Cornelius

Eat Your Own Ears and the Barbican present

Cornelius

Plus special guests

Cornelius returns after a mesmerising sold-out show in 2024, bringing new music from his highly anticipated album 'REFRACTIONS', plus fan favourites.

Cornelius is the project of Japanese musician, producer and composer Keigo Oyamada. For more than three decades he has garnered a reputation as one of the most distinctive, forward-thinking artists in modern experimental pop and for putting on spectacular live shows with synchronised visuals.

His breakthrough album Fantasma (1997) gained global recognition, with eight acclaimed studio albums to follow. Oyamada has become one of the most sought after producers and remixers in the world, working with artists including Blur, Beck, MGMT, James Brown and Yoko Ono.

The new album REFRACTIONS, out 19th August on Eat Your Own Ears Recordings, is shaped through artistic exchange, featuring longtime friend and collaborator Sean Ono Lennon as well as contributions from Brazilian icon Arto Lindsay and cult hero Bid of The Monochrome Set. “This time, instead of turning inward, I wanted to open the work through interaction with others,” says Keigo. The album arrives during a period of accelerating change, exploring ideas of perception, shifting realities, memory and interconnected consciousness. REFRACTIONS marks the start of a remarkable new chapter for Cornelius, an artist who remains entirely singular in the landscape of modern music.