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| release_date=5 June 2013<small> (Japan)</small> <br>7 June 2013<small> (Australia)</small> <br>10 June 2013<small> (Europe)</small> <br> 11 June 2013 <small>(United States)</small>
 
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'''''Tomorrow's Harvest''''' is the fourth studio album by [[Boards of Canada]]. Released in June 2013, it comes 8 years after the duo's previous album, [[The Campfire Headphase]]. Departing from the warm and guitar-based sounds of its predecessor, the tracks of ''Tomorrow's Harvest'' are cold and desolate. The album's themes reference decay and the apocalypse, though the duo has denied the latter interpretation, stating that the album is much more ''"about an inevitable stage that lies in front of us."'' <ref name="the-guardian">[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jun/06/boards-of-canada-become-more-nihilistic "Boards of Canada: 'We've become a lot more nihilistic over the years'"], Louis Pattison, The Guardian, 2013</ref>
  
 
==Tracks==
 
==Tracks==
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# "[[Come To Dust]]" &ndash; 4:07
 
# "[[Come To Dust]]" &ndash; 4:07
 
# "[[Semena Mertvykh]]" &ndash; 3:30
 
# "[[Semena Mertvykh]]" &ndash; 3:30
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=== Palindromic Structure ===
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"[[We've Become a Lot More Nihilistic over the Years]]" is a 2013 interview by Louis Pattison.
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It originally appeared online at [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jun/06/boards-of-canada-become-more-nihilistic The Guardian].
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{{question|You've spoken in the past about how mathematics and science have been an inspiration on [[Boards Of Canada]]. One ''[[Tomorrow's Harvest]]'' track is called "[[Split Your Infinities]]". Another is called "[[Jacquard Causeway]]", which seems like it might be a reference to the Jacquard Loom, a sort of rudimentary mechanical computer. Have you found more musical ways to integrate mathematics into the fabric of the music on [[Tomorrow's Harvest]]?}}
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{{boc|[[Mike Sandison]]: "Yes, it's loaded with patterns and messages. There are various tricks embedded throughout the whole body of this album, so it'll be interesting to see whether people pick up on these things. Some things are just simple structural things. For instance, "[[Come To Dust]]", the second-to-last track, is a musical reprise of "[[Reach For The Dead]]", which comes in as the second track. There's a '''palindromic structure''' centred around the track "[[Collapse]]" in the middle. There's actually more use of subliminals on this record than on any previous album we've done, so we're interested to see what people will pick up on."}}
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==== Palindromic Tracks ====
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# "[[Gemini]]" &ndash; 2:56
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# "[[Semena Mertvykh]]" &ndash; 3:30
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# "[[Reach For The Dead]]" &ndash; 4:47
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# "[[Come To Dust]]" &ndash; 4:07
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# "[[White Cyclosa]]" &ndash; 3:13
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# "[[New Seeds]]" &ndash; 5:39
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# "[[Jacquard Causeway]]" &ndash; 6:35
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# "[[Sundown]]" &ndash; 2:16
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# "[[Telepath]]" &ndash; 1:32
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# "[[Nothing Is Real]]" &ndash; 3:52
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# "[[Cold Earth]]" &ndash; 3:42
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# "[[Uritual]]" &ndash; 1:59
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# "[[Transmisiones Ferox]]" &ndash; 2:18
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# "[[Split Your Infinities]]" &ndash; 4:28
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# "[[Sick Times]]" &ndash; 4:16
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# "[[Palace Posy]]" &ndash; 4:05
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# "[[Collapse]]" &ndash; 2:49
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==== Palindromic Playlists ====
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* [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7dBjPZE1xCajpvWC8PdGjK?si=9e26ae904bcb4e49 Spotify playlist]
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* [https://youtu.be/mW95wIoHgBA YouTube playlist]
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* [https://music.amazon.co.uk/user-playlists/f486301e83b841bc992dbb7ff05d36b5engb Amazon playlist]
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== Leadup ==
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=== Part 1: Cosecha Transmisiones ===
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''Main article: [[Cosecha Transmisiones]]''
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During Record Store Day 2013 in April, a mysterious Boards of Canada vinyl record was found in a NYC record store, seemingly containing the first part of a 36-digit key. Fans were sent on a hunt across the internet and the real world in search of the other required digits. This saga has been called the ''Record Store Day incident'', or alternatively, ''[[Cosecha Transmisiones]].
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=== Part 2: Viral Marketing Campaign ===
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''Main article: [[Tomorrow's Harvest Viral Marketing Campaign]]''
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Following the formal reveal of ''Tomorrow's Harvest'' at the end of the [[Cosecha Transmisiones]] ARG, the album was promoted by, for example, the [[Reach For The Dead|lead single's]] music video receiving its first premiere at [[wikipedia:Shibuya Crossing|Shibuya Crossing]] in Tokyo, and a [[Tomorrow's_Harvest_Viral_Marketing_Campaign#Lake_Dolores|listening party]] held in the middle of the Mojave Desert in California.
  
 
== Release notes ==
 
== Release notes ==
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=== Amazon ===
 
=== Amazon ===
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The idolized and enigmatic duo are back. After considerable speculation by their rabid fan base (not to mention the media following every step of the way), [[Boards of Canada]] have revealed that their new album [[Tomorrow's Harvest]] will be released on June 11 via their long time home, [[Warp Records]]. Musically, the album is somehow dark yet positive, with atmospheric dissonance and mind-bending melodic creations. <ref>http://www.amazon.com/Tomorrows-Harvest-Boards-Canada/dp/B00CISC2DA</ref>
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The idolized and enigmatic duo are back. After considerable speculation by their rabid fan base (not to mention the media following every step of the way), [[Boards of Canada]] have revealed that their new album [[Tomorrow's Harvest]] will be released on June 11 via their long time home, [[Warp Records]]. Musically, the album is somehow dark yet positive, with atmospheric dissonance and mind-bending melodic creations. <ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Tomorrows-Harvest-Boards-Canada/dp/B00CISC2DA Tomorrow's Harvest], Amazon listing</ref>
  
 
== Quotes ==
 
== Quotes ==
 
=== Mike Sandison ===
 
=== Mike Sandison ===
 
[[Mike|Mike Sandison]]  
 
[[Mike|Mike Sandison]]  
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<blockquote>"The challenge with this record was crafting the tunes into a specific style and time period we want to reference. In fact it's not just the time period – we analyse the specific medium we're going for too." <ref name="the-guardian">http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jun/06/boards-of-canada-become-more-nihilistic</ref></blockquote>
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<blockquote>"The challenge with this record was crafting the tunes into a specific style and time period we want to reference. In fact it's not just the time period – we analyse the specific medium we're going for too." <ref name="the-guardian" /></blockquote>
  
