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== [[A Few Old Tunes|A Few Old Tunes (1996)]] == | == [[A Few Old Tunes|A Few Old Tunes (1996)]] == | ||
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β | + | * Two women speaking, presumably on a television show in which a plain-looking person receives a makeover ([[Light, Clear Hair]]) | |
β | * A man and a woman breathing heavily, with 1970's music in the background | + | * A man and a woman breathing heavily, with 1970's music in the background ([[P:C:]]) |
β | + | * Most vocals from [[ Trapped|Trapped]] by Colonel Abrams ([[Trapped|Trapped]]) | |
β | + | * 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]]) | |
β | + | * Dialogue, applause, and music from an episode of the British television game show ''Blockbusters'', spliced for surreal effect ([[Blockbusters]]) | |
β | + | * The chorus of "Celebration" by Kool & The Gang ([[The Way You Show]]) | |
β | * A commercial for Dirt Devil (a brand of portable vacuum cleaner). | + | * 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|I Love U]]) |
β | + | * A drum fill from "Strawberry Fields Forever" by The Beatles ([[Sequoia]]) | |
β | * Dialogue, applause, and music from an episode of the British television game show ''Blockbusters'' | + | * A basic (snare-)kick-kick-snare drum pattern ([[5.9.78]]) |
β | + | * 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]]) | |
β | * The chorus of "Celebration" by Kool & The Gang | ||
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== [[Old Tunes Vol. 2|Old Tunes Vol. 2 (1996)]] == | == [[Old Tunes Vol. 2|Old Tunes Vol. 2 (1996)]] == | ||
β | + | * The jingle at the end of [[Iraq Says]] is taken from a [[Sesame Street]] clip: "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QimBkBFspbY&feature=youtu.be&t=2m31 Wanda The Word Fairy Visits Sesame Street]". <ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=13628</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QimBkBFspbY&feature=youtu.be&t=2m31s</ref> | |
β | + | * From "Flashback" by Imagination: "We're startin' up, now we're on our way" ([[We've Started Up]]) | |
β | * | + | * "He's a dream" from the song of the same name by Shandi ([[We've Started Up]]) |
β | * | + | * The beginning of the song "Falling in Love Again" by Techno Twins ([[We've Started Up]]) |
β | + | * "Berceuse" from the ''Dolly Suite'' by Gabriel FaurΓ© ([[Jimbo Rehearsing]]) (not necessarily a sample, but probably not played by BoC) | |
β | * | + | * "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)]]) |
β | + | * "The royal family should be <em>left in peace</em>!" ([[Peace-Tony-Devil]]) | |
β | + | * A commercial for Frosted Flakes ([[Peace-Tony-Devil]]) | |
β | + | * 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." ([[Peace-Tony-Devil]]) | |
β | * | + | * Spoken by English-accented voices, presumably from a world news broadcast: |
β | + | ** Woman: "Iraq says nineteen people died" | |
β | + | ** Man: "We won't know that until a full assessment has taken place in due course" ([[Iraq Says]]) | |
β | + | * The hook from Tony Basil's 1982 hit "Mickey" ([[Nine-Rubber Wisdom]]) | |
β | * "The royal family should be <em>left in peace</em>!" | + | * A bubbly pitch modulation or filter modulation synthesizer effect, followed by a group of people shouting ([[On A Rolling Sea]]) |
β | * A commercial for Frosted Flakes | + | * The song "Sir Prancelot" by Alan Parker ([[Sir Prancelot Brainfire]]) |
β | * A commercial for Dirt Devil (a brand of portable vacuum cleaner.) | + | * From the 1958 horror film ''Terror from the Year 5000'': "Dad, look at the TV" ([[Apparatus]]) |
β | + | * An old Amiga module called "Voyager" by Hellraiser ([[Apparatus]]) | |
β | * | + | * 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]]) |
β | + | * The snare drum from "When the Levee Breaks" by Led Zeppelin ([[Music For Pylons]]) (possible but not confirmed) | |
β | + | * A "skipping" drum loop ([[Orange Hexagon Sun]], [[Turquoise Hexagon Sun]]) | |
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β | * From the 1958 horror film ''Terror from the Year 5000'': "Dad, look at the TV" | ||
β | * An old Amiga module called "Voyager" by | ||
