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Petina

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Growing Hand

2012-08-07T03:31:22Z

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Discography

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An overview of [[Registered_works|registered works]].

== Early vs. Late Releases ==
[[Boards of Canada]]'s discography essentially falls in two camps.
*The well-known releases that followed after the duo were signed, first to [[SKAM]] and then to [[Warp Records]], which can be purchased in any decent record shop.
*The releases which precede this, of which original copies are exceptionally rare. Much of the knowledge we have of the latter is due to [[The Cosmic Crofter]]'s webpage, which is now defunct.
**The exceptions: copies of [[BoC Maxima]] and the "Old Tunes" tapes which are almost certainly legitimate are readily available on the p2p networks.
** These older items are '''NOT AVAILABLE'''; only friends and family of BoC have heard them.
*** In addition, three extracts of genuine old tracks came from a BoC-related website that no longer exists. They are: "duffy" (extract) (0:24), [[Wouldn't You Like To Be Free]] (extract) (0:56), [[circle]] (extract) (0:35), [[duffy]] is a gentle and innocent track a little bit similar to [[Melissa Juice]]; "wouldn't you like to be free?" features massed guitars; "circle" has slowly changing high-pitched glacial tones, fitting the Alaskan theme of the album it comes from.

== Fakes ==
Many albums which purport to be other rare releases are commonplace too, but almost without exception, these have proven to be fakes of varying qualities so far.

* Among the fakes, the most common are "[[eno test]]" and "[[parson]]", wrongly taken to be by [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Marumari Marumari] and [[Boards of Canada|BoC]], whereas they are by [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Marumari Marumari] alone. A few other such mis-labelled tracks go around from time to time.
* "[[Stry Craty Bya]]" (as seen [http://albumart.org/viewall_mp3.php?srchkey=Boards%20Of%20Canada here], for instance) is actually "[[eno test]]".
* Other fakes include a longer version of "[[circle]]" which sounds nothing like the genuine short extract. "[[trillions]]" (3:31) is a fake, as is "[[treeline]]" '(1:12).
* Another set of fake MP3s that went around were called "[[nskino]]", "[[gridlock]]", "[[lavender trapezoids]]", "[[golden hinterland]]", "[[rhomboid]]", and maybe some more.
**We've been told that these are mislabeled tracks by [http://www.discogs.com/artist/CiM CiM] "[[nskino]]" is really "[[disco alta]]", "[[rhomboid]]" is really ''[[isempty']]", and so on (thanks, MCBPete). With any luck, the fakes will eventually stop being labelled as [[Boards of Canada|BoC]].
* "[[Slow Bicycle]]", a song by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/múm múm], is often mislabeled as "[[Seward Leaf]]".
* A recent fake that surfaced is the track "[[Sur Round]]'' [http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4388], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNouwiE8rRA]--[[User:Fredd-E|Fredd-E]] 15:00, 25 August 2008 (CEST)
* A track by the name of "[[Chameleon]]" was featured on [http://www.apple.com/itunes iTunes] a couple of days at the end of October 2010.
**The same forger also put another fake up on [http://www.youtube.com YouTube] named "[[Red Sky Night]]". [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIadksm7wjE] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czSHpQl47J8] --[[User:Fredd-E|Fredd-E]] 17:35, 3 November 2010 (CET)

More insights can be read at [[Fakes,_Bootlegs,_and_Bad_Tags]].

== Rare/Early Releases ==
* ''[[Catalog 3]]''
* ''[[Acid Memories]]
* ''[[Closes Vol. 1]]''
* ''[[Play By Numbers]]''
* ''[[Hooper Bay]]''
* ''[[BoC Maxima]]''
* ''[[Old Tunes Vol. 1|Old Tunes Vol. 1 \ A Few Old Tunes ]]''
* ''[[Old Tunes Vol. 2]]''
* ''[[Random 35 Tracks Tape|Random 35 Tracks Tape (Marked as Old Tunes Vol. 1 too somewhere)]]''
*''[[Geogaddi (test pressing)]]'': February 2002, blue colored LP (limited to 10 copies), WARPLP101

== General Releases ==
=== Albums ===
* ''[[Music Has the Right to Children]]'': 20 April 1998, CD + LP, WARP055 + SKA001
* ''[[Geogaddi]]'': 18 February 2002, CD + 3xLP + Limited edition hardbound, WARP101
* ''[[The Campfire Headphase]]'': 17 October 2005, CD + 2xLP + Promotional copies, WARP123

=== Eps and 12"s ===
* ''[[Twoism]]'': 1995, Cassette + LP (100 copies originally printed, now many), BOARD1
* ''[[Hi Scores]]'': December 1996, LP, SKA008
* ''[[Aquarius (release)|Aquarius]]'': 5 January 1998, 7" LP (limited to 500 copies), KMAS001
* ''[[Peel Session]]'': 15 January 1999, CD + LP, WAP114
* ''[[In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country]]'': 17 November 2000, sky-blue LP, WAP144
* ''[[Trans Canada Highway]]'': 29 May 2006, CD + Enhanced CD + EP+ Promotional copies, WAP200

== Promotional Releases ==
* ''[[Telephasic Workshop (release)|Telephasic Workshop]] 10" (b/w [[Roygbiv]])'' : 1998, 10" LP (limited to 200 copies), 10WARPLP055P
* ''[[Music Has the Right to Children]]'' : 1998, CD, PWARP055 + SKA001
* ''[[Orange Romeda]]'' : 29 June 1998, 12" EP (Limited edition); WAP100P
*''[[Geogaddi (promo)]]'' : 12 January 2002, LP, WARPLP101P

== Bootleg Releases ==
*''[[Unreleased Tracks]]'' : 2007, 12", BOCNM-1104

== Remixes ==
=== Remixes by BoC ===
* ''[[Michael Fakesch - Surfaise : The Trade Winds Mix By Boards Of Canada]]'' - Appears on ''Demon 1''. March 1997. 12". MAS 04.01.
* ''[[Mira Calix - Sandsings]]'' : remixed by Boards Of Canada - May 1998. 2 x10", CD Single. WAP 97.
* ''[[Bubbah's Tum - Dirty Great Mable]]'' : Boards Of Canada Mix - 1998. 12", CD Single. iLLXXX007.
* ''[[Meat Beat Manifesto - Prime Audio Soup]]'' : Vegetarian Soup by Boards Of Canada - 23 Nov 1998. 12", CD Single, BIAS 352.
* ''[[Slag Boom Van Loon - Poppy Seed]]'' : Boards Of Canada - 26 Oct 2001. CD, 12" Promo. ZIQ007CD.
* ''[[Slag Boom Van Loon - Poppy Seed (reprise)]]'' : Boards Of Canada - 26 Oct 2001. CD. ZIQ007CD.
* ''[[Boom Bip - Last Walk Around Mirror Lake]]'' : Boards Of Canada Remix - May 2003. 12", LEX 014.
* ''[[Clouddead - Dead Dogs Two]]'' : Remixed by Boards of Canada - 26 January 2004. 12". CD Single. BDCDS064.
* ''[[Beck - Broken Drum]]'' : Boards of Canada Remix - 29 March 2005. CD, Promo 12" EP, Promo CD EP. B0004365-00.
* ''[[Why? - Good Friday]]'' : Remix by Boards of Canada - 29 November 2007. "Lilac" Vinyl 12" EP [UK], Promo CD EP. ABR 79/TOM 111.

=== Remixes of BoC ===
* ''[[Kid For Today (Stereolab Remix)]]'' - Remixed by [[Wikipedia:Stereolab|Stereolab]]
** Appears on ''Warp 10+3 Remixes'' compilation album. 11 October 1999. WARP 69.
* ''[[An Eagle in Your Mind (Consumed and Regurgitated By The P.B.O.ster!)]]'' - Remixed by [[Wikipedia:Push Button Objects|Push Button Objects]]
** Appears on ''Warp 10+3 Remixes'' compilation album. 11 Oct 1999. WARP 69.
* ''[[Dayvan Cowboy (Odd Nosdam Remix)]]'' - Remix by [[Wikipedia:Odd Nosdam|Odd Nosdam]]
** Appears on the ''[[Trans Canada Highway]]'' EP. 29 June 2006. WAP 200.
* ''[[D C (Bit)]]'' - Remix by [[Wikipedia:Odd Nosdam|Odd Nosdam]]
** Appears on ''[http://www.discogs.com/release/1379539 Pretty Swell Explode]'' and is related to [[Dayvan Cowboy]] LP. 10 June 2008. ABR0083LP.
* ''[[This Bird]]'' - Remixed by [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Solange+(2)?noanv=1 Solange Knowles]
** Appears on [[wikipedia:Sol-Angel_and_the_Hadley_St._Dreams|Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams]] and contains a sample of [[Slow This Bird Down]] CD. 26 August 2008.
* ''[[In a Beautiful Place out in the Country (song)]]'' - Remixed by [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Mira+Calix Mira Calix]
** Appears on [http://www.discogs.com/Various-Warp20-Recreated/release/1925824 Warp20 (Recreated)]. CD. 29 September 2009.
* ''[[Kaini Industries]]'' - Remixed by [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Bibio Bibio]
** Appears on [http://www.discogs.com/Various-Warp20-Recreated/release/1925824 Warp20 (Recreated)]. CD. 29 September 2009.
* ''[[Left Side Drive]]'' - Remixed by [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Solange+(2)?noanv=1 Solange Knowles]
** Unofficially featured on the [http://www.rap-up.com/2011/05/01/new-music-solange-left-side-drive/ rap-up blog].

===== Notes =====
* Several bootleg remixes of [[Boards of Canada|BoC]] tracks also exist, but are not listed here.
* ''[[Roygbiv#Alpha_Quest_Mix|ROYGBIV (Alpha Quest Mix)]]'' was a custom edit by [[Boards of Canada|BoC]] for an independent film. Not intended to be released, the mix was leaked onto the internet.

== Tracks On Compilations ==

=== As Boards of Canada ===
* ''[[Korona]]'' : Dec 1996. 12". Limited Edition. MASK100.
* ''[[Orange Romeda]]'' : 29 June 1998. CD + 12". WAP100CD + WAP100.
* ''[[Sixtyniner]]'' : July 1998. 7". Limited 500 copies. DISKONO001X.

=== As Hell Interface ===
The [[Hell Interface]] side-project seems to be more in the nature of a remix project than [[Boards of Canada]] proper. The works released under the HI name are: remixes of [[Colonel Abrams - Trapped|Colonel Abrams' Trapped]] and of [[Midnight Star - Midas Touch|Midnight Star's Midas Touch]], and a strange little speech-only track called [[The Story of Xentrix]]. Can this last track be described as a remix? Most of the speech seems to be synthesized; however, the last few words sound rather different - perhaps from another source (just speculation).

There used to be link here to an animated trailer here, for a program called "Zentrix", which was taken down after a while. By request, here it is again (be aware that the trailer is not necessarily related to the Hell Interface track, except by the similarity of names). The trailer can be found at the Zentrix site [http://www.zentrix.tv/].

* ''[[Soylent Night]]'' : 1997. 7". VVMT0004 & 2001. 3"CD. VVMT0004X.
* ''[[Colonel Abrams - Trapped]]'' : April 1997. 12". Limited Edition. MASK200.
* ''[[Midnight Star - Midas Touch]]'' : 1999. 12". Limited Edition. MASK500.
* ''[[The Story of Xentrix]]'' : 6 January 2003. CD. Mixed. WARPCDWIF.

== Produced by BoC for Others ==
* ''[[Here Come the Rubber Cops]]'': 29 Sept 2008, Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, A&B-015

== Live Bootlegs ==
An overview of [[Boards of Canada]]'s live set geographical locations can be seen [[Gigography|here]].

Some of those performances were bootlegged:
* ''[[Live @ Warp10]]'': 5 November 1999, MP3
* ''[[Live @ Lighthouse]]'': 14 October 2000, MP3
* ''[[Live @ ATP]]'': 7 April 2001, MP3

== Others ==
=== Radio Shows ===
* [[Disengage|Disengage radio show]]
* [[Helter Skelter (radio programme)|Helter Skelter radio show]]
* [[John Peel (radio programme)|Peel Session]]

=== BMI Repertoire search results ===
The following track titles returned by a [http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?fromrow=26&torow=50&keyname=SANDISON%20MICHAEL&querytype=WriterID&keyid=715039&page=2&blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&affiliation=PRS&cae=275693032 BMI Repertoire search for "Michael Sandison"] do not appear in the track listing of any known BoC or Hell Interface release:
* [[Statistics|Nissan Statistics]]
* Sdesis
* Woice099 (alternate title: Woice Zero Ninety Nine)
* Flute Frum Thing
* [[It's Too Orangey]]
* [[Blueberry]]

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Pictures

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= Boards of Canada =
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== Live ==
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= Official Merchandise =
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== Postcards ==
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<h2> Articles </h2>

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= Various =
== Abstract ==
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==Animated Gifs==
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== Hexagon ==
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== National Film Board of Canada ==
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== Photography ==
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= Artwork by Fans =
== Specific ==
=== HgC ===
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=== Jason Cawood ===
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=== Jonathan Haggard ===
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Visit [http://www.jonathanhaggard.com www.jonathanhaggard.com] for more of his awesome work.

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Official Biographies

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== 2005 ==

=== warprecords.com ===

*Source: http://www.warprecords.com/artists/biog.php?artist=boc
*Biographical details by [[Peter Iain Campbell|PIC]], [[S. Goderich|S. Goderich]] & A. Wilson, summer 2005

 A good knowledge of North American TV shows of the late seventies helps in an understanding of the ideas and sounds of [[Boards of Canada]]. As children, Mike Sandison and Marcus Eoin taught themselves to play various musical instruments whilst soaking up the American cathode-tube culture of the likes of [[wikipedia:The Six Million Dollar Man|The Six million Dollar Man]] and [[wikipedia:Sesame street|Sesame Street]], as well as the bleak vision of movies like [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066769/ The Andromeda Strain], [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074812/ Logan's Run] and [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067756/ Silent Running]. The duo was also picking up influences from the more synthetic exponents of new-wave pop of the time, in particular Devote and [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Human+League,+The The Human League]. For a few years Mike focused on creating a band, to keep himself anchored whilst his family relocated several times between northern Scotland, London in England and Alberta in Canada. By the age of ten, now based back in Scotland, Mike was making his own home recordings on old worn-out BASF cassettes.

The sci-fi paranoia and flawed TV soundtracks of that era were a big influence on the duo, as were the early arcade videogames of the time. At the beginning of the 1980's Mike and Marcus had begun writing tracks that imitated the warbling, damaged sounding music found on the soundtracks of 16mm educational documentaries made by the [[National Film Board of Canada]], and they later named their band as a nod to this early influence.

The band spent the early eighties near the beaches of north-east Scotland making crude multi-track recordings with friends, using borrowed tape machines, analogue synths and live drums. Around 1981 they had begun producing home-made movies on Super-8 cine film, and were creating the films' soundtracks by themselves. By 1984, aged thirteen, Mike was already visiting a local recording studio and making rough demos. Mike and Marcus were by now producing more structured songs with any instruments they could lay their hands on, as well as completely abstract tape collages of found sounds from radio and TV.

In the mid-eighties, now based near Edinburgh in Scotland, Mike recruited a few friends to form the first of several incarnations of a 'proper' band. Marcus Eoin was drafted in, initially as a bass player, but he soon emerged as co-writer and co-conspirator for what the band was later to become. At this point the band had a fairly traditional live set-up; guitars, bass, keyboards, drummer and occasional vocals, but the emphasis was on minimal, atonal electronic songs, a sound that easily stood out amongst the abundance of traditional rock and hair-metal bands the audiences in their local area were used to. The line-up of the group changed frequently, and Marcus was later quoted as saying that they had gone through at least fourteen other musicians during this period, a statistic Mark E. Smith would be proud of.

During the late 1980's whilst working on a series of film and photographic projects, the group decided to create a studio of their own. Unrewarding day-jobs funded the purchase of audio gear and a variety of exotic acoustic musical instruments, and with the acquisition of samplers the band began producing do-it-yourself garage demos on their own label [http://www.music70.com/ Music70] which they distributed mainly amongst friends. Soon the band was producing cassette EP's and even entire albums of demo material, some of which have since gone on to become legendary collectors' items. It was during this period that the name [[Boards of Canada]], initially an EP project title, became the name of the band.

Around 1990 Mike and Marcus, frustrated by the traditional line-up and the lack of commitment of other band members, started to mould the band's performances into something altogether more bizarre. Every summer Mike and Marcus collaborated with friends under the name [http://www.hexagonsun.com/ Hexagon Sun] to throw late-night outdoor parties in the countryside near their studio in Scotland, where bonfires were accompanied by electronic music, processed television themes, films, projections and reversed speech tapes to create an exciting, if slightly threatening, atmosphere. These nights, which the band still occasionally organise to this day, became known as 'Redmoon' nights after an early event which was dramatically backdropped by a blood-red full moon.

In the summer of 1995 [[Boards of Canada]] recorded and self-financed a vinyl-only limited-edition album called [[Twoism (release)|Twoism]]. It was essentially a well-produced demo, and the intention was to mail it out to record companies and artists that the group were listening to at that point. The album was a breath of fresh air to those who had grown tired of the frantic and polished sci-fi studio acrobatics of jungle and drum&bass which were the predominant trends in electronic music of the time. [[Twoism (release)|Twoism]] was a collection of spacious, gnarled and glacial tones and dissonant, melancholy melodies over sparse hip-hop beats, but with a curiously deliberate 'broken-ness' to the production. Every melody had been created to wobble and flutter slightly, like damaged music from an old worn-out cassette. In an era of clean, digital music, and with compact discs having largely replaced vinyl as the primary format for commercial music, this nostalgic, imperfect sound was to earn [[Boards of Canada]] huge respect as innovators in subsequent years.

