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Energy Warning

2026-06-02T03:20:07Z

2603:9000:A5F0:9770:3585:FFB5:6685:C7B4: removing dead YT video

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Energy Warning
| runtime=0:35
| appearson=[[Geogaddi]]}}

== Comments ==

== Samples / Lyrics ==
* The beginning of the track is sampled from the 1991 documentary [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101853/ The Falls] by [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0573047/?ref_=tt_ov_dr_1 Kevin McMahon] <ref>{{#ev:youtube|UGrNQcPLwWE|480||||start= 3011 |false}}</ref><ref>https://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=14677</ref> at 50:18. The helicopter heard right afterwards is possibly used throughout the rest of the song too.

* The bulk of the track is a sample of a 1979 public information advert on the topic of energy conservation by the North American youth organisation, 4-H.<ref>[http://dt.prohosting.com/70s/childtv/psa4h.au Original audio from the 4-H energy conservation advert.]</ref><blockquote>''"Energy is becoming one of our country's greatest concerns, if we don't start working on energy conservation there may not be enough energy to go around by the time I'm a parent. We're going to learn about how we can solve some of our problems through alternative energy sources. You can learn more about energy too - call your county cooperative extension service for more information. Conserving energy is everyone's responsibility. Call 4-H to find out how you can do your part."''</blockquote>

* The garbled burbling noise heard on the track sounds similar to the "Havana Gurgler", a shortwave radio jamming station used by the Cuban government to render the unwelcomely democratic Radio Marti unlistenable.<ref>http://www.cvni.net/radio/nsnl/nsnl074/nsnl74vm.html</ref>

== Trivia ==

== Videos ==
{{#ev:youtube|xzS89ubAfq4}}

== External Links ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-H Wikipedia article on the 4-H organisation]

== References ==
<references />

[[Category:Released tracks]]
[[Category:Geogaddi tracks]]

The Word Becomes Flesh

2026-06-02T01:06:29Z

2603:9000:A5F0:9770:3585:FFB5:6685:C7B4: The full line this is taken from is "a membrane that eventually will completely surround the embryo"

{{Infobox Song|
| name=The Word Becomes Flesh
| runtime=5:20
| appearson=[[Inferno]]}}
"[[The Word Becomes Flesh]]" is the tenth track on [[Boards of Canada]]'s fifth studio album, ''[[Inferno]]''.

__TOC__

== Comments ==
* The track title is a direct biblical reference to verse 1:14 of the book of John; "The Word became Flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the on and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth."

== Samples / Lyrics ==
The source of the speech is sampled from Introduction to Development,<ref>https://archive.org/details/introductiontodevelopment</ref> a 1983 educational film by Vuke, George J. Using time-lapse, close-up photography, and illustrations, this work documents the developmental processes of an amphibian and a bird, covering stages from the fertilized egg to the formation of critical anatomical structures like the nervous system, gut, circulatory system, and heart.

<blockquote>
The head of the embryo grows forward and the gut elongates rearward 
The neural folds meet in the brain region, but do fuse 
At this stage, four pairs of somites, blocks of mesodermal tissue, have formed 
(''Remarkable development of the embryo in more detail'') 
As the head of the embryo grows forward 
The head fold further undercuts its anterior end 
(''If we open a fertilized egg that has just been laid, we see the yolk'') 
The neural folds fuse to form new sets 
Anterior end develops into a three-part brain 
(''These rope-like strands, called the chalazae, help to hold the yolk in position'') 
Early structures of the eye are now prominent 
Meanwhile 
(''The egg passes down the oviduct'') 
The embryo develops in an equally exciting manner 
In this later stage, a small embryo is already visible 
(''These rope-like strands, called the chalazae'') 
As a light-colored disk 
(''Called the blastoderm, the blastoderm, the central part of—'') 
Soon, blood vessels appear outside the embryo 
The heart develops and begins to beat 
(''By repeated cell divisions while the egg— called the chalazae'') 
The pattern of blood vessels over the egg expands 
Supplying the embryo with food and oxygen and removing waste 
(''Cell division continues and is restricted to the blastoderm'') 
As the embryo grows, brain, eyes, and other structures develop 
(''The extensive yolk of the egg does not divide'') 
Soon, a vigorously beating heart is pumping blood throughout the complex embryo 
Which is rapidly developing into a mature organism 
(''The cells move from both sides of the midline'') 
(''A long thickened area called the primitive streak'') 
Part of the blastoderm, the area pellucida, is translucent because it is over a liquid 
And the white of the egg 
Vessels over the yolk expands 
Some of the albumen becomes thickened and twisted as the egg passes down the oviduct 
(''The central part of—'') 
These rope-like strands, called the chalazae, help to hold the cells in position 
The blastoderm at this stage consists of many cells produced by repeated cell divisions 
While the egg was still within the organism 
(''The blastoderm, the area pellucida'') 
(''The central part of—, will completely surround the—, filled cavity'') 
(''Eyes, the midline, stage, develop'') 
(''The head of the embryo grows forward and the gut elongates'') 
(''Visible, the neural folds meet'') 
(''The outer portion, the area opaca, is opaque'') 
(''The cells move from both sides of the midline'') 
(''A long thickened area called the primitive streak'') 
</blockquote>

