Amon Tobin

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Amon Tobin (2007)

Amon Adonai Santos de Araujo Tobin (born February 7, 1972 in Rio de Janeiro ) is a Brazilian musician and DJ who is known for his sound structures made of jazz , samba and drum-and-bass fragments. Also known under the names Cujo , Two Fingers (originally a duo with double click , now a solo project) and Eskamon (a duo with Eskmo ).

Life

Born in Brazil, Amon Tobin, who sees himself as a Brazilian, came to Great Britain with his family as a child , where he grew up. In 2003 he moved to Montreal .

Initially, Tobin was interested in hip-hop , blues and jazz. He released four EPs and one album under the stage name Cujo before signing a recording deal with the Ninja Tune label in 1996 . After a career break of four years, he signed a contract with Ubisoft , a software manufacturer for computer games. There he composed 2 soundtracks for the game Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (released in 2005 and 2011). Amon Tobin was also involved in the score and soundtrack of the film Taxidermia in 2006 . In film 21 he is also represented with the song Always , which has already appeared on his album . In 2009 he released his first album under the pseudonym Two Fingers.

The song Slowly from Tobin's album Supermodified was used in the soundtrack of the BBC natural film Our Earth . For the television series Orphan Black he composed the title song.

Tobin worked with Bonobo , Kid Koala , Mike Patton and Noisia , among others .

In April 2015 a Record Store Day exclusive EP from Tobin, Dark Jovian, was released .

style

Tobin's music is based on an intensive use of samples , of which he uses up to 80 in a single song. He often resorts to hip-hop , jazz and drum and bass pieces. To avoid copyright problems, he uses appropriate filters:

"I either use obscure passages that don't interest any pig, or the passages are so alienated that nobody recognizes them anyway."

- Amon Tobin

Discography

  • Curfew EP (1995) (under the name Cujo )
  • Adventures in Foam (1996) (under the name Cujo )
  • Bricolage (1997)
  • Permutation (1998)
  • Supermodified (2000)
  • Out From Out Where (2002)
  • Verbal Remixes & Collaborations (2003)
  • Solid Steel Presents Amon Tobin: Recorded Live (2004)
  • Chaos Theory - Splinter Cell 3 Soundtrack (2005)
  • Foley Room (2007)
  • Taxidermia EP (2008)
  • Two Fingers (2009) (under the name Two Fingers )
  • Monthly Joints Series (2010)
  • ISAM (2011)
  • Chaos Theory Remixed - Splinter Cell 3D Soundtrack (2011)
  • Stunt Rhythms (2012) (as Two Fingers )
  • Dark Jovian (2015) (Record Store Day EP)
  • Fear in a Handful of Dust (2019)

Web links

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  1. ↑ Announces 'Dark Jovian' EP for Record Store Day. Ninja Tune , March 12, 2015, accessed March 18, 2015 .
  2. ↑ http://www.laut.de/Amon-Tobin
personal data
SURNAME Tobin, Amon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Araujo Tobin, Amon Adonai Santos de (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian musician and DJ
DATE OF BIRTH 7th February 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Rio de Janeiro