Composers: Cornelius | Keigo Oyamada
This episode of Electronic Frequencies presents a selection of tracks by Keigo Oyamada, better known by his moniker Cornelius.
Oyamada (1969) is a Japanese musician and audio/video artist.
Originally, he is a guitarist. But his current music leans heavily on electronics, although the source material still consists largely of guitar sounds and samples. The same is actually true for his vocals as well. His music is clever and precise but at the same time often comical.
Cornelius’ music can be described as experimental and exploratory, often incorporating unexpected elements and choices while playing with familiar conventions in rock music. This contradiction, plus his habit of adding sounds and samples from mass culture, pure electronic tones, and sounds from nature, cause him to be characterized sometimes as an “acquired taste.”
In this episode, you have the opportunity to get a taste of that.
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00:00 – 00:43 | Electronic Frequencies Intro.
00:46 – 06:41
Audio Check music.
[Album: Ripple Waves / Rostrum Records – RSTRM437LP – 2018]
06:42 – 07:19
Bug. (Electric Last Minute)
[Album: Point / Polystar – PSCR-6000 – 2001]
07:20 – 10:05
Forbidden Apple.
[Single: Forbidden Apple / Warner Music Japan – 2021)
10:06 – 13:58
Point Of View Point.
[Album: Point / Polystar – PSCR-6000 – 2001]
13:59 – 16:11
Sonorama 1.
[Album: Ripple Waves / Rostrum Records – RSTRM437LP – 2018]
16:12 – 21:03
Drop.
[Album: Point / Polystar – PSCR-6000 – 2001]
21:04 – 25:48
If You’re Here. (Ryuichi Sakamoto Rework)
[Album: Ripple Waves / Rostrum Records – RSTRM437LP – 2018]
25:49 – 28:48
Mic Check.
[Album: Fantasma / Polystar – PSCR-5623 – 1997]
28:49 – 34:18
Another View Point.
[Album: Point / Polystar – PSCR-6000 – 2001]
34:19 – 35:50
Toner.
[Album: Sensuous / Warner Music Japan – WPCL-10367 – 2006]
35:51 – 41:30
Fly.
[Album: Point / Polystar – PSCR-6000 – 2001]
41:31 – 43:17
Inside A Dream.
[Album: Ripple Waves / Rostrum Records – RSTRM437LP – 2018]
43:18 – 49:00
Typewrite Lesson.
[Album: Fantasma / Polystar – PSCR-5623 – 1997]
49:01 – 54:16
Surfing’ On Mind Waves.
[Ghost in the Shell Arise (Original Soundtrack) / Flying Dog – JSLP133 – 2021]
55:37 – 59:59
Sensuous.
[Album: Sensuous / Warner Music Japan – WPCL-10367 – 2006]
