Frontier Psychiatrist

by The Avalanches

Frontier Psychiatrist cover art
  • Type: Single
  • Released: 21 August 2000
  • Label: Modular
  • Country: Australia
  • Length: 12:53
  • Community rating: 4.16/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Robbie Chater, Darren Seltmann

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Functions as a surreal, humorous audio collage heavily reliant on spoken-word samples extracted from instructional records and comedy routines. The track's eccentric turntable manipulation and eclectic boom-bap rhythm demonstrate the playful, limitless potential of sample-based composition. Its wildly creative approach made it a standout novelty hit and a classic of sample-delic music.

Genres

Descriptors: sampling, rhythmic, electronic, sample-heavy, party

Tracklist

  1. Frontier Psychiatrist (4:47)
  2. Frontier Psychiatrist - Mario Caldato Jr.'s 85% Remix (4:04)
  3. Frontier Psychiatrist - Mario C's 85% Instrumental (4:01)

Credits

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