LEVEL3

Pop · 2013 · 14 tracks · 1h 4m

LEVEL3

High-gloss EDM meets surgical J-pop precision. A neon-soaked journey of extended club mixes and crystalline synths designed for the biggest stages in Tokyo.

October 2, 2013 · Universal Music

LEVEL3 represents Perfume at their most formidable and physically imposing. Produced by Yasutaka Nakata during the peak of the global EDM boom, the album sheds the softer Shibuya-kei textures of their early career in favor of a hard-edged, crystalline digital architecture. It is an album of scale: the songs are longer, the bass is heavier, and the 'Album Mixes' are specifically designed to bridge the gap between pop radio and massive arena sound systems. The precision is surgical, yet the trio's processed vocals provide a necessary human ghost in the machine, floating through layers of sawtooth synths and complex drum programming.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks · 1h 4m

01

Enter the Sphere

3:36

02

Spring of Life (Album-mix)

5:59

03

Magic of Love (Album-mix)

4:16

04

Clockwork

4:32

05

1mm

4:18

06

未来のミュージアム

3:21

07

Party Maker

7:22

08

ふりかえるといるよ

6:16

09

ポイント

3:47

10

だいじょばない

3:04

11

Handy Man

4:06

12

Sleeping Beauty

4:53

13

Spending all my time (Album-mix)

4:02

14

Dream Land

5:17

Moments Worth Listening For

the transition in Party Maker where the beat drops into a heavy, grinding EDM synth line

the album mix of Magic of Love extending the intro with stuttering vocal chops and filtered sweeps

the contrast of the minimalist, airy Dream Land closing the high-energy set with a sense of weightlessness

the relentless four-on-the-floor pulse of Spending All My Time building into a clinical dance floor peak

Where This Album Departs

How does LEVEL3 sound next to the rest of Perfume's catalogue?

Euphoric+0.8σ

Euphoric saturates this record a touch more than the artist's norm.

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