The Avalanches are an Australian

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group formed in

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in 1997. They are known for their studio albums ''

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'' (2000), ''

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'' (2016), and '' We Will Always Love You'' (2020), as well as their live and recorded DJ sets. The group currently consists of Robbie Chater, Tony Di Blasi and Andy Szekeres.

Career

1994–1996: Origins

Three future Avalanches members formed Alarm 115 in Melbourne in 1994 as a

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outfit inspired by

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, The Fall, and Ultra Bide. The line-up was Robbie Chater on keyboards, Tony Di Blasi on keyboards, bass and backing vocals, and

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on vocals. By 1995, Manabu Etoh joined on drums. The group bought instruments, recording gear and numerous old vinyl records by the crate at second-hand shops. Note: limited preview available for n-lineversion. When Etoh was deported and Alarm 115 disbanded, these records became the core of a new project. Chater was a film student at

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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''. In 1997 a new group consisting of Chater, Di Blasi, Seltmann, and Gordon McQuilten on keyboards was assembled to play the tracks live. Chater, Di Blasi and McQuilten had all been school mates in Maryborough. Starting in July, their first four shows were played under different names: Swinging Monkey Cocks, Quentin's Brittle Bones, and Whoops Downs Syndrome. The group became "The Avalanches" at their fifth gig, borrowing the new band name from an American

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band, which recorded only one album, ''Ski Surfin' with the Avalanches'', in 1963.

1997–1999: Early releases

After playing the support slot for

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, they rose to prominence quickly.

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released the debut single "Rock City" in September 1997. This was followed in December by their seven-track extended play, '' El Producto'', on

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's Wondergram Records. Around this time, DJ Dexter Fabay joined the group on turntables and keyboards. Based on ''El Producto'''s success, Pavlovic signed the Avalanches to his new

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label in May 1998. Leo Silvermann signed them to his label, Rex Records, for the exclusive United Kingdom four-track EP ''Undersea Community'', which released in March 1999. The group's profile grew with support slots on tours by the

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, and

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. The band also played at the Tibetan Freedom Concert at

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, Sydney. 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 ''

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'' in Australia (12") and a two-track UK (7") version.

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

. Its initial launch date in 2000 was delayed due to the need for sample clearances and overseas interest. By July, with the album, now titled ''

'', overdue, Chater's ''Gimix'' cassette was made available. This

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blended previews of forthcoming album tracks with some band favourites. Chater estimated that ''Since I Left You'' was assembled from approximately 3,500 vinyl samples. The first Australian single from the album, "

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", was issued in August, which peaked in the top 50 on the

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. 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

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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

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, 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

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's "The Shining" was released in the UK. ''Since I Left You'' contained numerous samples, including a sample of

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's "

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" on the track "Stay Another Season". The UK version of ''Since I Left You'' was released by XL Recordings in 2001, which debuted at No. 8 on the

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in April, and quickly topped 200,000 sales in the UK. Also that month, the first UK single from the album, the title track "

", was released and debuted at No. 16 on the

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. The "Since I Left You" video won Video of the Year at the

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. In July 2001 the second UK single, "Frontier Psychiatrist", debuted at No. 18. The video for "Frontier Psychiatrist" was later awarded the runner-up prize at Soho Shorts Film Festival in the UK. At the

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, 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

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for Bobbydazzler (production name for Chater and Seltmann). 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''.

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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 ''

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'''s Heatseekers chart and No. 10 on ''Billboard''s Top Electronic Albums chart. 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

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' "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

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's top albums of the decade. In its review, Pitchfork Media bestowed the album with a high 9.5 score. In October 2010, the album was listed at No. 10 in the book ''

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''. In 2011, American hip hop artist

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named ''Since I Left You'' in his top ten albums list.

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. 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." Subsequent announcements were made of the album's release, however, it had not appeared by December 2011. Other artists began to announce having worked with the band on tracks around that time. In February 2014

confirmed Seltmann had left, stating "officially the band is Robbie Chater and Tony Di Blasi right now." The band's official Facebook page was updated in 2015, listing James Dela Cruz had rejoined. In April 2016 the Avalanches added new images of a gold butterfly on black cloth to their social media accounts and official website. 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. On 2 June 2016 the lead single, "

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", from their second album, was premiered on Australian radio station

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. The title of the album was revealed the same day to be ''

''. It appeared in the following month, with Chater and Di Blasi as co-producers. At the

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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). At

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, 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. It peaked at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart.

