Amon Tobin
Amon Tobin is a musician, DJ, and producer known for his massive sound walls of sampled jazz fused with drum and bass, intelligent
dancemusic and samba.
Amon Adonai Santos de Araujo Tobin was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He acquired the surname Tobin from his Irish stepfather. He
relocatedto England at an early age, where hip hop, blues and jazz caught his interest. He released four EPs and an album, Adventures in Foam,
under thename Cujo, before he signed with Ninja Tune in late 1996. He has since released five critically acclaimed albums under his own name.
He iswell known for ...read more
Amon Tobin is a musician, DJ, and producer known for his massive sound walls of sampled jazz fused with drum and bass, intelligent
dancemusic and samba.
Amon Adonai Santos de Araujo Tobin was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He acquired the surname Tobin from his Irish stepfather. He
relocatedto England at an early age, where hip hop, blues and jazz caught his interest. He released four EPs and an album, Adventures in Foam,
under thename Cujo, before he signed with Ninja Tune in late 1996. He has since released five critically acclaimed albums under his own name.
He iswell known for his song "Saboteur", which was featured as the main theme for the 2003 movie The Italian Job. After a three-year hiatus
fromreleasing any major original work, he was contracted by video game company Ubisoft to compose the soundtrack for Tom Clancy's
SplinterCell: Chaos Theory, released in 2005. He currently lives in Montréal, Canada. « hide |
