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== [[A Few Old Tunes|A Few Old Tunes (1996)]] ==
 
== [[A Few Old Tunes|A Few Old Tunes (1996)]] ==
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===== [[Spectrum]] =====
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* Beginning at :38, the same drum loop that appears in [[Twoism_(song)|"Twoism"]] plays throughout
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* A tinny, cyclic sound that is possibly part of a drum loop ([[Spectrum]])
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===== [[P:C:]] =====
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* Two women speaking, presumably on a television show in which a plain-looking person receives a makeover ([[Light, Clear Hair]])
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* A man and a woman breathing heavily, with 1970's music in the background<ref>https://youtu.be/wGKhFfMUTwc?t=63</ref>
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* A man and a woman breathing heavily, with 1970's music in the background ([[P:C:]])
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===== [[Trapped]] =====
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* Most vocals from [[ Trapped|Trapped]] by Colonel Abrams ([[Trapped|Trapped]])
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* A remix of ''Trapped'' by Colonel Abrams (1985)
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* A commercial for Dirt Devil (a brand of portable vacuum cleaner). Voice over is spoken by a mature-sounding English man: "It's almost like having an upright in the palm of your hand. The Devil is lightweight (Devil), powerful (Devil), has a wide opening (Devil) with a revolving brush... get a Devil." ([[Devil]], [[Peace-Tony-Devil]])
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* A much different version of this remix was released under the [[Hell Interface]] moniker in 1997 as part of the Skam Records MASK200 compilation<ref>https://www.discogs.com/release/2967-Various-MASK-200</ref>
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* Dialogue, applause, and music from an episode of the British television game show ''Blockbusters'', spliced for surreal effect  ([[Blockbusters]])
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===== [[Devil]] =====
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* The chorus of "Celebration" by Kool & The Gang ([[The Way You Show]])
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* A commercial for Dirt Devil (a brand of portable vacuum cleaner).<ref>https://youtu.be/5hIdVAFs3dk</ref>
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* A [[Sesame Street]] vignette in which a child sounds out the phrase "I love you" while attempting to write it out; at the end, the child giggles, and two metallic-sounding high notes are heard ([[The Color of the Fire|I Love U]])
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===== [[Blockbusters]] =====
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* A drum fill from "Strawberry Fields Forever" by The Beatles ([[Sequoia]])
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* Dialogue, applause, and music from an episode of the British television game show ''Blockbusters''
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* A basic (snare-)kick-kick-snare drum pattern ([[5.9.78]])
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===== [[The Way You Show]] =====
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* A vocoded voice, gradually slowing down, saying "... and so you could become very sensitive to everything, you start walking through the studio, you go: 'ah yes, it's going to be a good day, I can feel -'" ([[Nova Scotia Robots]])
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* The chorus of "Celebration" by Kool & The Gang  
 
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===== [[I Love U]] =====
 
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* Also appears on ''[[Music Has the Right to Children]]'' as "[[The Color of the Fire]]"
 
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===== [[Sequoia]] =====
 
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* A drum fill from ''Fragment'' by Bleach (1992)<ref>https://youtu.be/bPW3YRn_uAI . Slowed down and possibly rerecorded.</ref>
 
  
 
