Biography

There are at least 2 artists called Perfume.

[1]Perfume (パフューム) is a three person pop/techno group from Hiroshima who debuted locally in 2001 and nationally in 2005.
[2]The english band Perfume were a successful independent band in the 90s.

[1]Perfume is a three person pop/techno group from Hiroshima who debuted locally in 2001 and nationally in 2005.
Members are:
Omoto Ayano (Nocchi) - September 20 1988
Kashino Yuka (Kashiyuka) - December 23, 1988
Nishiwaki Ayaka (A~chan) - February 15, 1989

Biography
In 2001, three 11-12 year old girls formed a group together in their hometown of Hiroshima. In 2002, they released two limited edition singles only in Hiroshima, called “Omajinai Perori” and “Kareshi Boshuuchuu”. All three members moved to Tokyo in 2003 and became produced by capsule’s Nakata Yasutaka. Between the years of 2003 and 2004, they produced “Sweet Donuts”, “Monochrome Effect”, and “Vitamin Drop” under the indies label “BEE-HIVE RECORDS”. During that time, they performed to a one-man live three times. Because the girls were so energetic, fans acquired an appreciation for them.

On September 21, 2005, Nakata used their techno sound to become a cute technopop-style group in the near future for their major debut. It wasn’t until 2007 that Perfume gained attention, when their single “Polyrhythm” became the theme song for a nationwide recycling campaign. The day of its release, it hit number #4 on the Oricon charts and #7 for the weekly ranking, making this the first time Perfume reached the top 10. Almost overnight the group became a success, and to date they have sold nearly 60,000 copies of “Polyrhythm”. After that, they appeared on many shows and radio programs like HEY! HEY! HEY! MUSIC CHAMP, MUSIC STATION, and LIQUIDROOM. On December 31st, 2007, Perfume performed in a concert titled “Countdown 2008”. This was by far the biggest performance in the history of the group. In February 2008, Perfume released their new single “Baby Cruising Love / Macaroni”, breaking their previous record by achieving #3 on the daily and weekly charts. Since their newfound success, their album “Perfume ~Complete Best~” began to rechart despite being released two years prior.

Their newest album ‘-Game-’ charted number one on the Oricon chart.

Perfume’s single “love the wold”, released July 9, 2008, is the first techno song to reach #1 on the Oricon chart. It broke the #2 record that Yellow Magic Orchestra held since 1983.

[2]The english band Perfume were a successful independent band in the 90s. Releasing many Indie No.1’s on their own label, Aromasound. Hits include Lover, Yesterday Follows You, and Haven’t Seen You.

Perfume’s top ten hit ‘Lover’ is available on the new Britpop compilation ‘Common People’. The NME review by Luke Lewis hails Lover as a stand out ‘lost track’:

“There is one track on the album, though, that stopped me dead in my tracks. It’s by Perfume, and it’s called ‘Lover’. Perfume were a short-lived band from Leicester whose career highlight was supporting Gene. ‘Lover’ came out as a single in 1995 and reached number 158. I can’t link to the song because, in modern terms, is doesn’t exist. It pre-dated YouTube. It’s not on LastFm. You can’t buy it from iTunes or stream it on Spotify.

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But it’s magnificent - an ecstatic, vernal bloom of falsetto and violins that gave me one of those powerful surges of nostalgia that critics always insist on calling a “Proustian rush”, when what they really mean is, you know, “it reminded them of something”.”

Read the review here http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=10&p=6425&more=1&c=1

Perfume were a favourite of Radio 1’s Evening session with Steve Lamacq and Jo Whiley.

Members:
Mick McCarthy - vocals, guitar
Carl Traae - bass
Tony Owen - guitar
Johnny Waddington - drums
Bob Waddington - guitar