Amon Tobin does some of the finest sampling I have ever heard. He builds
songs with enough variety so that they constantly grow and change, but
with beats that are so much fun to dance to. Excellent listening in the
bedroom or on the dancefloor. Especially if you have a lot of surplus
energy. On Supermodified there are parts of most of the songs where he
goes absolutely mad.
Supermodified contains plenty of Tobin's trademark jazz drum breakbeats,
which I'm really happy about. He takes some of the most amazing drumming
every put on vinyl, and chops it up in even crazier ways. Supermodified
also features the same combination of jazzy basses, horns, and strings
together with wailing synthesizers that stood out in Tobin's earlier work.
But it also covers plenty of new ground.
For brevity's sake I'll only describe some of my favorite tracks:
1. Get Your Snack On - This track leads the album in really well. Heavy,
pulsing octaves in the bass drive the song hard. A funky organ line and a
big Amon Tobin bouncy beat make it perfect.
2. Four Ton Mantis - Another heavy, bouncing beat. There is no way to
describe the piano in this track other than "cool." It also contains a
great example of one of those parts I mentioned earlier where Tobin goes
absolutely mad.
3. Slowly - A murky, laid back song with crazy breakbeats. Really.
4. Marine Machines - It sounds wet and slinky, with lots of sampled
symphony orchestra and swimming reverb. The marchy beat is not his best,
but the song makes up for it. It sounds like an underwater orchestra.
And a bunch of underwater machines, of course.
7. Precursor - Tweeky as hell. I love it. Nervous jazz bass cuts
perfectly compliment amazing beatboxing by Quadraceptor.
I imagine the rest of the album will grow on me. That happened with
Permutations. I recommend this record as an IDM must-have.
-j
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