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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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Top Tracks

1	Easy Muffin full track	1,446
2	Slowly full track	1,131
3	Bloodstone full track	1,089
4	Esther's full track	996
5	Four Ton Mantis full track	960
6	Always full track	943
7	At the End of the Day full track	922
8	Get Your Snack On full track	900
9	Keep Your Distance full track	895
10	Stoney Street full track	814
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GaliMaGimmo wrote:
2 hours ago

wat?

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Marscene wrote:
yesterday evening

jeszcze zrobię z niego gwiazde popu.

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bombaj wrote:
yesterday afternoon

no ja ostatnio dużo jego kawałków na vivie widziałem

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ZSRR wrote:
Thursday morning

Komercja jak chuj, ostatnio tylko jego słyszę na Esce.

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eardrumgenocide wrote:
Wednesday evening

truly a master of sound.

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benjowitschi wrote:
Tuesday evening

yeah - really goood

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obon wrote:
Tuesday morning

A real winner. 8]

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c1k3 wrote:
Monday evening

awesome music... too bad most tracks are twice as long as they need to be.

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Uzi-211082 wrote:
Sunday afternoon

oh yeah ! ! !

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Uzi-211082 wrote:
Sunday afternoon

i like

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Uzi-211082 wrote:
Sunday afternoon

i love AMONTOBIN ! ! !

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Lietvyris wrote:
last week

Komercja? :D

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triangletrust44 wrote:
last week

i don't see whats so special really, there are a few tracks that stand out and the rest are whatever alittle boring lol ? i guess you have to be high to really appreciate the music because everyone is going nuts over this guy.

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everar wrote:
last week

Amon Tobin has such a benchmark jazzy neutral sound that it's perfect to play between genres.

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bombadda wrote:
last week

Genius <3

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DeadlyFred wrote:
last week

Permutation was the first one I got. I was hooked off some 30 second samples of Four Ton Mantis and Sordid which someone had looped as background music on some GUI. This guy makes great music.

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Caboose159 wrote:
last week

This guy is a genius.

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mezzanaesia wrote:
last week

out from out where (album) is a masterpiece!! easily my favourite.

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koolgfunk187 wrote:
last week

amon tobin to komercja

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Reprah wrote:
last week

AMON WILL ONE DAY BE MY BRIDE. Wait, what?

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