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There have been at least two bands named ‘The Avalanches’:
1. An Australian plunderphonics collective
2. A defunct American surf rock group
1. The Avalanches are an electronic/plunderphonics music collective from Melbourne, Australia. They are well known for their use of eclectic sampling, creating their debut album, 2000’s “Since I Left You”, entirely out of over 3,500 samples of obscure records, movies, and television shows. This is famously demonstrated on their hit single “Frontier Psychiatrist”.
Before this, they were a hip-hop group with the single album Rock City and the Extended Play El Producto.
Currently The Avalanches are appearing at outdoor festival events with a DJ set, and are still reported working on new material.
2. The Avalanches was an instrumental surf rock studio group, active in the 1960s, which included Billy Strange, Tommy Tedesco, David Gates (later of Bread) and Hal Blaine. In 1963 they recorded an LP Ski Surfin’, which was re-released in 2007.
1. An Australian plunderphonics collective
2. A defunct American surf rock group
1. The Avalanches are an electronic/plunderphonics music collective from Melbourne, Australia. They are well known for their use of eclectic sampling, creating their debut album, 2000’s “Since I Left You”, entirely out of over 3,500 samples of obscure records, movies, and television shows. This is famously demonstrated on their hit single “
Frontier Psychiatrist”.
Before this, they were a hip-hop group with the single album Rock City and the Extended Play El Producto.
Currently The Avalanches are appearing at outdoor festival events with a DJ set, and are still reported working on new material.
2. The Avalanches was an instrumental surf rock studio group, active in the 1960s, which included Billy Strange, Tommy Tedesco, David Gates (later of Bread) and Hal Blaine. In 1963 they recorded an LP Ski Surfin’, which was re-released in 2007.
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CageQwelBSBD wrote:
Samplemania!
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EdgeLike wrote:
plunderphonics lol
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OnTopOfClouds wrote:
Yeah well they haven't put out anything in a decade. What do you expect?
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BEERMANTOM wrote:
these guys really don't get enough attention
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Fytrinekast wrote:
Ofc it's coming out this year! hahaha... NOT
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leechgatherer wrote:
It's really coming out this year! Definitely! That feel when The Avalanches are basically The Wrens.
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everybodyyurts wrote:
rue the day when avalanches (and boards of canada) release a new album
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cybadaz wrote:
since i left you is one of my top 5 albums of all time - we play this on any long car journey - nothing much else really matters after that
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Mat11PL wrote:
That boy needs theraphy
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JoJo_Bah wrote:
Hopefully they have a new album coming out this year! So excited.
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kinglips wrote:
really eclectic set of related artists
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DraxQuin wrote:
Also yay to new album! Saturday Night Fever/On A Saturday Night/Hi! Or whatever they bloddy decide, just release it.
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DraxQuin wrote:
LET ME SCROBBLE AVALANCHE ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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helloimjoshua wrote:
so, uh, where's the new album?
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bigrat90 wrote:
Frontier Psychiatrist
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monokhrome_nite wrote:
stop arguing with bon iver and finish your goddamn album already
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AngleUponAngles wrote:
Looks like we didn't get that new song before the end of the year like they promised.
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luke1619 wrote:
Sample clearance is ruining our lives [3]
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Fonzythedog wrote:
These guys sound like bros. I've totally gone off Bon Iver now. What a dickhead.
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no-thanks wrote:
It's coming!
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