== [[Old Tunes Vol. 2|Old Tunes Vol. 2 (1996)]] ==
 
== [[Old Tunes Vol. 2|Old Tunes Vol. 2 (1996)]] ==
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===== [[We've Started Up]] =====
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* The jingle at the end of [[Iraq Says]] is taken from a [[Sesame Street]] clip: "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QimBkBFspbY&feature=youtu.be&t=2m31 Wanda The Word Fairy Visits Sesame Street]". <ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=13628</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QimBkBFspbY&feature=youtu.be&t=2m31s</ref>
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* The beginning of the song "Falling in Love Again" by Techno Twins<ref>https://youtu.be/ZsLw0BCI6u4</ref>
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* From "Flashback" by Imagination: "We're startin' up, now we're on our way" ([[We've Started Up]])
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* Sample featuring the lyrics "We're startin' up, now we're on our way" from "Flashback" by ''Imagination'' (1981)<ref>https://youtu.be/iqPVMw939j8?t=8</ref>
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* "He's a dream" from the song of the same name by Shandi ([[We've Started Up]])
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* Sample with the words "He's a dream" from the song of the same name by ''Shandi'' (1983)<ref>https://youtu.be/YOgejpn6CII?t=103 . Sample is slowed down by ~25%.</ref>
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* The beginning of the song "Falling in Love Again" by Techno Twins ([[We've Started Up]])
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===== [[Jimbo Rehearsing]] =====
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* "Berceuse" from the ''Dolly Suite'' by Gabriel FaurΓ© ([[Jimbo Rehearsing]]) (not necessarily a sample, but probably not played by BoC)
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* This song is a sped up recording of "Berceuse" from the ''Dolly Suite'' by Gabriel FaurΓ©<ref>https://youtu.be/r1jUmqel1Is . The exact recording is unknown, but the cited material should demonstrate the compositional source.</ref>
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* "I'm..er...a Real Traditionalist myself of course, because of Orbison, and Holly, and The Fireballs and The String Along, and er, all the things that happen in the studio. I'm so glad to...take care of...studio and..." ([[Dave (I'm A Real Traditionalist)]])
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===== [[Staircase Whip]] =====
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* "The royal family should be <em>left in peace</em>!" ([[Peace-Tony-Devil]])
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* Main vocal sample comes from "Zableyalo mi Agŭntse", as it appears on the compilation album ''Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares'' (1991)<ref>https://youtu.be/dluBzT6kVno?t=83</ref>. Marcus also references this compilation album in an interview.<ref>https://bocpages.org/wiki/Breaking_Into_Heaven</ref>
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* A commercial for Frosted Flakes ([[Peace-Tony-Devil]])
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===== [[Dave (I'm A Real Traditionalist)]] =====
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* A commercial for Dirt Devil (a brand of portable vacuum cleaner). Voice over is spoken by a mature-sounding English man: "It's almost like having an upright in the palm of your hand. The Devil is lightweight (Devil), powerful (Devil), has a wide opening (Devil) with a revolving brush...Get a Devil." ([[Peace-Tony-Devil]])
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* Vocal sample of David Bigham saying  "I'm..er...a Real Traditionalist myself of course, because of Orbison, and Holly, and The Fireballs and The String Along, and er, all the things that happen in the studio. I'm so glad to...take care of...studio and..."<ref>https://youtu.be/vJiREhmiUQs  The video in this reference is unrelated, and just for visual interest. Additionally, it is not confirmed that the sample source is from David Bigham. For more discussion about the source, see the [[Dave (I'm A Real Traditionalist)|full page]] for this song. </ref>
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* Spoken by English-accented voices, presumably from a world news broadcast:
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* Contains a sample of a woman ordering at a drive-thru also used in "[[R35TT A06]]" <ref>Appears at :31 in this song, and 3:20 in "[[R35TT A06]]"</ref>
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** Woman: "Iraq says nineteen people died"
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** Man: "We won't know that until a full assessment has taken place in due course" ([[Iraq Says]])
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===== [[Peace-Tony-Devil]] =====
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* The hook from Tony Basil's 1982 hit "Mickey" ([[Nine-Rubber Wisdom]])
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* "The royal family should be <em>left in peace</em>!"  
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* A bubbly pitch modulation or filter modulation synthesizer effect, followed by a group of people shouting ([[On A Rolling Sea]])
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* A commercial for Frosted Flakes<ref>https://youtu.be/0L4iuauTuEQ?t=25</ref>
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* The song "Sir Prancelot" by Alan Parker ([[Sir Prancelot Brainfire]])
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* A commercial for Dirt Devil (a brand of portable vacuum cleaner.)<ref>https://youtu.be/5hIdVAFs3dk</ref>
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* From the 1958 horror film ''Terror from the Year 5000'': "Dad, look at the TV" ([[Apparatus]])
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===== [[Iraq Says]] =====
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* An old Amiga module called "Voyager" by Hellraiser ([[Apparatus]])
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*Voices saying "Iraq says nineteen people died" and "We won't know that until a full assessment has taken place in due course" (source unknown)
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* A microtonal synthesizer loop from the ending of "Karn Evil 9, Third Impression" on the album Brain Salad Surgery by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer ([[Music For Pylons]])
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*Brief jingle from Sesame Street<ref>https://youtu.be/QimBkBFspbY?t=151</ref>
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* The snare drum from "When the Levee Breaks" by Led Zeppelin ([[Music For Pylons]]) (possible but not confirmed)
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*Samples from opening screen of ''The Terminator'' (1992) game on the Sega Genesis.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asG9Ksx69YA</ref>
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* A "skipping" drum loop ([[Orange Hexagon Sun]], [[Turquoise Hexagon Sun]])
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===== [[Nine-Rubber Wisdom]] =====
 
