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Sunshine Recorder

2013-05-06T19:38:07Z

Carotch:

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Sunshine Recorder
| runtime=6.13
| appearson=[[Geogaddi]]}}

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== Comments ==
* The Campbell-Stokes <ref>http://www.gov.im/airport/virtual/meteor/met/sunrecorder.xml sunshine recorder </ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20090301025924/http://www.gov.im/airport/virtual/meteor/met/sunrecorder.xml web archive copy </ref> consists of a glass globe which focuses sunlight onto a card behind, leaving a record (in burnmarks) of sunshine throughout the day. [DC]

== Samples / Lyrics ==
* ''"a beautiful place''", ''"an ea - gle in your mi - nd"'', ''"bye bye, bye bye bye"''. That last part is explained in "[[Whitewater]]" lyrics in ''[[Boc Maxima]]''.
* At 0:24, the drums come in along with a heavy cranking sound, like big gears turning, that continues until 5:37.

== Trivia ==

== Videos ==
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== External links==

== References ==
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[[Category:Released tracks]]
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Sunshine Recorder

2013-05-06T19:33:12Z

Carotch:

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Sunshine Recorder
| runtime=6.13
| appearson=[[Geogaddi]]}}

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== Comments ==
* The Campbell-Stokes <ref>http://www.gov.im/airport/virtual/meteor/met/sunrecorder.xml sunshine recorder </ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20090301025924/http://www.gov.im/airport/virtual/meteor/met/sunrecorder.xml web archive copy </ref> consists of a glass globe which focuses sunlight onto a card behind, leaving a record (in burnmarks) of sunshine throughout the day. [DC]

== Samples / Lyrics ==
* ''"a beautiful place''", ''"an ea - gle in your mi - nd"'', ''"bye bye, bye bye bye"''. That last part is explained in [[Whitewater]] lyrics in [[Boc Maxima]].
* At 0:24, the drums come in along with a heavy cranking sound, like big gears turning, that continues until 5:37.

== Trivia ==

== Videos ==
{{#ev:youtube|H8_yUaI5jRQ|250}}

== External links==

== References ==
<references/>

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

Dandelion

2013-05-06T19:18:16Z

Carotch:

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Dandelion
| runtime=1:15
| appearson=[[Geogaddi]]}}

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== Comments ==
* Play "[[Dandelion]]" in reverse, and a richer melody will become evident. The "[[Dandelion]]" of the track is apparently a deep-sea creature, perhaps an anemone. Attempts to bring one to the surface resulted in its disintegration because of pressure changes. The narration describes attempts to make a device to bring one to the surface intact. [Oscar Bartos]

== Samples / Lyrics ==
* The vocal heard over the track is the narative of Leslie Nielsen from a National Geographic film. He served as the host of [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0068070 The Explorers], as well as narrating [http://www.beyond.com.au/television/catalogue/wildlife_natural_history/3.phpl The Blue Frontier] series of nature films, along with several other nature films for National Geographic.
<blockquote>
"When lava pours out near the sea surface, tremendous volcanic explosions sometimes occur. In time, submarine sea-mounts or islands are formed. When lava flows underwater, it behaves differently. And a new contraption to capture a 'dandelion' in one piece has been put together by the crew. The preparation for a dive is always a tense time. When lava pours out near the sea surface, tremendous volcanic explosions sometimes occur..."
</blockquote>
* It's possible that the sample came from this documentary, [http://www.worldcat.org/title/dive-to-the-edge-of-creation/oclc/009448439 Dive to the Edge of Creation].

== Trivia ==
* Dandelions or Sea Dandelions (Dromalia alexandri) are a species of sea anemone <ref> http://www.nationalgeographic.com/seas/index.phpl?expeditions:channel:dispatch_07_16_2000 </ref> <ref>http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/ventcd/vent_discovery/thediscovery/trail_spring79.html</ref>

== Videos ==
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== External links==

== References ==
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Dandelion

2013-05-06T19:17:34Z

Carotch:

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Dandelion
| runtime=1:15
| appearson=[[Geogaddi]]}}

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== Comments ==
* Play "[[Dandelion]]" in reverse, and a richer melody will become evident. The "[[Dandelion]]" of the track is apparently a deep-sea creature, perhaps an anemone. Attempts to bring one to the surface resulted in its disintegration because of pressure changes. The narration describes attempts to make a device to bring one to the surface intact. [Oscar Bartos]

== Samples / Lyrics ==
* The vocal heard over the track is the narative of Leslie Nielsen from a National Geographic film. He served as the host of [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0068070 The Explorers], as well as narrating [http://www.beyond.com.au/television/catalogue/wildlife_natural_history/3.phpl The Blue Frontier] series of nature films, along with several other nature films for National Geographic.
<blockquote>
"When lava pours out near the sea surface, tremendous volcanic explosions sometimes occur. In time, submarine sea-mounts or islands are formed. When lava flows underwater, it behaves differently. And a new contraption to capture a 'dandelion' in one piece has been put together by the crew. The preparation for a dive is always a tense time. When lava pours out near the sea surface, tremendous volcanic explosions sometimes occur..."
</blockquote>
* It's possible that the sample came from this documentary [http://www.worldcat.org/title/dive-to-the-edge-of-creation/oclc/009448439 , Dive to the Edge of Creation].

== Trivia ==
* Dandelions or Sea Dandelions (Dromalia alexandri) are a species of sea anemone <ref> http://www.nationalgeographic.com/seas/index.phpl?expeditions:channel:dispatch_07_16_2000 </ref> <ref>http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/ventcd/vent_discovery/thediscovery/trail_spring79.html</ref>

== Videos ==
{{#ev:youtube|t27K_F8DQB4|250}}
{{#ev:youtube|ybdy-VtdYaU|250}}

== External links==

== References ==
<references/>

Gyroscope

2013-05-06T19:06:24Z

Carotch:

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Gyroscope
| runtime=3.35
| appearson=[[Geogaddi]]}}

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== Comments ==

== Samples / Lyrics ==
* The drum loop passes quickly between the right and left channel. When wearing headphones, it sounds like it's spinning around your head. When reversed, it spins the other direction.
* Samples the famous [[wikipedia:Conet Project|Conet Project]] which compiled various recordings of "number stations" and shortwave radio transmissions. This starts at about 48 seconds into the song.
** Mike and Marcus have admitted to having an interest in shortwave radios in their formative years, and stated that some of their really early (i.e. pre-[[Boards of Canada|BoC]]) music was made by chopping up recorded shortwave transmissions. They have never explicitly mentioned these so-called "numbers stations", but those who have heard such transmissions can testify to similar qualities in some of their music: grainy synthetic transmissions that swing between perky, simple tunes or mysterious noises, and children's voices, or even sheer aural terror.
* There is also some reversed guitar parts that swirl into the mix near the end of the track, which some have said may be from a 12-string.
* Brian Palan mentioned that the voice reading numbers in "[[Gyroscope]]" on ''[[Geogaddi]]'' isn't from the film Mercury Rising but that it's taken from a recording on the [[wikipedia:Conet Project|Conet Project]] boxed set. The [[wikipedia:Conet Project|Conet Project]] documents "numbers stations" which are found all along the shortwave radio spectrum. They're used by the world's intelligence agencies to send secret messages to agents in the field. <ref>http://www.irdial.com/conet.htm</ref>

== Trivia ==
* When asked of one memorable experience from the production of ''[[Geogaddi]]'', [[Marcus_Eoin|Marcus Eoin]] stated <ref>[[Interviews#2002-02:_HMV|HMV Interview]]</ref>:
<blockquote>"Yeah for me it would be the track "[[Gyroscope]]". I dreamed the sound of it, and although I've recreated dreamt songs before, I managed to do that one so quickly that the end result was 99% like my dream. It spooks me to listen to it now."</blockquote>

== Videos ==
{{#ev:youtube|gYP6f4DQKLc|250}}

== External links==

== References ==
<references/>

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

Gyroscope

2013-05-06T19:02:24Z

Carotch:

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Gyroscope
| runtime=3.35
| appearson=[[Geogaddi]]}}

