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| β | ''For more detailed info on a particular sample, see the individual song pages.''
| + | * A child saying "Yeah!", reversed ([[Roygbiv]], [[Roygbiv#Alpha_Quest_Mix|ROYGBIV (Alpha Quest Mix)]]) |
| β | | + | * 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]]) |
| β | == [[A Few Old Tunes|A Few Old Tunes (1996)]] ==
| + | * Various voices: |
| β | ===== [[Spectrum]] =====
| + | ** Man #1: "This is a ... uh ... map of the plan of William T. Love for a model industrial city ...." |
| β | * Beginning at :38, the same drum loop that appears in [[Twoism_(song)|"Twoism"]] plays throughout | + | ** Woman: "Please do tell!" |
| β | ===== [[P:C:]] =====
| + | ** Man #1: "... This plan was to dig a canal from the Niagara River to the Niagara Escarpment." |
| β | * A man and a woman breathing heavily, with 1970's music in the background<ref>https://youtu.be/wGKhFfMUTwc?t=63</ref> | + | ** Man #2: "We are located at the upper Niagara river gorge. Above the gorge itself is a residential community, the university." ([[Niagara]]) |
| β | ===== [[Trapped]] =====
| + | * A woman giggling followed by two metallic-sounding high notes ([[Niagara]], [[The Color of the Fire]], [[The Color of the Fire|I Love U]]) |
| β | * A remix of ''Trapped'' by Colonel Abrams (1985) | + | * The following monologue taken from a pornographic film, spoken by a young man: |
| β | * 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> | + | <blockquote>That tiny room at the beach was absolutely the perfect place for my first time. When we came together, I could feel the hairs growing on my chest. I saw my future. I saw my past. For a few minutes it was like being alive. They lived happily ever after. All my questions had been answered. All my fears disappeared. All that was left was a kiss. Every move we made was a kiss. ([[Sixtyniner]], [[Sir Prancelot Brainfire]])</blockquote> |
| β | ===== [[Devil]] =====
| + | * A flute played in a Native American style at high pitch ([[Red Moss]]) |
| β | * A commercial for Dirt Devil (a brand of portable vacuum cleaner).<ref>https://youtu.be/5hIdVAFs3dk</ref> | + | * From Bob Vila's ''Home Again'', two speakers jumbled together: "I notice that you ... well it's another one of these ... right! that is correct. that's interesting! great! right! uh we, now, those, uh, looks like full-dimensional ... right! that's correct. yeah, mm hm, uh, right, that's correct." ... ... "well, it makes a lot of sense!" ([[Concourse]]) |
| β | ===== [[Blockbusters]] =====
| + | * A sample from Indeep's 1983 hit "Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life" ([[Nlogax]]) |
| β | * Dialogue, applause, and music from an episode of the British television game show ''Blockbusters''
| + | * Various bits of speech. It's hard to make out much, but here's [DC]'s guess at some of it: |
| β | ===== [[The Way You Show]] =====
| + | ** "there's been a [release/leak]"? [female voice]<br /> |
| β | * The chorus of "Celebration" by Kool & The Gang | + | ** "Oh, ... I know" [Scottish girl]<br /> |
| β | ===== [[I Love U]] =====
| + | ** "Just slightly" [different Scottish girl]<br /> |
| β | * Also appears on ''[[Music Has the Right to Children]]'' as "[[The Color of the Fire]]" | + | ** "... just [come in at the] end, right?" [English man]<br /> |
| β | ===== [[Sequoia]] =====
| + | ** "fan - tastic" [same man?] |
| β | * A drum fill from ''Fragment'' by Bleach (1992)<ref>https://youtu.be/bPW3YRn_uAI . Slowed down and possibly rerecorded.</ref>
| + | ** Another girl sounds (to me) like the same one who speaks all the way through all 3 live recordings of BoC at ATP, Lighthouse, and Warp, which adds to suspicions that these are recordings of people talking at the the Hexagon Sun studio, as the title of the track in which the voices are used would suggest. ([[Turquoise Hexagon Sun]]) |
