In an attempt to defray further spreading of bootlegged copies of an unfinished version of Since I Left You, the Avalanches began selling a tape labelled “Contains Elements of Since I Left You” at their gigs in mid-2000. Later on, the Avalanches’ Australian label, Modular, issued the recording as a promo-only item and titled it Gimix. There are two reasons why the disc will never find commercial release: sample clearance and the money required to gain it. Within the 46 minutes of Gimix, which is essentially a DJ mix with tweaked stretches of Since I Left You interwoven to stitch it all together, a laundry list of guilty pleasures, pop favorites, and rare grooves are melded into each other in imaginative and often hilarious ways. Strange bedfellows are the rule. The exuberant refrain from De la Soul’s “A Roller Skating Jam Named ‘Saturdays’” pops up repeatedly throughout a block that takes in Blowfly’s “Rapp Dirty,” Ol’ Dirty ~censored~’s “Baby Got Ya Money,” Kid Creole & the Coconuts’ “Stool Pigeon,” the Avalanches’ own “Close to You,” the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s “Crosstown Traffic,” Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun,” the Smiths’ “The Boy With the Thorn in His Side,” and Thomas Bangalter’s “Turbo.” (Just as key: the synth guitar freakout of the latter syncs right up with the flute from Men at Work’s “Down Under.”) There’s no doubt that it’s a purist’s nightmare. The Beatles, Michael Jackson, The Mickey Mouse Club, and Bob Dylan, whose “Like a Rolling Stone” glides right over Madonna’s “Holiday,” each get thrown through the processor. It’s too bad that the Avalanches don’t have the funds to officially release mixes like this and have them pumped through every theme park and car wash on the planet. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide.
1 Since I Left You
2 Holiday
3 Like a Rolling Stone
4 Stay Another Season
5 Two Hearts in 3/4 Time
6 A Roller Skating Jam Named “Saturdays”
7 Rapp Dirty
8 Baby Got Ya Money
9 Running Away
10 Stool Pigeon
11 Close to You
12 Crosstown Traffic
13 Girls Just Want to Have Fun
14 The Boy With the Thorn in His Side
15 Turbo
16 Down Under
17 Electricity
18 Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)
19 Electric Relaxation
20 Oh Yeah
21 Sandwiches
22 I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)
23 Fatboy Slim Is ~censored~ in Heaven
24 Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
25 Groove Is in the Heart
26 Jayou
27 Little Journey
28 Diners Only
29 A Different Feeling
30 Pablo’s Cruise
31 Billie Jean
32 Got My Mind Made Up (12″ Remix)
33 Livin’ Thing
34 Mickey Mouse Club Theme
35 Looking Up to You
36 Together We Are Beautiful
37 Tonight May Have to Last Me All My Life
38 Dreams!
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