Once hosted on Amuse’s server has now switched over to their own web server: http://www.perfume-web.jp/

Probably because of the recent server downtime Amuse experienced, a flurry of Perfume fans gave them beef about their lack of Perfume for the several days it occurred, but now it should not be happening again.

Several changes include a brand new layout, from the previous starry night/matrix black to clean-cut white (and no more cheesy flash intro). The “REPORT BLOG” is changed to “MANAGER BLOG”. Their PTA fanclub also got a makeover, but of course only members can see the changes.

We’ll miss the funky old site, but the new one is easier to read and more professional-looking. Please support Perfume with their new website!

Perfume’s new album titled “⊿” (Triangle) is scheleduled for July 8, includes 3 previously released songs as singles: “love the world“, “dream fighter” and “one room disco“. 2 songs that were included with singles: “edge (triangle mix)” and “negai (album version)“, both of them rearrenged for this new album.

The rest of the tracks on the album (7) -including “night flight” that was recently promoted along a new TV and web commercial with Pino- are brand new tracks:

· Take Off. Overlapped synth arpeggio and breakbeats, introduction to the album.
· NIGHT FLIGHT. 80’s techno-pop style song, high tempo (145BPM) and 8bit sounds.
· Kiss and Music. Funk-groove songs about erotic/love songs but the mood of this song has an opposite mood using a moog’s arpeggio, and the vocals are inorganic, mixing it up in a kitsch tune.
· Zero Gravity. Jazzy electro piano, bossa mood song.
· I still love U. 80’s new music love song. An impressive melody line.
· The best thing. House love song that begins with a synth arpeggio solo. Nakata Yasutaka’s stylemark.
· Speed of Sound. Percussive, latin-house beat basis, jazzy club track. Vocals are only words.

• Source: iLOUD club & rock web magazine (source is currently missing, 404 error)

I want to share one of the sites related to Perfume that you should be checking daily since Perfume became a constant and uncontrollable flow of news and media:

• ChocolateDisco.net
chocolatedisco.net is a website running on a lifestream technology that brings all of Perfume media uploaded by users from sites as Nicovideo, Youtube, Hatena bookmarks, news from Natalie, Perfume related Tumblrs and Yuoak (another multiple stream site) to the main site’s grid.

This means one place for all the main streams on unofficial news and media related to Perfume!

HaroRanger subbing team recently uploaded the New Year greetings subbed video:

• Perfume’s New Year Greetings

At THE BONKURASU BRIGADE blog, who also collaborated with HaroRangers translating the New Year Greetings video, you’ll find some entries with translations:

• Perfume Portfolio comments from the photobook by A-chan, Kashiyuka and Nocchi.

• Perfume @ Love Party TV show subbed (translated the main points of the show), there’s a huge file ready to download at Jpopsuki.

We also added new Lyric translations to English thanks to the collaboration of Perfume City Forums members jigenbakuda, oneofprmfansinjapan and yuta.

• Love the world
• Wonder2
• Negai

Update: I forgot to add this awesome translation of the interview in the magazine “ONLY*STAR 2008 12/1” by The Bonkurasu Brigade. Enjoy and keep visiting them to stay tuned on more Perfume translations!

Perfume Staff Profiles

Check out the new Perfume Staff Profiles first article about MIKIKO, Perfume’s choreographer since they are in Amuse.

Perfume Staff Profiles: MIKIKO

Perfume Art Gallery

Explore this Perfume Art Gallery I’ve found via munekata (twitter).
It’s interesting what you can find there… take a look, it’s worth it.

http://www.diana.dti.ne.jp/~june1/perfume/

Perfume Piano and Guitar scores

I’ve been wanting to leave a record about the “Perfume Piano score book” and the Guitar tabs book “Perfume Songbook“.
Check out the Perfume Other releases updated page to know more about these piano and guitar books.

morawin.jp Budoukan special content

Music download website morawin just opened a special page for Perfume’s greatest live to date: BUDOUKaaaaaaaaaaN!!!!!

Although what you’ll find is a live report in Japanese and some photos, the point is what they have a special present for those who suscribe to their music online store (only Japan, again).

But don’t worry, you’re not missing out a precious and special Perfume good. What they’re giving as a present if you’re lucky enough to suscribe to morawin and win the raffle is this:

What’s that? A magazine holder?
Ah excuse me, that’s not a magazine holder, that’s a super cool and fashion Magazine Holder Perfume Dream Fighter™ limited edition.
(I’m sorry about the sarcasm but I can’t help it. I hate that kind of fake merchandising with printed logos.)

But if you are still in the need-of-Perfume-stuff-even-though-it’s-just-a-piece-of-junk (sorry again), you can bid for it in Yahoo Japan Auctions from a starting price as low as ¥3,000.
Go for it. 3 days left.

• Other special pages in morawin.jp:

- 2nd album GAME release
- Perfume live in SHIBUYA-AX 2007.2.12
- Perfume live in LIQUIDROOM 2007.11.08