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| − | {{ | + | '''MUSIC, LIES AND VIDEOLOOPS''' |
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| + | We waited. We were patient. We simply listened to ''[[Music Has the Right to Children]]'' again. And again. And perhaps a few more times after that. Then there was an EP, a remix of "[[Slag Boom Van Loon - Poppy Seed]]" on Warp 10+3 and on the [https://www.discogs.com/master/21509-Slag-Boom-Van-Loon-So-Soon So Soon EP by Slag Boom Van Loon]. Still, we kept waiting, quietly hoping that [[Mike Sandison]] and [[Marcus Eoin]] would finally show mercy and release their album. | ||
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| + | Now [[Boards of Canada]] from Scotland have finally done it. ''[[Geogaddi]]'' is here, running for 66 minutes and 6 seconds, and it works like a miraculous healing balm for your ears and mine. | ||
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| + | Almost five years have passed since our last lengthy conversation. This time, they sent us six truths and one lie electronically... | ||
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| + | {{question|Is it true that you haven't seen much daylight over the past two years?}} | ||
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| + | {{boc|Marcus: We locked ourselves away in our studio (an air-raid shelter) and wrote music for about 14 hours a day. After such intensive work, the actual release of the CD almost feels like the end of a period of fasting, when you feel purified from within. On the other hand, when we finished recording ''[[Geogaddi]]'' [December 2001], we decided to immediately start writing another album that would sound completely different.}} | ||
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| + | {{question|Is it true that you have an almost endless amount of additional material piling up on your shelves and hard drives?}} | ||
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| + | {{boc| Mike: I'd say that for every track on ''[[Geogaddi]]'', there are about ten tracks that didn't make it onto the album. That doesn't necessarily mean they'll never be released, but when making the final selection, we really wanted to use only the tracks that would work together to make a good album. So even some really good tracks were left out for the time being, and we're keeping open the possibility of releasing them at some point.}} | ||
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| + | {{question|Is it true that the new album mainly appeals to flower children and health-food shop owners?}} | ||
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| + | {{boc|Mike: Our music definitely isn't supposed to be some kind of hippie noodling, and we still see a distinction between "hippyness" and "psychedelia". For us, ''[[Geogaddi]]'' belongs more to the category of psychedelia in terms of its style.}} | ||
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| + | {{question|Is it true that you don't really know what to do with computers?}} | ||
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| + | {{boc|Marcus: There are certainly some styles of music where computers have become indispensable. Our musical beginnings were with instruments like guitar and piano, so when we're working, we don't automatically rush to a sequencer whenever we want to bring a musical idea to life.}} | ||
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| + | {{question|Is it true that the album title "Geogaddi" is a combination of the Latin "Geo" (Earth) and the Indian "Gaddi" (child)?}} | ||
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| + | {{boc|Mike: The word refers to, and at the same time plays with, several words that actually exist. We obviously wanted the album title to suggest something, because the music itself was intended to sound somewhat chaotic and undefined, while still having enough power to draw the listener in.The title refers to two things that influenced us while writing the music, but I don't want to reveal anything more, because that would only rob the listener of their imagination.}} | ||
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| + | {{question|Is it true that your music has been particularly influenced by films?}} | ||
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| + | {{boc|Marcus: For us, it's probably the visual style of certain films that provides the greatest inspiration. We love classic films, especially science-fiction films from the 1960s and 1970s. And particularly the paranoid atmosphere of the 1970s, in films such as [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071970/ The Parallax View], [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077294/ Capricorn One], [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064473/ The Illustrated Man], and [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074812/ Logan's Run]. Then there are old television series from when we were children ourselves. But there are also completely different influences. [[Mike]] is currently reading a book about Nikola Tesla, while I'm studying mathematical theories. It's all connected somehow, and impressions from travelling also play an important role. "[[The Beach At Redpoint]]" is one example, because the coastal scenery inspired us to create that track. I've also been planning to publish books of my own in the future, but I still need to find the right time for that. We still make our own short films, which we mainly use as visuals for our live performances. But we also have plans for a longer, narrative feature film, and we'll soon be devoting our full attention to it.}} | ||
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| + | And one final question: | ||
| + | {{question|Is it true that the main ingredient of the Scottish national dish haggis is animal offal?}} | ||
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| + | {{boc|Marcus: I've heard so many false stories about [[wikipedia:Haggis|haggis]], but it's actually nowhere near as mysterious as people make it out to be. It's an animal native to Scotland whose left front leg is slightly shorter, allowing it to run around mountain peaks in an anticlockwise direction. They're either hunted or caught in traps, but I think the animal is almost extinct by now. Personally, I prefer vegetarian haggis!}} | ||
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| + | ''[[Geogaddi]]'' was released on [[Warp]]/Zomba. | ||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
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Revision as of 21:15, 20 October 2026
| title | Music, Lies and Videoloops |
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| author | Gregor Wildermann |
| publication | Groove |
| date | 2002/04 |
| issue | 75 |
| pages | 54 |
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"Music, Lies and Videoloops" is a 2002 interview by Gregor Wildermann It originally appeared in Groove.[1]
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MUSIC, LIES AND VIDEOLOOPS
Wir haben gewartet, wir waren geduldig. Wir haben „Music Has The Right To Children“ einfach noch mal gehört. Und noch mal, und dann vielleicht noch einige Male mehr.
