by Lifting the lid on the lost years, creative blocks and colossal sample-clearing process that resulted in the immaculate Wildflower
RECORDING WEEK 2025: Few bands have been shrouded in as much mystery, smoke, mirrors and rumours about just what they’re up to as Melbourne’s the Avalanches in the period between their first and second albums.
This Australian collective redefined sample culture for a new generation with their extraordinary 2000 debut album Since I Left You. A magical dream of a record, swimming with ideas – carefully snipped from shared record collections.
It was the soundtrack to house parties around the world and spotlighted the underlying artistry of crate-digging.
Likened to De La Soul’s Three Feet High and Rising, DJ Shadow’s Endtroducing or Paul’s Boutique by the Beastie Boys for its impact upon electronic musical culture, reviewers fell over themselves to evangelise about the album’s qualities.
