Aira Mitsuki is another in the seemingly endless Perfume clones...or are they Capsule clones? Maybe Coltemonikha clones? Whatever the case, at least this time it's not Nakata Yasutaka pulling the strings, but Oonishi Terukado, who has also done work with MEG who, of course, Yasutaka has also worked with.
OK, anyway, back to Aira. She does indeed sound an awful lot like the aforementioned idol bands. Namely high energy dance pop, highly compressed and razor sharp, and robotic in the extreme. In fact, Aira takes the robotic elements even further by imitating a robot live, as well as having all of her vocals heavily vocoded. She seems to be targeting a more toy-like retro 8-bit audience with her '80s style clothing and the Devo/Polysics glasses motif.
She is still pretty young, turning 20 in 2008, and has released only three singles so far. Still, she's already had a song used in a Transformers movie and one released for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. For a girl who has yet to release and album, not to mention prove her staying power in the exploding world of chip-pop-cyber-dance, it would seem things are moving very fast. Hopefully she can keep her head above water and maybe, just maybe, release something interesting to set her apart from the crowd.
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Official Site
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Releases:
Copy 2008
GALAXY BOY
Colourful Tokyo Sounds No.9
China Discotica
Romantic Rope
Star Fruits Surf Rider (Cornelius cover)
2 comments:
This sounds really good! I'm a fan of Perfume, Coltemonikha, Capsule and MEG, so I'm not surprised that I like this too. Thanks for letting me know! :)
Aira Mitsuki is WAY better than Perfume.
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