Pitchfork

For the follow-up to Chaos Theory-- his 2005 soundtrack for the Splinter Cell 3 videogame-- Ninja Tune electronic auteur Amon Tobin took a different approach to recording. Inspired by the "foley rooms" used to create and record film sound effects, Tobin forsook his usual vinyl sources for found sounds on the aptly titled Foley Room. According to a press release, his samples ranged "from tigers roaring to cats eating rats, from wasps to falling chickpeas, kitchen utensils to motorbikes to water dripping from a tap" and also included sounds from the Kronos Quartet, Stefan Schneider, and Sarah Pagé.

Ninja Tune will release Foley Room in late April along with a DVD documentary of the recording process titled Foley Room: Found Footage, but "Bloodstone", the album's first single, will precede it with an exclusive iTunes pre-release on January 9 and a complete digital and limited edition 12" release on January 23.

Tracklist:

01 Bloodstone
02 Esther's
03 Keep Your Distance
04 The Killer's Vanilla
05 Kitchen Sink
06 Horsefish
07 Foley Room
08 Big Furry Head
09 Ever Falling
10 Always
11 Straight Psyche
12 At the End of the Day