album · November 27, 2000
Since I Left You
Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.See this day
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An album constructed almost entirely from more than 3,500 samples, "Since I Left You" is a landmark of sample-based electronic music. The record became a surprise critical and commercial success, with a cult following that has only grown in the decades since its release.
- The album was recorded over several years in a home studio in South Melbourne.
- It was a surprise critical and commercial success, reaching number 1 on the ARIA Charts and the UK Dance Chart.
- The album was famously unavailable on streaming services for many years due to sample clearance issues.
The Avalanches are an electronic music group from Melbourne, Australia, best known for their sample-heavy, genre-bending debut album. At the time of "Since I Left You," they were primarily known as a group of music fans who had constructed a debut album out of thousands of samples.
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