At the beginning of 1996 a copy of [[Twoism (release)|Twoism]] arrived at the headquarters of [http://www.discogs.com/label/Skam Skam Records] in Manchester, England, and within a day of hearing it, [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Autechre Autechre]'s Sean Booth had contacted [[Boards of Canada]]. Mike and Marcus recorded the [[Hi Scores (release)|Hi Scores]] EP for Skam and it was released later that year. A string of live dates followed, notably including an appearance at the 1997 Phoenix Festival, where BOC brought their anachronistic sounds and Super-8 visuals to play alongside various luminaries of the electronic music scene.

In February 1998, amid much speculation, the announcement came that [[Boards of Canada]] had signed to [http://www.warprecords.com/ Warp Records], and after a few remixes and single appearances, the band completed the album [[Music Has the Right to Children]] which was jointly released between Warp Records and Skam Records in April 1998.

[[Music Has the Right to Children]] combined beautiful sparse melodies with off-pitch analogue synths and moments of unsettling fragmented speech, all produced with the band's trademark 'damaged' sound. The record closes with the very wry anti-censorship message [[One Very Important Thought]], which pastiches the messages usually found at the end of 1980's porno videos: a very 'BOC' moment.

[[Music Has the Right to Children]] received rave reviews in the international music press, and after landing a licensing deal with Matador Records in the USA it went on to become one of the most highly acclaimed records of 1998 and received multiple end-of-year awards. "Album of the Issue" - Jockey Slut, April/May 1998, "Album of the Month" - Wax magazine, May 1998. "No.16" - NME Albums of the Year 198, "No.3" - Jockey Slut Albums of the Year 1998, "No.5" - The Wire Albums of the Year 1998, "No.8" - DJ Magazine Albums of the Year 1998, "No.19" - Muzik Albums of the Year 1998.

[[Boards of Canada]] recorded an exclusive session for the [[wikipedia:John Peel|John Peel]] Show on the UK's Radio 1 in June 1998, and performed live on the show during the recording of the session. Peel described it on air as an "excellent session." Warp later released the session as a single.

[[Music Has the Right to Children]] returned to the UK Independent Chart top 20 in February 1999, and after staying around for three weeks it peaked at number 7. Simultaneously the [[Peel Session|Peel Session single]] hung around the Top 10 of the Independent Singles Chart for several weeks. [[Boards of Canada]] soon found themselves in demand for remix work and obliged with a handful of mixes for various artists, including the hugely influential [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Meat+Beat+Manifesto Meat Beat Manifesto].

In May 1999 NME included [[Boards of Canada]] in its "Top Ten Nu-Psychedelic Bands," alongside Mercury Rev & The Beta Band. In the same issue NME ranked [[Boards of Canada]]'s debut album 'Music Has the Right to Children' in its "Top 25 Psychedelic Records of All Time".

From 1999 onward various tracks from the BOC back-catalogue were being licensed for compilation albums, TV synchronisation and film soundtracks all over the world. In the summer of 1999 [[Boards of Canada]] commenced work on their second full-length album for [http://www.warprecords.com/ Warp Records]. Meanwhile they contributed two exclusive tracks to Warp's 10th birthday celebration albums which were released later that year.

In November 2000, after a few more live dates in the UK, the band released a four-track EP called [[wikipedia:In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country|In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country]]. It was a deceptively optimistic title for a collection of beautifully sad, melancholy tunes, especially as closer inspection revealed references in the artwork and titles to the 1993 killings by FBI agents of [[wikipedia:David Koresh|David Koresh]]'s [[wikipedia:Branch Davidian|Branch Davidian]] cult at Waco in Texas.

In april 2001 BOC headlined at [[wikipedia:All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)|All Tomorrow's Parties]], a festival on the south coast of England with an esoteric line-up including Lambchop, Television, Yo La Tengo, Tortoise, Broadcast, Sun Ra Arkestra, and many others.

In February 2002 [[Boards of Canada]] released [[Geogaddi]], the long-awaited follow-up to [[Music Has the Right to Children]]. Described as a darker partner to the previous album, with its swirling psychedelic melodies and layers of dense ephemeral detail, it managed to be both beautiful and disturbing. [[Geogaddi]] immediately entered the Top 20 Album Chart and stayed there for several weeks. In interviews, Mike and Marcus revealed that the album had included many so-called 'easter eggs', and that some of the music had been developed using number theory and equations such as the Fibonacci Ratio. This led to some of the band's fans setting up entire websites devoted to decryption of the 'back-masking' and other hidden details on the record. Ultimately, BOC's true intentions were written there clearly all along; in typical sardonic style they had even included a track on the album entitled [[The Devil Is In The Details]], as a kind of knowing wink to the astute listener.

In September 2002 [[Boards of Canada]] produced a lush remix of US artist [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Boom+Bip Boom Bip]'s track 'Last Walk around Mirror Lake' for a single taken from his 'Seed to Sun' LP, and in February 2004 BOC created a giddy reworking of the song 'Dead Dogs Two' by US band [http://www.discogs.com/artist/cLOUDDEAD cLOUDDEAD] from Oakland. The BOC version brought in the whole gamut of retro psychedelic elements including reversed guitars, flutes, sitars and strings, and culminated in a wigged-out Beatles-esque climax reminiscent of 'A Day In The Life'.

In the summer of 2004 Mike became a father. His daughter was born during the writing sessions of the band's forthcoming third studio album for Warp.

At the end of 2004 US artist [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Beck Beck] asked [[Boards of Canada]] to remix a song from his upcoming album 'Guero'. BOC took the vocal lines of his beautifully wistful track [http://lyricwiki.org/Beck:Broken_Drum Broken Drum] and created a whole new melody around them, with an epic, heavily layered crescendo. In an interview with Clash magazine in the spring of 2005, Beck described the remix as "my favourite remix I've ever had done, they brought out something that was there but then they just added a whole new dimension. I guess it's quite an emotional song and they brought out something bittersweet in it that was kinda hippyish, but it doesn't maim you with saccharin. It kinda gets you right in the chest."

In summer 2005 [[Boards of Canada]] completed work on their third album for [http://wwww.warprecords.com/ Warp Records]. [[The Campfire Headphase]] is set for worldwide release in October 2005.

== 2002 ==

=== urbnet.com ===

*Source: http://www.urbnet.com/electro-editorial.asp?ueid=305 (defunct)
*Biographical details by [[Peter Iain Campbell|PIC]], [[S. Goderich|Goderich]], summer 2002.

 Boards of Canada originate around 1976 when Michael and Marcus were children. Both learned to play various musical instruments while moving and relocating between northern Scotland, southern England and Alberta in Canada. Around 1980 on the north-east coast of Scotland the first version of the band was formed, not yet including Marcus Eoin in the line-up. For the next few years Mike and cohorts created experimental music using borrowed synths, drums and tape machines.

Around this time the band were starting to create home movies with a Super-8 camera. Educational television documentaries and film soundtracks were becoming a big influence on the group and the crossover between their musical creations and their film creations was becoming more blurred. The documentaries of the National Film Board of Canada were regular viewing for the young collective, and they were later to name their band as a nod to this early influence.

By Spring 1984 Mike had produced various multi-tracked works at a professional recording studio by his home on the coast. Mike, Marcus and other friends spent the early eighties making music near the beaches of north-east Scotland. They blended real instruments and voices with the sounds of home computers and found sounds from radio and television.

In 1986 Marcus joined Mike's band, as a bassist. They were the only live band in their area performing hard, minimal electronic music; (showcase gigs in their rural hometown saw them billed alongside an endless procession of glam-rock covers bands who played New York Dolls and Poison). With frequent line-up changes, by the end of the eighties Boards of Canada eventually had comprised as many as fourteen different members.

In the late eighties the band and their surrounding collective were making longer films and extensive photographic projects. The films were soundtracked by Boards of Canada. The group's work utilised brooding imagery and cryptic, psychedelic pictures and texts to achieve feelings of nostalgia, confusion, and loss.

By 1989 Boards of Canada had embarked on the creation of their own studio. The band began putting on occasional outdoor happenings. They used projections, films, monitors, and played tapes of bizarre recordings including television themes with reversed vocal messages mixed over the music.

From 1992 to 1994 various small musical and visual projects took place, whilst the band's collective Hexagon Sun began regular Redmoon nights at a ruin near their own studio in Scotland. Large bonfires were lit and guests found themselves listening to, among other things, old children's songs being mixed over steady electronic pulses. In the summer of 1995 the band and their friends officially christened their studio in the Pentland Hills Hexagon Sun, and the collective have continued their work on recordings, films and gatherings from this location. (Every year in the spring and summer Hexagon Sun hosts various small rural music gatherings, which attract many local heads.)

For some time Boards of Canada had been recording EP's and "albums" by financing the manufacture themselves, on their own label Music70, but the first of these to be released outside the band's own circle of friends was Twoism, a limited-edition collection of grainy, melancholy melodies over slow, dry electronic rhythms.

In early 1996 a copy of Twoism reached the headquarters of the electronic label Skam in Manchester, England, and within a day Autechre's Sean Booth had contacted the duo. Mike & Marcus recorded the Hi Scores EP for Skam Records. BOC brought their full live show including Super-8 and video visuals when they played alongside Autechre, Panasonic & Cylob in London in July 1996.

Skam Records and Munich's Musik Aus Strom teamed up in 1997 to release a series of very limited compilation EP's under the name MASK, the first of which included an exclusive track by Boards of Canada. The second MASK instalment contained a track by one of the band's alter-egos, "Hell Interface." From now on Boards of Canada's music was being licensed for appearances on compilation albums all over the world.

At this time Boards of Canada gave a few performances around the UK, notably including a performance at the Phoenix Festival in July 1997, using onstage video visuals which cut from Super-8 movies to "blipvert"-style subliminal messaging. BOC once again supported labelmates Autechre in Scotland, and Seefeel in London, as well as headlining for Skam in Manchester. Meanwhile they released new music under the pseudonym Hell Interface, and obliged with remixes for a handful of artists.

In February 1998, much speculation preceded the announcement that Boards of Canada had signed to Sheffield's Warp Records. In the spring of 1998, after a remix for Mira Calix on Warp Records, and a limited edition 7" release of Aquarius on Skam Records, the duo completed an album for a joint release between Skam & Warp Records. Music Has the Right to Children was released on 20th April 1998.

The BOC debut album received excellent reviews in many music publications in the UK and Europe. "Album of the Issue" - Jockey Slut, April/May 1998, "Album of the Month" - Wax magazine, May 1998.

Boards of Canada recorded an exclusive session for the John Peel Show on Radio One in June 1998, and performed live on the John Peel Show, during the recording of the session. Peel described it on air as an "excellent session."

In July 1998 BOC landed a licensing deal in the USA with New York's Matador Records. Music Has the Right to Children was set for a September 1998 US release. That summer BOC commenced work on their second album for Warp Records, while Music Has the Right to Children was released in the USA. Jack Dangers of Meat Beat Manifesto approached the band, and BOC remixed his single Prime Audio Soup.

In January 1999 the BOC album Music Has The Right To Children became one of the most highly acclaimed albums of 1998 in magazine end-of-year polls; "No.16" - NME, "No.3" - Jockey Slut, "No.5" - The Wire, "No.8" - DJ Magazine, "No.19" - Muzik. In the same month Warp Records released a single of the BOC Peel Session that had aired the previous year on the UK's Radio 1.

Music Has The Right To Children returned to the UK Independent Chart Top 20 in February 1999, and after staying around for three weeks it peaked at number 7. Simultaneously the Peel Session single hung around the Top 10 of the Independent singles chart for several weeks.

In May 1999 NME included Boards of Canada in its "Top Ten Nu-Psychedelic Bands," alongside Mercury Rev & The Beta Band.

 In the same issue, NME ranked Boards of Canada's debut album 'Music Has The Right To Children' in its Top 25 Psychedelic Records of All Time:

#The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows
#The Byrds - Eight Miles High
#13th Floor Elevators - Slip Inside This House
#Pink Floyd - Interstellar Overdrive
#Electric Prunes - I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night
#Country Joe & The Fish - Electric Music For The Mind And Body
#The Beach Boys - Vegetables
#Jimi Hendrix - The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam’s Dice
#Can - Mother Sky
#Happy Mondays - 24 Hour Party People
#The Stone Roses - I Am The Resurrection
#A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray
#The Butthole Surfers - Hurdy Gurdy Man
#My Bloody Valentine - To Here Knows When
#Primal Scream - Higher Than The Sun
#The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds
#The Boo Radleys - Giant Steps
#Mercury Rev - Racing The Tide
#Spiritualised Electric Mainline - Electric Mainline
#The Chemical Brothers - The Private Psychedelic Reel
#Olivia Tremor Control - Dusk At Cubist Castle
#Super Furry Animals - Radiator
#The Beta Band - Three EPs
#Boards Of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children
#The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin

From 1999 onward various tracks from the BOC back-catalogue were being licensed for compilation albums, TV synchronisation and film soundtracks all over the world.

Throughout the summer of 1999 Boards of Canada continued to work on their second album, and in August 1999 they contributed two tracks to Warp Records’ 10th Birthday celebration albums, for release later in the year.

In November 1999 Boards of Canada performed live at Warp Records’ 10th Birthday Party in London alongside Autechre, Squarepusher, Aphex Twin and Mira Calix. The BOC live visual show, produced by the band themselves along with contributions from Hexagon Sun collaborators, was by now incorporating more finely-honed experimentation with subliminal text and imagery.

In October 2000 Boards of Canada performed live at The Incredible Warp Lighthouse Party, an electronic showcase event at a lighthouse on the River Thames in London, alongside various luminaries of the electronic music world including Autechre, Plaid, Aphex Twin, Skam artists, Schematic artists from the USA, Prefuse 73, and various others.

In November 2000 Boards of Canada released a four-track EP In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country.

In April 2001 BOC headlined at All Tomorrow’s Parties, a festival on the south coast of England with an esoteric line-up including Lambchop, Television, Yo La Tengo, Tortoise, Broadcast, Sun Ra Arkestra, and many others.

In February 2002 Boards of Canada released ‘Geogaddi’, the long-awaited follow-up to ‘Music Has the Right to Children’. Described as a darker partner to the previous album, with it’s swirling psychedelic melodies and multiple layers of beautiful sonic detail, ‘Geogaddi’ immediately entered the Top 20 Album Chart and stayed there for several weeks.

== 2001 ==

=== sonumu.net ===

*Source: http://sonomu.net/artist/~boardsofcanada/
*Biographical details by [[Peter Iain Campbell|PIC]], [[S. Goderich|S. Goderich]], 2001.

Boards of Canada originate around 1976 when Michael and Marcus were children. Both learned to play various musical instruments while moving and relocating between northern Scotland, southern England and Alberta in Canada. Around 1980 on the north-east coast of Scotland the first version of the band was formed, not yet including Marcus Eoin in the line-up. For the next few years Mike and cohorts created experimental music using borrowed synths, drums and tape machines.

Around this time the band were starting to create home movies with a Super-8 camera. Educational television documentaries and film soundtracks were becoming a big influence on the group and the crossover between their musical creations and their film creations was becoming more blurred. The documentaries of the National Film Board of Canada were regular viewing for the young collective, and they were later to name their band as a nod to this early influence.

By Spring 1984 Mike had produced various multi-tracked works at a professional recording studio by his home on the coast. Mike, Marcus and other friends spent the early eighties making music near the beaches of north-east Scotland. They blended real instruments and voices with the sounds of home computers and found sounds from radio and television.

In 1986 Marcus joined Mike's band, as a bassist. They were the only live band in their area performing hard, minimal electronic music; (showcase gigs in their rural hometown saw them billed alongside an endless procession of glam-rock covers bands who played New York Dolls and Poison). With frequent line-up changes, by the end of the eighties Boards of Canada eventually had comprised as many as fourteen different members.

In the late eighties the band and their surrounding collective were making longer films and extensive photographic projects. The films were soundtracked by Boards of Canada. The group's work utilised brooding imagery and cryptic, psychedelic pictures and texts to achieve feelings of nostalgia, confusion, and loss.

By 1989 Boards of Canada had embarked on the creation of their own studio. The band began putting on occasional outdoor happenings. They used projections, films, monitors, and played tapes of bizarre recordings including television themes with reversed vocal messages mixed over the music.

From 1992 to 1994 various small musical and visual projects took place, whilst the band's collective Hexagon Sun began regular Redmoon nights at a ruin near their own studio in Scotland. Large bonfires were lit and guests found themselves listening to, among other things, old children's songs being mixed over steady electronic pulses. In the summer of 1995 the band and their friends officially christened their studio in the Pentland Hills Hexagon Sun, and the collective have continued their work on recordings, films and gatherings from this location. (Every year in the spring and summer Hexagon Sun hosts various small rural music gatherings, which attract many local heads.)

For some time Boards of Canada had been recording EP's and "albums" by financing the manufacture themselves, on their own label Music70, but the first of these to be released outside the band's own circle of friends was Twoism, a limited-edition collection of grainy, melancholy melodies over slow, dry electronic rhythms.

In early 1996 a copy of Twoism reached the headquarters of the electronic label Skam in Manchester, England, and within a day Autechre's Sean Booth had contacted the duo. Mike & Marcus recorded the Hi Scores EP for Skam Records. BOC brought their full live show including Super-8 and video visuals when they played alongside Autechre, Panasonic & Cylob in London in July 1996.