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== Comments ==

== Samples / Lyrics ==
* The drum loop passes quickly between the right and left channel. When wearing headphones, it sounds like it's spinning around your head. When reversed, it spins the other direction.
* Samples the famous [[wikipedia:Conet Project|Conet Project]] which compiled various recordings of "number stations" and shortwave radio transmissions. This starts at about 48 seconds into the song.
** Mike and Marcus have admitted to having an interest in shortwave radios in their formative years, and stated that some of their really early (i.e. pre-[[Boards of Canada|BoC]]) music was made by chopping up recorded shortwave transmissions. They have never explicitly mentioned these so-called "numbers stations", but those who have heard such transmissions can testify to similar qualities in some of their music: grainy synthetic transmissions that swing between perky, simple tunes or mysterious noises, and children's voices, or even sheer aural terror.
* There is also some reversed guitar parts that swirl into the mix near the end of the track, which some have said may be from a 12-string.
* [Brian Palan] mentioned that the voice reading numbers in "[[Gyroscope]]" on ''[[Geogaddi]]'' isn't from the film Mercury Rising but that it's taken from a recording on the Conet Project boxed set. The Conet Project documents "numbers stations" which are found all along the shortwave radio spectrum. They're used by the world's intelligence agencies to send secret messages to agents in the field. <ref>[http://www.irdial.com/conet.htm]</ref>

== Trivia ==
* When asked of one memorable experience from the production of ''[[Geogaddi]]'', [[Marcus_Eoin|Marcus Eoin]] stated <ref>[[Interviews#2002-02:_HMV|HMV Interview]]</ref>:
<blockquote>"Yeah for me it would be the track "[[Gyroscope]]". I dreamed the sound of it, and although I've recreated dreamt songs before, I managed to do that one so quickly that the end result was 99% like my dream. It spooks me to listen to it now."</blockquote>

== Videos ==
{{#ev:youtube|gYP6f4DQKLc|250}}

== External links==

== References ==
<references/>

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

Beware The Friendly Stranger

2013-05-06T18:52:11Z

Carotch:

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Beware The Friendly Stranger
| runtime=0.38
| appearson=[[Geogaddi]]}}

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== Comments ==

== Samples / Lyrics ==
* Contains a crackling campfire coupled with a short synth line to transition into the next song. It has been used several times a sort of theme song to [http://www.fat-pie.com/ David Firth]'s "[http://www.fat-pie.com/salad.htm Salad Fingers]" flash cartoon series.

== Trivia ==
* The 'Friendly Stranger' is mentioned, as the name of a bar, in "The Illuminatus! Trilogy". It's in the chapter entitled "the second trip, or chokmah":
<blockquote>"Then I met Mao Tsu-hsi.  It was April 30, Walpurgasnacht (pause for thunder on the soundtrack), and I was rapping with some of the crowd at the Friendly Stranger.  H.P. Lovecraft (the rock group, not the writer) was conducting services in the back room, pounding away at the door to Acid Land in the gallant effort, new and striking that year, to break in on waves of sound without any chemical skeleton key at all ..."</blockquote>
* [[Image:Beware-the-friendly-stranger.jpg]]
 
* There was a PSA released in the '50s that portrayed homosexuals as predators, and contained the line "If you meet a stranger, be careful if they are too friendly."<ref>http://www.understandingprejudice.org/multimedia/heterosexism.htm "</ref> The song title may be a reference to this.

== Videos ==
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== References ==

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[[Category:Geogaddi tracks]]
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Music Is Math

2013-05-06T18:47:29Z

Carotch:

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Music Is Math
| runtime=5:20
| appearson=[[Geogaddi]]}}

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== Comments ==

== Samples / Lyrics ==
* The theme "The Past Inside The Present" is continued within this track. In addition to these vocals, there is a soft "Purple" uttered twice during this song, first at the 3:52 mark and then again at 3:54.
* [dave_from_2001] suggests that the voice near the end (around 3:52) could be saying "be careful".
* The vocoder that enters at 1:15 is believed to be saying "We all fall down".<ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1637</ref> (Or possibly "yel-low ball.")

== Trivia ==
*Ranked #384 on Pitchfork Medias top 500 Songs of the 2000's.<ref> http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7685-the-top-500-tracks-of-the-2000s-500-201/</ref>

== Videos ==
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[[Category:Released tracks]]
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Semena Mertvykh

2013-05-01T12:15:27Z

Carotch:

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Semena Mertvykh
| runtime=3:30
| appearson=[[Tomorrow's Harvest|Tomorrow's Harvest]]}}

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[[Category: Released tracks]]
[[Category: Tomorrow's Harvest tracks]]

== Comments ==

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== Trivia ==

*Semena Mertvykh (Семена Мертвых) is Russian for "Seeds of the Dead". <ref>http://translate.google.com/#ru/en/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0%20%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%85</ref>

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Come To Dust

2013-05-01T12:14:59Z

Carotch:

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Come To Dust
| runtime=4:07
| appearson=[[Tomorrow's Harvest|Tomorrow's Harvest]]}}

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[[Category: Released tracks]]
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New Seeds

2013-05-01T12:14:28Z

Carotch:

{{Infobox Song|
| name=New Seeds
| runtime=5:39
| appearson=[[Tomorrow's Harvest|Tomorrow's Harvest]]}}

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[[Category: Released tracks]]
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== Comments ==
* This song title was alluded to during the [[Record Store Day incident#YouTube|Record Store Day incident]] when a clue uploaded to the official hellinterface YouTube account was titled "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDKGVd7B7Sk nuevas semillas]," which is "new seeds" in Spanish.

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Sundown

2013-05-01T12:14:00Z

Carotch:

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Sundown
| runtime=2:16
| appearson=[[Tomorrow's Harvest|Tomorrow's Harvest]]}}

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[[Category: Released tracks]]
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Nothing Is Real

2013-05-01T12:13:36Z

Carotch:

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Nothing Is Real
| runtime=3:52
| appearson=[[Tomorrow's Harvest|Tomorrow's Harvest]]}}

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[[Category: Released tracks]]
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== Comments ==

== Samples / Lyrics ==

== Trivia ==
*The title may be a reference to the Beatles' song 'Strawberry Fields Forever', which contains the line 'Nothing is real, and nothing to get hung about', this may be relevant, as in interviews the Sandison brothers have expressed a strong interest in the Beatles' psychedelic works, Strawberry Fields Forever being one of their most psychedelic.

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Uritual

2013-05-01T12:12:50Z

Carotch:

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Uritual
| runtime=1:59
| appearson=[[Tomorrow's Harvest|Tomorrow's Harvest]]}}

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[[Category: Released tracks]]
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Split Your Infinities

2013-05-01T12:12:22Z

Carotch:

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Split Your Infinities
| runtime=4:28
| appearson=[[Tomorrow's Harvest|Tomorrow's Harvest]]}}

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[[Category: Released tracks]]
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Palace Posy

2013-05-01T12:11:41Z

Carotch:

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Palace Posy
| runtime=4:05
| appearson=[[Tomorrow's Harvest|Tomorrow's Harvest]]}}

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[[Category: Released tracks]]
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Collapse

2013-05-01T12:11:21Z

Carotch:

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Collapse
| runtime=2:49
| appearson=[[Tomorrow's Harvest|Tomorrow's Harvest]]}}

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[[Category: Released tracks]]
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Sick Times

2013-05-01T12:10:48Z

Carotch:

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Sick Times
| runtime=4:16
| appearson=[[Tomorrow's Harvest|Tomorrow's Harvest]]}}

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[[Category: Released tracks]]
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Transmisiones Ferox

2013-05-01T12:10:17Z

Carotch:

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Transmisiones Ferox
| runtime=2:18
| appearson=[[Tomorrow's Harvest|Tomorrow's Harvest]]}}

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[[Category: Released tracks]]
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== Comments ==

== Samples / Lyrics ==

== Trivia ==
*Transmisiones is a Spanish word meaning "Transmissions".
*Ferox is a Latin word meaning "fierce" or "aggressive".

