mellow waves is good, i just listened to it for the first time
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 22 March 2018 20:43 (six years ago) link
Anyone tracked down a copy of the new NHK Design in the wild? I'm thinking of ordering it. What's the best shop?
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 26 March 2018 15:57 (six years ago) link
I bought it on iTunes Japan.
It's really good. Stands on its own.
I dare say it's better than Mellow Waves!
Check it out.
― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, 29 March 2018 15:50 (six years ago) link
http://cornelius.patatap.com/
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 7 May 2018 12:30 (five years ago) link
that NHK comp is really good! better than the first one, even. love that he brought back the Teriyaki Boyz beat he did and added in Cibo Matto
― frogbs, Thursday, 10 May 2018 18:59 (five years ago) link
Yeah, it's really good. Worth the purchase.
― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, 10 May 2018 19:04 (five years ago) link
apparently cornelius covered "passionfruit" for a spotify session. i've never heard anything drake's done in his entire career and also i don't spotify so i'll probably never hear it, but i bet it's good.
― Arch Bacon (rushomancy), Friday, 18 May 2018 02:03 (five years ago) link
it's pretty groovy and shockingly faithful to the original
― 808s & Deep States (voodoo chili), Friday, 18 May 2018 13:30 (five years ago) link
there's a volume 3 NHK comp coming out? damn!
― Arch Bacon (rushomancy), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 02:13 (five years ago) link
That's great. The second one is awesome.
― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, 21 June 2018 13:59 (five years ago) link
i forget the name of the track, but the interview about fave albums reminds me that he played a song at field day a few weeks back that was basically Appetite by prefab sprout. not that thats a bad thing, in fact its a very good thing.
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Thursday, 21 June 2018 14:31 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkOdy7l9qZI
「デザインあ3」発売!2018.07.18 発売¥2,000+税WPCL-12891
1. 朝の5分版テーマ2. デザインあのテーマ (うた ショコラ)3. 森羅万象 (うた 大野由美子)4. 見えないものを見る5. ピッタリ (うた 小山田圭吾)6. 都市のレイヤー7. てん せん めん (うた ショコラ)8. そざい体操第一9. 間に合わせる10. SHOOT&EDIT (うた LEO今井)11. くりかえし12. めでたい - おせち (KAKATO - 環ROY × 鎮座DOPENESS)13. クラッチ14. もん15. まつ (うた 高橋幸宏)16. きせる17. うちとそと18. ポスターフライト19. ことのはうた (うた 中納良恵)20. チーム○○21. エンディングテーマ
There's also a DVD - https://youtu.be/M0QCTBOAsYg
― Jeff W, Monday, 23 July 2018 19:28 (five years ago) link
these little design あ records are so fun
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Thursday, 2 August 2018 18:25 (five years ago) link
Has anyone heard the third NHK yet?
Also, how about this?
https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/international/8466374/japan-cornelius-new-album-ripple-waves
― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, 20 September 2018 14:30 (five years ago) link
only on the first track but I'm really amused by this so far
― frogbs, Saturday, 22 September 2018 21:46 (five years ago) link
I dont think this album is particularly mellow
― calstars, Saturday, 22 September 2018 21:53 (five years ago) link
new NHK record is good. they're all inconsistent and fun and better than mellow waves.
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Wednesday, 26 September 2018 04:35 (five years ago) link
I just picked it up. I think all 3 NHK records are kind of the same but they're all really tasty - lots of great moments on this one.
Not sure what to think of Ripple Waves yet - I kinda wish the new stuff had been sectioned off into an EP or something, cuz that's all pretty good. I don't have much use for Cornelius remixes...he's one of those musicians that always seems to get it right the first time.
― frogbs, Thursday, 25 October 2018 20:18 (five years ago) link
What's your take on the third one? I've got 1 & 2. 2 is fantastic. Is 3 worth tracking down?
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 1 April 2019 14:10 (five years ago) link
Yeah. It's more like 2 than 1 - each track is sort of its own thing. The one with Leo Imai is really nice. I think Takahashi makes an appearance too. There is a bit of repetition here (one track is a little jam off "Helix/Spiral" and I think one is repeated from the other volumes) but it's worth getting if you liked the other two. As always the sound design is impeccable. These sort of small, somewhat gimmicky compositions are really up his alley.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 3 April 2019 02:57 (five years ago) link
new one is really nice. in retrospect Mellow Waves feels like a run up to this. its actually kind of funky in spots but overall quite sad. the death of 2 YMO members I think weighs heavy on this. speaking of which it's a bit odd that he decided to re-record "Environmental" since it was just on the Metafive album from last year. I guess it's a much better fit here. anyways the long track "Dream in the Mist" is a real showstopper, could listen to an entire album like that
― frogbs, Friday, 30 June 2023 03:03 (nine months ago) link