Skam Records and Munich's Musik Aus Strom teamed up in 1997 to release a series of very limited compilation EP's under the name MASK, the first of which included an exclusive track by Boards of Canada. The second MASK instalment contained a track by one of the band's alter-egos, "Hell Interface." From now on Boards of Canada's music was being licensed for appearances on compilation albums all over the world.

 

At this time Boards of Canada gave a few performances around the UK, notably including a performance at the Phoenix Festival in July 1997, using onstage video visuals which cut from Super-8 movies to "blipvert"-style subliminal messaging. BOC once again supported labelmates Autechre in Scotland, and Seefeel in London, as well as headlining for Skam in Manchester. Meanwhile they released new music under the pseudonym Hell Interface, and obliged with remixes for a handful of artists.

In February 1998, much speculation preceded the announcement that Boards of Canada had signed to Sheffield's Warp Records. In the spring of 1998, after a remix for Mira Calix on Warp Records, and a limited edition 7" release of Aquarius on Skam Records, the duo completed an album for a joint release between Skam & Warp Records. Music Has the Right to Children was released on 20th April 1998.

The BOC debut album received excellent reviews in many music publications in the UK and Europe. "Album of the Issue" - Jockey Slut, April/May 1998, "Album of the Month" - Wax magazine, May 1998.

Boards of Canada recorded an exclusive session for the John Peel Show on Radio One in June 1998, and performed live on the John Peel Show, during the recording of the session. Peel described it on air as an "excellent session."

In July 1998 BOC landed a licensing deal in the USA with New York's Matador Records. Music Has the Right to Children was set for a September 1998 US release. That summer BOC commenced work on their second album for Warp Records, while Music Has the Right to Children was released in the USA. Jack Dangers of Meat Beat Manifesto approached the band, and BOC remixed his single Prime Audio Soup.

In January 1999 the BOC album Music Has The Right To Children became one of the most highly acclaimed albums of 1998 in magazine end-of-year polls; "No.16" - NME, "No.3" - Jockey Slut, "No.5" - The Wire, "No.8" - DJ Magazine, "No.19" - Muzik. In the same month Warp Records released a single of the BOC Peel Session that had aired the previous year on the UK's Radio 1.

Music Has The Right To Children returned to the UK Independent Chart Top 20 in February 1999, and after staying around for three weeks it peaked at number 7. Simultaneously the Peel Session single hung around the Top 10 of the Independent singles chart for several weeks.

In May 1999 NME included Boards of Canada in its "Top Ten Nu-Psychedelic Bands," alongside Mercury Rev & The Beta Band.

In the same issue, NME ranked Boards of Canada's debut album 'Music Has The Right To Children' in its Top 25 Psychedelic Records of All Time:

#The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows
#The Byrds - Eight Miles High
#13th Floor Elevators - Slip Inside This House
#Pink Floyd - Interstellar Overdrive
#Electric Prunes - I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night
#Country Joe & The Fish - Electric Music For The Mind And Body
#The Beach Boys - Vegetables
#Jimi Hendrix - The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam’s Dice
#Can - Mother Sky
#Happy Mondays - 24 Hour Party People
#The Stone Roses - I Am The Resurrection
#A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray
#The Butthole Surfers - Hurdy Gurdy Man
#My Bloody Valentine - To Here Knows When
#Primal Scream - Higher Than The Sun
#The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds
#The Boo Radleys - Giant Steps
#Mercury Rev - Racing The Tide
#Spiritualised Electric Mainline - Electric Mainline
#The Chemical Brothers - The Private Psychedelic Reel
#Olivia Tremor Control - Dusk At Cubist Castle
#Super Furry Animals - Radiator
#The Beta Band - Three EPs
#Boards Of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children
#The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin

From 1999 onward various tracks from the BOC back-catalogue were being licensed for compilation albums, TV synchronisation and film soundtracks all over the world.

Throughout the summer of 1999 Boards of Canada continued to work on their second album, and in August 1999 they contributed two tracks to Warp Records' 10th Birthday celebration albums, for release later in the year.

In November 1999 Boards of Canada performed live at Warp Records' 10th Birthday Party in London alongside Autechre, Squarepusher, Aphex Twin and Mira Calix. The BOC live visual show, produced by the band themselves along with contributions from Hexagon Sun collaborators, was by now incorporating more finely-honed experimentation with subliminal text and imagery.

In October 2000 Boards of Canada performed live at The Incredible Warp Lighthouse Party, an electronic showcase event at a lighthouse on the River Thames in London, alongside various luminaries of the electronic music world including Autechre, Plaid, Aphex Twin, Skam artists, Schematic artists from the USA, Prefuse 73, and various others.

In November 2000 Boards of Canada released a four-track EP In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country.

In April 2001 BOC headlined at All Tomorrow's Parties, a festival on the south coast of England with an esoteric line-up including Lambchop, Television, Yo La Tengo, Tortoise, Broadcast, Sun Ra Arkestra, and many others.

A new full-length album will be released on Warp in 2002.

== 2000 ==

=== matadorrecords.com ===

*Source: http://www.matadorrecords.com/boards_of_canada/biography.html
*Biographical details by PIC, S. Goderich, 2000. (pre-Lighthouse)

 The origins of Boards of Canada date from around 1976 when Michael and Marcus were young children. They both learned to play various instruments while moving and relocating between northern Scotland, southern England and Alberta in Canada. Around 1980 on the north-east coast of Scotland the first version of the band was formed, not yet including Marcus Eoin in the line-up. For the next few years Mike and his friends created experimental music using borrowed synths, drums and tape machines.

Around this time the band were starting to create home movies with a Super-8 camera. Educational television documentaries and film soundtracks were becoming a big influence on the group and the crossover between their musical creations and their film creations was becoming more blurred. The documentaries of the National Film Board of Canada were regular viewing for the young collective, and they were later to name their band as a nod to this early influence.

By Spring 1984 Mike had produced various multitracked works at a professional recording studio by his home on the coast. Mike, Marcus and other friends spent the early eighties making music near the beaches of north-east Scotland. They blended real instruments and voices with the sounds of home computers and found sounds from radio and television.

In 1986 Marcus joined Mike’s band, as a bassist. They were the only live band in their area performing hard, minimal electronic music; (Showcase gigs in their rural hometown saw them billed alongside an endless procession of glam-rock covers bands who played New York Dolls and Poison). With frequent line-up changes, Boards of Canada eventually had comprised as many as fourteen different members.

In the late eighties the band and their surrounding collective were making longer films and extensive photographic projects. The films were soundtracked by Boards of Canada. The group’s work utilised brooding imagery and cryptic pictures and texts to achieve feelings of nostalgia, confusion, and loss.

By 1989 Boards of Canada had reduced itself to three core members, Mike, Marcus and Chris. With various collaborators they embarked on the creation of their own studio. The trio began putting on occasional outdoor happenings. They used projections, films, monitors, and played tapes of bizarre recordings including television themes with reversed vocal messages mixed over the music.

From 1992 to 1994 various small musical and visual projects took place, whilst the band’s collective “Hexagon Sun” began regular “Redmoon” nights at a ruin near their own studio in Scotland. Large bonfires were lit and guests found themselves listening to, among other things, old children’s songs being mixed over steady electronic pulses. In the summer of 1995 the band and their friends officially christened their studio in the Pentland Hills “Hexagon Sun,” and the collective have continued their work on recordings, films and gatherings from this location. (Every year in the spring and summer Hexagon Sun hosts various small rural music gatherings, which attract many local heads.)

For some time Boards of Canada had been recording EP’s and “albums” by financing the manufacture themselves, on their own label Music70, but the first of these to be released outside the band’s own circle of friends was “Twoism,” a limited-edition collection of grainy, melancholy melodies over slow, dry electronic rhythms.

In early 1996 Chris departed. Some time later a copy of “Twoism” reached the headquarters of the electronic label Skam in Manchester, England, and within a day Autechre’s Sean Booth had contacted the remaining duo. Mike & Marcus recorded the “Hi Scores” EP for Skam Records. BOC brought their full live show including Super-8 and video visuals when they played alongside Autechre, Panasonic & Cylob in London in July 1996.

Skam Records and Munich’s Musik Aus Strom teamed up in 1997 to release a series of very limited compilation EP’s under the name “MASK,” the first of which included an exclusive track by Boards of Canada. The second MASK installment contained a track by one of the band’s alter-egos, “Hell Interface.” From now on Boards of Canada’s music was being licensed for appearances on compilation albums all over the world.

At this time Boards of Canada gave a few performances around the UK, notably including a performance at the Phoenix Festival in July 1997, using onstage video visuals which cut from Super-8 movies to “blipvert”-style subliminal messaging. BOC once again supported labelmates Autechre in Scotland, and Seefeel in London, as well as headlining for Skam in Manchester. Meanwhile they released new music under the pseudonym Hell Interface, and obliged with remixes for a handful of artists.

In February 1998, much speculation preceded the announcement that Boards of Canada had signed to Sheffield’s Warp Records.

In the spring of 1998, after a remix for Mira Calix on Warp Records, and a limited edition 7" release of “Aquarius” on Skam Records, the duo completed an album for a joint release between Skam & Warp Records. ‘Music Has the Right to Children’ was released on 20th April 1998.

The BOC debut album received excellent reviews in many music publications in the UK and Europe. “Album of the Issue” - Jockey Slut, April/May 1998, “Album of the Month” - Wax magazine, May 1998.

Boards of Canada recorded an exclusive session for the John Peel Show on Radio One in June 1998, and performed live on the John Peel Show, during the recording of the session. Peel described it on air as an “excellent session.”

In July 1998 BOC landed a long-term licensing deal in the USA with New York’s Matador Records. ‘Music Has the Right to Children’ was set for a September 1998 US release. That summer BOC commenced work on their second album for Warp Records, while ‘Music Has the Right to Children’ was released in the USA. Jack Dangers of Meat Beat Manifesto approached the band, and BOC remixed his single “Prime Audio Soup.”

In January 1999 the BOC album ‘Music Has The Right To Children’ became one of the most highly acclaimed albums of 1998 in magazine end-of-year polls; “No.16” - NME, “No.3” - Jockey Slut, “No.5” - The Wire, “No.8” - DJ Magazine, “No.19” - Muzik. In the same month Warp Records released a single of the BOC Peel Session that had aired the previous year on the UK’s Radio One.

‘Music Has The Right To Children’ returned to the UK Independent Chart Top 20 in February 1999, and after staying around for three weeks it peaked at number 7. Simultaneously the Peel Session single hung around the Top 10 of the Independent singles chart for several weeks.

On the 22nd of May 1999 NME included Boards of Canada in its “Top Ten Nu-Psychedelic Bands,” alongside Mercury Rev & The Beta Band.

In the same issue, NME ranked Boards of Canada’s debut album ‘Music Has The Right To Children’ in its Top 25 Psychedelic Records of All Time:

#The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows
#The Byrds - Eight Miles High
#13th Floor Elevators - Slip Inside This House
#Pink Floyd - Interstellar Overdrive
#Electric Prunes - I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night
#Country Joe & The Fish - Electric Music For The Mind And Body
#The Beach Boys - Vegetables
#Jimi Hendrix - The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam’s Dice
#Can - Mother Sky
#Happy Mondays - 24 Hour Party People
#The Stone Roses - I Am The Resurrection
#A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray
#The Butthole Surfers - Hurdy Gurdy Man
#My Bloody Valentine - To Here Knows When
#Primal Scream - Higher Than The Sun
#The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds
#The Boo Radleys - Giant Steps
#Mercury Rev - Racing The Tide
#Spiritualised Electric Mainline - Electric Mainline
#The Chemical Brothers - The Private Psychedelic Reel
#Olivia Tremor Control - Dusk At Cubist Castle
#Super Furry Animals - Radiator
#The Beta Band - Three EPs
#Boards Of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children
#The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin

In the spring of 1999 various tracks from the BOC back-catalogue were being licensed for compilation albums and TV synchronisation all over the world.

Throughout the summer of 1999 Boards of Canada continued to work on their second album, and in August 1999 they contributed two tracks to Warp Records’ 10th Birthday celebration albums, for release later in the year.

In November 1999 Boards of Canada performed live at Warp Records’ 10th Birthday Party in London alongside Autechre, Squarepusher, Aphex Twin and Mira Calix. The BOC live visual show, produced by the band themselves along with contributions from Hexagon Sun collaborators, was by now incorporating more finely-honed experimentation with subliminal text and imagery.

The future: Boards of Canada will release their second album on Warp in the near future.
 

== 1998 ==

=== imusic.com ===

*Source: http://web.archive.org/web/19990203165405/http://imusic.com/showcase/indie/boardsofcanada.html
*June 1998

 michael sandison (b.1971) marcus eoin (b.1973)

1977-1980: both started learning piano and guitar in the late seventies. mike & marcus had lived in London & Calgary as children in the seventies.

1980: michael's first schoolband (c.1980) comprised live drums, bass and keyboards. sounded like video game tunes repeated to infinity.

1981-1982: michael and marcus were captivated by the earnest simplicity of documentary filmmaking on television, and the accompanying soundtracks.

1983: michael made his first super-8 movie with schoolfriends. the film included special lighting effects creted by damaging the film in various ways.

1984: michael's first visit to a recording studio (arranged by a music teacher) yields three or four multi-tracked synth tunes, which he later performs at school with the aid of a reel-to-reel accompaniment (no sequencers available to him). both michael and marcus were at this time recording found sounds from television and punching them into sequences of a very basic household tape-recorder. the duo began a crude form of multi-tracking by bouncing tracks back and forth between the tape recorder and an old hi-fi. Instruments used included pianos, voices & schoolbags!

1984: marcus began programming multi-tracked melodies on his BBC Microcomputer. he composed mathematically, once notably writing an entire tune as a mathematical palindrome.

1985: began making the first of many tapes of experimental tunes, mostly very melodic but instrumental.

1986: michael formed a new band, this time with a full line-up of drums, bass, guitars, vocals. once played a cover of "L.A." by The Fall, who spookily turned up eleven years later on a Skam compilation "0161", Skam being the first label to release a Boards of Canada EP.

1986: michael invited marcus to join the band, and marcus played bass, more synths joined . . .

1987: the full band (then a five-piece) performed at an all-night music marathon where a stage invasion resulted in members of the audience playing some of the keyboard parts. " . . . one person for every key on my synth. It was chaos. We just left the stage and watched . . .", michael says this was some of the best music the band has ever played.

1987: at another all-weekend music marathon, michael consumed a massive amount of Pro-Plus and performed a six-hour drum solo onstage from 1am to 7am.

1988: michael bought what he now describes as the band's "secret weapon" synth from a friend for �100 whilst travelling on a bus.

1988: the collective surrounding the bandbegan making unusual films (later under the name Music70), mostly on super-8 or video. the films were sometimes coherent stories, sometimes fractured messages. the tone of the imagery of the band's filmaking & photography at that time was nostalgic, minimal and electronic; portraits of electric pylons, coupled with music that might have been written by eletric pylons; a sinister story of a road journey into the patterns on a peacock's tail.

1989: two band members left and the remaining three of michael, marcus and chris decided to carry on by borrowing money to purchase more electronics.

1989: the trio began recording at a professional studio, whilst putting on occasional nights for friends where they played tapes of television themes with horrific reversed vocals mixed over the music.

1990: a series of collaborations with various friends took place, resulting in multi-layered guitar songs with a dark, orchestrated feel.

1991: marcus left university to concentrate on the construction of a powerful recording studio, which mixed old, cheap technology with new.

1992-1994: various musical and visual projects took place, whilst the band began regular "Redmoon" nights at a ruined monastery stable near their studio in Scotland. people would turn up to several large bonfires at these nights, to listen to old children's television themes being mixed over steady electronic pulses.

1995: in the summer of 1995 the band and their friends christened the studio in the Pentland Hills, "Hexagon Sun", and the collective have continued their work on recordings, films and gatherings from this location. (every year in the spring and summer, Hexagon Sun hosts various small rural music gatherings, which attract many local heads.)

1995: the band recorded their first vinyl EP by financing it themselves. the result is "Twoism", a limited edition collection of grainy, melancholy melodies over slow, dry electronic rhythms.

1996: Chris left the band. Autechre's Sean Booth contacted the remaining duo and michael and marcus recorded the Hi Scores EP for Skam records. the band played alongside Autechre, Panasonic and Cylob in London in July 1996.

1997: Skam Records and Munich's Musik Aus Strom teamed up to release a series of very limited compilation EPs under the name "MASK", the first of which included an exclusive track by Boards of Canada. The second MASK installment contained a track by the band's alter-ego, "Hell Interface."

1997: in the spring of 1997, Boards of Canada contributed the track "Turquoise Hexagon Sun" to the compilation album "Bento Box" on New York's Caipirihna label. The band also contributed two tracks to Skam Records' "Skampler" compilation, released in the US in conjunction with Silent Records.

1997: Boards of Canada gave a few performances around the UK, notably including a performance at the Phoenix Festival in July, 1997, building a reputation with their use of onstage video visuals which cut from super-8 movies to "blipvert"- style subliminal messaging. meanwhile they released a couple more dark tunes under the pseudonym "Hell Interface". BOC remixed "Surfaise" for Funkstorung's Michael Fakesch in the summer of 1997. Hell Interface contributed a track, "Soylent Night", to a limited edition 7" in collaboration with V/Vm in December 1997.

