Jungle Hop

Track Listings

1. Jungle Hop

2. Little Love [*]

3. Hey Thelma

4. Baby Gotta Party

5. Miss Sue [*]

6. Good Morning [Take 4]

7. Leavin' It All up to You

8. Jelly Bean

9. Farmer John [Slow Version][Take]

10. Just a Little Lovin'

11. Letter [*]

12. When the Sun Has Begun to Shine [*]

13. Bim Bam

14. Day by Day [*]

15. Koko Joe

16. Justine

17. Little Sally Walker [*]

18. Kill Me

19. Big Boy Pete

20. Farmer John

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews
From Grove Press Guide to Blues on CD
The R&B duo of Don "Sugarcane" Harris (vocals, guitar, piano, electric violin) and Dewey Terry (vocals, guitar, piano) plied their trade in the late 1950s. Twenty-three songs from the period (seven formerly lost) and two 1964 tracks are by and large small treasures. -- © Frank John Hadley 1993

Jungle Hop,Don & Dewey,Specialty,Pop,R&B,Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues

Jungle Hop

Tracks:

Bloodstone
Esther's
Keep Your Distance
The Killer's Vanilla
Kitchen Sink
Horsefish
Foley Room
Big Furry Head
Ever Falling
Always
Straight Psyche
At the End of the Day

Amazon.com

With Foley Room, Montreal's Amon Tobin throws his torch in with the blazing tradition of full-length works composed in the majority with found sounds. Having formerly made his name as a craftsman of vinyl samples into towering rhythmic dynamos like his fin-de-siècle LP, Supermodified, Tobin tries sampling the world for himself. With microphone in hand and his tape console slung over his shoulder, he captures the timbre of factories, a massive satellite dish, and local avant-garde improvisers with equal zest. One loping highlight comes early in "Big Furry Head," when during a token trip-hop lead-in--all reverb, squiggle, and over-compressed drumbeat--a tiger's hungry growls tears new life across the frequency spectrum, signaling the abyss-deep thump of Tobin's next new groove. Whether he's wandering through lush, meandering string workouts ("Bloodstone") or more aggressive avenues toward beauty ("Ever Falling"), Tobin's gait is ever informed by the beat. But where some contemporary found-sound sculptures like Matthew Herbert's Plat du Jour keep a more strident sampling ethos in the service of musical politics, Tobin's approach clearly reeks with a love of sound manipulation as its own reward: every process an adventure, each completed work a revelation. --Jason Kirk

Album Description

Electronic beatmaking legend Amon Tobin reinvents himself on Foley Room, an album meticulously created from field recordings and other found sounds. Still very much an Amon record, but with fresh new underlying sounds. Includes bonus DVD documenting the process.

Customer Reviews:

Certainly not the best from Tobin .........2007-08-06

I've been a die hard Amon Tobin fan for many years. Also, being into music production for about 6 years, means that I have a LOT of respect for the man and what he does with sounds.

This album is probably in my opinion the least musical of all his albums. It still has that dark and edgy Amon Tobin vibe that he is so famous for, but some of the tracks on the album just miss the point a bit, with too little musicality. Sure it's interesting out of an "experimental" perspective, the rhythmic work is complex and inspired etc., but some of the tracks have little direction and no real tune to them, which I personally find a bit bothersome and hard to listen to. Tracks like "Big Furry Head" and "Always" make the album more worthwhile though.

I think this album will mostly appeal to real muso's, that can fully appreciate the idea of the use of foley sounds, the recording of them, how he incorporated them into this album, the arrangements etc.

If you don't have all his other albums, I would rather recommend some of his earlier work like Supermodified, Bricolage etc.

I DON'T LIKE IT (It needs a negative review).......2007-07-12

I don't like this album, it is extremely boring. I'm not holding it to comparison to anything prior by Amon Tobin. I don't like it because I found myself fast fowarding through parts in search for something more.

I wanted the grass to get greener and this was never the case. I also search for something in music that I might enjoy, or even a singular sound that I can sample and exploit.

This album failed to entertain me, or make me feel energized. Even with the hope of discovering some cool sounds it is a total let down.

o.0.......2007-07-08

I wonder if he played all those random instruments. The percussion sounds very natural, I would find it hard to believe they were all from a computer program, it would probably be easier to just record the drums and edit them afterwards. There's lots of stuff you miss listening to this the first few times around, lots of little details in the sound.
There's some symphony stuff going on as well, guitars too, chimes, synthesizers, vocals, pretty much everything... and none of it sounds familiar. Once all this settles in you have a very replayable CD.

When I first heard Amon Tobin I listened to Out From Out Where and then bought his others. They were all good, but this one stands out a little because the structures of the songs are pretty random, but they make sense somehow. I barely notice any repetition on Foley Room. If I listen to Permutation or Bricolage it is very noticable by comparison.

Electronic music is a genre with a lot of sub-genres and is expanding all the time. It's difficult because like computers themselves, electronic music is always getting updated and you have to keep up with the times. However some people are continually able to bring something fresh that has a new sound. This is one of those cds that actually gets better the 4th or 5th time around.

should appeal to ----.......2007-05-18

conceptual work combining manmade and natural found sounds with conventional music,if this project was just a experiment I hope that the artist was keeping notes,we need more !!

2007? Try 2307.......2007-05-09

Foley Room is an industrial breakbeat / drum-n-bass symphony. Amon Tobin not only improves but he vastly raises the bar every single time he releases an album. You know this is the man who made Out from Outwhere and Permutation right away but what you cannot prepare for is the epic nature in which he rings in 2007 with music that is 2307.

