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Sometime back in the mid-90s a fresh faced Brazilian ex-pat living in the UK decided he was going to put down his harmonica, pick up a sampler, and name himself after a Stephen King novel. The resulting album, Cujo’s Adventures in Foam (released on Ninebar records, later reissued on Ninja Tune) signalled Amon Tobin’s entry into the world of music.

Immediately upon hearing this record, the powers that be at Ninja Tune signed him up to record as Amon Tobin, and he quickly went to work on his debut Bricolage. If you’ll recall, these were the trip-hop years for electronic music, where any clown with a sampler and a collection of Blue Note records could knock off some half-baked boutique hotel background music. But Bricolage shone above all that. Although employing a marriage of jazz and beats, it stretched it further by bringing in elements of bossa-nova, batucada, and jungle, and combining it with a sense of song-writing that elevated it above the standards of that aforementioned scene. I mean, hell, it has a song on it which was inspired by Amon taking a piss on his neighbor’s bike after some domestic living dispute (

One Day in My Garden)… this was clearly the no-good vibes-jazzy-beats guy Ninja had signed.

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Alex0112 wrote:
Saturday morning

Check out this track: http://www.last.fm/music/Young+Funk+Chump/Elastic+Space+EP/Elastic+Space One of the hottest new beatmakers out there

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odd-e-o-file wrote:
Friday morning

Amon Tobin..kudos mi amigo!

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Gess_ wrote:
Thursday evening

Механик звука не понимает в чём его сила, но продолжает слушать, находясь в подлинном любопытстве и блаженстве. Звук шоколада.

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eardrumgenocide wrote:
Thursday morning

dear amon, i miss you. love, me.

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ecoPHOBIA wrote:
Tuesday evening

long live Amon Tobin. Theme from battery

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claudia_l wrote:
Monday evening

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LIAMDUNN wrote:
7 days ago

This came up as jazz step on nexus???

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nikotinte wrote:
last month

God of electronic !

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djcratedigger wrote:
last month

Did AT really do the beat for that new Metaform joint? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKxTFiC7GsM

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extra_sense wrote:
last month

he is fucking genius...

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pan_da wrote:
last month

Thank you for enhancing my life.

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homelesstaco wrote:
last month

i can't begin to describe how incredible this mans music is. just beautiful.

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Krach88 wrote:
last month

probably one of the best artists of our time. [2]

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echo_sam wrote:
last month

*your

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monkeytale wrote:
last month

i am still youre biggest fan ever

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MOnsterWOlf wrote:
last month

miusic out of this sad and mad world ...

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echo_sam wrote:
last month

This guy really did change my perception on music in general. He is a god!

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ZmijaKrk wrote:
last month

awwwwwww!

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sonicwurst wrote:
last month

Does anyone have the live set from Piknik, Montreal?

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opozyt wrote:
last month

I know almost everybody here don't care that kind of spam, but you should check the new album by Frank Riggio : preview : http://www.lastfm.fr/music/Frank+Riggio/Symmetric+Human+Door

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