Books Feb 22, 2020
‘33⅓ Japan’ has nerdy but accessible tales of albums and artists
by Jordan Allen
With the "33⅓ Japan" series, music aficionados bring classic Japanese albums and artists to life in nerdy, but accessible, prose.
Music / CD Reviews | LISTENING POST Jul 5, 2017
Cornelius opens up a little more on his latest album, 'Mellow Waves'
by James Hadfield
Though it has been 11 years since his last album, Keigo Oyamada never really went away. The studio wizard known as Cornelius has spent the past decade diversifying his portfolio: creating soundtracks for anime and educational TV; playing in electro super-group Metafive and collaborating ...
Music Jul 24, 2016
Keigo Oyamada sees U.S. 'Fantasma' tour as a good warm-up to new Cornelius material
by James Hadfield
Hikaru Utada's "First Love" may have sold more copies, but it's hard to think of a Japanese album from the 1990s that has endured like "Fantasma." Keigo Oyamada was 28 years old when he released his third full-length as Cornelius in 1997: a dense ...
Music Jul 15, 2014
by James Hadfield
One of the unspoken rules in the progress-fixated world of electronic music is that you don't get bonus points for dwelling on past glories. So when Yukihiro Takahashi — drummer, vocalist and dapper elder statesman of electro-pop — convened a star cast of musicians ...
Music | STRANGE BOUTIQUE Aug 28, 2013
Twenty years ago, Cornelius releases the track that defined Shibuya-kei
by Ian Martin
The song "The Sun is My Enemy," released 20 years ago on Sept. 1, 1993, may have only reached No. 15 on the Japanese singles charts, but its importance lingers. This was the first single released by musician Keigo Oyamada under his nom de rock ...