I have a deep love for the album format and 'Foley Room' further defines this affection. It allows for structure and limitations to encourage discipline and creativity. The music here is like the intensity of a beautifully emotional 500 lb. beast trapped within a metal cage where he barely fits and has only one small air hole. He is angry and dents the structure while trying to free himself. He becomes hopeless realizing this is impossible. He ponders his life, becomes bitter and angry again. Somehow, we feel like he got himself into this.

Take that for what you will, but the only album I can compare this to is 'Endtroducing...' and that is a stretch because this is much more intense and the songs are mostly shorter in length (my only gripe because these songs could be of brilliantly epic length to match the mood). But the darkness and emotion is evident and delves deeper into actual human psyche than I'd say nearly ALL of, at least, electronic music.

Amon Tobin has officially been ordained into the vanguard of music's elite.

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Motion Cd Review
Jazzed up break beats
great jazzy sound...
Eclectic Jazzy Mambo !!
Great for Intense Moods

Motion
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ASIN: B000003S83
Release Date: 1999-09-14

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Ode To The Big Sea
Night Of The Iguana
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Bluebirds
And Relax!
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Customer Reviews:

Motion Cd Review.......2007-03-08

The Cinematic Orchestra has always been a favorite of mine. Motion is an awesome work that's worth every cent. The music is cutting edge, intense and spiritual. These songs put me in a great mood every time I listen to it, and it stays in my cd player. Get it, the cd is fantastic!

Jazzed up break beats.......2006-08-15

This is a gem. Pure and simple.
The smokey lounge atmosphere of "Durian" introduces you to its quite melancholie of a jazz based ensemble and touches with varying intensity of downtempo, Bristol sound ("Channel 1 suite" loop a la Portishead), and nervous break beats with live like drumming. The trumpet has either sad distilled tones ("Durian") or is nervous ("Channel..."). Haunting female vocales have this far away feel ("Diabolus") or a stronger appeal, more demanding (N.Simone impression in "Durian"). The percussion is energetic (ride cymbal getting tougher as "Channel..." goes) or includes playful soft rim shots ("Ode to the Big Sea" with it's intro classic Brubeck style). "Diabolus" has a sustained background brass which creates an impression of questioning notes which is reinforced by the loop of the bass.
It's all skillfuly blended and is always sustained with an almost dangerous feel easily recognizable in underground modern day trip hop et al. But the gorgeous classic references of the edgy Blue note years makes it audible again and again just like the stubborn loops which create the texture of its density. The drawling voices are countered by dynamic and true to life drumming explosions. It will certainely satisfy curious ears and jazz amateurs who wish to extend their audio portfolio to other areas, especially for those broken in to hard bop and tolerant towards talented groups like Massive Attack or Skalpel. In all it's dreamy but challenging audio spiel...it has that quality of unexpectedly weaving the immediately agreable of warm jazz with the shamelessly rebelious of this modern day's electronic risk taking endeavours. It's a jazzed up version of break beats...or maybe the reverse.

great jazzy sound..........2004-09-07

to begin i just wanna say that motion is the first album of the cinematic orchestra, and not the second as some people stated.
in second place: motion is the best cinematic album.
if your looking for a jazzy electronic sound with a great swing and beat, this is the one you should get...

Eclectic Jazzy Mambo !!.......2003-10-22

I was excited to learn that The Cinematic Orchestra had more albums other than "Motion". After reading the reviews, it seems this album was the lower on the totem pole, however, this album is excellent. It's jazzy, the rhythm grabs you, and it ties together perfectly with a electronic feel. This is an album for anyone who appriciates contemporary jazz. Every track is worth listening to, and it doesn't get old. I am very ambitious about purchasing thier other albums after hearing this one.

Great for Intense Moods.......2003-02-17

I bought this on a lark. I agree with one of the reviewers that described this as underground jazz in a smoky bar room. It fits! The vocalist really adds a mourning effect to the record. The ensemble plays are very good. If I were to voice any complaint, it would be that there is not enough solo-ing in it. It grows on you in a plesant way. I make a lot of tapes and these cuts are good mood transitioners. Dark, foreboarding and expressive. Great spin!

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Baxterful!
Not what I thought it was
Trip hop/ electronica classic
Baxter Roxors
Very Good Album

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Baxterful!.......2007-06-24

This is one of the best trip-hop cd's I've ever heard...This Cd is an awesome combination of Drum'n bass and trip hop beats...Trust me you won't regret this purchase...Get this cd right away if you can find it...

Not what I thought it was.......2007-05-14

I had high hopes after all the good reviews. I was disappointed with this cd. I've only listened to it once. It reminds me of underground club music of the early 90's.

Trip hop/ electronica classic.......2006-12-19

Baxter, one of the best female trip hop artists I've ever heard of in my life.
I remember when this album was released and couldn't stop listening to it, and still listen to it frequently..

Like a cross between Frou Frou meets Esthero with some Spicy Thievery Corp!
excellent.
=S=

Baxter Roxors.......2006-07-03

Ordinarily, I don't care much for vocal drum and bass or jungle, largely because I felt that many artists did not fit the vocals to the music well, but simply layered them on. Baxter is an excellent exception in that regard. The voice of Nina Ramsby blends wonderfully with the darkly energetic music.
Overall, I wanted to give this 4.5 stars. I reserve the perfect rating of 5 for an album that I will play all of the way through whenever I play it, whereas this has a couple of songs I didn't much care for and tend to skip. I definately recommend this album to anyone that likes vocal D&B, jungle, or darker trance(s).

