4 TON MANTIS

Amon Tobin

A 5 track ep () — released October 9th 2000 on NINJA TUNE

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One day, Ludwig van Beethoven had a bad dream. in the dream he was transported to a strange world where evil ruled with a steam-iron fist. Ludwig was smothered by indefinably grotesque creatures who, babbling, swearing and spewing, led him to a room whose walls were smeared with the blood and entrails from a thousand classical violinists. Reclined in a giant throne was an overweight preying mantis, who stared through the unfortunate composer with his giant insectoid eyes. 'Welcome to Hell', said the 4 ton mantis. 'In the future, this is what music will sound like.' And laughing a heinous laugh, he pressed play on the A-dat mounted in his forehead. A savage and yet agreeable noise filled the space. 'Wow, this is dark shit', thought Ludwig. 'What is this madness '' he asked the insect overlord. 'This is the sound of your children screaming. This is the sound of a scary machine from Brazil. This is the sound of AMON TOBIN'.'

Stunning. - Kevin Martin Jockey Slut

This is heavy shit, though a little more soporific than usual. - Richard Hector Jones Jockey Slut

Booming fat breaks and scratch-strafed apocalypse rhythms are released to savage effect. Weirdly awesome. - Alex Griffiths DJ

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