artists mentioned by Boards of Canada in their interviews
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''For more detailed info on a particular sample, see the individual song pages.'' | ''For more detailed info on a particular sample, see the individual song pages.'' | ||
β | + | == A Few Old Tunes== | |
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β | + | * A tinny, cyclic sound that is possibly part of a drum loop ([[Spectrum]]) | |
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β | * A tinny, cyclic sound that is possibly part of a drum loop ([[Spectrum | ||
* Two women speaking, presumably on a television show in which a plain-looking person receives a makeover ([[Light, Clear Hair]]) | * Two women speaking, presumably on a television show in which a plain-looking person receives a makeover ([[Light, Clear Hair]]) | ||
* A man and a woman breathing heavily, with 1970's music in the background ([[P:C:]]) | * A man and a woman breathing heavily, with 1970's music in the background ([[P:C:]]) | ||
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* Dialogue, applause, and music from an episode of the British television game show ''Blockbusters'', spliced for surreal effect ([[Blockbusters]]) | * Dialogue, applause, and music from an episode of the British television game show ''Blockbusters'', spliced for surreal effect ([[Blockbusters]]) | ||
* The chorus of "Celebration" by Kool & The Gang ([[The Way You Show]]) | * The chorus of "Celebration" by Kool & The Gang ([[The Way You Show]]) | ||
β | * A [[Sesame Street]] vignette in which a child sounds out the phrase "I love you" while attempting to write it out; at the end, the child giggles, and two metallic-sounding high notes are heard ( | + | * A [[Sesame Street]] vignette in which a child sounds out the phrase "I love you" while attempting to write it out; at the end, the child giggles, and two metallic-sounding high notes are heard ([[The Color of the Fire|I Love U]]) |
β | * A drum fill from "Strawberry Fields Forever" by The Beatles ( | + | * A drum fill from "Strawberry Fields Forever" by The Beatles ([[Sequoia]]) |
β | * A basic (snare-)kick-kick-snare drum pattern ( | + | * A basic (snare-)kick-kick-snare drum pattern ([[5:9:78]]) |
β | * A | + | * A vocoded voice, gradually slowing down, saying "... and so you could become very sensitive to everything, you start walking through the studio, you go: 'ah yes, it's going to be a good day, I can feel -'" ([[Nova Scotia Robots]]) |
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+ | == Old Tunes Vol. 2 == | ||
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* From "Flashback" by Imagination: "We're startin' up, now we're on our way" ([[We've Started Up]]) | * From "Flashback" by Imagination: "We're startin' up, now we're on our way" ([[We've Started Up]]) | ||
* "He's a dream" from the song of the same name by Shandi ([[We've Started Up]]) | * "He's a dream" from the song of the same name by Shandi ([[We've Started Up]]) | ||
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* "The royal family should be <em>left in peace</em>!" ([[Peace-Tony-Devil]]) | * "The royal family should be <em>left in peace</em>!" ([[Peace-Tony-Devil]]) | ||
* A commercial for Frosted Flakes ([[Peace-Tony-Devil]]) | * A commercial for Frosted Flakes ([[Peace-Tony-Devil]]) | ||
+ | * A commercial for Dirt Devil (a brand of portable vacuum cleaner). Voice over is spoken by a mature-sounding English man: "It's almost like having an upright in the palm of your hand. The Devil is lightweight (Devil), powerful (Devil), has a wide opening (Devil) with a revolving brush...Get a Devil." ([[Peace-Tony-Devil]]) | ||
* Spoken by English-accented voices, presumably from a world news broadcast: | * Spoken by English-accented voices, presumably from a world news broadcast: | ||
** Woman: "Iraq says nineteen people died" | ** Woman: "Iraq says nineteen people died" | ||
** Man: "We won't know that until a full assessment has taken place in due course" ([[Iraq Says]]) | ** Man: "We won't know that until a full assessment has taken place in due course" ([[Iraq Says]]) | ||
* The hook from Tony Basil's 1982 hit "Mickey" ([[Nine-Rubber Wisdom]]) | * The hook from Tony Basil's 1982 hit "Mickey" ([[Nine-Rubber Wisdom]]) | ||
β | * A bubbly pitch modulation or filter modulation synthesizer effect, followed by a group of people shouting ([[On A Rolling Sea | + | * A bubbly pitch modulation or filter modulation synthesizer effect, followed by a group of people shouting ([[On A Rolling Sea]]) |
* From the 1958 horror film ''Terror from the Year 5000'': "Dad, look at the TV" ([[Apparatus]]) | * From the 1958 horror film ''Terror from the Year 5000'': "Dad, look at the TV" ([[Apparatus]]) | ||
* An old Amiga module called "Voyager" by Hellraiser ([[Apparatus]]) | * An old Amiga module called "Voyager" by Hellraiser ([[Apparatus]]) | ||
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* The snare drum from "When the Levee Breaks" by Led Zeppelin ([[Music For Pylons]]) (possible but not confirmed) | * The snare drum from "When the Levee Breaks" by Led Zeppelin ([[Music For Pylons]]) (possible but not confirmed) | ||
