Title: The Foley Room [Bonus DVD] Artist: Amon Tobin Release Date: 3/6/2007 Label: Ninja Tune Album Type(s): Enhanced CD-ROM UPC: 625978112120 Genre: Electronica Styles: Club/Dance, Jungle/Drum'n'bass, Trip-Hop, Electronica Moods: Intense, Rousing, Trippy, Volatile, Energetic, Freewheeling, Boisterous, Cerebral, Clinical, Hypnotic, Manic, Ominous, Playful, Ambitious, Complex Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 2 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 2

1. Bloodstone
2. Esther's
3. Keep Your Distance
4. The Killer's Vanilla
5. Kitchen Sink
6. Horsefish
7. Foley Room
8. Big Furry Head
9. Ever Falling
10. Always
11. Straight Psyche
12. At the End of the Day

1. Bonus Material [DVD][*]

Year Type Label Catalog # 2006 CD Ninja Tune 121

No other editions were found for this album.

Perhaps tiring of the invisible soundtracks playing in his head, Amon Tobin delivered a video-game soundtrack Chaos Theory: Splinter Cell 3 in 2005 and then hit the streets and studios, with microphones in tow, to produce 2007's Foley Room, an exercise in "field" recording. ("Foley rooms" are, apparently, the sound-effects chambers used by those in film.) Of course, anyone expecting crickets and hollers will be on unfamiliar ground, but those who are already aware of Tobin's penchant for spacious productions and sounds previously unheard in nature will know exactly what to expect. His stated aim here was to bridge the divide "between music that was based purely on sound design and tunes that were written to physically move people." But that's nothing new for him -- since the beginning of his career, he's been one of the best producers at manipulating found sounds into more-or-less danceable songs. Helping him on his quest is a large cast of collaborators, including Kronos Quartet, harpist Sarah Page, and Stefan Schneider of Music A.M. and To Rococo Rot. The music is suitably impressive, and shows -- as it should -- a far wider range of moods and textures than Tobin's work in the past. With good reason, the most adventurous tracks here ("Horsefish" and "Big Furry Head") are also the best, showing Tobin stretching himself beyond the usual electronica brainmelt into more progressive territory. [A Ninja Tune edition with a bonus DVD includes about 20 minutes of footage showing Tobin and crew gathering their sounds.] ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

Name Credits Amon Tobin Producer David Harrington Performer Evan Cranley Musician Hank Dull Performer Jeffrey Zeigler Performer John Sherba Performer John Usher Musician Kevin Sawka Engineer, Musician Leon Kingstone Musician Norsola Johnson Musician Paolo Kapunan Musician Patrick Watson Musician Pietro Amato Musician Ryhna Thompson Musician Sarah Register Mastering Simon Angell Musician Stefan Schneider Musician, Engineer Vid Cousins Tracking, Musician, Field Recording