== Trivia ==
* The track was used in the end credits of [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26657236/ Backrooms] by [[wikipedia:Kane Parsons|Kane Parsons]], a film based on the [[wikipedia:Backrooms (web series)|web series]] and [[wikipedia:The Backrooms|creepypasta]] of the same name.<ref>[https://stereogum.com/2500808/backrooms-end-credits-song-is-from-boards-of-canadas-new-album "''Backrooms'' End Credits Song Is From Boards Of Canada’s New Album"], Margaret Farrell, Stereogum, 2026</ref> Parsons cites [[Boards of Canada|the duo]] as one of his influences for the film's score.<ref>[https://www.gq.com/story/backrooms-director-kane-parsons-influences "''Backrooms'' Director Kane Parsons on the Games, Shows, and YouTubers That Shaped Him"], Zack Hauptman, GQ, 2026</ref>
** Notably, ''[[Inferno]]'' and the film were released on the same day: May 29th, 2026. How [[wikipedia:A24|A24]] received early access to the track is unknown.

== Videos ==

{{#widget:YouTube|id=h2febHeN4sU}}

A video breaking down roughly the parts with the sample:

{{#widget:YouTube|id= MBwjblvs2Ag}}

== Audio ==
<spotify width="100%" height="380">track/2zKrt7YUpsKWEQagjS4rOQ </spotify>

== External links ==

== References ==
<references />

[[Category:Released tracks]]
[[Category:Inferno tracks]]

The Word Becomes Flesh

2026-06-02T00:51:41Z

2603:9000:A5F0:9770:3585:FFB5:6685:C7B4: splitting this into two lines

{{Infobox Song|
| name=The Word Becomes Flesh
| runtime=5:20
| appearson=[[Inferno]]}}
"[[The Word Becomes Flesh]]" is the tenth track on [[Boards of Canada]]'s fifth studio album, ''[[Inferno]]''.

__TOC__

== Comments ==
* The track title is a direct biblical reference to verse 1:14 of the book of John; "The Word became Flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the on and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth."

== Samples / Lyrics ==
The source of the speech is sampled from Introduction to Development,<ref>https://archive.org/details/introductiontodevelopment</ref> a 1983 educational film by Vuke, George J. Using time-lapse, close-up photography, and illustrations, this work documents the developmental processes of an amphibian and a bird, covering stages from the fertilized egg to the formation of critical anatomical structures like the nervous system, gut, circulatory system, and heart.