| β | | + | * The "I feel proud" speech <ref><flashmp3>Different-mes-orig.mp3|bg=0xF3EDCF|leftbg=0xF3EDCF|rightbg=0xF3EDCF|lefticon=0x41982F|righticon=0x41982F|righticonhover=0x41982F|slider=0xF3EDCF|track=0xF3EDCF|border=0xF3EDCF|rightbghover=0xFFCB1F|text=0x41982F|load=0xFFCB1F</flashmp3></ref> from [[Sesame Street]]: |
| β | == [[Old Tunes Vol. 2|Old Tunes Vol. 2 (1996)]] ==
| + | <blockquote>When I'm with a friend / then I feel proud, and there's a Proud Me, too. / When I'm with a friend / then I feel proud, and there's a Proud Me, too. / - Me, too. / Right now, I'm the Loving Me; isn't he cute? And after I've done a real good job - I've cleaned my room, or something like that - then I feel proud, and there's a Proud Me, too. And when I'm with a friend, and we're having a good time, then I'm the Happy Me. But when my friend has to go home, then I feel a little sad, so I turn into the Sad Me. Anyway, there sure are a lot of different Me's, just like you have a lot of different You's. Well, we're going outside to - outside to play now, I hope all the different You's have fun, too! Bye!" ([[Whitewater]] [pitch-shifted and words rearranged], [[Sixtyten]] [reversed], [[Sunshine Recorder]] ["Bye"'s only])</blockquote> |
| β | ===== [[We've Started Up]] =====
| + | * A woman's voice, sampled from the conclusion of a 1982 porn film entitled ''A Brief Affair'': |
| β | * The beginning of the song "Falling in Love Again" by Techno Twins<ref>https://youtu.be/ZsLw0BCI6u4</ref> | + | <blockquote>Now that the show is over, and we have jointly exercised our constitutional rights, we would like to leave you with one very important thought: Some time in the future, you may have the opportunity to serve as a juror in a so-called obscenity case. It would be wise to remember that the same people who would stop you from viewing an adult film may be back next year to complain about a book, or even a TV programme. If you can be told what you can see or read, then it follows that you can be told what to say or think. Defend your constitutionally-protected rights. No one else will do it for you. Thank you. ([[One Very Important Thought]] on [[BOC Maxima]])</blockquote> |
| β | * 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> | + | * A tinny, cyclic sound that is possibly part of a drum loop ([[Spectrum]], [[Twoism]]) |
| β | * 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> | + | * Two women speaking, presumably on a television show: |
| β | ===== [[Jimbo Rehearsing]] =====
| + | ** Woman #1: "Wearing light-colored hosiery like that makes your legs look larger. Do you know that?" |
| β | * 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> | + | ** Woman #2: "No. I don't want them larg--" |
| β | ===== [[Staircase Whip]] =====
| + | ** Woman #1: "And the shoes, the high-buckle in the instep also squashes your legs--" |
| β | * Main vocal sample comes from "Zableyalo mi AgΕntse", as it appears on the compilation album ''Le MystΓ¨re 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> | + | ** Woman #2: "Really?" |
| β | ===== [[Dave (I'm A Real Traditionalist)]] =====
| + | ** Woman #1: "so we're gonna do something else there. Let's talk about color for a minute--" |
| β | * 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>
| + | ** Woman #2: "All right." |
| β | * 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>
| + | ** Woman #1: "Nikki. You like green--" |
| β | | + | ** Woman #2: "Mmm hmm" |
| β | ===== [[Peace-Tony-Devil]] =====
| + | ** Woman #1: "and green's gonna be nice on you, but this one is decapitating you." |
| β | * "The royal family should be <em>left in peace</em>!"
