Revision as of 07:28, 28 May 2013

Shibuya-ku Tokyo

After an intriguing week of decyphering cryptic transmissions Boards of Canada remained silent on their social networks, except for a couple of links related to the release of Tomorrow's Harvest.^[1][2][3][4]

The 21st of May, however, Boards of Canada posted the following cryptic status update on their official Facebook account. ^[5][6][7][8]

May 22nd 24:00 @ 1-23-10 Jinnan Shibuya-ku Tokyo

jar from the Twoism (messageboard) was there and made the second recording shown below. ^[9][10]

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Zane Lowe

@zanelowe tweeted:

• 3:42 PM - 23 May 13 "Brand new Boards Of Canada on tonights show!" ^[11]
• 7:55 PM - 23 May 13 "New Boards Of Canada at 7:55pm UK http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/listen/" ^[12]

Zane announced he will play "Reach For The Dead".

Reach For The Dead

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May 27th - 17:00 PDT

• Hell Interface posts "May 27th - 17:00 PDT" as a comment on the youtube video of "Reach For The Dead". ^[13]

• @boctransmission tweeted @ 11:30 PM - 26 May 13: "May 27th - 17:00 PDT" with the second image shown below attached to the tweet. ^[14]

The attached image shown above has exif data with the exact gps-location. ^[15]

Google Maps

Images

nsputnik from the Twoism (messageboard) shared the picture below:

A is the drive-in theater.
B is the gas station.
C is the area covered in the tweet regarding May 27th 2013. ^[16]

External Links

• https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&q=loc:34.948043,-116.682615&t=k&spn=0.5,0.5
• http://www.panoramio.com/photo/63623456
• http://goo.gl/maps/jF02k
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Dolores_Waterpark
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbSbbY5ibas
  • https://ssl.panoramio.com/photo/71912368
• https://plus.google.com/110126773915965930344/about?gl=uk&hl=en
  • https://plus.google.com/110126773915965930344/photos?hl=en
• http://imgur.com/vUgVFdI

Movement Electronic Music Festival

• Allegedly a new Boards of Canada track was played at the Movement festival in Detroit. It happened right after Audion's set at Sunday 26th of May. Presumable the track played is "Cold Earth", based upon the track by track review from The Quietus. ^[17]

• NME confirmed the track that had been played to be "Cold Earth". ^[18]

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External Links

• http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10663
• http://movement.us/lineup/
• https://twitter.com/WarpRecords/status/338817207364640769
• https://twitter.com/ryanjonik/status/338825479127695360
• https://twitter.com/minushobo/status/338866990963900416
• https://twitter.com/denleschae/status/338825290618916864
  • https://www.dropbox.com/s/l5ywd42tp26vyzw/BoCMovement2013.MOV

Look Sad Reel

• 27th of May: Hell Interface posted the first video listed below with the title: "Look Sad Reel". This seems to be an anagram for Lake Dolores. See the second video for a 1980s commercial about the Lake Dolores Waterpark.

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Audio

• Moebius]: "They just distorted some of the original ad copy about camping and bringing your kids (and special rates!)
  • Comparison with the original ad. ^[19]

• etcher: "I enhanced the low audio between the 20-22 second mark & reversed it. It sounds like the first word is "sun" and the second is "in the sand". I could be completely wrong here, but i was just really curious." ^[20]

Images

Lake Dolores

About

• tonx from the Twoism (messageboard) will be live blogging from the event. ^{[21] [22]}
  • http://instagram.com/tonx/
  • https://twitter.com/tonx
  • http://www.ustream.tv/channel/tonx23
  • https://plus.google.com/108957795290078982439/posts

• @boctransmission tweeted:
  • 11:59 PM GMT+2 - 27 May 13: "Look Sad Reel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY3ByVGxmQk …" ^[23]
    • Apparently this tweet is sent via an iPhone. ^[24]

• 2020k blogged in his 33rd update:
  • The California Tweet/Hell Interface video location is a place which held an official listening party for Tomorrow's Harvest. The attendees? Just those who could make it. An introductory speaker asked the individuals to please only record audio of the first three songs. So, we have "Gemini","Reach For The Dead" and "White Cyclosa" over at this unofficial uStream. Oh, "Jacquard Causeway" is also on the stream. "Reach For The Dead" didn’t count, right? ^[25]

Coverage

Stream

• google video hangout: https://plus.google.com/108957795290078982439/posts
• ustream live: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/tonx23
  • ustream recorded: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/33418663
• recap + streaming audio: http://bleepsnbloops.com/boards-of-canada-lake-dolores-waterpark/