April 1998: after a remix for Mira Calix on Warp Records, and a limited edition 7" release of Aquarius on Skam Records, the duo completed an album for a joint release between Skam & Warp Records in April, 1998 titled "Music Has The Right To Children".

May 1998: the newly released BOC debut album received excellent reviews in several music publications in the UK.

June 1998: BOC contributed an exclusive track to Warp Records' commemorative 100th release 'WAP100' in June 1998, on a springtime feel, and completed a remix for Bubbah's Tum on iLL Records, for release in June 1998. BOC produced an exclusive session for the John Peel show in June 1998.

The Future: BOC will be releasing their second album on Warp at the beginning of 1999. The band's film production collective, Music70, is writing for various small projects to be completed later in the year. The band promise to deliver a large film project in 2-3 years' time.

=== matador.recs.com ===

*Source: http://web.archive.org/web/19990427204018/http://www.matador.recs.com/bios/bio_boards.html
*Biographical details by [[Peter Iain Campbell|PIC]] and [[S. Goderich|Goderich]], Hexagon Sun, December 1998

 michael sandison (b. 1971) marcus eoin (b.1973) 1977-1980: both started learning piano and guitar in the late seventies. mike & marcus had lived in London & Calgary as children in the seventies.

1980: michael's first schoolband (c.1980) comprised live drums, bass and keyboards. sounded like video game tunes repeated to infinity.

1981-1982: michael and marcus were captivated by the earnest simplicity of documentary filmmaking on television, and the accompanying soundtracks.

1983: At high school on the north-east coast of Scotland in 1983, Michael's band got into synthesisers, and played instrumental gigs with live percussion, bass, and peculiar electronic melodies.

1983: Michael made his first super-8 movie with schoolfriends. the film included special lighting effects creted by damaging the film in various ways.

1984: michael's first visit to a recording studio (arranged by a music teacher) yields three or four multi-tracked synth tunes, which he later performs at school with the aid of a reel-to-reel accompaniment (no sequencers available to him). both michael and marcus were at this time recording found sounds from television and punching them into sequences of a very basic household tape-recorder. the duo began a crude form of multi-tracking by bouncing tracks back and forth between the tape recorder and an old hi-fi. Instruments used included pianos, voices & schoolbags!

1984: marcus began programming multi-tracked melodies on his BBC Microcomputer. he composed mathematically, once notably writing an entire tune as a mathematical palindrome.

1985: began making the first of many tapes of experimental tunes, mostly very melodic but instrumental tracks.

1986: Michael formed a new band, this time with a full line-up of drums, bass, guitars & vocals. (They once played a live cover of "L.A." by The Fall, who by coincidence turned up eleven years later on a Skam compilation "0161", Skam being the first label to release a Boards of Canada EP.)

1986: Michael invited Marcus to join the band to play bass. The band comprised four or five members during this period. Although the band used live drums, guitars and vocals, the sound was becoming heavily electronic.

1987: The band (then a five-piece) performed at an all-weekend benefit gig where a stage invasion resulted in members of the audience playing some of the keyboard parts: "...one person for every key on my synth. It was chaos. We just left the stage and watched..." Michael says this was some of the best music the band has ever played. At another all-weekend gig Michael consumed a large amount of Pro-Plus and performed a six-hour drum solo onstage from 1am to 7am.

1988: michael bought what he now describes as the band's "secret weapon" synth from a friend for £100 whilst travelling on a bus.

1988: the collective surrounding the bandbegan making unusual films (later under the name Music70), mostly on super-8 or video. the films were sometimes coherent stories, sometimes fractured messages. the tone of the imagery of the band's filmaking & photography at that time was nostalgic, minimal and electronic; portraits of electric pylons, coupled with music that might have been written by eletric pylons; a sinister story of a road journey into the patterns on a peacock's tail.

 

1989: Two band members left and the remaining three of Michael, Marcus and Chris decided to continue by borrowing money to purchase more technology. At this point the band were heading towards purely electronically-created music.

1989: the trio began recording at a professional studio, whilst putting on occasional nights for friends where they played tapes of television themes with horrific reversed vocals mixed over the music.

1990: a series of collaborations with various friends took place, resulting in multi-layered guitar songs with a dark, orchestrated feel.

1991: Marcus left university to concentrate on the construction of the band’s recording studio, which mixed old, cheap technology with new.

1992-1994: Various musical and visual projects took place, whilst the band began regular "Redmoon" nights at a ruin near their studio in Scotland. People would turn up to several large bonfires at these nights, to listen to old children’s television themes being mixed over steady electronic pulses.

1995: In the summer of 1995 the band and their friends christened their studio in the Pentland Hills "Hexagon Sun", and the collective have continued their work on recordings, films and gatherings from this location. (Every year in the spring and summer Hexagon Sun hosts various small rural music gatherings, which attract many local heads.)

1995: The band recorded their first vinyl EP by financing it themselves. The result is "Twoism", a limited edition collection of grainy, melancholy melodies over slow, dry electronic rhythms.

1996: Chris left the band. Autechre's Sean Booth contacted the remaining duo, and Michael & Marcus recorded the “Hi Scores” EP for the underground Manchester label Skam Records. The band played alongside Autechre, Panasonic & Cylob in London in July 1996.

1997: Skam Records and Munich's Musik Aus Strom teamed up to release a series of very limited compilation EP's under the name "MASK", the first of which included an exclusive track by Boards of Canada. The second MASK installment contained a track by the band's alter-ego, "Hell Interface."

1997: In the Spring of 1997 Boards of Canada contributed the track "Turquoise Hexagon Sun" to the compilation album "Bento Box" on New York's Caipirinha label. The band also contributed two tracks to Skam Records' "Skampler" compilation, released in the US in conjunction with Silent Records.

1997: Boards of Canada gave a few performances around the UK, notably including a performance at the Phoenix Festival in July 1997, building a reputation with their use of onstage video visuals which cut from Super-8 movies to "blipvert"-style subliminal messaging. BOC once again supported labelmates Autechre in Scotland, and Seefeel in London, as well as headlining for Skam in Manchester. Meanwhile they released new dark tunes under the pseudonym "Hell Interface."

1997: BOC remixed "Surfaise" for Funkstorung's Michael Fakesch in the summer of 1997. Hell Interface contributed a track, "Soylent Night", to a limited edition 7" in collaboration with V/Vm in December 1997.

Spring 1998: After a remix for Mira Calix on Warp Records, and a limited edition 7" release of "Aquarius" on Skam Records, the duo completed an album for a joint release between Skam & Warp Records. "Music Has the Right to Children" was released on 20th April 1998.

April 1998: BOC DJ appearance at Sheffield’s “Test One” electronic music festival.

May 1998: The BOC debut album received excellent reviews in many music publications in the UK and Europe: 'Album of the Issue' - Jockey Slut, April/May 1998, 'Album of the Month' - Wax magazine, May 1998

June 1998: BOC contributed an exclusive track to Warp Records' celebratory 100th release 'WAP100' in June 1998, and completed a remix for Bubbah's Tum on iLL Records, which was released in June 1998.

June 1998: BOC produced an exclusive session for the John Peel Show on Radio One in June 1998, (broadcast on Tuesday 21st July, 1998) and performed live on the John Peel Show, during the recording of the session.

July 1998: BOC landed a licensing deal in the USA with Matador Records. Music Has the Right to Children was set for a September 1998 US release.

Summer 1998: BOC commenced work on their second album for Warp Records.

August 1998: Jack Dangers of Meat Beat Manifesto approached the band, and BOC remixed their single ‘Prime Audio Soup."

The future: BOC's second album on Warp will be released in 1999.

Other news: A single of the band's 1998 Peel Session is set for release on Warp in 1999. A remix for "Slag Boom Van Loon," (a collaboration project between Mike Paradinas and Speedy J) will be released in 1999. The Hexagon Sun collective promises to deliver a large film project in 2-3 years.

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== Official ==
=== Dayvan Cowboy ===
"[[Dayvan Cowboy]]" directed by '''[[Melissa Olson]]'''

The first official video, released online and in a promo DVD included with WarpMart pre-orders of ''[[Trans Canada Highway]]''.
* [http://www.warprecords.com/dayvancowboy/ Warp microsite]
** [http://212.78.76.244/dayvancowboy/boc-dayvancowboy.mp4 iPod/iTunes]
** [http://212.78.76.244/dayvancowboy/boc-dayvancowboy.mov Quicktime]
** [http://212.78.76.244/dayvancowboy/boc-dayvancowboy.wmv Windows Media]
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=== Invocation ===
"[[Invocation]]" directed by '''Melissa Olson'''

Promo video for ''[[Trans Canada Highway]]'' and bonus feature on the Japanese release.
* [http://archive.warp.net/666/ Warp microsite (archive)]
* [http://kaen.org/use/video_hi.mpg MPEG converted by Kaen]
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== Advertisements ==
=== BMW 7-Series ===
* "[[Pool]]" -- directed by '''Daniel Barber'''
* "[[Kid For Today]]" from ''[[In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country]]'' used on a European BMW automobile ad featuring the 7-Series luxury sedan.
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=== Nissan ===
* "[[Statistics]]" -- directed by '''[http://www.director-file.com/cunningham/ Chris Cunningham]'''
* "[[The Color Of The Fire]]" and "[[5-9-78]]", used on a European Nissan automobile ad. "[[5-9-78]]" is not commercially available, but can be found on the bootleg ''[[A Few Old Tunes]]''.
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=== Telecom Italia ===
* "[[Quiet]]" -- directed by '''[http://www.director-file.com/cunningham/ Chris Cunningham]'''
* "Untitled", used on a commercial for Telecom Italia, directed by [http://www.director-file.com/cunningham/ Chris Cunningham], who is also well-known for his video work with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphex_Twin Aphex Twin]. This piece is not commercially available but a portion of this track seems to be sampled on "[[A Is To B As B Is To C]]" from the ''[[Geogaddi]]'' album. Coincidentally, the commercial features movie star [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000138/ Leonardo DiCaprio].
* [http://www.richter-friis.com/movies/italian/filmen.html Directory of Photography's page]
{{#ev:youtube|uQGyXVRiR5k|300}}

=== Liberty Mutual ===
[http://www.harmony-korine.com Harmony Korine] has directed a series of [http://www.libertymutual.com/ Liberty Mutual] commercials that began airing on TV in the US May 2009. The first two ads feature "[[Corsair]]" and the third one features "[[Ready Let's Go]]" by [[Boards of Canada]].

Unfortunately these videos had to be removed due to a copyright complaint.

== WATMM video contest ==
{{main|An Eagle In Your Mind Video Contest}}
[http://www.watmm.com/ WATMM] hosted a Boards of Canada [[video contest]] in late 2002. The videos were judged by [[Mike]] and [[Marcus]] themselves, who picked the winners as follows:

# "[[Gyroscope]]" by Billy Clayton
# "[[June 9th]]" by Sam Smith
# "[[Corsair]]" by Magnus Hedberg

{{#ev:youtube|POZbN5bQq_Q|250}} {{#ev:youtube|8cHtxNvD5o8|250}} {{#ev:youtube|u3TIX_0YPqY|250}}

== Creations by ==
=== [http://www.youtube.com/user/747Music 747Music] ===
# ''[[Old Tunes Vol. 1]]'' Side A Track 01 mixed to some Waking Life clips.
{{#ev:youtube|k6XVMGs4Ar8|250}}

=== [http://www.audiodile.com/remixes.htm Audiodile] & [http://www.twoism.org/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=320 sejd] ===
# Anew Contraption: a [[Boards of Canada|BoC]] megamix by [http://www.audiodile.com/remixes.htm Audiodile], set to video footage of [[wikipedia:The_World_of_David_the_Gnome|David the Gnome]].
{{#ev:youtube|W1qFOD28joY|250}}

=== [http://www.twoism.org/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=974 blue_olson] ===
# "[[Alpha And Omega]]"
# "[[Skyliner]]"
# "[[m9]]"
{{#ev:youtube|WUxSr7nF_SU|250}} {{#ev:youtube|rYjE6h_S5dM|250}} {{#ev:youtube|LoXp4s_LBzU|250}}

=== [http://vimeo.com/rosco Dylan Roscover] ===
# "[[Dawn Chorus]]" | [http://vimeo.com/5769765?hd=1 watch in hd]
{{#ev:vimeo|5769765|250}}

=== [http://www.youtube.com/user/gi0rgi0 gi0rgi0] ===
# Footage from vintage classic, [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021025/ King of Jazz] set to [[Boards of Canada]]'s ''[[Old Tunes Vol. 1]]'' Side B, Track 9.
{{#ev:youtube|_pFSC1x3k2g|250}}

=== [http://vimeo.com/user656427 Glen Marshall] ===
# "[[Music Is Math]]" | [http://vimeo.com/1593564?hd=1 watch in hd]
# "[[Corsair]]" | [http://vimeo.com/1747316?hd=1 watch in hd]
{{#ev:vimeo|1593564|250}} {{#ev:vimeo|1747316|250}}

=== [http://www.youtube.com/user/jnberger Jesse Berger] ===
# "[[Twoism]]"
{{#ev:youtube|yEBrhs86N0g|250}}

=== [http://www.twoism.org/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=305 LOL Alzado] ===
# "[[Pete Standing Alone]]"
{{#ev:youtube|tznKkts0nG0|250}}

=== [http://www.youtube.com/user/themooninsilvertrees themooninsilvertrees] ===
# My Boards Of Canda collection as of Nov.10th 2010.
{{#ev:youtube|KopalOnkZbs|250}}

=== [http://www.youtube.com/user/turnstiled Turnstiled] ===
# 1984 "K.i.t.t. vs. K.a.r.r." [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083437/ Knight Rider] episode meets [[Boards of Canada]]'s "[['84 Pontiac Dream]]".
{{#ev:youtube|_f_HB2FouQU|250}}

Signalquality.co.uk

2012-03-20T17:44:04Z

Contrapositive: Undo revision 8016 by 92.22.71.160 (talk)

A website ''"that was an old Hexagon Sun-related page someone was using, but it's now gone"''. [[MDG]]

==See Also==
*[http://www.signalquality.co.uk The website]
*[[Boards of Canada]]
*[[Marcus Eoin]]
*[[Michael Sandison]]
*[[Music70]]
*[[Hexagon Sun]]
*[[wikipedia:Hexagon Sun|Wikipedia article on Hexagon Sun]]

{{stub}}
{{Nav-Sites}}

Diving Station

2012-03-20T04:09:25Z

Contrapositive: rvv

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Diving Station
| runtime=1.27
| appearson=[[Geogaddi]]}}

== Samples/Lyrics ==
* [Pete from Phaelam] suggests that the creaky sounds in the track are slowed down human speech, and also says that if the whole track is speeded up until it is only 11.5 seconds long, then it sounds like ''"we hate you all, we hate you all, [laughter]"''.

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

Random 35 Tracks Tape

2012-03-20T04:04:22Z

Contrapositive: rvv

{{Infobox Release|
| name=Random 35 Tracks Tape
| release_date=1995?
| format=Cassette
| label=Music70
| catno=N/A
| runtime=84:00
}}

[[Random 35 Tracks Tape]] (real name unknown) refers to a collection of 35 tracks leaked on P2P networks around September 2004. Unlike other "[[Old Tunes]]" tapes, the tracks are completely unlabeled; however, a few match known tracks from other sources, including commercial releases. No liner notes or tape scan have ever surfaced.

Despite its uncertain provenance, the tape is generally believed to be authentic.

==Background==
*''[[Random 35 Tracks Tape]]'' seems to be sourced from a cassette tape containing a (presumably) hand-selected set of pre-[[BoC Maxima]] tracks. The leaking of these tracks to P2P networks ([http://www.slsknet.org Soulseek], originally) provided much drama on [[WATMM]].
**All files are encoded as 320kbps MP3.
* For a long time, it was assumed that this tape was the missing ''[[Old Tunes Vol. 1]]'' (since ''[[A Few Old Tunes]]'' and ''[[Old Tunes Vol. 2]]'' were already known), although this was never confirmed. This was finally proven false when, on 08 Aug 2009, [[Twoism forum]] member dealer posted new photos of a cassette and liner notes showing the [[A Few Old Tunes]] and [[Old Tunes Vol. 1]] were, in fact, the same release.
*[[MDG]] has said that it is not known who compiled the tracks, calling it "a mystery, just a mixture".
*Zoetrope, a user on radiomute.com, refferred to not only the commonly known A few Old Tunes and Old Tunes vol. 2, but also a third volume, which he appeared to reffer to this leaked release as. Some also seem to believe that this is a 'Closes vol. 2'.

== Discovery ==
These tracks appear to have first surfaced on [http://www.slsknet.org Soulseek] under various names, such as "random 35 tracks tape (rarities and the best of - not old tunes v1 or v2)" and "A Few Older Tunes Disc 1/Disc 2", reflecting the uncertainty of the collection's provenance. Early sightings include:
* 9 Sep 2004 - [http://community.livejournal.com/boardsofcanada/28808.html LiveJournal post]
* 3 Oct 2004 - [http://xltronic.com/mb/topic.php3?topic=65661 xltronic messageboard topic]
* 8 Oct 2004 - [http://www.opensubscriber.com/message/idm@hyperreal.org/42958.html idm-l post]
* 3 Mar 2004 - [http://www.radiomute.com/showthread.php/10564-B.O.C.-quot-A-Few-Old-Tunes-Vols-1-2-3-quot Zoetrope's Post]

==Samples/Lyrics==
Blueberry is believed to be the name of the short Vignette at the end of [[Sixtyten]] on [[Music has the Right to Children]].
It's too Orangey is the name of the vignette at the end of [[Triangles and Rhombuses]] also on [[Music has the Right to Children]].
Track 10 on side b contains some samples from [[the smallest weird number]] in reverse.
Track 6 on side a contains the sample from [[Seven Forty Seven]], but slightly slower.
Track 8 contains a sample from [[June 9th]] except much faster.

