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Rating: Remember Kahimi Karie?
Listeners of "Ruggito del Coniglio," the legendary morning show on Radio 2 (RAI), know her well, as her hit "Una Giapponese A Roma" is often played. A cult of the trashiest trash the human ear has ever heard.
Well, Kahimi — "queen of the Japanese movida" — was the girlfriend of Keygo Oyamada, aka Cornelius, and today she is one of the stars produced by his label, "Trattoria Records."
What's the connection?, Di Pietro might immediately ask. None, but we liked introducing this 30-year-old from Tokyo (Cornelius, indeed) and his beautiful CD "Point" in this way.
Now: we've always loved slightly crazy characters, outsiders, the eclectic-genius types, and Japan seems particularly blessed with them (among all: "Beat" Takeshi Kitano).
Point, as we were saying. "Eclectic" is the word. It includes everything from the cover of "Brazil" to "I hate hate," a piece for die-hard metalheads.
Yet, the whole is incredibly organic, and in the end, it results in an album that is difficult to label.
The only thing that can be said is that it's a reasoned bibliography on everything that has been heard around lately.
Great.
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
04 Drop (04:55)
AH igai shikai hiroi
AH katai kotai hiroi
Nageru haneru
AH oshii kitai chigai
AH gokai gurai furai
Nageru haneru
AH sekai hiroi mitai
AH yurui kaze wo hoho wo
Naderu nageru
Haneru nageru
10 Fly (05:42)
Fuini shikai
Ashi wo kosuri
Jiyuu ni kidou
Atama no mawari
Fly
Jouji kadou
Kokoro no naka
Kizamu tokei
Hari ni tomaru
Fly
Mado no soto
Totsuzen sukooru
Fly kumo no ue
Kyou no kishou
Sukoshi ijou
Hane wo narashi
Dokoka kieta
Mado no soto
Dokoka kieta
Umi ni kieta
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By anonimo cuculo
Cornelius makes us feel the Japanese alternative. A small masterpiece that unfortunately not everyone is familiar with.
There’s not a single track made randomly in this album, and everything flows smoothly to the listener’s ears.
