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"'''Bocuma'''" is the ninth track on ''[[Music Has the Right to Children]]''. It also appears as the fifth track on ''[[Boc Maxima]]'' under the title "'''Boc Maxima'''".
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"'''Bocuma'''" is a song by [[Boards of Canada]]. Originally appearing as the fifth track on the limited-release ''[[Boc Maxima]]'' under the title "'''Boc Maxima'''", it was more widely released as the ninth track on their debut studio album, ''[[Music Has the Right to Children]]''.  
  
 
== Comments ==
 
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* On both ''Boc Maxima'' and ''Music Has the Right to Children'', "Bocuma"/"Boc Maxima" transitions seamlessly into the next track, "[[Roygbiv]]". It is one of only three tracks to do so on ''Music Has the Right to Children'', the other two being "[[Wildlife Analysis]]" into "[[An Eagle in Your Mind]]" and "[[Open the Light]]" into "[[One Very Important Thought]]".
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* On both ''Boc Maxima'' and ''Music Has the Right to Children'', the track transitions seamlessly into the next track, "[[Roygbiv]]". It is one of only three tracks to do so on ''Music Has the Right to Children'', the other two being "[[Wildlife Analysis]]" into "[[An Eagle in Your Mind]]" and "[[Open the Light]]" into "[[One Very Important Thought]]".
  
 
== Samples / Lyrics ==
 
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== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
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* When asked about the meaning of ''[[Bocuma]]'', [[Boards of Canada]] explained that "it's an abbreviation/crossover of Boc Maxima and Documa, an obscure reference to 80's video culture." ([[Forcefield 1998]])
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* When asked about the meaning of ''[[Bocuma]]'', [[Boards of Canada]] explained that "it's an abbreviation/crossover of Boc Maxima and Documa, an obscure reference to 80's video culture."<ref>[[A Bunker Full of Memories|"A Bunker Full of Memories"]], René Passet, Forcefield, 1998</ref>
 
* Inspiration for the name of the electronic musician [https://bocuma.bandcamp.com/ Bocuma] from Ireland.
 
* Inspiration for the name of the electronic musician [https://bocuma.bandcamp.com/ Bocuma] from Ireland.
  

Latest revision as of 02:13, 6 July 2026

Bocuma
Running time 1:35
Appears on Boc Maxima (1996) (as "Boc Maxima")
Music Has the Right to Children (1998)
Next Roygbiv (Boc Maxima)
Roygbiv (Music Has the Right to Children)
Prev Everything You Do Is A Balloon (Boc Maxima)
Kaini Industries (Music Has the Right to Children)


"Bocuma" is a song by Boards of Canada. Originally appearing as the fifth track on the limited-release Boc Maxima under the title "Boc Maxima", it was more widely released as the ninth track on their debut studio album, Music Has the Right to Children.

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  • When asked about the meaning of Bocuma, Boards of Canada explained that "it's an abbreviation/crossover of Boc Maxima and Documa, an obscure reference to 80's video culture."[1]
  • Inspiration for the name of the electronic musician Bocuma from Ireland.

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  1. ↑ "A Bunker Full of Memories", René Passet, Forcefield, 1998