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* [http://www.twoism.org/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2216 IronMark] posted: | * [http://www.twoism.org/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2216 IronMark] posted: | ||
β | ** 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." <ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=198737#198737</ref> | + | ** 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." <ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=198737#198737</ref> |
* [http://www.twoism.org/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2689 paul] posted: | * [http://www.twoism.org/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2689 paul] posted: | ||
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* [http://www.twoism.org/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=507 soupbandit] posted: | * [http://www.twoism.org/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=507 soupbandit] posted: | ||
β | ** 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." <ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=199656#199656</ref> | + | ** 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." <ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=199656#199656</ref> |
* [http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=199683#199683 PlatrixECV] posted: | * [http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=199683#199683 PlatrixECV] posted: | ||
β | ** Tue May 28, 2013 8:36 AM GMT+2: "Here's my notes on the songs/ general review --- Ok, just got back. Here are my thoughts. In general, awesome experience, the setting was perfect. In honor of Scotland I took a few swills of some Ardbeg (neat). As to the album I would not call BoC going back to a '''[[Geogaddi]]''' or '''[[MHTRTC]]''' style, or a combo of th two. It is definitely a logical progression from TCH although primarily from something like Oscar See Through Red Eye. They make dense, layered complex stuff now. The minimalism is gone. In some respects I like hearing their sounds with a chance to breathe. You get a little of that in the ambient interludes. That being said, Tomorrow's Harvest is an intense, detailed great ride. I mentioned earlier there were noticeable elements of extremely vintage synths (think 70s Tangerine Dream (Phaedra) of Jean Michael Jarre's Oxygen). Maybe some Bladerunner sounding Vangelis. John Carpenter has been mentioned. It's all swirling around in there. I have a video of the first three tracks. I think the sound quality came out pretty good. Trying to figure out how to ujpload it right now. I took notes on each track. "[[Gemini]]", "[[Reach For The Dead]]", "[[White Cyclosa]]" - you heard them. "[[Gemini]]" was a perfect into track, got me in the proper mindframe for BoC. "[[Jacquard Causeway]]" - Intense. When the album kicks into high gear. I really dug what I found to be almost jazzy sounding noodling on what may have been a wurlitzer. It gave a lose feel. One of highlights of album for sure. "[[Telepath]" - the darking counting voice one. I wrote "unmistakably BoC. Nice interlude track. Keeps mood intense." "[[Cold Earth]" - You've heard this one by now. A better track in its full sonic glory. I put this own down as giving me a Vangelis vibe on some of the synths. "[[Transmisiones Ferox]]" - Psycaedelic, buried vocals, really dark heartbeat style bass pulse. "[[Sick Times]]" - This one again had an almost jazzy feel with a vintage electric organ or piano sound. Don't know if the beat is the "dopest" but it is a hard kicking break beat. The melody parts give the feel of quick tempo that vaguely reminded me of Poppy Seed. Again with the vintage synths (something close to Oxygene sounding). Another one of the best cuts on the album. "[[Collapse]]" - This is the one I think might have had a Moog sequencer. It reminded me of Phaedra. Deep track with a great bass line that also functions as a counter melody. Everything from Jacquard Causway to here flowed and was all excellent. As good a stretch as there is on any Boc album IMO. "[[Palace Posy]]" - This one was a bit eccentric. Vaguely pizzicato string sounding melody. Split Your Infities - This was my initial favorite track on the album. Swirling melody that morphs into what I wrote was "ominous and joyous at the same time. Holy fuck." All the great elements of a great Boc track and shows how skilled they are in their craft. "[[Uritual]]" - Buzzy dissosant drone. One of better interludes I can recall and again keeps momentum from Split Your Infities. "[[Nothing Is | + | ** Tue May 28, 2013 8:36 AM GMT+2: "Here's my notes on the songs/ general review --- Ok, just got back. Here are my thoughts. In general, awesome experience, the