| + | ** Woman #2: "Really?" |
| β | * A commercial for Frosted Flakes<ref>https://youtu.be/0L4iuauTuEQ?t=25</ref>
| + | ** Woman #1: "Yup." ([[Light, Clear Hair]]) |
| β | * A commercial for Dirt Devil (a brand of portable vacuum cleaner.)<ref>https://youtu.be/5hIdVAFs3dk</ref> | + | * A man and a woman breathing heavily, with 1970's music in the background ([[P:C:]]) |
| β | ===== [[Iraq Says]] =====
| + | * Most vocals from [[Colonel Abrams - Trapped|Trapped]] by Colonel Abrams ([[Trapped]]) |
| β | *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)
| + | * 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]]) |
| β | *Brief jingle from Sesame Street<ref>https://youtu.be/QimBkBFspbY?t=151</ref>
| + | * From an episode of the British television game show ''Blockbusters'': |
| β | *Samples from opening screen of ''The Terminator'' (1992) game on the Sega Genesis.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asG9Ksx69YA</ref>
| + | ** Kathy: "??? I'll have a 'W' then please, Bob." |
| β | ===== [[Nine-Rubber Wisdom]] =====
| + | ** Bob: "'W'. What 'W' was the name of Bob Marley's group?" (buzzer) "Wah ha ha ha ha! Everybody worked for it, Kathy got there" |
| β | * 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> | + | ** Kathy: "Waltzer." |
| β | ===== [[On A Rolling Sea]] =====
| + | ** Bob: "Yes it is! Waltzer. Gosh you took a chance. Well done!" (bell) "And for those who don't know, that's the one that...people are spun round as it revolves. It's a waltzer. And you've got the choice." |
| β | * 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> | + | ** Kathy: "I'll have the 'M' please, Bob." |
| β | ===== [[Iced Cooly Beatnik]] =====
| + | ** Bob: "The 'M'. Yes, you may. What 'M' is a garden flower whose bright orange petals are u-- Yes, Sarah." |
| β | * Main melody sampled from the horror film ''The Haunted House of Horror'' (1969)<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d1aOKXnMGc&t=3539s</ref> | + | ** Sarah: "Football" |
| β | ===== [[Sir Prancelot Brainfire]] =====
| + | ** Bob:"That's it! That's perfect! You've done it! Terrific! Well done. Wowee, I was a little bit worried there. You did it, and here's the big prize, Kathy. Take a look at this; you're gonna love it." ([[Blockbusters]]) |
| β | * 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> | + | * The chorus of "Celebration" by Kool & The Gang ([[The Way You Show]]) |
| β | * 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> | + | * A [[Sesame Street]] vignette in which a child sounds out the phrase "I love you" while attempting to write it out ([[The Color of the Fire]], [[The Color of the Fire|I Love U]]) |
| β | ===== [[Heysanna Hosanna]] =====
| + | * A drum fill from "Strawberry Fields Forever" by The Beatles ([[Kid For Today]], [[Sequoia]]) |
| β | * 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. | + | * A basic (snare-)kick-kick-snare drum pattern ([[Oirectine]], [[5:9:78]]) (may just be similar-sounding different samples) |
| β | ===== [[Apparatus]] =====
| + | * A choir-like melodic/harmonic loop ([[Audiotrack 06|Old Tunes Vol. 1: Side A Audiotrack 6]], [[Sevenfortyseven]]) |
| β | * From the 1958 horror film ''Terror from the Year 5000'': "Dad, look at the TV"<ref>https://youtu.be/JZs5qTGtKfk?t=2872 </ref> | + | * A drum loop with a wah effect applied ([[Audiotrack 08|Old Tunes Vol. 1: Side A Audiotrack 8]], [[June 9th]]) |
| β | * An old Amiga module called "Voyager" by ''Hellraiser''<ref>https://youtu.be/siIqv8178xo?t=14</ref> | + | * A choir-like melody ([[Audiotrack 12|Old Tunes Vol. 1: Side A Audiotrack 12]], [[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius (Version 3)]]) |
| β | ===== [[Music For Pylons]] =====
| + | * From "Flashback" by Imagination: "We're startin' up, now we're on our way" ([[We've Started Up]]) |
| β | * 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> | + | * "He's a dream" from the song of the same name by Shandi ([[We've Started Up]]) |
