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| + | '''In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country''' was an EP manufactured by [[Boards of Canada]]. It's release, 17 November 2000, was in between ''[[Music Has the Right to Children]]'' and ''[[Geogaddi]]'', respectively. Encompassing four tracks, this album dabbles further into the love of the great outdoors shared by the brothers and the Branch Davidians, a sect often featured in Michael and Marcus' work. Indeed, one song is actually named after a follower of David Koresh. This would be track number two, Amo Bishop Roden. Packaged in an outer sleeve with an art-bearing inner sleeve, the vinyl edition was pressed with a sky-blue color rather than the cliche Carbon Black. This is a fitting color for the nature of their work. |
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β | | cover=WAP144CD-front.jpeg
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β | | name=In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country
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β | | release_date=27 Nov 2000
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β | | format=CD, 12" (sky-blue vinyl)
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β | | label=Warp Records
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β | | catno=WAP144
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β | | runtime=24:04
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β | }}
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β | ''[[In a Beautiful Place out in the Country]]'' is an EP by [[Boards of Canada]]. Encompassing four tracks culled from the same recording sessions from which Boards of Canada would later produce [[Geogaddi]] ([[Interviews#2002-03:_OOR|OOR Inteview, 2002]]), the EP tends to favor a darker, more pastoral, and even elegiac atmosphere than its predecessor ''[[Music Has the Right to Children]].'' | |
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β | Although musically the EP is no great stylistic departure for the group, ''In a Beautiful Place out in the Country'' does represent a significant change in tone and subject matter. Of particular note are the references in the music and album art reflecting an interest by the brothers in the history of [[David_Koresh|David Koreshβs]] millennialist sect, the [[wikipedia:Branch_Davidians|Branch Davidians]]. The picture found directly beneath the disc on the CD release of the EP, for example, is thought by some to have been cropped from a picture of [[David Koresh]].<ref>[[Image:David-koresh.jpg]]</ref>
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β | The most overt of these references is found in the track title ''[[Amo Bishop Roden]]'', the real name of a woman who parted ways with Koresh before the [[wikipedia:Waco_Siege|1993 Waco Siege]]. A less obvious reference to the Davidians is also found in the title trackβs mantra βcome out and live in a religious community in a beautiful place out in the country,β alleged to be a slogan used by Roden to proselytize for the Davidian sect.
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β | References to the Davidian sect would continue to spill over into other Boards of Canada releases, notably on ''Geogaddiβs'' [[1969]], as well as their remix of Slag Boom Van Loonβs [[Poppy Seed (remix)|Poppy Seed]].
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β | The EP was released by [[Warp Records]] in both CD (WAP144CD) and 12β (WAP144) formats on November 27, 2000<ref>https://bleep.com/release/5729-boards-of-canada-in-a-beautiful-place-out-in-the-country</ref>. The latter was pressed on sky-blue vinyl.
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β | In 2002, the song [[Kid For Today]] was featured in a [[BMW_7-series|BMW 7 Series commercial]] for British television.
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| == Tracks == | | == Tracks == |
β | # "[[Kid For Today]]" – 6:23
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β | # "[[Amo Bishop Roden]]" – 6:16
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β | # "[[In a Beautiful Place out in the Country (song)|In a Beautiful Place out in the Country]]" – 6:07
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β | # "[[Zoetrope]]" – 5:18
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β | == References ==
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| + | # "[[Kid For Today]]" |
| + | # "[[Amo Bishop Roden]]" |
| + | # "[[In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country (song)|In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country]]" |
| + | # "[[Zoetrope]]" |