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| name=I Saw Through Platonia<br />
| runtime=2:39<br />
| appearson=[[Inferno]] (2026)}}<br />
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"[[I Saw Through Platonia]]" is the eighteenth and final track on [[Boards of Canada]]'s fifth studio album, ''[[Inferno]]''.<br />
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== Comments ==<br />
* The title "[[I Saw Through Platonia]]" most likely refers to the concept by British physicist [[wikipedia:Julian_Barbour|Julian Barbour]] called the realm of Platonia, an infinite timeless landscape which contains every possible arrangement and configuration of the universe.<ref>https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/4760621</ref><br />
** Itself influenced by [[wikipedia:Plato|Plato]]'s concept of the world of forms (called [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperuranion "Hyperuranion"] in the original Greek).<br />
* The melody in this track shares a slight resemblance to the melody in "[[R35TT B01]]".<br />
* Throughout the track, a beat resembling a heartbeat can be heard, up until the track abruptly ends.<br />
* There is 9 seconds of silence at the end of the track, presumably a callback to "[[Magic Window]]".<br />
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== Samples / Lyrics ==<br />
* The sound at the end of the track seems to be a carrier wave signal; a carrier wave is a steady high-frequency electromagnetic waveform which serves as a base to "carry" lower-frequency information from a transmitter to a receiver.<br />
* The auditory phenomenology common associated with the [[wikipedia:DMT|DMT]] experience, which shares commonalities with near-death experiences, is often described as "the carrier signal."<br />
* As of June 3rd, 2026, it has not been established whether the carrier wave signal at the end of this track contains information, or if so, what.<br />
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== Trivia ==<br />
* Intentional or not, the 9 seconds of silence at the end of the track brings the album to 69:51 minutes, which could be a callback to the earlier EPs, as the runtime of their 1995 EP “[[Twoism (EP)]]” (36:22) combined with the runtime of their 1996 EP “[[Hi Scores (EP)]]” (33:27) equals exactly 69:51 seconds, the full runtime of [[Inferno]]<br />
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== Videos ==<br />
{{#widget:YouTube|id=K5t9ZfZUjQk}}<br />
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== Audio ==<br />
<spotify width="100%" height="380">track/5an1rwnU7xSaAzuUiyHYBy </spotify><br />
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== See Also ==<br />
* "[[R35TT B01]]"<br />
* "[[Magic Window]]"<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Released tracks]]<br />
[[Category:Inferno tracks]]</div>2600:4041:43EE:700:356A:38FA:E721:9B28https://bocpages.org/w/index.php?title=I_Saw_Through_Platonia&diff=21789I Saw Through Platonia2026-06-19T01:40:33Z<p>2600:4041:43EE:700:356A:38FA:E721:9B28: /* Trivia */</p>
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<div>{{Infobox Song|<br />
| name=I Saw Through Platonia<br />
| runtime=2:39<br />
| appearson=[[Inferno]] (2026)}}<br />
<br />
"[[I Saw Through Platonia]]" is the eighteenth and final track on [[Boards of Canada]]'s fifth studio album, ''[[Inferno]]''.<br />
<br />
__TOC__<br />
<br />
<br />
== Comments ==<br />
* The title "[[I Saw Through Platonia]]" most likely refers to the concept by British physicist [[wikipedia:Julian_Barbour|Julian Barbour]] called the realm of Platonia, an infinite timeless landscape which contains every possible arrangement and configuration of the universe.<ref>https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/4760621</ref><br />
** Itself influenced by [[wikipedia:Plato|Plato]]'s concept of the world of forms (called [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperuranion "Hyperuranion"] in the original Greek).<br />
* The melody in this track shares a slight resemblance to the melody in "[[R35TT B01]]".<br />
* Throughout the track, a beat resembling a heartbeat can be heard, up until the track abruptly ends.<br />
* There is 9 seconds of silence at the end of the track, presumably a callback to "[[Magic Window]]".<br />
<br />
== Samples / Lyrics ==<br />
* The sound at the end of the track seems to be a carrier wave signal; a carrier wave is a steady high-frequency electromagnetic waveform which serves as a base to "carry" lower-frequency information from a transmitter to a receiver.<br />
* The auditory phenomenology common associated with the [[wikipedia:DMT|DMT]] experience, which shares commonalities with near-death experiences, is often described as "the carrier signal."<br />
* As of June 3rd, 2026, it has not been established whether the carrier wave signal at the end of this track contains information, or if so, what.<br />
<br />
== Trivia ==<br />
* Intentional or not, the 9 seconds of silence at the end of the track brings the album to 69:51 minutes, which could be a callback to the earlier EPs, as the runtime of their 1995 EP “Twoism” (36:22) combined with the runtime of their 1996 EP “Hi Scores” equals exactly 69:51 seconds, the full runtime of []Inferno]]<br />
<br />
== Videos ==<br />
{{#widget:YouTube|id=K5t9ZfZUjQk}}<br />
<br />
== Audio ==<br />
<spotify width="100%" height="380">track/5an1rwnU7xSaAzuUiyHYBy </spotify><br />
<br />
== See Also ==<br />
* "[[R35TT B01]]"<br />
* "[[Magic Window]]"<br />
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== External links ==<br />
<br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
<references /><br />
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[[Category:Released tracks]]<br />
[[Category:Inferno tracks]]</div>2600:4041:43EE:700:356A:38FA:E721:9B28