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Hooper Bay

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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 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 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 mΓΉm's Slow Bicycle.

Tracks

  1. "Seward Leaf" – 7:02
  2. "Geiser" – 5:15
  3. "Circle" – 2:38
  4. "Noatak" – 8:41
  5. "Point Hope" – 7:16

References

  1. ↑ http://www.scaruffi.com/vol6/boardsof.html#boc
  2. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s-LHQdQnsU
Discography Overview | view β€’ edit
Rare/Early releases Catalog 3 β€’ Acid Memories β€’ Closes Vol. 1 β€’ Play by Numbers β€’ Hooper Bay β€’ Boc Maxima β€’ Old Tunes Vol. 1 β€’ Old Tunes Vol. 2 β€’ Random 35 Tracks Tape β€’ Geogaddi (test pressing)
General releases (albums) Music Has the Right to Children β€’ Geogaddi β€’ The Campfire Headphase β€’ Tomorrow's Harvest
General releases (EPs/12"s) Twoism β€’ Hi Scores β€’ Aquarius β€’ Peel Session β€’ In a Beautiful Place out in the Country β€’ Trans Canada Highway
Mixtapes Marcus Eoin's Campfire Mixtape β€’ Societas x Tape
Live Sets Warp10 β€’ The Lighthouse β€’ All Tomorrow's Parties β€’ Other live sets
Promotional Releases Telephasic Workshop β€’ MHTRTC (promo cassette) β€’ Orange Romeda β€’ Geogaddi (promo lp) β€’ Geogaddi (promo cassette) β€’ ------ / ------ / ------ / XXXXXX / ------ / ------ β€’ Reach For The Dead (promo cd) β€’ Come To Dust (promo cd)
Produced by BoC for Others Here Come the Rubber Cops
Bootleg Releases Unreleased Tracks
Other Kaleidoscope β€’ Promotional Items β€’ T-Shirts