The ''Boxset'' (also referred to as ''Amon Tobin'') is the 6- LP, 7- CD, 2-

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by the Brazilian

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musician

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, released on 25 May 2012, on

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. The ''Boxset'' includes Tobin's new music, along with his unreleased

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, earliest audio experiments, film and television scores, deleted bootlegs,

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and re-interpretations of Tobin's previous 2011 album ''

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'', the ''ISAM'' live audio album and DVD, Tobin's remixes for other artists – as well as the recording of the November 2010

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of Tobin's music by The London Metropolitan Orchestra.

Background

The ''Boxset'' was released as a 4000-copies

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, in the form of bolt-fastened

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, made of a ½-inch

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, designed by the

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Oscar & Ewan, and produced by the packaging production studio Think Tank. The release contains 6 10" vinyls, 7 CDs, 2 DVDs, and posters. 10" sleeves, CD/DVD housing, and poster all have holes in the each corner which allow them to be passed on to the bolts. Most of the included material has not been released earlier on a physical format. Additionally, the set contains a registration information for further downloadable material "we couldn't fit in the box":

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tracks, all material from the vinyl EPs, the score for the 2006

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'', as well as the collection of ''ISAM'' remixes by Frank Riggio. Parallel to the release of the ''Boxset'', in May 2012, Tobin performed tracks from ''ISAM'' and classic material in the audiovisual ''ISAM: Live'' show at the

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, and at the FutureEverything Festival in

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, after sold out shows at the Roundhouse and

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, which featured visual backdrops by V Squared Labs.

Critical reception

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'' magazine panned the compilation "a bolt-fastened art object for Amon Tobin completists".

Track listing

Details of the release based on credits on Tobin's official website. Tracks 1 to 10 were released on Tobin's website monthly between 2007 and 2010. Selected from scores written by Amon Tobin for various film and video gamesSection 1, entitled ''The Lost Scores'', are tracks 1–16. Section 2, entitled ''Mike Schrieve collaboration'', are tracks 17–18. Section 3, entitled ''Old Dub Plates'', are tracks 19–21. And section 4, entitled ''Teenage Experiments'', are tracks 22–28. Adapted for orchestra by Ilan Eshkeri. Previously released digitally on 11 June 2008.

References

External links

Detailed view of the Boxset
{{Amon Tobin Amon Tobin albums Ninja Tune albums 2012 compilation albums