..Brazilian nomad, Amon Tobin; Abuser, torturer and bender of sound into such works as ‘Permutation’ and ‘Out From Out Where’ has a history of taking vinyl, pulling it apart and reassembling it into fantastic soundscapes over diaphragm vibrating beats.After moving from the UK to Canada and finishing the commissioned soundtrack to Ubisofts Splinter Cell game, Chaos Theroy, he has decided to
Amon Tobin – Bloodstone from Foley Room (2007)Set Fire To Flames – There is No Dance in Frequency and Balance from Sings Reign Rebuilder (2003)Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words – I Could Have Sworn I Heard them SING from Fall, Fall, Falling (2007)Jonny Greenwood – Open Spaces from There Will Be Blood OST (2008)Aphex Twin – Gwarek [...]
There are only a few select artists whose music I actively seek out and monitor. Most of them I have spoken about at length on my MOG before, such as Ferry Corsten, C-Mon & Kypski or the Herbaliser, and among those ranks sits the dark lord of sinister beat programming, Amon Tobin. Ever since I heard 'Sordid' on the Funkungfusion compilation, he's been a consistent member of my top ten. And now ...
Along with the likes of Squarepusher, Amon Tobin was one of the first artists to give me hope for post-Kraftwerk electronic music and to really open my mind to the genre as a whole. Being urrounded by '90s house and a plethora of clueless, wing nut, suburban candy ravers, instilled a prejudice in me that [...]