Radio

by The Avalanches

Radio cover art
  • Type: Single
  • Released: 23 July 2001
  • Label: Modular
  • Country: Australia
  • Length: 13:31
  • Community rating: 3.89/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Propaganda Films

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Characterized by its dense rhythmic stops and high-impact bassline, the track is a definitive showcase of the group's ability to translate plunderphonics into an aggressive club environment. The production utilizes high-speed vocal snippets and metallic percussion to create a sense of futuristic urban anxiety. It functions as a high-energy centerpiece of their debut era, prioritizing textural weight and structural tension over traditional melodic continuity.

Genres

Descriptors: Leftfield, rhythmic, party, electronic, sampling

Tracklist

  1. Radio (Radio Edit) (4:18)
  2. Frontier Psychiatrist (4:49)
  3. Frontier Psychiatrist (Video) (4:24)

Credits

  • The Avalanches - primary artist
  • Claude "Coffee" Cave - written-by [elements from 'fat city strut']
  • Bert Kaempfert - written-by [portions of 'my way of life']
  • Carl Sigman - written-by [portions of 'my way of life']
  • Herbert Rehbein - written-by [portions of 'my way of life']
  • Johnny Dobson - written-by [samples from 'frontier psychiatrist']
  • Mike Maguire - film director
  • Tom Kuntz - film director

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