 
<blockquote>"Some tracks deliberately finish earlier than you want them to, like actual cues in older soundtracks where they've been ripped out of much longer original masters that nobody ever gets to hear." <ref name="the-guardian" /></blockquote>
 
<blockquote>"Some tracks deliberately finish earlier than you want them to, like actual cues in older soundtracks where they've been ripped out of much longer original masters that nobody ever gets to hear." <ref name="the-guardian" /></blockquote>
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<blockquote>""It's not post-apocalyptic so much as it is about an inevitable stage that lies in front of us. But it's better if listeners find the narrative themselves, in the titles and the sounds." <ref name="the-guardian" /></blockquote>
 
<blockquote>""It's not post-apocalyptic so much as it is about an inevitable stage that lies in front of us. But it's better if listeners find the narrative themselves, in the titles and the sounds." <ref name="the-guardian" /></blockquote>
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<blockquote>"Our listeners seem to be really cool, savvy types of people. They didn’t let us down." <ref name="de:bug">[[The Charms of the Sphinx]], Michael Döringer & Thaddeus Herrmann, De:Bug, 2013</ref></blockquote>
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<blockquote>"In the studio we still spend a huge amount of time destroying the sounds in our music, though on this record we wanted to use older electronic instruments in the kind of well-produced, precisely orchestrated ways that film composers did back in the late seventies and eighties." <ref name="de:bug" /></blockquote>
  
 
=== Marcus Eoin ===
 
=== Marcus Eoin ===
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<blockquote>"We've been busy in our rehearsal space lately, so never say never." <ref name="the-guardian" /></blockquote>
 
<blockquote>"We've been busy in our rehearsal space lately, so never say never." <ref name="the-guardian" /></blockquote>
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<blockquote>"It’s about finding something beautiful in desolation, something draws us to the atmosphere of destroyed, abandoned places. It’s a bitter-sweet thing that we’ve always tried to achieve in our music. It seems too obvious to make music that is just purely dark, that just seems too easy and naïve." <ref name="de:bug" /></blockquote>
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<blockquote>"I hope that it works to make the listener pause and consider where we are right now, where we’re going… I guess it’s essentially a political album, but we shouldn’t spell it all out, it’s important that the listener finds their own thing in there." <ref name="de:bug" /></blockquote>
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<blockquote>"We were involved with the art direction and we helped devise some of the ideas but we had a really great team of people helping us to make it all happen. We really wanted to bring back a feeling of anticipation for new music that has largely been lost in recent years, mainly because of the internet." <ref name="de:bug" /></blockquote>
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<blockquote>"We’d be making music anyway even if nobody was listening, and we’ve no intention of stopping, so this is just a continuation." <ref name="de:bug" /></blockquote>
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==Themes==
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The following divisions will address some of the primary themes found throughout ''[[Tomorrow's Harvest]]'':
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===Apocalyptic===
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*The album is commonly described as cold and desolate. It is also generally viewed as having the apocalypse as its main theme although the brothers have said in an interview that it is "everything but apocalyptic." <ref name="the-guardian" />
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*The artwork features a dead animal carcass.
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*It also features road signs such as a U-turn, a No U-turn allowed and a runaway truck ramp. One could make the assumption that this means we as a civilization have to turn around but we can't. Making us a runaway truck waiting to crash.
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===Division and Duality===
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*A sun can be seen splitting into 3 suns at the end of the "[[Reach For The Dead]]" video.
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*The album is composed of two vinyls.
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*The palindromic nature of this album leaves each tracks with their own counterparts.
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*Some track titles also follow the theme of division:
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**"[[Gemini]]"
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**"[[Collapse]]"
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**"[[Split Your Infinities]]"
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**"[[Come To Dust]]"
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===Communication and Transmissions===
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*Mercury, the ruling planet of gemini, is known as “The Messenger of the Gods” and is all about communication.
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*Part of the album announcement featured transmissions/Number stations/The cosecha transmission website.
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*One of the track is titled "[[Transmisiones Ferox]]".
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*The album is sprinkled with a lot of shortwave radio samples.
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*"[[New Seeds]]" begins with sounds alike those heard when a cellphone loses signal.
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*The artwork features communication towers.
  
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
  
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* The last track title, "[[Semena Mertvykh]]" means "seeds of the dead" in Russian. <ref>http://translate.google.com/#ru/en/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0%20%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%85</ref>
 
 
* The cover art is the skyline of San Francisco [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RIqbTt3vNqQ/S6xdAGuRzSI/AAAAAAAAAsk/OnneVg3M4gM/s1600/bike+ride+estuary+and+NAS+015.jpg as seen from the runway] at the old [[wikipedia:Alameda Naval Air Station|Alameda Naval Air Station]].
 
* The cover art is the skyline of San Francisco [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RIqbTt3vNqQ/S6xdAGuRzSI/AAAAAAAAAsk/OnneVg3M4gM/s1600/bike+ride+estuary+and+NAS+015.jpg as seen from the runway] at the old [[wikipedia:Alameda Naval Air Station|Alameda Naval Air Station]].
 
**The [[wikipedia:Alameda Naval Air Station|Alameda Naval Air Station]] is where the show [[wikipedia:MythBusters|MythBusters]] tests many of their myths which require a large open area or empty road longer than a mile.
 
