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and search for "avalanches breezeblock" and "avalanches live ibiza"

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 26 February 2004 22:49 (twenty-two years ago)

triple j set from june (?) 2002 also

― cinniblount (James Blount), Thursday, 26 February 2004 22:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Ultimately I love the album most of all though.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 26 February 2004 22:52 (twenty-two years ago)

is that the solo dexter one blount? goes for like 3 hours?

― mullygrubber (gaz), Thursday, 26 February 2004 22:52 (twenty-two years ago)

i think it's robbie chater

― cinniblount (James Blount), Thursday, 26 February 2004 22:54 (twenty-two years ago)

did I really write "amuzing" up there. I'm getting dumber.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 26 February 2004 22:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Also: The "Since I Left You" Sample Companion, which is also on slsk, is a completely entertaining (if unBELIEVEably cheesy) mix. The Blowfly track gets me every time. Horrible. Brilliant!

― Ryan Pitchfork, Thursday, 26 February 2004 22:59 (twenty-two years ago)

if you search on slsk for someone named spencer500, this nut may have collected almost 6 hours worth of Avalanches samples and mix songs and put it in a folder called "Avalanches Party".

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 26 February 2004 23:06 (twenty-two years ago)

what a weirdo!

― mullygrubber (gaz), Thursday, 26 February 2004 23:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Am I the only one who wasn't impressed at all by the album?
But I do like all their remixes that I've heared.

-- mark grout (mark.grou...) (webmail), February 24th, 2004. (mark grout)

No, your not alone Mr Grout. It all reminded me of Steinski & Mass Media but what, 10-15 years later?

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Thursday, 26 February 2004 23:13 (twenty-two years ago)

crazy.

― mullygrubber (gaz), Thursday, 26 February 2004 23:15 (twenty-two years ago)

very different than Steinski to me. The emotional focus is so much clearer with the Avalanches.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 26 February 2004 23:16 (twenty-two years ago)

if you search on slsk for someone named spencer500, this nut may have collected almost 6 hours worth of Avalanches samples and mix songs and put it in a folder called "Avalanches Party".

I DL stuff from that crazie all the time! Fast connection, too...

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 26 February 2004 23:17 (twenty-two years ago)

what's the difference b/w him and spencer500000? this has always confused me!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 26 February 2004 23:19 (twenty-two years ago)

I would venture to guess that the higher numbered one is a work computer.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 26 February 2004 23:22 (twenty-two years ago)

You don't think 'Frontier Psychiatrist' sounds exactly like Steinski? You're nuts. Or hang on, maybe I'm nuts.

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Thursday, 26 February 2004 23:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Like I said above, "Frontier Psychiatrist" is an anomaly on that album. It *does* sound like your typical collagist turntablist stuff which is why it's my least favorite bit of the album. The rest of it sounds like a fuzzy recollection of being a kid at a resort in the 80s.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 26 February 2004 23:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, that's true. My memories of the rest of the album are sort of fuzzy too. I think I may have fallen asleep to it on a long car ride. Er, why are people so excited?

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Thursday, 26 February 2004 23:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Because it's sort of an amazing feat to create the sound of falling asleep on a long car ride!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 26 February 2004 23:35 (twenty-two years ago)

I hasten to add that I was not the driver.

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Thursday, 26 February 2004 23:39 (twenty-two years ago)

haha, I'm thinking that would sound a bit different.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 26 February 2004 23:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Spencer OTM - there's a lot of ways that you could criticise the album (I'm kinda afraid to listen to it these days!) but not for being a turntablist rehash. The key point is the group's luv of unexpected emotional ambushes.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Friday, 27 February 2004 00:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Wow, it's like I'm in a parallel universe where 'Since I left You' isn't a turntablist rehash.

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Friday, 27 February 2004 00:17 (twenty-two years ago)

And all this emotional stuff? I really missed that. I must give the record another listen then.

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Friday, 27 February 2004 00:19 (twenty-two years ago)

I always hear that album in the frame of the beautiful prose of Tim F. See also: Coloma.

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Friday, 27 February 2004 00:38 (twenty-two years ago)

what a weirdo!

A true oddball, that Spencer. Can't imagine who'd care!

I always hear that album in the frame of the beautiful prose of Tim F.

Now truly this is one of the finest statements ever posted on ILX. :-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 27 February 2004 00:46 (twenty-two years ago)

This one's finer, Ned:

Pseudo Echo was a HUGE influence on my musical style. Check out our band, Raya. We pretty much fucking rule.
-- chieftain (hewstin...) (webmail), February 26th, 2004.