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* The hook from Toni Basil's 1982 hit "Mickey"<ref>https://youtu.be/WFrmapGCuhs?t=6 . Sample appears around :35 in Nine-Rubber Wisdom.</ref>
 
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===== [[On A Rolling Sea]] =====
 
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* A group saying "Fly!" from Sesame Street episode 3174 (1994)<ref>https://youtu.be/eDTAnUCmapU?t=152 . This sample also appears prominently in "[[Orange Romeda]]"</ref>
 
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===== [[Iced Cooly Beatnik]] =====
 
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* Main melody sampled from the horror film ''The Haunted House of Horror'' (1969)<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d1aOKXnMGc&t=3539s</ref>
 
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===== [[Sir Prancelot Brainfire]] =====
 
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* Uses a full exerpt of "Sir Prancelot", a theme song of the cartoon ''The Adventures of Sir Prancelot'', with an added synth line.<ref>https://youtu.be/nf1HmWmaCZc</ref>
 
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* A vocal sample from the adult film ''Summer of '72''.<ref>https://youtu.be/wGKhFfMUTwc?t=120 . As noted in this video, excerpts from the film also appear in "[[Niagara]]", "[[P:C:]]", and "[[Sixtyniner]]". </ref>
 
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===== [[Heysanna Hosanna]] =====
 
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* The music is a rendition of "Hosanna" from the rock opera ''Jesus Christ Superstar.'' The source is unknown, and could have been played by BoC.
 
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===== [[Apparatus]] =====
 
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* From the 1958 horror film ''Terror from the Year 5000'': "Dad, look at the TV"<ref>https://youtu.be/JZs5qTGtKfk?t=2872 </ref>
 
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* An old Amiga module called "Voyager" by ''Hellraiser''<ref>https://youtu.be/siIqv8178xo?t=14</ref>
 
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===== [[Music For Pylons]] =====
 
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* A synthesizer loop from the ending of "Karn Evil 9, Third Impression" on the album ''Brain Salad Surgery'' by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2W7l4IPptY&t=512s . Sample has been slowed.</ref>
 
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* Drums from "Cocaine Sex (Turbo Lust Mix)" by ''Renegade Soundwave'' (1987)<ref>https://youtu.be/lbDkut1bLKQ?t=397 . Sample is also slowed and distorted.</ref>
 
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===== [[Orange Hexagon Sun]] =====
 
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* Uses the same drum loop at "[[Turquoise Hexagon Sun]]"
 
  
 
== [[BoC Maxima|BoC Maxima (1996)]] ==
 
== [[BoC Maxima|BoC Maxima (1996)]] ==
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===== [[Niagara]] =====
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* Two men talking about the Niagara river sampled from the 1991 documentary [http://youtu.be/UGrNQcPLwWE "The Falls"] ([[Niagara]])
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* Two men talking about the Niagara river sampled from the documentary ''The Falls'' (1991)<ref>http://youtu.be/UGrNQcPLwWE?t=2956 </ref>
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* Background music from the adult film [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0128647/ "Summer of '72"] ([[Niagara]])
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* Background music from the adult film ''Summer of '72''<ref>https://youtu.be/wGKhFfMUTwc</ref>
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* A giggle and two metallic-sounding high notes from the [http://youtu.be/mpQXqnOStAs "I Love You"] Sesame Street vignette ([[Niagara]])
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* Beginning at :22, a giggle and two metallic-sounding high notes from the ''I Love You'' Sesame Street vignette<ref>https://youtu.be/mpQXqnOStAs?t=40</ref>
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* Dialogue from an episode of [http://youtu.be/CUt_PPzFAdY Bob Vila's Home Again] ([[Concourse]])
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===== [[Concourse]] =====
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* Speech from the [http://youtu.be/QZyRR-18EVU "Many Me's"] Sesame Street segment ([[Whitewater]])
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* Dialogue from episode 509 of ''Bob Vila's Home Again'' (1992)<ref>http://youtu.be/CUt_PPzFAdY . Comes from multiple parts of the episode, most notably 8:49 and 9:45</ref>
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* Vocal sample from the conclusion of the 1982 adult film [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123570/ "A Brief Affair"] ("[[One Very Important Thought]]")
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===== [[Whitewater]] =====
 