Tweets

• @tonx tweeted:
  • 9:38 PM GMT+2 - 27 May 13: "I have arrived at the watermark. there are a handful of people here preparing for an “event”. #boardsofcanada" ^[26]
  • 10:02 PM GMT+2 - 27 May 13: "I’ve been asked to be discrete in my tweeting. something will happen here. I don’t yet know what. laying low." ^[27]
  • 1:13 AM GMT+2 - 28 May 13: "anticipation." ^[28]
  • 1:42 AM GMT+2 - 28 May 13: "I would put the head count here at just under 50. Fifty lucky people. #boardsofcanada" ^[29]
  • 1:50 AM GMT+2 - 28 May 13: "warp records rep is handing us water. gonna ebay that water for $200. #boardsofcanada ^[30]
  • 1:52 AM GMT+2 - 28 May 13: "the fans. https://vine.co/v/bVLUKdOIx5p" ^[31]
  • 2:27 AM GMT+2 - 28 May 13: "I’m tonx23 on ustream, broadcasting intermittently for those that want to follow along #boardsofcanada" ^[32]
  • 2:52 AM GMT+2 - 28 May 13: "listening party! #boardsofcanada https://vine.co/v/bVlArBaIbzH" ^[33]
  • 2:54 AM GMT+2 - 28 May 13: "https://vine.co/v/bVlqZTQ3v91" ^[34]
  • 2:56 AM GMT+2 - 28 May 13: "Album. Of. The. Year. #boardsofcanada" ^[35]
  • 2:57 AM GMT+2 - 28 May 13: "https://vine.co/v/bVlbr7Zaa5r" ^[36]
  • 2:58 AM GMT+2 - 28 May 13: "https://vine.co/v/bVlbpEiLExg" ^[37]
  • 2:59 AM GMT+2 - 28 May 13: "https://vine.co/v/bVlhAKinM0J" ^[38]
  • 3:03 AM GMT+2 - 28 May 13: "https://vine.co/v/bVlMJZiQmO2" ^[39]
  • 3:04 AM GMT+2 - 28 May 13: "https://vine.co/v/bVlOabxeLK5 "^[40]
  • 3:10 AM GMT+2 - 28 May 13: "https://vine.co/v/bVlimJ9aTvV "^[41]
  • 3:16 AM GMT+2 - 28 May 13: "https://vine.co/v/bVlJAnFOXil" ^[42]
  • 3:18 AM GMT+2 - 28 May 13: "https://vine.co/v/bVl1AwtlngU"^[43]
  • 3:40 AM GMT+2 - 28 May 13: "Thank you @boctransmission and @warprecords!" ^[44]

Forum

• tonx posted:
  • Mon May 27, 2013 10:45 PM GMT+2: "There isn't enough happening here yet for me to be able to say anything about the scale of what exactly might go down. I'm apparently the first of us to land. There is a sort of light caretaker/security situation that may thwart other earlybirds. Unsure. Only a small handful of people on site yet. I basically snuck in." ^[45]
  • Mon May 27, 2013 11:11 PM GMT+2: "I'm attempting a public hangout on google+. Find me!" ^[46]
  • Tue May 28, 2013 12:42 AM GMT+2: "Conserving battery. Back in a bit." ^[47]
  • Tue May 28, 2013 12:33 aM GMT+2: "http://www.ustream.tv/channel/tonx23" ^[48]

• Veckatimest posted:
  • Tue May 28, 2013 1:52 AM GMT+2: "My friend just updated me again via text. "WHOLE ALBUM." "Can't record after the first three tracks." "No live performance but it is a listening party." Hope this helps!" ^[49]

• IronMark posted:
  • Tue May 28, 2013 1:50 AM GMT+2: "When the stream came up for a few minutes there, it clearly showed people with proper quality cameras on tripods pointed at the 'stage' area. Press? Given the Tokyo stream and Cold Earth at the festival, I'm thinking this is just going to be one more song played publicly. I say 'just' one more song played pubicly as if that's a small thing but this entire thing has been fantastic. I'm seriously starting to think the album's been ready for a while, maybe even stretching back to the infamous black square appearing and this entire buildup thing has been almost 2 years in the planning." ^[50]

