Last year (or maybe the year before), the track "Nova" off his
"Permutation" album was used for a cellphone company commercial in
France. I didn't buy more cellphones. :-)
By the way, any Amon Tobin dates scheduled in London ?
Topher.
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>We tried to get a free Coke machine for the office on the back end of that
>deal but it never came through. Probably a good thing seeing as I already
>have a rampant caffeine addiction. We also tried for the free BMW for Amon
>but no luck. Let's put it in perspective here. In this day and age everyone
>should be able to see through advertising. Amon doesn't stand behind Coke
>one way or another, he's not their poster boy. It's just collecting a good
>deal of money to have a track he already recorded used. He can then use said
>money to spend more time not having a day job and making more music. Moby
>made a very good point in an interview, you can either take their money or
>they'll just go and hire someone unknown to make a track that kind of sounds
>like your track they wanted and everyone will think it's you anyway. So
>might as well take the money and put it to good use. It's doing more good in
>the pockets of your favorite artists than it is in someone elses. You
>shouldn't read so much into it. It's just music in the background of a
>message that you either agree with or don't, a product you like or don't.
>Did any of you actually start to drink more Coke because of Amon?
>
>Jeff