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* Speech from the "Many Me's" Sesame Street segment<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZyRR-18EVU . The speech used here is treated heavily. As noted in further citations, this clip is used in many other BoC tracks, such as "[[Sixtyten]]", "[[Dawn Chorus]]", and "[[Sunshine Recorder]]" </ref>
 
  
 
== [[Hi Scores (release)|Hi Scores (1996)]] ==
 
== [[Hi Scores (release)|Hi Scores (1996)]] ==
  
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===== [[Nlogax]] =====
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* The beginning of the song "Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life" by Indeep ([[Nlogax]])
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* The opening drums ''Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life'' by Indeep<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgGiCKbud5I</ref>
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* Part of the song "Timeless" by John Abercrombie ([[Everything You Do Is A Balloon]])
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===== [[June 9th]] =====
 
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* Shares a drum loop with "[[R35TT A08]]" from ''[[Random 35 Track Tape]]''<ref>https://youtu.be/nMuNULvJRvg?t=1332</ref>
 
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===== [[Everything You Do Is A Balloon]] =====
 
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* Melodic fragment from ''Timeless'' by John Abercrombie<ref>https://youtu.be/CHsZ_-9442o?t=84 . This song also appears in the background of the original vocal sample used in "[[One Very Important Thought]]"</ref>
 
  
 
== [[Music Has The Right To Children|Music Has The Right To Children (1998)]] ==
 
== [[Music Has The Right To Children|Music Has The Right To Children (1998)]] ==
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* All percussion on this track is constructed using the voice of Mike's girlfriend<ref>https://bocpages.org/wiki/Northern_Exposure</ref>  
 
* All percussion on this track is constructed using the voice of Mike's girlfriend<ref>https://bocpages.org/wiki/Northern_Exposure</ref>  
 
* At 1:53, a speech sample from the documentary ''On the Tracks of the Wild Otter'' (1983) is heard<ref>https://youtu.be/NvIneE_fcHM?t=1591</ref>
 
* At 1:53, a speech sample from the documentary ''On the Tracks of the Wild Otter'' (1983) is heard<ref>https://youtu.be/NvIneE_fcHM?t=1591</ref>
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* At 2:50 a processed voice saying "I love you", from Sesame Street<ref>The original sample: https://youtu.be/mpQXqnOStAs?si=26dYmAf0FqeLp3xI&t=38 This additional source demonstrates the processing: https://youtu.be/pfTks0bgEO4?si=xp30LGFs0U4w_a60&t=128</ref>
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* A synthetic-sounding voice saying "I love you"  
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===== [[The Color of the Fire]] =====
 
===== [[The Color of the Fire]] =====
 
* Throughout the song, a child sounding out the sentence "I love you" from Sesame Street is heard<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpQXqnOStAs </ref>
 
* Throughout the song, a child sounding out the sentence "I love you" from Sesame Street is heard<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpQXqnOStAs </ref>
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* Melodic fragment from Sesame Street episode 2852 (1991)<ref>https://youtu.be/9j4kXWTJXLE?t=696</ref>
 
* Melodic fragment from Sesame Street episode 2852 (1991)<ref>https://youtu.be/9j4kXWTJXLE?t=696</ref>
 
* A child saying "Lake" from Sesame Street episode 2852 (1991)<ref>https://youtu.be/9j4kXWTJXLE?t=717 . ibid, different timestamp.</ref>
 
* A child saying "Lake" from Sesame Street episode 2852 (1991)<ref>https://youtu.be/9j4kXWTJXLE?t=717 . ibid, different timestamp.</ref>
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*Similar Slow Kick and Snare Sample from "[[Spectrum]]"
 
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===== [[Rue the Whirl]] =====
 
===== [[Rue the Whirl]] =====
 
* Birds whistling outside BoC's studio ([[Rue the Whirl]])<ref>https://bocpages.org/wiki/Two_Aesthetes_of_Electronic_Music</ref>
 
* Birds whistling outside BoC's studio ([[Rue the Whirl]])<ref>https://bocpages.org/wiki/Two_Aesthetes_of_Electronic_Music</ref>
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== [[In a Beautiful Place out in the Country (release)|In a Beautiful Place out in the Country (2000)]] ==
 
== [[In a Beautiful Place out in the Country (release)|In a Beautiful Place out in the Country (2000)]] ==
  