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Cold Earth

2013-05-01T12:09:28Z

Carotch:

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Cold Earth
| runtime=3:42
| appearson=[[Tomorrow's Harvest|Tomorrow's Harvest]]}}

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Telepath

2013-05-01T12:09:05Z

Carotch:

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Telepath
| runtime=1:32
| appearson=[[Tomorrow's Harvest|Tomorrow's Harvest]]}}

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Jacquard Causeway

2013-05-01T12:08:32Z

Carotch:

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Jacquard Causeway
| runtime=6:35
| appearson=[[Tomorrow's Harvest|Tomorrow's Harvest]]}}

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[[Category: Released tracks]]
[[Category: Tomorrow's Harvest tracks]]

== Comments ==

== Samples / Lyrics ==

== Trivia ==
*Jacquard may refer to a Jacquard Weave, also known as a Jacquard loom. It is a fabric in which the design is incorporated into the weave instead of being printed or dyed on. A Causeway is a road or railway route across a broad body of water or wetland raised up on an embankment.
*Jacquard may also refer to Albert Jacquard, a geneticist well known for defending the concept of 'degrowth'. 'Degrowthists' aim to maximize happiness and well-being through non-consumptive means—sharing work, consuming less, while devoting more time to art, music, family, culture and community. Jacquard also took a strong stand against commercial use of the human genome in the 1990s.

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White Cyclosa

2013-05-01T12:07:26Z

Carotch:

{{Infobox Song|
| name=White Cyclosa
| runtime=3:13
| appearson=[[Tomorrow's Harvest|Tomorrow's Harvest]]}}

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[[Category: Released tracks]]
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== Comments ==

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== Trivia ==
*Cyclosa may refer to a species of Spider part of the Araneidae family which creates life-size decoys of itself in order to hunt for its prey. <ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8135000/8135844.stm</ref>

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Reach For The Dead

2013-05-01T12:03:40Z

Carotch:

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Reach For The Dead
| runtime=4:47
| appearson=[[Tomorrow's Harvest|Tomorrow's Harvest]]}}

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Gemini

2013-05-01T12:03:06Z

Carotch:

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Gemini
| runtime=2:56
| appearson=[[Tomorrow's Harvest|Tomorrow's Harvest]]}}

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== Comments ==

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== Trivia ==
*Gemini is a subcritical nuclear test project ran by The National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA). The NNSA runs the U.S. nuclear warhead program. Read more about Project Gemini here: http://www.wslfweb.org/docs/WSLF%20Issue%20Update--Subcritical%20Tests%20Fall%202012.pdf

*Gemini (♊) is also the third astrological sign in the Zodiac.

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Gemini

2013-05-01T12:02:53Z

Carotch:

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Gemini
| runtime=2:56
| appearson=[[Tomorrow's Harvest|Tomorrow's Harvest]]}}

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[[Category: Released tracks]]
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== Comments ==

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== Trivia ==
*Gemini is a subcritical nuclear test project ran by The National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA). The NNSA runs the U.S. nuclear warhead program. Read more about Project Gemini here: http://www.wslfweb.org/docs/WSLF%20Issue%20Update--Subcritical%20Tests%20Fall%202012.pdf

*Gemini (♊) is also the third astrological sign in the Zodiac.

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Happy Cycling

2013-05-01T12:00:39Z

Carotch: video added

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Happy Cycling
| runtime=1:49 ([[A Few Old Tunes|AFOT]]) 7:51 ([[MHTRTC]]) 7:56 ([[Peel Session]]) 7:27 ([[Live @ Warp10]]) 7:55 ([[All Tomorrow's Parties|ATP]]) 5:07 ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ-Kicks:_Kid_Loco DJ-Kicks: Kid Loco])
| appearson=[[A Few Old Tunes|AFOT]] [[MHTRTC]] [[Peel Session]] [[Live @ Warp10]] [[All Tomorrow's Parties|ATP]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ-Kicks:_Kid_Loco DJ-Kicks: Kid Loco]}}

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== Comments ==
*[[Happy Cycling]] is the name of two unrelated musical compositions by [[Boards of Canada]]: an earlier piece appearing on [[A Few Old Tunes]], and a later composition which forms the basis of all tracks named [[Happy Cycling]] on [[Boards of Canada]]'s [[Discography|general releases]] and known [[Discography#Live_Bootlegs|live recordings]].
*A shorter version of the recent one also appears in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ-Kicks:_Kid_Loco Kid Loco's DJ-Kicks].
* [Alex D] - there is an electronic music company called [http://www.cycling74.com/ cycling 74], who make MAX/MSP among other things; and it could just possibly be a reference to that.
*[Mark S] - Many have suspected the title as being a reference to Albert Hofmann's trip on LSD known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_LSD Bicycle Day].
*[Forfy] - The Peel Session version was used in season two, episode twelve of Six Feet Under.

== Samples / Lyrics ==
* Though it is still a matter of debate, the eerie choir heard throughout much of [[Happy Cycling]] is thought to have been sampled from Stanley Kubrick's [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062622/ 2001: A Space Odyssey] or possibly Norman Jewison's [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070239/ Jesus Christ Superstar].
* The backmasked vocals beginning roughly at 6:25 are thought to be of an interview with Jeff Lynne of the Electric Light Orchestra. The subject seems to be ELO's supposed use of backmasking on their song "Eldorado" from the album of the same name, and the controversy thereof. Though the vocals are occasionally difficult to understand when reversed, the following transcript is relatively complete:
:(Interviewer's voice): ''"... to tell us about backwards masking ??? and the Electric Light Orchestra. A whole crowd of ... got all ... because they thought that if ... but, when it was hand-spun backwards on a turntable, and it said something like 'Christ is inferno'. Anyway, it was enough to ... cause some problems for ELO and Jeff Lynn in particular."''
:(Jeff Lynn's voice): ''"It is absolutely ...don't ask why I said that. It didn't say anything, anything of the sort. And uhm, that was total...in fact, it was a mistake, isn't it. Because anyone who can write a song played forwards and have it say something else backwards has got to be some kind of genius, and that I ain't! I was upset at first by the accusations, you know, but now, but now I would find them funny ... we're totally innocent of all those claims ... and we're all God-fearing chaps!"''
* [Sam Lambert] has pointed out yet another of those little details in the track that can be so easily overlooked. During the first part of the track, whenever the seagull sounds are heard, there is also a sound like a man singing, rather faint and tinny.
* The loop that carries the track is sampled from Pink Floyd's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S49XwdRMcy0 "Heart Beat, Pig Meat"]

== Trivia ==

== Videos ==

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== External Links ==
*Click [http://skytree.earstroke.com/Public/Happy_Cycling_ELO_Backmask.mp3 here] to listen to the backmasked vocals at the end of Happy Cycling. The clip has been reversed, and hard panned to the right channel to boost the vocals.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BackmaskingBackmasking] on Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_light_orchestra Electric Light Orchestra] on Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Lynne Jeff Lynne] on Wikipedia
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062622/ Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey"] on IMDB
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070239/ Norman Jewison's "Jesus Christ Superstar"] on IMDB
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ-Kicks:_Kid_Loco DJ-Kicks: Kid Loco] on Wikipedia

== References ==

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One Very Important Thought

2013-05-01T11:59:20Z

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{{Infobox Song|
| name=One Very Important Thought
| runtime=1:05 ([[BoC Maxima]]) 1:14 ([[MHTRTC]])
| appearson=[[Boc Maxima]] [[MHTRTC]]}}

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==Comments==
* Two versions exist of the track. The earlier version on [[BoC Maxima]] contains a vocal sample from the conclusion of a 1982 adult film titled "[http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0123570/ A Brief Affair]" altered by a flanger effect. For the later version on [[Music Has the Right to Children]], the text was re-recorded and slightly altered, adding a reference to the Boards of Canada.
* The pitch of the music rises gradually during the track, which can be noticed clearly by rewinding the track or playing it twice in succession.