==Tracks==
'''Important:''' Track titles and lengths are estimations; original listings are not available.''

'''Side A:'''
# "[[Audiotrack 01]]" – 1:22
# "[[She is P]]" – 2:12
# "[[Audiotrack 03]]" – 3:45
# "[[Audiotrack 04]]" – 0:50
# "[[Finity]]" – 5:04
# "[[Audiotrack 06]]" – 4:57
# "[[Audiotrack 07]]" – 3:58
# "[[Audiotrack 08]]" – 6:34
# "[[Audiotrack 09]]" – 1:50
# "[[Audiotrack 10]]" – 2:59
# "[[Blueberry]]" – 0:26
# "[[Audiotrack 12]]" – 2:59
# "[[Audiotrack 13]]" – 2:12
# "[[Audiotrack 14]]" – 1:46
# "[[I Will Get It Tattooed]]" – 1:05

'''Side B:'''
# "[[Audiotrack 01]]" – 1:29
# "[[Audiotrack 02]]" – 3:51
# "[[House of Abin'adab]]" – 1:04
# "[[Audiotrack 04]]" – 4:26
# "[[Audiotrack 05]]" – 1:52
# "[[Audiotrack 06]]" – 0:23
# "[[Audiotrack 07]]" – 3:42
# "[[Audiotrack 08]]" – 0:57
# "[[Audiotrack 09]]" – 3:12
# "[[Smallest Weird Number (Reversed)]]" – 0:59
# "[[Audiotrack 11]]" – 3:31
# "[[Audiotrack 12]]" – 3:33
# "[[Davie Addison]]" – 1:11
# "[[Audiotrack 14]]" – 3:15
# "[[Audiotrack 15]]" – 2:04
# "[[Audiotrack 16]]" – 2:21
# "[[It's Too Orangey]]" – 0:19
# "[[Audiotrack 18]]" – 2:02
# "[[Audiotrack 19]]" – 1:23
# "[[Audiotrack 20]]" – 0:27

==See also==
*[[Old Tunes saga]]
*[http://www.slsknet.org Soulseek]

== External links ==
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20041112023647/http://boc.xwiki.com/xwiki/bin/view/Unreleased/Rarities Wayback machine link of the XWiki page with detailed information on the initial leak]

[[Category:P2P Release]]
{{stub}}
{{Nav-Releases}}

Music Has the Right to Children

2012-03-20T04:01:26Z

Contrapositive: rvv

{{Infobox Release|
| name=Music Has the Right to Children
| cover=Music Has the Right to Children.jpg
| release_date=20 April 1998 (Europe) 20 August 1998 (United States)
| format=Gatefold 2xLP CD Promo CD
| label=Skam Records Warp Records
| catno=skalp1/warplp55 skald1/warpcd55 skald1/pwarpcd55
| runtime=62:58 (Original release) 70:42 (2004 re-release)
}}

'''Music Has the Right to Children''' was the first commercially released album by [[Boards of Canada]] and probably their most well-known one. It has been called one of the greatest pieces of electronic music of its age and has introduced many to [[Boards of Canada]]. It was released 20 April 1998 in the United Kingdom and 20 August 1998 in the United States. It was later re-pressed in 2004.

==Tracks==

# "[[Wildlife Analysis]]" – 1:17
# "[[An Eagle in Your Mind]]" – 6:23
# "[[The Color of the Fire]]" – 1:45
# "[[Telephasic Workshop (song)|Telephasic Workshop]]" – 6:35
# "[[Triangles and Rhombuses]]" – 1:50
# "[[Sixtyten]]" – 5:48
# "[[Turquoise Hexagon Sun]]" – 5:07
# "[[Kaini Industries]]" – 0:59
# "[[Bocuma]]" – 1:35
# "[[Roygbiv]]" – 2:31
# "[[Rue the Whirl]]" – 6:39
# "[[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius]]" – 5:58
# "[[Olson]]" – 1:31
# "[[Pete Standing Alone]]" – 6:07
# "[[Smokes Quantity]]" – 3:07
# "[[Open the Light]]" – 4:25
# "[[One Very Important Thought]]" – 1:14
# "[[Happy Cycling]]" – 7:51 (included only on [[1998]] US [[Matadorrecords.com|Matador]] release and [[2004]] [[Warp Records|Warp]] re-release)

== Release notes ==
The CD was jointly released by both [[Skam]], BoC's original label, and [[Warp]]. Both labels were included on the credits and packaging. However, CDs ordered from Skam included a braille sticker reading "boardsofcanada".

[[File:Mhtrtc_braille.jpg|thumb]]

==Trivia==
* According to [[WATMM]], the cover image was taken at Banff Springs in Alberta, Canada.
* On the title of this album, and of some of its tracks, [[Boards of Canada|BoC]] said in an interview:
<blockquote>
"Our titles are always cryptic references which the listener might understand or might not. Some of them are personal, so the listener is unlikely to know what it refers to. Music Has the Right to Children is a statement of our intention to affect the audience using sound. [[The Color Of The Fire]] was a reference to a friend's psychedelic experience. [[Kaini Industries]] is a company that was set up in Canada ( by coincidence in the month Mike was born), to create employment for a settlement of Cree Indians. [[Olson]] is the surname of a family we know, and [[Smokes Quantity]] is the nickname of a friend of ours."
</blockquote>

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Happy Cycling

2011-04-22T06:59:18Z

Contrapositive: Undo revision 7747 by Contrapositive (talk). Apologies, this has since been shown to be true.

{{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]}}

== 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].

== 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"]

== Comments ==
* [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].

== 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

[[Category: Released tracks]]
[[Category: A Few Old Tunes tracks]]
[[Category: Music Has the Right to Children tracks]]
[[Category: Peel Session tracks]]
[[Category: Live @ Warp10 tracks]]
[[Category: All Tomorrow's Parties tracks]]

Happy Cycling

2011-04-14T03:52:16Z

Contrapositive: Nope

{{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]}}

== 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].

== 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.

== Comments ==
* [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].

== 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

[[Category: Released tracks]]
[[Category: A Few Old Tunes tracks]]
[[Category: Music Has the Right to Children tracks]]
[[Category: Peel Session tracks]]
[[Category: Live @ Warp10 tracks]]
[[Category: All Tomorrow's Parties tracks]]

Talk:Dayvan Cowboy

2011-03-20T19:44:47Z

Contrapositive: Created page with "It has been suggested that Audiotrack 04 from the Random 35 Tracks Tape may be an early version of Dayvan Cowboy."

It has been suggested that [[Audiotrack 04]] from the [[Random 35 Tracks Tape]] may be an early version of [[Dayvan Cowboy]].

Dayvan Cowboy

2011-03-20T19:41:36Z

Contrapositive: Please limit speculation to Discussion pages for the topic

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Dayvan Cowboy
| runtime=5:00
| appearson=[[The Campfire Headphase]] [[Trans Canada Highway]]}}

[[Image:Dayvan-cowboy-video-still.jpg|left|thumb|200px|still from the [[Dayvan Cowboy]] video]]
 
== Comments ==
* "[[Dayvan Cowboy]]" is considered by many to be [[Boards of Canada]]'s first mainstream single.
* This song was remixed by [[Wikipedia:Odd Nosdam|Odd Nosdam]] on the [[Trans Canada Highway]] EP. It was the first remix of [[Boards of Canada]] to appear on any of their releases.

== Video ==
* A video for "[[Dayvan Cowboy]]" was released as a promo DVD, included with Warpmart pre-orders of the ''[[Trans Canada Highway]]'' EP. For more information, see [[Videos]].
* The first half of the video shows footage of [[Wikipedia:Joseph Kittinger|Captain Joseph Kittinger]]'s skydiving from the ''Excelsior III'', a gondola raised by balloons to 102,800 feet as part of [[Wikipedia:Project Excelsior|Project Excelsior]] (a series of record-breaking dives from high-altitude). Captain Kittinger fell for 14 minutes and 36 seconds, reaching a maximum speed of 614 mph before opening his parachute at 18,000 feet.
* The second half of the video shows footage of big-wave surfer [[Wikipedia:Laird Hamilton|Laird Hamilton]].
*The final scene of the sun setting was taken from the surfing documentary [[imdb:Crystal Voyager|Crystal Voyager]].

== Cultural References ==
[[Image:Day-van-chevrolet-astro-van.jpg|none|thumb|200px|A Day Van is a discontinued make of Chevrolet Astro van]]

== External Links ==
* [http://www.warprecords.com/dayvancowboy/ Official Dayvan Cowboy download page] from Warp Records.

Talk:Audiotrack 04

2011-03-20T19:34:24Z

Contrapositive: Moved speculative comments here from main topic page

The 4th track on Side B of the "Random 35 Tracks Tape" appears to be an early version of [[Dayvan Cowboy]]. The chord progression is not quite the same, but the acoustic guitar's strumming pattern, and the rhythm pattern are very reminiscent of it, making it almost certainly a precursor to that song.

Random 35 Tracks Tape

2011-03-20T19:21:10Z

Contrapositive: Please limit speculative edits

{{Infobox Release|
| name=Random 35 Tracks Tape
| release_date=1995?
| format=Cassette
| label=Music70
| catno=N/A
| runtime=84:00
}}

[[Random 35 Tracks Tape]] (real name unknown) refers to a collection of 35 tracks leaked on P2P networks around September 2004. Unlike other "[[Old Tunes]]" tapes, the tracks are completely unlabeled; however, a few match known tracks from other sources, including commercial releases. No liner notes or tape scan have ever surfaced.

Despite its uncertain provenance, the tape is generally believed to be authentic.

==Background==
*''[[Random 35 Tracks Tape]]'' seems to be sourced from a cassette tape containing a (presumably) hand-selected set of pre-[[BoC Maxima]] tracks. The leaking of these tracks to P2P networks ([http://www.slsknet.org Soulseek], originally) provided much drama on [[WATMM]].
**All files are encoded as 320kbps MP3.
* For a long time, it was assumed that this tape was the missing ''[[Old Tunes Vol. 1]]'' (since ''[[A Few Old Tunes]]'' and ''[[Old Tunes Vol. 2]]'' were already known), although this was never confirmed. This was finally proven false when, on 08 Aug 2009, [[Twoism forum]] member dealer posted new photos of a cassette and liner notes showing the [[A Few Old Tunes]] and [[Old Tunes Vol. 1]] were, in fact, the same release.
*[[MDG]] has said that it is not known who compiled the tracks, calling it "a mystery, just a mixture".

== Discovery ==
These tracks appear to have first surfaced on [http://www.slsknet.org Soulseek] under various names, such as "random 35 tracks tape (rarities and the best of - not old tunes v1 or v2)" and "A Few Older Tunes Disc 1/Disc 2", reflecting the uncertainty of the collection's provenance. Early sightings include:
* 9 Sep 2004 - [http://community.livejournal.com/boardsofcanada/28808.html LiveJournal post]
* 3 Oct 2004 - [http://xltronic.com/mb/topic.php3?topic=65661 xltronic messageboard topic]
* 8 Oct 2004 - [http://www.opensubscriber.com/message/idm@hyperreal.org/42958.html idm-l post]



==Tracks==
'''Important:''' Track titles and lengths are estimations; original listings are not available.''

'''Side A:'''
# "[[Audiotrack 01]]" – 1:22
# "[[She is P]]" – 2:12
# "[[Audiotrack 03]]" – 3:45
# "[[Audiotrack 04]]" – 0:50
# "[[Finity]]" – 5:04
# "[[Audiotrack 06]]" – 4:57
# "[[Audiotrack 07]]" – 3:58
# "[[Audiotrack 08]]" – 6:34
# "[[Audiotrack 09]]" – 1:50
# "[[Audiotrack 10]]" – 2:59
# "[[Blueberry]]" – 0:26
# "[[Audiotrack 12]]" – 2:59
# "[[Audiotrack 13]]" – 2:12
# "[[Audiotrack 14]]" – 1:46
# "[[I Will Get It Tattooed]]" – 1:05

'''Side B:'''
# "[[Audiotrack 01]]" – 1:29
# "[[Audiotrack 02]]" – 3:51
# "[[House of Abin'adab]]" – 1:04
# "[[Audiotrack 04]]" – 4:26
# "[[Audiotrack 05]]" – 1:52
# "[[Audiotrack 06]]" – 0:23
# "[[Audiotrack 07]]" – 3:42
# "[[Audiotrack 08]]" – 0:57
# "[[Audiotrack 09]]" – 3:12
# "[[Smallest Weird Number (Reversed)]]" – 0:59
# "[[Audiotrack 11]]" – 3:31
# "[[Audiotrack 12]]" – 3:33
# "[[Davie Addison]]" – 1:11
# "[[Audiotrack 14]]" – 3:15
# "[[Audiotrack 15]]" – 2:04
# "[[Audiotrack 16]]" – 2:21
# "[[It's Too Orangey]]" – 0:19
# "[[Audiotrack 18]]" – 2:02
# "[[Audiotrack 19]]" – 1:23
# "[[Audiotrack 20]]" – 0:27

==See also==
*[[Old Tunes saga]]
*[http://www.slsknet.org Soulseek]

== External links ==
* [http://boc.xwiki.com/xwiki/bin/view/Unreleased/Rarities XWiki page with detailed information on the initial leak]

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Random 35 Tracks Tape

2011-03-20T19:20:31Z

Contrapositive: Please limit speculative edits

{{Infobox Release|
| name=Random 35 Tracks Tape
| release_date=1995?
| format=Cassette
| label=Music70
| catno=N/A
| runtime=84:00
}}

[[Random 35 Tracks Tape]] (real name unknown) refers to a collection of 35 tracks leaked on P2P networks around September 2004. Unlike other "[[Old Tunes]]" tapes, the tracks are completely unlabeled; however, a few match known tracks from other sources, including commercial releases. No liner notes or tape scan have ever surfaced.

Despite its uncertain provenance, the tape is generally believed to be authentic.

==Background==
*''[[Random 35 Tracks Tape]]'' seems to be sourced from a cassette tape containing a (presumably) hand-selected set of pre-[[BoC Maxima]] tracks. The leaking of these tracks to P2P networks ([http://www.slsknet.org Soulseek], originally) provided much drama on [[WATMM]].
**All files are encoded as 320kbps MP3.
* For a long time, it was assumed that this tape was the missing ''[[Old Tunes Vol. 1]]'' (since ''[[A Few Old Tunes]]'' and ''[[Old Tunes Vol. 2]]'' were already known), although this was never confirmed. This was finally proven false when, on 08 Aug 2009, [[Twoism forum]] member dealer posted new photos of a cassette and liner notes showing the [[A Few Old Tunes]] and [[Old Tunes Vol. 1]] were, in fact, the same release.
*[[MDG]] has said that it is not known who compiled the tracks, calling it "a mystery, just a mixture".

== Discovery ==
These tracks appear to have first surfaced on [http://www.slsknet.org Soulseek] under various names, such as "random 35 tracks tape (rarities and the best of - not old tunes v1 or v2)" and "A Few Older Tunes Disc 1/Disc 2", reflecting the uncertainty of the collection's provenance. Early sightings include:
* 9 Sep 2004 - [http://community.livejournal.com/boardsofcanada/28808.html LiveJournal post]
* 3 Oct 2004 - [http://xltronic.com/mb/topic.php3?topic=65661 xltronic messageboard topic]
* 8 Oct 2004 - [http://www.opensubscriber.com/message/idm@hyperreal.org/42958.html idm-l post]



==Tracks==
'''Important:''' Track titles and lengths are estimations; original listings are not available.''

'''Side A:'''
# "[[Audiotrack 01]]" – 1:22
# "[[She is P]]" – 2:12
# "[[Audiotrack 03]]" – 3:45
# "[[Audiotrack 04]]" – 0:50
# "[[Finity]]" – 5:04
# "[[Audiotrack 06]]" – 4:57
# "[[Audiotrack 07]]" – 3:58
# "[[Audiotrack 08]]" – 6:34
# "[[Audiotrack 09]]" – 1:50
# "[[Audiotrack 10]]" – 2:59
# "[[Blueberry]]" – 0:26
# "[[Audiotrack 12]]" – 2:59
# "[[Audiotrack 13]]" – 2:12
# "[[Audiotrack 14]]" – 1:46
# "[[I Will Get It Tattooed]]" – 1:05

'''Side B:'''
# "[[Audiotrack 01]]" – 1:29
# "[[Audiotrack 02]]" – 3:51
# "[[House of Abin'adab]]" – 1:04
# "[[Audiotrack 04]]" – 4:26 (early version of "[[Dayvan Cowboy]]"?)
# "[[Audiotrack 05]]" – 1:52
# "[[Audiotrack 06]]" – 0:23
# "[[Audiotrack 07]]" – 3:42
# "[[Audiotrack 08]]" – 0:57
# "[[Audiotrack 09]]" – 3:12
# "[[Smallest Weird Number (Reversed)]]" – 0:59
# "[[Audiotrack 11]]" – 3:31
# "[[Audiotrack 12]]" – 3:33
# "[[Davie Addison]]" – 1:11
# "[[Audiotrack 14]]" – 3:15
# "[[Audiotrack 15]]" – 2:04
# "[[Audiotrack 16]]" – 2:21
# "[[It's Too Orangey]]" – 0:19
# "[[Audiotrack 18]]" – 2:02
# "[[Audiotrack 19]]" – 1:23
# "[[Audiotrack 20]]" – 0:27

==See also==
*[[Old Tunes saga]]
*[http://www.slsknet.org Soulseek]

== External links ==
* [http://boc.xwiki.com/xwiki/bin/view/Unreleased/Rarities XWiki page with detailed information on the initial leak]

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You Could Feel the Sky

2010-10-20T05:06:36Z

Contrapositive:

{{Infobox Song|
| name=You Could Feel the Sky
| runtime=5:14
| appearson=[[Geogaddi]]}}

==Samples/Lyrics==

[[Image:Horned-god-gundestrup-cauldron.gif|thumb|right|An image of the [[wikipedia:Horned God|Horned God]], as seen on the [[wikipedia:Gundestrup cauldron|Gundestrup Cauldron]].]]

