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Post by saint_yossarian »

andrewmutz wrote: post #22
BMSR wrote: post #11

Amon Tobin on HN? Wow His music is great (Long Stories, Out From Out Where, Supermodified) The website experience is neat. This is the second musician I see making an ambitious computer project. The other being that game Neil Cicierega made. I jokingly pick Slowly by Amon Tobin to be the soundtrack for when they do the lethal injection thing to me.

I was a big fan fifteen years ago. I'd love to hear from other fans of Amon Tobin back in the day, what are you listening to these days? What contemporary music should I check out if I was an amon tobin fan 15 years ago?

I'm still really enjoying most of his recent work, check out all the aliases on Nomark Records if you haven't yet.

Through his DJ mixes I discovered Tipper, Noisia, Frank Riggio.

+1 to Hidden Orchestra which someone else mentioned. I also really love what Stimming is doing.

Besides electronic music, I listen to a lot of jazz these days, and jam bands like Vulfpeck. I mention this because Amon Tobin's early records are what originally got me into jazz.

Re: Amon Tobin – Foley Room site (2007)

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Post by tmerse »

105424 wrote: post #34
andrewmutz wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was a big fan fifteen years ago. I'd love to hear from other fans of Amon Tobin back in the day, what are you listening to these days? What contemporary music should I check out if I was an amon tobin fan 15 years ago?

Plaid. Every album so far has been on the edge of the music landscape as it released. The last album, among other things, combining real and physical modelled instruments in electronic soundscapes against a AI/generative backdrop, The previous one incorporating gamalan structures and rythems among advances in sound design. Back in the day they where also using generative rytems, virtual voices, all kind of digital sy…

Love that someone signed up for this comment :). Seeing them performing the polymer album at a small venue (where some instrumental parts where performed live) right after Nils Frahm is a fond memory of mine, and I agree that there is not really much out there that compares to their unique sound.

Next to their usual stuff/albums there is a plethora of remixes out there. Can recommend this fan-driven youtube channel for an overview:

https://www.youtube.com/@ThePlaided

Re: Amon Tobin – Foley Room site (2007)

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Post by [deleted] »

sevagh wrote: post #15
hyperific wrote: post #2

I don't know about you all but I miss the websites of 2007. There was so much variation and unbridled creativity. I remembered stumbling upon this page in 2007 while looking up Amon Tobin's soundtrack to Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory. I can't remember the last time I saw a musician launch such a beautiful interactive site for their album release. And here it is in 2024, lovingly preserved and still functional on Intern…

You are the only one with this opinion. Nobody else on HN has ever expressed nostalgia for the old internet before.

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Re: Amon Tobin – Foley Room site (2007)

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Post by shlomme »

andrewmutz wrote: post #22
BMSR wrote: post #11

Amon Tobin on HN? Wow His music is great (Long Stories, Out From Out Where, Supermodified) The website experience is neat. This is the second musician I see making an ambitious computer project. The other being that game Neil Cicierega made. I jokingly pick Slowly by Amon Tobin to be the soundtrack for when they do the lethal injection thing to me.

I was a big fan fifteen years ago. I'd love to hear from other fans of Amon Tobin back in the day, what are you listening to these days? What contemporary music should I check out if I was an amon tobin fan 15 years ago?

Pierre Rousseau, Grandbrothers, Christian Löffler.

Reeto von Gunten (https://www.reetovongunten.com/index.php?nav=music&content=s...) has a pretty good collection that I've found a lot of good tracks / artists on.

Re: Amon Tobin – Foley Room site (2007)

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Post by agency »

throwaway77384 wrote: post #16

Old Amon Tobin was just the best. At the end of the day, Slowly, Journeyman...some of the best music I have ever heard. His stuff with the London Symphony Orchestra is bonkers ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggl_pWkbEoc ). All of his recent stuff isn't quite my cup of tea, but that's just the nostalgia factor speaking. I guess anyone who discovers a musician during one of their eras may not necessarily like their o…

Foley Room is my #1. I don't mind some of his more recent stuff, even the bass-ey Two Fingers stuff, but I do prefer the early stuff too. Though it's not as much up my alley I'm kind of intrigued by the album he put out under the Figueroa name, which is kind of psychedelic-folk or something. Take a quick listen before reading the next part (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWiXC_O_EVo). Here's the crazy part: Other than his voice, _every_ sound you hear in that song is synthesized and programmed with midi, including the "acoustic" guitar. He said in an interview if you were starting from scratch it would have been easier to learn to play the guitar, but I guess if you've spent your life devoted to mastering electronic production...

Re: Amon Tobin – Foley Room site (2007)

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Post by soylentcola »

hyperific wrote: post #40
what-the-grump wrote: post #18

OOO we are doing Tobin on HN: https://youtu.be/XqyEZ0GwS3E?feature=shared&t=2491

Beautiful projection map! I wonder if they're using TouchDesigner for this.

Yep! They actually feature photos of this setup on their site.

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Post by andybak »

sevagh wrote: post #15
hyperific wrote: post #2

I don't know about you all but I miss the websites of 2007. There was so much variation and unbridled creativity. I remembered stumbling upon this page in 2007 while looking up Amon Tobin's soundtrack to Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory. I can't remember the last time I saw a musician launch such a beautiful interactive site for their album release. And here it is in 2024, lovingly preserved and still functional on Intern…

You are the only one with this opinion. Nobody else on HN has ever expressed nostalgia for the old internet before.

I suspect sarcasm but without any context I'm just guessing.
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