In the "music I never thought I'd listen to" category

[cupcake_goth]

A while ago, water_of_fire described a song I had never heard before thusly:

This Amon Tobin song is really, really icky. For those of you who haven't had the pleasure, it's a downtempo groove under a lot of clanging, banging foley noise... and the snarling of wolves. Really. This wet, hungry snarl. It's disgusting and skin-crawly and irresistable. I'm told Ariellah has performed to this.

While this did not sound like my Usual Sort Of Thing, the description was interesting enough to stick in my brain, and today I finally went and tracked it down on the iTunes store.

Dear water_of_fire: Huh. It's not at ALL what I normally listen to, but there is something very compelling about it. (Dear djeternaldarkne, no, I don't know if I'd dance to it. But it's interesting.)

Comments

[durtro93.livejournal.com]

On the other hand, I <3 Amon Tobin :)

[junya.livejournal.com]

Indeed... Amon Tobin ++

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

I'd never heard of them before. So is "Big Furry Head" typical of what they do?

[junya.livejournal.com]

In the sense that it's experimental, and kinda glitchy... yes. However, most Amon Tobin isn't that slow... tends more towards sort of Drum and Bass, or Breaks.

[recalcitrant-lj.livejournal.com]

We saw him live a while ago, and it was indeed more D&B and breaks, which was odd, cause I was expecting stuff like "Roseies" or "Verbal".

I think I might have to find this track, though.

[water-of-fire.livejournal.com]

I know! It's not the sort of thing I'm normally into either, but I find it fascinating. :)

[sistawendy.livejournal.com]

You'll find it surprising as sunrise to know that I have Tobin's Permutations LP. Favorite track? "Nightlife". Trust me, that one is much more my thing than yours.