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Amon Tobn is underappreciated
 

offline MarXus from United States on 2009-02-12 13:59 [#02272179]
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I think so.

Some of his use of jazz percussion is just devastating and
he's great at making/using dour epic melodies and ominous
atmospheres.

Thumbs up!


 

offline mohamed from the turtle business on 2009-02-12 14:01 [#02272180]
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hi Amon


 

offline vlari from beyond the valley of the LOLs on 2009-02-12 14:05 [#02272181]
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I dont like him

Thumbs down!


 

offline obara from Utrecht on 2009-02-12 14:11 [#02272182]
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full appreciation plus attached picture

i hope that after the series of good/bad mp3s in 2008 he is
ready to return with an interesting follow-up to Foley Room


Attached picture

 

offline larn from PLANET E (United Kingdom) on 2009-02-12 14:32 [#02272189]
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yes i do agree he needs more credit for his.....flexibility
and style


 

offline Sandy from Morocco (Morocco) on 2009-02-12 14:36 [#02272191]
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I like him

Thumbs up!


 

offline belb from mmmmmmhhhhzzzz!!! on 2009-02-12 14:46 [#02272192]
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he's alright, i probably haven't heard enough. roots manuva
mix of saboteur is fucking heavy though


 

offline 1up from greater manchester (United Kingdom) on 2009-02-12 16:00 [#02272200]
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i really liked 'out from out where' and 'supermodified' but
have become a little bored since. still got a lot of respect
for the guy, some of the sounds he creates are beyond belief
...but i'm just a bit bored of his work nowadays.


 

offline rudster from the glasgow on 2009-02-12 17:37 [#02272221]
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yip his foley room live set from brussels was fuckin superb

get it here click on the 'mp3' icon under the
picture


 

offline Cliff Glitchard from DEEP DOWN INSIDE on 2009-02-12 17:51 [#02272225]
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i over appreciate him by 73.4%

i can't do more than that without feeling like i'm taking
the piss


 

offline freqy on 2009-02-13 00:20 [#02272266]
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furtisshh?

futumssh?

oohh neil have you just farted? well i didnt, and there is a
very farty smell in here! erg god im going into the drawing
room.



 

offline jules from United States on 2009-02-13 09:29 [#02272334]
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i absolutely love amon tobin. in fact i was into his stuff
way more than aphex and ae, etc for a long time...


 

offline mohamed from the turtle business on 2009-02-13 09:40 [#02272337]
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when i first got an internet connection out from out where
and supermodified were the first two things i downloaded
from some lost edonkey server, w/o knowing which kind of
stuff it was, just attracted by the name of the man. and i
remember i was absolutely amazed at the first listen.
nowadays he's not my daily bread, w/o lack of appreciation.


 

offline -crazone from smashing acid over and over on 2009-02-13 10:35 [#02272352]
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I liked his first stuff but imo opinion he's always pulling
out the same tricks and his new albums are not very
refreshing.

But thumbs up anyways.


 

offline Vin3islih from United Kingdom on 2009-02-13 16:57 [#02272408]
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his last album sounds nothing like any of the albums that
came out before it though... and actually Supermodified and
Out From Outwhere are quite similar to each other imo but
nothing else in the catalog is very samey. I don't get your
comment "he's always pulling out the same tricks". What new
tricks should he be pulling? Who should he rip off that you
like?


 

offline Exaph from United Kingdom on 2009-02-13 17:32 [#02272411]
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if you like Amon Tobn you should check out Amon Tobin


 

offline larn from PLANET E (United Kingdom) on 2009-02-13 21:05 [#02272420]
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^lol^


 

offline -crazone from smashing acid over and over on 2009-02-14 04:32 [#02272443]
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he should rip off nobody and keep making his own stuff..What
I ment was that he's mostly using these big bass with a lot
of reverb and delays. I like it but after a while it bores
me..


 

offline kikumoto from Hackney (United Kingdom) on 2009-02-14 05:19 [#02272449]
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Cliff Glitchard... Is your avatar the demon from the
'youngones' ORGO''' lolollol

piss myself everywhere


 

offline exodus from Australia on 2009-02-14 05:48 [#02272450]
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i like him

_b


 

offline Tractern from Brighton (United Kingdom) on 2009-02-15 13:18 [#02272744]
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What? is no one going to say it? You gonna leave it up to
me?

Well, alright: he looks fucking cool, too.


 

offline mohamed from the turtle business on 2009-02-16 15:28 [#02272937]
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*cough*


 

offline obara from Utrecht on 2009-02-18 05:33 [#02273197]
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Two Fingers
(01.04.2009)

1. Straw Men (Feat. Sway) 2:57
2. Whatuknowabout (Feat. Sway) 3:14
3. Better Get That (Feat. Ms. Jade) 3:04
4. Two Fingers (Feat. Sway) 2:49
5. That Girl (Feat. Sway) 3:15
6. Keman Rhythm 3:16
7. Jewels & Gems (Feat. Sway) 3:52
8. Bad Girl (Feat. Ce'Cile) 3:38
9. High Life 3:15
10. Doing My Job (Feat. Ms. Jade) 3:39
11. Not Perfect (Feat. Sway) 3:26
12. Moth Rhythm 3:13

Two Fingers are Brazilian beat-adventurer Amon Tobin and Joe
"Doubleclick" Chapman.
The pair met when Tobin lived in Brighton and bonded over an
interest in music that ran way beyond the boundaries of
"electronica". In Montreal they applied production
techniques associated with UK styles like drum & bass to the
template of hip hop. It was an experiment with explosive
results. MOBO-winner Sway (now signed to Akon's Konvict
label in the US) heard what was brewing he was so taken with
it, he flew straight out to Montreal and recorded seven
tracks with them, showing a harsher, more serious side to
his personality whilst offering wry social commentary on
everything from the way young Black men are treated ("What
You Know") to crazy girls who do too many pills ("That
Girl"). The remaining rhythms were voiced by sometime Missy
protΘgΘ Ms Jade and dancehall legend Ce'Cile. A
couple of instrumental rhythms were added and this, first
stage of a continuing project, was complete.
"Two Fingers" is a project unlike anything that any of the
three main players has ever made before, a unique, utterly
uncompromising, brutal and beautiful record that could only
have grown out of the UK and the internationalism of those
involved. If it's not hip hop as we know it, then nor is it
drum & bass or grime. Like all the best music it transcends
genre to stand on its own icy, transcendent, brilliant.



 

offline mohamed from the turtle business on 2009-02-18 17:22 [#02273329]
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i like this


 

offline hexane on 2009-02-18 17:33 [#02273336]
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nice!!


 

offline Sandy from Morocco (Morocco) on 2009-02-18 19:17 [#02273368]
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I'm liking this as well


 

offline jules from United States on 2009-02-23 19:11 [#02274577]
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two fingers


 

offline mohamed from the turtle business on 2009-02-24 16:25 [#02274738]
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thumbs up


 

offline Samuel L Jigsaw from swine flu central on 2009-02-24 16:48 [#02274739]
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Chairs.


 

offline mohamed from the turtle business on 2009-02-24 17:59 [#02274761]
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straw men is the best track on the album


 


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