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culminating in his debut album,
"Adventures In Foam". Ninja heard an early 12"
and began speaking to him - the result was 1997’s classic,
"Bricolage". Described as being like "stuffing
Lionel Hampton, Art Blakey and Mingus into a compression chamber..."
(Rough Guide To Drum & Bass), the album was an international
success. It was followed up by the darker but no less rhythmically
stunning "Permutation". People began comparing Amon
to Ennio Morricone, artists as diverse as David Byrne and
Cannibal Corpse went out of their way to praise him and Tobin
found himself playing sold out shows at the Montreal Jazz
Festival, the Knitting Factory in New York and the Coachella
Festival. In fact, so successful was Amon in North America
that "Permutation" was the best selling album of
’98 for the renowned Other Music store in NYC, outselling
the likes of Bjork, Massive Attack and Air. Back in England,
dons like Dillinja stepped forward for remix duties.
Last year’s "Supermodified".
Amon’s fourth album was his most challenging yet, in
some ways a departure, in others a development of everything
that had gone before. The record is an experiment in sound
- bass sounds made from motorbikes and tubas, breaks made
from spitting and farting. And "all breaks featured are
completely fresh," Amon stated, "sampled from source
like fucking Evian. Even though no one really cares apart
from sad bastards like me."
With collaborators including
the legendary post-comedian Chris Morris, the album was rapturously
received by the press, with Uncut claiming that Amon’s
"subtle genius places him forever one step ahead of the
listener and several light years in front of his contemporaries,"
On October 15th 2002 Amon Tobin
continues his adventures with the breakbeat with Out from
Out Where, his fourth album. Darker, more complex, even more
rhythmically driving and intense than before, this huge record
will cement Tobin's reputation as one of the most innovative
and important names in music today.
Looking to the future,
expect to see more whirlwind touring and an EP of collaborations
with old skool legend Steinski, Bonobo, and Kid Koala cohort
P-Love.
www.amontobin.com
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