Bricolage (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Bricolage
Type = Album
Artist = Amon Tobin

Released = April 21 1997
Recorded = ???
Genre = Electronica
Length = 79:20
Label = Ninja Tune
Producer = Amon Tobin
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:id9as36ua3zg link]
*Pitchfork Media (10.0/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/22604-bricolage link]
*Piero Scaruffi (8.5/10) [http://www.scaruffi.com/vol6/tobin.html#bri link]
Last album = "Adventures in Foam"
(1996)
This album = "Bricolage"
(1997)
Next album = "Permutation"
(1998)

"Bricolage" became the first release for drum and bass artist, Amon Tobin, who was now recording under his own name and on the label Ninja Tune in 1997. Bricolage is one of only 11 albums to receive (on initial release) a 10.0 from Pitchfork Media. The album was a departure from his last effort, "Adventures in Foam" (as Cujo), incorporating a heavier blend of jazz melodies and intense jungle rhythms. The album became a success overseas and was followed by "Permutation" in 1998.

The track "Easy Muffin" was used in Toonami commercials for Gundam SEED as well as an episode of IGPX. It is also featured in the Elie Suleiman film "Divine Intervention". It is also featured in many episodes of Top Gear; most recently in the November 4, 2007 episode, which was the African special.

Track listing

#"Stoney Street" – 5:53
#"Easy Muffin" – 5:01
#"Yasawas" – 5:24
#"Creatures" – 5:21
#"Chomp Samba" – 6:07
#"New York Editor" – 4:56
#"Defocus" – 5:10
#"The Nasty" – 4:35
#"Bitter & Twisted" – 5:05
#"Wires & Snakes" – 5:27
#"One Day In My Garden" – 5:43
#"Dream Sequence" – 7:19
#"One Small Step" – 6:11
#"Mission" – 7:08

The LP version of "Bricolage" does not include "Chomp Samba". The order of tracks is different, also:

#"Easy Muffin" – 5:01
#"Yasawas" – 5:24
#"Dream Sequence" – 7:19
#"New York Editor" – 4:56
#"Defocus" – 5:10
#"The Nasty" – 4:35
#"Bitter & Twisted" – 5:05
#"Mission" – 7:08
#"Wires & Snakes" – 5:27
#"Creatures" – 5:21
#"Stoney Street" – 5:53
#"One Small Step" – 6:11
#"One Day In My Garden" – 5:43

External links

* [http://www.ninjatune.net/ninja/release.php?id=133 "Bricolage"] at the Ninja Tune discography (features audio clips).
*MusicBrainz album|id=865f40b0-8ed8-4a31-8293-7d99d92cd7d7|name =Bricolage