• paul posted:
  • Tue May 28, 2013 4:42 AM GMT+2: "Yes it will my friends. I will get the edit to you asap. Still gotta make the gawdawful drive home 6 hours ... and its fucking bumper to bumper. But, if I gotta get stuck in traffic to be a part of what just happened ... yeah. Can do. Sketchy connection out here in the desert so full report later will be edging what I shot first thing when home. Sorry again for not keeping up while live. Damn phone died." ^[51]
  • Tue May 28, 2013 6:37 AM GMT+2: "Nah, just had the gear and decided since it was in my beautiful state, and i love the desert ... it had to be done! i also knew so many of you were here sending us all some seriously good vibes and couldn't be there for countless reasons. I was seriously planning on a live gig. Since that didn't happen I have a nice locked shot of the ... airstream the truck and speakers. Sorry guys. Guess I was too optimistic. Yes, I brought the "dead kitty" wind muffler for my ZOOM recorder. Quite nice - pretty much zeroed out any hint of wind. I will edit it when I get home but that won't be til 3a PDT. Sleep can wait. Will load it to my YouTube page (look for Turk 242). There's already my humble reatment of the cosecha transmission there but tomorrow will be today's festivities. Ok, so enough of the dry tech talk. To asnwer your question Decorah: kennychiwa147 said it best. I am still a little in disbelief. I quickly got over the no live show thing. It was just really cool to look around and see literally every walk of life there - young and old. That's when you know it's quality music. The setting was impeccable. Surreal. I am an avid trailer camper so this set piece made me smile wide. When the music came on I was pretty much swept away. I considered taking notes but felt like a tool as i was already standing up there with the camera. my buddy kept encouraging me to enjoy the experience too (he was the one rocking the ray bans in the blue t shirt). Yes the air was thick, sweet and sticky. Ok, music - I listened to RFTD for 90 minutes yesterday on loop while running in big sur. never did that with any track in my life. It did not get old. So when I heard it today I wasnt sure how i would react. gotta say i got pretty choked up. I think it was everything - setting, with fellow BOCers, the sky - and the transition was wicked. The opening bits were really a blur. I was shaking and trying not to fuck up the recording. I do remember the fanfare and thought that was really nice. As for the rest, well you'll just have to wait I guess. I will say this - game changer. BEST. ALBUM. EVER. Yeah, that's right ..." ^[52]

• Synthetrix posted:
  • Tue May 28, 2013 6:49 AM GMT+2: "I just got home from the listening party in Newberry Springs and I am damn glad that I took the leap of faith and headed out there. Being in such an intimate, exclusive location with fellow BOC fans and being some of the first non-journalist/insiders in the world to hear TH in it's entirety was an experience I will always cherish and remember. Big ups to Josh with Warp Record with whom I had a nice enlightening chat. It was also great to meet Tonx and you all owe him a cold one for the live U-streams that he did. I took a ton of high res photos and HD video although I will not be posting any of the music that has not been officially released out of respect to the artists and label. I am sure there are plenty of others who have or will be doing so in the coming hours. I will post photos on my website soon, but first I need to hit the shower and wash off the desert grit and grime. BEST MEMORIAL DAY EVER!" ^[53]

• thingsthingsthings posted:
  • Tue May 28, 2013 7:32 AM GMT+2: "Just getting home; traffic back to LA was surprisingly mellow. What a great experience, I feel really lucky I was able to make it. Such a surreal backdrop for an equally surreal album. Certainly boards music, but definitely a different path then what they've released before. Great to hear what sounded like a snippet of that melody that went along with the number clues show up at the end of one track, and surprised to find the cosecha transmission tune end the album, but an appropriate finale to an amazing afternoon. Many thanks to BOC and Warp for putting this together, and for the take home goodies at the end. Culminated with an amazing sunset over the desert as well; really amazing event." ^[54]

• soupbandit posted:
  • Tue May 28, 2013 7:57 AM GMT+2: "I made it back from the desert with my brother. Echoing the postings that I've skimmed through that the album is beautiful. It's emotionally heavier then Geogaddi with all that is fantastic about TCH's production. Echoing the Carpenter vibe too. Everyone I met was excited, friendly and cool. Once the album begun it went quiet until the end before anyone made a noise. Atmospheric to a T. My favorite moment was this little girl running out in front of a half of the crowd to play as the uplifting latter portion of the album was beginning. She was so happy in unison. Perfect soundtrack moment. Spoilers & Things:

-There's a huge Coca Cola Silo out there (along with the Skyliner Drive in). Trans Canada to the fullest. -We were asked to keep postings under-wrap, but were told we'd be hearing the album -Jacquard Causeway was the heaviest track emotionally on first digest. -Cold Earth is the Detroit Track. -Sick Times is Sick. -I'm not sure where the Palace Posy/ROYGBIV connection was made in the track by track review. -Come to Dust has this moment in it's last seconds that shines -Semena Mertvykh is the track from the Tomorrow's Harvest Transmission. -The silence at the end of Semena Mertvykh with the desert breeze, sun setting and awesome people is something I'll remember. -The band texted Josh the organizer to tell us they loved us. cool shit. - We made out with swag. I picked up a large 18x24 poster and two smaller ones, along with a bunch of stickers. Sorry if this is rehash or spoilers but I had a great time and it was a long time coming. I'll edit this post with a link to some photos and videos when I'm not so tired. Thanks to the band and planners if you snoop this post for feedback, this has been super fun and has made me really happy." ^[55]

Instagram

• tonx instagrammed the following pictures. ^{[56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69][70][71][72][73][74][75][76][77]}

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