| β | * 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> | + | * "Berceuse" from the ''Dolly Suite'' by Gabriel FaurΓ© ([[Jimbo Rehearsing]]) (not necessarily a sample, but probably not played by BoC) |
| β | ===== [[Orange Hexagon Sun]] =====
| + | * "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)]]) |
| β | * Uses the same drum loop at "[[Turquoise Hexagon Sun]]" | + | * "The royal family should be <em>left in peace</em>!" ([[Peace-Tony-Devil]]) |
| β | | + | * A commercial for Frosted Flakes ([[Peace-Tony-Devil]]) |
| β | == [[BoC Maxima|BoC Maxima (1996)]] ==
| + | * Spoken by English-accented voices, presumably from a world news broadcast: |
| β | ===== [[Niagara]] =====
| + | ** Woman: "Iraq says nineteen people died" |
| β | * Two men talking about the Niagara river sampled from the documentary ''The Falls'' (1991)<ref>http://youtu.be/UGrNQcPLwWE?t=2956 </ref> | + | ** Man: "We won't know that until a full assessment has taken place in due course" ([[Iraq Says]]) |
| β | * Background music from the adult film ''Summer of '72''<ref>https://youtu.be/wGKhFfMUTwc</ref> | + | * The hook from Tony Basil's 1982 hit "Mickey" ([[Nine-Rubber Wisdom]]) |
| β | * 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>
| + | * A bubbly pitch modulation or filter modulation synthesizer effect, followed by a group of people shouting ([[On A Rolling Sea]], [[Orange Romeda]]) |
| β | ===== [[Concourse]] =====
| + | * From the 1958 horror film ''Terror from the Year 5000'': "Dad, look at the TV" ([[Apparatus]]) |
| β | * 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> | + | * An old Amiga module called "Voyager" by Hellraiser ([[Apparatus]]) |
| β | ===== [[Whitewater]] =====
| + | * 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]]) |
| β | * 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> | + | * The snare drum from "When the Levee Breaks" by Led Zeppelin ([[Music For Pylons]]) (possible but not confirmed) |
| β | | + | * A "skipping" drum loop ([[Orange Hexagon Sun]], [[Turquoise Hexagon Sun]]) |
| β | == [[Hi Scores (release)|Hi Scores (1996)]] ==
| + | * A loop of bongos being played rapidly ([[Oirectine]], [[Mira Calix - Sandsings]]) |
| β | | + | * A drum loop with a distinctive electronic closed hi-hat (([Iced Cooley]], [[Seeya Later]], [[Smokes Quantity]]) |
| β | ===== [[Nlogax]] =====
| + | * At 1:53 an unidentified speech sample (thought by some to be the voice Welsh actor [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0535053/ Philip Madoc]) begins narrating a story. It is difficult to understand, but thought to be the following: |
| β | * The opening drums ''Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life'' by Indeep<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgGiCKbud5I</ref> | + | <blockquote> |
| β | ===== [[June 9th]] =====
| + | "the holts are nearly always close to sea<br /> |
| β | * Shares a drum loop with "[[R35TT A08]]" from ''[[Random 35 Track Tape]]''<ref>https://youtu.be/nMuNULvJRvg?t=1332</ref>
| + | fallen boulders, old ruins, and cliffs<br /> |
| β | ===== [[Everything You Do Is A Balloon]] =====
| + | all at the top of a sand edifice<br /> |
| β | * 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> | + | high above the sea<br /> |
| β | | + | a safe place for cubs<br /> |
| β | == [[Music Has The Right To Children|Music Has The Right To Children (1998)]] ==
| + | we wait, tense<br /> |
| β | | + | we're disappointed<br /> |
| β | ===== [[Wildlife Analysis]] =====
| + | she leaves her [?] loaded by others of us<br /> |
| β | * A sample from Sesame Street's ''Alphaquest'' slowed by ~15.86 semitones repeats throughout<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBFLBBgRpY0&t=25s . Original sample, unedited.</ref> | + | the holts are evenly spread<br /> |
| β | ===== [[An Eagle in Your Mind]] =====
| + | about 500 meters apart [?] or so they advertise"'' |
| β | * All percussion on this track is constructed using the voice of Mike's girlfriend<ref>https://bocpages.org/wiki/Northern_Exposure</ref> | + | </blockquote> ([[An Eagle in Your Mind]]) |
| β | * 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>
