Tune of the Week: Amon Tobin

Amon Tobin is a Brazilian-English electronic music producer who specializes in sound design. Much like graphic design, sound design involves taking many disparate elements to create a cohesive new statement. One of the building blocks of Tobin’s designs is the manipulation of samples. In his early days this would entail arranging jazz samples over drum and bass style breakbeats. In time, his sampling and layering of those samples would become much more complex and emotive. Here is an example of him taking many bits from the world of jazz and creating another, more electronic, world.

Ninja Tune labelmate Kid Koala created a routine with this song, along with a samples from the film “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”, creating yet another distinct sample-based tune. This was a staple of his turntable shows for many years. It starts around the 17 minute mark. Dig!