- Audio CD (May 16 2000)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Outside Music
- ASIN: B00004TKNV
- Other Editions: LP Record
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (60 customer reviews)
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
#30,004 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
- #33 in Music > Dance & DJ > IDM
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Track Listings
| 1. Get Your Snack On |
| 2. Four Ton Mantis |
| 3. Slowly |
| 4. Marine Machines |
| 5. Golfer vrs Boxer |
| 6. Deo |
| 7. Precursor |
| 8. Saboteur |
| 9. Chocolate Lovely |
| 10. Rhino Jockey |
| 11. Keepin' It Steel |
| 12. Natureland |
Product Description
From Amazon.com
At the junction of jazz and breakbeat science, Amon Tobin is one of the undisputed masters. Instead of drawing on jazz samples and styles as a sort of prepackaged cultural signifier, he's engaged in the cross-fertilization and recontextualizing that many aspire to but not so many achieve. On this release, he casts his net farther afield--the smoky nightclub trumpets and sultry beats of 1998's Permutation are still present, but the hummingly intense electronics and roiling drums on tracks like "Rhino Jockey" leave the jazz references pretty far behind. The track "Precursor" uses what is called "vocal percussion" to emulate the click-and-pop assemblages of some of the farther out German electronic experimentalists and segues neatly into the down-tempo groove of "Saboteur," which is built on a bottle-clinking percussive sample from obscure '60s blues-rock outfit the Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation. "Keepin' It Steel" is reminiscent of Stereolab in a way, with a pleasantly lazy tempo that manages the neat trick of sounding like it's in an odd-metre time signature when it's not, punctuated by horns that evoke a '70s reggae record. --Bob Bannister
Product Description
Amon Tobin's off-kilter rhythms and jazzy samples create a beautiful mess on Supermodified. Feeding off Latin rhythms, downtempo beats, and wildly adventurous musical jumbles, Tobin's manic bliss never allows the songs to wander, working a sense of method into a sea of crazy atmospheres. The result is focused, enticing, and fascinating. --Matthew Cooke
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4.0 out of 5 stars
très original,
This review is from: Supermodified (Audio CD)
Un très bon album avec beaucoup de recherche au niveau du son, très original. Une musique qui est très ambiante et qui nous transporte dans un unives visuel, donc sonne vraiment comme une musique de film. Très varié.
5.0 out of 5 stars
MIGHT AS WELL REVIEW THIS ONE, TOO!!!,
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This review is from: Supermodified (Audio CD)
I am a fool for not getting hip to "Amon Tobin" sooner! Honestly, I thought the guy was one of those DJs whose music is monotonous and can be heard in video games and cheerleader competitions! I shamefully stand corrected! Tobin is much more complex than that! And "Supermodified" is a true testiment! This has been herald as Tobin's best CD and I must agree. "Supermodified" is a bit dark and obscure at times, but the production value is excellent! Tobin is the MASTER--I dare you to disagree. The acid-jazz opener, "Get Your Snack On" sets the stage for what's to come. The ominous "4 Ton Mantis" keeps the jazz-effect going with a killer beat to boot! "Slowly" is as haunting as a Portishead cut, while "Marine Machines" with its orchestral embellishments have you wondering if there's an army of cyborgs coming to take us over!! Next, is the equally apocolyptic, "Golfer Vrs Boxer" that still scares the $#!^ outta me when I listen to it!! "Deo" is what all down-tempo music should sound like! "Precursor" has a stong jazzy bass line with some weird-other-wordly-scatting from Quadraceptor (???)--although it leaves one to wonder if this is a sample, or an actual person that Tobin has manipulated to sound like that! INCREDIBLE!! "Saboteur" keeps with the dark tone of this album, as does the gorgeuosly ominous, "Chocolate Lovely." However, "Rhino Jockey" loses me and sounds like filler garbage (it could've been left off, really), but I'm sure rave-heads everywhere will dig it! Bringing it down a few notches is "Keepin' It Steel" and the beautiful closer, "Natureland." Very impressive CD from a man who defies all conventional rules of D&B, Techno, Jazz, Trip-hop and Ambient music. In fact, with "Supermodified"--and let's not forget the equally amazing debut, "Bricolage" and the current, "Out From Out Where"-- Tobin has--what's the saying?--reinvented the wheel all together!
4.0 out of 5 stars
Heavy and Decadent Electro-Jazz,
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This review is from: Supermodified (Audio CD)
There's not much to add to what's already been said about Amon Tobin. The man is a sort of creepy genius and his music truly pushes the limits of what we'd call "progressive" with his unique Latin-flavored mix of lush samples, larger-than-life cinematic orchestration, futuristic jazz-inspired melodic runs, intricate schizo breaks and evolving drum patterns.After discovering Amon Tobin, I felt as though I had found THE sound I was looking for my entire life and immediately began touting his stuff to everyone I met. Much to my dismay, I soon realized that this really isn't everybody's cup of tea. It's not terribly danceable, the tracks are on the long-ish side and take their time to reach a full boil. I guess when you say "jazzy drum and bass", some people expect you to bust out a pair of glow sticks and start bouncing off walls like a fool. One critique I heard a few times is "it's repetitive." This made my jaw drop; however, I have to concede that, rarely, a track may seem to dwell upon one melodic theme for a little too long. Of course, the people who said that have unfortunately short attention spans and openly refused to acknowledge the amazing--AMAZING--manipulation of drum patterns. He's no Aphex Twin in that category, of course--but his beats combined with the gorgeous "noirish" melodies make his music more instantly accessible. This album can be summed up in one word: HEAVY. When the drums aren't hitting with tremendous force, the subsonic bass lines and swooping atmospheric textures Tobin weaves in create a dense blanket of sound that just smothers you. I loathe to say it, but this can create a problem, and this is why I've deducted one star from my rating. When I first listened to Supermodified, it sounded very mildly over-driven on my desktop speakers, car stereo and CD player's headphones. Honestly, not much that you would notice unless you were playing at high volume; however, I did hear it cranked-up on an excellent car audio system and it just blew me away. It's remarkably tight, but it could have been brought down a tad for those of us with cheaper equipment and still not lost any of it's punch. But this is really a minor issue, and the album does sound quite good on all my gear--maybe it's my fault for want of turning it up! But take note: if you're going to listen to this Amon Tobin album--and... YOU WILL want to listen to this album, oh yes--you should know that it will sound best on halfway decent stereo equipment if you don't already have it. To hear this music played the way it was intended is a real treat.
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