Two Fingers
Two Fingers is a production project formed by Brazilian‑born electronic musician Amon Tobin and British producer Joe "Doubleclick" Chapman. The work is rooted in bass music, drumstep, glitch and IDM; the project operates out of Brighton, United Kingdom, and is presented as both studio releases and live/DJ sets.
Two Fingers began as a collaboration between Tobin and Chapman that foregrounded heavyweight, beat‑driven production. Their first record under the name was the self‑titled Two Fingers LP, released in 2009 on Ninja Tune and featuring guest MC appearances from Sway and Ms Jade. Amon Tobin later continued the project as a solo effort and released the second Two Fingers album, Stunt Rhythms, in 2012 on Big Dada.
Musically, Two Fingers focuses on dense, bass‑forward arrangements. Tracks rely on manipulated breaks and hip‑hop‑derived rhythms alongside glitchy micro‑editing and IDM‑style textural work. Production hallmarks include pronounced low‑end weight, chopped and reprogrammed breakbeats, and deliberate digital artifacts—stutter edits, clipped transients and fractured sampling—that sit against sparse melodic fragments. The sound pairs percussive attack with processed atmospheres rather than extended pads or traditional song structures.
As producers, Tobin and Chapman split roles across composition and studio programming: the project’s records show layered sample work and heavy bass design typical of both hip‑hop influenced beatmaking and experimental electronic arrangement. On the 2009 Ninja Tune LP, the inclusion of Sway and Ms Jade emphasizes the project’s linkage to MC‑led vocal approaches, while Stunt Rhythms (2012, Big Dada) documents the name continuing under Tobin’s sole direction with the same emphasis on bass, intricate break edits and glitch textures.
Two Fingers’ contributions sit at the intersection of bass music and experimental electronic production: concrete examples are the 2009 Two Fingers album (Ninja Tune) with its guest MC tracks, and the 2012 Stunt Rhythms LP (Big Dada) issued by Amon Tobin as a solo extension of the project. The moniker has been used for both studio releases and for live/DJ presentations, translating the record‑level breakwork and bass design into performance formats.
Influences and connections named in association with Two Fingers are explicit in the project’s sound—drum and bass and hip‑hop rhythmics combined with glitch and IDM texturing—and in its personnel, namely Amon Tobin and Joe "Doubleclick" Chapman. The discography to reference for concrete listening is Two Fingers (2009, Ninja Tune) and Stunt Rhythms (2012, Big Dada).
