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| − | Words by Naohiro Kato | + | '''Let's open the time capsule.''' |
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| + | The strange trip sounds sent out by [[Boards of Canada]] have created addicts worldwide. This time, the elusive first album, which has been traded at high prices among enthusiasts, is finally being reissued. | ||
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| + | '''Words by''' Naohiro Kato | ||
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| − | [[Boards of Canada]] | + | [[Boards of Canada]]'s first album, ''[[Twoism]]'', which had been traded among hardcore fans for 800 pounds (approximately 150,000 yen), is finally being reissued by [[Warp]] (and by [[Beat Records]] in Japan). This work was created before they signed with [[Warp]] and was released in the late '80s through their self-established label , which they set up to release demo tracks around the [[wikipedia:Edinburgh|Edinburgh]] area. This album is like a strange gift from [[Boards of Canada]]. Listening to this work made me feel like I was digging up and opening a time capsule buried underground. It's quite a mysterious and peculiar feeling to have a work from years ago, which hadn't been released to the public (though some people couldn't wait and peeked), now delivered to us. Here, I won't deliberately touch on the contents. That's more fitting for this mysterious unit. Instead, let me share an interview about their early activities, which hasn't been widely discussed (this interview is an outtake from the one published in [[Magical,_Mystery,_Cycling|our April 2002 issue]]). |
{{question|When did you start making music?}} | {{question|When did you start making music?}} | ||
| − | {{boc|Mike: As children, we were very interested in movies, especially sci-fi movies, the kind our parents | + | {{boc|[[Mike]]: As children, we were very interested in movies, especially sci-fi movies, the kind our parents didn't want us to watch. I think those movies we watched back then greatly influenced our music and imagery. I've always been interested in the desolate visions of the future depicted in movies, TV shows, and books. Especially the future seen from the 1970s perspective. Both of us played piano and guitar since we were little, but we soon got bored (laughs). By the time we were ten, we were both composing and playing in bands. The music we made was really unpleasant. We were trying to provoke the unimaginative people in our town. The music we made back then was quite close to the early computer game music. Energetic 8-bit Atari melodies played on actual instruments.}} |
| − | {{question| | + | {{question|You've moved around a lot, from northern [[wikipedia:Scotland|Scotland]] to southern England to [[wikipedia:Alberta|Alberta]], Canada. Was that due to family circumstances?}} |
| − | {{boc|Marcus: My family worked in the construction industry. So, we moved to where the work was. My father moved to Alberta to build the Saddledome in Calgary. We stayed there throughout the construction. My family is large, including extended relatives. We jokingly call my family the | + | {{boc|[[Marcus]]: My family worked in the construction industry. So, we moved to where the work was. My father moved to [[wikipedia:Alberta|Alberta]] to build the [[wikipedia:Saddledome|Saddledome]] in [[wikipedia:Calgary|Calgary]]. We stayed there throughout the construction. My family is large, including extended relatives. We jokingly call my family the "mafia".}} |
| − | {{question|Mike, you had already started making music before meeting Marcus, right?}} | + | {{question|Mike, you had already started making music before meeting [[Marcus]], right?}} |
| − | {{boc|Mike: In the early | + | {{boc|[[Mike]]: In the early '80s, I started a band with about five friends. It was like many other bands. My house had some instruments, and we borrowed a multi-track tape machine. Luckily, a school teacher let us use the school's first synthesizer, which we experimented with in the studio rehearsal room. There were many percussion instruments and other instruments. The studio owner had no idea what was going on. Initially, the band played live drums, synthesizers, and bass guitar. We made long, monotonous tracks with a grand atmosphere that seemed to go on forever.}} |
| − | {{question|What was the | + | {{question|What was the band's name?}} |
| − | {{boc|Mike: We changed members and the band name hundreds of times back then.}} | + | {{boc|[[Mike]]: We changed members and the band name hundreds of times back then.}} |
