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The Avalanches
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Tony Di Blasi (L) and Robbie Chater (R) performing as The Avalanches in 2022
Background information
Origin Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Genres
Years active1997 (1997)–present
Labels
MembersRobbie Chater
Tony Di Blasi
Past membersGordon McQuilten
Darren Seltmann
Dexter Fabay
James Dela Cruz
Manabu Etoh
Peter Whitford
Website theavalanches.com

The Avalanches are an Australian electronic music group formed in Melbourne in 1997. They have released three studio albums Since I Left You (2000), Wildflower (2016), and We Will Always Love You (2020), and perform live and recorded DJ sets. The group currently consists of Robbie Chater and Tony Di Blasi.

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The band is an exponent of the plunderphonics genre, and their first album, Since I Left You, has been recognised by many critics as the most important example of the genre.

Career

1994–1996: Origins

Three future Avalanches members formed Alarm 115 in Melbourne in 1994 as a noise punk outfit inspired by Drive Like Jehu, The Fall, and Ultra Bide. [1] The line-up was Robbie Chater on keyboards, Tony Di Blasi on keyboards, bass and backing vocals, and Darren Seltmann on vocals. [2] By 1995, Manabu Etoh joined on drums. [2] The group bought instruments, recording gear and numerous old vinyl records by the crate at second-hand shops. [3] [4] When Etoh was deported and Alarm 115 disbanded, these records became the core of a new project. Chater was a film student at RMIT University and had access to a recording studio, which he and Seltmann used to turn the records into a 30-song demo tape labelled Pan Amateurs. [1] [5] In 1997 a new group consisting of Chater, Di Blasi, Seltmann, and Gordon McQuilten on keyboards was assembled to play the tracks live. [1] [2] Chater, Di Blasi and McQuilten had all been school mates in Maryborough. [6] Starting in July, their first four shows were played under different names: Swinging Monkey Cocks, Quentin's Brittle Bones, and Whoops Downs Syndrome. [1] [5] The group became "The Avalanches" at their fifth gig, borrowing the new band name from an American surf rock band, which recorded only one album, Ski Surfin' with the Avalanches, in 1963. [1] [3]

1997–1999: Early releases

After playing the support slot for Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, they rose to prominence quickly. Trifekta Records released the debut single "Rock City" in September 1997. [1] [5] This was followed in December by their seven-track extended play, El Producto , on Steve Pavlovic's Wondergram Records. [2] Around this time, DJ Dexter Fabay joined the group on turntables and keyboards. [1] [2] Based on El Producto's success, Pavlovic signed the Avalanches to his new Modular Recordings label in May 1998. [7] Leo Silvermann signed them to his label, Rex Records, for the exclusive United Kingdom four-track EP Undersea Community, which released in March 1999. [5] The group's profile grew with support slots on tours by the Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Stereolab, and Beck. The band also played at the Tibetan Freedom Concert at Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush Bay, Sydney. [1] James Dela Cruz was added to the live line-up on turntables and keyboards, and made his debut with the band at The Palace, St Kilda, supporting Public Enemy. In September 1999 Modular Recordings issued a four-track EP Electricity in Australia (12") and a two-track UK (7") version. [1] [2]

2000–2004: Since I Left You

From mid-1998, the Avalanches had been recording their debut album, initially under the working title Pablo's Cruise. In February 2000 they finished mixing it at Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne. Its initial launch date in 2000 was delayed due to the need for sample clearances and overseas interest. [3] By July, with the album, now titled Since I Left You , overdue, Chater's Gimix cassette was made available. This mixtape blended previews of forthcoming album tracks with some band favourites. The first Australian single from the album, "Frontier Psychiatrist", was issued in August, which peaked in the top 50 on the ARIA Singles Chart. [8] It reached No. 6 in Triple J's 2000 Hottest 100 countdown, the world's largest annual radio music poll. In October the band undertook their first Australian headline tour, appearing in all capital cities. All dates were completely sold out. Seltmann broke his leg in Brisbane in an on-stage collision with bassist and singer Di Blasi.

In November 2000, Since I Left You was launched in Melbourne with a boat cruise party aboard the Victoria Star, through Port Phillip Bay, with The Face and other UK media flying to Australia to cover the event. The band won six Australian Dance Music Awards. They travelled to the UK for a three-week promotional stint, including DJ sets at the Social and Fabric Nightclubs, while their remix of Badly Drawn Boy's "The Shining" was released in the UK. Chater estimated that Since I Left You was assembled from approximately 3,500 vinyl samples. [9] One notable example is a sample of Madonna's "Holiday" on the track "Stay Another Season". [10] [11]

The UK version of Since I Left You was released by XL Recordings in 2001, which debuted at No. 8 on the UK Albums Chart in April, [12] and quickly topped 200,000 sales in the UK. Also that month, the first UK single from the album, the title track "Since I Left You", was released and debuted at No. 16 on the UK Singles Chart. [13]

