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End of summer update!

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First of all, I’ve been on vacation, and that should explain the lack of updates on the site. But anyway this summer has been pretty silent on what’s related on Perfume. They have been performing a lot in their long list of summer events, but besides that, after the release and hit of Love the world, we haven’t got too much… I’ll try to catch up until today…

So, let’s summerize! :D

• Summer 2008 goods

Summer is reaching to it’s end, and also the long list of Perfume events and rock festivals.

Along with that past events, new goods were being sold at the venues. Now they’re available at Amuse’s ASMART online shop:

Summer ’08 T-Shirt

Sizes: 150 / S / M / L / X
Colors: Ocean / Lavender

Summer ’08 Towel

One size/color

Summer ’08 Cap

Colors: Pink / Blue / Purple

• Nippon Budoukan 2 Days Live: BudouKaaaaaaaaaaN!!!!!

While Perfume were doing their GAME Tour, a big solo 2 days live was announced by them:

November 6th & November 7th at Nippon Budoukan, titled by themself as “BudouKaaaaaaaaaN!!!!!”

Preordering tickets for P.T.A members started earlier on July and regular tickets started preordering on September 6th via Lawson tickets.

(from BUDOUKaaaaaaaaaaN!!!!! @ nicovideo.jp )

• PV “Love the world” (color ver.)

A color version of Love the world was released as special content for mobiles only at Chaku-movie (recochoku) website on July, 26. We haven’t seen that video around the net (yet)…

• Perfume in “CM NOW” CM Talent Top 10

Perfume members were ranked at #10 commercial talent in the CM Talent Top 10 created by “CM NOW” magazine.

Commercials by Perfume:

• Pino promotion (‘Secret Secret’ song from album GAME)

• Sony Vaio (‘Ceramic Girl’ song from album GAME)

• NHK Recycling campaign (‘Polyrhythm’ song from single POLYRHYTHM / album GAME)

And just for the record, this is the CM talent top 3:

1　Ueto Aya
2　Aibu Saki
3　Aragaki Yui

Source: jinsei-koro blog

Impersonating Perfume: The Aprils and SMAP

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The Aprils & Perfume

The Aprils celebrated last April’s Fool day (April 1st) with a special site (only available that day, now has been removed) with “idol” contents tributing Perfume.

The Aprils are a band formed by two guys and one girl. Their electro music is similar to Perfume or capsule’s and related artists… YMCK, RAM RIDER or Aira Mitsuki and also to some of the Contemode (Nakata Yasutaka label) groups.
That 1st of April they released a fake new single called Stainless Girl, a clear reference to capsule and Perfume song titles (capsule’s album and song name Sugarless Girl, and Perfume’s song Linear Motor Girl or the most recent Ceramic Girl). They also cosplayed as Perfume’s Complete Best CD jacket art, and even recorded a PV imitating Perfume’s Polyrhythm PV scenes and CG.

That video was uploaded by them to Youtube but was removed after that day… but I recovered the video file so you can watch it here:

capsule’s Flash Back album style:

Aprils as Perfume

Perfume’s Complete Best album:

Aprils as Perfume

And Perfume’s Polyrhythm CD/DVD cover art version:

Aprils as Perfume

• More about The Aprils

Time After Time (music video)

The Aprils: Works
Official Site (Jap/Eng)

SMAP & Perfume

• Perfume performed with SMAP Polyrhythm and Yozora no mukou, music re-arranged by Nakata Yasutaka.

• SMAP members as “Percume”

• More about SMAP

Official site
SMAPxSMAP TV show featuring Perfume