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Father And Son

2600:4041:4393:3D00:55E:1525:5828:6E8E — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:06:49 GMT

‎Samples / Lyrics

Arena Americanada

Aris — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 09:55:59 GMT

Saddledome rewriting

Arena Americanada

2600:4041:4393:3D00:E808:A95C:D535:3CA4 — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 19:53:19 GMT

‎Samples / Lyrics

Geogaddi (promo lp)

2601:18C:8E7C:4580:803:A497:F84:1694 — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 18:32:46 GMT

‎Trivia: Playing ANYTHING at a different speed invokes a different experience you dunces

Remmy Kid

2601:18C:8E7C:4580:803:A497:F84:1694 — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 18:04:08 GMT

Remy kid meaning

Discography

Fredd-E — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 14:44:38 GMT

Discography

Mr udders — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 14:40:49 GMT

Added extra note on date of R35TT

I Saw Through Platonia

2600:4041:4393:3D00:54B2:ED47:5621:A41F — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 14:40:27 GMT

‎Trivia

Discography

Fredd-E — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 14:27:58 GMT

Interviews

Fredd-E — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:47:17 GMT

Peel Session Interview

Cold Earth

2600:4041:43EE:700:B4EE:5AEC:F13B:194D — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 21:56:35 GMT

‎Samples / Lyrics

Inferno

2600:4041:43EE:700:9C44:6CBF:138C:161C — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 15:19:01 GMT

‎Artwork Sources and Locations

Discord

Fredd-E — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 11:01:19 GMT

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The Magic Window

Fredd-E — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 10:57:41 GMT

Happy Cyclist Association

Fredd-E — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 10:57:10 GMT

Deep Time

2600:4041:43EE:700:9C44:6CBF:138C:161C — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:03:47 GMT

‎Samples / Lyrics

Blood In The Labyrinth

2600:4041:43EE:700:9C44:6CBF:138C:161C — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 23:50:58 GMT

‎Samples / Lyrics

Sunshine Recorder

2600:4041:43EE:700:401C:75BE:DF50:5FE4 — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:42:49 GMT

‎Samples / Lyrics

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 I love you, but I love the Lord<br>
 More than I love any physical being<br>
 I think that's wonderful<br>
 But then why can't you bring that same feeling home?<br>
 I really wish that I could do that<br>
 (''No one ever knew that that was atypical'')<br>
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 I think that's wonderful<br>
 Well, He said—<br>
 I love you, but I love the Lord<br>
 More than I love any physical being<br>
 I think that's wonderful<br>
 Well, He said—<br>
 More than I love any physical being<br>
 I think that's wonderful<br>
 Well, He said—<br>
 </blockquote>
 * At 0:26, what seems to be a child giggling can be faintly heard.

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 ** It can also be read as a combination of America and "nada", the latter word being Spanish for "nothing".<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nada “nada”] Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary</ref>
 * The jingle in the outro of the track is slightly reminiscent of the Cosecha jingle at the end of "[[New Seeds]]".
-* The title [[Arena Americanada]] may be a reference to the Scotiabank Saddledome, which is an arena located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, which the father of the sandison brothers had helped work on the construction of the arena in the early 1980s.<ref>https://youtu.be/N06boAGV0dg?is=Rt9AlIIND4sxZbcT</ref>
+* The title "Arena Americanada" may be a reference to the [[wikipedia:Scotiabank Saddledome|Scotiabank Saddledome]], which is an arena located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The Sandison family moved to Alberta in the early 1980s, as their father helped work on the construction of the arena.<ref>"[[The Downtempo Duo]]", Heiko Hoffmann, Pitchfork, 2005</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/N06boAGV0dg</ref>
 * The synth bass that appears in this track from 0:55 onwards is reused from "[[Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan]]" at 2:58, from earlier on the album.
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 == Trivia ==
-* [[Arena Americanada]] is played in 60Hz, which is the utility frequency in the Americas and parts of Asia.
+* "Arena Americanada" is played in 60Hz, which is the [[wikipedia:Utility frequency|utility frequency]] in the Americas and parts of Asia.
 == Videos ==

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 == Samples / Lyrics ==
 * During the fade-out a recording of what seems to be the sea along with occasional seagull calls can be heard.
-* There is the faint sound of a crowd of people cheering and whistling present most of the song
+* There is the faint sound of a crowd of people cheering and whistling present most of the song, the cheering may have been sampled from [https://archive.org/details/ptc-hesable/12.Mass_Suicide_FCC.mp3/ track 12] of the album “[https://archive.org/details/ptc-hesable/01.Welcome.mp3/ He’s Able]” by The People’s Temple Choir, the album was released in 1973, meanwhile the twelfth track was released in 1998 and was pieced together using released tapes by the FCC, including part of the so-called “Death Tape”
 == Trivia ==

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 *The locked groove features a loop of the child's voice from about three seconds into "Beware the Friendly Stranger."
 *A 180 gram version exists that was given out at the Warp Records party in London, December 2001.
 ==See Also==

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		+	Likely slang for "remedial kid", another version of the politically-incorrect term "special kid".

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−	An overview of [[Registered_works\|registered works]].	+	An overview of [[Registered_works\|registered works]] & [[:Category:Song\|songs]]. This [[Release Date Anniversary\|calendar]] shows the anniversaries of [[Boards of Canada]]'s albums and eps.
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−	~~The~~ [[Release Date Anniversary\|~~release date anniversary~~ calendar]] shows the anniversaries of [[Boards of Canada]]'s albums and eps.

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 === Unofficial ===
-* ''[[Random 35 Tracks Tape]]'' (date unknown, often presumed 1995)
+* ''[[Random 35 Tracks Tape]]'' (date unknown, often presumed 1995 - first appeared online c.2000)
 == Mixtapes ==

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 == References ==

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 * One of the images shows a Rocket-like brutalist structure looming over a landscape, the structure in the image is the 300 Aragvians memorial in Zhinvali, Georgia during the Soviet-era, it was built to honor the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Hundred_Aragvians/ 300 Highlanders] from the Aragvi Valley who died defending Tbilisi during The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Krtsanisi/ Battle of Krtsanisi], the structure seems to be edited into a prairie in a similar style to a few other images.
 * One of the images features a giant structure looming over a crowd of people wearing straw hats, the structure in the image is the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regenstein_Library/ Joseph Regenstein library] on the main campus of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Chicago/ University of Chicago] located in Illinois.
 == Release Notes ==

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 * 5:57 - ''"bye bye, bye bye bye"''. from the same [[Sesame Street]] vignette used in "[[Whitewater]]".<ref>{{#ev:youtube|QZyRR-18EVU|480|||||false}}</ref>
 * 2:49, 4:49 - Chopped up vocal samples.
 == Videos ==