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Amon Tobin

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Tobin in 2002
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Background information

<tr><td>Birth name</td><td colspan="2">Amon Adonai Santos de Araujo Tobin</td></tr><tr><td>Also known as</td><td colspan="2">Cujo</td></tr><tr><td>Born</td><td colspan="2">August 18, 1971</td></tr><tr><td>Origin</td><td colspan="2">Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</td></tr><tr><td>Genre(s)</td><td colspan="2">Electronic, drum and bass, trip-hop</td></tr><tr><td>Occupation(s)</td><td colspan="2">DJ, producer, Musician</td></tr><tr><td>Instrument(s)</td><td colspan="2">Synthesizer, Percussion, Drum Programming, sampler</td></tr><tr><td style="padding-right: 1em;">Label(s)</td><td colspan="2">Ninja Tune</td></tr><tr><td>Website</td><td colspan="2">http://www.amontobin.com/</td></tr>

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Amon Tobin is a musician, DJ, and producer known for his massive sound walls of sampled jazz fused with drum and bass and samba.

Amon Adonai Santos de Araujo Tobin was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He relocated to England at an early age, where hip hop, blues and jazz caught his interest. He released four EPs and an album, Adventures in Foam, under the name Cujo, before he signed with Ninja Tune in late 1996. He has since released four critically acclaimed albums under his own name. After a three-year hiatus from releasing any major original work, he was contracted by video game company Ubisoft to compose the soundtrack for Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, released in 2005.

Tobin is renowned for his creative use of sampling, from old recordings to motorcycles (Supermodified) and even the acoustics of buildings (Out From Out Where) which are stretched and skewed often beyond recognition. Resonances, delays, reverbs and a wide variety of sound effects also contribute to transform what was once familiar into something grotesque, unnatural but nonetheless compelling.

His intense and complex compositions often evoke mystery, suspense and excitement in the listener. Psychedelic ambiences are frequently blended with retro-jazz beats, creating a unique barrier of apparently incoherent sound layers. Tobin manages, however, to extract order from this acoustic chaos. This uniqueness and complexity make the task of categorizing his music a difficult one. Each of his albums unchart a new realm of polyrhythms and soundscapes.

Aside from his albums and collaborations, Amon Tobin has also produced the composition to the Hungarian film, Taxidermia.

Selections of Amon Tobin's music has also been used in some episodes of the program Top Gear.

According to his official myspace blog, new album will be released in March 2007. A 3-track single "Bloodstone" will be released in January 2007.

Contents

[edit] Albums

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[edit] Collaborations & Live Recordings

[edit] Singles & EPs

  • Curfew (1995) (as Cujo)
  • The Remixes (1996) (as Cujo)
  • Creatures (1996)
  • Chomp Samba (1997)
  • Mission (1997)
  • Pirahna Breaks (1997)
  • Like Regular Chickens (Danny Breaks & Dillinja Remixes) (1998)
  • 4 Ton Mantis (2000)
  • Slowly (2000)
  • East To West (2002)
  • Verbal (2002)
  • Angel Of Theft (2004) (as Player)
  • The Lighthouse (2005)
  • Bloodstone (To be released in January 2007)

[edit] B-Sides/Other Tracks

  • Shiny Things (From Creatures)
  • Daytrip (From Creatures)
  • Tabukula Beach Resort (From Mission)
  • Pirahna Breaks (From Pirahna Breaks)
  • Sub Tropic (From Pirahna Breaks)
  • Hot Pursuit (From Pirahna Breaks)
  • Melody Infringement (From Ninja Cuts: Funkungfusion compilation)
  • Yards (From 4 Ton Mantis)
  • Bad Sex (From Slowly)
  • East To West (From East To West)
  • Sirens (From East To West)
  • Cougar Merkin (From Verbal)
  • The Whole Nine (From Verbal)
  • El Chimi (From Verbal)
  • The Last Minute (From The Last Minute Soundtrack)

[edit] External links

[edit] Video Links

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