The Avalanches 2000 album Since I Left You was a one-off work of near genius by a six piece from Australia, made up of over 3500 vinyl samples, and a total joy to listen to. The song that made the biggest impact over here was Frontier Psychiatrist but the rest of the double vinyl album was just as good.
Laid back vibes-check. Jazzy flute sample- check. Ghostly backing vocals- check. 60s style lead vocal sample- check. Sumptuous strings- check.
Since I left You
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It's one of the best sampled albums and has a great summer feel. I wait patiently and nervously for the next album, will it ever come?
The great thing about Since I Left You is that it's so obviously an album out of sync with time. If it was released in 1990, it would have had the massive appeal of a Blue Lines by Massive Attack or Babel by D*Note . The fact that it came out of nowhere a decade later makes it that much more magical. After a decade of over-weight Britpop and the ridiculous splintering of House music, Since I Left You is a kind of musical oasis (see what I did there?) Samples, jazz, Balearic beats, a tough r&b foundation and you can dance to it. You can't ask for much more.
If there is never another album from Avalanches, it won't really matter. They dug some deep musical roots to grow this album and it will stand the test of time.
- Yeah I've had a lot of coffee this morning...
YES BUT END TO END BURNERS!!! HOLY SHITBALLS, I CANNOT GET OVER THAT I PURE FORGOT THIS CLASSIC PIECE OF RHYMING AND BEATS. ALL WEEK LISTENING TO THE MOTHERFUCKER AS I WOULD IMAGINE IS HOULD SAY
It's the comments that make all this worth while. Thanks chaps.
Ditto to all the above
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