{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2015}} {{Infobox album | name = El Producto | type = EP | artist = the Avalanches | cover = Elproducto-cover.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|1997|12|8|df=yes}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Electronica, hip-hop, plunderphonics | length = 19:36 | label = Wondergram/Shock | producer = Richard Robinson, Sebatron, the Avalanches | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Since I Left You | next_year = 2000 | misc = {{Singles | name = El Producto | type = EP | single1 = Rock City | single1date = September 1997 }} }}
'''''El Producto''''' is the debut extended play (EP) by Australian electronic music group the Avalanches. It was released on 8 December 1997 via Wondergram Records and distributed by Shock Records.<ref name="NLA 1">{{Citation | author1=The Avalanches | authorlink1=The Avalanches | title=El Producto | publication-date=1997 | publisher=Wondergram Records. National Library of Australia | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/7586732 | accessdate=30 April 2014 }}</ref> ''El Producto'' was the second release by the group, and included a different, extended version of their debut single, "Rock City", which had appeared on Trifekta Records two months prior.<ref name="Hol">{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527151606/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/a/avalanches.html |url=http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/a/avalanches.html |work=Passagen.se |title=The Avalanches |publisher= Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren) |last1=Holmgren |first1=Magnus |archivedate=27 May 2012 |url-status=usurped |accessdate=30 April 2014 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.discogs.com/The-Avalanches-Rock-City/master/81868 "The Avalanches – Rock City (7" Single)"]. discogs.com. Retrieved on April 14, 2021.</ref>
During this time, the band "started performing widely and attracted a long term recording deal."<ref name="Nimmervoll">{{cite web |archiveurl=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20040428140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/14231/20040429-0000/www.howlspace.com.au/en3/avalanches/avalanches.htm |url=http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/en3/avalanches/avalanches.htm |title=Avalanches |last1=Nimmervoll |first1=Ed |authorlink1=Ed Nimmervoll |publisher=HowlSpace – The Living History of Our Music. White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd (Ed Nimmervoll) |archivedate=28 April 2004 |accessdate=30 April 2014 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Based on the EP's success, Steve Pavlovic, head of Wondergram Records, signed the group to his new Modular Recordings label in May 1998. An alternate, extended version of "Rolling High" appeared on the Homebake Festival's ''Homebake 98'' compilation album.<ref>[https://www.discogs.com/Various-Homebake-98-Cookin-The-Coast/release/1083776 "Various – Homebake 98 (Cookin' The Coast)"]. discogs.com. Retrieved on April 23, 2021.</ref> Additionally, the band contributed a cover of "Do You Know The Way To San Jose" for the 1998 compilation album ''To Hal And Bacharach'', which was performed in much the same style as the songs on ''El Producto''.<ref>[https://www.discogs.com/Various-To-Hal-And-Bacharach/master/531816 "Various – To Hal And Bacharach"]. discogs.com. Retrieved on April 14, 2021.</ref>
The Avalanches also signed with Rex Records for the exclusive United Kingdom four-track EP ''Undersea Community'', which appeared in March 1999 and marked a change in style as the group moved away from the indie hip-hop approach of their earlier work.<ref name="Nimmervoll"/> They released their debut full-length album, ''Since I Left You'', on Modular in November 2000.<ref name="Winterford">{{Cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/gig-reviews/modular-christmas-party/2006/11/30/1164777708371.html |title=Modular Christmas Party |last1=Winterford |first1=Brett |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |publisher=Fairfax Media |date=1 December 2006 |accessdate=8 September 2011 }}</ref>
==Production== The Avalanches sampled material from vinyl records found in thrift-stores in the creation of their music, including the songs in ''El Producto''. Group members, Robbie Chater and Darren Seltmann, primarily worked with a Yamaha Promix 01 and Akai S2000 samplers.<ref name="sos">{{cite web |first = Mark |last = Pytlik |title = The Avalanches: The Avalanches Darren Seltmann & Robbie Chater |url = http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/nov02/articles/avalanches.asp |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20111225143333/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/nov02/articles/avalanches.asp |publisher = SOS Publications Group |work = Sound on Sound |archivedate = 25 December 2011 |date = November 2002 |accessdate = 25 September 2009 |url-status = dead |df = dmy }}</ref><ref name="emi">{{cite web|url=http://www.emimusicpub.com/worldwide/artist_profile/avalanches_profile.html|publisher=EMI|title=Artist Profile – Avalanches|accessdate=25 September 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081124223703/http://www.emimusicpub.com/worldwide/artist_profile/avalanches_profile.html|archivedate=24 November 2008 }}</ref> The EP also contained original input from the band, featuring original instrumentation played by the group's members.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://altmusic.about.com/od/2000s/fr/avalanches.htm | title=The Avalanches - Review of The Avalanches' Definitive Alternative Album ''Since I Left You'' | work=About.com | accessdate=26 February 2012 | author=Carew, Anthony | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112125955/http://altmusic.about.com/od/2000s/fr/avalanches.htm | archive-date=12 January 2012 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = Robbie Chater, Tony Di Blasi, Gordon McQuilten and Darren Seltmann,<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) |title='Untitled (Intro)' at APRA search engine |url=http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=Untitled%20(Intro) |accessdate=26 February 2012 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) |title='Rolling High' at APRA search engine |url=http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=Rolling%20High |accessdate=26 February 2012 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) |title='Rap Fever' at APRA search engine |url=http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=Rap%20Fever |accessdate=26 February 2012 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) |title='Rock City' at APRA search engine |url=http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=Rock%20City |accessdate=26 February 2012 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) |title='Under Inspection' at APRA search engine |url=http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=Under%20Inspection |accessdate=26 February 2012 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) |title='Run DNA' at APRA search engine |url=http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=Run%20DNA |accessdate=26 February 2012 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> except where noted | all_lyrics = | all_music = | writing_credits = | lyrics_credits = | music_credits = | title1 = Untitled Intro | length1 = 0:27 | title2 = Rolling High | length2 = 2:58 | title3 = Rap Fever | length3 = 4:13 | title4 = Rock City | length4 = 3:43 | title5 = Under Inspection | length5 = 3:44 | title6 = Run DNA | length6 = 3:06 | title7 = Untitled Outro | length7 = 1:25 | note7 = R. Chater, D. Seltmann<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) |title='Untitled (Outro)' at APRA search engine |url=http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=Untitled%20(Outro) |accessdate=26 February 2012 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> }}
==Personnel== '''Musicians''' * DJ Dexter – scratching * Darren Seltmann – vocals
'''Production''' * The Avalanches – recording * David Briggs – mastering * Matt Gearing-Thomas – mixing * Richard Robinson – recording * Sebatron – recording
Credits adapted from ''El Producto'' liner notes.<ref>{{cite AV media notes | title = El Producto | others = The Avalanches | year = 1997 | type = liner notes | publisher = Wondergram Records | id = 001 GRAM }}</ref>
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