== Samples / Lyrics ==
*Original sampled version on [[BoC Maxima]]:
<blockquote>
"Now that the show is over, and we have jointly exercised our constitutional rights, we would like to leave you with one very important thought: Some time in the future, you may have the opportunity to serve as a juror in a so-called obscenity case. It would be wise to remember that the same people who would stop you from viewing an adult film may be back next year to complain about a book, or even a TV program. If you can be told what you can see or read, then it follows that you can be told what to say or think. Defend your constitutionally protected rights - no one else will do it for you. Thank you."
</blockquote>
*Re-recorded version on [[Music Has the Right to Children]]:
<blockquote>
"Now that the show is over, and we have jointly exercised our constitutional rights, we would like to leave you with one very important thought: Some time in the future, you may have the opportunity to serve as a juror in a censorship case or a so-called obscenity case. It would be wise to remember that the same people who would stop you from listening to Boards of Canada may be back next year to complain about a book, or even a TV program. If you can be told what you can see or read, then it follows that you can be told what to say or think. Defend your constitutionally protected rights - no one else will do it for you. Thank you.
</blockquote>

== Trivia ==

== Videos ==

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== External links==

==References==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhAOFIEJR0k Youtube: Video clip of the 1982 adult film "A Brief Affair" containing the original sample]

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Open the Light

2013-05-01T11:58:09Z

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{{Infobox Song|
| name=Open the Light
| runtime=4.25
| appearson=[[Music Has the Right to Children|MHTRTC]]}}

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== Comments ==

== Samples / Lyrics ==

== Trivia ==

== Videos ==

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== External links==

== References ==

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Smokes Quantity

2013-05-01T11:56:56Z

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{{Infobox Song|
| name=Smokes Quantity
| runtime=3:10 ([[Twoism]]) 3:07 ([[MHTRTC]])
| appearson=[[Twoism]] [[MHTRTC]]}}

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== Comments ==
*As explained by [[Boards of Canada]]: "Smokes Quantity" is the nickname of a friend of ours" ([[Forcefield 1998]]).
*First appeared on the album Twoism under the same name but with a secret track near the end called "[[1986 Summer Fire]]".

== Samples / Lyrics ==

== Trivia ==

== Videos ==

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== External links==

== References ==

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Pete Standing Alone

2013-05-01T11:55:29Z

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{{Infobox Song|
| name=Pete Standing Alone
| runtime=6:07 ([[MHTRTC]])
| appearson=[[MHTRTC]]}}

__TOC__

== Comments ==
* [[Pete Standing Alone]] refers to an actual person, an Native American Indian named Pete Standing Alone, who in the film, [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0223000/ Circle of the Sun (1960)] is our guide to his life as a typical young member of the Blood Tribe. He talks about his regular life and thoughts while he attends the traditional Sun Dance ritual which is part of his people's struggle to keep their heritage alive. He appeared in 7 films made by the [[NFB|National Film Boards of Canada]]. [Joyrex]

[[image:Pete_Standing_Alone_Promotional_Still.jpg|thumb|left|NFB ''Standing Alone'' promotional photo]]
 

== Samples / Lyrics ==
* A distorted voice saying "bonds" can be heard several times in the track. This refers to the National Film Board of Canada film of the same name.<ref>http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showtopic=39831</ref>

== Trivia ==
* [[Pete Standing Alone]] is also the name of a Native American man who was the subject of a [[National Film Board of Canada]] documentary called ''Standing Alone''.
*An orchestral version of [[Pete Standing Alone]] was arranged by Scottish composer [[wikipedia:David Horne (composer)|David Horne]] and performed by the [[wikipedia:London Sinfonietta|London Sinfonietta]] as part of the ''Warp Works & Twentieth Century Masters'' concert series. The piece was titled "Disintegrations 2". [http://www.musicalamerica.com/news/newsstory.cfm?archived=1&storyID=11536&categoryID=4]

== Videos ==

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== External links==
* [http://www.nfb.ca/trouverunfilm/fichefilm.php?id=13730&v=h&lg=en&exp= ''Standing Alone'' on the NFB website]
* [http://www.nfb.ca/playlist/pete-standing-alone-trilogy/ Pete Standing Alone Triology]
* [http://www.warprecords.com/londonsinfonietta/ London Sinfonietta - Warp Works & Twentieth Century Masters]

== References ==
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Olson

2013-05-01T11:51:21Z

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{{Infobox Song|
| name=Olson
| runtime=1:31 ([[MHTRTC]]) 2:31 (version 3) ([[Peel Session]])
| appearson=[[MHTRTC]] [[Peel Session]]}}

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== Comments ==
* As explained by [[Boards of Canada]]: ''"[[Olson]] is the surname of a family we know"'' ([[Forcefield 1998]]).
* Could also be a reference to [[Melissa Olson]]. She directed the [[Videos#Dayvan_Cowboy|Dayvan Cowboy]] and [[Videos#Invocation|Invocation]] video.

== Samples / Lyrics ==

== Trivia ==

== Videos ==

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== External links==

== References ==

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Rue the Whirl

2013-05-01T11:50:08Z

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{{Infobox Song|
| name=Rue the Whirl
| runtime=6:39
| appearson=[[MHTRTC]]}}

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== Comments ==
*Describing the influence of nature on their art, Mike and Marcus related the following story to [[Interviews#1998-06:_Virgin_Megaweb|Virgin Megaweb]] about the production of "[[Rue the Whirl]]":
<blockquote>
There's this track on the album called "[[Rue the Whirl]]", where you can hear birds singing. What happened was that I was listening to the track, and, oddly, I could hear birds singing. Then I realized that the window was open in the studio, and since the birdsong went so well with the music, we recorded it to capture the feel of what we experienced listening with the window open" ([[Interviews#1998-06:_Virgin_Megaweb|Virgin Megaweb Magazine, 1998]]).
</blockquote>
*In a 1998 Interview with the now defunct [[Interviews#1998-Winter:_Space_Age_Bachelor|Space Bachelor]]
<blockquote>
That's a simple track. It has a predominate woodwind riff, ascending over and over, which puts you in a trance, but there are some evolving textures in there which may or may not be obvious at first, such as birds and water. It has similar hypnotizing effect to something like the melodies you hear from a rusty swing, needed to be oiled or machinery on a journey, or even a windscreen wiper, the noise it makes over and over. The surrounding environment is continuously moving. I think it works well because everybody wants to rue the whirl."
</blockquote>
* [Ken Stewart] - this might be a distortion of the phrase "rule the world". See the French language interview (on the links page) for more on this; the studio window was open when [[Boards of Canada|BoC]] listened to this track; the birdsong they heard outside went so well with the music that they recorded it and added it to the track.
* [Goatmancods] - suggests that [[Rue the Whirl]] might express regret over how quickly childhood passes by in the whirl of time.

== Samples / Lyrics ==

== Trivia ==
* [[Rue the Whirl]] is featured in a 2007 Mercedes-Benz C class television advertisement. <ref>[http://www.visit4info.com/preview-flash.cfm?vm=0&type=2&adid=46372 Mercedes-Benz C class advert at visit4info.com.]</ref>
* The track title [[Rue the Whirl]] was probably inspired by the same sample used in "[[From One Source All Things Depend]]". At 0:56, a child describes God as someone who "rules the whirl," or, in other words, ''rules the world''.

