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Cornelius HMV in-store live report
This week, Cornelius played three free in-store live shows in Shibuya! Monday at Apple Store, Tuesday at Tower Records, and today Wednesday at HMV.
I passed by Apple Store on Monday by curiosity about an hour before start, but there was a major line-up of maybe 200+, probably more than can fit on the first floor, so I gave up. I had bought my CD early at Shibuya HMV though, and got a numbered ticket, so I was able to attend the HMV show tonight!
Oyamada Keigo performed with his full Cornelius Group: Horie Hirohisa (Neil and Iraiza) on keyboards, Shimizu Hirotaka on bass, and Araki Yūko (mi-gu) on drums. All three guys wore horizontal stripes (Cornelius in pink/black, Horie-kun in light pastel colors, and Hirotaka in red/black), and Yūko wore a simple white blouse. A large windchimes kit was hung over her drum set while each other member had a miniature, these were all played throughout the show.
They first did a short intro jam, during which Cornelius hinted the Super Mario Bros 1-2 BGM at one point. Then the set list then went as follows:
Breezin' / Wataridori / Gum / Beep It / Music
All songs were accompanied by sync'd videos. "Gum" had collages of mouth videos, similar with what had been done with the short song "Eyes" before. "Beep It" had a very cool video that looked a lot like pika pika.
Then as staff instructed on how to leave the space in order, the band came back on stage as a surprise (even staff didn't seem to know) and played "E".
Next, I'll be seeing Cornelius on April 5 at Shibuya AX. Still a long way to go until then..!
Posted on November 16, 2006 at 00:09 | Tweet
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Wow,wish I was there! But no pictures?! ;-)
How do you like 'Music'?
Posted by Erik on November 16, 2006 at 02:37
Pictures weren't allowed, or I'd have taken some (of course)!
I like "Music" a lot, but lately I'm in a "Beep It" mood. :)
Posted by Patrick on November 16, 2006 at 10:21
were all the songs from the new album? and what's the new album like?
Posted by william on November 19, 2006 at 00:00
All songs were from the new album, except the encore.
I like the new album a lot. Some say it sounds too much like Point, but well it's Cornelius, and I think there's no bad song on there!
Posted by Patrick on November 19, 2006 at 00:05
I'm in Melbourne now on a business trip and saw a poster for a Cornelius show here in December. Would be fun if I could see him in Australia!
Posted by Ken on November 19, 2006 at 10:03
Details of the Australian tour are here:
http://www.cornelius-sound.com/01news/australia.htm
Not very smart to only write them in Japanese though, duh.
12/2 Brisbane - Queensland Art Gallery
12/6 Sidney - Metro Theatre
12/7 Melbourne - HiFi Bar
12/9 Melbourne - Meredith Festival
The new album is also being released on Warner Music Australia on 12/2, details here:
http://www.warnermusic.com.au/product,w_prod,5046664672AU
Posted by Patrick on November 19, 2006 at 13:02
i saw cornelius last night. it was just like patrick said, but a bit longer. all clips - all perfectly synced. a short sharp show. brilliant. and some goods visuals to remember when i listen to the songs again. a friend i saw it with saw daft punk in japan recently at summersonic and said it was the next best show he's seen.
Posted by andrew ffrench on December 8, 2006 at 14:23
Great!! I'm glad you could catch him! :) I'm really looking forward to see his full-length show!
Posted by Patrick on December 8, 2006 at 14:28