{{question|What was the music like?}} | {{question|What was the music like?}} | ||
| − | {{boc|Mike: For that time, it was very unusual music. We were trying to make artificial movie music, like [[wikipedia:John Carpenter|John Carpenter]] | + | {{boc|[[Mike]]: For that time, it was very unusual music. We were trying to make artificial movie music, like [[wikipedia:John Carpenter|John Carpenter]]'s themes. We once did a six-hour set at a local gig. I still have all the tapes from that time. We keep everything. We never throw away songs.}} |
| − | {{question|Marcus, you joined | + | {{question|[[Marcus]], you joined [[Mike]]'s band as a bassist. What kind of musical activities were you involved in before that?}} |
| − | {{boc|Marcus: In high school, I played bass and guitar in various rock bands. But I think all musicians go through the initiation of a high school band when | + | {{boc|[[Marcus]]: In high school, I played bass and guitar in various rock bands. But I think all musicians go through the initiation of a high school band when they're young.}} |
{{question|Who were your favorite musicians back then?}} | {{question|Who were your favorite musicians back then?}} | ||
| − | {{boc|Marcus: Before forming BOC, we had both been making music for a long time. Because of that, we went through a stage of listening to many different artists together. When I think back to when we formed BOC, our biggest influences were [[wikipedia:Devo|Devo]], [[wikipedia:The Velvet Underground|The Velvet Underground]], [[wikipedia:Cocteau Twins|Cocteau Twins]], [[wikipedia:Nitzer Ebb|Nitzer Ebb]], [[wikipedia:DAF|DAF]], [[wikipedia:Wendy Carlos|Wendy Carlos]], and various underground hip-hop records.}} | + | {{boc|[[Marcus]]: Before forming [[BOC]], we had both been making music for a long time. Because of that, we went through a stage of listening to many different artists together. When I think back to when we formed [[BOC]], our biggest influences were [[wikipedia:Devo|Devo]], [[wikipedia:The Velvet Underground|The Velvet Underground]], [[wikipedia:Cocteau Twins|Cocteau Twins]], [[wikipedia:Nitzer Ebb|Nitzer Ebb]], [[wikipedia:DAF|DAF]], [[wikipedia:Wendy Carlos|Wendy Carlos]], and various underground hip-hop records.}} |
{{question|When did you establish the independent label ?}} | {{question|When did you establish the independent label ?}} | ||
| − | {{boc|Marcus: We established the label in the late | + | {{boc|[[Marcus]]: We established the label in the late '80s to release our first demos.}} |
{{question|Where was your base of activities at that time?}} | {{question|Where was your base of activities at that time?}} | ||
| − | {{boc|Marcus: It | + | {{boc|[[Marcus]]: It hasn't changed much. Near [[wikipedia:|Edinburgh]], [[wikipedia:Scotland|Scotland]].}} |
| − | {{question|Were the works from released under the BOC name?}} | + | {{question|Were the works from released under the [[BOC]] name?}} |
| − | {{boc|Marcus: Most of them were under the BOC name, but we also released some under other names. We recorded quite a lot of music different from | + | {{boc|[[Marcus]]: Most of them were under the [[BOC]] name, but we also released some under other names. We recorded quite a lot of music different from [[BOC]]'s style. Probably enough to make several guitar music albums. But I don't know if those ever became records.}} |
{{question|What other releases were there from this label?}} | {{question|What other releases were there from this label?}} | ||
| − | {{boc|Marcus: A few demos for friends, made without any profit.}} | + | {{boc|[[Marcus]]: A few demos for friends, made without any profit.}} |
| − | [[Boards of Canada]] | + | [[Boards of Canada]]'s first album, ''[[Twoism]]'' is now available from [[Beat Records]]! |
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== Highlights == | == Highlights == | ||
| − | * This is an extension of the 2002-04 [ | + | * This is an extension of the 2002-04 [[Magical,_Mystery,_Cycling|Remix interview]] |
Latest revision as of 16:33, 23 July 2024
| title | Let's Open The Time Capsule |
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| author | Naohiro Kato |
| publication | Remix (Japanese Publication) |
| date | 2003/01 |
| issue | 139 |
| pages | pp.82-83 |
"Let's Open The Time Capsule" is an interview (in Japanese) by Naohiro Kato originally published Jan. 2003 in Remix magazine (Japanese publication) Number 139, pp.82-83.