== Videos ==

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== External links==

== References ==
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Aquarius (song)

2013-05-01T11:48:23Z

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{{Infobox Song|
| name=Aquarius
| runtime=6:10 ([[Aquarius]]) 5:58 ([[MHTRTC]]) 6:24 ([[Peel Session]]) 7:43 ([[Warp10]])
| appearson=[[Aquarius]] [[Music has the Right to Children|MHTRTC]] [[Peel Session]] [[Live @ Warp10]]}}

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== Comments ==
* From [quiller], from an interview with Karlheinz Stockhausen:
<blockquote>
"I'm referring to the time in which we live, time in an extraterrestrial sense. I'm refering to the twelve universal months, each lasting approximately 2,100 years. I'm refering to our coming from the bimillenium of Pisces, which goes from 150 BC to 1950, and which is also the sign of Christ, preceded by the sign of Aries. The era of AQUARIUS began in 1950 and will end in 4050. I'm referring, of course, to a characteristic trait of the sign: AQUARIUS gradually circumscribes the radiating force of the arts inherited in the era of Pisces. So, the artist, deprived now of every individual or public defense, limits his activity to a kind of esoteric expression, and ends up performing in fringe clubs, as a phenomenon intended for the select few."
</blockquote>
* [Kaini Industries] points out something in relation to the repetition of the number 23. "The Illuminatus Trilogy" (authors Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson) abounds in occurrences of the numbers 17 and 23, and might shed some light on this. I'll let readers ponder for themselves why these numbers are important in connection with [[Boards of Canada|BoC]]'s music (and they are - it's obvious when you know what it is). On one of those authors, note the following from the EHX interview:
<blockquote>
They claim that taking the positive aspect of a product does not always provide food for their thought, but rather the underlying meaning or cosmetic triviality, "we are interested in everything that we can reinterpret. I don't want to give you list of names, but you know we could be just as easily captivated by a piece of T.V. theme music, or Eighties' pop, for instance. The enlightened parts in our music are relative to the banal or naïve parts". When pushed for particularly prominent players ... "Hundertwasser, Svankmeyer, New Scientist, Robert Anton Wilson, Documentary films and articles, Jamie Nelson, The Archdrude ... we are interested in everything!".
</blockquote>
*Has appeared in several forms, notably on the [[Aquarius_(release)|Aquarius 7" Single]] and also on the [[Peel Session]] recordings. This track also appears on [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5r65mpck9ffo Hexstatic's 2003 "Solid Steel" mix] for the electronic label [[wikipedia:Ninja Tune|Ninja Tune]].

== Samples / Lyrics ==
*Aquarius contains a sample from the song of the same name on [http://www.discogs.com/release/702474 Galt MacDermot's 1979 soundtrack] for the film "[[wikipedia:Hair (movie)|Hair]]" (the slap bass riff that's present throughout the Boards of Canada version).
[[image:Orange.jpg|thumb|right|Screen capture from "Orange" Sesame Street vignette]]
*Contains a sample from a sketch in a vintage [[wikipedia:Sesame Street|Sesame Street]] episode (''Orange'').
*Contains samples from yet another vintage [[wikipedia:Sesame Street|Sesame Street]] episode (children's laughter and the "yeah, that's right" sample).
*At 2:40, [[Aquarius (Version 3)]] from the [[Peel Session]] contains a sample from [[Audiotrack 12]] from [[Random 35 Tracks Tape]] side A.<ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4227</ref>
*A sequence of numbers is read by a professional-sounding woman's voice that strongly resembles the voice-over in [[One Very Important Thought]], except that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_synthesizer domain-specific speech synthesis] is used, giving the numbers a robotic quality. The sequence varies:
**On [[Music Has the Right to Children]]: ''"1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 44, 68, 27, 35, 42, 58, 47, 63, 85, 74, 67, 66, 51, 79, 42, 24, 45, sixty-ten, 6, 7, 56, 65, 44, 53, 44, 17, 13, 23"''
**In Version 3, the sequence ends with ''"...42, 24, 45, sixty-ten, 64, 47, 52, 23, 23, 23, 23, 23"''.
**On the Aquarius release, the sequence ends with ''"...42, 24, 45, sixty-ten, 6, 7, 56, 65, 44, 53, 44, 67, 42, 55, 86, 20"''.
**In all versions of the Aquarius single, the counting sequence begins in order with 1 to 36, then the count goes to random numbers. The sum of each number from 1 to 36 is 666.
***When the number 23 is split into the numbers 2 and 3, the product of those two equals 6. When 6 is squared, you get 36.
*The Sample ''"Orange,"'' when reversed, appears to say ''"Zero."'' It is unclear whether or not this is intentional, due to the numeric nature of the song and the source of the sample.
*The same voice that recites the number sequence says ''"Orange"''.
*A chorused male voice sings "I'm listening" (Version 3 only)
*At 4:40, a synthesized male voice says ''"sixtyten new aquarius"'' (Version 3 only)
*A girl's voice saying the phrase ''"for sand and stars"''. The sample is especially clear at the end of the live version at Warp 10. When reversed on the album version, [BrunchTime] hears the voice say say "It's Aquarius"

== Trivia ==

*One number heard throughout the sequence is [[sixtyten]], a reference to the song of the same name on this album but also the brother's own label, Music70.
*23, another number heard in the sequence (especially in Version 3), is a prominent theme in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminatus_trilogy Illuminatus! Trilogy] by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson. "23" occurrs five times at the end of the sequence in Version 3; another major theme in the same book is the "law of fives". The band has cited Robert Anton Wilson as an influence on their work<ref>http://www.solesides.com/winblad/boards%20of%20canada/bocehx.html</ref>, and their music has appeared on the sountrack of ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0398191/ Maybe Logic: The Lives And Ideas Of Robert Anton Wilson]''.<ref>http://www.discogs.com/release/645609</ref>

== Videos ==
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== External links==
*A discussion on [[Twoism (forum)|Twoism]]: [http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=97783 Aquarius Synth Chords]

== References ==
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Roygbiv

2013-05-01T11:47:13Z

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{{Infobox Song|
| name=Roygbiv
| runtime=2:31
| appearson=[[MHTRTC]] [[BoC Maxima]] [[Telephasic Workshop]]
}}

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== Comments ==
* ''Roy G. Biv'' is a common mnemonic for the order of the colours of the rainbow, like 'Richard of York gave battle in vain'. [DC]
* The song was used in season two, episode three of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_Mitchell_and_Webb_Look That Mitchell and Webb Look].
*''Roygbiv - [[Alphaquest]] Mix'' was a remix done by [[Boards of Canada|BoC]] specially for someone called Andy Soosay's student film. The track was leaked onto the net and is understood to be genuine. It's longer than the original at 6:23. The mix begins with the track ''[[Bocuma]]'' in its entirety. It's backed up by images of the actual DAT inlay which contains nuggets such as "Custom DIY job for Andy Soosay", "Date Time: Thursday 15th May 1997", "SOURCE: Brown source or tomato source" and "COMMENTS: Yeah, it's pretty good".
**Additional words in the Alpha Quest mix are as follows:
<blockquote>
Doorways up and down the hall 
Wonder what's behind them all? 
Doors that lead to anywhere 
Got to A, B, C what's there 
Got to A, B, C, Decide 
Where's the door I haven't tried? 
A, B, C, D, East and West 
Going on an Alphaquest!"''
</blockquote>
<gallery>
Image:Alphaquestmix1.jpg
Image:Alphaquestmix2.jpg
Image:Alphaquestmix3.jpg
</gallery>

== Samples / Lyrics ==
* The sampled voice is of a child saying "Yeah," (in reverse) sounding similar to "Hey!"

== Trivia ==
*Roygbiv is an acronym for the colours of the rainbow, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet.

== Videos ==

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== References ==

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Bocuma

2013-05-01T11:44:51Z

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{{Infobox Song|
| name=Bocuma
| runtime=1:35 ([[MHTRTC]])
| appearson=[[MHTRTC]]}}

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== Comments ==

== Samples / Lyrics ==

== Trivia ==
* When asked about the meaning of ''[[Bocuma]]'', [[Boards of Canada]] explained that "it's an abbreviation/crossover of Boc Maxima and Documa, an obscure reference to 80's video culture." ([[Forcefield 1998]])
* ''[[Bocuma]]'' was originally entitled ''[[BoC Maxima]]'' on [[Boards of Canada]]'s 1996 release, ''[[BoC Maxima]]''.

== Videos ==
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== References ==

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Kaini Industries

2013-05-01T11:44:02Z

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{{Infobox Song|
| name=Kaini Industries
| runtime=0:59
| appearson=[[MHTRTC]]}}

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== Comments ==
* [Simon Wilkinson] suggests that this might be a recording from a native American ceremony, including what sounds like someone with a drum - see also comments on [[Pete Standing Alone]].
* In fact, the company was called "Kainai Industries" Ltd. It was located on the Blood Reserve. There was also a Kainai Cooperative Enterprises. "Kainai" means "many chiefs", and the Kainai are also known as the Blood Nation. More about this at [http://www.invitationproject.ca/cgi-win/quilt.exe?LISTING=1135] and [http://www.treaty7.org/info/kainaiwa.php]. [DC]

== Samples / Lyrics ==

== Trivia ==
* As explained by [[Boards of Canada]]: [[Kaini Industries]] is a company that was set up in [[wikipedia:Canada]] (by coincidence in the month [[Michael_Sandison|Mike]] was born), to create employment for a settlement of Cree Indians ([[Forcefield 1998]]).