**The [[wikipedia:Alameda Naval Air Station|Alameda Naval Air Station]] is where the show [[wikipedia:MythBusters|MythBusters]] tests many of their myths which require a large open area or empty road longer than a mile.
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* The 1977 Canadian film "[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074380/ Deadly Harvest]" may have been a source of inspiration for ''[[Tomorrow's Harvest]]''. <ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=188886#188886</ref>
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** purgruv from [[Twoism (messageboard)|Twoism]] found the original source picture of the artwork. <ref>[https://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=212519#212519 "Artwork (Tomorrow's Harvest)"], thread on Twoism</ref>
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*The USA release date is 11 June 2013. If one takes into account the title of the album, the "Harvest" in the USA would be 12 June 2013. Written numerically, June 12th 2013 would be 6/12 or 6/6+6/2+0+1+3=6.
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[[Image:San-francisco-skyline-th-cover-artwork.jpg|770px]]
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*"[[Palace Posy]]" (track ten) is an anagram for 'apocalypse'.
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* The vinyl release is two discs long:
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** Disc 1, side 1 includes Gemini, Reach For The Dead, White Cyclosa, Jacquard Causeway
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** Disc 1, side 2 includes Telepath, Cold Earth, Transimiones Ferox, Sick Times, Collapse
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** Disc 2, side 1 includes Palace Posy, Split Your Infinities, Uritual, Nothing Is Real, Sundown
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** Disc 2, side 2 includes New Seeds, Come To Dust, Semena Mertvykh
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* One of the vinyl sleeve's images is the inverted/upside-down number 822
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** The number 822 may actually refer to Genesis 8:22, which states, "As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall not cease."
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** 822 may also refer to the "last interactive login" on the cosecha-transmisiones website. The login date is 22-AUG-1996 02:57. The North American date would be written as AUG-22 or 8/22. The significance of this date is still under speculation.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150823202904/https://www.thenation.com/article/august-22-1996-bill-clinton-ends-welfare-as-we-know-it/ "August 22, 1996: Bill Clinton Ends Welfare As We Know It"], Richard Kreitner, The Nation, 2015 (archived)</ref>
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* Another sleeve image is a broken sign with only the letter G visible. This may refer to the G of Christian/Masonic Gnosticism, which is the belief system of the revelation of God through enlightened personal experience instead of religious dogma. The revelations of both God and Satan are recurring themes in BoC's works.
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* The CD release of the album says "I OVERFLOW MAN" around its rim.  One anagram of this is "Owl of Minerva," which, in Greek mythology, represents wisdom, and accompanies Athena, goddess of wisdom. A quote of Georg Hegel's connects true wisdom of a culture with its impending destruction. 
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<blockquote>When philosophy paints its gloomy picture then a form of life has grown old. It cannot be rejuvenated by the gloomy picture, but only understood. Only when the dusk starts to fall does the owl of Minerva spread its wings and fly.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owl_of_Athena "Owl of Athena"], English Wikipedia</ref></blockquote>
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* The album's total running time is 62:07. 6+2+0+7=15 1+5=6
  
 
==Videos==
 
==Videos==
  
 
=== Neil Krug ===
 
=== Neil Krug ===
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[[Boards of Canada]] posted the following three videos on their official [[Facebook.com]] page. The videos are directed by [http://officialneilkrug.tumblr.com/ Neil Krug] and feature cinematography by [http://www.davidmyrick.com/ David Myrick].
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[[Boards of Canada]] posted the following three videos on their official [[Facebook.com]] page. The videos are directed by [https://www.neilkrug.com/ Neil Krug] and feature cinematography by [https://www.davidmyrick.com/ David Myrick].
  
 
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{{#widget:YouTube|id=0WKI5Ak9fP0|width=770}}
 
{{#widget:YouTube|id=0WKI5Ak9fP0|width=770}}
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==== Cinematography Reel Cuts ====
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{{#widget:YouTube|id=CVtCUXMeAxU|width=770}}
  
 
=== YouTube Playlist ===
 
=== YouTube Playlist ===
 
{{#widget:YouTube|playlist=PLulGWqpY7yekDr7JOtf1llqK8zQaNKGtg|width=770px}}
 
{{#widget:YouTube|playlist=PLulGWqpY7yekDr7JOtf1llqK8zQaNKGtg|width=770px}}
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=== Vimeo Channel ===
 
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<htmlet nocache="yes">vimeo-hubnut</htmlet>
 
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== Viral Marketing ==
 
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=== Cosecha Transmisiones ===
 
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* Part 1: [[Cosecha Transmisiones]].
 
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=== Tomorrow's Harvest Viral Marketing Campaign ===
 
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* Part 2: [[Tomorrow's Harvest Viral Marketing Campaign]].
 
  
 
== In the media ==
 
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* http://3voor12.vpro.nl/nieuws/2013/mei/Trend--offline---mobile---viral.html
 
* http://3voor12.vpro.nl/nieuws/2013/mei/Trend--offline---mobile---viral.html
 
** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRsECrUIDZk
 
** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRsECrUIDZk
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* Oliver Keens of Time Out rates the album '''4/5'''. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130608053827/http://www.timeout.com/london/music/boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest-album-review "Boards Of Canada – 'Tomorrow's Harvest' album review"], Oliver Keens, Time Out, 2013 (archived)</ref>
  
 
=== Post launch ===
 
=== Post launch ===
 
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==== with rating ====
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* [http://drownedinsound.com/users/BassGit George Bass] of [[wikipedia:Drowned_In_Sound|Drowned In Sound]] rates the album '''9/10'''. <ref>http://drownedinsound.com/releases/17683/reviews/4146493?recommended-records</ref>
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* [https://drownedinsound.com/users/BassGit George Bass] of [[wikipedia:Drowned_In_Sound|Drowned In Sound]] rates the album '''9/10'''. <ref>[https://drownedinsound.com/releases/17683/reviews/4146493?recommended-records "Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest"], George Bass, Drowned in Sound, 2013</ref>
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* [https://www.ondarock.it/author/khonnor/ Alberto Asquini] of [https://www.ondarock.it/ ondarock] rates the album '''7.5/10'''. <ref>[https://www.ondarock.it/recensioni/2013_boardsofcanada_tomorrowsharvest/ "BOARDS OF CANADA - Tomorrow’s Harvest"], Alberto Asquini, ondarock, 2013</ref> <ref>[http://goo.gl/B4ETD English translation] of the reference above</ref>
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* [https://www.clashmusic.com/author/robinclashmusic-com Robin Murray] of [[wikipedia:Clash_(magazine)|Clash]] rates the album '''9/10'''. <ref>[https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest/ "Boards Of Canada – Tomorrow’s Harvest"], Robin Murray, Clash, 2013</ref>
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* [https://www.theartsdesk.com/user/94 Thomas H. Green] of [https://www.theartsdesk.com/ The Arts Desk] rates the album '''3/5'''. <ref>[https://www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/cd-boards-canada-tomorrows-harvest "CD: Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest"], Thomas H. Green, The Arts Desk, 2013</ref>
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* [https://diymag.com/contributor/danny-wright Danny Wright] of [https://diymag.com/ DIY Magazine] rates the album '''8/10'''. <ref>[https://diymag.com/review/album/boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest "Boards Of Canada - Tomorrow’s Harvest"], Danny Wright, DIY Magazine, 2013</ref>
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* Phil Leigh of [https://www.normanrecords.com/ Norman Records] rates the album '''9/10'''. <ref>[https://www.normanrecords.com/records/140444-boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest "Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest"], Norman Records</ref>
  
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* [http://www.ondarock.it/staff/albertoasquini.htm Alberto Asquini] of [http://www.ondarock.it/ Onda Rock] rates the album '''7.5/10'''. <ref>http://www.ondarock.it/recensioni/2013_boardsofcanada_tomorrowsharvest.htm</ref> <ref>http://goo.gl/B4ETD</ref>
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* Martin Anfinsen of [https://www.adressa.no Adressa] rates the album '''6/6'''. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160912010820/http://www.adressa.no/kultur/musikk/musikkanmeldelser/article7706435.ece "Skurrende velbehag"], Martin Anfinsen, Adressa, 2013 (archived)</ref>
  
