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Anyone who is familiar with the Volkswagon commercials is aware of the catchy electronica that envelopes the viewer and aids the visuals. Well, Ben Neill was the guy who composed those, and for this album he takes some of those gems and extends them into entire pieces. Despite what you may think - that stretching a 30-second piece into a full-fledged song is overdoing it - it actually works well as it gives him more time to build up, strip down, and fool around with the sound a bit instead of just exploding within 30 seconds. An interesting and unique album not to be missed.

I liked this CD. Ben Neill takes some 30 second commercial spots that he made for VW and extends them out into full-length tunes. Some nice Drum-N-Bass grooves with his handy trumpet licks thrown in. Very spy movie-esque. Makes me think of The Italian Job movie.

I had originally bought the Goldbug album because it was supposedly an innovative album for the drum-n-bass genre. The individual tracks on that album were kind of hit or miss but I really liked the unique feel of the album and some of the unique things he did with the monster-trumpet-thing and his interesting use of the DNB samples. So that is why I was somewhat disappointed with this album: For all it's charm, it is a little tame. Innovative is not a word I would use for it. But I still enjoy listening to it and it would make good chill-out or study music, especially if you enjoy jazzy DNB, so I do recommend it.