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[opinion + pv review] Aira Mitsuki - Colorful Tokyo Sounds NO.9 & China Discotica
I don’t know much about Aira. According to her theppn wiki article, she won her way to stardom via the 2007 MEGA TRANCE Singer Audition. She debuted with Colorful Tokyo Sounds NO.9 back in mid 2007 but she totally slipped passed the musical radar. I found out about her from the contemode livejournal community. I haven’t read too much on her either but from what I’ve heard, she wasn’t welcomed into the techno-pop fandom all that well. Some say she’s trying to steal spotlight from Perfume and by steal, they mean dance moves and everything.
Fast forward 2 minutes in. Does anything look familiar? I don’t think so. It’s like saying two hip-hop songs are ripping each other off except that they aren’t. Aira and Perfume are both in the same genre of music. Moves are going to be similar. Deal with it. Some others are saying that her producer Oonishi Terukado is ripping off Nakata Yasutaka. I wonder if they ever listen to electronic music in general.
I’m a decent fan of electronic music (mostly Drum and Bass and Hardcore/Trancecore) and I’ll be honest, it all sound the same without a trained ear. Most Drum and Bass songs used the exact same drum pattern unless they’re diving into a more breakbeat kinda sound. The basic formula for Happy Hardcore is kick and splash on the quarter, bass and hi-hats on the eighths, snare every second kick, piano melodies with chipmunkish vocals, all at 170-190 BPM. But I digress.
What I’m trying to say is that I don’t think Aira is making any sort of attempt to mimic Perfume nor her producer to Nakata. Aira’s just another artist in a genre that is currently being dominated by Nakata and his crew in Japan.
Personally, I love Aira’s sound. Her vocals, however, kinda have the same effect on me as MEG does - both aren’t anything particularly spectacular but I just can’t get enough of them. I still haven’t been able to put my finger on it.
Anyway, onto the videos:
I adore this song but seriously, what is up with the 32 beats of absolutely nothing at the start? (0:27-0:42)This video is far too artistic for me. I like watching girls dance. Especially when the songs they make are dance type songs. If they’re trying to sell her music on looks alone, I don’t know if it’d work that well. She claims to be 20 but if I were a bouncer in a club somewhere, I wouldn’t as her for ID. If I were to pit her against Perfume looks-wise, she’d get destroyed. Perfume confidence also radiates more than Aira’s. Anyway, needs more dancing and less of someone puking all over flash.
Yes, you look cute from the eyes down and have better teeth than a lot of other famous Japanese people. Random panda holding a singing sign. The panda should dance like how the nekos dance in MEGs PVs. Then, we’d have a rivalry. Were you a witness in a crime and want your identity to remain a secret? I don’t know about you but that eye visor is a lot better than basic black, also better than that dude from Star Trek as well. Random martial artist. Coloured plastic, fantastic sheets. She doesn’t even dance though she’s on a “dance floor” with a “disco ball” hovering behind her. What must one do to make this girl dance in her PVs?
Oh well. There’s some proof that she’s not trying to mimic Perfume. Perfume would NEVER release a song like that without an equally cute dance.
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