"Of all our DJ sets over the years, [this] is close to our hearts" The Avalanches have shared their epic two-hour 2016 BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix on SoundCloud for the first time.
The mix is an esoteric one, far closer to the sound of their 2001 debut, ‘Since I Left You’, than their 2016 album, ‘Wildflower’, in its sheer range of samples.
As a lengthy Instagram statement from the group notes, the mix begins with a 1950 home recording from songwriter Dion McGregor – “a sleep talker who would often narrate his dreams at conversational volume”.
Other notably obscure samples include Jack Fascianato’s thrift-store made ‘Music from a Surplus Store’ and a children’s orchestra made from kitchen utensils.