artists mentioned by Boards of Canada in their interviews
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− | The Hexagon. Again and again the hexagon. Once again [[Warp]] had tried to add a new chapter to the book of Prama strategies. On the net, newsgroupers were typing away: which tracks, where and when, and are there really devil heads in the artwork? To avoid any misunderstandings, churches in England, Scotland, Japan, France and New York were rented for the | + | The Hexagon. Again and again the hexagon. Once again [[Warp]] had tried to add a new chapter to the book of Prama strategies. On the net, newsgroupers were typing away: which tracks, where and when, and are there really devil heads in the artwork? To avoid any misunderstandings, churches in England, Scotland, Japan, France and New York were rented for the "[[Geogaddi]]" listening session. Plastic hexagons replaced the prayer books. In Germany, the Red Salon of the Volksbühne had to suffice to enhance a particularly dreary Berlin January afternoon with loops, drones and images. On the canvas: organic/inorganic hexagons and, again and again, the color with which "[[Geogaddi]]" wraps itself: rust-blood-red. |
− | + | "[[Geogaddi]]" takes off to Imax music, widescreen panoramas announce themselves: | |
Glaciers, lava flows under water, the sun over Mount Everest. But just before it digresses into the picturesque, this music remembers that it is made, not given. The projector in the Imax theater goes off the rails, the images warp. The record begins to wobble. It refuses the unity of sound, image and feeling. The structures open up. References: [[Autechre]] here, [[wikipedia:The Orb|The Orb]] there. And back there in the corner, Boyd Rice grins. Not quite the pure mathematics, not quite the nasty colorism. The round rolls into the square. There's a bit of magick involved. And a bit of horror. The one in slow motion. The chairoplane is still circling, but it's empty, the children suddenly jump up and down very slowly, the image becomes more grainy, the film tears. Don't turn around! There's a lot happening in the background and not everything is good. | Glaciers, lava flows under water, the sun over Mount Everest. But just before it digresses into the picturesque, this music remembers that it is made, not given. The projector in the Imax theater goes off the rails, the images warp. The record begins to wobble. It refuses the unity of sound, image and feeling. The structures open up. References: [[Autechre]] here, [[wikipedia:The Orb|The Orb]] there. And back there in the corner, Boyd Rice grins. Not quite the pure mathematics, not quite the nasty colorism. The round rolls into the square. There's a bit of magick involved. And a bit of horror. The one in slow motion. The chairoplane is still circling, but it's empty, the children suddenly jump up and down very slowly, the image becomes more grainy, the film tears. Don't turn around! There's a lot happening in the background and not everything is good. | ||
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− | {{boc|'''Mike''': We've used the | + | {{boc|'''Mike''': We've used the golden ratio as a basis for composition every now and then. We've experimented around and generated melodies using mathematical equations, but generally our music doesn't follow any code. Everything that has the power to move you, everything that is orderly or perfect, is beautiful. For example, I think all animals are beautiful, even the mean ones.}} |
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+ | Boards of Canada rütteln an den Pforten der Wahrnehmung. Das Raum-Zeit-Kontinuum hat viele Fenster und dahinter geht's noch weit und weiter. Die mit psychedelisch nur ungenügend beschriebenen Chöre und Texturen, rückwärtslaufenden Spuren, die ungreifbare Distanz, in der sich die Musik abspielt, das immer wieder an »Loveless« erinnernde wow & flutter (vulg. »eiern«) - alles Futter für die Schnappmechanismen der Psycho-Heads. »Music Has The Right To Children« steht in der NME-Liste der »Psychedelic Records of All Time« auf Platz 25. »Geogaddi« dürfte höher einsteigen. Während sich bei My Bloody Valentine durch die Abwesenheit von Stille eine Totalität des reinen Klangs manifestiert, operieren Eoin und Sandison immer wieder überfallartig mit semantischen Einheiten, deren Unmittelbarkeit dem friedlich dahingleitenden Headphonauten so mir nichts dir nichts den Teppich unter dem Hintern wegzieht. Word up. Bei »Alpha and Orneqa« sagt eine weibliche Stimme plötzlich »Yellow«, Einfach nur: »Yellow«, Bei »1969« fällt die Zeile »969 in the Sunshine« aus dem Vocoder und stellt sich wie ein neonschimmerndes Hologramm in den Raum. Wer das mit erweiterten Synapsen zum ersten Mal hört, dürfte diesen Moment für den Rest seines Lebens nicht mehr vergessen. | ||
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− | {{boc|'''Mike''': We only use voices whose sound we like. Most of them are from people we know and have asked. Sometimes we use voices as an instrument in a melody, like in " | + | {{boc|'''Mike''': We only use voices whose sound we like. Most of them are from people we know and have asked. Sometimes we use voices as an instrument in a melody, like in "ln A Beautiful Place Out In The Country" or "Sunshine Recorder" on the new record. In other cases we hide voices so that listeners don't even notice their presence, like in "An Eagle In Your Mind" or "Alpha and Omega," It will be interesting to see if it has an effect. We see them as little bundles of information and are curious to see if anyone manages to hear them.}} |
− | The suggestive power of these bundles of information is quite amazing. One of the less subtle pieces is called " | + | The suggestive power of these bundles of information is quite amazing. One of the less subtle pieces is called "The Devil ls In The Detail" and it delivers on its promise. A child cries, while a woman with a down-pitched, additionally cursed voice puts herself into self-hypnosis. A nightmare turned into music. |
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− | {{boc|'''Mike''': We're both guitarists, I'm a drummer, so we'd be fine. I own seven or eight acoustic guitars. We even recorded a completely acoustic version of " | + | {{boc|'''Mike''': We're both guitarists, I'm a drummer, so we'd be fine. I own seven or eight acoustic guitars. We even recorded a completely acoustic version of "Music Has The Right To Children" that no one has ever heard. Maybe one day we'll release it if someone is interested.}} |
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− | Enter 2002. No tribal gatherings yet this year. Fog is over | + | Enter 2002. No tribal gatherings yet this year. Fog is over Scotland - mist, myst, haze, fog, dust, smoke, shade, clouds, and whatever other vapours float between heaven and hell. The Beautiful Place Out In The Country is having its Blair Witch week right now. Further down south, Kevin Shields gets approached on the street and has to sign a "Loveless" CD. "Geogaddi" enters the charts in Britain at #21. Jimmy Page is stroking his pentagram ring. He is completely sober. Florian Schneider-Eissieben and Ralf Hütter test the new Bordeaux vintage. It makes a quiet "gluck". |
− | + | BOC also published under the pseudonym "Hell lnterface". To bring the CD to the total length of 66 minutes and 6 seconds, they added a few bytes of silence. | |
− | + | "Geogaddi" by Boards Of Canada has been released by Warp/Zamba. | |
== Scans == | == Scans == |