== Videos ==
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== External links==

== References ==

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Turquoise Hexagon Sun

2013-05-01T11:41:20Z

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{{Infobox Song|
| name=Turquoise Hexagon Sun
| runtime=5:07
| appearson=[[BoC Maxima]] [[Hi Scores]] [[MHTRTC]]}}

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== Comments ==
* [Evan Snyder] gave me this interesting link - http://jonathanclark.com/diary/flare/ - on the subject on lens flares. The number of blades making up the aperture of the lens influences the shape of the lens flare produced, so that a six-bladed aperture, for example, would produce a hexagonal sun flare effect. Evan suggests the possibility that the name was inspired by a documentary, or even one of Hexagon Sun's own films, with special meaning to [[Boards of Canada|BoC]], featuring a prominent turquoise hexagonal sun flare. An intriguing possibility, and a very interesting link. (You can also find photos fitting this description at [[Warp Records|WarpRecords]] - go to Artists, [[Boards of Canada|BoC]], and look at the Gallery photos).
* Not specifically in relation to this track, but in a wider sense (Hexagon Sun, the kaleidoscopic images on Geogaddi, etc), here are comments from the [[Interviews#2002-02-23:_NME|NME Interview]]:
<blockquote>
"What's the significance of hexagons to you?" 
"[[Marcus_Eoin_Sandison|Marcus]]: "The hexagon theme represents that whole idea of being able to see reality for what it is, the raw maths or patterns that make everything. We've always been interested in science and maths. Sometimes music or art or drugs can pull back the curtain for you and reveal the Wizard of Oz, so to speak, busy pushing the levers and pressing buttons. That's what maths is, the wizard. It sounds like nonsense but I'm sure a lot of people know what I'm talking about."
</blockquote>

== Samples / Lyrics ==
* Various bits of speech, repeated elsewhere in the track. It's hard to make out much, but here's [DC]'s guess at some of it:
<blockquote>
"there's been a [release/leak]"? [female voice near start] - 0:36, 1:58 
"Oh, ... I know" [Scottish girl] - 1:14, 2:35 
"Just slightly" [different Scottish girl] - 4:29 
"... just [come in at the] end, right?" [English man] - 4:19 
"fan - tastic" [same man?] - at about 4:38. 
</blockquote>
* The girl speaking at about 1:22 and 2:44 sounds (to me) like the same one who speaks all the way through all 3 live recordings of BoC at ATP, Lighthouse, and Warp - which adds to suspicions that these are recordings of people talking at the the Hexagon Sun studio, as the title of the track would suggest.

== Trivia ==
*'Hexagon Sun' refers to the studio of [[Boards of Canada]] in East Scotland, but also to the collective of musicians and friends of [[Michael_Sandison|Michael]] and [[Marcus_Eoin|Marcus]].
*This song has been speculated to contain samples from inside the Hexagon Sun studios. These samples have also been said to match up to voices in the recordings of some live shows backing up the claim that they are from the inside.
* [[Turquoise Hexagon Sun]] might be a reference to the [[Hexagon Sun]] "collective" of musicians and artists who work at [[Boards of Canada|BoC]]'s Hexagon Sun Studio in the east of [[wikipedia:Scotland|Scotland]].

== Videos ==

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== References ==

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Sixtyten

2013-05-01T11:34:47Z

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{{Infobox Song|
| name=Sixtyten
| runtime=5:48
| appearson=[[Music_Has_the_Right_to_Children|MHTRTC]]}}

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==Comments==

== Samples / Lyrics ==

*Throughout the song is the voice sample saying what appears to be "Watch it", followed by "It's alright".
*Backwards: "There are a lot of different 'me's, you know. There's the mad me, when I get angry."
**[DC] [Second quote: same Sesame Street vignette as "[[Whitewater]]" lyrics]
*Samples the song "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE2zx4lr-h8 Getaway]" by music group ''[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Earth,+Wind+%26+Fire Earth Wind and Fire]'' throughout the song. <ref>{{#ev:youtube|vE2zx4lr-h8|200}}</ref>
**"I know we can!" plays at 2:17 in Sixtyten as well as in Getaway.
*Samples the song "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKwilkWC_uM&t=1m10s On Your Face]" by music group ''[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Earth,+Wind+%26+Fire Earth Wind and Fire]'' (forwards at 2:27, reversed at 3:28 and elsewhere in the song). <ref>{{#ev:youtube|hKwilkWC_uM|200}}</ref>
**When the sample is reversed and corrected for pitch "Keep a smiling face" plays at 3:28 in Sixtyten, taken from 1:10 in On Your Face. <ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9835</ref>
* The separate vignette at the end of the track is believed to be a composition named "[[Blueberry]]".<ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4720&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=25</ref>

== Trivia ==
* [[Sixtyten]] is 70 (a literal translation of the french word for seventy 'soixante dix'). You'll hear this in [[Aquarius]] too. A reference to [[Music70]], [[Boards of Canada|BoC]]'s own label. See comments on [[The Smallest Weird Number]] in [[Geogaddi]].

== Videos ==

{{#ev:youtube|wjw4VuF_Yf8|250}}

== External links==

==References==
<references />

[[Category: Released tracks]]
[[Category: Song]]
[[Category:Music Has the Right to Children tracks]]

Triangles and Rhombuses

2013-05-01T11:31:52Z

Carotch: video added

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Triangles and Rhombuses
| runtime=1.50
| appearson=[[Music Has the Right to Children|MHTRTC]]}}

==Comments==

*The initial tune of Triangles and Rhombuses is notably detuned, with note pitches falling in between conventional "tuned" pitches.
*The separate vignette at the end of the track is believed to be a composition named "[[It's Too Orangey]]".<ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4720&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=25</ref>

== Samples / Lyrics ==

== Trivia ==

== Videos ==

{{#ev:youtube|xT2W9UjrNnA|250}}

== External links==

== References ==
<references />

{{stub}}

[[Category: Released tracks]]
[[Category:Music Has the Right to Children tracks]]

Telephasic Workshop (song)

2013-05-01T11:26:14Z

Carotch: video added

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Telephasic Workshop
| runtime=6:35
| appearson=[[Music_Has_the_Right_to_Children|MHTRTC]]}}

__TOC__

== Comments ==
* Perhaps a reference to telophase, a part of cell division; the idea of a biological "workshop" [DC].
* Perhaps also a reference to the [http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/C/htmlC/childrenste/childrenste.htm Children's Television Workshop], who make [[Sesame Street]] (which [[Boards of Canada|BoC]] have sampled).
* Telephasic: Tele: Of the mind, phasic: synchronized. This may be the meaning behind [[Telephasic Workshop]]; a meditative environment in which two or more individuals attempt to share a telepathic vision or idea. [Skytree]
* [Ken Stewart] - a possible reference (which seems more plausible than either of the above) to the [[wikipedia:BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop|BBC's Radiophonic Workshop]], where interesting music and sound effects were produced for various TV programmes like Dr Who. It is located at Maida Vale where, incidentally, [[Boards of Canada|BoC]] recorded their [[Peel Session]].
** As Ken suggests, the "radio-" part of "radiophonic" becomes "tele-" (from "television", as opposed to radio; also sounds like "telly"); while "-phonic" becomes "-phasic". In greek, "tele" means "from afar", "at a distance", and "phonic" means "relating to, or having the nature of sound, especially speech sounds" (Greek "φωνη", meaning "sound", properly, "sound of the voice"), while "phasic" means "relating to the production of speech" (from Greek verb φημι, "to speak"). So "telephasic" is "speaking at a distance", but the word is also a kind of analogue, in its construction, to the word "radiophonic" (→"telly-phasic").
*This might also reference Blue Oyster Cults "Workshop of the Telescopes" (also known as B.O.C )

==Samples / Lyrics==
* The chopped-up voices during the song may be saying "now this is very irresponsible". There is also a Scottish accent saying "yer no gonnae" which, when translated, means "you are not going to..." [Steven Harran]
* A slightly slowed-down male voice that may be saying "border(ing) Canada" is heard at 4:39 and 5:17.
* At 4:27, 4:37, 4:47, 5:01, and 5:11, the shouting of a young man (who may be saying "twenty cent") is heard in the left channel.

