In anticipation of the tentative October release of their sophomore album, while delving into the abyss of Avalanches speculation that has featured online for the last few years, I found this, 'When I Met You'. It's quite simply, an album -featuring- the Gimix mix - a mix sequence of tracks that were the inspirational basis/foundation for 'Since I Left You' together with the original album. The actual splicing of their original material from 'Since I Left You' coalseced with the Gimix was completed by a couple of Brits that then packaged this little bootleg album to boot. They made alot of dosh no doubt.
Never the less, It's a great listen to all the way through. Nothing groundbreaking in the way of these golden oldie re-edits, but the album as a stand alone mix is emblematic of classical Avalanche panache and grace in track selection, only the gods of which could master.
Hats off to these Brits!
Live At Dominoes - The Avalanches
A personal favorite of mine.
*Thanks to Roulade for assisting with information synergy.
yo this is actually The Gimix Mix that came packaged with the promo single of "Radio". some brits spliced it track by track and then bootlegged it as When I Met You in 2001 and sold bucketloads of them
ReplyDeleteThis makes sense when i think about it. Thanks for the heads up.
ReplyDeleteEDIT to come.