A few of Perfume's 4th tour in dome LEVEL3 performances, including "Party maker". Prepare to get yo' life.

These videos will probably get snatched down within 24 hours, but here goes. Below are a few of Perfume's performances from their LEVEL3 4th tour in dome gig. I don't have all of the performances. But all you really need to know is that "Party maker" is amongst the ones featured. Everything you heard about the performance is true. It's amazing. It shits on everything. Every single wig around the world, thrown into a dustbin and on the side walk for collection. Your fave honest to Yevon, could never ever.

Enter the sphere / Spring of life (Album mix)


1mm


Furikaeru to iru yo


Party maker


Spending all my time (The album mix, but better)


Daijonbanai

The "Spring of life" and "1mm" performances were a little disappointing. Okay, downright disappointing. We've seen the girls perform these songs live so many times before. With this in mind I thought Perfume's creative team would have upped the ante with the on stage theatrics to a level which they couldn't have before. But their "Spring of life" performance was basic in comparison to the instances where we've seen Perfume wear the same dresses they wore in the music video (WID DA LIGHTS) and dance with holgrams during their Kirin Hyouketsu Summer night gig. As nice as it was to finally see the "1mm" routine in its entirety, the performance did nothing for me and this is coming from somebody who would rank "1mm" as one of their favourite songs of 2013. There was none of the inclusion of light and colour from the music video. Homies couldn't even get some perspex panels up on that stage for the girls to walk and dance in-between like in the video. I was genuinely disappointed in these performances because they didn't make better use of the set in even the simplest of ways. The lighting in both performances is what stood out for me as the most obvious things which didn't make them pop.

"Furikaeru to iru yo" was a nice performance, but again I feel like more could have been done with it. It didn't need anything elaborate. Just something which went beyond the girls just standing in 3 areas of the stage swaying from side to side. Having them perform this in a set-up similar to their "575" performance on their 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tour could have been a nice concept.

When I first heard "Party maker" and got over the initial 'Oh sweet Jebus, this track is giving me everything I was not expecting', I then wondered how this would look live. Yet again, Perfume's creative team shitted on everybody. Not just everybody in Japan, but ERRBODY around the world. I don't know how you all feel, but my expectations for this performance were exceeded to such an extent that I blacked out as soon as the Capsule beat dropped. The use of the lifts teamed with the on-screen visuals was amazing. I loved how they went for verticality with this performance, which was the one twist I was not expecting. I also love how A-Chan and Nocchi's danced for their lives during their solo segments, whilst also Kashiyuka just stood still for hers. Madonna and Beyoncé can take their tours, sit all the way down and recline right the way back. Nothing they did for their shit over the past year can touch this.

The "Spending all my time" performance was as good as ever. I like that they cut it down, because by this point we've pretty much all seen the full Cannes Lion's performance of the song. Plus that particular performance lends itself better when it's either a standalone performance or it's the very first in a set because of the lengthy intro. I also imagine that logistically it would have been much more difficult to pull off the tricks with the dresses due to 360° setting of the particular section of the stage which they were performing this on. Little details in this performance such as mappings being projected onto Perfume's backs is what sets Perfume's creative team apart and shows how aware they are of every...fucking...thing and every damn detail.

To sum up the concert encore "Dream land" in 2 words? Fucking magical. Perfume stood for 5 minutes wearing a net curtain on their backs and did more than your fave did throughout the whole of 2013. Their outfits weren't the most stylish to look at, but the concept behind them and the way in which they were lit and moved as they walked and wafted in the draft of the fans was stunning. The final walk back to the dome as it seemingly closed on the world was some heavenly shit.

Team Prfm may come for me, seeing as they are all so in love with 4th tour in dome LEVEL3, but I prefer Perfume's 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11. The lighting on that tour was on point for every song, the outfits were better, the setlist was hot and even for the most basic performances there was still a technical finesse there. Where-as 4th tour in dome had moments where certain performances looked too basic because the lighting wasn't well done and better use wasn't made of the screens - which was a let-down, because it's not like Perfume creative team aren't capable and given the scope of some of the performances I was shocked that these moments even occurred. The setlist on this tour was also weak. There should have been at least 3 songs from from Game, "Night flight" or "Dream fighter" from Triangle and any song from JPN other than "My color". The setlist being top heavy with LEVEL3 songs is fine, but the song order wasn't that great and "Hurly burly" and "Handy man" should have been included for sure. What made this tour for me was "Enter the sphere", "Party maker" and "Dream land" because these 3 performances showcased what makes Perfume's live shows so amazing and sets them apart completely. "Party maker" alone was fucking spectacular. Awards need to be handed out for technical excellence over that shit, because that right there not your average stage performance.

I was hoping to see that "Clockwork" performance, but it wasn't televised. Shady muthafuckas. They know Prfm fandom wanted to be about that performance, so they're making sure they buy that 4th tour in dome DVD to see it.

Album reviews: Game | JPN | LEVEL3
Gig lowdowns:  Perfume World tour 2nd | LEVEL3 4th tour in dome