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== [[BoC Maxima|BoC Maxima (1996)]] == | == [[BoC Maxima|BoC Maxima (1996)]] == | ||
β | + | * Two men talking about the Niagara river sampled from the 1991 documentary [http://youtu.be/UGrNQcPLwWE "The Falls"] ([[Niagara]]) | |
β | * Two men talking about the Niagara river sampled from the documentary | + | * Background music from the adult film [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0128647/ "Summer of '72"] ([[Niagara]]) |
β | * Background music from the adult film | + | * A giggle and two metallic-sounding high notes from the [http://youtu.be/mpQXqnOStAs "I Love You"] Sesame Street vignette ([[Niagara]]) |
β | * | + | * Dialogue from an episode of [http://youtu.be/CUt_PPzFAdY Bob Vila's Home Again] ([[Concourse]]) |
β | + | * Speech from the [http://youtu.be/QZyRR-18EVU "Many Me's"] Sesame Street segment ([[Whitewater]]) | |
β | * Dialogue from episode | + | * Vocal sample from the conclusion of the 1982 adult film [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123570/ "A Brief Affair"] ("[[One Very Important Thought]]") |
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== [[Hi Scores (release)|Hi Scores (1996)]] == | == [[Hi Scores (release)|Hi Scores (1996)]] == | ||
β | + | * The beginning of the song "Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life" by Indeep ([[Nlogax]]) | |
β | * The | + | * Part of the song "Timeless" by John Abercrombie ([[Everything You Do Is A Balloon]]) |
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== [[Music Has The Right To Children|Music Has The Right To Children (1998)]] == | == [[Music Has The Right To Children|Music Has The Right To Children (1998)]] == | ||
β | + | * A speech sample from the documentary "On the Tracks of the Wild Otter (1983)" narrated by Hugh Miles. ([[An Eagle in Your Mind]]) | |
β | * A | + | * A synthetic-sounding voice saying "I love you" ([[An Eagle in Your Mind]]) |
β | + | * 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]]) | |
β | * | + | * A [[Sesame Street]] vignette in which a child sounds out the phrase "I love you" while attempting to write it out. ([[The Color of the Fire]]) |
β | + | * Chopped-up voices saying "now this is very irresponsible" and, in a Scottish accent, "yer no gonnae" ([[Telephasic Workshop]]) | |
β | * | + | * A slightly slowed-down male voice saying "bordering Canada" (?) ([[Telephasic Workshop]]) |
β | + | * A young man shouting "twenty cent" (?) ([[Telephasic Workshop]]) | |
β | + | * The song "Getaway" by Earth, Wind, & Fire ([[Sixtyten]]) | |
β | + | * The song "On Your Face" by Earth, Wind, & Fire ([[Sixtyten]]) | |
β | + | * "There are a lot of different 'me's, you know. There's the mad me, when I get angry." From a [[Sesame Street]] segment [reversed] ([[Sixtyten]]) | |
β | * Chopped-up voices saying "now this is very irresponsible" and, in a Scottish accent, "yer no gonnae" | + | * What might be a recording from a native American ceremony, including what sounds like someone with a drum ([[Kaini Industries]]) |
β | * A slightly slowed-down male voice saying "bordering Canada" | + | * A child saying "Lake" from the [https://youtu.be/9j4kXWTJXLE?t=715 "Lake (Time-lapse)"] Sesame Street segment. |
β | * A young man shouting "twenty cent" (?) | + | * Birds whistling outside BoC's studio ([[Rue the Whirl]]) |
β | + | * 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)]]) | |
β | * The | + | * The word "orange" from a sketch in a vintage [[wikipedia:Sesame Street|Sesame Street]] episode (All versions of [[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius]]) |
β | + | * 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]]) | |
β | + | * A sequence of numbers read by a professional-sounding woman's voice (All versions of [[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius]], though the number sequence varies) | |
β | + | * The same voice that recites the number sequence saying "Orange" (All versions of [[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius]]) | |
β | * | + | * A chorused male voice singing "I'm listening" ([[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius (Verison 3)]]) sampled from [https://youtu.be/E3x_M7TFtuo?t=55 Blue Aquarius - At The Feet Of The Master] |