Very Good Album.......2006-05-05

I Like this CD a lot because it is unique. Interesting songs and interesting use of electronics. I like her voice a lot. I would consider this one of the more advanced albums in the Trip Hop genre. I listen to the album in its entirety, and can't say one song is better than an other. It's a rare occasion when I buy a Trip Hop disc and almost every song is purely great and beautiful. The smooth performance, delicate lyrics and simple melodies are backed up by a great beat and deep bass programming. I would like to get more by them.

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Ladies & gentleman, introducing a master craftsman.
Top notch
Excellent (my favorite Amon Tobin album)
Nice work
How can you pick?

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Amazon.com's Best of 1998

Amon Tobin's mixing of jazz noir with breakbeats on Permutation resulted in one of the most infectious electronica discs of 1998. Using hard-bop drum samples, extended horn passages, and a constant groove, Tobin succeeded where others have fallen short: he captured the essence of jazz and made it ready for the dance floor. Thoroughly enjoyable and swinging. --Jason Verlinde

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With its lush strings; its deep, snaking bass tremors; and its odd patches of percussive irritants, Amon Tobin's latest album sounds at times like the kind of noir-ish drum & bass that Luke Vibert (a.k.a. Wagon Christ) has left behind. Such torch passing seems fitting since Permutation's focus on jazz sample sources grew out of Tobin's own career switch: dropping, if only for now, the Brazilian percussion and pop flavors that have long infused his home-brewed electronica. A languorous dollop of bossa nova closes this album, but otherwise it almost exclusively explores jazz: hard-bop drum solos, luscious horn lines, and mellifluous fusoid guitar. Tobin programs all this expressly analog material into his small battery of synthesizers and produces one of the strongest albums of 1998. --Marc Weidenbaum

Customer Reviews:

Ladies & gentleman, introducing a master craftsman........2007-08-01

This is easily the best introduction to Tobin's back catalogue. Some of his later releases are a better demonstration of the mastery of his production, but are nowhere near as accessible (read: a challenging listen).

What is exciting about Tobin is the effort and style with which he composes his beats. An article that came out at the time of this album's release made mention of the time taken in the construction of the drum patterns, noting that Tobin spent nearly ten times longer on the process than his peers. This attention to detail is evident in the lushness and complexity of the sound produced. Moreover, his inspired choice of samples brings an extra dimension to the tracks, investing them with emotion and interest that the drums (despite his best efforts) can't accomplish.

If you like this sort of stuff, you also have to check out his label-mates DJ Food and Mr Scruff. Not as complex musically, perhaps, but a hell of a lot of fun nonetheless.

A note on the previous review: Bebel Gilberto has sampled Amon Tobin's track on her album, and he is credited in the liner notes.

Top notch.......2007-03-14

Amon at his best, absolutely stonkin, great mix of heavy bass warped jazz and electronic fusion, mixed with more jazzy downtemp numbers, huge track is sordid, big nasty bass. Love it (i own all his albums, and am awaiting the delivery of my foley room CD)

Excellent (my favorite Amon Tobin album).......2006-06-09

I got this CD upon reccomendation of a friend who is really into Tobin's work. He said this would be the best one to get as a first-time Tobin buyer.

I really love this album. The songs are both lyrical and mechanical in a way that you don't often hear. You can tell that it is DJ Jazz, but it has some emotion to it as well. I liked almost all of the songs, but my only complaint is that they do tend to drag on at times, especially when he gets into using fast drumming sequences. This is my favorite album of his.

Nice work.......2005-08-29

This one is worlds better than Bricolage. This is a very nice blend of jazz and electronica. The first track is beautifully dark. I definitely recommend this CD.

How can you pick?.......2005-04-18

Out of Amon Tobin's first three albums, it is extremely tough to pick a best one. If I were pressed, I would name this a very close second to "Supermodified" and just barely ahead of "Bricolage". I'm talking two points separating the three albums. Having said that, "Permutation" is a different beast than his debut album. Released only a year after "Bricolage", this album continues in that one's veins, yet infused a darker jazz sensibility to create a dense headrush that leaves you breathless, and eager to start again. Some of Amon's best work is on this disc, and "Sordid" was featured in a Toyota commercial to great effect. This album is 70 minutes of non-stop brilliant sample cut-ups and melodies hidden underneath jerky drum-n-bass programming, a trip that takes you throughout endless permutations (sorry) of sound and space, and ends with "Nova", as close to a perfect chill song as any written. I cannot say enough good things about this album.

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Eclipse is the Best
psychotropic fusions
Salvaje y Descarado
great grooves
Marvellous

OK
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OK is one phrase that's universally known and understood, and on OK Talvin Singh tries for a similar global connection. A classically trained tabla player, he's performed with Björk and Massive Attack, holds his own club nights in London, and is the leading light of the burgeoning Asian Underground movement--in other words, a man of many parts. He brings them all together here--the Bollywood strings, the kannakol patterns of Indian music, and the skittering rhythms of drum & bass and jungle--to create something that is new and thoroughly vibrant. This is Britain at the millennium, drawing on its immigrants, full of Eastern promise, and ready to dive headlong into the future. An album of both intelligence and passion, it is more than OK; it's a complete marvel. --Chris Nickson

Customer Reviews:

Eclipse is the Best.......2005-11-11

Eclipse is the best fusion track that I have listened to in recent times. Talvin Singh is very talented with the Tabla

psychotropic fusions.......2005-08-23

masterful, visionary, tantric fusions of sound to energize and delight.

