The convergence of two major, established forces in music has rarely resulted in anything less than a disaster. Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson’ s brief partnership ended with the theft of the Beatles catalog and decades of resentment. The Best of Both Worlds and Unfinished Business, the two mediocre LPs born out of the R. Kelly/Jay-Z collaboration, proved that their business together should have been finished before it even began. As Two Fingers, electronic juggernauts Amon Tobin and Joe ‘Doubleclick’ Chapman seek to break the curse of musical matches seemingly made in heaven. From the sinister yet gorgeous sound of their hip-hop-tinged debut, the two revered producers have undeniably succeeded in doing so. Doubleclick took some time out with URB to discuss working with Amon …
LCD Soundsystem has recorded a new track, “Big Ideas” for the upcoming caper flick, 21, sayeth Pitchfork. The soundtrack also includes Broadcast, Rihanna, UNKLE, Mark Ronson and Kasabian, producer David Sardy (Walkmen, Marilyn Manson) with Duke Spirit singer Liela Moss, and Amon Tobin.
The CD will be released on Columbia Records, but we’ll be scouring the internet looking for the track starting…now!
If you find it, hit us up!
Amon Tobin in the Foley Room
Amon Tobin
Bloodstone EP
Released by Ninja Tune
This month's must-download iTunes EP comes to us by way of the always-astounding Amon Tobin. Meant as a teaser to his forthcoming Foley Room LP, Bloodstone hints at Tobin's first Matmos moment--chopping up found sounds (wasps, water and cats eating rats, among other things) with twinkling piano chords, concrete block breaks and the occasional Kronos Quartet accompaniment. If the rest of the album is this good, Tobin might have his first classic since Supermodified.
Amon Tobin
Bloodstone/Ethers/Here Comes the Moon Man
Released by Ninja Tune
The first fruits from Tobin's new found-sound opus Foley Room, this three-tracker is certainly a diverse set of samples. 'Bloodstone' is an orchestral piano waltz, with strings by the Kronos Quartet which he then attacks with a barrage of beats: 'Esthers' is also piano-led, then descends into an industrial Dick Dale motorcycle stomp, while the exclusive 'Here Comes the Moon Man,' taken from an avant-garde Hungarian movie, is a chopped-up eastern bloc party.


























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