The video for The Avalanches 'Since I Left You' Directed by Blue Source.

Continuing our series in which Guardian and Observer writers pick their favourite albums, Sam Richards falls for the first Avalanches record.

Since I Left You is the debut studio album by Australian electronic music group the Avalanches, released on 27 November 2000 by Modular Recordings. It was produced by group members Robbie Chater and Darren Seltmann (under the pseudonym Bobbydazzler), and uses sampling extensively, containing an estimated 3,500 samples from various genres. The album was recorded and produced at two separate, near-identical studios by Chater and Seltmann, exchanging audio mixes of records they sampled.

Since I Left You" is a song by Australian electronic dance music group the Avalanches. It was released as the third single from the group's debut studio album of the same name on 5 February 2001. Produced by group members Robbie Chater and Darren Seltmann, "Since I Left You" utilizes numerous samples of other artists' material. The song's chorus is a prominent vocal sample of the Main Attraction's "Everyday" (1968).

Since I Left You is the third single off The Avalanches‘ debut album of the same name. The most prominent sample in the song is a vocal rip of Everyday by The Main Attraction. There are many other samples layered throughout the song, in the form of both orchestrations and doo-wop vocals. These include: Daddy Rich by Rose Royce. Anema e Core by Tony Mottola. By The Time I Get To Phoenix by Tony Mottola provides the prominent flute featured in the song.

Since I Left You is the debut studio album by Australian electronic dance music group The Avalanches, which was released on 27 November 2000. Produced by The Avalanches' members Robbie Chater and Darren Seltmann (under the pseudonym Bobbydazzler), it was issued on Modular Recordings. The album was created in two separate near-identical studios by Chater and Seltmann, passing audio mixes of records they sampled. The album contains about 3500 vinyl samples of various genres of music.

Since I Left You is the debut studio album by Australian electronic music group the Avalanches. Release date: 27 November 2000 (Australia), 16 April 2001 (UK), 6 November 2001 (US). Label: Modular (Australia), XL (UK), Sire (US). Clear disc tray?: Yes (Digipak). Since I Left You (G Major). Stay Another Season (A Minor). Two Hearts in 3/4 Time (C Major). Avalanche Rock (Bb Minor). Flight Tonight (Bb Minor). Close to You ( Main key: Eb Minor, Accompanying keys: C Major).

Since I Left You is the debut studio album by The Avalanches. They started recording in 1999 and had used the working title of Pablo's Cruise. The duo primarily worked with a Yamaha Promix 01 and Akai S2000 samplers. Band's members, Darren Seltmann and Robbie Chater, spent hours sampling music from vinyl records to create the songs on the album: Chater estimates that there are over 3,500 samples. After sampling and arranging, the pair would swap their tapes, listen to each other's ideas and expand on whatever they had heard

Like recklessly riding your BMX or skipping rope after downing a sugar-laced pitcher of lemonade, the un-mawkish Since I Left You thrives on making you feel youthful and mighty. Its Utopian grove stand bric-a-brac of grooves, beats, flutters, whistles, oohs-and-yeahs, and sundry animal noises can alternately sound familiar and fresh. Some origins can be immediately placed, and those that can't trigger an impulse that you've heard it somewhere before