Hooper Bay

Hooper Bay
Label(s)	Music70
Catalogue No(s)	THS012
Release date(s)	1994
Format(s)	12" Cassette
Running time(s)	30:52

Hooper Bay is the name of Boards of Canada's fifth known release. Hooper Bay introduced the use of children's voices (see Jockey Slut interview), a technique which would remain a staple of the band's style through the release of Geogaddi. It has been said that the three longest tracks on the EP mark the beginning of the band's "mature phase".^[1]

Hooper Bay is also Alaskan village, a Cup'ik Eskimo settlement; the native name is Naparagamiut, but the name "hooper bay" came from a Post Office with that name established in the area.

Of the EP's five tracks, only a 35-second excerpt of Circle^[2] (posted on the EHX website in the late 1990s) has been heard by those outside of the band's friends and family. A set of MP3s labeled Hooper Bay but with significantly shorter track times than the actual EP can be found on P2P networks; however, this set is mis-labeled and is not music by Boards of Canada.

[edit] Tracks

1. "Seward Leaf" – 7:02
2. "Geiser" – 5:15
3. "Circle" – 2:38
4. "Noatak" – 8:41
5. "Point Hope" – 7:16

[edit] References

1. ↑ http://www.scaruffi.com/vol6/boardsof.html#boc
2. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s-LHQdQnsU