A nice complement to the darker works of the band, Male or Female.

Salvaje y Descarado.......2005-04-11

Talvin Singh es un maestro de la fusión entre Oriente (escrito con letras de un rojo pasión, sinuosa y aterciopelada la caligrafía) y Occidente (brillante y neón, recto y pulcro). Talvin Singh es almizcle y mirra y opio en la autopista. Talvin Singh es una de mis últimas obsesiones.

Este caballero de ascendencia india ha remezclado canciones de grandes nombres como Madonna, Björk y David Bowie, y sin embargo, su principal aportación, en mi opinión, es levantar la cortina de seda transparente que separa mundos acústicos tan diversos. Albergo con codicia dos de sus trabajos: Ok y Ha.

Ok es salvaje y descarado, un álbum lleno de monosílabos que te invade, inunda y empuja sin timidez alguna. Sus melodías son rocambolescas, llenas de texturas deslumbrantes, hartas de gozo y encanto. Es un viaje en un atestado y humeante autobús indio. Los baches te destrozan la espalda, el olor de las especias te ahoga y dopa, el griterío te excita y aterra a la vez. Y sin embargo, hay un momento de quietud entre la zozobra, una puesta de sol a través de cristales sucios. Una lágrima entre sonrisas.

El mundo está lleno de sonidos, de voces, de ritmos, de melodías. Quiero devorarlos todos, saciar mi apetito descomunal. Talvin Singh me ha llevado al este. ¿Quieres acercarte conmigo?

great grooves.......2003-08-23

Talvin Singh is a master at his craft, and it's evident on O.K. Elegant tabla rhythms mix superbly with electronic music to create a sublime ambient sound from the Asian underground. If you like ambient music, or Eastern-influenced electronica, you won't be sorry you bought this album.

Marvellous.......2003-05-06

This is beyond any doubt a very strange album. Since I'm not really into drum'n'bass (with the exception of some rather old Aquasky stuff), it was kind of a risk to buy it. Anyhow, I'm really glad I did so. It contains a magical blend of Indian and electronic music, Singh balances on the thin border between earth and space. The sound of the asian instruments is incredible, since Talvin Singh is a professional tabla-player, the technical quality is far beyond average.
I like it. A lot. The most bizarre thing is that I keep on doing so, no matter how much I listen to it.
Without any doubt a marvellous creation... and you shouldn't doubt a second about buying it.

The Best Kept Secrets: The Best of Lamb 1996-2004

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Sure Glad I Discovered Lamb
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Ethereal trip hop from the UK!!
This aint the best

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Best Kept Secrets, a collection of songs from Lamb's first four records, is a reminder of how exhilarating and shockingly modern their music can be. It's also a crash course on the band's precarious balancing act. When they're in sync, the somber torch singing of Louise Rhodes and the twisted proto-jungle of producer Andrew Barlow make for a delicious combination. The band's self-titled debut trumped contemporaries like Portishead, who built songs around the vocals, while Barlow and Rhodes worked on playing up their stylistic contrasts. It's a tough dynamic to maintain though, as later records like Fear of Fours and especially 2003's Between Darkness and Wonder don't quite get the formula right. Laid out in chronological order, Secrets is just like the band's career to this point: It starts off great, but tails off at the end. This being a "best of," however, you notice it less. "B Line" off Fours, for instance, sounds just fine coming after new classics like "Cotton Wool," and even though tracks like "Angelica" are almost painfully safe, they still kick up a nice ruckus. --Matthew Cooke

Customer Reviews:

Sure Glad I Discovered Lamb.......2007-03-23

Found this group in someones best of list on Amazon. Wow! They are already my 2nd favorite band. Hungry Lucy is #1. A very unique singin voice that works perfectly with the kind of music they generate. Lamb has a fuller sound to them than other electronic music bands. They also have a lighter air about their songs. Great songwriting, varied experimentation, and great sound effects. You get a DVD with this album that is one of the best music DVD'S I've seen. A real enjoyable treat. I hope they are still together. After all I am just discovering them. This is great talent and a real positive buzz.

An explosion of sound.......2006-08-09

Given the fact that I have always loved bands as Portishead and Hooverphonic it is a bit strange to only know find out the brilliance that is Lamb.
Sure I had heard Gorecki and some other songs but they never really stuck. Until I rediscovered them about a month ago.
It started with "till the clouds clear" not only a song with great music but also with great lyrics and interaction between the two.
From there I went back to songs as Gorecki, What Sound and Angelika.
This "best of" gives you a great overview of the weirdness and (dis)harmonies this band uses to create their songs and the way it all blends together perfectly.
Ofcourse people are going to complain that songs are not included ( I really miss "What sound" on this one ) but for the person who would like to have a great compilation of one of the best Triphop bands around : get this one.

The real SECRET is why so many songs are missing..........2005-06-24

Despite their dedication to a rabid fanbase and their impressive bounty of exquisite music, Lamb sure can be a hard band to love. After Andy Barlow and Louise Rhodes dropped their sharp, celebrated self-titled debut in 1997, the wait was considerable for 1999's FEAR OF FOURS, and though the shift in sound was different (the organic jazz undertones were pushed to the forefront with the beats mostly secondary), it was a woefully underrated album that I personally feel bested the debut in some ways. In fact, if vocalist Rhodes hadn't somehow morphed from sounding soft and enveloping to sounding like a long-lost member of Alvin and the Chipmunks' sister band the Chipettes, FOF would have been damn near perfect.

