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offline zguru from Lindale (Texas) (United States) on 2004-07-27 08:34 [#01287548]
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i suggested amon tobin to a friend cause i've heard a
little.
he consumed it, and wants to know everything. i'm lacking in
knowledge. tell me about amon tobin.


 

offline rudster from the glasgow on 2004-07-27 08:37 [#01287551]
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all you need to know


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2004-07-27 08:48 [#01287564]
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as i said many times before, he's great live. one of best
live shows i have ever seen.


 

offline The_Funkmaster from St. John's (Canada) on 2004-07-27 08:49 [#01287567]
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he's great... apparently he's brazilian or something?


 

offline Refund from Melbourne (Australia) on 2004-07-27 09:00 [#01287580]
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when I saw him I got a fifteen minute version of proper
hoodidge that rocked phenomenally


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2004-07-27 09:05 [#01287588]
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"hoodidge"

could you tell this in simple english please :)


 

offline Dannn_ from United Kingdom on 2004-07-27 09:08 [#01287595]
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He is excellent live. I've heard him refer to his music as
bastardized jazz. As far as I know he only uses samplers to
make his tracks.


 

offline Dannn_ from United Kingdom on 2004-07-27 09:09 [#01287597]
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Yeah actually what is Hoodidge? The track is genius by the
way.


 

offline DJ Xammax from not America on 2004-07-27 09:11 [#01287602]
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He's freaking amazing. Overlooked sometimes I feel, but a
lot of people don't like jazz orientated stuff, but I hate
them so y'know.

My favourite by him is Permutation, and I think I'm alone on
this.


 

offline Refund from Melbourne (Australia) on 2004-07-27 10:25 [#01287687]
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I think his latest two albums shit all over everything else
he's done, but, in the same way I like early afx, I can see
why people would like his earlier stuff..


 

offline Key_Secret from Sverige (Sweden) on 2004-07-27 10:52 [#01287719]
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my fav amon tobin is "Out from out nowhere".. and I doubt
he's done anything better... but then, I haven't heard much
else of his stuff.


 

offline DJ Xammax from not America on 2004-07-27 11:17 [#01287748]
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I prefer Bricolage and Permutation to Supermodified and Out
From Out Where.

But let's just call it.. 'taste'.


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2004-07-27 12:49 [#01287831]
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I didn't like Out from Out Where much at all. Really boring,
homogenous sounds. Supermodified is definitely my favorite,
though I think everything he did up to '01 was mindbendingly
good.

He's doing the soundtrack to Splinter Cell 3! Ubisoft
Montreal + Amon Tobin = splooge.


 

offline psychicSnow from here to paternity (United Kingdom) on 2004-07-27 13:14 [#01287860]
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supermodified is quite good, but it sounds a lot like big
beat dressed up to be hipper. get permutation instead for
messed up jazz and out from out where cos it's totally
fucking awesome electronica.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2004-07-27 13:15 [#01287862]
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he's a bit too cheesy for my taste...too sweet or something.


 

offline somejerk from south florida, US (United States) on 2004-07-27 13:29 [#01287874]
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it's all about the Cujo works.


 

offline psychicSnow from here to paternity (United Kingdom) on 2004-07-27 13:40 [#01287882]
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cheesy? why, 'cos it's so much like stuff that's been done
so many times before by so many other people, and he uses
such obvious melodies and beats? i see your point.


 

offline zguru from Lindale (Texas) (United States) on 2004-07-27 13:41 [#01287883]
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4 ton mantis sounds like a slower version of james brown's
funky drummer beat


 

offline ChildrenTalking from United States on 2004-07-27 13:42 [#01287886]
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i was just listening to Like Regular Chickens, thats the
song that turned me on to him. i just think he's the
greatest :)


 

offline plaster from splitska 10 on 2004-07-27 16:15 [#01288000]
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amon tobin...lemme fill you in!!!

His first record was released under the monkier "Cujo" for
Nine Bar Records, and the album was called "Adventures in
Foam".
The "Ninja Tune" crew heard of Amon Tobin thu early 12"
releases he put for Nine Bar... eventually the label got
shut down and Ninjas signed him.
The result of getting into Ninja Tune rooster was the
release of "Bricolage" in 1997.
Followup to "Bricolage" was permutation,which was obviously
a bit darker and nontheless rhythmical.
After "Permutation", he releases "Supermodified" which is a
step further in his regular production work.
His creativity was nicely shown when he opted to collaborate
with artists such as "Chris Morris" and the canadian
beatbox guru "Quadraceptor".
After the release of the previous two (Permutaion and
Supermodified), he puts out "Out From Outwhere"...even
darker and rhyrhmicly complex than the two predcessors.
With the release of "Out From Outwhere" he prooved the
audience to be one of the most inventive producers in the
electronic world of today,imo!!!

Fact 1: amon tobin doesn't use synths...only a sampler and a
wavelab editor.

Fact 2: the complex drum loops he has in his tracks are
usully cutups from salsa or jazz music.

Fact 3: I love his music


 

offline IronLung from the 91fwy in soCAL (United States) on 2004-07-27 16:33 [#01288010]
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yean TOBIN is one of my FAV's.

He get my mad respect.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2004-07-27 16:35 [#01288011]
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i don't think that's got anything to do with his music being
cheesy.


 

offline DJ Xammax from not America on 2004-07-27 16:39 [#01288015]
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You don't know cheesey m'friend.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2004-07-27 16:43 [#01288020]
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ok, it's to sweet for my taste then, hos that? :)


 

offline Dannn_ from United Kingdom on 2004-07-27 16:57 [#01288031]
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Cujo is easily my favourite.


 

offline ymenard on 2004-07-28 20:02 [#01289191]
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There's an unofficial page of his work at :

http://www.pe7er.com/

It's pretty exaustive. He now lives in Montréal.


 


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