Recently I was introduced to Kyary Pamyu Pamyu and her video for her song "PONPONPON". The song itself was produced by none other than Yasutaka Nakata of the Japanese group Capsule. Aside from Capsule, Yasutaka Nakata also has produced for Perfume and MEG. So as a fan of his work, Kyary's song definitely fall into a similar category to his work with Capsule, Perfume, and MEG. It's got a very electro/techno dance vibe to it as does most of Nakata's work does. Th vocals while not the greatest in the world, really fit well with the instrumentals and she is given a slight vocoder treatment as most acts produced by Nakata are. Though the treatment for her seems to be slightly less, since you can still kind of discern the human element in the songs vocals. I mean I'm not saying she's a bad singer or anything. If I had to say, I would say she's probably average for a J-Pop singer. Though, what I am saying is Nakata could turn any garbage into a catchy hit song. The man is like some kind of genius or something.