| + | * A synthetic-sounding voice saying "I love you" ([[An Eagle in Your Mind]]) |
| β | * 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> | + | * What sounds like a voice saying "sweat-sweat" (possibly "percussion" constructed using the voice of the girlfriend of one of the members of BoC) ([[An Eagle in Your Mind]]) |
| β | | + | * Chopped-up voices saying "now this is very irresponsible" and, in a Scottish accent, "yer no gonnae" ([[Telephasic Workshop]]) |
| β | ===== [[The Color of the Fire]] =====
| + | * A slightly slowed-down male voice saying "bordering Canada" (?) ([[Telephasic Workshop]]) |
| β | * 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> | + | * A young man shouting "twenty cent" (?) ([[Telephasic Workshop]]) |
| β | ===== [[Telephasic Workshop]] =====
| + | * The song "Getaway" by Earth, Wind, & Fire ([[Sixtyten]]) |
| β | * Chopped-up voices saying "now this is very irresponsible" and, in a Scottish accent, "yer no gonnae" | + | * High voices saying or singing what is believed to be "David Addison", reversed ([[Sixtyten]]) |
| β | * A slightly slowed-down male voice saying "bordering Canada"
| + | * What might be a recording from a native American ceremony, including what sounds like someone with a drum ([[Kaini Industries]]) |
| β | * A young man shouting "twenty cent" (?) | + | * Birds whistling outside BoC's studio ([[Rue the Whirl]]) |
| β | ===== [[Triangles and Rhombuses]] =====
| + | * The slap bass riff (and possibly drums on the Aquarius single) from the beginning of "Aquarius" from [http://www.discogs.com/release/702474 Galt MacDermot's 1979 soundtrack] for the film "[[wikipedia:Hair (movie)|Hair]]" (All versions of [[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius)]]) |
| β | * The vignette at the end of the song is "It's Too Orangey" from ''[[Random 35 Tracks Tape]]''<ref>https://youtu.be/b4tdPBYeLAE?t=4806 . </ref> | + | * The word "orange" from a sketch in a vintage [[wikipedia:Sesame Street|Sesame Street]] episode (All versions of [[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius]]) |
| β | ===== [[Sixtyten]] =====
| + | * Children's laughter, and the same children saying "yeah, that's right" from a vintage [[wikipedia:Sesame Street|Sesame Street]] episode (All versions of [[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius]]) |
| β | * A sound effect from the science fiction film ''Terror from the Year 5000'' (1958)<ref>https://youtu.be/nch8WxwcRBk . As the video notes, this film is also sampled in "[[Apparatus]]" from ''[[Old Tunes Vol. 2]]''.</ref> begins the song.
| + | * A sequence of numbers read by a professional-sounding woman's voice (All versions of [[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius]], though the number sequence varies) |
| β | * Various vocal samples from ''Getaway'' by Earth, Wind & Fire (1976)<ref>https://youtu.be/xN_3nib4r3Y . Notable clips appear at 1:10 & 2:17, and repeat throughout Sixtyten.</ref> | + | * The same voice that recites the number sequence saying "Orange" (All versions of [[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius]]) |
| β | * Various vocal samples from ''On Your Face'' by Earth, Wind & Fire (1976)<ref>https://youtu.be/2IbTNgdxrpc . Notable clip appears at 1:10</ref>
| + | * A chorused male voice singing "I'm listening" ([[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius (Verison 3)]]) |
| β | * A child saying "There are a lot of different 'me's, you know. There's the made me, when I get angry." from Sesame Street<ref>https://youtu.be/QZyRR-18EVU . Various pieces of this sample also appear in "[[Dawn Chorus]]", "[[Whitewater]]", and "[[Sunshine Recorder]]".</ref> | + | * A synthesized male voice saying "sixtyten new aquarius" ([[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius (Verison 3)]]) |
| β | ===== [[Turquoise Hexagon Sun]] =====
| + | * A girl's voice saying what is believed to be the phrase "for sand and stars" (All versions of [[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius]]) |
