Adventures in Foam [Extra tracks, Import]

Cujo | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 30, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Extra tracks, Import
• Label: Ninja Tune
• ASIN: B000063BW8
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #136,099 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Adventures in Foam Intro

2. Traffic

3. The Light

4. Cat People

5. Paris Streatham

6. A Vida

7. Fat Ass Joint

8. The Brazilianaire

9. North Star

10. Break Charmer

11. The Sequel

12. Reefs Edge (Interval)

13. The Sighting

14. Cruzer

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a jungle playground, June 13, 2001

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J. Thompson (York, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adventures in Foam (Audio CD)

I just recently bought my copy of Adventures in Foam after finding out Cujo is actually Amon Tobin. I've been a longtime fan of the three albums AT put out under his own name and was reeling when I find out about this little beauty. I must say that I am glad to have cut my teeth on Amon's releases before listening to Cujo. I appreciate the stylistic growth from Bricolage to Supermodified. Adventures In Foam is Tobin's more playful electronic persona (evidenced by the silly album cover art.) From the free form opening to the slinky 'Cat People' through a dissonant closing following 'Cruzer,' this album is all about desterilizing D'n'B. I think this release has a slightly more forboding feel than Permutation and Supermodified, and perhaps even Bricolage. Favorite moment of the album is the first 20-odd seconds of 'Cruzer,' a stunning piano trill sample (that reminds me of strolling melancholy through NYC city streets at 4am) that falls into a bumping drum and bass break with odd samples dispersed throughout. I think Amon Tobin can do no wrong and as it turns out, his earliest effort is on both feet, skipping to a sound all his own.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The beginning, April 5, 2004

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The Djeli (New York City) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Adventures in Foam (Audio CD)

My first exposure to drum n' bass came in 1995 and 96 by way of Goldie, 4hero, and LTJ Bukem. I was immediately into the sound, something about the complexity of the breaks, the dubby basslines, and the otherworldly atmosphere...it was to me...the revolution. The music was great, however, I was unaware of it's capabilities until a friend in college who I traded music with stumbled across the Cujo album and introduced it to me in 1997. My world had changed. I had never heard anything this intricate, I thought Miles and Hancock were the last to know how deep music could go. It gave me a new hope for my generation. A few months later I brought Bricolage and the love affair grew into an obsession. I remember riding the subway playing it so loud in my headphones that a guy stopped me and asked me what I was listening to, it sounded so interesting to him. After the release of Permutation, other people seemed to become aware of Amon Tobin and his greatness, even more so after Supermodified. All of a sudden I knew several people who were dedicated fans. I started to become jealous, halfway happy that Amon Tobin was gaining the respect he deserved, but jealous that his music was being molested by untrained ears. I wished for the days when I would play it and feel like I was one of the few in New York who had it, it was just me and Amon Tobin...and the most incredible music I'd ever heard.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally easily available again....., July 15, 2002

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"pe7er" (Netherlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Adventures in Foam (Audio CD)

This Ninjatune re-release is very much better than the 1996 release on SHADOW records (the US release) which is still available.

The first CD of this re-release is similar to the 1996 release on the now defunct UK label Ninebar that has other tracks than the Shadow version. But this re-release even includes a bonus CD that is definitely worthwhile!

The music differs some from the latter work of Amon Tobin under his own name, but most people that like Bricolage, Permutations or Supermodified would also enjoy this jazzy gem.