* At approximately 2:10, a back-masked voice is heard repeating what has been variously interpreted as a "god with horns" or a "god with hooves" to the sound of a crackling fire and a distant church bell. This becomes even more apparent when the extract is slowed down. While this has been interpreted by some as a satanic reference, it is notable that this could in fact be a reference to [[wikipedia:wicca|Wicca]], a neo-pagan religion descended from ancient [[wikipedia:Celtic polytheism|Celtic polytheistic]] beliefs. As stated in Wikipedia:
<blockquote>
"It is commonly understood that most Wiccans worship two deities: the Goddess, often associated with Gaea or Mother Earth, and her consort the God (sometimes known as the Horned God). These two deities are usually thought of as equal complements to each other, and together represent all aspects of the universe" ([[wikipedia:Wicca|from wikipedia]]).
</blockquote>

* [Roger B] suggests: 4:08 - looped voice saying ''"to land"'' or ''"too late"''.

* For that last "looped voice" part, [Hilary F] suggests ''"take my hand"'', which was my initial impression as well. On [http://www.boardsofcanada.com], the same sample appears in the scene ''"seven forty seven"''. If you fly up to a suitable "pillar" you'll hear it a bit more clearly on its own.

==Cultural References==
Many other works, in music as well as other media, feature the Horned God. Some notable examples are:
*The music of [[wikipedia:Coil (band)|Coil]].
*The [[wikipedia:Slaine|Sláine]] series of comics/graphic novels.
**Slaine originally came to prominence in the comic [[wikipedia:2000AD (comic)|2000AD]].
**The most notable nods to Wicca are in the eponymous [http://www.rambles.net/slaine_horned89.html Horned God] cycle.

== Comments ==
* [BIBIO] has made very perceptive observations on this track, and some others:
** If you take the section of [[You Could Feel the Sky]] where the reversed speech "a god with horns" occurs, and reverse it, then the reversed section of track (normal speed) contains crackling fire sounds, as though some sinister ritual is taking place. However, slow down the reversed section by a factor of 3, and new and disturbing details will become apparent. The sibilant S at end of "horns" is resolved as a woman's screams, and a tolling church bell can be heard in the background. (This has been confirmed - try it yourself if you can). [BIBIO] observes that the acoustics might be those of a forest.
** On colours: [BIBIO] notes that the "yellow" in [[Alpha And Omega]] seems to repeat continuously at a lower volume; that [[Music Is Math]] has a faint voice which could be saying "purple", and that playing the end section at half-speed results in what sounds like "red" being repeated. With the "orange" in [[Aquarius]], they might be trying to cover the range of rainbow colours.
** Repeated allusions to flying (in this and other albums): an aeroplane drone in an eagle in your mind; corsair as a type of plane; comments about going to high altitudes for inspiration; [[Kid_For_Today|Kid For Today]] possibly containing a looped aeroplane drone throughout the track; an interview picture of [[Boards of Canada|BoC]] in an airfield with planes ("the secret life of [[Boards of Canada]] photo). Also the interactive scenes on the [[Boardsofcanada.com|BoC website]]: the introductory scene is of aeroplane contrails, and many of the other interactive scenes are flight simulators. [[Chinook]] is a kind of helicopter, among other things.
* [SapaInca] thinks that "a God with Horns" rather then refering to the devil could refer to the Wiccan God. He found that whilst searching Wikipedia about Shamanic rituals and such: ''"It is commonly understood that Wiccans worship two deities, the Goddess and the God sometimes known as the Horned God"''. There's some more text about that "Horned God" on Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horned_God] and information about Wicca [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicca].
* [Leo B] pointed out that the second occurrence of the phrase is at 2:16 in the track. 216 = 6×6×6. Given all the other references of this kind (such as the album length of 66'06" (666), it is at least plausible that this is no coincidence). However, see below on whether the time IS 66'06".
* From the Spanish language Mondosonoro interview (see the links page), which BoC say that they were really pleased with the beat in this track, which sounds like a taut tope being pulled across the hull of a wooden ship.

==External Links==
*[[wikipedia:Wicca|Wicca]]
*[[wikipedia:Horned God|The Horned God]]
*[http://www.lugodoc.demon.co.uk/NEWGODS.HTM Modern faces of the Horned God] - an article focusing on modern interpretations of belief in this ancient tradition.

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Korona

2010-06-29T07:56:50Z

Contrapositive: Fixed album name.

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Korona
| runtime=5:43
| appearson=[http://www.discogs.com/release/19797 MASK100]}}

"[[Korona]]" is a [[Boards of Canada]] track found on the very rare [http://www.discogs.com/Various-MASK-100/release/19797 MASK100] compilation vinyl, released in 1996 by [[SKAM]] and [[Musik Aus Strom]]. It has not been included on any other release, though it is commonly available as an MP3 on file-sharing networks. This track contains the "I love you" sample also used on the track [[The Color of the Fire]] from the album [[Music Has The Right To Children]].

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The Campfire Headphase

2010-05-06T09:55:44Z

Contrapositive:

{{Infobox Release|
| cover=Tch-postcard-02.jpg
| name=The Campfire Headphase
| image=thecampfireheadphase.jpg
| release_date=13 October 2005 (Japan) 17 October 2005 (Europe)
| format=gatefold 2xlp cd (jewel case) cd (digipak)
| label=warp
| catno=warplp123 warpcd123
| runtime=62:05 (standard) 67:02 (japanese)
}}

In 2005, Boards of Canada released their third studio album, titled '''The Campfire Headphase'''. Perhaps the most organic of their publicly available output, The Campfire Headphase represents a significant departure both in mood and timbre from its predecessor, Geogaddi. "We decided to make an escapist soundtrack," Michael Sandison said in a 2005 Playlouder [[interview]], "like a kind of sanctuary; a day-glo vista you can visit by putting the record on."

In place of the dense and highly electronic nature of Geogaddi, The Campfire Headphase favors a more stripped-down, acoustic approach, with a significantly reduced use of synthesizers. As Marcus pointed out to Playlouder magazine: "There's less use of synths on this record. We've leaned heavily towards a whole 'played, taped and sampled' backdrop this time. I guess sampling for us is different from a lot of other bands, because we routinely sample ourselves rather than other records, so most of the sound generation is coming from real instruments that we played ourselves, mostly recorded with microphones, and a lot of location recording. What you hear on the record is kind of a wall of sound created by sampling as many gnarled acoustic sources [as] we could find."

The most obvious of these acoustic sources is the frequent (and recognizable) use of guitar on TCHP. "With the new album," Marcus explains,"we deliberately went for a lo-fi guitar sound on a few of the tracks because we were going for a sun-bleached, Californian summer kind of sound, it's almost reminiscent of a Joni Mitchell sound in places."

Indeed, the brothers have admitted several times in interviews that the North American landscape (and its music) heavily influenced the direction of The Campfire Headphase. "This time we set out to make something simple that had shades of a road movie soundtrack, like the musical score to a surreal journey across a late 70's North American desert highway," Michael Sandison explains, also characterizing the record as something "like a futuristic western or something...but [always with] something subtle and surreal going on in the tracks to remind you that you're hearing something that has been tainted or spiked in some way by unfathomable futuristic technology. It's maybe like campfire music played by android cowboys."

But whatever the synthetic undercurrent, [[The Campfire Headphase]] is noticeably lacking in one of [[Boards of Canada]]'s signature sounds: children's voices. "That was a deliberate thing," Marcus explained to Earplug magazine. "We got fed up with people saying that we're a formulaic band that you could kind of describe in a couple of sentences...I think it can become really dangerous for a band if you don't have a certain level of self-consciousness about these things. You always have to stay a few steps in front of your audience. We always have people putting fakes on the Internet before a new record is released, and the fakes are always really electronic with little kids' voices and things like that. Probably next time around all the fakes will include wobbly guitars like the ones we use on the new album [[The Campfire Headphase]] (laughs)."

This sort of self-conscious reaction, however, may account in part for why opinion on this record has been so divided. When asked by Pitchfork about whether or not the brothers feared being pigeonholed, Michael responded that "[t]he new record is probably the slowest record that we've done. And it's got guitars on it as well. This is something that we've done slightly deliberately. We knew that we had to break away from this thing [being pigeonholed]. It bothered us that if you go into the big stores our stuff is always sitting in the dance music section. We never made a dance record in our entire career but our stuff still gets thrown in there. Our drive with this record is to try and get us out of the dance section and into the main section with all the others bands, like ABBA and A-Ha. We're just a band. Not an IDM band, not an electronic band, and not a dance band."

This conscious break with the conventions of the so-called IDM/Dance aesthetic (which so informed their previous work) have lead many to describe the record as boring or watered down. Pitchfork's Mark Richardson complained that "Campfire is a sluggish record, weary, pointed edges dulled as if by the march of time. Boards could previously be counted on to offer a display of crisp, forceful drum programming to jar you out of your narcotic haze ("Telephasic Workshop" and "Gyroscope"). The Campfire Headphase is all midrange, the mid-tempo shuffles putting the mind-boggling array of instrumental processing front and center."

Yet for some, the very same departure yields the record its charm, even garnering some textural comparison to My Bloody Valentine's classic "Loveless." Differences of opinion aside, the record continues to be a favorite among many fans, and in any case, probably our best indicator of what is yet to come.

== Artwork ==
[[Image:TCH yearbook comparison.jpg|thumb|right|''TCH'' inset image (top), IIT yearbook photo (bottom)]]
The liner notes include a grid-like collage of apparently seventies-era photos, degraded in a manner similar to the cover. The source of a few of these images have been discovered:

* A photo of a curly-haired man sitting at an [[wikipedia:Commodore International|Commodore]] CBM 2001 computer was taken from a 1979 yearbook photo from the [[wikipedia:Illinois Institute of Technology|Illinois Institute of Technology]]. [http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showtopic=8386] [http://www.iit.edu/alumni/updates/yearbook/1970s/images/campus%20and%20student%20in%20computer%20center%201979.jpg]
* A photo of blonde-haired woman in profile was taken from a 1972 anti-drug propaganda film ''[http://www.archive.org/details/social_seminar_tom Social Seminar: Tom]''. A sample of dialogue from the film was also used towards the end of the album track "[[Chromakey Dreamcoat]]".

== The Campfire Headphase Trivia==

*When asked if the record (and especially its artwork) was a throw back to Music Has the Right to Children, Marcus replied that "it's deliberately reminiscent of ‘Music Has the Right to Children'. Musically it's like an echo of that record, all bleached-out blue skies and so on. In some ways it sounds older than ‘Music Has the Right…' because of the choice of instruments and the sheer amount of damage we've done to the sound."

*The bottom left corner of the front cover (and onto the spine of the digipak) has a smudge that strongly resembles the hexagonal Geogaddi cover. The front and back covers are repeated in the smaller pictures inside the digipak. The smaller pictures are less distorted than the covers.

==Tracks==

# "[[Into the Rainbow Vein]]" – 0:44 ([http://www.bleep.com/player/?/WARP123/33198/midi/D3F9D3/575757/00D126 Bleep preview])
# "[[Chromakey Dreamcoat]]" – 5:47
# "[[Satellite Anthem Icarus]]" – 6:04
# "[[Peacock Tail]]" – 5:24
# "[[Dayvan Cowboy]]" – 5:00
# "[[A Moment of Clarity]]" – 0:51
# "[['84 Pontiac Dream]]" – 3:49
# "[[Sherbet Head]]" – 2:41
# "[[Oscar See through Red Eye]]" – 5:08
# "[[Ataronchronon]]" – 1:14
# "[[Hey Saturday Sun]]" – 4:56
# "[[Constants Are Changing]]" – 1:42
# "[[Slow This Bird Down]]" – 6:09
# "[[Tears from the Compound Eye]]" – 4:03
# "[[Farewell Fire]]" – 8:26
# "[[Macquarie Ridge]]" – 4:57 (Japanese release only)

=== Reviews ===
* [http://www.cdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=2146 CD Times review by Mark Thompson]
* [http://www.new-noise.net/list_419.html New Noise review by Jim Merrett]
* [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/b/boards-of-canada/campfire-headphase.shtml Pitchfork review by Mark Richardson]
* [http://brainwashed.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3634&Itemid=1 Brainwashed review by Matthew Jeanes]
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ugd9ke9tfq7z Allmusic review by John Bush]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/experimental/reviews/boards_campfire.shtml BBC review by Colin Buttimer]
* [http://www.textura.org/newreviewspages/boardsofcanada.htm Texture review]
* [http://igloomag.com/doc.php?task=view&id=1124&category=reviews Igloo Magazine review by Gabriel Weinstock]
* [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/reviews/story/0,13875,1569695,00.html The Observer review by Simon Reynolds]

== External links ==
* ''[http://www.warprecords.com/mart/music/release.php?cat=WARP123 The Campfire Headphase]'' at WarpMart
* ''[http://bleep.com/?bleep=WARP123 The Campfire Headphase]'' at Bleep.com

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Boards of Canada

2009-10-10T23:53:42Z

Contrapositive:

[[Boards of Canada]] are a Scottish electronic music group. At present, the band composes the brothers [[Michael Sandison]] and [[Marcus Eoin Sandison]], although there have been as many as twelve members at one point.

The Sandison brothers were both born in Scotland, but moved to Canada at an early age.
It's arguable that without this move, [[Boards of Canada]] would not exist; the sense of displacement and nostalgia in the music that seems to be mentioned in every review, and obviously the band's namesake, the [[National Film Board of Canada]] all seem to hark back to a period in the late seventies and early eighties when there were psychedelic videos on [[Sesame Street]], and a cold war was looming.

At present, the duo live in Scotland again, working out of the [[Hexagon Sun]] Studio.

== Family relation ==
Before their [[Interviews#2005-09-26:_Pitchfork|2005 interview with Pitchfork]], Michael and Marcus were seen as just two friends with a mutual appreciation for music and the art of music creation. They had often talked about their youth together, creating ramshackle musical projects with buddies and by themselves and how they met at a young age. However, during an interview (see above) with Pitchfork Media, they revealed that they both are infact brothers. The reason behind hiding this fact was that they did not want to be seen as just another brotherly-owned electronic band. An example of this was Orbital, another influential electronic band powered by Paul and Phil Hartnoll.

In light of their brotherhood, it has often been assumed that Eoin is Marcus's middle name and that his full name should be "Marcus Eoin Sandison". However, this is purely conjecture; there is no known evidence supporting it. It is not unknown for two brothers to have different last names; for example, they may be half-brothers, each with a different father and hence a different family name.

Regardless of whether "Marcus Eoin Sandison" is his full name, he has consistently used the name "Marcus Eoin" on all known Boards of Canada releases, including the ''[[Trans Canada Highway]]'' EP that was issued well after the Pitchfork interview was published.

== Recording history, commercially known work ==

Boards of Canada's commercially known and full-length discography begins with their smash-hit album ''[[Music Has the Right to Children]]''. Being dubbed one of the greatest creations in electronic music history, ''Music Has the Right to Children'' introduced many to Boards of Canada and left awful big shoes for the duo to fill for their next album. During the time between ''Music Has the Right to Children'' and ''[[In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country]]'', there was an EP named ''[[Peel Session]]''. It was a recording of the broadcast on BBC Radio 1 on July 21, 1998 and was released on It was released on January 11, 1999. Two years after their first full-length album was released, they shipped out ''In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country''. ''In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country'' was a four track EP that first made mention of the mysterious Branch Davidian group that [[Boards of Canada]] are so fond of remarking upon in their songs and albums. Two of its songs have to do with the group. The duos next release, on February 18, 2002, was the fascinating ''[[Geogaddi]]''. ''[[Geogaddi]]'s'' stellar kaleidoscopic art work laviously coats the album cover on all of the versions but its truely magnificent on the triple vinyl set. Within the gatefold package is three sleeves with an array of hexagonally-styled artwork with different images each side. Many would agree that this is what twelve inches of free space is really for.

Interestingly ''[[Geogaddi]]'' was not a fan favorite from the beginning. With many still hung onto ''[[Music Has the Right to Children]]'', reviews looked down on Michael and Marcus' sophomore album as "under-produced" or not as good as their last album. Despite this, the album has mystified listeners with its large amounts of hidden details, subtle hints towards cosmic entities and kaleidoscopic imagery, ''[[Geogaddi]]'' is now held as one of the duos best albums to date, auditorially and visually. Jump a couple years into the future to 2005 where [[Boards of Canada]] finally released their first album in three years. ''[[The Campfire Headphase]]'' made two milestones: it incorporated guitars and lacked the trademark laughter. Instead of kids playing and laughing and educational tunes chiming there was the sound of an untuned, poorly-kempt guitar to create a totally new sound for [[Boards of Canada]]. Some welcomed this change, while others disagreed with it, citing the difference between this and their early, "better" work.

