Amon Tobin – Foley Room site (2007)

Post by camtarn » Fri, Jan 26, 2024, 4:45 PM UTC

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?

Post by giraffe_lady » Fri, Jan 26, 2024, 4:51 PM UTC

finnh wrote: post #41

giraffe_lady wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Still does. Kamasi washington, thundercat, louis cole, kadhja bonet, laurel, haitus kaiyote are all at the top of their game and signed to ninja tune. It's a really different sound from "back in the day" and likely to be rejected by a lot of the people who grew up on like, bonobo and dj vadim. But the label plays the same role, favoring experimental & alternative groove-based musicians. The "original" ninja tune arti…

I didn't realize Kamasi Washington is on Ninja Tune! They had a predilection for releasing zillions of compilation albums with heavily overlapping track lists, which kind of fatigued me on the label, but I'm still fond of the early releases of theirs that I bought. Funkjazztical Tricknology FTW!

Post by p0w3n3d » Fri, Jan 26, 2024, 4:57 PM UTC

tclancy wrote: post #29

p0w3n3d wrote: post #24

Should there be any music? I only can hear a starting sound. It's hard to get anything of it?

I had to drop to the low-res version. Guessing whatever they used for detecting high-bandwidth connections is failing to grasp the values a decade-and-a-half later.

Post by colordrops » Fri, Jan 26, 2024, 5:30 PM UTC

whoswho wrote: post #47

Amon 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…

Post by psd1 » Fri, Jan 26, 2024, 6:29 PM UTC

jayrot wrote: post #45

All hail Ninja Tune! If you don't know, go listen to Mr. Scruff, The Herbaliser, Fink, Coldcut, Kid Koala, Bonobo, Blockhead, Talvin Singh, and almost countless more. Truly a case in point for the value of record labels, imo.