The "Since I Left You" video won Video of the Year at the MTV Europe Music Awards. In July 2001 the second UK single, "Frontier Psychiatrist", debuted at No. 18. [14] The video for "Frontier Psychiatrist" was later awarded the runner-up prize at Soho Shorts Film Festival in the UK. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2001, the group won four categories, Best New Artist – Album and Best Dance Release for Since I Left You, Best New Artist – Single for "Frontier Psychiatrist", and Producer of the Year for Bobbydazzler (production name for Chater and Seltmann). [15] They were also nominated in five additional categories, Album of the Year and Best Group for Since I Left You, Single of the Year for "Frontier Psychiatrist", Engineer of the Year by Tony Espie and Bobbydazzler and Best Cover Art by Bobbydazzler for Since I Left You. [15]

London-Sire Records released the United States version in November 2001. When the label dissolved in 2003, the Avalanches switched to Elektra. The album was also released in Japan, with bonus track "Everyday". The At Last Alone EP (rescheduled tour EP with revised track listing) was also issued in Japan. In the United States, the album peaked at No. 31 on Billboard 's Heatseekers chart [16] and No. 10 on Billboard's Top Electronic Albums chart. [17] In the US, a promotional "Since I Left You" 12" featuring remixes from Stereolab and Prince Paul was released, and the Avalanches' remix of the Manic Street Preachers' "So Why So Sad" was issued worldwide.

Professional critics included Since I Left You on their "Best of 2000s" lists. The album was placed at No. 4 in Juice magazine's 'Best Australian albums of all time' list, and No. 10 in Pitchfork Media's top albums of the decade. In its review, Pitchfork Media bestowed the album with a high 9.5 score. [18] In October 2010, the album was listed at No. 10 in the book 100 Best Australian Albums . [4] In 2011, American hip hop artist Questlove named Since I Left You in his top ten albums list. [19]

2005–2019: Wildflower

The Avalanches had been working on their second album since at least 2005. Seltmann had said the album was starting out as "ambient world music", but it was still moving in different directions and would feature both samples and live music. [20] Chater later revealed that Seltmann had left the group by 2006, "we stopped working together... I was always making stuff and getting on with it, and the new record wasn't materialising quickly. He had a kid, a family, and I guess he realised before I did that it was going to take a long time." [21]

Subsequent announcements were made of the album's release, however, it had not appeared by December 2011. [22] Other artists began to announce having worked with the band on tracks around that time. [23] [24] [25] [26] In February 2014 Modular Recordings confirmed Seltmann had left, stating "officially the band is Robbie Chater and Tony Di Blasi right now." [27] The band's official Facebook page was updated in 2015, listing James Dela Cruz had rejoined. [28]

In April 2016 the Avalanches added new images of a gold butterfly on black cloth to their social media accounts and official website. [29] On 24 May, the group posted a video poking fun at their long hiatus since their last album and the continued speculation of a follow-up release. [30] [31] On 2 June 2016 the lead single, "Frankie Sinatra", from their second album, was premiered on Australian radio station Triple J. [32] The title of the album was revealed the same day to be Wildflower . [33] It appeared in the following month, with Chater and Di Blasi as co-producers.

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2016 the group received six more nominations, Album of the Year, Best Dance Release and Best Group for Wildflower; Producer of the Year for Chater and Di Blasi; Engineer of the Year for Chater and Espie; and Best Cover Art for Lost Art (Chater). [34] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, it received an average score of 83, based on 33 reviews, indicating critical acclaim. [35] It peaked at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart. [8]

2020–present: We Will Always Love You

On 11 February 2020, the Avalanches posted a photo of a promotional billboard in Melbourne advertising a website. [36] On the website, a video played containing several faint voices, followed by a Morse code message stating 'WWALY'. On 14 February, the website was updated with a second video containing another morse code message, this time spelling "20 FEB". [37] Two days later on 16 February, the Avalanches posted a photo of a second billboard in London. [38]

On 20 February 2020, the Avalanches released a single, "We Will Always Love You" featuring Blood Orange. With this release, they also confirmed their third studio album. [39] On 18 March, they released another single, "Running Red Lights" featuring Pink Siifu and Rivers Cuomo from Weezer. The song is dedicated to David Berman and features lyrics from the Purple Mountains song "Darkness and Cold". [40]

The album, entitled We Will Always Love You was released on 11 December 2020 and features contributions from Denzel Curry, Tricky and Jamie xx. [41]

Notability in plunderphonics and sampling

The band has been noted as an important pioneering example of plunderphonics, with one reviewer referring to them as the "legendary plunderphonics powerhouse". [42] Their first album, Since I Left You released in 2000, has been highlighted as influential, [43] a masterpiece [44] and a particular iconic example of the genre. [45] The album has been noted for the large amount of samples it uses, [46] around 3500, [47] [43] [48] and the fact it is entirely made of samples with no live music. [49] It was also noted for its complexity and the use of dialogue samples. [50] [51] [52] The album has been described as incredibly complex, and even dadaist. [53] [54] Since I LeftYou has appeared on various top examples of the Plunderhouse genre, [55] [56] and has also been described as one of the three pivotal plunderphonics albums, along with DJ Shadow’s Endtroducing in 1996, [57] [58] and J Dilla’s Donuts in 2006. [59]