Lord knows what precipitated the move towards soft sounds and spackled edges that marred 2001's WHAT SOUND and especially 2003's BETWEEN DARKNESS AND WONDER, but it was probably the band's frequent -- and ultimately fatal -- squabbling that marked the drop-off in songcraft. A recent read of their oft-updated Web site confirms that Lamb is now kaput (although both Barlow and Rhodes are prepping solo material). And so we get a best-of compendium to wrap it all up. It should be a slam dunk. It isn't.

Granted, this is Lamb, and Lamb were superb more often than not. The best moments here -- "Cotton Wool," "Gorecki," "B-Line," "Gabriel" -- are epochal moments that transcend the original tired trip-hop and drum-n-bass tags; although they've never been honoured as such, they're all contributions to dance music in general, and at least as important in legacy as anything by Massive Attack or Moby. There are several other really good songs here, and even at its worst -- namely the BDAW tracks at the end -- BEST KEPT SECRETS is never less than listenable.

But there are simply too many key tracks missing, prompting the question, Who organized the track listing for this album (and who is their dealer)? Sixteen tracks and five of them -- five! -- come from their maligned, uneventful swan song (BDAW). When a band does this it is obvious they are trying to reintroduce material that was ignored the first time (and often with good reason). I have to say, it's pretty thoughtless toward the listener and unfair to the body of work as a whole.

For instance, what good is a Lamb retrospective without "Lusty," which is not only the most intriguing and original track off their debut but also, as most Lamb fans will attest, the most adored? And where's "Softly" from FEAR OF FOURS? It's their hands-down finest slow song and probably the closest they came to a potential crossover hit. Its absence is especially puzzling as it was released as a single (as was "I Cry" from WHAT SOUND, which isn't here either).

I'm also curious who this album is for. The suspect choice of material suggests it was intended as more of a collection of Lamb's most "important" or "interesting" work rather than their best or most popular, which would make it more appropriate for existing fans than newcomers. If this is the case, a couple of rarities would have softened the blow of the missing songs. Lamb had way more remixes than B-sides (some of which were quite stirring), but I would have at least made room for their delicious jazz rendition of "The Night Has A Thousand Eyes." Canadian fans like myself would also have found the addition of "Written" a nice treat, as it was needlessly omitted from our pressings of WHAT SOUND.

Alas, it's hard to recommend BEST KEPT SECRETS when modern technology can assist you in making a best-of that is so much more. I feel bad making such a statement regarding an album by one of my favourite bands of all time, but this is such an off-the-mark representation of Lamb's successes that I really feel compelled to tell any curious purchasers about what BEST KEPT SECRETS should have been.

My dream track listing (for anyone who cares):
1. Lusty
2. Cotton Wool
3. Trans Fatty Acid
4. Gorecki
5. Little Things
6. B-Line
7. All In Your Hands
8. Softly
9. Fly
10. What Sound
11. Sweet
12. Heaven
13. Gabriel
14. Til The Clouds Clear
15. Written
16. The Night Has A Thousand Eyes

Ethereal trip hop from the UK!!.......2005-06-06

While walking through the departure lounge of London Heathrow to catch a flight, I heard this beautiful, crystal clear voice set against an ethereal trip hop backdrop. I backtracked and inquired who the artist was and was told it was Lamb.

I decided to get this CD and it is my introduction to Lamb, and a very good one for someone (like me) who was totally unfamiliar with their stuff. There was some stuff that needed repeated plays to get into but well worth it.

Lamb are a trip hop/electronica/drum `n bass duo from the UK, comparable in style to Portishead or Tricky. Their songs are usually musically complicated (`Cotton wool', `Gold', 'God bless', `B Line' for example) but with catchy vocals.

The track that got me, `Gorecki' is a charmer. Other great songs are `Lullaby' (which will NOT send you to sleep, I promise), `Heaven' (lilting song that about takes one there), the beautiful instrumental `Til the clouds clear', the hypnotic sounding `Wonder', `Please' (a gentle ballad sung in a pleading voice), and my favourite, `Gabriel', a lush dramatic number with jazz flourishes, comparing one's lover to the angel Gabriel.

Accompanying each track in the booklet are personal notes on the making of/inspiration behind/etc each track, which I found to be a real treat.

There is an accompanying bonus DVD with 7 videos (6 of which are tracks featured on this CD).

This aint the best.......2005-03-08

If I had done this compilation I would have made the track listing look like this.

