{"product_id":"the-avalanches-since-i-left-you-hardcover","title":"The Avalanches' Since I Left You - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Fairchild\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCapturing a fraught moment in popular music history as reflected in and anticipated by \u003ci\u003eSince I Left You\u003c\/i\u003e(2000), the debut studio album from electronic music group The Avalanches has enthralled listeners for decades.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Since I Left You\u003c\/i\u003e has a reputation amongst its advocates that exceeds those of nearly all of its closest peers. Yet despite the inordinate amount of attention this album has received, it has never been thoroughly examined in context. While repeatedly celebrated for its artistry, technical skill, and emotional resonance - in particular its sample-based material and then-cutting edge technological feats within the electronic music genre - it has never been definitively placed in the world that produced it. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Charles Fairchild studies this album in a way no one else has. \u003ci\u003eSince I Left You\u003c\/i\u003eis placed in its historical, technological, and cultural contexts and is examined for the social and aesthetic attributes it was said to possess at the time of its release. There is a focus on the clear set of aesthetic aspirations that guided the album's creators and how those creators pasted together the fragments of many sound worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Fairchild \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor of Popular Music at the University of Sydney, Australia, and the author of \u003ci\u003eMusician in the Museum\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2021), \u003ci\u003eSounds, Screens, and Speakers\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2019), \u003ci\u003eDanger Mouse's The Grey Album\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2014), and \u003ci\u003eMusic, Radio and the Public Sphere \u003c\/i\u003e(2012). His work focuses on cultural mediation in the music industry, focusing especially on the period from 1975 to the present, examining how intermediaries within different kinds of institutions shape the ways people consume and make meaning from music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 136\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 09, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47469658308857,"sku":"9798765115527","price":144.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/kFCVWukXDQ9798765115527.webp?v=1772485979","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-avalanches-since-i-left-you-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}