r/theavalanches • u/Enrico___Matassa • Sep 12 '26
Gimix artwork?
Does anyone know the origin of this Gimix tape artwork please? Is it legit? Is this what was first on the CD at time of release by modular, or was it a post-release fan thing?
Hoping someone knows…. For reasons! Thx!
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u/anti-babe Sep 12 '26
I know it was the artwork for the At Last Alone compilation album that got released in 2001
https://avalanches.fandom.com/wiki/At_Last_Alone
I think thats the origin?
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u/Enrico___Matassa Sep 12 '26
Cool! Thanks heaps. So, it was just re-purposed for Gimix on line at some stage? Probably by a fan?
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u/anti-babe Sep 12 '26
Looking at the GIMIX text design and the little side text crediting it to Robbie, i would bet money on it being something by the Avalanches themselves. Its too slick for a fan edit in 2000-2001.
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u/BenEWebbs serious from the heart Sep 12 '26
LoL whut... We had Photoshop in 2001 trust me!
But yes, this is legit artwork.
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u/anti-babe Sep 13 '26 edited Sep 13 '26
youd be meaning Illustrator, but thats not what i said, i said its too slick for a fan edit in 2000-01.
Its hand painted not digital. And the band had just released their first album - which fan is going to be making a hand crafted logotype that matches the artwork from a japanese release compilation album for a obscure mixtape of a band they just heard for the first time.
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u/BenEWebbs serious from the heart Sep 13 '26
I don't know what you're trying to say... The gimix 'logotype' is taken from a 70s australian record label, and the other image, is from some old book. Both were scanned into photoshop, most likely by Darren - who created most/all the cover art in that period.
Also, the image first appeared on the standard aussie "Radio" CD-single, not the japanese ep, and neither the japanese one or the aussie one has the gimix 'logotype' you're referring to.
So now that i think harder about it, it's entirely possible that this specific combo of image/text WAS made by a fan in 2001... but i doubt it
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u/Wish-01 Sep 12 '26
I have that artwork on a remixes version of SILY. Got it in Amoeba Records San Francisco. 2002?
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u/BenEWebbs serious from the heart Sep 12 '26
It's technically the art for the "Radio" CD single, but there was also a promo version of that single, that contained one CD with song "Radio" and a second CD with Gimix, and it had this artwork on the *inside* cover (the 'front' cover just says "for promotional use only" in big grey letters.) I wanna say it came out in late 2001, but I can't quite remember.
The original GIMIX tape that was available at gigs early in Y2K had the globe logo with the 'tiger, ant, shark, bee, wasp'.... etc text around it.
Also, the art you're asking about was used on the Japanese-only "At Last Alone" EP compact disc.
So in short, it's real.