β | * | + | * A synthesized male voice saying "sixtyten new aquarius" ([[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius (Verison 3)]]) |
β | + | * A girl saying "We'll sail to the stars." From a [[Sesame Street]] segment (All versions of [[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius]]) | |
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β | * Birds whistling outside BoC's studio ([[Rue the Whirl]]) | ||
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β | * Children's laughter, and the same children saying "yeah, that's right" from | ||
β | * A sequence of numbers read by a professional-sounding woman's voice | ||
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* A distorted voice saying "bonds" ([[Pete Standing Alone]]) | * A distorted voice saying "bonds" ([[Pete Standing Alone]]) | ||
β | + | * 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]]) | |
β | + | * 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]]) | |
β | + | * 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]]) | |
β | * | + | * Seagulls and a sound like a man singing, rather faint and tinny ([[Happy Cycling]]) |
β | + | * The bird calls are sampled from Vangelis - La FΓͺte sauvage. Sample starts at 2:43. <ref>{{#widget:YouTube|id=e8eeCRVVjWc}} | |
β | * | + | </ref><ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=13680</ref> |
β | + | * A female voice (possibly sped up) saying either "hop skip" or "popsicle" ([[Happy Cycling]]) | |
== [[In a Beautiful Place out in the Country (release)|In a Beautiful Place out in the Country (2000)]] == | == [[In a Beautiful Place out in the Country (release)|In a Beautiful Place out in the Country (2000)]] == | ||
β | + | * A slide projector switching to the next slide ([[Kid For Today]]) | |
β | * A | + | * A lot of birds ([[Amo Bishop Roden]]) |
β | + | * 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]]) | |
β | * Children laughing and the creaking of a porch swing | + | * 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]]) |
β | * The phrase "Come out and live with a religious community in a beautiful place out in the country" | ||
== [[Geogaddi|Geogaddi (2002)]] == | == [[Geogaddi|Geogaddi (2002)]] == | ||
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* A child saying "Bye" from [[Sesame Street]]<ref>https://youtu.be/QZyRR-18EVU?t=62 ; also appears in ''Dawn Chorus'', and the full clip in ''Whitewater'' </ref> | * A child saying "Bye" from [[Sesame Street]]<ref>https://youtu.be/QZyRR-18EVU?t=62 ; also appears in ''Dawn Chorus'', and the full clip in ''Whitewater'' </ref> | ||
===== [[Julie And Candy]] ===== | ===== [[Julie And Candy]] ===== | ||
β | * Dialogue between a man and a woman sampled from the ''Season of the Witch'' | + | * Dialogue between a man and a woman sampled from the 1972 film ''Season of the Witch''<ref>https://youtu.be/gkBxtZzLlNQ?t=424</ref> |
===== [[The Smallest Weird Number]] ===== | ===== [[The Smallest Weird Number]] ===== | ||
β | * The flute solo at the end of ''When the Music Starts to Play'' | + | * 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<ref>https://youtu.be/RANBgWcPbxU?t=150 ; a different part of this song is used in ''The Beach at Redpoint'' and the ''Dead Dogs Two'' remix. </ref> |
* Track 10 from side B of ([[Random 35 Tracks Tape]]), reversed | * Track 10 from side B of ([[Random 35 Tracks Tape]]), reversed | ||
===== [[1969]] ===== | ===== [[1969]] ===== | ||
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===== [[Energy Warning]] ===== | ===== [[Energy Warning]] ===== | ||
* A 1979 public information advert on the topic of energy conservation by the youth organization 4-H<ref>http://dt.prohosting.com/70s/childtv/psa4h.au</ref> | * A 1979 public information advert on the topic of energy conservation by the youth organization 4-H<ref>http://dt.prohosting.com/70s/childtv/psa4h.au</ref> | ||
β | * A synthesizer line from the documentary ''The Falls'' | + | * A synthesizer line from the 1991 documentary ''The Falls'' <ref>https://youtu.be/UGrNQcPLwWE?t=3017 ; possibly rerecorded</ref> |
===== [[Opening The Mouth]] ===== | ===== [[Opening The Mouth]] ===== | ||