| β | * Shares a primary drum sample with "[[Orange Hexagon Sun]]" from ''[[Old Tunes Vol. 2]]''. | + | * The same voice-over from the [[BoC Maxima]] version of [[One Very Important Thought]], but read by the same voice that reads the number sequence from [[Aquarius (song)|Aquarius]], and with "listening to Boards of Canada" in place of "viewing an adult film" ([[One Very Important Thought]] on [[Music Has the Right to Children]]) |
| β | ===== [[Kaini Industries]] =====
| + | * Eerie, sustained choral singing thought to have been sampled from Stanley Kubrick's [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062622/ 2001: A Space Odyssey] or possibly Norman Jewison's [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070239/ Jesus Christ Superstar] ([[Happy Cycling]]) |
| β | * What might be a recording from a native American ceremony, culled from the recordings ''Calling an Enemy's Arutam Soul'' (1973) and ''Song of Kundi, the Flute Bird (Flute Solo) (1973)<ref>https://youtu.be/hRoKgx7ioxc , https://youtu.be/D7dvcEkotAE . These recordings are a likely sample source, but this has not be comprehensively confirmed.</ref> <ref>https://youtu.be/D7z-p2XmhTE . Video that contrasts one of the purported samples.</ref> | + | * A reversed interview with with Jeff Lynne of the Electric Light Orchestra on the subject of ELO's supposed use of backmasked vocals and the resulting controversy ([[Happy Cycling]]) |
| β | ===== [[Roygbiv]] =====
| + | * Seagulls and a sound like a man singing, rather faint and tinny ([[Happy Cycling]]) |
| β | * Melodic fragment from Sesame Street episode 2852 (1991)<ref>https://youtu.be/9j4kXWTJXLE?t=696</ref> | + | * A slide projector switching to the next slide ([[Kid For Today]]) |
| β | * A child saying "Lake" from Sesame Street episode 2852 (1991)<ref>https://youtu.be/9j4kXWTJXLE?t=717 . ibid, different timestamp.</ref> | + | * 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]]) |
| β | *Similar Slow Kick and Snare Sample from "[[Spectrum]]"
| + | * A man or low-voiced woman slowly saying "the past inside the present" ([[Music Is Math]]) |
| β | | + | * Slowly-spoken speech (words unknown) processed through a vocoder and melodized (not confirmed) ([[Music Is Math]]) |
| β | ===== [[Rue the Whirl]] =====
| + | * A similar voice to the "past inside the present" voice saying either "purple", "be careful", or "perfect circle" ([[Music Is Math]]) |
| β | * Birds whistling outside BoC's studio ([[Rue the Whirl]])<ref>https://bocpages.org/wiki/Two_Aesthetes_of_Electronic_Music</ref> | + | * The sound of a crackling campfire ([[Beware The Friendly Stranger]]) |
| β | ===== [[Aquarius]] =====
| + | * A number station broadcast recorded by Sean Booth on a shortwave radio and gifted to BOC ([[Gyroscope]]) |
| β | * Drums, bass and other elements from "Aquarius" from the Musical ''Hair'' (1979)<ref>https://youtu.be/ISYwosO04fg?t=45 . It has been suggested that the sample has been rerecorded due to the slight difference in instrumentation, but this has not been confirmed.</ref> | + | * Reversed high notes played on a 12-string guitar (probably an acoustic guitar and most likely sped up) (end of [[Gyroscope]]) |
| β | * The word "orange" from a short vignette from Sesame Street<ref>https://youtu.be/ZHAtrnbu8ts?t=1</ref>
| + | * Leslie Nielson's voice over from a National Geographic film about underwater volcanic explosions and capturing a sea dandelion ([[Dandelion]]) |
| β | * Children's laughter, and the same children saying "yeah, that's right" from an episode of Sesame Street<ref>https://youtu.be/LjOzmDqoKyM?t=7</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/LjOzmDqoKyM?t=32 . ibid, different timestamp.</ref> | + | * A child saying "beautiful place" ([[Sunshine Recorder]]) |
| β | * A sequence of numbers read by a professional-sounding woman's voice
| + | * A vocoded voice saying "an eagle in your mind" ([[Sunshine Recorder]]) |
| β | * A girl saying "We'll sail to the stars." from Sesame Street<ref>https://youtu.be/mN3pAZpBTrE?t=67</ref>
