| Drowned in sound |
First up, a confession: I’m a newcomer to Cornelius. Having been inexorably drawn to his new album by the tractor-beam allure of epithets like ‘the Japanese Beck’, and heard Good Things about his remixing work with the starry likes of Bloc Party and Blur, I thought it was high time to see what the fuss was about with this enigma of the Far East....full text |
| Sputnikmusic.com |
| Who would’ve guessed that an album that summarizes a good 50 years of Western music came from Japan? Yes, Keigo Oyamada, under the pseudonym of Cornelius, put together an album and a sound that draws from The Beatles, Brian Eno, and all the 80s synth the human mind can handle. Still, with all the influence of old, Sensuous sounds like an incredibly modern album; it sounds like something that might come out of Japan. Cornelius’ way of making music combines so much from so many different spectrums that it is unheard of and brand new. So that should be a good thing, right? ...full text |
| DustedMagazine |
| It's been a few years since Japan's Cornelius (aka Keigo Oyamada) released his last album, Point, though he's released a number of EPs and remixes in the meantime. After achieving international renown with the acclaimed Fantasma, Point was received with mixed reviews, despite being an entirely respectable release. Call it the difficulty of following up an overwhelmingly lauded album. ...full text |
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First up, a confession: I’m a newcomer to Cornelius. Having been inexorably drawn to his new album by the tractor-beam allure of epithets like ‘the Japanese Beck’, and heard Good Things about his remixing work with the starry likes of Bloc Party and Blur, I thought it was high time to see what the fuss was about with this enigma of the Far East.