1-God Bless
2-Trans Fatty Acid
3-Gold
4-Gorecki
5-All In Your Hands
6-Bonfire
7-Lullaby
8-One
9-Sweet
10-Scratch Bass
11-Wonder

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best Amon Tobin i've heard
FCKING Horible
TAKES YOU PLACES
Not a big fan
Pretty good Instrumental album

Out From Out Where
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Chaos Theory: Splinter Cell 3 Soundtrack

ASIN: B00006JM9M
Release Date: 2002-10-15

Tracks:

Back From Space
Verbal
Chronic Tronic
Searchers
Hey Blondie
Rosies
Cosmo Retro Intro Outro
Triple Science
El Wraith
Proper Hoodidge
Mighty Micro People

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Brazilian-born beatmeister Amon Tobin unleashes another genre-imploding and totally killer album (his fourth) with Out from Out Where. Darker, harder-edged, and less jazzy than its predecessor, Supermodified, the album's mood is actually closest to his debut. Out Where is dense and playful in its own ominous horror-soundtrack-with-beats manner, the post-jungle beats lovingly fractured and reconstituted in a way that simultaneously dizzies and makes one's head bob up and down in time. This album reminds the listener that it's possible to be experimental and accessible at the same time. Parts of Out Where sound like a late night pow-wow of lounge lovers Kruder & Dorfmeister, electronic genius Nobukazu Takemura, and DJ Food the cut-up kid. And while the lovely yet menacing Asian car chase music of "Searchers" might have you wondering whatever did happen to Photek, the album truly sounds like nobody else. Each track has actual surprises, and the disc just gets better with repeated plays. Huzzah! --Mike McGonigal

Album Description

4th release on Ninja Tune from Mr. Tobin, another masterpiece of Darkbreakbeats/Drum and bass and instrumental mayhem. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

best Amon Tobin i've heard.......2007-08-01

this is, by far, the best Amon Tobin i've heard. not many jazzy innotations but very ambient/soundscapey. my favorite track is Hey, Blondie. this song is worth the price of the disc alone. very good use of reverberations. but then again, i've yet to hear Supermodified...

FCKING Horible.......2006-07-08

i love amon but this album has one good song what happened mighty micro people is so sick i could give it 5 stars for that song but what the fck

TAKES YOU PLACES.......2005-04-30

This CD really takes you places, starting with 'Back From Space'. This is my favourite track. The name suits it pretty well. Verbal is a nice tune. It doens't really fit in that well with the rest of the CD, but that isn't at all a bad thing. The song is great. The entire CD is excellent. The only song I found a little hard to like was Triple Science. It was a little too congested for me. I'll give it some more listens though, maybe that will help. I say if you like ambient/d n' b, you've got to pick this up. If you like this, The splinter Cell Soundtrack by Amon Tobin is another great album. You don't even have to like the game. Trust me.

Not a big fan.......2005-01-14

It's not that I can't appreciate the programming skills of Amon Tobin, I just don't like this music. Besides, it looks like most of the reviews given to this album on this site are all from his fans. So I wanted to give the other perspective. Don't let anyone tell you this is d'n'b, cuz its not. There a few tunes with quicker beats but these songs could all be classified as downtempo industrial. They're all about 80 bpm, and have the "banging on a steel barrel in a warehouse" feel, and are all somewhat atmospheric. In the first song, he shamelessly rips off Tomita's awesome electronic cover of Claire de Lune. He gives the song its own title, but it should have been titled as a remix. So there you have it, the other perspective.

Pretty good Instrumental album.......2004-10-05

This album has some hardcore dance beats that are nice for rappers that sound very underground feel you can Freestyle to.This is a nice album and my Favorite tracks were-Back from Space-Searchers-Rosies and El Wraif this stuff is nice.
Production 10/10 Music 10/10 X-Factor 8/10 Classic 9/10 Replay-8
Total=8.5 out of 10 Fingers

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A CINEMATIC EXPERIENCE!
Complex and Beautiful
True Artist
Decade's best
I'm not worthy

Supermodified
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ASIN: B00004TKNV
Release Date: 2000-05-16

Tracks:

Get Your Snack On
Four Ton Mantis
Slowly
Marine Machines
Golfer vrs Boxer
Deo
Precursor
Saboteur
Chocolate Lovely
Rhino Jockey
Keepin' It Steel
Natureland

Amazon.com's Best of 2000

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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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

Customer Reviews:

A CINEMATIC EXPERIENCE!.......2006-10-17

It will jump from your speakers & demand attention! You've been warned...

Complex and Beautiful.......2006-08-19

It is hard to overstate how much impact this album had on me. Amon Tobin captured everything I love about electronic music here, composing a dynamic, dark and often surreal sound-scape. "Slowly," my favorite track, is a beautiful, somber experience that effortlessly blends jazzy notes with a down tempo beat. "Four Ton Mantis" is a fantastic and eerie piece with alternately slow and driving beats that you can't help but be enraptured with. "Rhino Jockey" seems to swell with breathless excitement with its hard hitting, relentless energy. "Get Your Snack On," "Golfer vs Boxer," and "Chocolate Lovely" are also not to be missed. Of all of Tobin's excellent work, I believe Supermodified is truly his best. You are doing yourself a disservice if you skip this album.

True Artist.......2006-02-20

I believe there are very few true artist in this day and age and Amon Tobin is one of them. Original, chic, innovative, unique, beautiful... absolutely beautiful.

Decade's best.......2005-04-18

Amon Tobin is simply a genius. I've said it before, and I will say it again: he is a genius. Right before he left the planet to create alien symphonies from the Virgo Complex, he left us this final album that sounds like it came from the Earth's soil after having been buried by an alien race who visited us millions of years ago with vastly superior technology to what we'll ever have. If that doesn't give you an indication of what this album sounds like, only listening to it ever will. The only misstep is possibly "Precursor" featuring the fire-breathing mouth percussion of Quadriceptor. Aside from that, this album is just out of the world. Trust me, once you hear it, music will never sound the same for you. Ever. Glorious!