* Continuous, repeated whispering of the word "us", or the sound of air being sucked from a person's mouth as by a dental vacuum | * Continuous, repeated whispering of the word "us", or the sound of air being sucked from a person's mouth as by a dental vacuum | ||
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* Whispered: "take my hand" ([[You Could Feel the Sky]], also in [[Seven Forty Seven]]) | * Whispered: "take my hand" ([[You Could Feel the Sky]], also in [[Seven Forty Seven]]) | ||
===== [[From One Source All Things Depend]] ===== | ===== [[From One Source All Things Depend]] ===== | ||
β | * Various young speakers discussing the nature of God, sampled from an album entitled ''Family of God'' | + | * Various young speakers discussing the nature of God, sampled from an album entitled ''Family of God''<ref>https://youtu.be/a8SbU8ioHTg</ref> |
== [[The Campfire Headphase|The Campfire Headphase (2005)]] == | == [[The Campfire Headphase|The Campfire Headphase (2005)]] == | ||
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β | * | + | * From an early 1970's anti-drug social hygiene film, a woman speaking and laughing ([[Chromakey Dreamcoat]]) |
β | * Slowed down voice on the right channel | + | * Slowed down voice on the right channel repeating "peanut butter. It's doggone good!" from a [https://youtu.be/Wty8UYT6PGw?t=7 Reese's Peanut Butter Cup commercial] ([[Chromakey Dreamcoat]]) |
β | + | * Various voices including a baby crying ([[Peacock Tail]]) | |
β | * Various voices including a baby crying | + | * A choir sample from [https://youtu.be/TTmR4e-ssdA?t=223 The Manhattan Transfer - Foreign Affair] ([[A Moment of Clarity]]) |
β | + | * Various garbled voices that seem as though they may have been recorded in a highly reverberant public space on a handheld recorder ([[Sherbet Head]]) | |
β | * A choir sample from | + | * An underlying drone sound that bears a strong resemblance to the drone heard in the cabin of an airliner during travel ([[Hey Saturday Sun]]) |
β | + | * 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]]) | |
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== [[Tomorrow's Harvest|Tomorrow's Harvest (2013)]] == | == [[Tomorrow's Harvest|Tomorrow's Harvest (2013)]] == | ||
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β | + | * The words "Does anybody copy me?" followed by "Roger" ([[Gemini]]) | |
β | * A | + | * A male voice says "Listen" or possibly "Risen." ([[Reach For The Dead]]) |
β | + | * A male voice counting to ten repeatedly along with some speech ([[Telepath]]) | |
β | * | + | * A female voice saying "Nineteen-ninety-nine" ([[Transmisiones Ferox]]) |
+ | * A female voice saying "The others." ([[Transmisiones Ferox]]) | ||
+ | * The word "eleven" from the 1970s WTCN-TV jingle ([[Palace Posy]]) | ||
+ | * Slowed down and distorted sample of a video about purported FEMA Concentration Camps ([[Split Your Infinities]]) | ||
+ | * A distorted voice reciting about or talking to Jesus ([[Nothing Is Real]]) | ||
== Unsorted == | == Unsorted == | ||
+ | * 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]]") | ||
+ | * Exuberant conversation between several young adults suspected (but not confirmed) to be members of the [[Hexagon Sun|Hexagon Sun collective]] ("[[Turquoise Hexagon Sun]]") | ||
+ | * A tinny, cyclic sound that is possibly part of a drum loop ("[[Spectrum]]", "[[Twoism]]") | ||
+ | * 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 ("[[R35TT A06]]", "[[Seven Forty Seven]]") | ||
+ | * A drum loop with a wah effect applied ("[[R35TT A08]]", "[[June 9th]]") | ||
+ | * A choir-like melody ("[[R35TT A12]]", "[[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius (Version 3)]]") | ||
+ | * A loop of bongos being played rapidly ("[[Oirectine]]", "[[Mira Calix - Sandsings]]") | ||
+ | * A drum loop with a distinctive electronic closed hi-hat ("[[Iced Cooly]]", "[[Seeya Later]]", "[[Smokes Quantity]]") | ||
* 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 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 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)]]", "[[R35TT A06]]") | * 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)]]", "[[R35TT A06]]") |