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* [http://www.clashmusic.com/users/robin-murray Robin Murray] of [[wikipedia:Clash_(magazine)|Clash Music]] rates the album '''9/10'''. <ref>http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest</ref>
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* [https://www.theguardian.com/profile/dorianlynskey Dorian Lynskey] of [[wikipedia:The Guardian|The Guardian]] rates the album '''4/5'''. This review also highlights bocpages. <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jun/06/boards-canada-tomorrows-harvest-review "Boards of Canada: Tomorrow's Harvest – review"], Dorian Lynskey, The Guardian, 2013</ref>
  
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* [http://www.theartsdesk.com/users/thomashgreen Thomas H Green] of [http://www.theartsdesk.com/ The Arts Desk] rates the album '''3/5'''. <ref>http://www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/cd-boards-canada-tomorrows-harvest</ref>
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* [https://www.theguardian.com/profile/kittyempire Kitty Empire] of [[wikipedia:The Guardian|The Guardian]] rates the album '''3/5'''. <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jun/09/boards-canada-tomorrows-harvest-review "Boards of Canada: Tomorrow's Harvest – review"], Kitty Empire, The Guardian, 2013</ref>
  
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* [http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/contributor/danny-wright/ Danny Wright] of [http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/ thisisfakediy] rates the album '''8/10'''. <ref>http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/albums/boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest/</ref>
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* [https://www.sputnikmusic.com/user/ronburgandy Ron Burgandy] of [https://www.sputnikmusic.com/ Sputnik Music] rates the album '''4.5/5'''. <ref>[https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/57327/Boards-of-Canada-Tomorrows-Harvest/ "Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest"], ronburgandy, Sputnik Music, 2013</ref>
  
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* [mailto:phil@normanrecords.com Phil] of [http://www.normanrecords.com/records/140444-boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest Norman Records] rates the album '''5/5'''. <ref>http://www.normanrecords.com/records/140444-boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest</ref>
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* [https://www.musicomh.com/author/jack-dutton Jack Dutton] of [http://www.musicomh.com/ musicOMH] rates the album '''4/4'''. <ref>[https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest "Boards Of Canada – Tomorrow’s Harvest"], Jack Dutton, musicOMH, 2013</ref>
  
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* [https://twitter.com/MartinAnfinsen Martin Anfinsen] of [http://www.adressa.no adressa.no] rates the album '''6/6'''. <ref>http://www.adressa.no/kultur/musikk/musikkanmeldelser/article7706435.ece</ref> <ref>http://goo.gl/T7P8f</ref>
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* [https://pitchfork.com/staff/mark-richardson/ Mark Richardson] of [[wikipedia:Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]] rates the album '''8.3/10'''. <ref>[https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18104-boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest/ "Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest"], Mark Richardson, Pitchfork, 2013</ref>
  
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* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/dorianlynskey Dorian Lynskey] of [[wikipedia:The Guardian|The Guardian]] rates the album '''4/5'''. This review also highlights bocpages. <ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jun/06/boards-canada-tomorrows-harvest-review</ref>
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* Sean McCarthy of [https://www.popmatters.com/ PopMatters] rates the album''' 9/10'''. <ref>[https://www.popmatters.com/boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest "Boards of Canada: Tomorrow’s Harvest"], Sean McCarthy, PopMatters, 2013</ref>
  
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* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/kittyempire Kitty Empire] of [[wikipedia:The Guardian|The Guardian]] rates the album '''3/5'''. <ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jun/09/boards-canada-tomorrows-harvest-review</ref>
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* Jamie Skey of [[wikipedia:The Fly (magazine)|The Fly]] rates the album '''4/4'''. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130609073608/http://mamacolive.com/thefly/reviews/album/1018995/boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest/ "Boards Of Canada - ‘Tomorrow's Harvest’"], Jamie Skey, The Fly, 2013 (archived)</ref> <ref>[https://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m147/mexicolasoul/Scan0003_zps9935267e.jpg Magazine scan] of the reference above</ref>
  
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* [http://www.sputnikmusic.com/user/ronburgandy Ron Burgandy] of [http://www.sputnikmusic.com/ Sputnik Music] rates the album '''4.5/5'''. <ref>http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/57327/Boards-of-Canada-Tomorrows-Harvest/</ref>
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* [https://www.spinmagazine.com/author/andy-beta/ Andy Beta] of [https://www.spinmagazine.com/ Spin] rates the album '''9/10'''. <ref>[https://www.spinmagazine.com/2013/06/boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest-warp/ "Boards of Canada, ‘Tomorrow’s Harvest’ (Warp)"], Andy Beta, Spin, 2013</ref>
  
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* [http://www.musicomh.com/author/jack-dutton/ Jack Dutton] of [http://www.musicomh.com/ music OHM] rates the album '''4/4'''. <ref>http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest</ref>
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* [https://consequence.net/author/michael-roffman Michael Roffman] of [https://consequence.net/category/music/ Consequence Of Sound] rates the album '''4/5'''. <ref>[https://consequence.net/2013/06/album-review-boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest/ "Album Review: Boards of Canada – Tomorrow’s Harvest"], Michael Roffman, Consequence of Sound, 2013</ref>
  
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* [http://pitchfork.com/staff/mark-richardson/ Mark Richardson] of [[wikipedia:Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]] rates the album '''8.3/10'''. <ref>http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18104-boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest/</ref>
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* [https://www.avclub.com/author/chris-mincher-archive2 Chris Mincher] of [https://www.avclub.com/ A.V. Club] rates the album '''B'''. <ref>[https://www.avclub.com/boards-of-canada-tomorrow-s-harvest-1798177056 "Boards Of Canada: Tomorrow’s Harvest"], Chris Mincher, A.V. Club, 2013</ref>
  
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* [http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/508 Sean Mcarthy] of [http://www.popmatters.com/ Pop Matters] rates the album''' 9/10'''. <ref>http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/172352-boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest/</ref>
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* Randall Roberts of [https://www.latimes.com/ The L.A. Times] rates the album '''3/4'''. <ref>[https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-pop-review-board-canada-harvest-20130611-story.html "Pop album review: Boards of Canada’s ‘Tomorrow’s Harvest’"], Randall Roberts, The L.A. Times, 2013</ref>
  
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* Oliver Keens of [http://www.timeout.com/ Time Out] rates the album '''4/5'''. <ref>http://www.timeout.com/london/music/boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest-album-review</ref>
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* [https://ra.co/profile/jrothlein Jordan Rothlein] of [https://ra.co/ Resident Advisor] rates the album '''4.5/5'''. <ref>[https://ra.co/reviews/13124 "Boards Of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest"], Jordan Rothlein, Resident Advisor, 2013</ref>
  
