Amon Tobin 'ISAM' Preview

UPDATE: Preview ISAM here in its entirety, with a short review by us.

First off, let me just say that for me this is really exciting, as I'm sure it is for anyone who enjoys music.

For the past few months, information about this album has been eddying in a whirlpool of mystery, but legendary precedence begets anticipation, and for fans ISAM is the most anticipated album of the year. It drops May 23 on Ninja Tune.

'ISAM' Preview by Amon Tobin



Tracklist:

01 Journeyman

02 Piece Of Paper

03 Goto 10

04 Surge

05 Lost & Found

06 Wooden Toy

07 Mass & Spring

08 Calculate

09 Kitty Cat

10 Bedtime Stories

11 Night Swim

12 Dropped From The Sky

Here's what we know:


Tobin has teamed up with artist Tessa Farmer for the album art, whose work depicts hanging miniscule humanoid fairies or sprite-like creatures in battle with the natural world. Her exhibit "Swarm" is featured in London's esteemed Saatchi Gallery.

Here are some images:

From her website:

"Made from desiccated insect remains, dried plant roots, and other organic ephemera, Tessa Farmer’s tiny sculptures give a glimpse into the world of fairies. No story book land of Tinkerbells, Farmer’s Swarm envisions the purveyors of mischief and magic as an actual species, as animalistic and Darwinian as any other. Exchanging Victorian romanticism for the darker pragmatism of science, Farmer evidences her specimens as fearsome skeletal fiends, plausible “hell’s angels” of a microscopic apocalypse. Posed in dramatic battle formations, Farmer’s menagerie wages war against garden variety pests; each figure, painstakingly hand crafted and adorned with real insect wings, stands less than 1 cm tall."






The album cover (EDIT: this is not to official album cover) captures the tiny specters defending their hive in the carcass of a dead lion's head against invading insects. Fans will be happy to know that Amon Tobin is accepting general questions about ISAM via his Facebook, Twitter, or SoundCloud page. 


I suggest you all sign up for the mailing list here and *pre-order* ISAM on NinjaTune.
That's right, folks, don't wait for the leak--pay money for it. Support artists.