artists mentioned by Boards of Canada in their interviews
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* [Nick Potter] has pointed out some interesting things about this blank track, and the cryptic frequency: 150-160 KHz (not MHz) is among the ranges given for Bearden's "Magic Windows" (see [http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/2888/freq6.phpl], specifically, the bottom half of the listing, which mentions Bearden's book "Excalibur Briefing" - you'll find the discussion of magic window frequencies there). Another interesting possible reference is that "Magic Window" is the name of an American educational magazine for children - see [http://www.largeprintreviews.com/childmagicwindow_magazine.phpl] for more information. Since [[Boards of Canada|BoC]] often combine several meanings and references in their titles, it might be a reference to any of these. | * [Nick Potter] has pointed out some interesting things about this blank track, and the cryptic frequency: 150-160 KHz (not MHz) is among the ranges given for Bearden's "Magic Windows" (see [http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/2888/freq6.phpl], specifically, the bottom half of the listing, which mentions Bearden's book "Excalibur Briefing" - you'll find the discussion of magic window frequencies there). Another interesting possible reference is that "Magic Window" is the name of an American educational magazine for children - see [http://www.largeprintreviews.com/childmagicwindow_magazine.phpl] for more information. Since [[Boards of Canada|BoC]] often combine several meanings and references in their titles, it might be a reference to any of these. | ||
* It is of interest that the [[Music70|music70 website]] lists the track as "magic window fnord". Those familiar with "The Illuminatus! Trilogy" will recognize the reference. [Nick Potter] submitted the following observation: in the novel, "fnord" is a word that people in general have been trained not to see - instead, it merely induces a vague feeling of anxiety in the reader. The [[Music70|music70]] listing may therefore have a slightly deeper meaning than being a simple reference to the novel; it may be a jokey suggestion that the track is indeed present, but that we have simply been programmed not to hear it. | * It is of interest that the [[Music70|music70 website]] lists the track as "magic window fnord". Those familiar with "The Illuminatus! Trilogy" will recognize the reference. [Nick Potter] submitted the following observation: in the novel, "fnord" is a word that people in general have been trained not to see - instead, it merely induces a vague feeling of anxiety in the reader. The [[Music70|music70]] listing may therefore have a slightly deeper meaning than being a simple reference to the novel; it may be a jokey suggestion that the track is indeed present, but that we have simply been programmed not to hear it. | ||
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