Peter's Japan blog

Today I've gotten my first TeamAyu and P.T.A. stuff in the mail!! After I saw other fans in London that also had TeamAyu membership cards, I just had to do it too. I had put it off for too long while all the means were there. And also last year, when I was at the Perfume concert "Disco!Disco!Disco" they sold fanclub-exclusive t-shirts, which I liked much more than the regular t-shirt!
So, when I got back home between the 2 weekends in London, I looked up a good mail forwarding service which was easy, simple, not too expensive and good for receiving mail. There are two that are very good and trusted (tenso.com and japantodoor.com), but JapanToDoor requires you to notify them when something will arrive within 2 weeks prior. Although afterwards, you do get emails when the fan clubs are going to send you something, but tenso.com is easier and cheaper. But I'll go more into detail about that in a later post about actually using them.

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Today arrived a package from CDJapan in the mail with 3 items in it ^^

- a cushion case from the Saki anime. Will post pictures of it soon, but you can see it through the link. I'm quite happy about it because these collectibles sell out very fast.

- Perfume in Happy de Ki-ni naru Chandelier House 3 DVD Box: DVD Box containing all 12 episodes of Perfume no Chandelier House and the best bits of their other 2 shows: HAPPY! and Ki-ni naru Ko-chan. Not subtitled though, but playable in Europe because Japan is also region 2 ;p I still have the full HD TV rips though :)

- K-ON! Sakurako Keionbu Official Band Yarouyo CD + Band score sheet music: the CD didn't interest me that much, but the band score is very nice. It's the complete band score of almost all the songs from K-ON including Cagayake Girls and Don't Say Lazy. The CD contains some full version of some of the songs but also short practice parts for every instrument.

P.S.: It's Ayu's birthday tomorrow (Oct 2nd), so Happy Birthday! Otanjoubi omedetou!

The official just announced that Perfume will be releasing a 3 DVD-box set with footage from their 3 major TV shows including most of "Perfume no Chanderia House" and a "HAPPY!" and "Perfume no Ki-ni naru Ko-chan!" special selection. More details to come soon!

Catalog number: ASBP-4465
Price: 9870yen

Source: Official site

More info (July 18th): The album has reached first place on Oricon Weekly Album ranking with 210576 copies sold! Congratulations!! (Second place was the album Ring from Kato Miliyah with 150768 copies, so Perfume was well in front)

More info (July 5th): About the new versions of the 2 'old' songs, edge has a gotten a somewhat harder mix with some new sounds added to it, and negai now has some strings added to the background and a longer intro. Can't wait for my copy to arrive! Probably won't be until next week though... (review to come soon!)

New info (June 9th): Covers have been released on the official site. I'm a little screwed though... I pre-ordered the CD+DVD limited edition, and it just has a triangle on the cover, while the CD-only version has a picture of the girls... So I hope there's a nice fat booklet with pictures in there!!

New Info (June 4th): Just like I thought, the official site has now stated that the official title is indeed the triangle, and that it is pronounced in english: "Triangle". Also the full track listing has been made official! And one of the new songs will have a Special Video Clip (PV?) which will be on the DVD. The 2 'old' songs that get a new version are edge (⊿-mix) and Negai (Album-mix). The new songs are called: Take off (sounds like an intro), NIGHT FLIGHT, Kiss and Music, Zero Gravity, I still love U, The best thing & Speed of Sound. Sounds like interesting titles ^^ and I like the fact that edge gets a remix! Still need to wait for the covers to be published!

New info (June 2nd): The official site is now showing a big triangle on the releases blog, which may indicate that the title will be "Triangle" ? Also, there will apparently be 2 old songs that get a new version/remix. It is a bit unsure whether all B-sides from the last 3 singles will be included. And according to the website (if I read it correctly), more info will be known on June 4th, during their [Perfume of Lock] part during the radio show [School of Lock] on Tokyo FM.

As was announced during their latest concert at Yoyogi National Gymnasium on May 9th and 10th (and on their official website), Perfume will release their 3rd album on July 8th 2009.
The album will contain 12 songs including all previous singles: love the world, Dream Fighter and ONE ROOM DISCO. It would make sense that all B-sides will be included as well: edge, negai and 23:30. One extra song is known to be on the new album: Night Flight, which was used in the latest CM for Pino Airlines and was also performed at their latest concert.
As usual, the album will be released in 2 version: a CD and a CD+DVD version. The DVD version will include 2 songs from their latest concert at Yoyogi and the TV spots for love the world, Dream Fighter and ONE ROOM DISCO. I wonder why they don't include the PVs, unless they mean the PVs in TV spots...