* A "skipping" drum loop ([[Orange Hexagon Sun]], [[Turquoise Hexagon Sun]]) | * A "skipping" drum loop ([[Orange Hexagon Sun]], [[Turquoise Hexagon Sun]]) | ||
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β | + | == Music Has The Right To Children == | |
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* An unidentified speech sample (thought by some to be the voice Welsh actor [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0535053/ Philip Madoc]) which begins narrating a story about holts near the sea ([[An Eagle in Your Mind]]) | * An unidentified speech sample (thought by some to be the voice Welsh actor [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0535053/ Philip Madoc]) which begins narrating a story about holts near the sea ([[An Eagle in Your Mind]]) | ||
* A synthetic-sounding voice saying "I love you" ([[An Eagle in Your Mind]]) | * A synthetic-sounding voice saying "I love you" ([[An Eagle in Your Mind]]) | ||
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* A reversed interview with with Jeff Lynne of the Electric Light Orchestra on the subject of ELO's supposed use of backmasked vocals and the resulting controversy ([[Happy Cycling]]) | * A reversed interview with with Jeff Lynne of the Electric Light Orchestra on the subject of ELO's supposed use of backmasked vocals and the resulting controversy ([[Happy Cycling]]) | ||
* Seagulls and a sound like a man singing, rather faint and tinny ([[Happy Cycling]]) | * Seagulls and a sound like a man singing, rather faint and tinny ([[Happy Cycling]]) | ||
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+ | == In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country == | ||
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* A slide projector switching to the next slide ([[Kid For Today]]) | * A slide projector switching to the next slide ([[Kid For Today]]) | ||
+ | * A lot of birds ([[Amo Bishop Roden]]) | ||
* Children laughing and the creaking of a porch swing (?) ([[In a Beautiful Place out in the Country (song)|In a Beautiful Place out in the Country]]) | * Children laughing and the creaking of a porch swing (?) ([[In a Beautiful Place out in the Country (song)|In a Beautiful Place out in the Country]]) | ||
* The phrase "Come out and live with a religious community in a beautiful place out in the country", processed through a vocoder and probably slowed down ([[In a Beautiful Place out in the Country (song)|In a Beautiful Place out in the Country]]) | * The phrase "Come out and live with a religious community in a beautiful place out in the country", processed through a vocoder and probably slowed down ([[In a Beautiful Place out in the Country (song)|In a Beautiful Place out in the Country]]) | ||
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+ | == Geogaddi == | ||
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* A man or low-voiced woman slowly saying "the past inside the present" ([[Music Is Math]]) | * A man or low-voiced woman slowly saying "the past inside the present" ([[Music Is Math]]) | ||
* The phrase "we all fall down" spoken slowly, processed through a vocoder, and melodized ([[Music Is Math]]) | * The phrase "we all fall down" spoken slowly, processed through a vocoder, and melodized ([[Music Is Math]]) | ||
* A similar voice to the "past inside the present" voice saying either "purple", "be careful", or "perfect circle" ([[Music Is Math]]) | * A similar voice to the "past inside the present" voice saying either "purple", "be careful", or "perfect circle" ([[Music Is Math]]) | ||
* The sound of a crackling campfire ([[Beware The Friendly Stranger]]) | * The sound of a crackling campfire ([[Beware The Friendly Stranger]]) | ||
+ | * A playground with children, played very quiet ([[Beware The Friendly Stranger]]) | ||
* A number station broadcast recorded by Sean Booth on a shortwave radio and gifted to BOC ([[Gyroscope]]) | * A number station broadcast recorded by Sean Booth on a shortwave radio and gifted to BOC ([[Gyroscope]]) | ||
* Reversed high notes played on a 12-string guitar (probably an acoustic guitar and most likely sped up) (end of [[Gyroscope]]) | * Reversed high notes played on a 12-string guitar (probably an acoustic guitar and most likely sped up) (end of [[Gyroscope]]) | ||
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* A grunting noise resembling the sound of a taut tope being pulled across the hull of a wooden ship ([[You Could Feel the Sky]]) | * A grunting noise resembling the sound of a taut tope being pulled across the hull of a wooden ship ([[You Could Feel the Sky]]) | ||
* "A god with horns" or "A god with hooves" ([[You Could Feel the Sky]]) | * "A god with horns" or "A god with hooves" ([[You Could Feel the Sky]]) | ||
β | * Whispered: "take my hand" ([[You Could Feel the Sky]], [[Seven Forty Seven]]) | + | * Whispered: "take my hand" ([[You Could Feel the Sky]], also in [[Seven Forty Seven]]) |
* Various young speakers discussing the nature of God, sampled from an album entitled "Family of God" ([[From One Source All Things Depend]]) | * Various young speakers discussing the nature of God, sampled from an album entitled "Family of God" ([[From One Source All Things Depend]]) | ||
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+ | == The Campfire Headphase == | ||
