artists mentioned by Boards of Canada in their interviews
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β | *All of the percussion on "[[An Eagle in Your Mind]]" was created using cut up samples of [[ | + | *All of the percussion on "[[An Eagle in Your Mind]]" was created using cut up samples of [[Michael Sandison]]'s girlfriend's voice ([[Interviews#2002-07-01:_Remix|Remix Magazine, 2002]]). |
* A video (made for the [[WATMM video contest]]) was created for "[[An Eagle in Your Mind]]" by "[https://on-go.bandcamp.com/ Jesse Anderson]" using stock footage sampled from Tatsuo Sato's anime film "[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0385586/ Cat Soup]." This video also offers an interpretation of the vocal sample heard during the track. | * A video (made for the [[WATMM video contest]]) was created for "[[An Eagle in Your Mind]]" by "[https://on-go.bandcamp.com/ Jesse Anderson]" using stock footage sampled from Tatsuo Sato's anime film "[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0385586/ Cat Soup]." This video also offers an interpretation of the vocal sample heard during the track. | ||
==Samples / Lyrics== | ==Samples / Lyrics== | ||
β | * Between 1:53 and 2:50, a speech sample can be heard. It comes from the documentary "On the Tracks of the Wild Otter (1983)" <ref>http://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/2sndzz/sound_familiar/</ref><ref>http://www.wildfilmhistory.org/film/467/On+the+Tracks+of+the+Wild+Otter.html</ref>, narrated by Hugh Miles. The sample can be heard at around | + | * Between 1:53 and 2:50, a speech sample can be heard. It comes from the documentary "On the Tracks of the Wild Otter (1983)" <ref>http://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/2sndzz/sound_familiar/</ref><ref>http://www.wildfilmhistory.org/film/467/On+the+Tracks+of+the+Wild+Otter.html</ref>, narrated by Hugh Miles. The sample can be heard at around 23:56 <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVMh7r0LHW4&t=23m56s</ref>, and says : |
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β | + | the holts are nearly always close to the sea<br /> | |
in fallen boulders, old ruins, and cliffs<br /> | in fallen boulders, old ruins, and cliffs<br /> | ||
all at the top of a stack, like this<br /> | all at the top of a stack, like this<br /> | ||
β | + | high above the sea<br /> | |
β | + | a safe place for cubs<br /> | |
I wait, tense<br /> | I wait, tense<br /> | ||
then disappointed<br /> | then disappointed<br /> | ||
β | + | she leaves her spraint to notify others of her visit<br /> | |
β | + | the holts are evenly spaced<br /> | |
about 500 yards apart, [enough for the use of any otter who passes by?], with or without cubs<br /> </blockquote> | about 500 yards apart, [enough for the use of any otter who passes by?], with or without cubs<br /> </blockquote> | ||
β | *Right after this sample, around 2:50, a different voice, saying "I love you", is heard | + | *Right after this sample, around 2:50, a different voice, saying "I love you", is heard. |
* [JimE] noticed something else: | * [JimE] noticed something else: | ||
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"there's a background sound throughout the song which could be "sweat-sweat" (in the first part of the song), with "tension" coming in later. It's hard to recognise as speech, but it could well be; one of the interviews says that the "percussion" in the track was constructed using the voice of the girlfriend of one of [[Boards of Canada|BoC]]." </blockquote> | "there's a background sound throughout the song which could be "sweat-sweat" (in the first part of the song), with "tension" coming in later. It's hard to recognise as speech, but it could well be; one of the interviews says that the "percussion" in the track was constructed using the voice of the girlfriend of one of [[Boards of Canada|BoC]]." </blockquote> | ||
β | * A voice that sounds like a black male singing "No" fades in at 4:35 and continues throughout the song. (Sounds like another 70s/80s disco/funk sample). At 5:27 | + | * A voice that sounds like a black male singing "No" fades in at 4:35 and continues throughout the song. (Sounds like another 70s/80s disco/funk sample). At 5:27 A scratchy sample saying "Yeah" is played forward, then backward, then forward again, with some additional scrubbing in between. At 6:00, "Yeah" plays again, but only once. |
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
β | *This track's title is referenced in "[[Sunshine Recorder]]" on ''[[Geogaddi]]'' | + | *This track's title is referenced in "[[Sunshine Recorder]]" on ''[[Geogaddi]]'' |
== Videos == | == Videos == | ||
β | {{#widget:YouTube|id= xf66Lmrqk00}} | + | {{#widget:YouTube|id= xf66Lmrqk00}} {{#widget:YouTube|id= UVMh7r0LHW4}} |
β | + | (skip to 23m56) | |
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== References == | == References == |