Editing Amon Tobin (section)

==Musical style and influences==
Tobin is best known for his use of audio manipulation techniques, where any given source material is transformed to produce a new sound.<ref name="solipsisticnation"/>{{rp|at=00:29:10}} His use of this technique has changed over the course of his career. On his original singles under Ninebar and his first three albums, Tobin acquired all of the sound sources to produce music from his personal collection of vinyl records. He manipulates the sounds with a combination of audio hardware and software including [[Steinberg Cubase|Cubase]],<ref name="solipsisticnation"/>{{rp|at=00:33:40}} often leaving the original source unrecognizable in its new context.<ref name=currenttv /> The majority of his early work focused on reordering the [[Break (music)|break beats]] from jazz and [[blues]] music into faster more complex patterns.<ref name="solipsisticnation"/>{{rp|at=00:31:19}}<ref name="solipsisticnation"/>{{rp|at=00:01:31}} Guido Farnell of InTheMix.com, wrote about his use of this technique, saying that Tobin has "taken the art to new and dizzying heights."<ref name=inthemix>{{cite web |url=http://www.inthemix.com.au/features/29832/Amon_Tobin_Enter_the_Foley_Room |title=Amon Tobin: Enter the Foley Room |access-date=2008-10-02 |publisher=InTheMix.com.au |date=December 6, 2006 |author=Farnell, Guido |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080924060233/http://www.inthemix.com.au/features/29832/Amon_Tobin_Enter_the_Foley_Room |archive-date=September 24, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref>

His fifth album ''[[Out from Out Where|Out From Out Where]]'' began the gradual shift away from prerecorded material by incorporating original guitar samples. His techniques began branching into technical [[sound design]], taking break beats or single instruments, modifying specific frequencies, and producing new sounds.<ref name="solipsisticnation"/>{{rp|at=00:41:35}} This trend continued through his video game score ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory Soundtrack'', and by his sixth album, ''Foley Room'', all of the source material was recorded in the field by himself. Speaking about the creativity of sample-based music compared to traditional instruments, he says that "creative input is not determined by your source material but in how you edit and manipulate the sounds."<ref name="currenttv">{{cite video |people=Amon Tobin (Subject) |title=Amon Tobin |url=http://current.com/items/77206132_amon_tobin |format=[[Adobe Flash]] |publisher=[[Current TV]] |location=San Francisco |access-date=2008-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080925050417/http://current.com/items/77206132_amon_tobin |archive-date=September 25, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Tobin experimented with various instruments. He does not come from a music family, nor has he had any formal training in [[music theory]].<ref name="solipsisticnation"/>{{rp|at=00:12:30}} About his music in general, Tobin says that he sees it as a "genuine" expression of the time he lives in, as he says that by contrast, blues, jazz, and Brazilian genres were "genuine" expressions of the 1960s.<ref name="solipsisticnation"/>{{rp|at=00:25:10}}

Despite his indirect connection with Brazilian genres, Tobin collaborated with a number of artists on [[Bebel Gilberto]]'s 2000 bossa nova album ''[[Tanto Tempo]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Rego |first=Luis |title=Let's Go Brazil 1st Edition |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UO61mNDbcVwC&q=amon+tobin&pg=PA34 |access-date=2008-10-09 |publisher=Published by Macmillan |isbn=0-312-32004-3 |pages=34 |year=2003}}</ref> Tobin's albums are often compared to soundtracks,<ref name="official_site" /> and he says that movies by [[David Lynch]] have influenced him. In addition, he has stated to like films by the [[Coen brothers]], [[Dario Argento]], and [[Roman Polanski]].<ref name="kindamuzik">{{cite web |url=http://www.kindamuzik.net/q_and_a/article.shtml?id=1862 |title=Amon Tobin: interview op KindaMuzik |access-date=2008-09-27 |publisher=Kindamuzik |date=September 13, 2002 |author=Roozendaal, Dave}}</ref>