Blue & Green CD

Producer Robin O'Reilly has form. Under the Big Bud alias, he's been making sparkling liquid drum and bass and deep downtempo grooves since the late 1990s. After impressing with a string of albums on Good Lookin', he set up his own Soundtrax imprint. On Blue & Green, his seventh full-length, he continues the melodic journey that started way back in 1995. He's a past master at starry drum and bass, and here fuses classic jungle breaks and snappy rhythms with sweeping chords, cascading pianos, drifting vocal samples and stargazing electronics. It's a tried-and-tested approach, but one that ensures enjoyable listening. For those of a certain age, Blue & Green is a misty-eyed blast from the past.