Original Text[edit]
Boards of Canada
さ、タイムカプセルを開けてみよう
ボーズ・オブ・カナダが送り出した奇妙なトリップ・サウンドは
世界中に中毒者を生み出した。この度、マニアの間では高額で取り引き
されていたという幻のファースト・アルバムがとうとう再発される。
文加藤直宏
words Naohiro Kato
コアなファンの間では800ポンド（およそ15万円）で取引
されていたというボーズ・オブ・カナダのファースト・アルバム 「Twoism」がついにくワープンより再発される（日本はく ビート・レーコズンから）。これは彼らがくワープンと契約する 以前に作られていた作品で、80年代後半にエジンバラ辺の 地区で彼ら自身がデモ・トラックを送り出すために立ち上げた レーベル＜MUSIC70ンからリリースされていたものだ。本 作はボーズ・オブ・カナダからの奇妙な贈り物のようなもので ある。僕は本作を癒きながら、まるで地中に埋めたタイムカプ セルを掘り起こして開けるときのような気持になった。数年前 の作品がこれまで世に送り出されずに（待ちきれずに覗いてし まった人もいるにはいるにれど）僕たちの前に届けられるなん て、何とも不思議で奇妙な感覚になる。ここでは敢えて中身に ついては触れないでおこう。そのほうがこのミステリアスなユ ニットには相応しい。その代わりと言ってはなんだが、まだあま り語られたことのない彼らの初期の活動について訊いたイン
タヴューをお届けすることにしよう（このインタヴューは本誌 2002年4月号に掲載されたインタヴューのアウトテイクによ
るもの）。
音楽を作りはじめたのはいつ頃から？
マイク：子供のころは映画にすごく無味があった。特にSF映画、 僕たちの両親が観て欲しくないと願うような種類の映画さ。そ の頃観た映画は、僕たちの音楽やイメージに大きな影響を与 えていると思う。僕は決画やテレビ、そして本の中で描かれる
荒涼たるヴィジョンの未来に常に興味があった。なかでも 082 remix January 2003 1970年代の視点での未来。で、僕らはふたりとも小さい頃 からピアノとギターを弾いていたんだ。でもすぐに飽きた（笑）。 10才になる頃までには、ふたり共作曲をして、バンドでプレイ してたんだ。僕らの作ってたのは本当に不快な音楽だった。地 元にいる想像力のない人々を扇動しようとしてたんだ。その 頃、作ってた音楽は初期のニンピューター・ゲームの音楽にか なり近い感じだったな。クラシックなゲームのバックに流れる エネルギッシュな8ビットのアタリのメロディー、でも木物の楽
器でプレイしている・・・・・・っていう。ふたりはスコットランド北部～イングランド南部～カナダ（アル バータ）などいろいろな土地を転々としていたそうですがそ
れは家庭の事情で
マーカス：僕の家族は建設業界で仕事をしていたんだ。だか ら、仕事のある場所へ引っ越しをしていた。父親がアルバータ へ引っ越した理由はカルガリーにあるサドル・ドームというス ポーツ・グラウンドを建設するためだったんだ。だから、建設の
間ずっとそこにいた。僕の家族は近親を含む大家族なんだ。
僕らはジョークで僕の家族のことを”マフィアって呼んでるん
だ。 マイクはマーカスと知り合う前に、すでに音楽を作りはじめて
いたそうですが？ マイク：80年代の初頭僕と5人ほどの友だちでバンドをはじめ たんだ。それは他の多くのバンドと同じだよ。僕の実家には楽 がいくつかあったし、人からマルチトラックのテープ・マシー ンを借りたんだ。ラッキーなことに、学校の先生が学校初のシ
ンセサイザーを僕らに使わせてくれてそれを使って実験をは
じめた。スタジオのリハーサル・ルームを使ってね。パーカッ ションや他の楽器がたくさんあったんだ。スタジオのオーナー は何が起きてるのか全くわかってなかった。バンドは当初、ラ イヴのドラム、シンセサイザー、ベース・ギターでやってた。壮 大な雰囲気で可日もずっと続くかと思うような、長い単調なト
ラックを作っていた。バンドの名前は？
マイク：あの頃はメンバー、バンド名とも何百回も変えてたか
らね。
どんな音楽性でした？
マイク：あの頃にしてはとても変わった音楽だったと思うよ。 僕たちは人工的な映画音楽・・・・・・ジョン・カーペンターのテー マとかそんなものを作ろうとしていたんだと思う。地元のギグ では一度、6時間も続くセットをやったこともあるんだ。その頃 のテープも全部持っている。僕らは全て取っておくのさ。絶対」
に曲を捨てたりしない。
マーカスはベーシストとしてマイクのバンドに加入したそうで
すが、それまではどんな音楽活動をしていたのですか？
マーカス：僕は高校時代、様々なロックバンドでベースやギタ ーを弾いてたんだ。でも、すべからくミュージシャンはハイス
クール・バンドのイニシエーションを受けるもんだと思うよ。自 999042011493338C. 700.9641
まだ若かったから。その当時好きだったミュージシャンを教えてください。
マーカス：僕らはBOCを結成する前からずっとに音楽を作っ ていたんだ。それもあって、ふたりで本当に色々なアーティス トを聴くというステージを経てきたよ。でもBOCを結成した 当時のことを考えてみると、僕らの一番の悪響はディージォ、ヴ エルヴェット・アンダーグラウンド、コクトー・ツインズ、ニッツア ！・エブ、DAF、ウェンディー・カリオス、それから様々なアンダ
ーグラウンド・ヒップホップのレコードだったね。
自主レーベル＜MUSIC70＞はいつごろ立ち上がったので
すか？ マーカス：80年代の後半に僕らのファースト・デモをリリース
するために立ち上げたレーベルなんだ。この頃の活動の拠点は？ マーカス：いと変わらないよ。スコットランドのエジンバラの
近く。
＜MUSIC70＞からの作品はBOCとしてのリリースだった
のですか？
マーカス：ほとんどがBOC名義だ。でも他の名前でもいくつ カリリースしたよ。＜SKAM＞レコードなんかからね。BOCと
は全然違う感じの音楽もかなりレコーディングしてきたんだ。 恐らく、ギター・ミュージックのアルバムが数枚できるくらい。
でも、あれがレコードになったのかどうかは僕も知らない。このレーベルからは他にどんなリリースがあったのですか？
マーカス：僕ら自身の音楽と、友だちのために作ったプロフィ
ットなしのデモが数枚。
ボーズ・オブ・カナダイ」のファースト・アルバム
Twoismiはぐビート・レコーズ＞より発売中！
Translated text[edit]
Note: This translation is powered by ChatGPT-o4.