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Friday, 27 February 2004 00:58 (twenty-two years ago)

No, that is not fine. That is unfine.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 27 February 2004 00:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Once again, I am wrong about something on this thread. That's it, I'm leaving.

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Friday, 27 February 2004 00:59 (twenty-two years ago)

i got the original 'frontier psychiatrist' the other week - the one with a different arrangement, i guess it's from before Dexter joined up as the references to him(cartoon Dexter) are not there - also got 'Ski Surfing' :) still love 'Under Inspection' and 'Rap Fever'

did anyone check the bootlegs on their site a while back - stuff like Royksopp's 'In Space' vs Kings Of Tomorrow 'Tracey In My Room'?

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 27 February 2004 01:28 (twenty-two years ago)

they do good tshirt as well

― mentalist (mentalist), Friday, 27 February 2004 01:56 (twenty-two years ago)

please let them release another album soon, I couldn't be loving "since I left you" any more right now.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 27 February 2004 02:20 (twenty-two years ago)

What the Nipper said. I can't imagine what it would sound like if I hadn't read Tim's stunning piece about it first.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Friday, 27 February 2004 12:53 (twenty-two years ago)

I heard them before Tim's raving, but yeah, I still often think of him when I listen to them.

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 27 February 2004 13:22 (twenty-two years ago)

It is a great album, I didn't like it at first but I was stupid. Live at dominoes is so sweet.

― Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 27 February 2004 13:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Ronan, you'd probably enjoy the sampled song from that too, Boney M - "Ma Baker".

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 27 February 2004 18:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey! I say again, does anybody have this demo tape thingy? I WANT!! I WANT!!

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Friday, 27 February 2004 18:48 (twenty-two years ago)

demo for what?

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 27 February 2004 18:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Everything from the demo tape got released in various places - first Rock City and Thank You Caroline on the Rock City 7" (Trifekta), then Undersea Community and Yamaha Superstar (the two tracks recorded with their original Japanese MC) on the Wonder From A Quarter Acre compilation (Au-go-go), and finally most of these plus Slow Walking on the Rex Records 10".

The OG version of Rock City also got released in digital form on the Redball soundtrack. Trifekta tried to license a CD release of all five tracks early this century, but the band denied 'em.

PS to Blount: the JJJ Mix-Up was Dexter. Sadly the last twenty minutes never got broadcast because of the previous show running late and the Rage cross-feed being pre-programmed in...

― kit brash (kit brash), Saturday, 28 February 2004 05:12 (twenty-two years ago)

six months pass...

from theavalanches.com website:

"The Avalanches have completed a remix of 'Chico' by Sweden's The Concretes, taken from their recent self-titled album. It will be released on the CD single 'Seems Fine' on Sep 20, as well as a limited-edition, one-sided 7" single on Sep 27."

(I've been really enjoying the Concretes album already!)

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 23:33 (twenty-one years ago)

but when the album, when.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 00:36 (twenty-one years ago)

In 3 years of ILX Avalanches love, no one has ever mentioned 'Information' (including me, funnily enough), which Rex used as the b-side to the 'Electricity'-better-thanthe-album-single version. Have none of you heard it? It's a glitchy, cut-up string-swept, helium-chorused beauty!

― R.I.M.A. (Barima), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 14:32 (twenty-one years ago)

I have not heard this!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 16:38 (twenty-one years ago)

me neith!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 16:40 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't see this track on their discography. What is it on?

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 16:40 (twenty-one years ago)

oooh, looks like it's vinyl only:

ELECTRICITY - UK, 7 " Vinyl Single - Release: Sep 13 1999 - Rex Records - Cat. No: REKD 5S
Side A
1. Electricity
Side B
1. Information

ELECTRICITY - Australia, 12 " Vinyl EP - Release: Sep 13 1999 - Modular Recordings - Cat. No: MODVL002 Production Run: 500 copies
Side A
1. Electricity
2. Information
Side B
1. Let's Cheer
2. I'm Taken

Does anyone have this on CD/mp3?

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 16:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Never seen it. Funny too, since I have heard 'let's Cheer' and 'I'm Taken'. It's probably attained mythic mp3 status like the 'Work It' sample in Bubba Sparxxx's 'Comin' Round'.

― R.I.M.A. (Barima), Thursday, 2 September 2004 10:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Wait, so you actually have the vinyl or do you have an .mp3 of any of these?

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 2 September 2004 16:46 (twenty-one years ago)

If you do find this, Spencer, please share. :-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 2 September 2004 16:48 (twenty-one years ago)

R.I.M.A is indeed being mysterious.

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 2 September 2004 16:49 (twenty-one years ago)

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