Bricolage (album)

Bricolage
Studio album by Amon Tobin
Released	19 May 1997
Genre	Drum and bass[1] jazz[2] trip-hop
Length	79:20
Label	Ninja Tune
Producer	Amon Tobin
Amon Tobin chronology
Adventures in Foam (1996) Bricolage (1997) Permutation (1998)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Pitchfork Media	10/10[2]

Bricolage is a 1997 album by the Brazilian electronic music artist Amon Tobin. It was Tobin's second album, the first released under his own name, and his first on the Ninja Tune label. The album was a departure from his first album, Adventures in Foam (as Cujo), incorporating a heavier blend of jazz melodies and intense jungle rhythms. The album was followed by Permutation in 1998.

The album art for Bricolage depicts part of Alexander Liberman's Olympic Iliad sculpture, located at the base of the Space Needle in Seattle, Washington.

Reception

Ryan Schreiber of Pitchfork Media gave Bricolage a maximum rating of 10/10, praising Amon Tobin for the way he produced an album of old jazz music with modern technology, such as samplers and electric keyboards.^[2] Sean Cooper of AllMusic stated that the album was consistently engaging and blurred the distinction between jungle and jazz.^[1]

Soundtrack appearances

The track "Easy Muffin" was used in Toonami advertisements for Gundam SEED as well as several episodes of IGPX. It is also used in the 2002 film Divine Intervention and in many episodes of Top Gear. It is also played on the second episode of the first series of Almost Human. "Easy Muffin" has also been used in Lincoln Motor Company television ads starting in 2015.

Track listing

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

The LP version of Bricolage is presented in a different order from the CD release and does not include "Chomp Samba".

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

References

External links

• Listen to Bricolage on amontobin.com
• Bricolage at the Ninja Tune discography (includes audio clips).
• Bricolage at MusicBrainz (list of releases)