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Cornelius - Sensuous

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By: Alibastard | in: Music |

The artist often inappropriately labeled “the Beck of Japan” has returned for his fifth, highly anticipated musical experiment.

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Despite the moniker’s relevance proceeding the 1997 release of Fantasma, Cornelius (Keigo Oyomada) has since outgrown such overtly genre-spanning, Beck Hanson-esque antics and thrown himself into near psychedelic, abrupt, often spatially conscious dance music. 2001’s Point foresaw the direction of his latest, with its multi-layered tinny compositions, sharp and arranged, and a reluctance to sample anything other than nature sounds. In fact a majority of Point’s math-rock boogie finds its rhythmic root in the sounds of water, birds and other biological phenomenon. This helps ground the otherwise unpredictable dynamo of playful stop-and-go melodies.
On Sensuous, Oyomada’s latest, Cornelius treads familiar water, giving directions in his lyrics rather than confessing emotions, doing musical double-takes to begin and end tracks, and assembling energetic, polyrhythmic groove anthems all the better to eat you with.
The album births itself into public consumption April 24th, a new release from ever loving Everloving Records, best know for Michael Andrews’ work on Donnie Darko and Me and You and Everyone We Know.

[Buy Sensuous]

Cornelius - Fit Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AeodCMHCFk

The Cornelius US tour begins April 23rd:

Apr 23 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
Apr 24 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
Apr 26 San Francisco, CA @ Bimbo’s 365
Apr 28 Indio, CA @ Coachella Music & Arts Festival
Apr 30 Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theater
May 3 Boulder, CO @ Fox Theater
May 7 Chicago, IL @ Park West
May 9 Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
May 10 New York, NY @ Webster Hall
May 11 Philadelphia, PA @ Theater of Living Arts


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Posted on April 8, 2007

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2 Responses to “Cornelius - Sensuous”

  1. DThompson on April 8th, 2007 12:45 pm

    Carlos Santana told a story about a good looking young guy trying out to play sax on one of his albums, he thought the kid was really good until one of his long-time friends told him to listen with his eyes closed, then he realized he was reacting to the guys looks and that he wasn’t playing the sax all that well. This is such a fantastic video that you have to play it with your eyes closed to find out whether or not you like the song!
    I like it.


  2. Alibastard on April 9th, 2007 6:47 am

    Good call, D. Its very quaintly magical.


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