The Avalanches ft. Leon Bridges

Interstellar Love

Photo: Rolling Stone

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Today we’re dropping the needle on “Interstellar” by Australian group The Avalanches. The group (duo, really) are infamous for building entire records off of samples, and fans have a lot of fun trying to figure out which ones are which.

For those of you that don’t recognize the one in this song, and don’t feel like digging, you can find the video here.

More:

In November 2000, the Avalanches released their magnificent debut album “Since I Left You,” a painstakingly detailed tapestry of thousands of obscure, interwoven samples culled, mostly, Chater said, from “junk-store records.” Somehow as breezy as it is busy, “Since I Left You” sounds a bit like a 1960s beach party painted by Hieronymus Bosch. It was a critical darling and even an out-of-left-field commercial success, with the oddball single “Frontier Psychiatrist” receiving airplay on MTV and American alternative-rock radio. Its reputation has only grown over time, and it’s now mentioned alongside records like the Beastie Boys’ “Paul’s Boutique” and DJ Shadow’s “Entroducing” as a landmark achievement of analog sampling.

Read the full article here.

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“Interstellar Love” by The Avalanches| We Will Always Love You 2020

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