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Dayvan Cowboy

2008-08-13T09:00:02Z

Down10: /* Video */ cleanup of links

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

http://fredd-e.narfum.org/w/images/Dayvan-Cowboy1.jpg<br>
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 Odd Nosdam on the [[Trans Canada Highway]] EP. It was the first remix of Boards of Canada to appear on any of their releases.

== Cultural References ==
* A Day Van is a discontinued make of Chevolet Astro van.

== 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]].

== External Links ==
* [http://www.warprecords.com/dayvancowboy/ Official Dayvan Cowboy download page] from Warp Records.
* [http://www.americana-international.co.uk/previous/2006/cars/big/car_103.jpg Image] of a Chevy Day Van.

Blockbusters

2008-08-13T07:10:50Z

Down10: new page... anyone have images to share?

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Blockbusters
| runtime=:40
| appearson=[[A Few Old Tunes]]}}

"'''Blockbusters'''" is a short interlude of samples from the popular [[Wikipedia:Blockbusters (UK game show)|British television game show]] of the same name, edited together for humorous effect.

The game show is also notable for its game board composed of hexagons.

{{stub}}

Slow This Bird Down

2008-01-21T09:23:16Z

Down10: added some trivia on the title

Near the end of this song is an aural collage of shortwave radio noise. Morse, teletype, and various data signals can be heard including a radio modem (called the Harris RF-5710) used by hobbyists and naval military services.

"Slow this bird down" is pilot jargon for reducing speed during a landing.

Discography

2008-01-21T09:20:39Z

Down10: /* Remixes */ added Why? remix, official BoC remixes, and some notes

==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.
**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.

==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
*''[[Geogaddi (promo)]]'': 12 January 2001, LP, WARPLP101P

==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]]'': 5 January 1998, 7" LP (limited to 500 copies), KMAS001
* ''[[Telephasic Workshop (release)|Telephasic Workshop]] 10" (b/w [[Roygbiv]])'': 1998, 10" LP (limited to 200 copies), 10WARPLP055P
* ''[[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

==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 Marble]]'' : 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.

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

==Tracks On Compilations==

==Live Bootlegs==
* ''[[Live @ Warp10]]'': 5 November 1999, MP3
* ''[[Live @ Lighthouse]]'': 14 October 2000, MP3
* ''[[Live @ ATP]]'': 7 April 2001, MP3

{{Nav-Releases}}

Random 35 Tracks Tape

2006-09-14T08:43:05Z

Down10: added as much info as I can find...

{{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.



==Tracks==
:''Note: 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
# "Sixtyten (ending)" – 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
# "Basefree (intro)" – 0:23
# "Audiotrack 07" – 3:42
# "Audiotrack 08" – 0:57
# "Audiotrack 09" – 3:12
# "Smallest Weird Number (Reversed)" – 0:59
# "Audiotrack 11" – 3:31
# "Hi Scores?" – 3:33
# "Davie Addison" – 1:11
# "Audiotrack 14" – 3:15
# "Audiotrack 15" – 2:04
# "Audiotrack 16" – 2:21
# "Triangles and Rhombuses (Ending)" – 0:19
# "Audiotrack 18" – 2:02
# "Audiotrack 19" – 1:23
# "Audiotrack 20" – 0:27

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

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

User:Down10

2006-09-14T08:00:40Z

Down10: /me

:''For more information on [[User:Down10|Down10]], see [[Wikipedia:]] article [[Wikipedia:User:Down10|User:Down10]].

An Eagle In Your Mind Video Contest

2006-09-14T06:30:18Z

Down10: Fixed italics and wikified some key words

The [[An Eagle In Your Mind Video Contest]] was a Boards of Canada fan video contest held by [[WATMM]] in late 2002. The videos were judged by the band themselves, who also supplied the prizes.

== Announcement ==
The contest was announced on on August 8, 2002 on WATMM.

:''Ever wish there were BoC videos? Can you imagine what a video for [[ROYGBIV]] would have, or [[Orange Romeda]]? Now's your chance, as we are having our first ever "Eagle In Your Mind" Video Contest!''
:''[[Hexagon Sun]] and BoC are kindly offering a autographed Limited Edition [[Geogaddi]] CD as the Grand Prize to the person who can make the most creative video set to their favourite BoC song!'' [http://web.archive.org/web/20021210195002/http://boardsofcanada.watmm.com/news/archives/boc-archive-8-2002.shtml]

== Rules ==
Entries were submitted by FTP or mail. The deadline for entries was December 20th. [http://web.archive.org/web/20031214184436/http://boardsofcanada.watmm.com/news/archives/boc-archive-11-2002.shtml]

== Results ==
The contest results were posted on June 10th on WATMM. The results were delayed as BoC were apparently away from Hexagon Sun for some time.

Instead of picking a single winner, the band awarded prizes to three videos. In addition to the expected prize of a signed copy of ''[[Geogaddi]]'' for each winner, the first place entry received a "very rare" signed metallic ''[[Music Has the Right to Children]]'' poster.

:''We were impressed with the amount of work everyone put into this competition and ended up picking three favourites rather than one. there were quite a few great films submitted, some using using lovely super8 filmclips and some very nice fuzzy video. i know it's a cliche to say it was difficult to choose a winner, but it was. so in the end we figured the [[Wikipedia:John Carpenter|john-carpenter]]-tachyon-video-esque "corsair" clip by magnus hedberg was nicely done, especially with the additional sounds. next up was the [[Wikipedia:Norman McLaren|norman mclaren]]-ish abstract clip that (anon?) made for "june 9th", which upon close inspection reveals nice little synchronisations to the different melody parts in our track. and finally the overall winner is the brilliant day-glo "gyroscope" clip by billy clayton, which has just the right [[Wikipedia:LSD|lysergic]] [[Wikipedia:Kabbalah|qabala]] [[Wikipedia:Sesame Street|sesame street]] feel to it. great stuff. an honourable mention to the dreamy stills by david cameron who does a fine job unweaving our little tapestries on his site. well done to everyone who entered the competition and thanks for putting so much work in. and thanks for listening so closely...''
:''keep up the Wo God Rok.... [[Mike Sandison|mike sandison]]'' [http://web.archive.org/web/20031215034127/boardsofcanada.watmm.com/news/archives/boc-archive-6-2003.shtml]

The prizes arrived at [[Joyrex]]'s on June 27th (including stickers for all entries) and were distributed to the winners.

=== Winners ===
# "[[Gyroscope]]" by Billy Clayton
# "[[June 9th]]" by Anonymous
# "[[Corsair]]" by Magnus Hedberg

Links to the winning entries, and others, can be found on the [[videos]] page.
[[Category:Contests]]