FRESH: Into The World of Cornelius

I first came across these dudes like 5 years ago. I smoked a blunt with a friend and we started watching Subterranean (120 Minutes) on MTV, I'm not sure if they still have it, but they used to play some of the weirdest, strangest videos ever. (First place I saw Bjork's Possibly Maybe too....). Anyway, I remember trippin out watching this video and

Cornelius, aka Keigo Oyamada, burst onto the U.S. radar with 1997's Fantasma, an overwhelming bricolage of Beach Boys harmonies, psych-pop precision parts, and odd samples that fit perfectly between the sunny naïvete of the Elephant 6 collective and the cosmopolitan chic of the Grand Royal label. His 2001 album Point refined the exuberance, but laid bare Oyamada's prog-rock affections, kraut rhythm obsession, and new age production ear for esquisite organic sound artifacts. (Some folks weren't so psyched: Momus wrote in his blog that he refers to the album as "disappoint.") Between then and now Cornelius has remixed in 5.1 surround sound, produced sound/film/video art installations, recorded commercials, produced a number of artists, and been raising his son Milo with his wife Takako Minekawa. His 2007 album, Sensous, delivers its title as a new age-prog jazz aural rubdown standing firmly and proudly outside trends.

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Cornelius - Eyes


Cornelius - Drop