[⊿] (Triangle) [CD+DVD] (Limited Edition)
Catalog: TKCA-73440
Price: 3300 yen
Tracklisting:
CD:
1.Take off
2.love the world
3.Dream Fighter
4.edge (⊿-mix)
5.NIGHT FLIGHT
6.Kiss and Music
7.Zero Gravity
8.I still love U
9.The best thing
10.Speed of Sound
11.ワンルーム・ディスコ (One Room Disco)
12.願い (Album-mix) (Negai)
DVD:
* I still love U (Special Video Clip [does this mean it's a PV, or what?])
* Night Flight (live at Yoyogi National Gymnasium on May 10th 2009)
* edge (live at Yoyogi National Gymnasium on May 10th 2009)
* love the world (TV spot)
* Dream Fighter (TV spot)
* ONE ROOM DISCO (TV spot)

[⊿] (Triangle) [CD] (normal edition)
Catalog no: TKCA-73445
Price: 2880 yen
Tracklisting:
CD:
1.Take off
2.love the world
3.Dream Fighter
4.edge (⊿-mix)
5.NIGHT FLIGHT
6.Kiss and Music
7.Zero Gravity
8.I still love U
9.The best thing
10.Speed of Sound
11.ワンルーム・ディスコ (One Room Disco)
12.願い (Album-mix) (Negai)

Support the girls and buy their new album! You can get it here: CD+DVD version (YesAsia) and CD version (YesAsia).

I Still Love U (Special Video Clip):

New 60sec Pino CM with Night Flight:

Update: 2009-05-21: posted + preliminary playlist
Update: 2009-06-02: update on possible title, new 60sec Pino CM and 2 remix version of older songs
Update: 2009-06-04: update on official title, full track listing and DVD contents.
Update: 2009-06-09: covers added
Update: 2009-07-08: I Still Love U PV added
Update: 2009-07-18: Oricon Weekly Album ranking numbers added

Source: Official site

A new and longer version of the Pino Airlines CM featuring the new song Night Flight from Perfume's upcoming 3rd album was released. I must say it really brings back memories from the concert. Can't wait until the new album "Triangle?" gets released in a month. (Is it really only a month? time goes fast ;p I hope it has a poster with it, pre-ordered the limited edition CD+DVD version ^^)

Night Flight is an awesome song and I think it's starting to become one of the most sought after leaks at this moment ;p (IF it gets leaked, that is ^^)

Here is the new 60sec CM:

And here is a 2 minute fan-made reconstruction of the song by using the parts from the 30sec and 60sec CM, including a bridge that resembles the actual bridge from the song. (although the beats during the bridge are not really well matched, it's still pretty nice).

It's a little early post, cause I haven't posted the previous days yet of my Japan trip, but I couldn't wait with this, so here's my review of the latest Perfume concert at Yoyogi National Gymnasium. I don't remember the complete playlist though. The concert was held on May 9th and 10th, and me and Matt went to the final concert on the 10th. We arrived at the venue at around 15h30 and the doors opened at 16h and the concert started at 17h. I was first gonna get some merchandising, so I got in line there. But just before I got to get my stuff, they shouted that the face towel was sold out, so I was just a little too late. But I still bought the t-shirt, clear file with stickers and the shopping bag. After that we went to get some drinks from the vending machine before we started to queue to enter the arena.
I had paid 19k yen for a B3-block arena seat (seat 79 and 80), so I expected it to be good seats, and they were! B3-block was on the right next to the round thing of the stage in the middle. We had the farthest seats from the round thing, but that were just about 10 seats, so we were still at like 10 meters at most from the the round thing. While waiting for everybody to come in, the new CM for Pino with the new song Night Flight was played a few times on the side screens. Right above the round thing there was hanging a huge ball (a metal frame, so you can see through it), with lots of disco balls of various sizes hanging in it. The whole frame was turning and spots were pointed at it. We could not see how the stage itself at the back was looking like as there were bright lights above it shining into the crowd.
There was a VIP section on the same side as our block, but it was on the first floor on the side. It's where the side stage was at Ayumi's Premium Countdown Live. Didn't see much people that I recognized though (I know quite a few faces from Japanese television, but didn't see anybody in particular). BUT... like 5 minutes before the concert started, Yasutaka Nakata and Toshiko entered the VIP-section to sit down, and the whole crowd spontaneously started to applaud for them! Yasutaka had his signature sun glasses on of course ;p. We could see them quite good.

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