<blockquote>
The head of the embryo grows forward and the gut elongates rearward 
The neural folds meet in the brain region, but do fuse 
At this stage, four pairs of somites, blocks of mesodermal tissue, have formed 
(''Remarkable development of the embryo in more detail'') 
As the head of the embryo grows forward 
The head fold further undercuts its anterior end 
(''If we open a fertilized egg that has just been laid, we see the yolk'') 
The neural folds fuse to form new sets 
Anterior end develops into a three-part brain 
(''These rope-like strands, called the chalazae, help to hold the yolk in position'') 
Early structures of the eye are now prominent 
Meanwhile 
(''The egg passes down the oviduct'') 
The embryo develops in an equally exciting manner 
In this later stage, a small embryo is already visible 
(''These rope-like strands, called the chalazae'') 
As a light-colored disk 
(''Called the blastoderm, the blastoderm, the central part of—'') 
Soon, blood vessels appear outside the embryo 
The heart develops and begins to beat 
(''By repeated cell divisions while the egg— called the chalazae'') 
The pattern of blood vessels over the egg expands 
Supplying the embryo with food and oxygen and removing waste 
(''Cell division continues and is restricted to the blastoderm'') 
As the embryo grows, brain, eyes, and other structures develop 
(''The extensive yolk of the egg does not divide'') 
Soon, a vigorously beating heart is pumping blood throughout the complex embryo 
Which is rapidly developing into a mature organism 
(''The cells move from both sides of the midline'') 
(''A long thickened area called the primitive streak'') 
Part of the blastoderm, the area pellucida, is translucent because it is over a liquid 
And the white of the egg 
Vessels over the yolk expands 
Some of the albumen becomes thickened and twisted as the egg passes down the oviduct 
(''The central part of—'') 
These rope-like strands, called the chalazae, help to hold the cells in position 
The blastoderm at this stage consists of many cells produced by repeated cell divisions 
While the egg was still within the organism 
(''The blastoderm, the area pellucida'') 
(''The central part of—, which completely surrounds the—, filled cavity'') 
(''Eyes, the midline, stage, develop'') 
(''The head of the embryo grows forward and the gut elongates'') 
(''Visible, the neural folds meet'') 
(''The outer portion, the area opaca, is opaque'') 
(''The cells move from both sides of the midline'') 
(''A long thickened area called the primitive streak'') 
</blockquote>

== Trivia ==
* The track was used in the end credits of [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26657236/ Backrooms] by [[wikipedia:Kane Parsons|Kane Parsons]], a film based on the [[wikipedia:Backrooms (web series)|web series]] and [[wikipedia:The Backrooms|creepypasta]] of the same name.<ref>[https://stereogum.com/2500808/backrooms-end-credits-song-is-from-boards-of-canadas-new-album "''Backrooms'' End Credits Song Is From Boards Of Canada’s New Album"], Margaret Farrell, Stereogum, 2026</ref> Parsons cites [[Boards of Canada|the duo]] as one of his influences for the film's score.<ref>[https://www.gq.com/story/backrooms-director-kane-parsons-influences "''Backrooms'' Director Kane Parsons on the Games, Shows, and YouTubers That Shaped Him"], Zack Hauptman, GQ, 2026</ref>
** Notably, ''[[Inferno]]'' and the film were released on the same day: May 29th, 2026. How [[wikipedia:A24|A24]] received early access to the track is unknown.

== Videos ==

{{#widget:YouTube|id=h2febHeN4sU}}

A video breaking down roughly the parts with the sample:

{{#widget:YouTube|id= MBwjblvs2Ag}}

== Audio ==
<spotify width="100%" height="380">track/2zKrt7YUpsKWEQagjS4rOQ </spotify>

== External links ==

== References ==
<references />

[[Category:Released tracks]]
[[Category:Inferno tracks]]

The Word Becomes Flesh

2026-06-02T00:50:53Z

2603:9000:A5F0:9770:3585:FFB5:6685:C7B4: lyric formatting

{{Infobox Song|
| name=The Word Becomes Flesh
| runtime=5:20
| appearson=[[Inferno]]}}
"[[The Word Becomes Flesh]]" is the tenth track on [[Boards of Canada]]'s fifth studio album, ''[[Inferno]]''.

__TOC__

== Comments ==
* The track title is a direct biblical reference to verse 1:14 of the book of John; "The Word became Flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the on and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth."

== Samples / Lyrics ==
The source of the speech is sampled from Introduction to Development,<ref>https://archive.org/details/introductiontodevelopment</ref> a 1983 educational film by Vuke, George J. Using time-lapse, close-up photography, and illustrations, this work documents the developmental processes of an amphibian and a bird, covering stages from the fertilized egg to the formation of critical anatomical structures like the nervous system, gut, circulatory system, and heart.

