{"product_id":"the-avalanches-since-i-left-you","title":"The Avalanches – Since I Left You","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- A TAV Essential Listening Album -\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe debut album from Australian electronic music duo The Avalanches remains an unparalleled, almost preternatural feat of sampling prowess. Released in 2000 on Modular, studio alchemists Robbie Chater and Tony Di Blasi elevated the practice sampledelia and plunderphonics into a dizzying artform with S\u003cem\u003eince I Left You\u003c\/em\u003e. Composed of over 3500 disparate samples from every genre and time period imaginable, this album is the densest and most propulsive example of the serotonin pleasures that crate-digging ingenuity and collage creativity can cultivate. From top to bottom,\u003cem\u003e Since I Left You \u003c\/em\u003eis an endless temporal wormhole of joy - warping the listener back and forth through imaginative chops, flips, and Frankenstein transmogrifications of hip-hop, disco, pop, soul and psychedelia. Best of all, The Avalanches accomplish this with a surgeon’s precision that somehow still feels like drunken spontaneity.  - \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eThe Analog Vault\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEndless summers for many youths don't consist of beaches and surfboards. Instead, they're spent on blacktops and jungle gyms. More gritty and halfway between the curb and the hoop than anything celestial, the Avalanches remind you of a point in your life when you could blissfully hang upside down from monkey bars and just dangle. Like recklessly riding your BMX or skipping rope after downing a sugar-laced pitcher of lemonade, the un-mawkish \u003cem\u003eSince I Left You\u003c\/em\u003e thrives on making you feel youthful and mighty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIts Utopian grove stand bric-a-brac of grooves, beats, flutters, whistles, oohs-and-yeahs, and sundry animal noises can alternately sound familiar and fresh. Some origins can be immediately placed, and those that can't trigger an impulse that you've heard it somewhere before. You're at least familiar with the tone as it relates to a long-lost feeling of childhood bliss -- whether it's staring at a clear blue sky from a fresh-cut lawn or the first time you heard \"Rock the Bells.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you want stifling touchstones, they're there. Dunk the Beastie Boys of Paul's Boutique and Basement Jaxx into the fountain of youth; Sylvester meets Tweety; Mercury Rev links hands with the Bomb Squad for laps around the roller rink. It's no cloyed nostalgia trip, pieced together humbly by Aussies who are probably telling you the truth when they say they listen \"to a little bit of everything.\" The unflinching mix offers plenty of tempo variety, knowing just when to change the pitch before hitting overkill. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe second half features a subtle lull that builds up in time for \"Live at Dominoes,\" possibly the strongest cut. There's little doubt to\u003cem\u003e Since I Left You\u003c\/em\u003e's status as one of the most intimate and emotional dance records that isn't vocal-based. It works on an almost mystical level. Don't be too surprised if a future dig through the wallet unearths a membership card to the Summer Break Funk Association. — (via \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/since-i-left-you-mw0000015172\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eAllMusic\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/0YtYaaO0aipyeQl0xhAWTO?utm_source=generator\u0026amp;theme=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(Tracklist featured here on Spotify does not represent the official vinyl version)\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cbr\u003eTracklist on vinyl:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA1    Since I Left You    \u003cbr\u003eA2    Stay Another Season    \u003cbr\u003eA3    Radio    \u003cbr\u003eA4    Two Hearts In 3\/4 Time    \u003cbr\u003eB1    Avalanche Rock    \u003cbr\u003eB2    Flight Tonight    \u003cbr\u003eB3    Close To You    \u003cbr\u003eB4    Diners Only    \u003cbr\u003eB5    A Different Feeling    \u003cbr\u003eC1    Electricity    \u003cbr\u003eC2    Tonight May Have To Last Me All My Life    \u003cbr\u003eC3    Pablo's Cruise    \u003cbr\u003eC4    Frontier Psychiatrist    \u003cbr\u003eD1    Etoh    \u003cbr\u003eD2    Summer Crane    \u003cbr\u003eD3    Little Journey    \u003cbr\u003eD4    Live At Dominoes    \u003cbr\u003eD5    Extra A Kings    \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: XL Recordings\u003cbr\u003eFormat: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Gatefold\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2016 \/ Original - 2000\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronica\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Leftfield, Abstract\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFile under: Leftfield\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"XL Recordings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41456514531486,"sku":"634904013813","price":55.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/products\/aec10e7041c5bed79867205359b15a3d5805820c.jpg?v=1646291381","url":"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/the-avalanches-since-i-left-you","provider":"The Analog Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}