Dann gab es eine EP, einen Remix von „Poppy Seed“ auf der Warp 10+3 sowie auf der „So Soon EP“ von Slag Boom Van Loon. Wir haben dann immer noch gewartet und im Stillen gehofft, das Mike Sandison und Marcus Eoin endlich Gnade beweisen und ihr Album veröffentlichen. Nun haben es Boards Of Canada aus Schottland endlich getan. „Geogaddi“ ist da, läuft 66 Minuten und 6 Sekunden und wirkt wie Wundheilsalbe für deinen und meinen Gehörgang. Fast fünf Jahre sind seit unserem letzten längeren Gespräch vergangen und auf dem elektronischen Wege schickten sie sechs Wahrheiten und eine Lüge ...
text Gregor Wildermann
Stimmt es, das ihr in den letzten zwei Jahren nicht sehr viel Tageslicht gesehen habt?
Marcus: Wir haben uns in unser Studio (einem Luftschutzbunker) eingeschlossen und etwa 14 Stunden pro Tag Musik geschrieben. Nach so einer intensiven Arbeit ist die eigentliche Veröffentlichung der CD dann schon fast so wie das Ende einer Fastenzeit, bei dem man sich innerlich gereinigt fühlt. Andererseits beschlossen wir am Ende der Aufnahmen zu „Geogaddi“ (Dez. 2001), gleich ein weiteres Album zu schreiben, das ganz anders klingen würde.
Stimmt es, das in euren Regalen und Festplatten sich noch unendlich mehr Material stapelt?
Mike: Ich würde sagen, dass auf jeden Track von „Geogaddi“ etwa zehn Tracks kommen, die es nicht auf das Album geschafft haben. Was nicht heißen muss, dass sie nie veröffentlicht werden, aber bei der Endauswahl wollten wir wirklich nur die Tracks verwenden, die in der Aufstellung auch ein gutes Album ausmachen würden. Selbst wirklich gute Tracks sind deshalb erst mal nicht dabei und wir behalten uns vor, die dann irgendwann herauszubringen.
Stimmt es, dass das neue Album vorwiegend Blumenkinder und Ökoladenbesitzern anspricht?
Mike: Unsere Musik soll auf jeden Fall keine Art von Hippie-Gedudel sein und wir sehen schon noch einen Unterschied zwischen ‚hippyness‘ und ‚psychedelia‘. Für uns ist „Geogaddi“ vom Stil her eher in der Kategorie ‚psychedelia‘ anzusiedeln.
Stimmt es, das ihr mit Computern eigentlich nichts anfangen könnt?
Marcus: Es gibt bestimmt einige Stilarten von Musik, bei denen Computer nicht mehr wegzudenken sind. Unserer musikalische Anfänge lagen bei Instrumenten wie Gitarre und Klavier, so dass wir bei unserer Arbeit nicht automatisch an einen Sequenzer rennen, um eine musikalische Idee zum Klingen zu bringen.
Stimmt es, dass der Albumtitel „Geogaddi“ eine Kombination aus dem lateinischen Geo (Erde) und dem indischen Gaddi (Kind) ist?
Mike: Das Wort spielt auf (und gleichzeitig mit) verschiedene real existierende Wörter an. Wir wollten im Titel des Albums nichts offensichtliches vorkommen lassen, weil die Musik an sich eher etwas chaotisch und undefiniert klingen sollte, dabei aber noch genügend Kraft hat, den Zuhörer in seinen Bann zu ziehen. Der Titel bezieht sich auf zwei Dinge, die uns beim Schreiben der Musik beeinflusst haben, aber mehr möchte ich auch schon nicht verraten, weil das dem Zuhörer nur die Phantasie raubt.
Stimmt es, dass ihr bei eurer Musik besonders durch Filme beeinflusst wurdet?
Marcus: Für uns wirkt der visuelle Stil mancher Filme noch am ehesten als Inspiration. Wir lieben Filmklassiker, vor allem Science-Fiction-Filme aus den 60ern und 70ern. Und gerade die Paranoia-Phase der 70er Jahre in Filmen wie „The Parallax View“, „Capricorn One“, „The Illustrated Man“ und „Logan’s Run“. Dazu kommen noch alte Fernsehserien aus der Zeit, als wir selbst noch Kinder waren. Es gibt aber auch ganz andere Einflüsse. Mike liest gerade ein Buch über Nikola Tesla, während ich mich mit mathematischen Theorien beschäftige. Das hängt halt alles zusammen und auch die Eindrücke von Reisen spielen eine wichtige Rolle. „The Beach At Redpoint“ ist dafür ein Beispiel, weil die Meereskulisse uns zu dem Track geführt hat. Ich habe mir vorgenommen, in Zukunft selbst Bücher zu veröffentlichen, aber dafür muss ich noch die richtige Zeit finden. Wir machen immer noch unsere eigenen Kurzfilme, die wir hauptsächlich als Visuals für unsere Live-Gigs verwenden. Wir haben aber auch schon Pläne für einen längeren Spielfilm in erzählerischer Form und dafür werden wir schon bald unsere ganze Aufmerksamkeit widmen.