setting was perfect. In honor of Scotland I took a few swills of some Ardbeg (neat). As to the album I would not call BoC going back to a '''[[Geogaddi]]''' or '''[[MHTRTC]]''' style, or a combo of th two. It is definitely a logical progression from TCH although primarily from something like Oscar See Through Red Eye. They make dense, layered complex stuff now. The minimalism is gone. In some respects I like hearing their sounds with a chance to breathe. You get a little of that in the ambient interludes. That being said, Tomorrow's Harvest is an intense, detailed great ride. I mentioned earlier there were noticeable elements of extremely vintage synths (think 70s Tangerine Dream (Phaedra) of Jean Michael Jarre's Oxygen). Maybe some Bladerunner sounding Vangelis. John Carpenter has been mentioned. It's all swirling around in there. I have a video of the first three tracks. I think the sound quality came out pretty good. Trying to figure out how to ujpload it right now. I took notes on each track. "[[Gemini]]", "[[Reach For The Dead]]", "[[White Cyclosa]]" - you heard them. "[[Gemini]]" was a perfect into track, got me in the proper mindframe for BoC. "[[Jacquard Causeway]]" - Intense. When the album kicks into high gear. I really dug what I found to be almost jazzy sounding noodling on what may have been a wurlitzer. It gave a lose feel. One of highlights of album for sure. "[[Telepath]" - the darking counting voice one. I wrote "unmistakably BoC. Nice interlude track. Keeps mood intense." "[[Cold Earth]]" - You've heard this one by now. A better track in its full sonic glory. I put this own down as giving me a Vangelis vibe on some of the synths. "[[Transmisiones Ferox]]" - Psycaedelic, buried vocals, really dark heartbeat style bass pulse. "[[Sick Times]]" - This one again had an almost jazzy feel with a vintage electric organ or piano sound. Don't know if the beat is the "dopest" but it is a hard kicking break beat. The melody parts give the feel of quick tempo that vaguely reminded me of Poppy Seed. Again with the vintage synths (something close to Oxygene sounding). Another one of the best cuts on the album. "[[Collapse]]" - This is the one I think might have had a Moog sequencer. It reminded me of Phaedra. Deep track with a great bass line that also functions as a counter melody. Everything from Jacquard Causway to here flowed and was all excellent. As good a stretch as there is on any Boc album IMO. "[[Palace Posy]]" - This one was a bit eccentric. Vaguely pizzicato string sounding melody. Split Your Infities - This was my initial favorite track on the album. Swirling melody that morphs into what I wrote was "ominous and joyous at the same time. Holy fuck." All the great elements of a great Boc track and shows how skilled they are in their craft. "[[Uritual]]" - Buzzy dissosant drone. One of better interludes I can recall and again keeps momentum from Split Your Infities. "[[Nothing Is Real]]" - Treated piano, retro sounding break beat. Nice track I could see this one being popular with the non-diehards but I don't mean that as a slight. "[[Sundown]]" - Very Boc synth pads, layered again with what I call the ancient analog Vangelic et all sound. "[[New Seeds]]" - Creates a melody almost out of radio static. After that I thought I heard discernable guitar sound... Sounds like what I know to be called col legno on a violin where you flip the blow and hit the strings with the wood part (used most prominently at the beginning of Holtz's Mars). Keeps buildings and immensely dense. This could be a polarizing track. "[[Come To Dust]]" - "Eerie with a great laconic break beat." Also a highlight of the album for me. "[[Semena Mertvykh]]" - This is more or the less the song from the trailer. The static is gone and there is instead a stunning dark and dissonant background noise. It sounds a little bit like the beginning of Metallica's "Damage Inc" (the last seconds before the thrash guitar comes in ) but with a strong helicopter effect. I love the melody of this song. Glad it is on the album. A perfect closer really (as exit music). I loved the album overall. Where it rates in the context of their catalog? No idea at this point. Really glad to have the experienence of the build up and then the surprise listening party. Def treat for US fans. There were probably 100 people there, some came from as far as Arizona." <ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=199683#199683</ref> |
==== Instagram ==== | ==== Instagram ==== |
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]
@zanelowe tweeted:
Zane announced he will play "Reach For The Dead".
The attached image shown above has exif data with the exact gps-location. [15]
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]