== Pre-commercially known work ==

Besides their successful full-length albums, [[Boards of Canada]] also have an extensive list of early work. The assorted creations date back to the 1980s and most information regarding them is widely available. This includes album artwork and titles, song lengths and times and so on. Although at present most of this work has never been released to the general public and may never be heard by people other than the brothers friends and family. However, there has been rumors that they actually may release a boxset with their earlier work in it but this is all purely skeptical.

Possibly the most well known early album was ''[[Twoism]]''. An album with a strong fan following, ''[[Twoism]]'' was the reason the duo received their record deal. Sean Booth, from Autechre, brought ''[[Twoism]]'' to the attention of [[Skam]] Records president Andy Maddocks and it took off from there.

== Lyrics, garbled speech and sounds ==

[[Boards of Canada]] utilize many tricks and sounds during the creation of their albums. Most of the assorted sounds used went on later to become trademarks of the band and give them reason for their "nostalgic" label. They also use many lyrics in their albums ranging from one-liners to full paragraphs. Most of their speech bits are words that are simple or things you would hear in movies literally. But most of the other lyrics are equally as garbled, cut-up, destroyed, mixed or reversed.

One of the more prominant methods in the production of their albums is making them sound as if they came right off an old educational program from the 1970s. Being born during the early '70s and growing up on its shows, Michael and Marcus delight in bringing back old memories with imitating the faint, childish and artificial sounds of the time.

[[List of samples used by Boards of Canada]]

== Live sets ==

As a band, Michael and Marcus have only played a handful of live shows. But what makes these shows so special is that besides playing original, well-loved songs, they often also play never before heard, unnamed songs. Some of their most fascinating and finest songs are played during these live shows.

The show with the largest amount of unreleased work is their 2001 performance during [[All Tomorrow's Parties]]. Encompassing five unknown songs and seven known, this collection displays what Boards of Canada really has in their unreleased music rack.

== Musical Influences ==

In interviews, [[Boards of Canada]] have identified numerous artists who have had an effect upon their work:

* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Alias Alias]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Aphex+Twin Aphex Twin]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Autechre Autechre]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Beach+Boys Beach Boys]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Bibio Bibio]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Bob+Dylan Bob Dylan]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Boom+Bip Boom Bip]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Butterscotch+Rum Butterscotch Rum]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/cLOUDDEAD cLOUDDEAD]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Cocteau+Twins Cocteau Twins]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Consolidated Consolidated]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/DAF DAF]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Devo DEVO]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Fennesz Fennesz]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Front+242 Front 242]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/HR+Giger HR Giger]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/James+Taylor James Taylor]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Jeff+Wayne Jeff Wayne]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/John+Denver John Denver]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Joni+Mitchell Joni Mitchell]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Joy+Division Joy Division]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Julian+Cope Julian Cope]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Meat+Beat+Manifesto Meat Beat Manifesto]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/My+Bloody+Valentine My Bloody Valentine]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Nitzer+Ebb Nitzer Ebb]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Odd+Nosdam Odd Nosdam]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Phil+Spector Phil Spector]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Pixies Pixies]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Radiohead Radiohead]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Siouxsie+and+the+Banshees Siouxise and the Banshees]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Stevie+Wonder Stevie Wonder]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Sufjan+Stevens Sufjan Stevens]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Talk+Talk Talk Talk]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073540/soundtrack The "Picnic at Hanging Rock" soundtrack]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/The+Beatles The Beatles]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/The+Incredible+String+Band The Incredible String Band]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/The+Polyphonic+Spree The Polyphonic Spree]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Walter/Wendy+Carlos Wendy Carlos]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/William+Basinski William Basinski]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Wim+Wenders Wim Wenders]

== Discography ==

See ''[[Discography]]''

== Interviews==

See ''[[Interviews]]''

== Videos ==

See ''[[Videos]]''

== Related pages ==

* ''[[EHX]]''
** Electronic Audio Artform in The Capital, website by ''[[The Cosmic Crofter]]''
* ''[[Equipment]]''
* ''[[Statements from Hexagon_Sun]]''
** From time to time, certain trusted representatives of Hexagon Sun post comments on various message boards.
* ''[[IDM mailing list]]''
* ''[[RedMoon]]''
** A timeline of events
* ''[[The Cosmic Crofter]]''
** The webmaster of the ''[[EHX]]'' website, home to the earliest Boards of Canada web page.
* ''[[Trans Canada Highway Microsite]]''
* ''[[Yahoo! group]]''
* ''[[Boards of Canada's Favorite Films]]

Random 35 Tracks Tape

2009-07-17T03:52:12Z

Contrapositive: Remove speculative naming.

{{Infobox Release|
| name=Old Tunes Vol. 1
| release_date=1995?
| format=Cassette
| label=Music70
| catno=N/A
| runtime=84:00
}}

==Background==
*''[[Old Tunes Vol. 1]]'' seems to be sourced from a cassette tape containing a (presumably) hand-selected set of pre-[[BoC Maxima]] tracks. The leaking of these tracks to P2P networks ([[Soulseek]], originally) provided much drama on [[WATMM]].
**All files are encoded as 320kbps MP3.

== Discovery ==
These tracks appear to have first surfaced on [[SoulSeek]] under various names, such as "random 35 track tape (rarities and the best of - not old tunes v1 or v2)" and "A Few Older Tunes Disc 1/Disc 2", reflecting the uncertainty of the collection's provenance. Early sightings include:
* 9 Sep 2004 - [http://community.livejournal.com/boardsofcanada/28808.html LiveJournal post]
* 3 Oct 2004 - [http://xltronic.com/mb/topic.php3?topic=65661 xltronic messageboard topic]
* 8 Oct 2004 - [http://www.opensubscriber.com/message/idm@hyperreal.org/42958.html idm-l post]



==Tracks==
'''Important:''' Track titles and lengths are estimations; original listings are not available.''

'''Side A:'''
# "[[Audiotrack 01]]" – 1:22
# "[[She is P]]" – 2:12
# "[[Audiotrack 03]]" – 3:45
# "[[Audiotrack 04]]" – 0:50
# "[[Finity]]" – 5:04
# "[[Audiotrack 06]]" – 4:57
# "[[Audiotrack 07]]" – 3:58
# "[[Audiotrack 08]]" – 6:34
# "[[Audiotrack 09]]" – 1:50
# "[[Audiotrack 10]]" – 2:59
# "[[Blueberry]]" – 0:26
# "[[Audiotrack 12]]" – 2:59
# "[[Audiotrack 13]]" – 2:12
# "[[Audiotrack 14]]" – 1:46
# "[[I Will Get It Tattooed]]" – 1:05

'''Side B:'''
# "[[Audiotrack 01]]" – 1:29
# "[[Audiotrack 02]]" – 3:51
# "[[House of Abin'adab]]" – 1:04
# "[[Audiotrack 04]]" – 4:26
# "[[Audiotrack 05]]" – 1:52
# "[[Audiotrack 06]]" – 0:23
# "[[Audiotrack 07]]" – 3:42
# "[[Audiotrack 08]]" – 0:57
# "[[Audiotrack 09]]" – 3:12
# "[[Smallest Weird Number (Reversed)]]" – 0:59
# "[[Audiotrack 11]]" – 3:31
# "[[Audiotrack 12]]" – 3:33
# "[[Davie Addison]]" – 1:11
# "[[Audiotrack 14]]" – 3:15
# "[[Audiotrack 15]]" – 2:04
# "[[Audiotrack 16]]" – 2:21
# "[[It's Too Orangey]]" – 0:19
# "[[Audiotrack 18]]" – 2:02
# "[[Audiotrack 19]]" – 1:23
# "[[Audiotrack 20]]" – 0:27

==See also==
*[[Old Tunes saga]]
*[[Soulseek]]

== External links ==
* [http://boc.xwiki.com/xwiki/bin/view/Unreleased/Rarities XWiki page with detailed information on the initial leak]

[[Category:P2P Release]]
{{stub}}
{{Nav-Releases}}

Discography

2009-01-13T09:33:14Z

Contrapositive: Spelling should be "Mable" not "Marble"

== Early vs. Late Releases ==
[[Boards of Canada]]'s discography essentially falls in two camps.
*The well-known releases that followed after the duo were signed, first to [[SKAM]] and then to [[Warp Records]], which can be purchased in any decent record shop.
*The releases which precede this, of which original copies are exceptionally rare. Much of the knowledge we have of the latter is due to [[The Cosmic Crofter]]'s webpage, which is now defunct.
**The exceptions: copies of [[BoC Maxima]] and the "Old Tunes" tapes which are almost certainly legitimate are readily available on the p2p networks.
** These older items are '''NOT AVAILABLE'''; only friends and family of BoC have heard them.
*** In addition, three extracts of genuine old tracks came from a BoC-related website that no longer exists. They are: "duffy" (extract) (0:24), [[Wouldn't You Like To Be Free]] (extract) (0:56), [[circle]] (extract) (0:35), [[duffy]] is a gentle and innocent track a little bit similar to [[Melissa Juice]]; "wouldn't you like to be free?" features massed guitars; "circle" has slowly changing high-pitched glacial tones, fitting the Alaskan theme of the album it comes from.

== Fakes ==
* Many albums which purport to be other rare releases are commonplace too, but almost without exception, these have proven to be fakes of varying qualities so far.
** Among the fakes, the most common are [[eno test]] and [[parson]], wrongly taken to be by [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Marumari Marumari] and [[Boards of Canada|BoC]], whereas they are by [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Marumari Marumari] alone. A few other such mis-labelled tracks go around from time to time.
*** [[Stry Craty Bya]] (as seen [http://albumart.org/viewall_mp3.php?srchkey=Boards%20Of%20Canada here], for instance) is actually [[eno test]].
** Other fakes include a longer version of [[circle]] which sounds nothing like the genuine short extract. [[trillions]] (3:31) is a fake, as is [[treeline]] '(1:12).
** Another set of fake MP3s that went around were called [[nskino]], [[gridlock]], [[lavender trapezoids]], [[golden hinterland]], [[rhomboid]], and maybe some more. We've been told that these are mislabeled tracks by [http://www.discogs.com/artist/CiM CiM] [[nskino]] is really ''disco alta'', [[rhomboid]] is really ''isempty'', and so on (thanks, MCBPete). With any luck, the fakes will eventually stop being labelled as [[Boards of Canada|BoC]].
** "Slow Bicycle," a song by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/múm múm], is often mislabeled as [[Seward Leaf]].
** A recent fake that surfaced is the track ''Sur Round'' [http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4388], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNouwiE8rRA]--[[User:Fredd-E|Fredd-E]] 15:00, 25 August 2008 (CEST)

== Rare/Early Releases ==
* ''[[Catalog 3]]''
* ''[[Acid Memories]]
* ''[[Closes Vol. 1]]''
* ''[[Play By Numbers]]''
* ''[[Hooper Bay]]''
* ''[[BoC Maxima]]''
* ''[[A Few Old Tunes]]''
* ''[[Old Tunes Vol. 1]]''
* ''[[Old Tunes Vol. 2]]''
*''[[Geogaddi (test pressing)]]'': February 2002, blue colored LP (limited to 10 copies), WARPLP101

== General Releases ==
=== Albums ===
* ''[[Music Has the Right to Children]]'': 20 April 1998, CD + LP, WARP055 + SKA001
* ''[[Geogaddi]]'': 18 February 2002, CD + 3xLP + Limited edition hardbound, WARP101
* ''[[The Campfire Headphase]]'': 17 October 2005, CD + 2xLP + Promotional copies, WARP123

=== Eps and 12"s ===
* ''[[Twoism]]'': 1995, Cassette + LP (100 copies originally printed, now many), BOARD1
* ''[[Hi Scores]]'': December 1996, LP, SKA008
* ''[[Aquarius (release)|Aquarius]]'': 5 January 1998, 7" LP (limited to 500 copies), KMAS001
* ''[[Peel Session]]'': 15 January 1999, CD + LP, WAP114
* ''[[In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country]]'': 17 November 2000, sky-blue LP, WAP144
* ''[[Trans Canada Highway]]'': 29 May 2006, CD + Enhanced CD + EP+ Promotional copies, WAP200

== Promotional Releases ==
* ''[[Telephasic Workshop (release)|Telephasic Workshop]] 10" (b/w [[Roygbiv]])'' : 1998, 10" LP (limited to 200 copies), 10WARPLP055P
* ''[[Music Has the Right to Children]]'' : 1998, CD, PWARP055 + SKA001
* ''[[Orange Romeda]]'' : 29 June 1998, 12" EP (Limited edition); WAP100P
*''[[Geogaddi (promo)]]'' : 12 January 2002, LP, WARPLP101P

== Bootleg Releases ==
*''[[Unreleased Tracks]]'' : 2007, 12", BOCNM-1104

== Remixes ==
=== Remixes by BoC ===
* ''[[Michael Fakesch - Surfaise : The Trade Winds Mix By Boards Of Canada]]'' - Appears on ''Demon 1''. March 1997. 12". MAS 04.01.
* ''[[Mira Calix - Sandsings]]'' : remixed by Boards Of Canada - May 1998. 2 x10", CD Single. WAP 97.
* ''[[Bubbah's Tum - Dirty Great Mable]]'' : Boards Of Canada Mix - 1998. 12", CD Single. iLLXXX007.
* ''[[Meat Beat Manifesto - Prime Audio Soup]]'' : Vegetarian Soup by Boards Of Canada - 23 Nov 1998. 12", CD Single, BIAS 352.
* ''[[Slag Boom Van Loon - Poppy Seed]]'' : Boards Of Canada - 26 Oct 2001. CD, 12" Promo. ZIQ007CD.
* ''[[Slag Boom Van Loon - Poppy Seed (reprise)]]'' : Boards Of Canada - 26 Oct 2001. CD. ZIQ007CD.
* ''[[Boom Bip - Last Walk Around Mirror Lake]]'' : Boards Of Canada Remix - May 2003. 12", LEX 014.
* ''[[Clouddead - Dead Dogs Two]]'' : Remixed by Boards of Canada - 26 January 2004. 12". CD Single. BDCDS064.
* ''[[Beck - Broken Drum]]'' : Boards of Canada Remix - 29 March 2005. CD, Promo 12" EP, Promo CD EP. B0004365-00.
* ''[[Why? - Good Friday]]'' : Remix by Boards of Canada - 29 November 2007. "Lilac" Vinyl 12" EP [UK], Promo CD EP. ABR 79/TOM 111.

=== Remixes of BoC ===
* ''[[Kid For Today (Stereolab Remix)]]'' - Remixed by [[Wikipedia:Stereolab|Stereolab]]
** Appears on ''Warp 10+3 Remixes'' compilation album. 11 October 1999. WARP 69.
* ''[[An Eagle in Your Mind (Consumed and Regurgitated By The P.B.O.ster!)]]'' - Remixed by [[Wikipedia:Push Button Objects|Push Button Objects]]
** Appears on ''Warp 10+3 Remixes'' compilation album. 11 Oct 1999. WARP 69.
* ''[[Dayvan Cowboy (Odd Nosdam Remix)]]'' - Remix by [[Wikipedia:Odd Nosdam|Odd Nosdam]]
** Appears on the ''[[Trans Canada Highway]]'' EP. 29 June 2006. WAP 200.
* ''[[D C (Bit)]]'' - Remix by [[Wikipedia:Odd Nosdam|Odd Nosdam]]
** Appears on ''[http://www.discogs.com/release/1379539 Pretty Swell Explode]'' and is related to [[Dayvan Cowboy]] LP. 10 June 2008. ABR0083LP.
* ''[[This Bird]]'' - Remixed by [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Solange+(2)?noanv=1 Solange Knowles]
** Appears on [[wikipedia:Sol-Angel_and_the_Hadley_St._Dreams|Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams]] and contains a sample of [[Slow This Bird Down]] CD. 26 August 2008.
===== Notes =====
* Several bootleg remixes of [[Boards of Canada|BoC]] tracks also exist, but are not listed here.
* ''[[Roygbiv#Alpha_Quest_Mix|ROYGBIV (Alpha Quest Mix)]]'' was a custom edit by [[Boards of Canada|BoC]] for an independent film. Not intended to be released, the mix was leaked onto the internet.

== Tracks On Compilations ==

=== As Boards of Canada ===
* ''[[Korona]]'' : Dec 1996. 12". Limited Edition. MASK100.
* ''[[Orange Romeda]]'' : 29 June 1998. CD + 12". WAP100CD + WAP100.
* ''[[Sixtyniner]]'' : July 1998. 7". Limited 500 copies. DISKONO001X.

=== As Hell Interface ===
The [[Hell Interface]] side-project seems to be more in the nature of a remix project than [[Boards of Canada]] proper. The works released under the HI name are: remixes of [[Colonel Abrams - Trapped|Colonel Abrams' Trapped]] and of [[Midnight Star - Midas Touch|Midnight Star's Midas Touch]], and a strange little speech-only track called [[The Story of Xentrix]]. Can this last track be described as a remix? Most of the speech seems to be synthesized; however, the last few words sound rather different - perhaps from another source (just speculation).

There used to be link here to an animated trailer here, for a program called "Zentrix", which was taken down after a while. By request, here it is again (be aware that the trailer is not necessarily related to the Hell Interface track, except by the similarity of names). The trailer can be found at the Zentrix site [http://www.zentrix.tv/].