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===== [[Kid For Today]] =====
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* A slide projector switching to the next slide ([[Kid For Today]])
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* A slide projector switching to the next slide
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* A lot of birds ([[Amo Bishop Roden]])
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===== [[In a Beautiful Place out in the Country]] =====
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* Children laughing and the creaking of a porch swing (?) ([[In a Beautiful Place out in the Country (song)|In a Beautiful Place out in the Country]])
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* Children laughing and the creaking of a porch swing  
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* The phrase "Come out and live with a religious community in a beautiful place out in the country", processed through a vocoder and probably slowed down ([[In a Beautiful Place out in the Country (song)|In a Beautiful Place out in the Country]])
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* The phrase "Come out and live with a religious community in a beautiful place out in the country", quoted from Amo Bishop Roden, processed through a vocoder.<ref> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6gCmQ1dxek&t=974s Additionally, the full sample of Roden speaking appears on the [[Slag_Boom_Van_Loon_-_Poppy_Seed|Poppy Seed remix]].</ref>
 
  
 
== [[Geogaddi|Geogaddi (2002)]] ==
 
== [[Geogaddi|Geogaddi (2002)]] ==
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===== [[Split Your Infinities]] =====
 
===== [[Split Your Infinities]] =====
 
* A quote at 1:45 about FEMA camps from the documentary ''America Under Siege'' (1994)<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P-hvPJPTi4</ref>
 
* A quote at 1:45 about FEMA camps from the documentary ''America Under Siege'' (1994)<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P-hvPJPTi4</ref>
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* A sample from an MCA Videodisc bumper. The sample appears deeper in the mix at 1:48, but can be heard most clearly and in its entirety starting at 4:00. <ref>https://youtu.be/eRhs70SWc2c?si=KJeoROqreqJ-Hsdg This sample is also pitched down slightly. This particular bumper most likely originates from 1982-1984; LaserDiscs went through many different renamings and rebrandings, and the MCA Videodisc label was only used during this period.</ref>
 
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===== [[Nothing Is Real]] =====
 
===== [[Nothing Is Real]] =====
 
* A distorted voice reciting about or talking to Jesus  
 
* A distorted voice reciting about or talking to Jesus  
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== Unsorted ==
 
== Unsorted ==
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* A monologue, taken from a pornographic film, in which a young man tells of his first sexual experience ("[[Sixtyniner]]", "[[Sir Prancelot Brainfire]]")
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* A flute played in a Native American style at high pitch ("[[Red Moss]]")
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* Exuberant conversation between several young adults suspected (but not confirmed) to be members of the [[Hexagon Sun|Hexagon Sun collective]] ("[[Turquoise Hexagon Sun]]")
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* A tinny, cyclic sound that is possibly part of a drum loop ("[[Spectrum]]", "[[Twoism]]")
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* A drum fill from "Strawberry Fields Forever" by The Beatles ("[[Kid For Today]]", "[[Sequoia]]")
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* A basic (snare-)kick-kick-snare drum pattern ("[[Oirectine]]", "[[5.9.78]]") (may just be similar-sounding different samples)
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* A choir-like melodic/harmonic loop ("[[R35TT A06]]", "[[Seven Forty Seven]]")
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* A drum loop with a wah effect applied ("[[R35TT A08]]", "[[June 9th]]")
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* A choir-like melody ("[[R35TT A12]]", "[[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius (Version 3)]]")
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* A loop of bongos being played rapidly ("[[Oirectine]]", "[[Mira Calix - Sandsings]]")
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* A drum loop with a distinctive electronic closed hi-hat ("[[Iced Cooly]]", "[[Seeya Later]]", "[[Smokes Quantity]]")
 
* A Christian Science Monitor news segment about laws pertaining to immigrants in the USA, reversed ("[[Michael Fakesch - Surfaise : The Trade Winds Mix By Boards Of Canada]]")
 
* A Christian Science Monitor news segment about laws pertaining to immigrants in the USA, reversed ("[[Michael Fakesch - Surfaise : The Trade Winds Mix By Boards Of Canada]]")
 
* A woman with a southern American accent apparently pulling up to a drive-through fast food ordering microphone and asking "Yes, what comes with, uh, chicken fingers?"  ("[[Dave (I'm A Real Traditionalist)]]", "[[R35TT A06]]")
 
* A woman with a southern American accent apparently pulling up to a drive-through fast food ordering microphone and asking "Yes, what comes with, uh, chicken fingers?"  ("[[Dave (I'm A Real Traditionalist)]]", "[[R35TT A06]]")

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