Let's open the time capsule.
The strange trip sounds sent out by Boards of Canada have created addicts worldwide. This time, the elusive first album, which has been traded at high prices among enthusiasts, is finally being reissued.
Words by Naohiro Kato
Boards of Canada's first album, Twoism, which had been traded among hardcore fans for 800 pounds (approximately 150,000 yen), is finally being reissued by Warp (and by Beat Records in Japan). This work was created before they signed with Warp and was released in the late '80s through their self-established label , which they set up to release demo tracks around the Edinburgh area. This album is like a strange gift from Boards of Canada. Listening to this work made me feel like I was digging up and opening a time capsule buried underground. It's quite a mysterious and peculiar feeling to have a work from years ago, which hadn't been released to the public (though some people couldn't wait and peeked), now delivered to us. Here, I won't deliberately touch on the contents. That's more fitting for this mysterious unit. Instead, let me share an interview about their early activities, which hasn't been widely discussed (this interview is an outtake from the one published in our April 2002 issue).
When did you start making music?
Mike: As children, we were very interested in movies, especially sci-fi movies, the kind our parents didn't want us to watch. I think those movies we watched back then greatly influenced our music and imagery. I've always been interested in the desolate visions of the future depicted in movies, TV shows, and books. Especially the future seen from the 1970s perspective. Both of us played piano and guitar since we were little, but we soon got bored (laughs). By the time we were ten, we were both composing and playing in bands. The music we made was really unpleasant. We were trying to provoke the unimaginative people in our town. The music we made back then was quite close to the early computer game music. Energetic 8-bit Atari melodies played on actual instruments.
You've moved around a lot, from northern Scotland to southern England to Alberta, Canada. Was that due to family circumstances?
Marcus: My family worked in the construction industry. So, we moved to where the work was. My father moved to Alberta to build the Saddledome in Calgary. We stayed there throughout the construction. My family is large, including extended relatives. We jokingly call my family the "mafia".
Mike, you had already started making music before meeting Marcus, right?
Mike: In the early '80s, I started a band with about five friends. It was like many other bands. My house had some instruments, and we borrowed a multi-track tape machine. Luckily, a school teacher let us use the school's first synthesizer, which we experimented with in the studio rehearsal room. There were many percussion instruments and other instruments. The studio owner had no idea what was going on. Initially, the band played live drums, synthesizers, and bass guitar. We made long, monotonous tracks with a grand atmosphere that seemed to go on forever.
What was the band's name?
Mike: We changed members and the band name hundreds of times back then.
What was the music like?
Mike: For that time, it was very unusual music. We were trying to make artificial movie music, like John Carpenter's themes. We once did a six-hour set at a local gig. I still have all the tapes from that time. We keep everything. We never throw away songs.
Marcus, you joined Mike's band as a bassist. What kind of musical activities were you involved in before that?
Marcus: In high school, I played bass and guitar in various rock bands. But I think all musicians go through the initiation of a high school band when they're young.
Who were your favorite musicians back then?
Marcus: Before forming BOC, we had both been making music for a long time. Because of that, we went through a stage of listening to many different artists together. When I think back to when we formed BOC, our biggest influences were Devo, The Velvet Underground, Cocteau Twins, Nitzer Ebb, DAF, Wendy Carlos, and various underground hip-hop records.
When did you establish the independent label ?
Marcus: We established the label in the late '80s to release our first demos.
Where was your base of activities at that time?
Were the works from released under the BOC name?
Marcus: Most of them were under the BOC name, but we also released some under other names. We recorded quite a lot of music different from BOC's style. Probably enough to make several guitar music albums. But I don't know if those ever became records.
What other releases were there from this label?
Marcus: A few demos for friends, made without any profit.
Boards of Canada's first album, Twoism is now available from Beat Records!
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Highlights[edit]
- This is an extension of the 2002-04 Remix interview
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