Und eine letzte Frage:
Stimmt es, dass der Hauptbestandteil des schottischen Nationalgerichts Hagis aus tierischen Innereien hergestellt wird?
Marcus: Ich habe schon so viele falsche Geschichten über Haggis gehört, aber eigentlich ist es gar nicht so mysteriös wie immer dargestellt wird. Es ist ein in Schottland ansässiges Tier, dessen linkes vorderes Bein etwas kürzer ist, damit es gegen die Uhrrichtung um die Spitze von Bergen laufen kann. Sie werden entweder gejagt oder mit Fallen gefangen, aber ich glaube, das Tier ist mittlerweile beinahe ausgestorben. Ich selber bevorzuge eher vegetarischen Haggis!
Geogaddi ist auf Warp/Zomba erschienen.
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Disclaimer: Rough ChatGPT translation[2], please help improve it.
MUSIC, LIES AND VIDEOLOOPS
Text: Gregor Wildermann
We waited. We were patient. We simply listened to Music Has the Right to Children again. And again. And perhaps a few more times after that. Then there was an EP, a remix of "Slag Boom Van Loon - Poppy Seed" on Warp 10+3 and on the So Soon EP by Slag Boom Van Loon. Still, we kept waiting, quietly hoping that Mike Sandison and Marcus Eoin would finally show mercy and release their album.
Now Boards of Canada from Scotland have finally done it. Geogaddi is here, running for 66 minutes and 6 seconds, and it works like a miraculous healing balm for your ears and mine.
Almost five years have passed since our last lengthy conversation. This time, they sent us six truths and one lie electronically...
Is it true that you haven't seen much daylight over the past two years?
Marcus: We locked ourselves away in our studio (an air-raid shelter) and wrote music for about 14 hours a day. After such intensive work, the actual release of the CD almost feels like the end of a period of fasting, when you feel purified from within. On the other hand, when we finished recording Geogaddi [December 2001], we decided to immediately start writing another album that would sound completely different.
Is it true that you have an almost endless amount of additional material piling up on your shelves and hard drives?
Mike: I'd say that for every track on Geogaddi, there are about ten tracks that didn't make it onto the album. That doesn't necessarily mean they'll never be released, but when making the final selection, we really wanted to use only the tracks that would work together to make a good album. So even some really good tracks were left out for the time being, and we're keeping open the possibility of releasing them at some point.
Is it true that the new album mainly appeals to flower children and health-food shop owners?
Mike: Our music definitely isn't supposed to be some kind of hippie noodling, and we still see a distinction between "hippyness" and "psychedelia". For us, Geogaddi belongs more to the category of psychedelia in terms of its style.
Is it true that you don't really know what to do with computers?
Marcus: There are certainly some styles of music where computers have become indispensable. Our musical beginnings were with instruments like guitar and piano, so when we're working, we don't automatically rush to a sequencer whenever we want to bring a musical idea to life.
Is it true that the album title "Geogaddi" is a combination of the Latin "Geo" (Earth) and the Indian "Gaddi" (child)?
Mike: The word refers to, and at the same time plays with, several words that actually exist. We obviously wanted the album title to suggest something, because the music itself was intended to sound somewhat chaotic and undefined, while still having enough power to draw the listener in.The title refers to two things that influenced us while writing the music, but I don't want to reveal anything more, because that would only rob the listener of their imagination.
Is it true that your music has been particularly influenced by films?
Marcus: For us, it's probably the visual style of certain films that provides the greatest inspiration. We love classic films, especially science-fiction films from the 1960s and 1970s. And particularly the paranoid atmosphere of the 1970s, in films such as The Parallax View, Capricorn One, The Illustrated Man, and Logan's Run. Then there are old television series from when we were children ourselves. But there are also completely different influences. Mike is currently reading a book about Nikola Tesla, while I'm studying mathematical theories. It's all connected somehow, and impressions from travelling also play an important role. "The Beach At Redpoint" is one example, because the coastal scenery inspired us to create that track. I've also been planning to publish books of my own in the future, but I still need to find the right time for that. We still make our own short films, which we mainly use as visuals for our live performances. But we also have plans for a longer, narrative feature film, and we'll soon be devoting our full attention to it.
And one final question:
Is it true that the main ingredient of the Scottish national dish haggis is animal offal?
Marcus: I've heard so many false stories about haggis, but it's actually nowhere near as mysterious as people make it out to be. It's an animal native to Scotland whose left front leg is slightly shorter, allowing it to run around mountain peaks in an anticlockwise direction. They're either hunted or caught in traps, but I think the animal is almost extinct by now. Personally, I prefer vegetarian haggis!
Geogaddi was released on Warp/Zomba.
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