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"Acts Of Magic" is the eighth track on Boards of Canada's fifth studio album, Inferno. It was partially heard in the album's official teaser trailer, released on April 22nd, 2026.

Comments

• While there does not appear to be a correlation between the track numbers and their song titles throughout Inferno, there appears a few track titles and numbers that could. "Acts Of Magic" is track 8. This could refer to any of the following;
  • The 8 types (acts) of magic practiced by magicians: prediction, vanishing, transformation, restoration, transposition, penetration, levitation and appearance.
  • It could also refer to the 8 types of forbidden magic: necromancy, sex magic, goetia, diabolic pact magic, maleficium, blood rites, forbidden divination, and dream divination.
  • Thirdly, is the possible Biblical link. "Acts Of Magic" could be a reference to verses 9-25 from the eighth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles, in which a Samarian magician named Simon encounters Peter and John and asks to receive the power of the Holy Spirit in exchange for money.
• “Acts Of Magic” transitions seamlessly into the next track “Memory Death”, it is one of only four tracks on Inferno to do so, the other three being “Introit” into “Prophecy At 1420 MHz”, “Age Of Capricorn” into “Father And Son”, and “Deep Time” into “All Reason Departs”.

Samples / Lyrics

• Samples of birds chirping, and the buzzing of an insect swarm, can be heard throughout the track.
• Meanwhile, unintelligible radio chatter can be heard buried beneath the sound of the insect swarm.
• The liquid-like sounds that can be heard throughout the track, starting at 0:06 are sampled from the 1986 song "Ondulantes Serpientes De Agua" by Antonio Zepeda.^[1]

Trivia

• The trailer version adds the drone heard at the beginning of "Prophecy At 1420 MHz" on top of the track.^[2]

Videos

Audio

See Also

• "Prophecy At 1420 MHz"

External links

References

1. ↑
2. ↑ "INFERNO. 29 May 2026." Boards of Canada & Warp Records, YouTube