hole in the ground

CAT NUMBER: NO 12
RELEASE DATE - 8th September 2023

The Hole In The Ground (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is bursting with rich treats from the imagination of Amon Tobin.
A film in audio/visual excerpts, each track has its own short selected from the visual explorations of Tobin’s alter ego Shy1 and musically we are teased with beguiling and frightening hints at what the story of this place we see might be.

It’s a collection of music and imagery playing with themes and deliberately incomplete narratives, inviting us to wonder; where is this place? What is the story of these characters?
The viewer is left enough space for their own imagination to begin to fill in the gaps.
It’s an enjoyably menacing process.
The perpetual undulation between hope and fear coursing through each and every minute of the EP’s 6 tracks.

Opening with the ominous, glittering Hole in the Ground with plaintive cries from the edges of the universe, Ghost of a Star brings a disturbing and delicate urgency through sound and visuals where we appear to be presented with the sculptural, modular construction of a Black Hole. A portent of what is to come or a playful game the Gods play to amuse themselves?

If we could intercept the conversations the machines are having then Wolves in the Yard is how they may sound. It builds and builds leaving us with an inkling that perhaps something that is not our friend is coming close.

Larkspur reveals a beautiful, biomechanical temple and its acolytes. But did they arrive with the vessels featured in the earlier Hole in the Ground film or do they worship them? Again the questions… What is this place? Who are these people?

Self Collider tantalises with elements of light, in sound and vision. A different climate suggests there is more than one tribe in this evolving world and there amongst the triumvirate of dancers is a character already familiar to Nomark devotees, Figueroa.
Celebration, ritual or necessity? The billowing choreography of Self Collider’s dancers is filled with an intense grace and a fierce determination etched onto the faces that we can see. As their dance comes to an end there is an enigmatic serenity in their eyes.

There’s something curiously optimistic and grand about Pale Tundra that keeps you guessing. A mighty rock looms large in an otherwise flat and ice encrusted landscape, as our view sweeps across this unnatural wonder your eyes are drawn by details you may not have noticed at first. Beneath the horse like rock paintings, are there really petrified faces trapped in the lines and shadows of the cliffs or is it just a pareidolic response?

Hole In The Ground (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is a glimpse into the developing work of film score and story.

Tracklist:
Hole In The Ground
Ghost Of A Star
Wolves In The Yard
Larkspur
Self Collider
Pale Tundra

Hole In The Ground is part of a suite of tracks due for release by Amon Tobin later this year on Nomark Records. Each track will be accompanied by a short video film.

This could be Earth in the future, or in a prehistoric past.
Or it could be the rocky dust of a planet in another universe, where multidimensional creatures tease their way across the sky, stirring up the dirt and rocks below them, searching for prey.
Spiky, glittering, ominous.

There will be a lot of music from Amon Tobin in 2023. This is the first taste.

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[martijnwarmerdam]

How hollywood is not using you for their soundtracks en mass is beyond me.

[CHmLgN]

Somewhere out there is a wonderful universe where Tsutomu Nihei is making movies scored by Amon Tobin

[andboson]

Unbelievable!
PS: my son was training on his violin at the time I watched this video. Fantastic sounds were born! )

[taylorharrison]

Oh goodie...my nightmares finally have a soundtrack I can listen to while I'm awake...and I mean that as a compliment. I absolutely love this.

[kuma]

Perfect soundtrack for the painting of Pierre Soulages

[SyncrisisVideos]

Damn this has big "step aside and listen to this, Trent" energy. It's gorgeous.

[shammonds]

Denis Villeneuve should get in touch with Amon Tobin about the next Dune soundtrack

[failedartist]

If I ever get financed to finally make a sci-fi short film... I would love to collaborate with Amon Tobin...his sound just reach inside your soul

[lemonberries]

haunting sounds and eerie landscapes 😳

[sprocketart]

I had a monumental experience the first and only time I played this. I was awake in bed scrolling, my wife asleep next to me. We had to get up soon, I needed to wake her up. I then saw this new from Amon only 2d old and pressed play as I woke her up. A few seconds in the glimmer of thought that flashed by as I was thinking the song might not be the best waking material, and yet I did not pause/ stop, as it's place in time right then was sealed. She was having a nightmare at the time I woke her, still in it's grips as she immediately began rapidly speaking of the details. The music played on, striking every cord as ominous as the events in her dream. She stopped at the point where I woke her, and the music paused also. Awake now, speaking more slowly, a recap of the dream now added with some interpretations, was augmented with its music with the timing to the second! She finished again, the music stopped. She was oblivious to the music during this only until the end when I explained what was going on, the time space equation fitting perfectly. Our conversation immediately began solving some issues that were preventing foreward progress with some simple answers that were there the whole time. An epic moment of life changing things showed itself at this specific time, I feel more connected than ever! Thanks Amon, the Word is the Will, and the Will is the Word. Peace.

[Nethanieal]

Been a fan since the Cujo days, amazing transformation and progression in sound. Been a inspiration to me learning audio production

[matthayes]

Incredible. No one can get that rich, uncanny sound like you. Really special and affecting.

[sprocketart]

I believe Amon had a visitation from the Palmetto Aliens, sharp and prickly, yet protected and calm from within.

[toddhought]

This was the soundtrack the Raised by Wolves didn't know it needed. Surreal and amazing.

[melodyclark]

I had no idea what to expect. It's like a swan song, a cry, plaintive. Comes up from deep in the soul. Another dimension. Respect sir.

[russrussell]

Superb, a triumphant return to the dark side, more please ❤️

[youwhatawonderfulworld]

Comfortable frequency～Noise
Whale
Universe
Gagaku in Japan
Sound of the Earth
Various senses

[S.N.K.R.S]

Amon Tobin Всегда БЫЛ лучшим..! Easy muffin. El chimi. Fat ass joint. Get your snack on. Melody infringement. Nightlife. Nuff swizz rhythm. One day in my garden. People like frank. Popsicle. Ruthless. Shiny things. Subway rhythm. Taxidermia (Magpie mix.). The New York editor. Toys.!!!! Trespassing. Untitled (feat. Kid Koala). Verbal (instrumental). Yasawas. (Norilsk. Russia)..

[serpentbourn]

This is so different than anything Amon has done before. If oppresion made a sound, this would be it.

[silva]

This man continues to inspire me everyday.