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. On the website, a video played containing several faint voices, followed by a

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message stating 'WWALY'. On 14 February, the website was updated with a second video containing another morse code message, this time spelling "20 FEB". Two days later on 16 February, the Avalanches posted a photo of a second billboard in London. On 20 February 2020, the Avalanches released a single, "We Will Always Love You" featuring

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. With this release, they also confirmed their third studio album. On 18 March, they released another single, "Running Red Lights" featuring Pink Siifu and

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from

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. The song is dedicated to David Berman and features lyrics from the

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song " Darkness and Cold". On 9 September, the band confirmed via an Instagram post that the title of their third album is ''We Will Always Love You''. The album was released on 11 December 2020 and features contributions from

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, Tricky and

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Live performances

The Avalanches, initially, played live using samplers, analogue keyboards, bass guitar, drum kit, and

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. Their set-up later included four turntables, a percussion stand, and a battery of MIDI-controlled special effects. The band performed at festivals during 2000–2001, including the

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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

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n islands. Seltmann broke his ankle during the band's

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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

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Since I Left You Tours. Chater, Dela Cruz and Fabay also took the DJ show around Australia, calling themselves the Magic Midgets. Brains was a monthly club-night held outdoors behind the tiny Melbourne bar St Jeromes', and featured regular DJ sets from the Avalanches' Chater, Seltmann and Di Blasi. St Jeromes' was shut down in March 2009. Their Brains' performances were usually

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-inspired DJ sets, but included anything from the

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guitar music of West Africa to unusual re-edits of 1980s

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tracks, and sometimes new Avalanches material. Far from a typical world music DJ set, the Brains' nights were extremely loud and celebratory, with people overflowing into Caledonian Lane, the band bringing in a special P.A. system to cope with the extra crowd. The Brains' experience toured Australia in early 2005, and spilled over into the band's DJ sets at that year's

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and

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. The Avalanches continued DJing at Australian festivals such as Golden Plains and

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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

. Their live setup feature Chater on bass and Di Blasi on turntables, alongside guest musicians Paris Jeffree on drums,

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

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and DJ JNETT. While The Avalanches set was billed as "''Since I Left You'' being performed live in full at Vivid LIVE for the first time since 2001", the show drew criticism from some fans as they mostly played tracks from ''Wildflower''.

Members

Current

* Robbie Chater – keyboards, mixing, production, choir conductor, guitar, bass, drums (1997–present) * Tony Di Blasi – keyboards, bass, theremin, synthesizer, backing vocals, production (1997–present) * Andy Szekeres – keyboards, synthesizer, turntables (2019–present)

Former

Listed alphabetically: * James Dela Cruz – turntables, keyboards (1999–2004, 2015–2016) * Manabu Etoh – drums (1997) * Dexter Fabay – turntables (1997–2003) * Gordon McQuilten – keyboards, percussion, piano, drums (1997–2001) *

– keyboards, brass band leader, choir conductor, design, guitar, mixing, production (1997–2006) * Peter "Snakey" Whitford – drums (2001–2002)

''Wildflower'' touring members

– rapping, toasting, backing vocals * Eliza Wolfgramm – vocals, rapping * Paris Jeffree – drums, percussion * Oscar Vicente Slorach-Thorn – vocals *

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– guitars, backing vocals, percussion, drums

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums *''

'' (2000) *''

'' (2016) *'' We Will Always Love You'' (2020)

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

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Australian Music Prize

The

Australian Music Prize The Australian Music Prize (often shortened to 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. The award was made by Australian Music Pri ...

(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. , - , 2016 , ''Wildflower'' , Australian Music Prize , , - , 2020 , ''We Will Always Love You'' , Album of the Year ,

J Award

The

J Awards 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 and which are judged by the music and on-air teams from radio stations Triple J, ...

are an annual series of Australian music awards that were established by the

Australian Broadcasting Corporation The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is the national broadcaster of Australia. It is principally funded by direct grants from the Australian Government and is administered by a government-appointed board. The ABC is a publicly-own ...

's youth-focused radio station

. They commenced in 2005. , - ,

, ''Wildflower'' , Australian Album of the Year , , - , rowspan="2",

, ''We Will Always Love You'' , Australian Album of the Year , , - , The Avalanches , Double J Artist of the Year , , -

Music Victoria Awards

The

Music Victoria Awards The Music Victoria Awards (previously known as The Age EG Awards and The Age Music Victoria Awards) are an annual awards night celebrating music from the Australian state of Victoria. They commenced in 2006 and are awarded in Melbourne Music W ...

, are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced in 2005. ! , - , rowspan="5",

, ''We Will Always Love You'' , Best Victorian Album , , rowspan="3", , - , "Wherever You Go" , Best Victorian Song , , - , The Avalanches , Best Group , , -

National Live Music Awards

The

National Live Music Awards The National Live Music Awards (NLMAs) are a broad recognition of Australia's diverse and successful live industry, celebrating the diversity and success of the Australian live scene – recognising the best vocal talents and musicians alongside ...

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

, Paris Jeffree (The Avalanches) , Live Drummer of the Year , , -

References

External links

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Track lists & Details for the Avalanches Mixes

The Avalanches select their five favourite tracks to sample

The Avalanches - The ''GIMIX '' mixtape
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