It's already four years ago since we last welcomed Amon Tobin to the AB (then with his Foley Room show for the 2007 Domino festival). OK, his cancellation at the Ninja Tune celebrations in September 2010 was a bit of a blow for the fans but wanna bet he's gonna more than make up for it? That's right, after focussing on his hip-hop oriented Two Fingers project for the last few years, his new opus ‘ISAM’ will now be released on May 23. Our favourite Brazilian sound-manipulator had already won his place in the Electronica Greats Hall of Fame (alongside Boards Of Canada, Autechre and Aphex Twin) but with this new work he changes direction again. On stage too.

He redesigns the world around him and pushes the boundaries between psychedelica and science fiction, between art and entertainment, between sound-design and pop-music. This is quite simply his most impressive album to date. He initially worked with music samples (‘Bricolage’, ‘Supermodified’), after which went on to distorting them beyond recognition, then later turned to everyday sounds (‘Foley Room’). With 'ISAM' he goes a step further and processes nature sounds until they are again musically usable. An intellectually and emotionally profound piece of work that surpasses even the most progressive dubstep productions. ‘It has some of the most terrifying bass rumbles your sternum will feel this side of Hell’.

Live too, this is his most ambitious project ever. This is going to be a fantastic visual journey for the audience, with Amon Tobin backed by a sort of 3D construction that completely incorporates him. What's more, he'll be using video projection, computer graphics, custom software, real-time audio and pre-prepared sound elements for the live version of 'ISAM'.
An exceptional piece of work that definitively crowns Amon Tobin as the King of Electronica. What's more, 2011 is going to be a very busy year for Tobin (who will also release a new Two Fingers album and a remix album of the Chaos Theory game soundtrack).
We'll see you live in the AB on Friday 10 June.

Nate Donmoyer? For the quizzers amongst us, that is indeed the drummer from the rather brilliant Passion Pit. But Nate is also active in electronic music under the nom de plume Shuttle. With an infinite and indefinable sound (‘a sonic chameleon’), he found his way into the offices of Ninja Tune (where he now resides) via remix work for Daedelus and The Death Set and live shows aside Yelle and Diplo.

'ISAM' Preview by Amon Tobin