* ''[[Soylent Night]]'' : 1997. 7". VVMT0004 & 2001. 3"CD. VVMT0004X.
* ''[[Colonel Abrams - Trapped]]'' : April 1997. 12". Limited Edition. MASK200.
* ''[[Midnight Star - Midas Touch]]'' : 1999. 12". Limited Edition. MASK500.
* ''[[The Story of Xentrix]]'' : 6 January 2003. CD. Mixed. WARPCDWIF.

== Produced by BoC for Others ==
* ''[[Here Come the Rubber Cops]]'': 29 Sept 2008, Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, A&B-015

== Live Bootlegs ==
An overview of [[Boards of Canada]]'s live set geographical locations can be seen [[Gigography|here]].

Some of those performances were bootlegged:
* ''[[Live @ Warp10]]'': 5 November 1999, MP3
* ''[[Live @ Lighthouse]]'': 14 October 2000, MP3
* ''[[Live @ ATP]]'': 7 April 2001, MP3

== Others ==
=== Radio Shows ===
* [[Disengage|Disengage radio show]]
* [[Helter Skelter (radio programme)|Helter Skelter radio show]]
* [[John Peel (radio programme)|Peel Session]]
{{Nav-Releases}}

Bubbah's Tum - Dirty Great Mable

2009-01-13T09:31:46Z

Contrapositive: Bubbah's Tum - Dirty Great Marble moved to Bubbah's Tum - Dirty Great Mable: Song title is actually "Dirty Great Mable", not "Marble".

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Bubbah's Tum - Dirty Great Mable
| runtime=5.17
| appearson=[http://www.discogs.com/release/35832 ILLXXX007D]}}

{{stub}}

[[Category:Released tracks]]
[[Category:Remixes by boc]]

List of samples used by Boards of Canada

2008-12-24T21:26:00Z

Contrapositive:

''For more detailed info on a particular sample, see the individual song pages.''

* A child saying "Yeah!", reversed ([[Roygbiv]], [[Roygbiv#Alpha_Quest_Mix|ROYGBIV (Alpha Quest Mix)]])
* A vocoded voice, gradually slowing down, saying "... and so you could become very sensitive to everything, you start walking through the studio, you go: 'ah yes, it's going to be a good day, I can feel -'" ([[Nova Scotia Robots]])
* Two men and a woman, talking about a development plan for the Niagara River; woman might be from a different source ([[Niagara]])
* A monologue, taken from a pornographic film, in which a young man tells of his first sexual experience ([[Sixtyniner]], [[Sir Prancelot Brainfire]])
* A flute played in a Native American style at high pitch ([[Red Moss]])
* An episode of Bob Vila's ''Home Again'', with dialogue heavily spliced ([[Concourse]])
* A sample from Indeep's 1983 hit "Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life" ([[Nlogax]])
* Exuberant conversation between several young adults suspected (but not confirmed) to be members of the Hexagon Sun collective ([[Turquoise Hexagon Sun]])
* The "I feel proud" speech <ref><flashmp3>Different-mes-orig.mp3|bg=0xF3EDCF|leftbg=0xF3EDCF|rightbg=0xF3EDCF|lefticon=0x41982F|righticon=0x41982F|righticonhover=0x41982F|slider=0xF3EDCF|track=0xF3EDCF|border=0xF3EDCF|rightbghover=0xFFCB1F|text=0x41982F|load=0xFFCB1F</flashmp3></ref> from [[Sesame Street]] ([[Whitewater]] [pitch-shifted and words rearranged], [[Sixtyten]] [reversed; beginning only], [[Sunshine Recorder]] ["Bye"'s only])
* A woman's voice, sampled from the conclusion of a 1982 porn film entitled ''A Brief Affair'' ([[One Very Important Thought]] on [[BOC Maxima]])
* A tinny, cyclic sound that is possibly part of a drum loop ([[Spectrum]], [[Twoism]])
* Two women speaking, presumably on a television show in which a plain-looking person receives a makeover ([[Light, Clear Hair]])
* A man and a woman breathing heavily, with 1970's music in the background ([[P:C:]])
* Most vocals from [[Colonel Abrams - Trapped|Trapped]] by Colonel Abrams ([[Trapped]])
* A commercial for Dirt Devil (a brand of portable vacuum cleaner). Voice over is spoken by a mature-sounding English man: "It's almost like having an upright in the palm of your hand. The Devil is lightweight (Devil), powerful (Devil), has a wide opening (Devil) with a revolving brush...Get a Devil." ([[Devil]], [[Peace-Tony-Devil]])
* Dialogue, applause, and music from an episode of the British television game show ''Blockbusters'', spliced for surreal effect ([[Blockbusters]])
* The chorus of "Celebration" by Kool & The Gang ([[The Way You Show]])
* A [[Sesame Street]] vignette in which a child sounds out the phrase "I love you" while attempting to write it out; at the end, the child giggles, and two metallic-sounding high notes are heard ([[The Color of the Fire]], [[The Color of the Fire|I Love U]], [[Korona]], [[Niagara]] (giggle/high notes only))
* A drum fill from "Strawberry Fields Forever" by The Beatles ([[Kid For Today]], [[Sequoia]])
* A basic (snare-)kick-kick-snare drum pattern ([[Oirectine]], [[5:9:78]]) (may just be similar-sounding different samples)
* A choir-like melodic/harmonic loop ([[Audiotrack 06|Old Tunes Vol. 1: Side A Audiotrack 6]], [[Sevenfortyseven]])
* A drum loop with a wah effect applied ([[Audiotrack 08|Old Tunes Vol. 1: Side A Audiotrack 8]], [[June 9th]])
* A choir-like melody ([[Audiotrack 12|Old Tunes Vol. 1: Side A Audiotrack 12]], [[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius (Version 3)]])
* From "Flashback" by Imagination: "We're startin' up, now we're on our way" ([[We've Started Up]])
* "He's a dream" from the song of the same name by Shandi ([[We've Started Up]])
* "Berceuse" from the ''Dolly Suite'' by Gabriel Fauré ([[Jimbo Rehearsing]]) (not necessarily a sample, but probably not played by BoC)
* "I'm..er...a Real Traditionalist myself of course, because of Orbison, and Holly, and The Fireballs and The String Along, and er, all the things that happen in the studio. I'm so glad to...take care of...studio and..." ([[Dave (I'm A Real Traditionalist)]])
* "The royal family should be left in peace!" ([[Peace-Tony-Devil]])
* A commercial for Frosted Flakes ([[Peace-Tony-Devil]])
* Spoken by English-accented voices, presumably from a world news broadcast:
** Woman: "Iraq says nineteen people died"
** Man: "We won't know that until a full assessment has taken place in due course" ([[Iraq Says]])
* The hook from Tony Basil's 1982 hit "Mickey" ([[Nine-Rubber Wisdom]])
* A bubbly pitch modulation or filter modulation synthesizer effect, followed by a group of people shouting ([[On A Rolling Sea]], [[Orange Romeda]])
* From the 1958 horror film ''Terror from the Year 5000'': "Dad, look at the TV" ([[Apparatus]])
* An old Amiga module called "Voyager" by Hellraiser ([[Apparatus]])
* A microtonal synthesizer loop from the ending of "Karn Evil 9, Third Impression" on the album Brain Salad Surgery by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer ([[Music For Pylons]])
* The snare drum from "When the Levee Breaks" by Led Zeppelin ([[Music For Pylons]]) (possible but not confirmed)
* A "skipping" drum loop ([[Orange Hexagon Sun]], [[Turquoise Hexagon Sun]])
* A loop of bongos being played rapidly ([[Oirectine]], [[Mira Calix - Sandsings]])
* A drum loop with a distinctive electronic closed hi-hat (([Iced Cooley]], [[Seeya Later]], [[Smokes Quantity]])
* An unidentified speech sample (thought by some to be the voice Welsh actor [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0535053/ Philip Madoc]) which begins narrating a story about holts near the sea ([[An Eagle in Your Mind]])
* A synthetic-sounding voice saying "I love you" ([[An Eagle in Your Mind]])
* What sounds like a voice saying "sweat-sweat" (possibly "percussion" constructed using the voice of the girlfriend of one of the members of BoC) ([[An Eagle in Your Mind]])
* Chopped-up voices saying "now this is very irresponsible" and, in a Scottish accent, "yer no gonnae" ([[Telephasic Workshop]])
* A slightly slowed-down male voice saying "bordering Canada" (?) ([[Telephasic Workshop]])
* A young man shouting "twenty cent" (?) ([[Telephasic Workshop]])
* The song "Getaway" by Earth, Wind, & Fire ([[Sixtyten]])
* High voices saying or singing what is believed to be "David Addison", reversed ([[Sixtyten]])
* What might be a recording from a native American ceremony, including what sounds like someone with a drum ([[Kaini Industries]])
* Birds whistling outside BoC's studio ([[Rue the Whirl]])
* The slap bass riff (and possibly drums on the Aquarius single) from the beginning of "Aquarius" from [http://www.discogs.com/release/702474 Galt MacDermot's 1979 soundtrack] for the film "[[wikipedia:Hair (movie)|Hair]]" (All versions of [[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius)]])
* The word "orange" from a sketch in a vintage [[wikipedia:Sesame Street|Sesame Street]] episode (All versions of [[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius]])
* Children's laughter, and the same children saying "yeah, that's right" from a vintage [[wikipedia:Sesame Street|Sesame Street]] episode (All versions of [[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius]])
* A sequence of numbers read by a professional-sounding woman's voice (All versions of [[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius]], though the number sequence varies)
* The same voice that recites the number sequence saying "Orange" (All versions of [[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius]])
* A chorused male voice singing "I'm listening" ([[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius (Verison 3)]])
* A synthesized male voice saying "sixtyten new aquarius" ([[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius (Verison 3)]])
* A girl's voice saying what is believed to be the phrase "for sand and stars" (All versions of [[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius]])
* The same voice-over from the [[BoC Maxima]] version of [[One Very Important Thought]], but read by the same voice that reads the number sequence from [[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius]], and with "listening to Boards of Canada" in place of "viewing an adult film" ([[One Very Important Thought]] on [[Music Has the Right to Children]])
* Eerie, sustained choral singing 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] ([[Happy Cycling]])
* A reversed interview with with Jeff Lynne of the Electric Light Orchestra on the subject of ELO's supposed use of backmasked vocals and the resulting controversy ([[Happy Cycling]])
* Seagulls and a sound like a man singing, rather faint and tinny ([[Happy Cycling]])
* A Christian Science Monitor news segment about laws pertaining to immigrants in the USA, reversed ([[Michael Fakesch - Surfaise : The Trade Winds Mix By Boards Of Canada]])
* A slide projector switching to the next slide ([[Kid For Today]])
* Children laughing and the creaking of a porch swing (?) ([[In a Beautiful Place out in the Country (song)|In a Beautiful Place out in the Country]])
* The phrase "Come out and live with a religious community in a beautiful place out in the country", processed through a vocoder and probably slowed down ([[In a Beautiful Place out in the Country (song)|In a Beautiful Place out in the Country]])
* A man or low-voiced woman slowly saying "the past inside the present" ([[Music Is Math]])
* The phrase "we all fall down" spoken slowly, processed through a vocoder, and melodized ([[Music Is Math]])
* A similar voice to the "past inside the present" voice saying either "purple", "be careful", or "perfect circle" ([[Music Is Math]])
* The sound of a crackling campfire ([[Beware The Friendly Stranger]])
* A number station broadcast recorded by Sean Booth on a shortwave radio and gifted to BOC ([[Gyroscope]])
* Reversed high notes played on a 12-string guitar (probably an acoustic guitar and most likely sped up) (end of [[Gyroscope]])
* Leslie Nielson's voice over from a National Geographic film about underwater volcanic explosions and capturing a sea dandelion ([[Dandelion]])
* A child saying "beautiful place" ([[Sunshine Recorder]])
* A vocoded voice saying "an eagle in your mind" ([[Sunshine Recorder]])
* Dialogue between a man and a woman sampled from the 1972 film ''Season of the Witch'' ([[Julie And Candy]])
* The flute solo at the end of "When the Music Starts to Play" by The Incredible String Band, heard in reverse and at a lower speed ([[The Smallest Weird Number]])
* Track 10 from side B of ([[Old Tunes Vol. 1]]), reversed ([[The Smallest Weird Number]])
* An interview with Amo Bishop Roeden featuring the line "Although not a follower of David Koresh, she's a devoted Branch Davidian" ([[1969]] (with "David Koresh" reversed); BoC remix of [[Slag Boom Van Loon - Poppy Seed|Poppy Seed]] by Slag Boom Van Loon)
* A vocoded voice, similar to the one heard counting in [[Aquarius]], saying "1969 in the sunshine" ([[1969]])
* A 1979 public information advert on the topic of energy conservation by the youth organization 4-H ([[Energy Warning]])
* Continuous, repeated whispering of the word "us", or the sound of air being sucked from a person's mouth as by a dental vacuum ([[Opening The Mouth]])
* "Alpha and Omega" said over a loudspeaker ([[Alpha And Omega]])
* A vocoded voice saying "Yellow" ([[Alpha And Omega]])
* A man's voice saying "I'm a God-darned Satanist, and, if I wanted, I'd be in this business too", reversed ([[Alpha And Omega]])
* A spoken passage that seems to have been taken from a self-improvement-oriented self-hypnosis tape and which has been modified to sound as if it is being spoken underwater ([[The Devil Is In The Details]])
* Very slowly-spoken speech (words unknown) processed through a vocoder and harmonized at close intervals for a dissonant sound (not confirmed) ([[The Devil Is In The Details]])
* A sound similar to a bubbling cauldron ([[A Is To B As B Is To C]])
* A ring-modulated voice saying "One two three four five, six seven eight nine ten. Now in Spanish, then in French, we'll say that twice again" ([[A Is To B As B Is To C]])
* A group singing "We love you all" ([[A Is To B As B Is To C]])
* From the film ''Season of the Witch'', a man: "I'll be gone about a week. Oh, by the way, I brought..." (forwards and then reversed) ([[A Is To B As B Is To C]])
* From the song "Teddy Bear's Picnic": "If you go down to the woods today, you'd better not go alone!" (reversed) ([[A Is To B As B Is To C]])
* A reversed excerpt of an interview with Tommy Silverstein on the A&E investigative report ''Behind Bars: Supermax'' ([[A Is To B As B Is To C]])
* "so, those prophecies you've been describing" ... "and now to business [matters?]..." (reversed) ([[A Is To B As B Is To C]])
* A voice repeating "it must be a [message] ... look up there!" ([[A Is To B As B Is To C]])
* An English woman possibly saying "round the, round the, round the cauldron" and/or "but you may be dead ... you may be dead", which heavy echo applied ([[Dawn Chorus]])
* A child wailing semi-melodically ([[Dawn Chorus]])
* The sound of velcro pieces being separated (not confirmed) ([[You Could Feel the Sky]])
* A grunting noise resembling the sound of a taut tope being pulled across the hull of a wooden ship ([[You Could Feel the Sky]])
* "A god with horns" or "A god with hooves" ([[You Could Feel the Sky]])
* Whispered: "take my hand" ([[You Could Feel the Sky]], [[Sevenfortyseven]])
* Various young speakers discussing the nature of God, sampled from an album entitled "Family of God" ([[From One Source All Things Depend]])
* From an early 1970's anti-drug social hygiene film, a woman speaking and laughing ([[Chromakey Dreamcoat]])
* Various voices including a baby crying ([[Peacock Tail]])
* Various garbled voices that seem as though they may have been recorded in a highly reverberant public space on a handheld recorder ([[Sherbet Head]])
* An underlying drone sound that bears a strong resemblance to the drone heard in the cabin of an airliner during travel ([[Hey Saturday Sun]])
* Shortwave radio noise, including morse, teletype, and various data signals, one which seems to be a Harris RF-5710 radio modem ([[Slow This Bird Down]])
* A woman with a southern American accent apparently pulling up to a drive-through fast food ordering microphone and asking "Yes, what comes with, uh, chicken fingers?" ([[Dave (I'm A Real Traditionalist)]], [[Audiotrack 06|Old Tunes Vol. 1: Side A Audiotrack 6]])

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Talk:Equipment

2008-10-31T01:38:48Z

Contrapositive: /* Yamaha synth in Lighthouse concert */ new section

Hi I'm brand new to this. Where is the Taylor guitar BOC mentions. Sandison: "I have a lovely new Taylor Big Baby steel-string guitar. It didn't cost much, but it has a really great crystal sound with long sustain. And it's unvarnished, so it still smells like the workshop, like sawdust in the woodwork classroom." (Northern Exposure. Remix. July 2002) That should definitely be in the equipment page. Right?

Where is the portable DAT mentioned in the same article? There weren't many of these made. so it could only be a few models possible. I could be wrong about this, but that is what my research found.

If I were to guess, I would say that the tascam 4 track they use is a 244. If you've ever seen one of these you would understand why I think this. It has UV meters! I was drooling over one on ebay, but it was too expensive FOR ME. Without a doubt the coolest looking 4 track ever made. I believe it was the first 4 track cassete recorder ever made as well. Right up BOC's alley. Also, coincidently I recently read Autechre used one entirely for recording Amber and they also hinted that they may have used it entirely for tri repetae. However, the tracking may have been hooked up to an Atari computer for sequencing purposes. Not entirely sure about the Atari details. But when you listen to Amber or tri repetae you'll notice that it's a warm analoguesque sound for a electronic record, much like a BOC record. Maybe that's going too far. your call.

Thanks for letting me share this.

== Yamaha synth in Lighthouse concert ==

Regarding the Yamaha synth seen in photos of the Lighthouse concert, couldn't this also be an AN1x rather than a CS1x? It seems equally-likely.