<blockquote>
The head of the embryo grows forward and the gut elongates rearward 
The neural folds meet in the brain region, but do fuse 
At this stage, four pairs of somites, blocks of mesodermal tissue, have formed 
(''Remarkable development of the embryo in more detail'') 
As the head of the embryo grows forward 
The head fold further undercuts its anterior end 
(''If we open a fertilized egg that has just been laid, we see the yolk'') 
The neural folds fuse to form new sets 
Anterior end develops into a three-part brain 
(''These rope-like strands, called the chalazae, help to hold the yolk in position'') 
Early structures of the eye are now prominent 
Meanwhile 
(''The egg passes down the oviduct'') 
The embryo develops in an equally exciting manner 
In this later stage, a small embryo is already visible 
(''These rope-like strands, called the chalazae'') 
As a light-colored disk 
(''Called the blastoderm, the blastoderm, the central part of—'') 
Soon, blood vessels appear outside the embryo 
The heart develops and begins to beat 
(''By repeated cell divisions while the egg— called the chalazae'') 
The pattern of blood vessels over the egg expands 
Supplying the embryo with food and oxygen and removing waste 
(''Cell division continues and is restricted to the blastoderm'') 
As the embryo grows, brain, eyes, and other structures develop 
(''The extensive yolk of the egg does not divide'') 
Soon, a vigorously beating heart is pumping blood throughout the complex embryo 
Which is rapidly developing into a mature organism 
(''The cells move from both sides of the midline, a long thickened area called the primitive streak'') 
Part of the blastoderm, the area pellucida, is translucent because it is over a liquid 
And the white of the egg 
Vessels over the yolk expands 
Some of the albumen becomes thickened and twisted as the egg passes down the oviduct 
(''The central part of—'') 
These rope-like strands, called the chalazae, help to hold the cells in position 
The blastoderm at this stage consists of many cells produced by repeated cell divisions 
While the egg was still within the organism 
(''The blastoderm, the area pellucida'') 
(''The central part of—, which completely surrounds the—, filled cavity'') 
(''Eyes, the midline, stage, develop'') 
(''The head of the embryo grows forward and the gut elongates'') 
(''Visible, the neural folds meet'') 
(''The outer portion, the area opaca, is opaque'') 
(''The cells move from both sides of the midline, a long thickened area called the primitive streak'') 
</blockquote>

== Trivia ==
* The track was used in the end credits of [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26657236/ Backrooms] by [[wikipedia:Kane Parsons|Kane Parsons]], a film based on the [[wikipedia:Backrooms (web series)|web series]] and [[wikipedia:The Backrooms|creepypasta]] of the same name.<ref>[https://stereogum.com/2500808/backrooms-end-credits-song-is-from-boards-of-canadas-new-album "''Backrooms'' End Credits Song Is From Boards Of Canada’s New Album"], Margaret Farrell, Stereogum, 2026</ref> Parsons cites [[Boards of Canada|the duo]] as one of his influences for the film's score.<ref>[https://www.gq.com/story/backrooms-director-kane-parsons-influences "''Backrooms'' Director Kane Parsons on the Games, Shows, and YouTubers That Shaped Him"], Zack Hauptman, GQ, 2026</ref>
** Notably, ''[[Inferno]]'' and the film were released on the same day: May 29th, 2026. How [[wikipedia:A24|A24]] received early access to the track is unknown.

== Videos ==

{{#widget:YouTube|id=h2febHeN4sU}}

A video breaking down roughly the parts with the sample:

{{#widget:YouTube|id= MBwjblvs2Ag}}

== Audio ==
<spotify width="100%" height="380">track/2zKrt7YUpsKWEQagjS4rOQ </spotify>

== External links ==

== References ==
<references />

[[Category:Released tracks]]
[[Category:Inferno tracks]]

The Word Becomes Flesh

2026-06-02T00:49:35Z

2603:9000:A5F0:9770:3585:FFB5:6685:C7B4: formatting and adding missing word to lyrics

{{Infobox Song|
| name=The Word Becomes Flesh
| runtime=5:20
| appearson=[[Inferno]]}}
"[[The Word Becomes Flesh]]" is the tenth track on [[Boards of Canada]]'s fifth studio album, ''[[Inferno]]''.

__TOC__

== Comments ==
* The track title is a direct biblical reference to verse 1:14 of the book of John; "The Word became Flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the on and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth."

