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Permutation
Electronic · 1998 · 11 tracks

Permutation

Amon Tobin

A masterwork of hyper-edited jazz and jungle. Gritty upright bass meets frantic breaks in a rain-slicked noir city.

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It's like a 1950s jazz band got trapped inside a high-speed drum machine in a rainy city.

A restless, cinematic tension that feels like a midnight chase through a rain-slicked city.

Permutation · vs · Amon Tobin
High Energy+1.0σ

It runs notably hotter than this artist's baseline.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks
01
Like Regular Chickens
5:18
02
Bridge
5:58
03
Reanimator
6:37
04
Sordid
7:13
05
Nightlife
6:32
06
Escape
5:56
07
Switch
3:52
08
People Like Frank
6:06
09
Sultan Drops
5:14
11
Toys
5:19
12
Nova
4:43
Moments Worth Waiting For
The frantic, skittering drum break that erupts halfway through Sordid, mimicking a chase scene.
The way the upright bass in Nightlife anchors a swirling vortex of brass and vinyl static.
The cinematic dialogue samples in Escape that transform the track into a miniature audio thriller.
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