Artist of the Day: Amon Tobin

Musician, programmer, recording artist, beatsmith, dance floor commander, composer, sound designer, bad ass motherfucker.  Amon Tobin is all of these things but most of all a forward thinker. Pushing forward and never looking back has always been his focus. This is what gets him up in the morning and what keeps him up late into the night.

Amon Tobin never set out to be in the music industry. To him, music is an end in itself, not a path to commercial success. His own success is basically a by-product of his obsession, and remains something of a welcome mystery to him. The fact is, whether or not the world had ever heard of Amon Tobin, he would still be creating music.  His life has been a long-term love affair with sound and rhythm, and a personal study of both. His work is a contribution to the evolution of sound in the spirit of the pioneers of electronic music.

Amon has released a series of critically-acclaimed full length albums alongside a number of side projects varying from film scores to collaborations with artists ranging in classical music to hip hop, to all stylistic disciplines in between. Curiosity and a relentless drive to explore has lead Amon to various places in music, but the the real fruit of his labour are in the combined knowledge gained from these experiences of how music and sound work, and the passionate application of these principles to his own personal creations (Amon Tobin, 2010).

You can listen to Amon Tobin's music at:
http://www.last.fm/music/Amon+Tobin



Released Albums:
Amon Tobin - In Foam
Amon Tobin - Bricolage
Amon Tobin - Permutation
Amon Tobin - Supermodified
Amon Tobin - Out From Out Where
Amon Tobin - Recorded Live: Solid Steel Presents Mixtape
Amon Tobin - Chaos Theory: Splinter Cell 3 Soundtrack
Amon Tobin - Foley Room
Amon Tobin - Chomp Samba Ep
Amon Tobin - Piranha Breaks Ep
Amon Tobin - Bloodstone Ep
Amon Tobin - Taxidermia Digital Ep

Reference:
(2010). Amon Tobin. Amon Tobin. Retrieved from http://www.amontobin.com/about

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