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Father And Son

2026-06-18T05:50:22Z

Quants: /* Comments */ adding additional context to my reasoning behind why i think they used voice enhancement on these samples

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Father And Son
| runtime=3:24
| appearson=[[Inferno]] (2026)}}

"[[Father And Son]]" is the fifth track on [[Boards of Canada]]'s fifth studio album, ''[[Inferno]]''.

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== Comments ==
* The vocal samples were likely processed by reversing the source audio, applying AI voice enhancement, and reversing it back, creating an effect which makes it sound both forwards and backwards at the same time. This is likely also the reason for the other voice samples, which sound like incoherent babbling, which is common of enhancement models when applied to things like sound effects or music instead of voices. <ref>I realize "AI" is a concerning word to read about a Boards of Canada song, but hear me out. Back in 2023 or whenever it was Adobe first introduced that voice enhancement thing there was a surge of YouTube videos of people showing how it could be abused, by applying it to music and applying it multiple times etc. There's plenty of examples of this online. I saw a lot of these and even experimented myself at the time. To me that's what the processed voices in Father and Son sound like, and to prove that I ran the original sample through that filter in the way I thought they might have. The result can be heard below.
I'm not condoning or endorsing the use of AI, I just want people to know that about the song based on my personal research. -Quants</ref>
** [[File:Father-And-Son-sample-reversed-enhanced-reversed-v2.mp3]]

== Samples / Lyrics ==
* From 0:34 onwards, chopped and manipulated vocals from an interaction between a "Teens for Christ" ("The Children of God", later "[[wikipedia:The_Family_International|The Family]]") cult member and his concerned father sampled from the 1971 BBC documentary "[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5492350/ Man Alive: The Jesus Trip]".<ref>{{#ev:youtube|SxLhDwig9cg|480||||start=2089|false}}</ref><ref>https://childrenofgod.com/en/archives/video/collections/documentaries/</ref>
<blockquote>
I love you, but I love the Lord 
More than I love any physical being 
I think that's wonderful 
But then why can't you bring that same feeling home? 
I really wish that I could do that 
(''No one ever knew that that was atypical'') 
(''Ooh, sweetie'') 
What makes you think you can't do it? 
Well, He said, "A man's foes will be they of his own household" 
Well, I hardly believe that your own father or mother or brother or sister would be your enemy 
 
You're gonna call Him a liar? 
No, I'm not calling Him a liar 
Well, I can do all things through the Lord 
Think you can't do it 
You saw the way we lived and what we did, do you believe? 
I really don't think so 
(''Uh, let's see, I've lost track'') 
 
More than I love any physical being 
I think that's wonderful 
Well, He said— 
I love you, but I love the Lord 
More than I love any physical being 
I think that's wonderful 
Well, He said— 
More than I love any physical being 
I think that's wonderful 
Well, He said— 
</blockquote>

== Trivia ==

== Videos ==
{{#widget:YouTube|id=L1Cvydx7aT0}}

== Audio ==
<spotify width="100%" height="380">track/2jS1VIUPJnepG7sIU5nJUR </spotify>

== See Also ==

== External links ==

== References ==
<references />

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

Hiscroes

2026-06-04T16:15:36Z

Quants: /* Trivia */ it's not misspelled

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Hiscores
| runtime=3:38
| appearson=[[Old Tunes Vol. 2]]}}

''Not to be confused with [[Boards of Canada]]'s 1996 EP [[Hi Scores (release)|Hi Scores]] or its [[Hi Scores (song)|title track]].

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== Comments ==

== Samples / Lyrics ==

== Trivia ==

== Videos ==
{{#widget:YouTube|id=SodBI0gVv2I}}

== External links==

== References ==
<references />

{{stub}}

[[Category:Unreleased tracks]]
[[Category:Old Tunes Vol. 2 tracks]]

Father And Son

2026-06-01T19:57:24Z

Quants: based on research i've done, the results of which can be found on the bocpages discord

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Father And Son
| runtime=3:24
| appearson=[[Inferno]]}}

