years ago) link
i like perfume
― hello, it me (clouds), Saturday, 12 September 2015 19:50 (eight years ago) link
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3aejcy_perfume-star-train_music
― めんどくさかった (Matt #2), Wednesday, 28 October 2015 15:47 (eight years ago) link
only realised the other day that Relax in the City is A+
― pep ponk aliyev (seandalai), Wednesday, 28 October 2015 23:02 (eight years ago) link
New album april 6th COSMIC EXPLORER. New US tour in summer.
https://40.media.tumblr.com/e74b4c1b46439ac002ccc8ec3bc7e2cb/tumblr_o2jgwyVJUx1qbc57uo1_1280.jpg
― abcfsk, Sunday, 14 February 2016 14:53 (eight years ago) link
Anybody who didn't see them last time, GO.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Sunday, 14 February 2016 16:21 (eight years ago) link
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