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β | + | "[[A Bunker Full of Memories]]" is a 1999 interview by RenΓ© Passet. It originally appeared in ''Forcefield'', an online music magazine. | |
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+ | Boards of Canada<br> | ||
+ | in a bunker full of melodies | ||
'Strong emotional melodies'. That pretty much sums up the essence of what [[Boards of Canada]] is about. After various hard-to-get releases on cassettes, Skam Records (and it's enigmatic offshoot Mask) the Scottish duo has just released their debut album [[Music Has The Right To Children]] on Warp Records. The first of five on the Sheffield label! | 'Strong emotional melodies'. That pretty much sums up the essence of what [[Boards of Canada]] is about. After various hard-to-get releases on cassettes, Skam Records (and it's enigmatic offshoot Mask) the Scottish duo has just released their debut album [[Music Has The Right To Children]] on Warp Records. The first of five on the Sheffield label! | ||
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{{boc|"Yes the NFB films were one of our influences when we were younger. I think most of their films have been socio-political, but there are animations and suchlike. The thing about the older films is that the quality of picture and soundtrack wasn't perfect, it was grainy and wobbly. We used to record compositions on cheap tapes which gave a similar rough quality, and we've always returned to that sound because it feels personal and nostalgic."}} | {{boc|"Yes the NFB films were one of our influences when we were younger. I think most of their films have been socio-political, but there are animations and suchlike. The thing about the older films is that the quality of picture and soundtrack wasn't perfect, it was grainy and wobbly. We used to record compositions on cheap tapes which gave a similar rough quality, and we've always returned to that sound because it feels personal and nostalgic."}} | ||
β | + | Where you living in Canada when you saw the documentaries? | |
{{boc|"We saw a lot of those films here in the UK during the 1970's, but we both lived in Alberta briefly in the late 70's."}} | {{boc|"We saw a lot of those films here in the UK during the 1970's, but we both lived in Alberta briefly in the late 70's."}} | ||
β | {{question|Apart from these soundtracks, you also namedrop [[wikipedia:Joni Mitchell|Joni Mitchell]] and the [[wikipedia:Incredible String Band|Incredible String Band]] when it comes to instrumentation. What was so special about their musical aproach?}} | + | {{question|Apart from these soundtracks, you also namedrop [[wikipedia:Joni Mitchell|Joni Mitchell]] and the [[wikipedia:Incredible String Band|Incredible String Band]] when it comes to instrumentation.<br> |
+ | What was so special about their musical aproach?}} | ||
{{boc|"Much of the music we like is not electronic, although we've probably been influenced by [[wikipedia:Devo|Devo]]. We love acoustic music on old recordings because they tend to have natural qualities such as tape compression and distortion. But I think Joni Mitchell's voice is so beautiful it almost sounds synthesised, so maybe there's the connection. The Incredible String Band still sound unusual today, because they changed the arrangement for every song, and their own influences were far and wide apart, and they always wrote emotional melodies which were a bit unusual, you know, with melodies which took unexpected twists. A unique band."}} | {{boc|"Much of the music we like is not electronic, although we've probably been influenced by [[wikipedia:Devo|Devo]]. We love acoustic music on old recordings because they tend to have natural qualities such as tape compression and distortion. But I think Joni Mitchell's voice is so beautiful it almost sounds synthesised, so maybe there's the connection. The Incredible String Band still sound unusual today, because they changed the arrangement for every song, and their own influences were far and wide apart, and they always wrote emotional melodies which were a bit unusual, you know, with melodies which took unexpected twists. A unique band."}} | ||
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interview by RenΓ© Passet, April 1998. | interview by RenΓ© Passet, April 1998. | ||
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The album Music Has The Right To Children is out now on Warp/Skam, as is their remix of Mira Calix' Sandsings. WAP100 will contain an exclusive track by Boards of Canada, called [[Orange Romeda]]. Soon the Turquise [[Hexagon Sun]] website will open it's gates. | The album Music Has The Right To Children is out now on Warp/Skam, as is their remix of Mira Calix' Sandsings. WAP100 will contain an exclusive track by Boards of Canada, called [[Orange Romeda]]. Soon the Turquise [[Hexagon Sun]] website will open it's gates. | ||
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:: Various Artists - Mask EP - 12" - Mask<br> | :: Various Artists - Mask EP - 12" - Mask<br> | ||
:: Boards of Canada - [[Hi Scores|High Scores]] - 12" - Skam<br> | :: Boards of Canada - [[Hi Scores|High Scores]] - 12" - Skam<br> | ||
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+ | == External links == | ||
+ | * Original URL: http://www.forcefield.org/boc.html | ||
+ | ** [http://web.archive.org/web/19990129025923/http://wwwedu.cs.utwente.nl/~wielen/forcefield/boc.html Internet Archive] ([http://web.archive.org/web/20010305221908/http://www.forcefield.org/boc.html alternate]) | ||
+ | * Other copies: | ||
+ | ** [http://www.solesides.com/winblad/boards%20of%20canada/bocforcefield0498.html Don Winblad] | ||
+ | ** [http://fredd-e.narfum.org/boc/interviews/#forcefield Fredd-E] | ||
+ | ** [http://web.archive.org/web/*hh_/boardsofcanada.watmm.com/articles/ABunkerFullOfMemoriesInter.shtml WATMM] | ||
β | + | * [http://elists.resynthesize.com/idm/1998/04/462542/ Announcement] on [[idm-l]] | |
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[[Category: Interviews]] | [[Category: Interviews]] | ||
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