Amon Adonai Santos de Araújo Tobin (born February 7, 1972), known as Amon Tobin, is a Brazilian musician, composer and producer of electronic music. He is described as a virtuoso sound designer and is considered to be one of the most influential electronic music artists in the world. He is noted for his unusual methodology in sound design and music production. He has released seven major studio albums under the London-based Ninja Tune record label.In 2007 he released Foley Room, an album based entirely on the manipulation of field recordings. His latest album, 2011's ISAM, included "female" vocals made from his own processed voice. His music has been used in numerous major motion pictures including The Italian Job and 21. Tobin has created songs for several independent films, including the 2006 Hungarian film Taxidermia, and had his music used in other independent films such as the 2002 Cannes Palme d'Or nominated Divine Intervention. A selection of his tracks were featured in commercial bumps on Toonami and in the 2005 anime IGPX, and he produced the musical scores to critically acclaimed video games Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory by Ubisoft in 2005, and Sucker Punch's Infamous in 2009.
Juno Award for Instrumental Album of the Year, Independent Music Award for Best Album - Eclectic
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Free Fall, Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space, Taxidermia, Girl King, Divine Intervention, Prie Dieu, Tideline
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[on why he does what he does]: Looking at the sea of people playing instruments I realised that that wasn't necessarily the way to do something new or exciting, even though it is usually enjoyable to play in a band with other musicians. When I started thinking of making music I wanted to do something that was, maybe, a bit special.
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Became infatuated with American jazz music, and his collection of old mixers and samplers led him to his first three Jazz infused releases.
Maybe Logic: The Lives and Ideas of Robert Anton Wilson
2003
Video documentary "Switch
Headrush
2003
performer: "Bridge" / writer: "Bridge"
The Italian Job
2003
performer: "Saboteur" / writer: "Saboteur"
Scorched
2003/I
writer: "Popsicle"
Countdown
2002
Short performer: "Golfer vrs Boxer" / writer: "Golfer vrs Boxer"
Divine Intervention
2002
performer: "Easy Muffin" / writer: "Easy Muffin"
Rakkaus on aarre
2002
performer: "Down & To The Left", "Sordid", "Chocolate Lovely" / producer: "Down & To The Left", "Sordid", "Chocolate Lovely" / writer: "Down & To The Left", "Sordid", "Chocolate Lovely"
$10 Million
