History Music / Perturbator

* JustAMachine: The music video for ''Sentient'' revolves around a society where robots are heavily oppressed. As noted above, there has to be a ''specific law'' against [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil the enslavement of androids]], ads saying 'DON'T TRUST A ROBOT' are seen flashing on TVs, and robots are seen being the victims of hate crimes: two apparent robot sex workers are seen stood at a police tape corden, presumably observing the murder scene of [[DisposableSexWorker one of their colleagues]], and a member of the [[ReligionOfEvil Benevolent Church]] is seen burning android corpses on a bonfire.

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[[caption-width-right:350: ''Humans are such easy prey.'']]


Perturbator (born James Kent in [[UsefulNotes/{{Paris}} Paris]] in 1993) is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Synthwave}} synthwave]] musician and producer, [[SongAssociation best known]], much like the very similar French Synthwave musician [[Music/CarpenterBrut Carpenter Brut]], for his contributions to the ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'' and ''[[VideoGame/HotlineMiami Hotline Miami 2]]'' soundtracks.

->I feel it now
->Feel it now
->This [[BondageIsBad seductive pain]]
->I know it's wrong
->And the warning keeps flashing bright
->I don't know which pain to listen to
->Is it feeling or being right?

*GlowingEyes: The villain of the ''She is Young, She is Beautiful, She is Next'' music video as it powers up its attack.

* {{Gorn}}: A rotting rat, its innards being consumed by maggots, gets a long, loving shot in the ''She is Young, She is Beautiful, She is Next''.
** A SinisterMinister of the Benevolent Church cuts open the protagonist's stomach with a scalpel and begins to [[FlayingAlive tear off her skin]] in graphic, bloody detail.

* {{Sampling}}: 'Humans Are Such Easy Prey' opens with a spoken word sample from ''[[Film/TheTerminator The Terminator]]'':

* CoolCar: The pink [[Film/BackToTheFuture DeLorean]] driven by the protagonist of ''She is Young, She is Beautiful, She is Next''.

* YouAreTooLate: The biker arrives too late in the ''Sentient'' music video to stop the protagonist of ''Sentient'' from being [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie converted]].
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: The protagonist of the ''She is Young, She is Beautiful, She is Next'' music video has blue hair; it changes to blonde after she passes through the portal.

* {{Brainwashing}}: The Benevolent Church use this in the ''Sentient'' music video, quickly turning the female protagonist from an apparently vengeful gun-toter to a [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie willing convert]]. This goes along with [[TheCorruption the lyrics]].

* FlayingAlive: And if that doesn't make it unsexy enough, it's followed by them [[{{Gorn}} ''ripping off her skin'']] to expose her [[{{Cyborg}} robotic innards]].

* VilainousFaceHold: The Nun does this to the female protagonist in the ''Sentient'' music video.

** Also worn by the protagonist of the ''Sentient'' music video; hers are a pair of round mirror shades, evoking [[Literature/{{Neuromancer}} Molly Millions]].

* ReligionOfEvil: The ''Benevolent Church''.

* ScifiBobHaircut: The protagonists of the ''Sentient'' and ''She is Young, She is Beautiful, She is Next'' music videos both have these.

** Also worn by the protagonist of the ''Sentient'' music video; hers are a pair of round mirror shades, evoking [[Literature/Neuromancer Molly Millions]].

* BanOnAI: The ''Sentient'' music video opens with the following faux police warning:
-> ''CAUTION: The holding and selling of Androids is strictly forbidden. Any violation is punishable by a term of imprisonment of between three and six years.''

CityNoir: Nocturne City.

-> '''CityNoir Nocturne City Police Department'''

-> '''[[CityNoir Nocturne City]]''' '''Police Department'''

->-'''Nocturne City Police Department'''

Perturbator (born James Kent in [[UsefulNotes/{{Paris}} Paris]] in 1993)is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Synthwave}} synthwave]] musician and producer, [[SongAssociation best known]], much like the very similar French Synthwave musician [[Music/CarpenterBrut Carpenter Brut]], for his contributions to the ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'' and ''[[VideoGame/HotlineMiami Hotline Miami 2]]'' soundtracks.

Perturbator (born James Kent in [[UsefulNotes/{{Paris}} Paris]] in 1993)is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Synthwave}} synthwave]] musician and producer, best known, much like the very similar French Synthwave musician [[Music/CarpenterBrut Carpenter Brut]], for his contributions to the ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'' and ''[[VideoGame/HotlineMiami Hotline Miami 2]]'' soundtracks.

* ColbertBump: Became ''significantly'' more famous after several of his songs were featured in ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami2WrongNumber''.