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Perfume - GAME

May 2nd, 2008 by oroitsme · 11 Comments · ★★★★½

There really isn’t a single bad song on the album: all of them are intricately crafted and slickly produced. In many ways, the album isn’t by Perfume but by Nakata Yasutaka featuring Perfume’s vocals; Perfume themselves are far more oriented towards the performance than the music itself. However…

Perfume ~Complete Best~

March 17th, 2008 by oroitsme · 5 Comments · ★★★½☆

Perfume is a group made up of three girls: Nocchi (Oomoto Ayano), A-chan (Nishiwaki Ayaka), and Kashiyuka (Kashino Yuka). While most girl groups are formed by auditions or idol companies, Perfume is unique in that it was actually formed by the girls themselves in their hometown of Hiroshima when they were only twelve…

NEWS - touch

March 8th, 2008 by oroitsme · 2 Comments · ★★★½☆

In 2005, NEWS released their first studio album, “touch” containing their first four singles and several songs that they had used in concert performances.

Close to Fantasy

January 9th, 2008 by oroitsme · 4 Comments · ★★★½☆

JYONGRI is a singer of Korean Heritage who was born in Osaka. She went to international school and is fluent in English as well as Japanese, and incorporates English into her songs. She started writing her own lyrics and music from a young age…

Base Ball Bear - C

November 24th, 2007 by oroitsme · 2 Comments · ★★★½☆

Base Ball Bear is a pop-rock band created by a group of high school students who originally created an OASIS cover band.