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Hi Scores is an EP by Boards of Canada, released in December of 1996 on CD and 12". It was Boards of Canada's first widely available release, as 1995's Twoism would not become widely available until it was re-issued in 2002. Hi Scores was re-issued in 1999, and has subsequently had multiple further re-issues, including a full remaster in 2014.[1]
Hi Scores (release)
| Hi Scores | |
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| Label(s) | Skam |
| Catalogue No(s) | SKA008CD SKA008 |
| Release date(s) | Dec 1996 |
| Format(s) | CD 12" |
| Running time(s) | 33:34 |
The title track is the only track on the EP that is exclusive to it. "Turquoise Hexagon Sun", "Nlogax", "June 9th", and "Everything You Do Is A Balloon" all appear on Boc Maxima, released privately in 1996, while "Seeya Later" also appears on Twoism. "Turquoise Hexagon Sun" would also later appear on Music Has The Right To Children.
Tracks
- "Hi Scores" – 4:57
- "Turquoise Hexagon Sun" – 5:09
- "Nlogax" – 6:54
- "June 9th" – 5:18
- "Seeya Later" – 4:12
- "Everything You Do Is A Balloon" – 7:04
Hi Scores Trivia
- Hi Scores is mastered by Darrell Fitton aka Bola
- On the 2014 remaster and re-release, the left and right audio channels appeared to have been reversed. This was later elaborated upon and, due to an issue with the original transfer in 1996, it was the original release in which the left and right audio channels were truly reversed. When the original DAT tape masters were used for the 2014 remastering of the EP, the channels where subsequently restored back to their original form as originally intended.
- "Nlogax" contains a sample of Indeep's 1983 hit "Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life."
- It has been suggested that the "hi" of "Hi Scores" could refer to the initials of BoC's alias Hell Interface.
- The Braille on the label: Some have interpreted it as having typos. In fact, it is quite correct. If you read it using a simple alphabetic Braille chart, you get "bo?ds ? canada", where the "?" represent characters not found on the chart. Numbering the dots in column one from top down as 1,2,3, and column two as 4,5,6, the two odd characters are 3-4-5 and 1-2-3-5-6, and reference to a more complete braille listing reveals that the first of these symbols stands for the letter pair [ar], and the second represents the word [of], so the sticker does indeed read "boards of canada". [DC]
- Possibly a play on Hell Interface, combined with WarGames and notation scoring.
Critical Reviews
- Pitchfork Media Review by Paul Cooper
- Allmusic.com's Review by Sean Cooper
- Review at the Milk Factory
Relevant Links
Artwork
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