Amon Tobin ISAM. An auditory/visual immersion...

[Overstand]

This should be posted in the Music/Art section but my member status denies me. Sad day.
If anyone has the chance to see the Brazilian electronic dj/producer Amon Tobin do his ISAM tour I strongly urge you to go see it. Amon Tobin is well known in the electronic music world for his work with movie/videogame soundtracks and for his amazing experimental ambient music.

The new tour in support of his new album ISAM (??Indexed sequential access method??) sets a new precedence in visual stimuli for live music. Using some type of video mapping software and a stage set up involving multiple white cubes he is able to quite literally make one feel as if the music and visual are about to start crawling around the venue. I feel words can't do this justice so

. I definitely smelled some wisps of spice in the air around me but I myself was not daring enough to blast in around such a crowded, noisy, impersonal space as a music hall filled to capacity. Would have loved to have eaten 1-2g of mushrooms in retrospect... Saw this show at the Ogden in Denver, Co. on 10/19/2011, amazing.

Well worth the $30ish dollar ticket price, if you dig this kinda stuff, dig this stuff. He only has a few more stops in the U.S. then he goes to Canada and off to London I believe so smoke em if ya got em and get yourself to Amon Tobin's show

http://amontobinisam.com/ is actually a direct link to the site, much better video.

 

[rOm]

Amazing show yeah. I wish to go and see this live.

 

[The Traveler]

Check out this thread: Video Mapping for ISAM by AMON TOBIN

A few buddies of mine are working on a project for next month's European tour of ISAM by AMON TOBIN. This stuff is pretty cutting-edge and something you'll begin to see much more of throughout the electronic music scene.

Kind regards,

The Traveler

 

[biopsylo]

very cool effects, and nice to hear of Amon Tobin again. used to listen to his stuff when i was more into euro/prog trance. love his new project.

kinda reminds me of pretty lights, but a little more advanced^

here is a vid from bonaroo^^


but for video mapping, Peter Parker is my fav artist. i saw his earlier works at Gian Mind festival in PA a few years back, then stumbled across his new website, and WOW is he into some high profile installations! i want to get into this kind of video creation:d : especially at festivals!

http://www.parkerism.com/

cheers

 

[jbark]

The ISAM premiere was in Montreal at the MUTEK festival in the spring and I was meant to go, but had to cancel at the last minute - I missed something amazing... and now it is back in montreal in 4 days, but sold out...

I might still try and get tickets...
JBArk

 

[ChaoticMethod]

The ISAM premiere was in Montreal at the MUTEK festival in the spring and I was meant to go, but had to cancel at the last minute - I missed something amazing... and now it is back in montreal in 4 days, but sold out...

I might still try and get tickets...
JBArk

Got mine a month ago since I knew it would end up being sold out. You can always try and get a ticket at the door if you can afford to pay double (not sure how much the scalpers will be selling em for).

Definitely worth it. All the people I know who went to the MUTEK premiere said it was the most intense audio-visual performance they've ever seen.

Can't wait! (will have to skip my painting class to go there...oh well)

 

[Overstand]

Definitely skip your painting class, its worth it.

Saw Derek (Pretty Lights) for my first time about 3 or 4 years ago, seen him at least twice each year since then (amazing but overrated in my opinion, and a narcissist), have seen Shpongle with the "Spongltron" twice before (but only as a DJ set by Simon) but I have never seen something quite as stunning and breathtaking as what I witnessed Amon Tobin do. Try Explosions in the Sky, Sound Tribe Sector 9, Widespread Panic, Sigur Ros (good luck, buy the Heim/Hvalf DVD), Buckethead, Primus, Tool, Dredg, RX Bandits or any of the Grateful Dead's projects for AMAZING live performances.

 

[wabkia]

A ton of my friends went in SF and they all had their minds blown. Said it was amazing beyond belief.

 

[Entheojen]

Thanks so much for sharing this.