He's been posting some really interesting 3d art and composition on Instagram, where he also announced he was retiring from DJing. Glad to see him explore his art the way he sees fit instead of turning into a music factory.
Amon Tobin – Foley Room site (2007)
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#62Amon Tobin might be on here even, who knows. I don’t want to say I’m disappointed with his output, because I’m not. His creative and artistic self is far beyond what most people are willing to invest and endure of their life force into, and I appreciate knowing a person like him is out there. I suppose I’m mostly heartbroken that we’ve had a golden decade of some incredible music from this person and he has essential…
Yup, I couldn't agree more. His music from back in the day is so incredibly unique and nobody has made anything like it before or since. It's impossible to find anything like it. Unfortunately he seems to no longer want to make music like that.
If I was a billionaire I'd write him a blank cheque to make more music like his old stuff.
But, I'm no musician, maybe he literally can't anymore. I don't know how it works, or how insulting the mere notion would be to him.
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#63I tried 3 browsers and didnt get audio in any of them. Only occasional fractions of a second of audio. I tried the high quality and low quality options.
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#64Old 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…
The most striking thing about At the End of the Day is just... how much it actually feels like the end of the day. At least to me. I've been playing it for years now, off and on, when I need to wind down and my day needs to end, and it still does the trick, every time. (Though sometimes I might want^H need to listen to it two or three times....)
Re: Amon Tobin – Foley Room site (2007)
#65Amon Tobin might be on here even, who knows. I don’t want to say I’m disappointed with his output, because I’m not. His creative and artistic self is far beyond what most people are willing to invest and endure of their life force into, and I appreciate knowing a person like him is out there. I suppose I’m mostly heartbroken that we’ve had a golden decade of some incredible music from this person and he has essential…
Yup, I couldn't agree more. His music from back in the day is so incredibly unique and nobody has made anything like it before or since. It's impossible to find anything like it. Unfortunately he seems to no longer want to make music like that. If I was a billionaire I'd write him a blank cheque to make more music like his old stuff. But, I'm no musician, maybe he literally can't anymore. I don't know how it works, o…
The Knife - Raging Lung.
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#66Amon Tobin has lots of great music. Another one to check out by him is the Adventures in Foam album that he did under the Cujo moniker. Very heavy on jazz samples.
Easy Muffin has to be my favorite song of his as well as Get Your Snack On.
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#67Earlier 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…
Totally agree. Plaid always delivers.
Forest Swords is the artist that comes to my mind for newer stuff besides the old Warp artists although I wouldn't call that IDM at all. I am not even sure what I would call Forest Swords.
I might even put Forest Swords up there with all the old Warp artists but its like he came to play the chill out room at 8am and everyone had already left the party.
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#68Amon 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?
Autechre, they produce the most complex and intriguing music. Since ca. 35 years. Cannot put into words, it's massive. No need to thank me later.
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#69Earlier 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?
Autechre, they produce the most complex and intriguing music. Since ca. 35 years. Cannot put into words, it's massive. No need to thank me later.
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#70Earlier 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?
Autechre, they produce the most complex and intriguing music. Since ca. 35 years. Cannot put into words, it's massive. No need to thank me later.
There is music like this that is an experience. Listening to them in the 90s, along with Aphex Twin, Amon Tobin, FSOL, were the sounds of hacker spaces. Soundscapes doesn't cover it, they're compositions.
What's so strange is that when I listen to this music now, I get nostalgia, but it's not for anything that was shared. It was a frame of mind in a moment, and not a memory of people. This music was a weirdly private experience.