A number of music critics, including Voksgieit, Amar Edirwira writing for VinylFactory and others regard Since I Left You as the best plunderphonics album of all time. [60] [61] [62]

It's been noted by legal commentary that the small size of samples used by the Avalanches in their work may not cross the threshold of being significant, which would then allow for a legal case to be brought by the original sampled artist. [48]

Live performances

The Avalanches, initially, played live using samplers, analogue keyboards, bass guitar, drum kit, and theremin. [9] Their set-up later included four turntables, a percussion stand, and a battery of MIDI-controlled special effects. [9]

The band performed at festivals during 2000–2001, including the Big Day Out, Falls Festival and V1. For their European live tour, Peter "Snakey" Whitford was used as a touring percussionist, he had previously played in the Afro Psych band Prophecy throughout the Indonesian islands. Seltmann broke his ankle during the band's Electric Ballroom show in London, while Dela Cruz suffered a concussion on-stage at the V2001 festival. The remaining live dates were DJ sets with Chater only. Despite this, the band eventually received the Best Live Act 2001 award from MUZIK magazine. This format continued for the United States and Japan Since I Left You Tours. Chater, Dela Cruz and Fabay also took the DJ show around Australia, calling themselves the Magic Midgets.

The Avalanches continued DJing at Australian festivals such as Golden Plains and Splendour in the Grass throughout 2006 and into 2007, although these sets were a return to a heavier, club sound and markedly different from the previous Brains' DJ sets. The group returned to live performances in 2016, with a performance at Australian music festival Splendour in the Grass. Their live setup feature Chater on bass and Di Blasi on turntables, alongside guest musicians Paris Jeffree on drums, Spank Rock as MC, and Eliza Wolfgramm on vocals. [63]

In May 2017 The Avalanches curated The Avalanches – Since I Left You Block Party as part of Sydney's Vivid LIVE festival. [64] Playing outdoors at the Sydney Opera House, The Avalanches headlined and were joined by 'special guests' DJ Shadow, Briggs, Sampa the Great, Jonti and DJ JNETT.

Members

Current

Former

Listed alphabetically: [2] [5] [65]

Wildflower touring members

Timeline

The Avalanches

Discography

Studio albums

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards are annual awards, which recognise excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. The Avalanches have been nominated for 15 awards and won four. [67]

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2001 Since I Left You Best Group Nominated [15]
ARIA Award for Breakthrough Artist – Album Won
Best Dance Release Won
Album of the Year Nominated
"Frontier Psychiatrist" ARIA Award for Breakthrough Artist – Single Won
Single of the Year Nominated
Bobbydazzler (Robbie Chater, Darren Seltmann) for Since I Left You Producer of the Year Won
Best Cover Art Nominated
Tony Espie, Bobbydazzler (Chater, Seltmann) for Since I Left You Engineer of the Year Nominated
2016 Wildflower Album of the YearNominated [34]
Best GroupNominated
Best Dance ReleaseNominated
Chater, Tony Di Blasi for WildflowerProducer of the YearNominated
Espie, Chater for WildflowerEngineer of the YearNominated
Lost Art (Chater) for WildflowerBest Cover ArtNominated
2021 We Will Always Love You Album of the Year Nominated [68]
Best Group Nominated
Best Pop Release Nominated
The Avalanches Live Best Australian Live Act Nominated
Johnathan Zawada for The Avalanches – "The Divine Chord" Best Video Nominated
Robert Chater for The Avalanches – We Will Always Love You Producer of the Year Nominated
Tony Espie for The Avalanches – We Will Always Love You Engineer of the Year Nominated
Jonathan Zawada for The Avalanches – We Will Always Love You Best Cover Art Nominated

Australian Music Prize

The Australian Music Prize (the AMP) is an annual award of $30,000 given to an Australian band or solo artist in recognition of the merit of an album released during the year of award. They commenced in 2005.

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2016 [69] WildflowerAustralian Music PrizeNominated
2020 [70] We Will Always Love YouAlbum of the YearWon

J Award

The J Awards are an annual series of Australian music awards that were established by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's youth-focused radio station Triple J. They commenced in 2005.

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2016 [71] WildflowerAustralian Album of the YearNominated
2021 [72] [73] We Will Always Love YouAustralian Album of the YearNominated
The AvalanchesDouble J Artist of the YearWon

Music Victoria Awards

The Music Victoria Awards, are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced in 2005. [74] [75]

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2021 We Will Always Love YouBest Victorian AlbumNominated [76] [77]
"Wherever You Go"Best Victorian SongNominated
The AvalanchesBest GroupNominated

National Live Music Awards

The National Live Music Awards (NLMAs) are a broad recognition of Australia's diverse live industry, celebrating the success of the Australian live scene. The awards commenced in 2016.

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2016 [78] Paris Jeffree (The Avalanches)Live Drummer of the YearNominated

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