Editing Amon Tobin (section)

===''Out From Out Where'', ''Chaos Theory'' and ''Foley Room'' (2002–2008)===
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In 2002, Tobin relocated to [[Montreal|Montreal, Quebec]], Canada where he had spent time previously at Ninja Tune's North American Headquarters.<ref name=official_site /> Tobin lived in the industrial area of [[Old Montreal]] to avoid noise complaints from neighbors after dark.<ref name=exclaim>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.exclaim.ca/musicschool/whereiplay.aspx?csid1=112 |title=Where I Play: Amon Tobin |access-date=2008-10-03 |magazine=[[Exclaim!]] |author=Nasrallah, Dimitri |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206142946/http://www.exclaim.ca/musicschool/whereiplay.aspx?csid1=112 |archive-date=December 6, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> There he produced his fifth album ''[[Out From Out Where]]'' released that same year. This was his first album created primarily in a professional studio.<ref name="solipsisticnation"/>{{rp|at=00:31:19}} He later released a single, ''Verbal'', taken from Out From Out Where. Otis Hart of ''Dusted Magazine'' said that Tobin's style of producing had come into its own. He acclaimed Tobin's "refined sense of tempo".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/396 |title=Out From Out Where review at Dusted Magazine |access-date=December 9, 2008 |work=Dusted Magazine |date=October 14, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115195801/http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/396 |archive-date=January 15, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In January 2004, Tobin was contracted by video game company [[Ubisoft Montreal]] to compose the soundtrack for the third installment of their critically successful [[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell]] series, ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory]]''. To facilitate using the music in a video game, where the level of action or plot can change in real-time, each track was broken down by Tobin into four distinct but similar parts based on their level of intensity. The game's developers could then use each section to provide music based on the actions of the player.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://remixmag.com/artists/remix_microscope/ |title=UNDER A MICROSCOPE |access-date=2008-10-01 |publisher=Remix Magazine |date=April 1, 2005 |author=Micallef, Ken |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205145056/http://remixmag.com/artists/remix_microscope/ |archive-date=December 5, 2008 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Despite not being an official album in Tobin's discography, it was considered a ground breaking work in the world of video game sound tracks described as "an entirely new era of media" by Tiny Mix Tapes.<ref name=TinyMixTapes>{{cite web |last=Mixtapes |first=Tiny |title=ChaosTheory |url=http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/amon-tobin-splinter-cell-chaos-theory |work=Chaos Theory OST |publisher=Tiny Mix Tapes |access-date=2005-09-20}}</ref>

The album continued the trend Tobin started with ''Out From Out Where'', as he used more field recordings during production.<ref name=inthemix /> In addition to being included with the game, Ninja Tune released the score as an individual album in 2005, titled ''[[Chaos Theory – Splinter Cell 3 Soundtrack]]'', several months before the game's release. It was received well, benefiting from a wider audience of reviewers in both the music and gaming industries. Ben Hogwood of MusicOMH.com applauded Tobin's use of melody and texture, adding that he controlled the sounds with the "clarity of a classical orchestrator."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicomh.com/albums/amon-tobin-2.htm |title=Amon Tobin – Chaos Theory (Ninja Tune) |access-date=2008-10-02 |publisher=MusicOMH.com |date=February 7, 2007 |author=Hogwood, Ben |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012022914/http://www.musicomh.com/albums/amon-tobin-2.htm |archive-date=October 12, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> He later recorded a [[Dolby Digital]] 5.1 [[surround sound]] version of the album with audio engineer Bobby Azinsky in a dedicated [[Solid State Logic]] studio in Los Angeles.<ref name=pixel>{{cite web |url=http://www.pixelsurgeon.com/interviews/interview.php?id=168 |title=PIXELSURGEON – Interviews – Music – Amon Tobin |access-date=2008-10-01 |publisher=[[Pixelsurgeon]] |year=2005 |author=Gilbey, Sam |archive-date=October 15, 2009 |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20091015090855/http%3A//www.pixelsurgeon.com/interviews/interview.php?id%3D168 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Tobin's sixth studio album, ''[[Foley Room]]'', was released in 2007. The title alludes to the "Foley rooms" used by [[recording engineer]]s and [[Foley artist]]s to record sound effects in the movie industry. On this album, Tobin concluded his transition away from prerecorded source material that started with ''Out From Out Where''. All of the samples used for production were recorded by himself using an [[Microphone#Omnidirectional|omnidirectional microphone]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Cooper|first=Sean|date=March 2007|title=Amon Tobin Bugs Out|url=https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/15.04/play.html?pg=9|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|publisher=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|volume=15|issue=4|access-date=2008-10-09}}</ref> Recorded primarily in Montreal, San Francisco, and [[Seattle]], the samples came from a wide range of sources including [[motorcycle|motorbikes]], tigers, insects, and water falling from a tap.<ref name="foleypress">{{cite press release|title=Foley Room|publisher=[[Ninja Tune]]|url=http://www.ninjatune.net/ninja/release.php?id=1218|access-date=2008-10-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914060303/http://www.ninjatune.net/ninja/release.php?id=1218|archive-date=September 14, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> Also contributing to the album were the [[string quartet]] [[Kronos Quartet]], drummer Stefan Schneider, and [[harpist]] Sarah Pagé.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/blog-what-are-the-weirdest-instruments-used-in-modern-music-168757|title=What are the weirdest instruments used in modern music?|author=Hitchings, Craig|date=September 9, 2007|publisher=[[MusicRadar]]|access-date=2008-10-02}}</ref> ''Foley Room''{{'}}s use of field-recordings was used to help promote the album, including two official pre-release [[Film trailer|trailers]] posted to YouTube. Nate Dorr of [[PopMatters]].com called it a "smooth, natural progression" from his work on ''Supermodified''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/11675/amon-tobin-foley-room/|title=Amon Tobin Foley Room|author=Dorr, Nate|date=March 8, 2007|magazine=[[PopMatters]]|access-date=2008-10-03}}</ref> The first single, "Bloodstone", was released to the [[iTunes Music Store]] months before the rest of the album. Ninja Tune also published a DVD titled ''Foley Room: Found Footage'' which documented the recording process.<ref name=foleypress />