== Trivia ==

== Videos ==

{{#ev:youtube|orG5TIOU8Ts|250}}

== External links==

== References ==

[[Category: Released tracks]]
[[Category: Song]]
[[Category:Music Has the Right to Children tracks]]

The Color of the Fire

2013-05-01T11:23:51Z

Carotch:

{{Infobox Song|
| name=The Color of the Fire
| runtime=1:45
| appearson=[[MHTRTC]]}}

__TOC__

==Comments==

*In an interview with Rene Passet, [[Boards of Canada]] explained that "[[The Color of the Fire]]" "was a reference to a friend's psychedelic experience." ([[Forcefield 1998]])

==Samples / Lyrics ==

*The vocal sample in this track was sampled from a [[wikipedia:Sesame Street|Sesame Street]] vignette in which a child sounds out the phrase "I love you" while attempting to write it out.

==Trivia==

*Segments of the track were used to promote the [[Videos#Nissan|Nissan Primera "Statistics" advert]] directed by Chris Cunningham.

== Videos ==
{{#ev:youtube|mpQXqnOStAs|250}}

== External links==

== References ==

[[Category:Released tracks]]
[[Category: Music Has the Right to Children tracks]]

An Eagle in Your Mind

2013-05-01T11:17:45Z

Carotch: video added

{{Infobox Song|
| name=An Eagle in Your Mind
| runtime=6:23
| appearson=[[MHTRTC]]}}

__TOC__

==Comments==

*All of the percussion on "[[An Eagle in Your Mind]]" was created using cut up samples of [[Michael Sandison]]'s girlfriend's voice ([[Interviews#2002-07-01:_Remix|Remix Magazine, 2002]]).
* A video (made for the [[WATMM video contest]]) was created for "[[An Eagle in Your Mind]]" using stock footage sampled from Tatsuo Sato's anime film "[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0385586/ Cat Soup]." This video also offers an interpretation of the vocal sample heard during the track.

==Samples / Lyrics==

<nowiki>all atop of the santcus
high above the sea
a safe place on all counts
a great place</nowiki>
*At 1:53 an unidentified speech sample (thought by some to be the voice Welsh actor [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0535053/ Philip Madoc]) begins narrating a story. It is difficult to understand, but thought to be the following:
<blockquote>
"the holts are nearly always close to sea 
fallen boulders, old ruins, and cliffs 
all at the top of a sand edifice 
high above the sea 
a safe place for cubs 
we wait, tense 

we're disappointed 
she leaves her [?] loaded by others of us 
the holts are evenly spread 
about 500 meters apart [?] or so they advertise"''
</blockquote>

* Another variation is as follows:
<blockquote>
"Holts are nearly always close to the sea, 
fallen boulders, old ruins, and cliffs, 
all atop the sand edifice, 
high above the sea: 
a safe place for cubs. 
We wait ... tense. We're disappointed. 
She leaves her [?] to look for [others?] 
The holts are evenly spaced, about 5 meters apart, 
Only enough to fool the passers-by, or so they advertise 
I love you"
</blockquote>

* [Simon Wilkinson] suggests similar words, with a few minor changes:
<blockquote>
"She leaves us [wait?] [loaded for others of us?]. 
The holts are about 500 meters apart, 
And of use only [?] pass us by, or they [advertise?]"
</blockquote>

* [Simon Wilkinson] also points out that the voice sounds similar to that of Welsh actor [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0535053/ Philip Madoc] (heard very briefly here at links Simon provided: [http://www.tv-ark.org.uk/misc/main/fivetoeleven1988.rm], [http://www.tv-ark.org.uk/misc/main/fivetoeleven1988b.rm].

* Thanks again to [JimE] for noticing something else:
<blockquote>
"there's a background sound throughout the song which could be "sweat-sweat" (in the first part of the song), with "tension" coming in later. It's hard to recognise as speech, but it could well be; one of the interviews says that the "percussion" in the track was constructed using the voice of the girlfriend of one of [[Boards of Canada|BoC]]."

* A voice that sounds like a black male singing "No" fades in at 4:35 and continues throughout the song. (Sounds like another 70s/80s disco/funk sample) At 5:27 A scratchy sample saying "Yeah" is played forward, then backward, then forward again, with some additional scrubbing in between. At 6:00, "Yeah" plays again, but only once.
</blockquote>

==Trivia==

*This track's title is referenced in "[[Sunshine Recorder]]" on [[Geogaddi]]

== Videos ==

{{#ev:youtube|xf66Lmrqk00|250}}

== External links==

== References ==

[[Category:Released tracks]]
[[Category:Music Has the Right to Children tracks]]

Wildlife Analysis

2013-05-01T11:15:47Z

Carotch: video added

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Wildlife Analysis
| runtime=1:17 ([[Music Has the Right to Children|MHTRTC]] 1:37 ([[Boc Maxima]])
| appearson=[[Music Has the Right to Children|MHTRTC]] [[Boc Maxima]]}}

__TOC__

== Comments ==
* [[Boards of Canada]] cite the films of the [[NFB|National Film Boards of Canada]] as a big influence on them when they were younger, musically, and in other ways. Perhaps this explains the love of and respect for nature that seems to come across in the music, and the interest in native American people and their way of life. For example, see the comments on [[Hooper Bay]], [[Chinook]], [[Pete Standing Alone]] and [[Kaini Industries]] in [[Music Has the Right to Children]].

== Samples / Lyrics ==

== Trivia ==

== Videos ==

{{#ev:youtube|ucTgODv_KVM|250}}

== External links==

== References ==

[[Category: Released tracks]]
[[Category: Music Has the Right to Children tracks]]
[[Category: Boc Maxima tracks]]

{{stub}}

Sixtyten

2013-05-01T11:06:33Z

Carotch:

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Sixtyten
| runtime=5:48
| appearson=[[Music_Has_the_Right_to_Children|MHTRTC]]}}

__TOC__

==Comments==

== Samples / Lyrics ==

*Throughout the song is the voice sample saying what appears to be "Watch it", followed by "It's alright".
*Backwards: "There are a lot of different 'me's, you know. There's the mad me, when I get angry."
**[DC] [Second quote: same Sesame Street vignette as "[[Whitewater]]" lyrics]
*Samples the song "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE2zx4lr-h8 Getaway]" by music group ''[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Earth,+Wind+%26+Fire Earth Wind and Fire]'' throughout the song. <ref>{{#ev:youtube|vE2zx4lr-h8|200}}</ref>
**"I know we can!" plays at 2:17 in Sixtyten as well as in Getaway.
*Samples the song "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKwilkWC_uM&t=1m10s On Your Face]" by music group ''[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Earth,+Wind+%26+Fire Earth Wind and Fire]'' (forwards at 2:27, reversed at 3:28 and elsewhere in the song). <ref>{{#ev:youtube|hKwilkWC_uM|200}}</ref>
**When the sample is reversed and corrected for pitch "Keep a smiling face" plays at 3:28 in Sixtyten, taken from 1:10 in On Your Face. <ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9835</ref>
* The separate vignette at the end of the track is believed to be a composition named "[[Blueberry]]".<ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4720&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=25</ref>

== Trivia ==
* [[Sixtyten]] is 70 (a literal translation of the french word for seventy 'soixante dix'). You'll hear this in [[Aquarius]] too. A reference to [[Music70]], [[Boards of Canada|BoC]]'s own label. See comments on [[The Smallest Weird Number]] in [[Geogaddi]].

