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== Comments ==
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* This track was used in the "[[Videos#Tomorrow.27s_Harvest|Tomorrow's Harvest Transmission]]" video which was accessible by inputting the 6 6-digit numbers on the [[cosecha-transmisiones.com]] website.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2lyYEUPat8</ref>
  
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* The melody in this song was inspired by Mark Isham's soundtrack to <i>Mrs. Soffel.</i><ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6acKaavnGMk</ref>
  
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== Comments ==
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* There are similarities with the tracks <i>Taj</i> by Al Gromer Khan and <i>Le Grand Vide</i> by April Orchestra Library Music.
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* [http://thequietus.com/users/10546 Joe Clay]: "All I wrote for this one was: "Drone. Heavy. Aeroplane over my house." And I'm afraid I can't really remember what it sounded like. I can tell you that the title translates as "Seeds of the Dead" in Russian." <ref>http://thequietus.com/articles/12364-boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest-review</ref>
 
  
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*This track was used in the "[[Videos#Tomorrow.27s_Harvest|Tomorrow's Harvest Transmission]]" video which was accessible by inputting the 6 6-digit numbers on the [[cosecha-transmisiones.com]] website. <ref>{{#widget:YouTube|id=e2lyYEUPat8}}</ref>
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* Might have been inspired by Oberheim OB-12 patch demo by Jexus.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i1ioIXatpo&t=411s</ref>
  
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* Playing up this recording's "cinematic" angle, and following the [[Telepath]]'s instructions to try listening "up and down," I reversed the order of the Tomorrow's Harvest track listing in my player: Try starting with Semena Mertvykh and ending with [[Gemini]].
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* [[Michael Sandison|Mike]] had the following to say about this track:<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jun/06/boards-of-canada-become-more-nihilistic</ref>
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**Further evidence to support doing this is the version of Semena Mertvykh in the [[Cosecha Transmisiones]] teaser/herald's soundtrack, the remarkable [http://vimeo.com/66983696 overlay of the Reach For The Dead video forward & in reverse], as well as the performers' comments regarding the palindromic nature of Tomorrow's Harvest.
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{{boc| "...at the end of the whole album, you've reached some sort of sanctuary and then the whole thing is stolen away from you again with the final track. That last track has a deliberate feeling of complete futility that I find kind of funny. That's where the obsessive, scientific work comes in, and yeah, it takes us ages."}}
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**Then again, that opening [[Gemini]] fanfare just doesn't seem to fit in this point of view. Isn't that the first thing you'd expect to hear as the curtain rises?
 
  
 
== Samples / Lyrics ==
 
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== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
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* "[[Semena Mertvykh]]" (семена мертвых) is Russian for "Seeds of the Dead".
  
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*Semena Mertvykh (Семена Мертвых) is Russian for "Seeds of the Dead". <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>
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== Videos ==
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* April Orchestra 40 - Le Grand Vide (possible influence) <br>
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== See Also ==
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* Fan Video by twoism forum member "franton"<br>
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* "[[Videos#Tomorrow.27s_Harvest|Tomorrow's Harvest Transmission]]"
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* [[cosecha-transmisiones.com]]
  
 
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6acKaavnGMk Soundtrack to <i>Mrs. Soffel</i>]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 05:50, 17 July 2026

Semena Mertvykh
Running time 3:30
Appears on Tomorrow's Harvest
Next n/a
Prev Come To Dust


Comments[edit]

  • The melody in this song was inspired by Mark Isham's soundtrack to Mrs. Soffel.[2]
  • There are similarities with the tracks Taj by Al Gromer Khan and Le Grand Vide by April Orchestra Library Music.
  • Might have been inspired by Oberheim OB-12 patch demo by Jexus.[3]
  • Mike had the following to say about this track:[4]
"...at the end of the whole album, you've reached some sort of sanctuary and then the whole thing is stolen away from you again with the final track. That last track has a deliberate feeling of complete futility that I find kind of funny. That's where the obsessive, scientific work comes in, and yeah, it takes us ages."

Samples / Lyrics[edit]

Trivia[edit]

  • "Semena Mertvykh" (семена мертвых) is Russian for "Seeds of the Dead".

Videos[edit]

  • April Orchestra 40 - Le Grand Vide (possible influence)

See Also[edit]

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2lyYEUPat8
  2. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6acKaavnGMk
  3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i1ioIXatpo&t=411s
  4. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jun/06/boards-of-canada-become-more-nihilistic