# Cornelius — Every Record We Rank

Cornelius appears 2 times in our Shibuya-kei list, placing as high as No. 2. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.

- **Ranked entries:** 2
- **Appears on:** Shibuya-kei
- **Year:** 1997
- **Highest placing:** No. 2 in Shibuya-kei
- **Updated:** 2026-08-31
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/artist/cornelius/

## Appears on

### [Star Fruits Surf Rider](https://waxonia.com/track/cornelius--star-fruits-surf-rider/)

*1997 · Trattoria · No. 2 in [Shibuya-kei](https://waxonia.com/genre/shibuya-kei/)*

Keigo Oyamada's Fantasma is a collage record of extraordinary density — Beach Boys harmony, hardcore, video-game bleeps, all edited to the frame.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Cornelius%20Star%20Fruits%20Surf%20Rider) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=u8RZQ75Cn1g)

### [Fantasma](https://waxonia.com/track/cornelius--fantasma/)

*1997 · Trattoria · No. 6 in [Shibuya-kei](https://waxonia.com/genre/shibuya-kei/)*

The title track, and the point where the sampling stops being playful and becomes genuinely disorienting. Beck was doing something similar and less precisely.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Cornelius%20Fantasma) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=NQZNSOUkI7w)

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