Keigo Oyamada
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Oyamada in 2007
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Keigo Oyamada (小山田 圭吾) |
| Born |
January 27, 1969 Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, producer, vocalist |
| Instruments | Guitar, vocals, multi-instrumentalist |
| Labels | Warner Music Group, Rostrum Records, Lefse Records, Everloving Records, Cherry Red, Trattoria Records (1992–2002), Matador Records (1998–2005) |
| Associated acts |
Flipper's Guitar (1989–1991) Takako Minekawa Plastic Ono Band Ryuichi Sakamoto Salyu Yellow Magic Orchestra Pizzicato Five METAFIVE |
| Website | http://cornelius-sound.com |
| Cornelius discography | |
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| Studio albums | 6 |
| Video albums | 7 |
| EPs | 3 |
| Singles | 12 |
| Soundtrack albums | 3 |
| Remix albums | 8 |
Keigo Oyamada (小山田 圭吾 Oyamada Keigo, born January 27, 1969), also known by his moniker Cornelius (CORNELIUS（コーネリアス） Kōneriasu), is a Japanese recording artist and producer who co-founded Flipper's Guitar, an influential Shibuya-kei band, and subsequently embarked on a solo career. In 1997, he released the album Fantasma, which landed him praise from American music critics, who called him a "modern-day Brian Wilson" or the "Japanese Beck".
Oyamada was born in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. His first claim to fame was as a member of the pop duo Flipper's Guitar, one of the key groups of the Tokyo Shibuya-kei scene. Following the disbandment of Flipper's Guitar in 1991, Oyamada donned the "Cornelius" moniker and embarked on a successful solo career. He chose his pseudonym in tribute to the character of the same name from the movie Planet of the Apes. He commissioned a song, about himself, on Momus' 1999 album Stars Forever.
In 2005, The Spinto Band referenced him in their song "Japan Is An Island" on their album Nice and Nicely Done.
As of September 2006, he was no longer signed to Matador Records.
In 2006 and 2007 respectively, the song "The Micro Disneycal World Tour" from the Fantasma album, was used for Nick Parks' "Creature Comforts" and Sky television's "See, Surf, Speak" advertisements in the UK. It had also been used several years earlier in an ironic NFL (US football) television commercial in the USA, which juxtaposed the song's relaxing qualities with video clips showing rapid, aggressive football playmaking.
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