== Samples / Lyrics ==
The source of the speech is sampled from Introduction to Development,<ref>https://archive.org/details/introductiontodevelopment</ref> a 1983 educational film by Vuke, George J. Using time-lapse, close-up photography, and illustrations, this work documents the developmental processes of an amphibian and a bird, covering stages from the fertilized egg to the formation of critical anatomical structures like the nervous system, gut, circulatory system, and heart.

<blockquote>
The head of the embryo grows forward and the gut elongates rearward 
The neural folds meet in the brain region, but do fuse 
At this stage, four pairs of somites, blocks of mesodermal tissue, have formed 
(''Remarkable development of the embryo in more detail'') 
As the head of the embryo grows forward 
The head fold further undercuts its anterior end 
(''If we open a fertilized egg that has just been laid, we see the yolk'') 
The neural folds fuse to form new sets 
Anterior end develops into a three-part brain 
(''These rope-like strands, called the chalazae, help to hold the yolk in position'') 
Early structures of the eye are now prominent 
Meanwhile 
(''The egg passes down the oviduct'') 
The embryo develops in an equally exciting manner 
In this later stage, a small embryo is already visible 
(''These rope-like strands, called the chalazae'') 
As a light-colored disk 
(''Called the blastoderm, the blastoderm, the central part of—'') 
Soon, blood vessels appear outside the embryo 
The heart develops and begins to beat 
(''By repeated cell divisions while the egg— called the chalazae'') 
The pattern of blood vessels over the egg expands 
Supplying the embryo with food and oxygen and removing waste 
(''Cell division continues and is restricted to the blastoderm'') 
As the embryo grows, brain, eyes, and other structures develop 
(''The extensive yolk of the egg does not divide'') 
Soon, a vigorously beating heart is pumping blood throughout the complex embryo 
Which is rapidly developing into a mature organism 
(''The cells move from both sides of the midline, a long thickened area called the primitive streak'') 
Part of the blastoderm, the area pellucida, is translucent because it is over a liquid 
And the white of the egg 
Vessels over the yolk expands 
Some of the albumen becomes thickened and twisted as the egg passes down the oviduct 
(''The central part of—'') 
These rope-like strands, called the chalazae, help to hold the cells in position 
The blastoderm at this stage consists of many cells produced by repeated cell divisions 
While the egg was still within the organism 
(''The blastoderm, the area pellucida'') 
(''The central part of—, which completely surrounds the—, filled cavity'') 
(''Eyes, the midline, stage, develop'') 
(''The head of the embryo grows forward and the gut elongates'') 
(''Visible-- The neural folds meet'') 
(''The outer portion, the area opaca, is opaque'') 
(''The cells move from both sides of the midline, a long thickened area called the primitive streak'') 
</blockquote>

== Trivia ==
* The track was used in the end credits of [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26657236/ Backrooms] by [[wikipedia:Kane Parsons|Kane Parsons]], a film based on the [[wikipedia:Backrooms (web series)|web series]] and [[wikipedia:The Backrooms|creepypasta]] of the same name.<ref>[https://stereogum.com/2500808/backrooms-end-credits-song-is-from-boards-of-canadas-new-album "''Backrooms'' End Credits Song Is From Boards Of Canada’s New Album"], Margaret Farrell, Stereogum, 2026</ref> Parsons cites [[Boards of Canada|the duo]] as one of his influences for the film's score.<ref>[https://www.gq.com/story/backrooms-director-kane-parsons-influences "''Backrooms'' Director Kane Parsons on the Games, Shows, and YouTubers That Shaped Him"], Zack Hauptman, GQ, 2026</ref>
** Notably, ''[[Inferno]]'' and the film were released on the same day: May 29th, 2026. How [[wikipedia:A24|A24]] received early access to the track is unknown.

== Videos ==

{{#widget:YouTube|id=h2febHeN4sU}}

A video breaking down roughly the parts with the sample:

{{#widget:YouTube|id= MBwjblvs2Ag}}

== Audio ==
<spotify width="100%" height="380">track/2zKrt7YUpsKWEQagjS4rOQ </spotify>

== External links ==

== References ==
<references />

[[Category:Released tracks]]
[[Category:Inferno tracks]]