• Cornelius is the stage name of an experimental pop music producer from Japan who first released material in 1994. While his music is grounded in pop music structures, he often includes a mix of both natural and electronically-generated sound samples.

• Fast Facts

  1. Full name: Keigo Oyamada
  2. Birth date: January 27, 1969
  3. Birth place: Tokyo, Japan
  4. Record labels: Trattoria, Warner Music Group, Matador, Everloving
  5. Married to musician Takako Minekawa
  6. Music style often compared to Beck
  7. Other cited inflences: The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream, Kassin + 2
  8. Named after the character in the 1968 sci-fi movie, Planet of the Apes
  9. His song The Microdisneycal World Tour was used in Nick Park's short film, Creature Comforts and commercials for the UK's Sky Television network

• Early History

  Oyamada began his musical career as a member Flipper's Guitar, a pop band influential in the Japanese Shibuya-kei movement. When Flipper's Guitar broke up in 1991, Oyamada began his experimental solo career as Cornelius.

• Studio Albums

  • 1994 - The First Question Award
  • 1995 - 69/96
  • 1996 - 96/69 (Remix Album)
  • 1997 - Fantasma
  • 1998 - CM
  • 1998 - FM
  • 2001 - Point
  • 2003 - CM2
  • 2003 - PM
  • 2007 - Sensuous

• EPs

  • 1993 - Holidays in the Sun EP
  • 1999 - Cornelius Works 1999
  • 2008 - Gum EP

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