{"id":695,"date":"2008-01-15T14:56:53","date_gmt":"2008-01-15T14:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.randomwire.com\/2008\/01\/15\/polyrhythm\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T11:26:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T10:26:15","slug":"polyrhythm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randomwire.com\/polyrhythm\/","title":{"rendered":"Polyrhythm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:9675,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Perfume_(group)&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250916002842\\\/https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Perfume_(group)&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-02 13:09:04&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-02 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techno\/electro-pop group from Hiroshima, who has recently released a rather catchy new track &#8220;Polyrhythm&#8221; (\u30dd\u30ea\u30ea\u30ba\u30e0). The heavily synthesised style shares a striking resemblance to two of my other favourites &#8211; <a href=\"\/analogue-people\/\">Polysics<\/a> and Capsule. 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Art mirroring life, life mirroring art or commercialism wrapped up in a placebonic package?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chocolate Disco (\u30c1\u30e7\u30b3\u30ec\u30a4\u30c8\u30fb\u30c7\u30a3\u30b9\u30b3)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"[Official Music Video] Perfume\u300c\u30c1\u30e7\u30b3\u30ec\u30a4\u30c8\u30fb\u30c7\u30a3\u30b9\u30b3\u300d\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1WTy2yqKI4w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Electro World (\u30a8\u30ec\u30af\u30c8\u30ed\u30fb\u30ef\u30fc\u30eb\u30c9)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"[Official Music Video]  Perfume\u300c\u30a8\u30ec\u30af\u30c8\u30ed\u30fb\u30ef\u30fc\u30eb\u30c9\u300d\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8zh0ouiYIZc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Computer City (\u30b3\u30f3\u30d4\u30e5\u30fc\u30bf\u30fc\u30b7\u30c6\u30a3)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"[Official Music Video] Perfume\u300c\u30b3\u30f3\u30d4\u30e5\u30fc\u30bf\u30fc\u30b7\u30c6\u30a3\u300d\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jOXGKTrsRNg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Linear Motor Girl (\u30ea\u30cb\u30a2\u30e2\u30fc\u30bf\u30fc\u30ac\u30fc\u30eb)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"[Official Music Video] Perfume\u300c\u30ea\u30cb\u30a2\u30e2\u30fc\u30bf\u30fc\u30ac\u30fc\u30eb\u300d\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jyTiZUbL_Qg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Even more&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCxOjoraUPd0Dq9PAyIhC6tQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here,<\/a>&nbsp;and their&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.perfume-web.jp\/\">official site<\/a>&nbsp;if you&#8217;re interested in learning more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whilst wandering through the crazy land of wonderful things that is the Internet, I came across Perfume (\u30d1\u30d5\u30e5\u30fc\u30e0&lt; ), an up-and-coming techno\/electro-pop group from Hiroshima, who has recently released a rather catchy new track &#8220;Polyrhythm&#8221; (\u30dd\u30ea\u30ea\u30ba\u30e0). 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