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* Jamie Skey of [http://mamacolive.com/thefly/ The Fly] rates the album '''4/4'''. <ref>http://mamacolive.com/thefly/reviews/album/1018995/boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest/</ref> <ref>http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m147/mexicolasoul/Scan0003_zps9935267e.jpg</ref>
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* [[wikipedia:Anthony Fantano|Anthony Fantano]] of [https://theneedledrop.com/ theneedledrop] rates the album '''6/10'''. <ref>{{#widget:YouTube|id=k-37V-1igRw}}</ref><ref>[https://theneedledrop.com/album-reviews/2013-06-boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest/ "Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest"], Anthony Fantano, theneedledrop, 2013</ref>
  
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* [http://www.spin.com/writers/andy-beta/ Andy Beta] of [http://www.spin.com/ Spin] rates the album '''9/10'''. <ref>http://www.spin.com/reviews/boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest-warp/</ref>
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* Gareth O'Malley of [[wikipedia:The 405 (magazine)|The 405]] rates the album '''9/10'''. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131221201532/http://thefourohfive.com/review/article/boards-of-canada-tomorrow-s-harvest "Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest"], Gareth O'Malley, The 405, 2013 (archived)</ref>
  
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* [http://consequenceofsound.net/author/mcroffman Michael Roffman] of [https://www.facebook.com/coslive Consequence Of Sound] rates the album '''4/5'''. <ref>http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/06/album-review-boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest/</ref>
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* Stephen Carlick of [https://exclaim.ca/ Exclaim!] rates the album '''7/10'''. <ref>[https://exclaim.ca/music/article/boards_of_canada-tomorrows_harvest "Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest"], Stephen Carlick, Exclaim!, 2013</ref>
  
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* [http://www.avclub.com/users/chris-mincher,7698/ Chris Mincher] of [http://www.avclub.com/ A.V. Club] rates the album '''B'''. <ref>http://www.avclub.com/articles/boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest,98809/</ref>
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* Reed Scott Reid of [[wikipedia:Tiny Mix Tapes|Tiny Mix Tapes]] rates the album '''2/5'''. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130615034104/https://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest "Boards Of Canada - Tomorrow’s Harvest"], Reed Scott Reid, Tiny Mix Tapes, 2013 (archived)</ref>
  
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* Randall Roberts of [http://www.latimes.com/ The L.A. Times] rates the album '''3/4'''. <ref>http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-pop-review-board-canada-harvest-20130611,0,6097776.story</ref>
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* Stef Claes of Skyline Reviews rates the album '''8/10'''. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161003053101/http://skylinereviews.com/?p=12340 "Boards Of Canada – Tomorrow’s Harvest"], Stef Claes, Skyline Reviews, 2013 (archived)</ref>
  
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* [mailto:[email protected] Jordan Rothlein] of [http://www.residentadvisor.net Resident Advisor] rates the album '''4.5/5'''. <ref>http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=13124</ref>
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* Gunther Van Asscha of [[wikipedia:De Morgen|De Morgen]] rates the album '''4/4'''. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130627070909/http://www.demorgen.be/dm/nl/1343/Recensies/article/detail/1647624/2013/06/07/Boards-of-Canada---Tomorrow-s-Harvest.dhtml "Boards of Canada - 'Tomorrow's Harvest'"], Gunter Van Assche, De Morgen, 2013 (archived)</ref>  
  
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* [mailto:[email protected] Jordan Rothlein] of [http://www.residentadvisor.net Resident Advisor] rates the album '''4.5/5'''. <ref>http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=13124</ref>
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* Kristoff Tilkin of [[wikipedia:Humo (magazine)|Humo]] rates the album '''3/4'''. <ref>[https://www.humo.be/nieuws/boards-of-canada-tomorrow-s-harvest~b158f885/ "Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest"], Kristoff Tilkin, Humo, 2013 (paywalled)</ref>
  
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* [http://www.themarshalltown.com/zine/author/chloe-stannard/ Chloe Stannard] of [http://www.themarshalltown.com/ The Marshall Town] rates the album '''3.5/5'''. <ref>http://www.themarshalltown.com/zine/2013/06/12/review-boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest/#.UbepthmfTZo.twitter</ref>
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* Jim Carroll of [https://www.irishtimes.com/ The Irish Times] rates the album '''4/5'''. <ref>[https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/boards-of-canada-tomorrow-s-harvest-1.1427374 "Boards of Canada: Tomorrow’s Harvest"], Jim Carroll, The Irish Times, 2013</ref>
  
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* [http://theneedledrop.com/about/anthony-fantano/ Anthony Fantano] of [https://www.facebook.com/theneedledrop theneedledrop] rates the album '''6/10'''. <ref>{{#widget:YouTube|id=k-37V-1igRw}}</ref>
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* Jordan Mainzer of [https://spectrumculture.com/ Spectrum Culture] rates the album '''3.75/5'''. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130618061331/http://spectrumculture.com/2013/06/boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest.html/ "Boards of Canada: Tomorrow’s Harvest"], Jordan Mainzer, Spectrum Culture, 2013 (archived)</ref>
  
 
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* [http://www.nme.com/author/al-horner Al Horner] of [[wikipedia:NME|NME]] track-by-track first listen. <ref>http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest-track-by-track-first-listen</ref>
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* [https://www.nme.com/author/al-horner Al Horner] of [https://www.nme.com/ NME] track-by-track first listen. <ref>[https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest-track-by-track-first-listen-768674 "Boards Of Canada, ‘Tomorrow’s Harvest’ – Track-By-Track First Listen"], Al Horner, NME, 2013</ref>
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* [http://www.spin.com/ Spin]'s impulsive reviews. <ref>http://www.spin.com/articles/boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest-first-review/</ref>
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* [https://www.spinmagazine.com/ Spin]'s impulsive reviews. <ref>[https://www.spinmagazine.com/2013/06/boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest-first-review/ "Boards of Canada’s ‘Tomorrow’s Harvest’: Our Impulsive Reviews"], SPIN Staff, 2013</ref>
 
* http://nbhap.com/reviews/boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest/
 
* http://nbhap.com/reviews/boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest/
 
* http://www.splashmysound.com/boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest/
 
* http://www.splashmysound.com/boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest/
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* http://www.factmag.com/2013/06/11/boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest/
 
* http://www.factmag.com/2013/06/11/boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest/
 
* http://www.stereogum.com/1379462/album-of-the-week-boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest/top-stories/lead-story
 