I'm not worthy.......2004-11-02

Very few performers in popular music truly earn the label "artist," and even fewer can ever be said to occupy a genre of their own, but in the case of Amon Tobin the label is more than apt. Electronic music, or at least the more respectable branch of it, is generally associated with the intellectual abstractions of such artists as Aphex Twin and Autechre, but Amon adds his own twists to the genre with his crossbreeding of electronica and the music of his native Brazil. While Amon's most recent album, Out From Out Where, was an excellent release, Supermodified still stands as his best work so far, a brilliant set that should expand minds as easily as it expands boundaries.

Filled with fractured beats and ominous atmospheres, Supermodified is a work of dizzying intricacy and variety that offers something different on every track and every listen. Befitting an imagination so restless, there are plenty of excursions into areas where most composers of this ilk would fear to tread: the jumbled drum beats of the head-spinning opener "Get Your Snack On" would sound right at home on a jazz fusion album, and other tracks provide glimpses at light jazz, hip-hop and even some Middle Eastern sounds. Strings, horns, and crazed percussion all find their way into the mix somewhere, but whatever it happens to be doing at a particular moment, what's perhaps most notable about this album is Tobin's use of subtle shadings to achieve a contrast of light and dark more suited to a classic King Crimson album than a dance floor.

It's really this element that makes Tobin's work so compelling: although it's obviously grounded in the electronic genre, it manages to create the sort of mood and ambience that's hard enough to create with live instruments but almost impossible for a DJ to replicate. Supermodified truly is a work of stunning music, one that all open-minded listeners are urged to pick up immediately.

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If you're going to get your feet wet, you may as well swim.
Xen Superstar
Must have
Oustanding, Breathtaking, Spectacular, (adjective please!!!)
Disappointing to be perfectly honest

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Zen: A Retrospective

ASIN: B00004XSTF
Release Date: 2000-10-03

Tracks:

The Xen To One Ratio - Steinski's Intro
Showtime - Big Dada Sound
2 Tha Left - Dynamic Syncopation
QMS - T Love
8pt Agenda - The Herbaliser
Ug - Mr. Scruff
Memories - Neotropic
Rhythm & Blues Angus Steakhouse - Cabbageboy
Saboteur (Roots Manuva Version) - Amon Tobin
Your Revolution (Version) - DJ Vadim
Nepalese Bliss (Jimpster Mix) - The Irresistible Force
Emperors Main Course - Kid Koala
Give It Up - Coldcut
Hip Hop Barrio - Up, Bustle & Out
Blue Flames - Quannum MC's
Night Night Theme - The Infesticons
I Hear The Drummer - Luke Vibert
Ninjah (We Are Ninja) - Fink

Tracks:

The Joy Of X (Spotters Delight) - Flexus Intro
The 10th Victim - Clifford Gilberto
Soul Pride - Neptune
Los Locos Cubanos (Snowboy Mix) - Up, Bustle & Out
Down & To The Left - Amon Tobin
My Life's In These Bottles - Loka
Original Sins - Chris Bowden
Restless - Clifford Gilberto
Build A Church With Your Fear - Animals On Wheels
The Ageing Young Rebel (Gentle Cruelty) - DJ Food
Quicksilver Loom - Flanger
Big Sea - Funki Porcini
Arcane - Arc
Big Amoeba Sound - Max & Harvey

Tracks:

Twice The First Time - Saul Williams
More Beats & Pieces (John McEntire Tortoise Mix) - Coldcut
Dubble (Organ Swell) - Funki Porcini
No Mind - Happy Campers
Peace Pt.1 - DJ Food
Happy Band - Mr. Scruff
Drunk Trumpet (Live At The Metro, Chicago) - Kid Koala
Non Lateral Hypothesis - DJ Vadim
Ninja Tune (The Process Mix) - Hexstatic
Movements (Live At Inside Tracks) - Roots Manuva
Tried By 12 (Squarepusher Mix) - East Flatbush Project
Feel'n You & Me - Sukia Vs. DJ Food
Channel 1 Suite - The Cinematic Orchestra
Bad Sex - Amon Tobin
Bonus Track - Xen Cuts

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Released as a tribute to the fact that Coldcut's legendary Ninja Tune imprint had been releasing records for a decade, this collection showcases the label's rich array of artists. Though assembled in the same spirit as the seminal Ninja Cuts series, comprising a mixture of back catalog and material exclusive to the compilation, a crafty alteration of the title acts as a nod to the 10 years since Bogus Order's "Zen Brakes" first fought its way onto a turntable. From the Steinski intro, the track listing of the first of two compact discs has a distinct hip-hop leaning. It slinks through lyrical activity from the likes of the Dynamic Syncopation before flipping a skit from Roots Manuva over Amon Tobin's "Saboteur" and dropping down to the sultry vocals of Sarah Jones, which parallel the Gil Scott-Heron standard in their declaration that the "revolution will not be between these thighs." Flip to the second disc for a demonstration of Ninja's recent foray into cinematic funk, whether through the raging percussion of Chris Bowden or breathtaking orchestration of Clifford Gilberto's "Restless," the resultant experience is nothing if not widescreen. Settle down and reset your ears for two hours of cross-dressing, genre-bending bliss from one of the U.K.'s most innovative record labels. --Kingsley Marshall

Customer Reviews:

If you're going to get your feet wet, you may as well swim........2004-02-29

Lets rate the label not the tracks. The label, as it stands, is on the up and up, introducing the best aritsts that jazz-core and hip hop (REAL HIP HOP, NOT LUDACRIS) have to offer. The problem, is that this compilation only lets you get your feet wet in the ocean that this label has to offer. Tracks by Amon Tobin, Saul Williams, Kid Koala KILL the rest of the cd. I would honestly reccommend this compilation to those who are ready to dive into some deeper music, it's the perfect introduction into the world of electrojazz and tru hip hop heads. Heavy and hard, this one carries. Just know that this compilation is mearly a cliff note in the world of the tunes of the ninja. Ninja tune reprazent.