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* From an early 1970's anti-drug social hygiene film, a woman speaking and laughing ([[Chromakey Dreamcoat]]) | * From an early 1970's anti-drug social hygiene film, a woman speaking and laughing ([[Chromakey Dreamcoat]]) | ||
* Various voices including a baby crying ([[Peacock Tail]]) | * Various voices including a baby crying ([[Peacock Tail]]) | ||
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* An underlying drone sound that bears a strong resemblance to the drone heard in the cabin of an airliner during travel ([[Hey Saturday Sun]]) | * An underlying drone sound that bears a strong resemblance to the drone heard in the cabin of an airliner during travel ([[Hey Saturday Sun]]) | ||
* Shortwave radio noise, including morse, teletype, and various data signals, one which seems to be a Harris RF-5710 radio modem ([[Slow This Bird Down]]) | * Shortwave radio noise, including morse, teletype, and various data signals, one which seems to be a Harris RF-5710 radio modem ([[Slow This Bird Down]]) | ||
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+ | == Unsorted == | ||
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+ | * A child saying "Yeah!", reversed ([[Roygbiv]], [[Roygbiv#Alpha_Quest_Mix|ROYGBIV (Alpha Quest Mix)]]) | ||
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+ | * Two men and a woman, talking about a development plan for the Niagara River; woman might be from a different source ([[Niagara]]) | ||
+ | * A monologue, taken from a pornographic film, in which a young man tells of his first sexual experience ([[Sixtyniner]], [[Sir Prancelot Brainfire]]) | ||
+ | * A flute played in a Native American style at high pitch ([[Red Moss]]) | ||
+ | * An episode of Bob Vila's ''Home Again'', with dialogue heavily spliced ([[Concourse]]) | ||
+ | * A sample from Indeep's 1983 hit "Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life" ([[Nlogax]]) | ||
+ | * Exuberant conversation between several young adults suspected (but not confirmed) to be members of the Hexagon Sun collective ([[Turquoise Hexagon Sun]]) | ||
+ | * The "I feel proud" speech <ref><flashmp3>Different-mes-orig.mp3</flashmp3></ref> from [[Sesame Street]] ([[Whitewater]] [pitch-shifted and words rearranged], [[Sixtyten]] [reversed; beginning only], [[Sunshine Recorder]] ["Bye"'s only]) | ||
+ | * A woman's voice, sampled from the conclusion of a 1982 porn film entitled ''A Brief Affair'' ([[One Very Important Thought]] on [[BOC Maxima]]) | ||
+ | * A tinny, cyclic sound that is possibly part of a drum loop ([[Spectrum]], [[Twoism]]) | ||
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+ | * A commercial for Dirt Devil (a brand of portable vacuum cleaner). Voice over is spoken by a mature-sounding English man: "It's almost like having an upright in the palm of your hand. The Devil is lightweight (Devil), powerful (Devil), has a wide opening (Devil) with a revolving brush...Get a Devil." ([[Devil]], [[Peace-Tony-Devil]]) | ||
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+ | * A [[Sesame Street]] vignette in which a child sounds out the phrase "I love you" while attempting to write it out; at the end, the child giggles, and two metallic-sounding high notes are heard ([[The Color of the Fire]], [[The Color of the Fire|I Love U]], [[Korona]], [[Niagara]] (giggle/high notes only)) | ||
+ | * A drum fill from "Strawberry Fields Forever" by The Beatles ([[Kid For Today]], [[Sequoia]]) | ||
+ | * A basic (snare-)kick-kick-snare drum pattern ([[Oirectine]], [[5:9:78]]) (may just be similar-sounding different samples) | ||
+ | * A choir-like melodic/harmonic loop ([[Audiotrack 06|Old Tunes Vol. 1: Side A Audiotrack 6]], [[Seven Forty Seven]]) | ||
+ | * A drum loop with a wah effect applied ([[Audiotrack 08|Old Tunes Vol. 1: Side A Audiotrack 8]], [[June 9th]]) | ||
+ | * A choir-like melody ([[Audiotrack 12|Old Tunes Vol. 1: Side A Audiotrack 12]], [[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius (Version 3)]]) | ||
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+ | * A loop of bongos being played rapidly ([[Oirectine]], [[Mira Calix - Sandsings]]) | ||
+ | * A drum loop with a distinctive electronic closed hi-hat ([[Iced Cooly]], [[Seeya Later]], [[Smokes Quantity]]) | ||
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+ | * A Christian Science Monitor news segment about laws pertaining to immigrants in the USA, reversed ([[Michael Fakesch - Surfaise : The Trade Winds Mix By Boards Of Canada]]) | ||
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* A woman with a southern American accent apparently pulling up to a drive-through fast food ordering microphone and asking "Yes, what comes with, uh, chicken fingers?" ([[Dave (I'm A Real Traditionalist)]], [[Audiotrack 06|Old Tunes Vol. 1: Side A Audiotrack 6]]) | * A woman with a southern American accent apparently pulling up to a drive-through fast food ordering microphone and asking "Yes, what comes with, uh, chicken fingers?" ([[Dave (I'm A Real Traditionalist)]], [[Audiotrack 06|Old Tunes Vol. 1: Side A Audiotrack 6]]) | ||
For more detailed info on a particular sample, see the individual song pages.