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"[[Somewhere Right Now In The Future]]" is the sixth track on [[Boards of Canada]]'s fifth studio album, ''[[Inferno]]''.
  
 
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* A deliberately paradoxical phrase: "right now" and "in the future" collapsed into a single moment. In Christian, Hindu and Buddhist theology, God is often characterised as seeing all times simultaneously (the doctrine of divine eternity; in scholastic Latin, the ''nunc stans'' — the "standing now").
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* Pairs with "[[You Retreat In Time And Space]]" and "[[I Saw Through Platonia]]" as the album's trio of time-transcendence titles — all three dismantling the listener's ordinary sense of duration.
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The track's title is potentially a reference to a quote by [[Autechre]]'s Sean Booth when asked, during a 2022 livestream, whether he had any news on [[Boards of Canada]]'s whereabouts: <blockquote>They're probably in the future somewhere, worrying about why it isn't like the past.<ref>[https://old.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/1pj1ity/sean_booth_from_autechre_on_the_whereabouts_of_boc/ "Sean Booth (from Autechre) on the whereabouts of BOC"], u/CraziestBoyEver, r/boardsofcanada on Reddit</ref><ref>{{#widget:YouTube|id=OdZv1PNxDcs|start=3305}}</ref></blockquote>
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* Adjacent to the eschatological tradition: the Christian "Kingdom already, and not yet" &mdash; the future is already happening somewhere.
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* Sean Booth of [[Autechre]], a contemporary electronic music duo with close ties to [[Boards of Canada]], was asked in a 2022 AMA where Boards of Canada were right now. He responded that he didn't know, but that "they're probably '''in the future somewhere''', worrying about why it isn't like the past."<ref>https://youtu.be/OdZv1PNxDcs?t=3326</ref> Although likely not the case, the title of this track could be a humorous response to his speculation.
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* The track shares some similarities with the track "[[Statue Of Liberty]]" from ''[[Old Tunes Vol. 2]]''.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 23:20, 2 August 2026

Somewhere Right Now In The Future
Running time 2:26
Appears on Inferno (2026)
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Prev Father And Son


"Somewhere Right Now In The Future" is the sixth track on Boards of Canada's fifth studio album, Inferno.

Comments[edit]

The track's title is potentially a reference to a quote by Autechre's Sean Booth when asked, during a 2022 livestream, whether he had any news on Boards of Canada's whereabouts:
They're probably in the future somewhere, worrying about why it isn't like the past.[1][2]

Samples / Lyrics[edit]

  • At 1:32, the sound of screeching tires - possibly of a car skidding off of a road - can be heard, later followed by a faint crashing sound at 1:41.

Trivia[edit]

Videos[edit]

Audio[edit]


See Also[edit]

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References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Sean Booth (from Autechre) on the whereabouts of BOC", u/CraziestBoyEver, r/boardsofcanada on Reddit
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