Neon Golden was a subtle rewiring of the Notwist's long-established baroque hip-hop post-rock fetishist technique. The album's minimal kitchen-sink vibe was stronger, the wide assortment of instruments were arranged with new conviction, and the band would throw in a startlingly unpretentious mixture of tub-thumbing static, cellos, banjos, organs, and breakbeats while Markus Acher's Belle & Sebastian-styled vocals flowed underneath like island run-off. In "This Room," "Pick Up the Phone," "Off the Rails," and the excellent "Consequence," the intricacy of the band's sound remained, but with less experimental desperation and considerably better ideas.

小山田圭吾（元フリッパーズ・ギター）のソロプロジェクト、コーネリアスが再始動。約4年ぶりとなるニューアルバム（4作目）では、幻想的なシンセがダブサウンドをイメージさせる先行カット<2>、水の音をテーマに優しいコーラスを重ねるギターロック<4>のヒット2曲に、スズムシの鳴き声を取り入れた優しいタッチの<6>、ボサノヴァフレイバーが温かいムードを生み出す<9>など、ギターとシンセサイザーを融合させた超次元的音楽を繰り広げている。

2006 release from the Japanese Electronic artist and producer, often compared to Beck. This long-awaited album, which has been five years in the making, features 12 tracks including 'Fit Song', 'Breezin'', 'Like A Rolling Stone' and 'Beep it'. WEA.