He is described as a virtuoso sound designer and is considered to be one of the most influential electronic music artists in the world. This was an incredible project to work on and easily one of the best live. Recorded live is an album by drum and bass artist amon tobin mixed live using the final scratch software. Innovative brazilianborn electronic musician whose work has evolved from jazzy drumnbass to advanced electroacoustic sound design.
Amon tobins isam merges music, meat, machines in 3d show. The groundbreaking 3d animation, real time computer graphics using touch designer and 3d projection mapping pushed the 4d medium to new levels. Isam cuts closer to autechres entropic electro than anything in tobins catalog. In 2011, tobin released isam, a selfdescribed sound sculpture, for which he developed a highly advanced audiovisual live performance. Stunt rhythms, two fingers second album and first to be recorded solely by tobin, following doubleclicks departure from the project, was released in. Amon tobin is a musician, dj, and producer known for his massive sound walls of sampled jazz fused with drum and bass, intelligent dancemusic and samba. He is noted for his unusual methodology in sound design and music production. Unlike rolling junglists such as alex reece and wax doctor, however, who draw from a softer, cooler brand of jazz, tobin aims to m. In the attentiongetting style of ninja tune labelmates funki porcini and the herbaliser, amon tobin mixes chunky beats in bassdriven atmospheres thickened with melodic elements of ambient, funk and dub. He acquired the surname tobin from his irish stepfather.
Celebrating 5 years since amon tobin s isam album and groundbreaking live show, were sharing his final isam 2. On his isam tour, amon tobin will perform from within a. So isam live ended up as a mixture of cinema, live performance and projection art. Original soundtrack from the video game sony computer entertainment, 2009. Projection mapped distortion effects created by vsquared labs. He has since gone on to record seven critically acclaimed. Amon chooses to trigger all his samples via midi from vst, rather than building up audio tracks. I was also the lead cinema 4d artist for animation as well as compositor. But it stacks up at seven cds, six vinyl 10inches, two. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon.
Download not available amon tobin made his name with the most distinctive sampladelic electronica in the business, and kept at it for longer than most, but eventually began trading in samples of jazz vinyl for field recordings and bands hes captained. Amon tobin has been lauded throughout the world as a major figure in electronic music over the past two decades. But isam was such a completely different beast that touring it that way just didnt make sense. He has also released two albums under the alias two fingers with collaborator. A quick wrap up of the debut of amon tobins ambitious isam live show which launched itself to the public on june 1st as part of montreals mutek festival. He has released eight major studio albums under the londonbased ninja tune record label. He has also released two albums under the alias two. New trends in electronic music come and go, but his music has stayed uniquely relevant and timeless, creating new ideas instead of following the old ones. It was recorded live, as the title suggests, in melbourne, australia during 2003 for ninja tunes solid steel radio series. After you listen to the studio version of isam, youre going to be watching a film of isam live, the show tobin and a team of engineers, artists and programmers created to tour it. Upon the shows premiere in 2011, the subsequent tour went on to. This tour sold out venues worldwide and gained phenomenal press. Brazilianborn amon tobin first emerged between 19941995 with a string of 12 singles on the small londonbased record label 9bar records. Upon the shows premiere in 2011, the subsequent tour went on to mesmerize audiences, sell out venues worldwide, and garner phenomenal press.
Isam invented sounds applied to music is the seventh fulllength studio album by brazilian electronic musician amon tobin. Amon tobin reveals new indie rock project, only child tyrant. The album that followed, adventures in foam, paved the way for a whole generation of electronic productions and prompted his signing to the prodigious ninja tune in 1996. Amon tobin is featured on the track dont even trip. Trailer for amon tobins all new, highly ambitious, breathtaking isam live show. And theres of course a strong aesthetic to the thing. Projection video from amon s 2011 isam concert tour ninja tunes records. Projection mapping the practice of sculpting video content to match the surface geometry its being projected on is not necessarily a new technique, though its rapidly increasing in both popularity and complexity among the masses. Isam is ninja tune stalwart amon tobins first record since 2007, and his loyal legion of fans will no doubt be pleased to know that it doesnt stray too far from his tried and tested sound. Amon tobin is blinded by the multimedia light in his latest effort isam and its stunning live show.
The experience was directed by vello virkhaus and the team at xite formerly v squared labs in. A selection of promotional pictures taken over the years. Amon tobin isam was an immersive audio visual show that made a huge imprint on the world of electronic music and visual arts. Drumnbass deviant amon tobin fuses hiphop and jazz compositional ideas with the bustling rhythms of hiphop and jungle and the bent sonic mayhem of ambient and dub. Stream tracks and playlists from amon tobin on your desktop or mobile device. Tobin will be stepping away from previous dj centric performances, and instead will be providing a large scale live. The canadian dsp wizard has been chipping away at his very specific brand of electronic music for many years, and here he makes a good case for isam being his most consistent to date. Promotional video for the amon tobin isam live 2012 boxset, released 21 may 2012 on ninja tune. Esteemed electronc musician amon tobin s greatest success to date is the unique live performance of his 7th studio album, isam. The seventh studio album from the brazilianborn artist is out in april. More than any other electronic producer of the past decade, amon tobins music goes places. Users who reposted isam full album with trackbytrack commentary from amon tobin. Amons studio setup is based around a mackie d8b digital desk and an akai s6000 sampler triggered by cubase vst on a mac. You mustnt have actually thought there was a chance i wouldnt like this, right.
Amon tobin amon tobin boxset isam live 2012 on vimeo. From start to finish, isam is an adventure through sound and actuated potential. It was initially slated to be released in both physical and digital media on 23 may 2011, however following the leak of a promotional copy the previous month the digital release was moved forward to 19 april. Well, to a point you are right, because with isam its obviously not a club record and its much more to do with the actual process the creative process of making the record. For the autumn run of dates throughout america, isam live 2. This provides exactly the same kind of sensory overload that makes me love mahler and yes and electric miles. Users who like isam full album with trackbytrack commentary from amon tobin. It includes new music, unreleased dub plates and a wealth of archive material, amon tobins earliest audio experiments never been played in public before, film and television score work, unreleased score work, deleted bootlegs, isam live show dvd, isam live audio album, remixes, cover versions and reinterpretations of the isam album, remixes.
Amons gear when you do as much sampling as amon tobin, the akai s6000s detachable front panel comes in very handy. For amon tobins 7th studio albumn isam i was tasked with creating and designing the storyboards for each of his song for the tour. Amon tobin presents only child tyrant time to run play all 3. Esteemed electronc musician amon tobins greatest success to date is the unique live performance of his 7th studio album, isam.
The european version of the album was first released in june 2004 and then the us version later in september. Amon tobin launches new label, nomark, with his first album since 2011, fear in a handful of dust. Amon tobin has just released isam and i bet he was anticipating its release as much as his fans were, he was obviously quite eager for people to hear isam, considering that he posted the whole album for everyone to listen to in such places as, or he was trying to beat the pirates at their own game. Isam is his second straight invisible soundtrack, after 2007s foley room, and as before, it shows tobin fascinated with.
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