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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. There is a song on it which was inspired by Amon urinating on his neighbor’s bike after a domestic living dispute (One Day In My Garden)… this was clearly the no-good vibes-jazzy-beats guy Ninja had signed.
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. There is a song on it which was inspired by Amon urinating on his neighbor’s bike after a 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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m1a100 wrote:
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory <3 The drum programming on The Lighthouse and Ruthless is just genius.
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SirBor wrote:
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory - Awesome!!!! Best!!!
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andreich__ wrote:
Easy Muffin! [2]
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SAC666 wrote:
<3 ISAM [2]
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slow-chan wrote:
<3 ISAM
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apoxic wrote:
Hey guys, my opinion just because.
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Scintillante wrote:
ISAM is, honestly, a bit disappointing. but still great. just ranks low compared to his other work.
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Modulent wrote:
@Restrikted2: His stuff is more complex and detailed than anything in your library (except of Phace and Noisia).
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lrwld wrote:
"I honestly am still just mad at anyone who thinks ISAM is a good album. It's freaking terrible." I lol'd
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m1a100 wrote:
I dont think he has a single best album, every one has something about it that blows my mind :P [2]
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Restrikted2 wrote:
I don't know if it's due to my partial short term memory loss or what, but I find most of his stuff to be incredibly boring.
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BSCanuni wrote:
I really like ISAM.
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xmattj916x wrote:
I honestly am still just mad at anyone who thinks ISAM is a good album. It's freaking terrible.
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bodystarx wrote:
salam
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jeff071 wrote:
Chaos Theory > rest
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Modulent wrote:
SC soundtrack is his best.
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YouAreInvited wrote:
The first two are definitely my favourites, Permutation probably just about takes the lead over Bricolage.
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VK1990 wrote:
Easy Muffin
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SAC666 wrote:
I dont think he has a single best album, every one has something about it that blows my mind :P
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Silver_tra-lala wrote:
What could we say ?
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