
Amon Adonai Santos de Araújo Tobin (born February 7, 1972), known as Amon Tobin), is a Brazilian electronic musician, composer and producer. He is noted for his unusual methodology in sound design and music production. He has released eight major studio albums under the London-based Ninja Tune record label. He has also released two albums under the alias Two Fingers with collaborator Doubleclick. His latest release, A Living Room (Music from Meow Wolf's Omega Mart), was released on September 23, 2022.
His music has been used in numerous major motion pictures including The Italian Job and 21. Tobin has created songs for several independent films, including the 2006 Hungarian film Taxidermia, and had his music used in other independent films, including the 2002 Cannes Palme d'Or–nominated Divine Intervention. A selection of his tracks were featured in commercial bumps on Toonami and in the 2005 anime IGPX, and he produced the musical scores to critically acclaimed video games Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory by Ubisoft in 2005, and Sucker Punch's Infamous in 2009.
Links to Peel[]
Peel first played Amon's debut single, 'Creatures' in January 1997 and would play further material from the producer on his shows. He nominated Amon's album, 'Out From Out Where', as one of his records of the month for December 2002 (Peel's Record Box) and also had his own DJ set along with the artist at Fabric in that same month.
Shows Played[]
- 05 January 1997: 'Creatures (12")' Ninja Tune
- 16 April 1997: ‘Yasawas (2xLP - Bricolage)’ Ninja Tune
- 22 April 1997: Defocus (album - Bricolage) Ninja Tune
- 06 May 1997: Yasawas (album – Bricolage) Ninja Tune
- 08 May 1997 (BFBS): 'New York Editor (2xLP-Bricolage)' (Ninja Tune)
- 10 June 1997: Tabukula Beach Resort (12" - Mission) Ninja Tune
- 2000
- 19 April 2000: Bad Sex (10" b-side: Slowly) Ninja Tune
- 26 September 2000: Saboteur (Roots Manuva Version) (Box Set - Xen Cuts) Ninja Tune
- 2002
- 05 December 2002: Verbal (feat MC Decimal R) (12") Ninja Tune
- 11 December 2002: 'Chronic Tronic (LP - Out From Out Where)' (Ninja Tune)
- 2003
- 30 September 2003: Untitled (EP - Collaborations) Ninja Tune
- 04 October 2003 (BBC World Service): Untitled (EP - Collaborations) Ninja Tune
- 16 October 2003 (Radio Eins): Untitled (album - Collaborations) Ninja Tune