From James Sent Mon, Nov 10th 1997, 22:43
Cornelius (Japanese artist, kindred spirit to Pizzicato Five, hyped by James Lavelle) was on last night's (rather old) episode of a Japanese music TV show that is broadcast weekly in the San Fran area. He performed his single "Star Fruits Surf Rider" (very Japlish, that), a light, jazzy, sugary jungle track with soothing melodies, kinda like E-Z Rollers except even fluffier. Anyways, he came on with his acoustic guitar, but instead of being backed up by some guy with a sequencer or what have you, he had two buff-looking RayBans-decked guys in the back, each with his own full drum kit. One guy was hitting the cymbals the whole time, while the other dude would kick in during the chorus when the jungle rhythms would come on. It didn't seem like they were even really playing, but it was amusing to look at someone who looks like a heavy metal drummer playing (or attempting to play) superfast jungle beats on an actual drum kit. Cornelius also played the Theremin at one point, next to a guy in a sci-fi superhero costume who would occasionally break several wooden boards with his fist karate-style. Very weird, and probably hell of a lot more entertaining than your average d'n'b gig. James Jung-Hoon Seo // Oracle Tools Fundamental Technology Group (650) 506-3829 // 2op873 // xxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xxx The technology of today is the cheese of tomorrow. // Anti:Rom