== Videos ==

== External links==

==References==
<references />

[[Category: Released tracks]]
[[Category: Song]]
[[Category:Music Has the Right to Children tracks]]

Triangles and Rhombuses

2013-05-01T11:06:12Z

Carotch:

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Triangles and Rhombuses
| runtime=1.50
| appearson=[[Music Has the Right to Children|MHTRTC]]}}

==Comments==

*The initial tune of Triangles and Rhombuses is notably detuned, with note pitches falling in between conventional "tuned" pitches.
*The separate vignette at the end of the track is believed to be a composition named "[[It's Too Orangey]]".<ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4720&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=25</ref>

== Samples / Lyrics ==

== Trivia ==

== Videos ==

== External links==

== References ==
<references />

{{stub}}

[[Category: Released tracks]]
[[Category:Music Has the Right to Children tracks]]

Telephasic Workshop (song)

2013-05-01T11:05:09Z

Carotch:

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Telephasic Workshop
| runtime=6:35
| appearson=[[Music_Has_the_Right_to_Children|MHTRTC]]}}

__TOC__

== Comments ==
* Perhaps a reference to telophase, a part of cell division; the idea of a biological "workshop" [DC].
* Perhaps also a reference to the [http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/C/htmlC/childrenste/childrenste.htm Children's Television Workshop], who make [[Sesame Street]] (which [[Boards of Canada|BoC]] have sampled).
* Telephasic: Tele: Of the mind, phasic: synchronized. This may be the meaning behind [[Telephasic Workshop]]; a meditative environment in which two or more individuals attempt to share a telepathic vision or idea. [Skytree]
* [Ken Stewart] - a possible reference (which seems more plausible than either of the above) to the [[wikipedia:BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop|BBC's Radiophonic Workshop]], where interesting music and sound effects were produced for various TV programmes like Dr Who. It is located at Maida Vale where, incidentally, [[Boards of Canada|BoC]] recorded their [[Peel Session]].
** As Ken suggests, the "radio-" part of "radiophonic" becomes "tele-" (from "television", as opposed to radio; also sounds like "telly"); while "-phonic" becomes "-phasic". In greek, "tele" means "from afar", "at a distance", and "phonic" means "relating to, or having the nature of sound, especially speech sounds" (Greek "φωνη", meaning "sound", properly, "sound of the voice"), while "phasic" means "relating to the production of speech" (from Greek verb φημι, "to speak"). So "telephasic" is "speaking at a distance", but the word is also a kind of analogue, in its construction, to the word "radiophonic" (→"telly-phasic").
*This might also reference Blue Oyster Cults "Workshop of the Telescopes" (also known as B.O.C )

==Samples / Lyrics==
* The chopped-up voices during the song may be saying "now this is very irresponsible". There is also a Scottish accent saying "yer no gonnae" which, when translated, means "you are not going to..." [Steven Harran]
* A slightly slowed-down male voice that may be saying "border(ing) Canada" is heard at 4:39 and 5:17.
* At 4:27, 4:37, 4:47, 5:01, and 5:11, the shouting of a young man (who may be saying "twenty cent") is heard in the left channel.

== Trivia ==

== Videos ==

== External links==

== References ==

[[Category: Released tracks]]
[[Category: Song]]
[[Category:Music Has the Right to Children tracks]]

The Color of the Fire

2013-05-01T11:04:23Z

Carotch:

{{Infobox Song|
| name=The Color of the Fire
| runtime=1:45
| appearson=[[MHTRTC]]}}

__TOC__

==Comments==

*In an interview with Rene Passet, [[Boards of Canada]] explained that "[[The Color of the Fire]]" "was a reference to a friend's psychedelic experience." ([[Forcefield 1998]])

==Samples / Lyrics ==

*The vocal sample in this track was sampled from a [[wikipedia:Sesame Street|Sesame Street]] vignette in which a child sounds out the phrase "I love you" while attempting to write it out.

==Trivia==

*Segments of the track were used to promote the [[Videos#Nissan|Nissan Primera "Statistics" advert]] directed by Chris Cunningham.

== Videos ==
{{#ev:youtube|mpQXqnOStAs|300}}

== External links==

== References ==

[[Category:Released tracks]]
[[Category: Music Has the Right to Children tracks]]

An Eagle in Your Mind

2013-05-01T11:04:04Z

Carotch:

{{Infobox Song|
| name=An Eagle in Your Mind
| runtime=6:23
| appearson=[[MHTRTC]]}}

__TOC__

==Comments==

*All of the percussion on "[[An Eagle in Your Mind]]" was created using cut up samples of [[Michael Sandison]]'s girlfriend's voice ([[Interviews#2002-07-01:_Remix|Remix Magazine, 2002]]).
* A video (made for the [[WATMM video contest]]) was created for "[[An Eagle in Your Mind]]" using stock footage sampled from Tatsuo Sato's anime film "[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0385586/ Cat Soup]." This video also offers an interpretation of the vocal sample heard during the track.

==Samples / Lyrics==

<nowiki>all atop of the santcus
high above the sea
a safe place on all counts
a great place</nowiki>
*At 1:53 an unidentified speech sample (thought by some to be the voice Welsh actor [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0535053/ Philip Madoc]) begins narrating a story. It is difficult to understand, but thought to be the following:
<blockquote>
"the holts are nearly always close to sea 
fallen boulders, old ruins, and cliffs 
all at the top of a sand edifice 
high above the sea 
a safe place for cubs 
we wait, tense 

we're disappointed 
she leaves her [?] loaded by others of us 
the holts are evenly spread 
about 500 meters apart [?] or so they advertise"''
</blockquote>

* Another variation is as follows:
<blockquote>
"Holts are nearly always close to the sea, 
fallen boulders, old ruins, and cliffs, 
all atop the sand edifice, 
high above the sea: 
a safe place for cubs. 
We wait ... tense. We're disappointed. 
She leaves her [?] to look for [others?] 
The holts are evenly spaced, about 5 meters apart, 
Only enough to fool the passers-by, or so they advertise 
I love you"
</blockquote>

* [Simon Wilkinson] suggests similar words, with a few minor changes:
<blockquote>
"She leaves us [wait?] [loaded for others of us?]. 
The holts are about 500 meters apart, 
And of use only [?] pass us by, or they [advertise?]"
</blockquote>

* [Simon Wilkinson] also points out that the voice sounds similar to that of Welsh actor [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0535053/ Philip Madoc] (heard very briefly here at links Simon provided: [http://www.tv-ark.org.uk/misc/main/fivetoeleven1988.rm], [http://www.tv-ark.org.uk/misc/main/fivetoeleven1988b.rm].

* Thanks again to [JimE] for noticing something else:
<blockquote>
"there's a background sound throughout the song which could be "sweat-sweat" (in the first part of the song), with "tension" coming in later. It's hard to recognise as speech, but it could well be; one of the interviews says that the "percussion" in the track was constructed using the voice of the girlfriend of one of [[Boards of Canada|BoC]]."

* A voice that sounds like a black male singing "No" fades in at 4:35 and continues throughout the song. (Sounds like another 70s/80s disco/funk sample) At 5:27 A scratchy sample saying "Yeah" is played forward, then backward, then forward again, with some additional scrubbing in between. At 6:00, "Yeah" plays again, but only once.
</blockquote>

==Trivia==

*This track's title is referenced in "[[Sunshine Recorder]]" on [[Geogaddi]]

== Videos ==

== External links==

== References ==

[[Category:Released tracks]]
[[Category:Music Has the Right to Children tracks]]

Wildlife Analysis

2013-05-01T11:03:32Z

Carotch:

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Wildlife Analysis
| runtime=1:17 ([[Music Has the Right to Children|MHTRTC]] 1:37 ([[Boc Maxima]])
| appearson=[[Music Has the Right to Children|MHTRTC]] [[Boc Maxima]]}}

__TOC__

== Comments ==
* [[Boards of Canada]] cite the films of the [[NFB|National Film Boards of Canada]] as a big influence on them when they were younger, musically, and in other ways. Perhaps this explains the love of and respect for nature that seems to come across in the music, and the interest in native American people and their way of life. For example, see the comments on [[Hooper Bay]], [[Chinook]], [[Pete Standing Alone]] and [[Kaini Industries]] in [[Music Has the Right to Children]].

== Samples / Lyrics ==

== Trivia ==

== Videos ==

== External links==

== References ==

[[Category: Released tracks]]
[[Category: Music Has the Right to Children tracks]]
[[Category: Boc Maxima tracks]]

{{stub}}