Foley Room

Infobox Album |
Name = Foley Room
Type = Album
Artist = Amon Tobin


Released = March 5, 2007 (UK)
March 6, 2007 (U.S.)
Genre = Breakbeat
Drum and Bass
Length = 50:33
Label = Ninja Tune
Producer = Amon Tobin
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:w09ss335a3bg link]
* Drowned in Sound rating-10|8 [http://www.drownedinsound.com/release/view/9288 link]
* NOW Rating|3|5 [http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2007-03-15/music_discs13.php link]
* Pitchfork (8.1/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/41376-the-foley-room link]
* PopMatters rating-10|8 [http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/11675/amon-tobin-foley-room link]
Last album = "Chaos Theory - Splinter Cell 3 Soundtrack"
(2005)
This album = "Foley Room"
(2007)
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"Foley Room" is the sixth studio album by Brazilian drum and bass artist Amon Tobin. It was released on March 5, 2007 by Ninja Tune.

In the past, Tobin had created music through the sampling of old vinyl records. However, "Foley Room" is a marked departure from his traditional technique. Inspired by the foley rooms where sound effects are recorded for films, Tobin decided to record and work with original samples for the record. According to the Ninja Tune website, "Amon and a team of assistants headed out into the streets with high sensitivity microphones and recorded found sounds from tigers roaring to cats eating rats, neighbours singing in the bath to ants eating grass". [ [http://www.ninjatune.net/ninja/release.php?id=1217 Ninjatune Releases - Bloodstone EP ] ] Tobin also called upon The Kronos Quartet, Stefan Schneider, and Sarah Pagé to record samples for the record. [ [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/40314/Amon_Tobin_Meets_Kronos_Quartet_in_Foley_Room_ Amon Tobin Meets Kronos Quartet in Foley Room | Pitchfork ] ]

The first single, "Bloodstone", was released on iTunes on January 9 2007. The song was later released as a single proper on January 21 2007, with "Esther's" and the B-side "Here Comes the Moon Man" also included on the disc.

In promotion of the record, Ninja Tune has released two YouTube "trailers". [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvodRa9Md1Q YouTube - Amon Tobin - Forthcoming album (trailer#1) ] ] [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlwG3DSESyE YouTube - Amon Tobin - Foley Room (trailer#2) ] ] A DVD documentary detailing the album's recording process was released with the album.

Track listing

All tracks written by Amon Tobin.

# "Bloodstone" – 4:13
# "Esther's" – 3:21
# "Keep Your Distance" – 4:48
# "The Killer's Vanilla" – 4:14
# "Kitchen Sink" – 4:49
# "Horsefish" – 5:07
# "Foley Room" – 3:37
# "Big Furry Head" – 3:22
# "Ever Falling" – 3:49
# "Always" – 3:39
# "Straight Psyche" – 6:49
# "At the End of the Day" – 3:18

References