__TOC__

== Comments ==

== Samples / Lyrics ==
* From 0:34 onwards, chopped and manipulated vocals from an interaction between a "Teens for Christ" ("The Children of God", later "[[wikipedia:The_Family_International|The Family]]") cult member and his concerned father sampled from the 1971 BBC documentary "[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5492350/ Man Alive: The Jesus Trip]".<ref>{{#ev:youtube|SxLhDwig9cg|480||||start=2089|false}}</ref><ref>https://childrenofgod.com/en/archives/video/collections/documentaries/</ref>
<blockquote>
I love you, but I love the Lord 
More than I love any physical being 
I think that's wonderful 
But then why can't you bring that same feeling home? 
I really wish that I could do that 
[No you were good, that was atypical] [Ooh sweetie!] 
What makes you think you can't do it? 
Well, He said, "A man's foes will be they of his own household" 
Well, I hardly believe your own father or mother or brother or sister would be your enemy 
 
You're gonna call Him a liar? 
No, I'm not calling Him a liar 
Well, I can do all things through the Lord 
Think you can't do it 
You saw the way we lived and what we did, do you believe? 
I really don't think so 
[Uh, let's see, I've lost track] 
 
More than I love any physical being 
I think that's wonderful 
Well, He said— 
I love you, but I love the Lord 
More than I love any physical being 
I think that's wonderful 
Well, He said— 
More than I love any physical being 
I think that's wonderful 
Well, He said— 
</blockquote>

== Trivia ==
* The vocal samples were likely processed by reversing the source audio, applying AI voice enhancement, and reversing it back, creating an effect which makes it sound both forwards and backwards at the same time. This is likely also the reason for the other voice samples, which sound like incoherent babbling, which is common of enhancement models when applied to things like sound effects or music instead of voices.

== Videos ==
{{#widget:YouTube|id=L1Cvydx7aT0}}

== Audio ==
<spotify width="100%" height="380">track/2jS1VIUPJnepG7sIU5nJUR </spotify>

== External links ==

== References ==
<references />

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

User:Quants

2026-04-22T20:21:53Z

Quants: me

hewwo :3 me name quenk, i like borb of cadan and i edit sometimes
arf

Talk:Hiscroes

2026-01-16T05:02:58Z

Quants:

== Request to rename this page to "Hiscroes" ==
I realize that "Hiscores" is a better name but "hiscroes" is how it's written in the tracklist and it's also how it was named on the Some Old Tunes leak so I think it's safe to assume that's the actual title. I say we rename the page to reflect that.

[[User:Quants|arf]] ([[User talk:Quants|talk]]) 06:02, 16 January 2026 (CET)

== test section ==

Apologies, I haven't made a talk page on this wiki before and I just want to make sure I did this right
[[User:Quants|arf]] ([[User talk:Quants|talk]]) 06:02, 16 January 2026 (CET)

Talk:Hiscroes

2026-01-16T05:02:37Z

Quants: /* test section */ new section

== Request to rename this page to "Hiscroes" ==
I realize that "Hiscores" is a better name but "hiscroes" is how it's written in the tracklist and it's also how it was named on the Some Old Tunes leak so I think it's safe to assume that's the actual title. I say we rename the page to reflect that.

== test section ==

Apologies, I haven't made a talk page on this wiki before and I just want to make sure I did this right
[[User:Quants|arf]] ([[User talk:Quants|talk]]) 06:02, 16 January 2026 (CET)

Talk:Hiscroes

2026-01-16T05:01:24Z

Quants: creating talk page because i have a request

Blockbusters

2025-08-17T17:09:03Z

Quants: added the actual answer to the first question

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Blockbusters
| runtime=0:40
| appearson=[[Old Tunes Vol. 1]]}}

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"'''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.

== Comments ==

== Samples / Lyrics ==
From an episode of the British television game show ''Blockbusters'':
* Kathy: "Okay, I'll have a 'W' then please, Bob."
* Bob: "'W'. What 'W' was the name of Bob Marley's group?" (buzzer) "Wah ha ha ha ha! Everybody worked for it, Kathy got there"
* Kathy: "Waltzer."
* Bob: "Yes it is! Waltzer. Gosh you took a chance. Well done!" (bell) "And for those who don't know, that's the one that...people are spun round as it revolves. It's a waltzer. And you've got the choice."
* Kathy: "I'll have the 'M' please, Bob."
* Bob: "The 'M'. Yes, you may. What 'M' is a garden flower whose bright orange petals are u-- Yes, Sarah."
* Sarah: "Football"
* Bob:"That's it! That's perfect! You've done it! Terrific! Well done. Wowee, I was a little bit worried there. You did it, and here's the big prize, Kathy. Take a look at this; you're gonna love it."