* http://www.stereogum.com/1379462/album-of-the-week-boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest/top-stories/lead-story
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* http://www.allmusic.com/album/tomorrows-harvest-mw0002543577
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* http://www.thedaisycutter.co.uk/2013/06/almost-mythical-boards-of-canadas-tomorrows-harvest-reviewed/
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* http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/boards-of-canadas-tomorrows-harvest-is-the-gravitys-rainbow-of-electronic-music
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* 2013-06-10: http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2013/06/deep-inside-boards-canada-tomorr
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* 2013-06-11: http://www.watchlistnews.com/2013/06/11/boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest-album-review/
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* 2013-06-11: http://entertainment.time.com/2013/06/11/boards-of-canada-create-moody-sci-fi-on-tomorrows-harvest/
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* 2013-06-12: http://www.prettyinnoise.de/boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest.html
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* 2013-06-12: http://www.meg.ie/boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest/#
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* 2013-06-12: http://www.swqw.fr/chroniques/musiques-electroniques/boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest.html
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* 2013-06-12: http://www.shieldsgazette.com/what-s-on/music/album-review-boards-of-canada-tomorrow-s-harvest-1-5761255
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* 2013-06-12: http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/article/album-reviews-kt-tunstall-beady-eye-boards-canada-black-sabbath.201306101445
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* 2013-06-10: http://www.list.co.uk/article/51680-boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest/
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* 2013-06-12: http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/music_box/2013/06/boards_of_canada_s_tomorrow_s_harvest_reviewed.html
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* 2013-06-13: http://www.buzzinemusic.com/reviews/music-review-boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest-06132013
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* 2013-06-13: http://www.cmj.com/reviews/boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest/
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* 2013-06-13: http://thebanginbeats.com/2013/06/13/boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest-album/
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* 2013-06-13: http://frontpage.fok.nl/review/603432/1/1/50/cd-boards-of-canada-tomorrow-s-harvest.html
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* 2013-06-14: http://www.mxdwn.com/2013/06/14/reviews/boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest/ This is a "High Fidelity" (best new music) review.
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* 2013-06-18: http://www.newstatesman.com/cultural-capital/2013/06/apocalypse-never-sounded-so-good-journey-boards-canada
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* 2013-06-20: http://thetalkhouse.com/reviews/view/vijay-iyer-boards-of-canada
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== See Also ==
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* [[Cosecha Transmisiones]] (info about the first part of the TH 2013 campaign)
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* [[BOCHF]] (info about the 2013 BoC Pirate Radio transmissions after TH release)
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* [[Cosecha-transmisiones.com]]
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== External Links ==
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* https://blog.twenty20k.com/2013/04/20/boards-of-canada-distribute-new-vinyl-releases-out-for-national-records-day/
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* http://boardsofcanada2013.tumblr.com
  
 
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Tomorrow's Harvest
Tomorrow's Harvest cover hi-res.jpg
Label(s) Warp Records
Beat Records
Catalogue No(s) WARP257
BRC-382
Release date(s) 5 June 2013 (Japan)
7 June 2013 (Australia)
10 June 2013 (Europe)
11 June 2013 (United States)
Format(s) Gatefold 2xLP
CD
Running time(s) 62:07

Tomorrow's Harvest is the fourth studio album by Boards of Canada. Released in June 2013, it comes 8 years after the duo's previous album, The Campfire Headphase. Departing from the warm and guitar-based sounds of its predecessor, the tracks of Tomorrow's Harvest are cold and desolate. The album's themes reference decay and the apocalypse, though the duo has denied the latter interpretation, stating that the album is much more "about an inevitable stage that lies in front of us." [1]

Tracks[edit]

  1. "Gemini" – 2:56
  2. "Reach For The Dead" – 4:47
  3. "White Cyclosa" – 3:13
  4. "Jacquard Causeway" – 6:35
  5. "Telepath" – 1:32
  6. "Cold Earth" – 3:42
  7. "Transmisiones Ferox" – 2:18
  8. "Sick Times" – 4:16
  9. "Collapse" – 2:49
  10. "Palace Posy" – 4:05
  11. "Split Your Infinities" – 4:28
  12. "Uritual" – 1:59
  13. "Nothing Is Real" – 3:52
  14. "Sundown" – 2:16
  15. "New Seeds" – 5:39
  16. "Come To Dust" – 4:07
  17. "Semena Mertvykh" – 3:30

Palindromic Structure[edit]

"We've Become a Lot More Nihilistic over the Years" is a 2013 interview by Louis Pattison.

It originally appeared online at The Guardian.

You've spoken in the past about how mathematics and science have been an inspiration on Boards Of Canada. One Tomorrow's Harvest track is called "Split Your Infinities". Another is called "Jacquard Causeway", which seems like it might be a reference to the Jacquard Loom, a sort of rudimentary mechanical computer. Have you found more musical ways to integrate mathematics into the fabric of the music on Tomorrow's Harvest?
Mike Sandison: "Yes, it's loaded with patterns and messages. There are various tricks embedded throughout the whole body of this album, so it'll be interesting to see whether people pick up on these things. Some things are just simple structural things. For instance, "Come To Dust", the second-to-last track, is a musical reprise of "Reach For The Dead", which comes in as the second track. There's a palindromic structure centred around the track "Collapse" in the middle. There's actually more use of subliminals on this record than on any previous album we've done, so we're interested to see what people will pick up on."

Palindromic Tracks[edit]

  1. "Gemini" – 2:56
  2. "Semena Mertvykh" – 3:30
  3. "Reach For The Dead" – 4:47
  4. "Come To Dust" – 4:07
  5. "White Cyclosa" – 3:13
  6. "New Seeds" – 5:39
  7. "Jacquard Causeway" – 6:35
  8. "Sundown" – 2:16
  9. "Telepath" – 1:32
  10. "Nothing Is Real" – 3:52
  11. "Cold Earth" – 3:42
  12. "Uritual" – 1:59
  13. "Transmisiones Ferox" – 2:18
  14. "Split Your Infinities" – 4:28
  15. "Sick Times" – 4:16
  16. "Palace Posy" – 4:05
  17. "Collapse" – 2:49

Palindromic Playlists[edit]

Leadup[edit]

Part 1: Cosecha Transmisiones[edit]

Main article: Cosecha Transmisiones

During Record Store Day 2013 in April, a mysterious Boards of Canada vinyl record was found in a NYC record store, seemingly containing the first part of a 36-digit key. Fans were sent on a hunt across the internet and the real world in search of the other required digits. This saga has been called the Record Store Day incident, or alternatively, Cosecha Transmisiones.

Part 2: Viral Marketing Campaign[edit]

Main article: Tomorrow's Harvest Viral Marketing Campaign

Following the formal reveal of Tomorrow's Harvest at the end of the Cosecha Transmisiones ARG, the album was promoted by, for example, the lead single's music video receiving its first premiere at Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo, and a listening party held in the middle of the Mojave Desert in California.