Xen Superstar.......2003-07-12

Xen Cuts is basically a compilation of music from different musicians from the Big Dada and Ninjatune label. It's a great showcase of all the labels have to offer and is almost like like gourmet dish of different foods to sample before you decide to buy them on your own. The tracks range from trip hop to hard acid jazz (I love Clifford Gilberto's tracks) and some lyrically sound hip hop tracks. With as many musicians as they have, a lot of the tracks are well done. Granted, I would be hard pressed to find all the tracks appealing, the ones that are give birth to a sense of style that each of the musicians have thoroughly developed through the years and deserve the recognition that they get for their respective genres.
The hip hop tracks are nicely done, the Big Dada Sound track is a highlight just because it features some big name (well, relatively speaking) that all collaborate on one track. It's the perfect high-bass track for any bloke rolling out on the town one evening. The acid jazz tracks are spectacular, especially the clifford gilberto. The tracks leave you drenched in saturation, and push you towards the epiphany of "This is *real* acid jazz". The drum n bass tracks are alright, besides Amon Tobin, it's not really a genre that the labels are known for producing, but some of the d n b tracks are enjoyable. Overall, there are some tracks that pale, while others that embody their respective genre in full. But for the price, it's all good.

Must have.......2002-08-16

Live kid Koala cuts! Rare 'Revelution won't happen bwt these thighs' track and many others. Dude, get it. You gotta.

Oustanding, Breathtaking, Spectacular, (adjective please!!!).......2002-02-09

Wow, Wow, Wow. My brother brought his copy of this CD when he came to visit us. I rummaged through his things (sorry), found it, and it was love at first hearing. I had never even heard of Ninja Tunes before then. This 3-disc compilation features a variety of artists and their myriad sounds, all coming together for one large party (for clarifications, see the track listing posted on this website).
Disc One: Mostly hip-hop oriented. Funky, deep beats with better than average raps, sassy feminists, and an oriental flavor (Kid Koala).

Disc Two: Mostly for jazz buffs. The weakest of the set. Highlights: Gilberto,Clifford; Arc; Up, Bustle & Out; Amon Tobin

Disc Three: Overlooked tracks. Most tracks are excellent. Pay special attention to the Saul Williams track (and watch "Slam"), Funki Porcini, Kid Koala (" I wonder what kind of bear his wife thinks he is"), Roots Manuva, and the Zen Cuts bonus track. It's awesome.

Looking forward to another such compilation by Ninja Tunes
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Disappointing to be perfectly honest.......2001-12-05

Yeah i know, (the price) for 3 cds (just under 50 songs) is great, the packaging is real nice and the names performing are top notch.

The problem is that i was expecting something really mindblowing and there where some great touches but overall i wasn't that impressed. Maybe its because i had most of the best songs because i had at least 10 of the artists individual albums.

Cd 1 is strictly for the hip-hop headz. Roots Manuva kills it of on track 2 while the Herbaliser and Latryrx show just why i think they are the most gifted writers in the scene on track 5. Roots Manuva strikes again on Tobins brilliant Saboteur (track 9), and Quannum MC (track 15) is real hot. This is probably the best cd in this collection with Mr Scruff and Kid Koala making decent apperances. Track 7 is my least favourite (by Neotropic?).

Cd 2 is probably the worst cd. Clifford Gilberto saves it from the dustbin with the amazing Restless and the 10th victim.
Funki Porcini and Arc are above par with decent tracks as is Amon Tobin. Dj Food has the worst song on this whole album with 'The Ageing Young Rebel' (tRACK 10).

Cd 3 is decent with Eastflatbush project (Track 11) and my main man Roots Manuva on (track 10). Funki Porcini gets it right again with (track 2), Porcini's 'Ultimately empty million dollars lp' was real poor so this shows he is decent. Finally (track 12) by DJ Food is brilliant. CD3 has many decent but uninspiring songs on aswell as the ones mentioned.

In conclusion, the is a must get purchase for any Ninja Tune fans and since i purchased a cd recorder i have made a one disc compilation which is great, i advise you to do the same.

Tracks:

Morena Flor
Guerra Aqui
Labirinto
Dagmar Nao Tava Nao
Voce Feat. Bebel Gilberto
Demais
Praia Mole
Bombeiro
Rebojo
Alessandra
Dolar A Dolar

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This is the final installment of a three-part series of records from Nublu founder and bandleader Ilhan Ersahin's Wax Poetic project. It brings Ilhan in body and spirit to South America where he collaborates with Bebel Gilberto, Sabina Sciubba of Brazilian Girls, Otto, Karina Zeviani, Mamelo Soundsystem, and Forro In The Dark, making a work not only highlighting the country's talent, but also reflecting its vibrancy and grace.

Soul Music:

Soul Music

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Ladies Night-Greatest Hits Live

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1. Jungle Hop
2. Little Love [*]
3. Hey Thelma
4. Baby Gotta Party
5. Miss Sue [*]
6. Good Morning [Take 4]
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