artists mentioned by Boards of Canada in their interviews
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* In the adult film [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0128647/ "Summer of '72"] (which is the source of samples found in "[[Sixtyniner]]" / "[[Sir Prancelot Brainfire]]", "[[Niagara]]" and "[[P:C:]]"), there is a character duo named "Julie" and "Candy", so the title may be a reference to them. | * In the adult film [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0128647/ "Summer of '72"] (which is the source of samples found in "[[Sixtyniner]]" / "[[Sir Prancelot Brainfire]]", "[[Niagara]]" and "[[P:C:]]"), there is a character duo named "Julie" and "Candy", so the title may be a reference to them. | ||
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* In interviews, [[Boards of Canada]] have used "[[Julie And Candy]]" as a point of reference for their approach to music production: | * In interviews, [[Boards of Canada]] have used "[[Julie And Candy]]" as a point of reference for their approach to music production: | ||
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− | <blockquote>We don't like using digital things or computer effects so we get sounds by doing things like running whole parts through a really bad tape recorder or something like that. ''Like the intro on "[[Julie And Candy]]" for example, we just played the melody on a couple of whistles and then we bounced it back and forward between the internal mics of two tape-decks until the sound started disappearing into hell. Like when you look at an image reflected within two mirrors forever, in the distance it gets darker and greener and murkier. | + | [[Interviews#2002-07-01:_Remix|Remix Magazine, July 2002]] |
+ | <blockquote>In the past, we've taken a much more minimal approach to the texture, like single melody lines where you could clearly hear the instrument. I guess we're heading back toward that empty sound now after Geogaddi, but sometimes it's nice to make a track that just sounds like a weird cacophony of undefined instruments. ''Most of "[[Julie And Candy]]" was actually made up of recorders and flutes.</blockquote> | ||
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+ | [[Interviews#2002-02:_HMV|HMV Magazine, February 2002]] | ||
+ | <blockquote>We don't like using digital things or computer effects so we get sounds by doing things like running whole parts through a really bad tape recorder or something like that. ''Like the intro on "[[Julie And Candy]]" for example, we just played the melody on a couple of whistles and then we bounced it back and forward between the internal mics of two tape-decks until the sound started disappearing into hell. Like when you look at an image reflected within two mirrors forever, in the distance it gets darker and greener and murkier.</blockquote> | ||
− | ==Samples / Lyrics== | + | ==Samples/Lyrics== |
* In the opening bars of "[[Julie And Candy]]" (and again at 2:46), a sample of dialogue taken from George A. Romero's 1972 film "[[wikipedia:Season_of_the_Witch_(1972_film)|Season of the Witch]]" (alternately titled "Hungry Wives") can be heard: | * In the opening bars of "[[Julie And Candy]]" (and again at 2:46), a sample of dialogue taken from George A. Romero's 1972 film "[[wikipedia:Season_of_the_Witch_(1972_film)|Season of the Witch]]" (alternately titled "Hungry Wives") can be heard: | ||
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== External links== | == External links== |