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Hooper Bay is the name of Boards of Canada's fifth known release. Hooper Bay introduced the use of children's voices (see Jockey Slut interview), a technique which would remain a staple of the band's style through the release of Geogaddi. It has been said that the three longest tracks on the EP mark the beginning of the band's "mature phase".[1]
Hooper Bay
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| Label(s) | Music70 |
| Catalogue No(s) | THS012 |
| Release date(s) | 1994 |
| Format(s) | 12" Cassette |
| Running time(s) | 30:52 |
Hooper Bay is also an Alaskan village, a Cup'ik Eskimo settlement; the native name is Naparagamiut, but the name "hooper bay" came from a Post Office with that name established in the area.
Of the EP's five tracks, only a 35-second excerpt of Circle[2] (posted on the EHX website in the late 1990s) has been heard by those outside of the band's friends and family. A set of MP3s labeled Hooper Bay but with significantly shorter track times than the actual EP can be found on P2P networks; however, this set is mis-labeled and is not music by Boards of Canada. The track Seward Leaf is sometimes mistaken with mùm's Slow Bicycle.
Tracks
- "Seward Leaf" – 7:02
- "Geiser" – 5:15
- "Circle" – 2:38
- "Noatak" – 8:41
- "Point Hope" – 7:16
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