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  <biography>Amon Adonai Santos de Araújo Tobin (born February 7, 1972), known as Amon Tobin, is a Brazilian musician, composer and producer of electronic music. He is described as a virtuoso sound designer  and is considered to be one of the most influential electronic music artists in the world. He is noted for his unusual methodology in sound design and music production. He has released seven major studio albums under the London-based Ninja Tune record label.
In 2007 he released Foley Room, an album based entirely on the manipulation of field recordings. His latest album, 2011's ISAM, included "female" vocals made from his own processed voice. His music has been used in numerous major motion pictures including The Italian Job and 21. Tobin has created songs for several independent films, including the 2006 Hungarian film Taxidermia, and had his music used in other independent films such as the 2002 Cannes Palme d'Or winner Divine Intervention. A selection of his tracks were featured as commercial bumps on Toonami and in the 2005 anime IGPX, and he produced the musical scores to critically acclaimed video games Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory by Ubisoft in 2005, and Sucker Punch's Infamous in 2009.</biography>
  <outline>Amon Adonai Santos de Araújo Tobin (born February 7, 1972), known as Amon Tobin, is a Brazilian musician, composer and producer of electronic music. He is described as a virtuoso sound designer  and is considered to be one of the most influential electronic music artists in the world. He is noted for his unusual methodology in sound design and music production. He has released seven major studio albums under the London-based Ninja Tune record label.
In 2007 he released Foley Room, an album based entirely on the manipulation of field recordings. His latest album, 2011's ISAM, included "female" vocals made from his own processed voice. His music has been used in numerous major motion pictures including The Italian Job and 21. Tobin has created songs for several independent films, including the 2006 Hungarian film Taxidermia, and had his music used in other independent films such as the 2002 Cannes Palme d'Or winner Divine Intervention. A selection of his tracks were featured as commercial bumps on Toonami and in the 2005 anime IGPX, and he produced the musical scores to critically acclaimed video games Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory by Ubisoft in 2005, and Sucker Punch's Infamous in 2009.</outline>
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  <title>Amon Tobin</title>
  <year>1972</year>
  <formed>1972-02-07</formed>
  <runtime>1341</runtime>
  <country>Brazil</country>
  <country>Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</country>
  <genre>Ambient</genre>
  <genre>Breakbeat</genre>
  <genre>Breaks</genre>
  <genre>Classical</genre>
  <genre>Downtempo</genre>
  <genre>Drum And Bass</genre>
  <genre>Dubstep</genre>
  <genre>Electroacoustic</genre>
  <genre>Electronic</genre>
  <genre>Experimental</genre>
  <genre>Hypnagogic Pop</genre>
  <genre>Idm</genre>
  <genre>Illbient</genre>
  <genre>Jungle</genre>
  <genre>Leftfield</genre>
  <genre>Modern Classical</genre>
  <genre>Nu Jazz</genre>
  <genre>Progressive Electronic</genre>
  <genre>Tribal Ambient</genre>
  <genre>Trip Hop</genre>
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  <style>ambient</style>
  <style>bass</style>
  <style>brazilian</style>
  <style>club</style>
  <style>deep dubstep</style>
  <style>downtempo</style>
  <style>drill and bass</style>
  <style>drum and bass</style>
  <style>dubstep</style>
  <style>electro</style>
  <style>electronic</style>
  <style>electronica</style>
  <style>experimental electronic</style>
  <style>future bass</style>
  <style>grime</style>
  <style>idm</style>
  <style>jungle</style>
  <style>ninja tune</style>
  <style>nu jazz</style>
  <style>soundtracks</style>
  <style>stage &amp; screen</style>
  <style>trap</style>
  <style>trip hop</style>
  <style>trip-hop</style>
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    <title>Amon Tobin</title>
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  <album>
    <title>Bloodstone</title>
  </album>
  <album>
    <title>Bricolage</title>
  </album>
  <album>
    <title>Chaos Theory Remixed_ The Soundtrack to Splinter Cell 3D</title>
  </album>
  <album>
    <title>Chaos Theory_ The Soundtrack to Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell_ Chaos Theory</title>
  </album>
  <album>
    <title>Chomp Samba</title>
  </album>
  <album>
    <title>Creatures</title>
  </album>
  <album>
    <title>Dark Jovian</title>
  </album>
  <album>
    <title>East to West</title>
  </album>
  <album>
    <title>Fear in a Handful of Dust</title>
  </album>
  <album>
    <title>Foley Room</title>
  </album>
  <album>
    <title>Hole in the Ground (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)</title>
  </album>
  <album>
    <title>How Do You Live</title>
  </album>
  <album>
    <title>ISAM</title>
  </album>
  <album>
    <title>ISAM (Frank Riggio Remixes)</title>
  </album>
  <album>
    <title>ISAM Live</title>
  </album>
  <album>
    <title>Kitchen Sink (Remixes)</title>
  </album>
  <album>
    <title>Monthly Joints Series</title>
  </album>
  <album>
    <title>Out From Out Where</title>
  </album>
  <album>
    <title>Permutation</title>
  </album>
  <album>
    <title>Piranha Breaks</title>
  </album>
  <album>
    <title>Supermodified</title>
  </album>
  <album>
    <title>Verbal Remixes &amp; Collaborations</title>
  </album>
  <name>Amon Tobin</name>
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