Release notes[edit]

Warp[edit]

After considerable speculation since Record Store Day, we can reveal that the new album by Boards of Canada Tomorrow's Harvest will be released on Monday 10th June 2013 (Tuesday 11th June in North America) on Warp Records.

Promo video for Tomorrow's Harvest

Amazon[edit]

The idolized and enigmatic duo are back. After considerable speculation by their rabid fan base (not to mention the media following every step of the way), Boards of Canada have revealed that their new album Tomorrow's Harvest will be released on June 11 via their long time home, Warp Records. Musically, the album is somehow dark yet positive, with atmospheric dissonance and mind-bending melodic creations. [2]

Quotes[edit]

Mike Sandison[edit]

Mike Sandison

"The challenge with this record was crafting the tunes into a specific style and time period we want to reference. In fact it's not just the time period – we analyse the specific medium we're going for too." [1]
"Some tracks deliberately finish earlier than you want them to, like actual cues in older soundtracks where they've been ripped out of much longer original masters that nobody ever gets to hear." [1]
"There are quite a few influences on this record. Carpenter is kind of an easy reference point for most people though I'd say the main ones would be Fabio Frizzi , John Harrison and Mark Isham. We're very much into grim 70s and 80s movie soundtracks so there are maybe nods to composers such as Stefano Mainetti , Riz Ortolani, Paul Giovanni, Wendy Carlos , even Michael Nyman." [1]
"There's actually more use of subliminals on this record than on any previous album we've done, so we're interested to see what people will pick up on." [1]
""It's not post-apocalyptic so much as it is about an inevitable stage that lies in front of us. But it's better if listeners find the narrative themselves, in the titles and the sounds." [1]
"Our listeners seem to be really cool, savvy types of people. They didn’t let us down." [3]
"In the studio we still spend a huge amount of time destroying the sounds in our music, though on this record we wanted to use older electronic instruments in the kind of well-produced, precisely orchestrated ways that film composers did back in the late seventies and eighties." [3]

Marcus Eoin[edit]

Marcus Eoin

"We're based in Scotland, although some of the early sketches on this record were done in New Zealand. We have a main studio that is literally on a farm surrounded by deer and rabbits." [1]
"In fact if you look again at the San Francisco skyline on the cover it's actually a ghost of the city. You're looking straight through it." [1]
"We've been busy in our rehearsal space lately, so never say never." [1]
"It’s about finding something beautiful in desolation, something draws us to the atmosphere of destroyed, abandoned places. It’s a bitter-sweet thing that we’ve always tried to achieve in our music. It seems too obvious to make music that is just purely dark, that just seems too easy and naïve." [3]
"I hope that it works to make the listener pause and consider where we are right now, where we’re going… I guess it’s essentially a political album, but we shouldn’t spell it all out, it’s important that the listener finds their own thing in there." [3]
"We were involved with the art direction and we helped devise some of the ideas but we had a really great team of people helping us to make it all happen. We really wanted to bring back a feeling of anticipation for new music that has largely been lost in recent years, mainly because of the internet." [3]
"We’d be making music anyway even if nobody was listening, and we’ve no intention of stopping, so this is just a continuation." [3]


Themes[edit]

The following divisions will address some of the primary themes found throughout Tomorrow's Harvest:

Apocalyptic[edit]

  • The album is commonly described as cold and desolate. It is also generally viewed as having the apocalypse as its main theme although the brothers have said in an interview that it is "everything but apocalyptic." [1]
  • The artwork features a dead animal carcass.
  • It also features road signs such as a U-turn, a No U-turn allowed and a runaway truck ramp. One could make the assumption that this means we as a civilization have to turn around but we can't. Making us a runaway truck waiting to crash.

Division and Duality[edit]

Communication and Transmissions[edit]

  • Mercury, the ruling planet of gemini, is known as “The Messenger of the Gods” and is all about communication.
  • Part of the album announcement featured transmissions/Number stations/The cosecha transmission website.
  • One of the track is titled "Transmisiones Ferox".
  • The album is sprinkled with a lot of shortwave radio samples.
  • "New Seeds" begins with sounds alike those heard when a cellphone loses signal.
  • The artwork features communication towers.

Trivia[edit]

San-francisco-skyline-th-cover-artwork.jpg

  • The vinyl release is two discs long:
    • Disc 1, side 1 includes Gemini, Reach For The Dead, White Cyclosa, Jacquard Causeway
    • Disc 1, side 2 includes Telepath, Cold Earth, Transimiones Ferox, Sick Times, Collapse
    • Disc 2, side 1 includes Palace Posy, Split Your Infinities, Uritual, Nothing Is Real, Sundown
    • Disc 2, side 2 includes New Seeds, Come To Dust, Semena Mertvykh
  • One of the vinyl sleeve's images is the inverted/upside-down number 822
    • The number 822 may actually refer to Genesis 8:22, which states, "As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall not cease."
    • 822 may also refer to the "last interactive login" on the cosecha-transmisiones website. The login date is 22-AUG-1996 02:57. The North American date would be written as AUG-22 or 8/22. The significance of this date is still under speculation.[5]
  • Another sleeve image is a broken sign with only the letter G visible. This may refer to the G of Christian/Masonic Gnosticism, which is the belief system of the revelation of God through enlightened personal experience instead of religious dogma. The revelations of both God and Satan are recurring themes in BoC's works.
  • The CD release of the album says "I OVERFLOW MAN" around its rim. One anagram of this is "Owl of Minerva," which, in Greek mythology, represents wisdom, and accompanies Athena, goddess of wisdom. A quote of Georg Hegel's connects true wisdom of a culture with its impending destruction.
When philosophy paints its gloomy picture then a form of life has grown old. It cannot be rejuvenated by the gloomy picture, but only understood. Only when the dusk starts to fall does the owl of Minerva spread its wings and fly.[6]
  • The album's total running time is 62:07. 6+2+0+7=15 1+5=6

Videos[edit]

Neil Krug[edit]

Boards of Canada posted the following three videos on their official Facebook.com page. The videos are directed by Neil Krug and feature cinematography by David Myrick.

