Matador Records | Cornelius

11/13/02 — Cornelius - remix contest
Cornelius' official site has launched a contest in which the individual tracks from 'Point' are being offered as source material for you, your friends, whoever, to remix. Winning entries might end up on a future Cornelius release (at least that's the idea). For all the rules and entry details, go here.

In other Cornelius news, there's talk of a series of US shows early next summer, including an appearance at the Matt Groening-curated LA edition of All Tomorrow's Parties. More news to follow.

07/03/02 — Cornelius returns to the United States with a brand-new stage show based on his new album 'Point'. An extravagant affair hitting major markets. All dates except NYC now with South. Don't miss it! Check out the Tour Update and get your tickets now -- because these shows will sell out.

04/26/02 — Forget the Oscars, the Grammies, the Emmys and the Slammies. It’s all about the SXSW video awards. Did you hear that Cornelius’ video for “Drop” received the Special Jury Award for Music Video? This is true. See why it deserves such an honor. And see not just the winning video but three others, all songs from his new album.

Cornelius is currently warming up for his US tour, planned for August. We don’t have dates yet, but don’t you worry your pretty little heads. We’re anxious to see his new live experience, too.

In the meantime, he’s touring practically every city in Japan and will head to Europe to do shows in London, Paris, and Amsterdam in early May.

03/21/02 — The new album ‘Point’ is receiving much worldwide attention. A second MP3 and an interactive video version of the song “Tone Twilight Zone” (compliments of Cornelius) will soon be available on the site.

02/12/02 — ‘Point’ is now available in North America and most of Europe (UK release date is 25 February). Go to the video section to check out the Cornelius interview where you can hear and read (with subtitles) what inspired him to make his latest masterpiece. To top it off, you get a chance to stream five different commercials and music videos. We’ve also decided to extend the contest until 2/28 since we just got a package from Cornelius’ label in Japan. They’ve generously offered special promotional items to add to the winning grab bags. These are not for sale and manufactured in Japan so they’re hard to come by, folks. Give it a try.

Apologetic note: this contest is limited to US and Canadian residents. If you think that is unfair, look at the bright side: outside of those countries no one is stupid enough to play Creed records on the radio.

Keigo Oyamada and band are currently rehearsing in Tokyo for their upcoming world tour. Japan dates have been announced (check tour section for details). As of now, it looks like he will play a few showcases in the UK in May (these dates will be up shortly) and head over to the states in June.

01/31/02 — Also! Enter the Cornelius contest and win multiple prizes. We’re extending the deadline into February.

01/31/02 — Final commercial added to the site, as well as four videos from ‘Point.’ In addition, we’ve posted a video interview we did with Keigo this past December.

01/09/02 — We’ve got 5 television commercials for Point, which we’ll be posting every few days until January 22. The first is up now. Also stay tuned for 5 full length videos, starting with “Drop” on January 29 and followed by one addition video every week.

12/05/01 — Keigo just completed US and UK press trips to publicize the January release of ‘Point.’ Next up, he’ll be rehearsing for live shows, gathering his touring ensemble and perfecting yet again his impressive synchronization of video and song, making this tour one of next year’s most anticipated live events.

Be on the lookout for a Matador exclusive Cornelius video interview (uploaded soon) along with a series of music videos from ‘Point,’ commercials, and his own web games! His official website has recently been translated to English so you can actually read it aloud. For some of us, we won’t have to spend so much time cut and pasting text in JDIC.

11/01/01 — Getting to the Point (Already)
At a press conference attended by some (but not all) Matador staff, Claus Von Bulow, and former Minnesota Vikings quarterback Fran Tarkenton, the label proudly announced that January 23, 2002 would be the North American release date for the new Cornelius album, ‘Point.’

After this announcement, we didn’t have much to say, so we turned the dias over to Mr. Tarkenton who graciously offered to do a live reading from his best-selling audiocassettes “Failure Is Not A Terminal Disease” and “What Losing Taught Me About Winning.” The presentation came to an abrupt halt when SEC investigators rushed the stage hoping to have a word with Fran. Displaying many of the scrambling skills with which he set many records as the field general of the Vikings, Tarkenton somehow slipped away through a fire exit (though not before collecting his speaker’s fee). We’ll have more Cornelius news of a more substantiative nature very soon.

08/29/01 — The video for “Star Fruits Surf Rider” has been added to the music & video section.

07/12/00 — Cornelius — Putting the “power” back into “puff.”
Cornelius has contributed a new track to the Powerpuff Girls soundtracky CD that Rhino are about to release. Other featured artists include Devo, Frank Black, The Apples In Stereo, Shonen Knife and of course Bis. The King of Men, Fred Blassie, could not be reached for comment (because we don’t have his phone number).

04/14/00 — 2000 is the year that Cornelius will be taking a break from the fray of being an international cultural emissary and focusing on the making of his new album and book documenting the craziness that has been the Fantasma campaign. Sure, there will be the occassional live performance in select global locations and remixes to bide the time. I can’t tell you EVERYONE he’s remixing because, well... you’d think I was making it up if I told you. One piece we can divulge is the recent release of his remix of Beck’s "Mixed Bizness," which is out now on the G.A.S. / DGC / Geffen / Universal / Seagram’s / Microsoft / Worldbank label. And if you squint really hard, it sounds like Cornelius was remixing Prince or something.