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Thursday, May 3, 2007
 

 

You know what's really annoying?  When you are writing up some sweet words and the damn power goes out because of a storm.  Anyway, today is another slightly late post featuring a fantastic artist known as Cornelius.  The pop artist from Nakameguro, Tokyo just had his album, Sensuous, released here in the US last week, and it's probably one of the most interesting things that I have heard all year.  The disc, which came out in Japan late last year, is apparently the follow-up to an LP titled Point that had a lot of people calling Cornelius the new Beck.  If that's true then he has altered sound quite a bit because that is not what I hear in the song below.  I am curious though, so if you have heard it feel free to share some thoughts.  Enjoy.

:Cornelius - Music:  The vocals sound great but I don't speak Japanese so I can't cull any lyrical gems or comment on the content of the song.  Still, I technically don't really need to since the arrangement is so lush and fresh.  I love how it's a pretty standard electronic pop song at it's core, but layered all around it is a very creative arrangement of acoustic guitars and other sounds.  Be sure to grab a good pair of headphones when you listen to this.

I heard that Cornelius had some neat videos so I hit up Youtube and came across something that was made for the song Breezin'.  I don't find it to be anything too special, but I do recommend checking it out since you at least get to hear another track from Sensuous.

 


On a grindhouse related side note, I
had a double feature last night that consisted of The 5 Fingers Of Death and Vanishing Point.  The former was a kung fu movie that was probably the most badass film from that genre that I have ever seen, and the latter revolved around a car chase that was a tad bit disappointing.  Vanishing Point really felt unbalanced and incomplete, whereas The 5 Fingers Of Death packed in: revenge, honor, hardcore training, secret technique manuals, important tournaments, Japanese mercenaries, and scintillating fight scenes.  I advise that you see them both since they will clearly show you where Tarantino got a lot of inspiration for Kill Bill and Death Proof.

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