Cosecha Signal One[edit]

"Cosecha Signal One" [7]

Reach For The Dead[edit]

"Reach For The Dead" [8]

Lake Dolores[edit]

"Lake Dolores Listening Party" [9]

Cinematography Reel Cuts[edit]

YouTube Playlist[edit]

In the media[edit]

Pitchfork[edit]

Clash music[edit]

Resident Advisor[edit]

XLR8R[edit]

Spin[edit]

Buy[edit]

Reviews[edit]

http://www.metacritic.com/music/tomorrows-harvest/boards-of-canada

Pre launch[edit]

Post launch[edit]

with rating[edit]

  • Martin Anfinsen of Adressa rates the album 6/6. [18]
  • Gareth O'Malley of The 405 rates the album 9/10. [34]
  • Stephen Carlick of Exclaim! rates the album 7/10. [35]
  • Stef Claes of Skyline Reviews rates the album 8/10. [37]
  • Kristoff Tilkin of Humo rates the album 3/4. [39]

without rating[edit]

See Also[edit]

External Links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 "Boards of Canada: 'We've become a lot more nihilistic over the years'", Louis Pattison, The Guardian, 2013
  2. ↑ Tomorrow's Harvest, Amazon listing
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 The Charms of the Sphinx, Michael Döringer & Thaddeus Herrmann, De:Bug, 2013
  4. ↑ "Artwork (Tomorrow's Harvest)", thread on Twoism
  5. ↑ "August 22, 1996: Bill Clinton Ends Welfare As We Know It", Richard Kreitner, The Nation, 2015 (archived)
  6. ↑ "Owl of Athena", English Wikipedia
  7. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=653872954628775&id=136418719707537
  8. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=664844953531575&id=136418719707537
  9. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=672852522730818&set=a.136419876374088.24529.136418719707537&type=1
  10. ↑ "Boards Of Canada – 'Tomorrow's Harvest' album review", Oliver Keens, Time Out, 2013 (archived)
  11. ↑ "Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest", George Bass, Drowned in Sound, 2013
  12. ↑ "BOARDS OF CANADA - Tomorrow’s Harvest", Alberto Asquini, ondarock, 2013
  13. ↑ English translation of the reference above
  14. ↑ "Boards Of Canada – Tomorrow’s Harvest", Robin Murray, Clash, 2013
  15. ↑ "CD: Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest", Thomas H. Green, The Arts Desk, 2013
  16. ↑ "Boards Of Canada - Tomorrow’s Harvest", Danny Wright, DIY Magazine, 2013
  17. ↑ "Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest", Norman Records
  18. ↑ "Skurrende velbehag", Martin Anfinsen, Adressa, 2013 (archived)
  19. ↑ "Boards of Canada: Tomorrow's Harvest – review", Dorian Lynskey, The Guardian, 2013
  20. ↑ "Boards of Canada: Tomorrow's Harvest – review", Kitty Empire, The Guardian, 2013
  21. ↑ "Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest", ronburgandy, Sputnik Music, 2013
  22. ↑ "Boards Of Canada – Tomorrow’s Harvest", Jack Dutton, musicOMH, 2013
  23. ↑ "Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest", Mark Richardson, Pitchfork, 2013
  24. ↑ "Boards of Canada: Tomorrow’s Harvest", Sean McCarthy, PopMatters, 2013
  25. ↑ "Boards Of Canada - ‘Tomorrow's Harvest’", Jamie Skey, The Fly, 2013 (archived)
  26. ↑ Magazine scan of the reference above
  27. ↑ "Boards of Canada, ‘Tomorrow’s Harvest’ (Warp)", Andy Beta, Spin, 2013
  28. ↑ "Album Review: Boards of Canada – Tomorrow’s Harvest", Michael Roffman, Consequence of Sound, 2013
  29. ↑ "Boards Of Canada: Tomorrow’s Harvest", Chris Mincher, A.V. Club, 2013
  30. ↑ "Pop album review: Boards of Canada’s ‘Tomorrow’s Harvest’", Randall Roberts, The L.A. Times, 2013
  31. ↑ "Boards Of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest", Jordan Rothlein, Resident Advisor, 2013
  32. ↑
  33. ↑ "Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest", Anthony Fantano, theneedledrop, 2013
  34. ↑ "Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest", Gareth O'Malley, The 405, 2013 (archived)
  35. ↑ "Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest", Stephen Carlick, Exclaim!, 2013
  36. ↑ "Boards Of Canada - Tomorrow’s Harvest", Reed Scott Reid, Tiny Mix Tapes, 2013 (archived)
  37. ↑ "Boards Of Canada – Tomorrow’s Harvest", Stef Claes, Skyline Reviews, 2013 (archived)
  38. ↑ "Boards of Canada - 'Tomorrow's Harvest'", Gunter Van Assche, De Morgen, 2013 (archived)
  39. ↑ "Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest", Kristoff Tilkin, Humo, 2013 (paywalled)
  40. ↑ "Boards of Canada: Tomorrow’s Harvest", Jim Carroll, The Irish Times, 2013
  41. ↑ "Boards of Canada: Tomorrow’s Harvest", Jordan Mainzer, Spectrum Culture, 2013 (archived)
  42. ↑ "Boards Of Canada, ‘Tomorrow’s Harvest’ – Track-By-Track First Listen", Al Horner, NME, 2013
  43. ↑ "Boards of Canada’s ‘Tomorrow’s Harvest’: Our Impulsive Reviews", SPIN Staff, 2013

Artwork[edit]

The listing below is generated dynamically, based on: Category: Tomorrow's Harvest artwork.

Discography Overview | view ⬢ edit
Albums Music Has the Right to Children ⬢ Geogaddi ⬢ The Campfire Headphase ⬢ Tomorrow's Harvest ⬢ Inferno
EPs Twoism ⬢ Hi Scores ⬢ Aquarius ⬢ Peel Session ⬢ In a Beautiful Place out in the Country ⬢ Trans Canada Highway
Singles Reach For The Dead ⬢ Introit / Prophecy At 1420 MHz
Rare / Early Releases Catalog 3 ⬢ Acid Memories ⬢ Closes Vol. 1 ⬢ Play by Numbers ⬢ Hooper Bay ⬢ Boc Maxima ⬢ Old Tunes Vol. 1 ⬢ Old Tunes Vol. 2 ⬢ Random 35 Tracks Tape ⬢ Boc Remii Vol. 1
Mixtapes Marcus Eoin's Campfire Mixtape ⬢ Societas x Tape
Live Sets Live @ Warp10 ⬢ Live @ Lighthouse ⬢ Live @ ATP ⬢ All Gigs
Promotional Releases Telephasic Workshop ⬢ MHTRTC (promo cassette) ⬢ Orange Romeda ⬢ Geogaddi (promo lp) ⬢ Geogaddi (test pressing) ⬢ Geogaddi (promo cassette) ⬢ ------ / ------ / ------ / XXXXXX / ------ / ------ ⬢ Reach For The Dead (promo cd) ⬢ Come To Dust (promo cd)
Compilation Exclusives Korona ⬢ Orange Romeda ⬢ Seven Forty Seven
Produced by BoC for Others Here Come The Rubber Cops ⬢ Orangutang
Bootleg Releases Unreleased Tracks
Other Kaleidoscope ⬢ Promotional Events ⬢ Promotional Items ⬢ Merchandise ⬢ Web media
Lead-up RSD 2013 ARG ⬢ Road to Inferno ⬢ 2026 Promo Campaign
To Be Determined BoCset



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