Perfume has always been a band heavily doused in a wash of Autotune, to the verge of sounding mechanical themselves.
Of course, this is somewhat their allure -- a ‘live' version of electropop in the vein of Daft Punk's samples.
The magic is performed primarily by producer Yakuta Nasutaka, a master of the mixing board.
At the same time, any individuality of the trio of girls nominally Perfume seems lost under the nearly-synthesized-speech that makes up the bulk of the album.
The tracks flow into one another fluidly, almost to the point of being indistinguishable.
Because the vocals are constantly tweaked, they become simply an instrument rather than a focal point.
Instead, the highlights come from the productions themselves.
An entirely entertaining deep funk in Edge.
A tripped-up disco vibe in Night Flight.
A Yoko Kanno-like bit of mood music in Zero Gravity.
For basic background music at a pop-heavy dance party, something like Triangle would be hard to beat.
For musical exploration and complexity, it's an album that would be hard not to beat.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take OffYasutaka Nakata | Perfume | Play | 00:48 | 1 MB | 5 MB |
| 2 | Love the WorldYasutaka Nakata | Perfume | Play | 04:32 | 10 MB | 36 MB |
| 3 | Dream FighterYasutaka Nakata | Perfume | Play | 04:53 | 11 MB | 40 MB |
| 4 | Edge [Triangle-Mix]Yasutaka Nakata | Perfume | Play | 08:43 | 19 MB | 71 MB |
| 5 | Night FlightYasutaka Nakata | Perfume | Play | 05:21 | 12 MB | 43 MB |
| 6 | Kiss and MusicYasutaka Nakata | Perfume | Play | 02:35 | 5 MB | 17 MB |
| 7 | Zero GravityYasutaka Nakata | Perfume | Play | 04:53 | 11 MB | 39 MB |
| 8 | I Still Love UYasutaka Nakata | Perfume | Play | 04:33 | 10 MB | 37 MB |
| 9 | The Best ThingYasutaka Nakata | Perfume | Play | 04:23 | 10 MB | 35 MB |
| 10 | Speed of SoundYasutaka Nakata | Perfume | Play | 03:59 | 9 MB | 30 MB |
| 11 | One Room Disco | Perfume | Play | 05:09 | 11 MB | 41 MB |
| 12 | 願い (Negai - Album Mix) | Perfume | Play | 04:58 | 11 MB | 37 MB |
| 54 mins | 125 MB | |||||
| 54 mins | 437 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iku Aoki | Director |
| 2 | Kohei Furumai | Executive Producer |
| 3 | Tatsuro Hatanaka | Supervisor |
| 4 | Nomura Hiroshi | Photography |
| 5 | Yuka "Kashiyuka" Kashino | Group Member |
| 6 | Sumio Matsuzaki | Supervisor |
| 7 | Kiyoe Mizusawa | Design Coordinator |
| 8 | Masahiro Nakawaki | Director |
| 9 | Ayaka "A-Chan" Nishiwaki | Group Member |
| 10 | Ayano "Nocchi" Omoto | Group Member |
| 11 | Yokichi Osato | Supervisor |
| 12 | Masako Osuga | Make-Up |
| 13 | Perfume | Primary Artist |
| 14 | Kazuaki Seki | Art Direction |
| 15 | Yuki Shimajiri | Hair Stylist |
| 16 | Masahiro Shinoki | Executive Producer |
| 17 | Hirose Shiraishi | Executive Producer |
| 18 | Ken Uchizawa | Stylist |
| 19 | Yasutaka Nakata | Arranger, Composer, Engineer, Mastering, Mixing, Producer |
| 20 | Mayuko Yuki | Design |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |