* ahorton <ahorton@vt.edu>:
Their other record, "Captain Vapor Athletes" is much more unfocused and schizo. While it's interesting, it's nowhere near as good.
I don't follow BD, but I'm sure they have more than 2 LPs.
You're right; I completely forgot their third, "I", that came out in 2002. I was really enjoying it at the time, and then completely forgot about it. By then, they had moved on to a more simplified, accessible sound that was overshadowed by Cornelius' "point." The two records were seen somewhat as "sister albums," with Cornelius' being superior.
Looks like you're touching on Shibuya-kei, which is/was arguably much larger than a mini-movement. A good decade and a half (or more, S-K fans can correct me...), and still going strong, although blending into its surroundings much more as most pop music is becoming "collage".
No; I'm familiar with Shibuya-kei of the Kahimi Karie etc. variety, but I'm speaking of that smaller movement in the mid-nineties where Shibuya-kei went western. If the crux of the movement is the eastern interpretation of western popular culture, then this "reverse shibuya-kei" found western culture re-interpreting the eastern interpretation of western popular culture- ie. Momus, Beck, Bertrand Burgalat (all of which actually wrote for "real" shibuya-kei idols and artists). andrew