== Trivia ==
* The episode it is from was partially edited for comedic effect. "Football" is not a garden flower and Waltzer is not Bob Marley's group. And usually someone who wins a prize on Blockbusters do so with the Gold Run which does not require the press of a button.
* The game show is notable for its game board composed of hexagons.
* The name of Bob Marley's group is the Wailers.
* The flower with bright orange petals is likely a Marigold.
* This is the UK version of Blockbusters hosted by Bob Holness between 1983 and 1993 with some seasons after '93 but they were not on ITV

== Videos ==
{{#widget:YouTube|id= zw7ocbZtsHw}}

== External links==

== References ==
<references />

[[Category:Unreleased tracks]]
[[Category:Old Tunes Vol. 1 tracks]]

User:Quants

2025-07-18T19:17:12Z

Quants: yay

egg

Fonts

2025-07-18T19:12:14Z

Quants: /* Info */

== Info ==

The real typeface you want is [http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/itc/avant-garde-gothic/avant-garde-medium-bold/specs.html ITC Avant Garde Bold]. You'll need to kern it closely. Avant Garde Bold is a classic design typeface, one you'll see crop up over and over if you develop an eye for it. It was particularly prevalent in the mid to late 1970's, an era which Boards of Canada has referenced over and over in its design language, and recently got a large boost in popularity when the Rock Band series of video games started using it heavily. The [http://fontfeed.com/archives/avant-garde-gothic-alternates-are-back/ Avant Garde Alternate glyphs] show up a lot, too, though they tend to be abused a bit - I haven't seen [[Boards of Canada]] use them. Avant Garde shows up a lot in designs of related genres and record labels because it is such an iconic, no-nonsense typeface without a lot of the humanism that Helvetica brings to the table.

Other [[BoC]]-related typefaces:
* ''[[Music Has the Right to Children]]'': ITC Bauhaus
* ''[[Geogaddi]]'': VAG Rounded
* ''[[The Campfire Headphase]]'': Strasua Regular (free), which definitely gets some style cues from Avant Garde Alternate.
* ''[[Trans Canada Highway]]'': Title: Custom, the closest you can get to it easily is probably Neo Sans Ultra. Subtitle: Avant Garde.
* ''[[Hi Scores]]'': OCR A Extended (built into Windows and Mac)
* ''[[Twoism (release)|Twoism]]'': Artist, album and track titles are handwritten. On the original 1995 version, the font used for the credits is Gill Sans (built into Windows).
* ''[[Boc Maxima (release)|Boc Maxima]]'': On the cassette edition, likely Helvetica (built into macOS), stretched slightly. On the CD edition, Eurostile (paid).

Zebramatic POW is a distressed typeface - the stripey business is part of it, hence the name. Zebramatic POW. It's just ITC Avant Garde Bold with some cheap distress effects. <ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/1d240h/i_decided_to_make_a_boards_of_canada_wallpaper/c9mafog/</ref>

== Music Has the Right to Children ==
[[File:Music Has the Right to Children.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Music Has the Right to Children]]'' cover]]
[[File:Bauhaus sample.gif]]

''ITC [[wikipedia:Bauhaus (typeface)|Bauhaus]]'' by Edward Benguiat and Victor Caruso.

Downloads:
* [http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/itc-bauhaus/ Bauhaus @ MyFonts]
* [http://www.ffonts.net/Bauhaus.font Bauhaus @ Ffonts]

== The Campfire Headphase ==
[[File:Tch-postcard-02.jpg|thumb|right|''[[The Campfire Headphase]]'' promo poster]]
[[File:Strasua sample.gif]]

''Strasua Regular'', a freeware font by designer [[wikipedia:Ray Larabie|Ray Larabie]].

[[File:TCH font.png|500px]]

''Miasm Infection'', a freeware font by andi jones / angelwerks / channel zero! type foundry. <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19990224174939/http://www.angelwerks.com/channelzero/download.htm</ref>

Discovery by [[Communities#Happy_Cyclist_Association|Happy Cycling Association Discord server]] member Michael Sandison/ehrmantraut. <ref>https://discord.com/channels/442845724820897822/442847138238431233/1232423578415136788</ref>

Downloads:
* [http://www.myfonts.com/search/strasua/fonts/ Strasua @ MyFonts]
* [http://www.1001fonts.com/font_details.html?font_id=3088 Strasua @ 1001 Fonts]
* [http://legionfonts.com/fonts/miasm-infection Miasm Infection @ Legion Fonts]

== References ==
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[[Category: Artwork]]