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Ben Neill, Automotive
Audio CD
Disk ID: 335236
Disk length: 55m 8s (10 Tracks)
Original Release Date: 2002
Label: Unknown
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Tracks & Durations
| 1. Shiny Nickel | 4:48 |
| 2. Bouquet | 5:31 |
| 3. Iceman | 6:44 |
| 4. Radio VW | 4:53 |
| 5. Nite Nite | 6:39 |
| 6. Multiplex | 5:40 |
| 7. Showdown | 4:55 |
| 8. Bugfunk | 5:34 |
| 9. The Chase | 5:04 |
| 10. Turbolectro | 5:13 |
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Review
Ben Neill has been one of the more overlooked and adventurous exponents of electronica. In the four years since his challenging Goldbug album, he's been creating the edgy electronica music for Volkswagen commercials. In a reverse of the usual trend, Neill has taken those 30-second and one-minute jingles and expanded them into full-on compositions. Neill has a dark and aggressive approach to electronica grooves, with snarling bass lines and juggernaut percussion loops, that are nevertheless exhilarating. But what really sets him apart are the harmonic and melodic overlays he creates, mostly with his Mutant trumpet. It's a custom device with three trumpet bells, six valves, and a mini-trombone slide, but it also triggers synthesizers, samplers, and effects. Neill seamlessly orchestrates them into music that references Miles Davis and lounge music, urban jungle beats, and space music overdrive. Putting Automotive in the CD player is like setting the cruise control on euphoria. --John DilibertoBen Neill creates a unique musical universe, melding the worlds of electronic dance culture, jazz, art music and visual media. Automotive features expanded arrangements of music Ben has composed for a series of groundbreaking VW television ads.
Critical praise for Ben Neill:
"9 out of 10 rating...Ben Neill is a mad scientist, and he has discovered the formula that breaks musical barriers."-Mixmag
"An artist in every sense of the word...behind every thought are fat beats and extreme passion."-URB
"Art music for the people..."-WIRED Magazine
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Tracks: 10, Disk length: 55m 51s (+0m 43s)
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