| + | * Dialogue between a man and a woman sampled from the 1972 film ''Season of the Witch'' ([[Julie And Candy]]) |
| β | ===== [[Pete Standing Alone]] =====
| + | * The flute solo at the end of "When the Music Starts to Play" by The Incredible String Band, heard in reverse and at a lower speed ([[The Smallest Weird Number]]) |
| β | * A distorted voice saying "bonds" ([[Pete Standing Alone]])
| + | * Track 10 from side B of ([[Old Tunes Vol. 1]]), reversed ([[The Smallest Weird Number]]) |
| β | ===== [[One Very Important Thought]] =====
| + | * An interview with Amo Bishop Roeden featuring the line "Although not a follower of David Koresh, she's a devoted Branch Davidian" ([[1969]] (with "David Koresh" reversed); BoC remix of [[Slag Boom Van Loon - Poppy Seed|Poppy Seed]] by Slag Boom Van Loon) |
| β | * A voice-over from the adult film ''A Brief Affair'' (1982), rerecorded, and with the words "listening to Boards of Canada" replacing "viewing an adult film."<ref>https://youtu.be/pHWjf88n2Mw?t=18 . This is the original sample, which also appears on the original version of One Very Important Thought on ''[[BoC Maxima]]''. The sample here is clearly rerecorded, but it is unknown who is speaking.</ref> | + | * A vocoded voice, similar to the one heard counting in [[Aquarius]], saying "1969 in the sunshine" ([[1969]]) |
| β | ===== [[Happy Cycling]] =====
| + | * A 1979 public information advert on the topic of energy conservation by the youth organization 4-H ([[Energy Warning]]) |
| β | * Dissonant tone and drum beat from ''Heart Beat, Pig Meat'' by Pink Floyd (1970)<ref>https://youtu.be/AGLX5CglVGY?t=15</ref> | + | * Continuous, repeated whispering of the word "us", or the sound of air being sucked from a person's mouth as by a dental vacuum ([[Opening The Mouth]]) |
| β | * Beginning at :39, eerie choir samples from ''The Crucifixion'', from the soundtrack to ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' (1973)<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAL0Y0PxJFc&t=64s</ref> | + | * "Alpha and Omega" said over a loudspeaker ([[Alpha And Omega]]) |
| β | * At 4:51, a reversed interview with with Jeff Lynne of the Electric Light Orchestra on the subject of ELO's supposed use of backmasked vocals and the resulting controversy<ref>http://www.elodiscovery.com/Jeff-Lynne-Electric-Light-Orchestra-Interviews2.html . Link now broken, needs new source.</ref> | + | * A vocoded voice saying "Yellow" ([[Alpha And Omega]]) |
| β | * Beginning at 1:19, bird calls and a male singing voice from ''La FΓͺte Sauvage'' by Vangelis<ref>https://youtu.be/e8eeCRVVjWc?t=163</ref> plays intermittently. | + | * A man's voice saying "I'm a God-darned Satanist, and, if I wanted, I'd be in this business too", reversed ([[Alpha And Omega]]) |
| β | | + | * A spoken passage that seems to have been taken from a self-improvement-oriented self-hypnosis tape and which has been modified to sound as if it is being spoken underwater ([[The Devil Is In The Details]]) |
| β | == [[In a Beautiful Place out in the Country (release)|In a Beautiful Place out in the Country (2000)]] ==
| + | * Very slowly-spoken speech (words unknown) processed through a vocoder and harmonized at close intervals for a dissonant sound (not confirmed) ([[The Devil Is In The Details]]) |
| β | | + | * A ring-modulated voice saying "One two three four five, six seven eight nine ten. Now in Spanish, then in French, we'll say that twice again" ([[A Is To B As B Is To C]]) |
| β | ===== [[Kid For Today]] =====
| + | * A group singing "We love you all" ([[A Is To B As B Is To C]]) |
| β | * A slide projector switching to the next slide | + | * From the film ''Season of the Witch'', a man: "I'll be gone about a week. Oh, by the way, I brought..." (forwards and then reversed) ([[A Is To B As B Is To C]]) |
| β | ===== [[In a Beautiful Place out in the Country]] =====
| |
| β | * Children laughing and the creaking of a porch swing | |
| β | * 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> | |
| β | | |
| β | == [[Geogaddi|Geogaddi (2002)]] ==
| |
| β | | |
| β | ===== [[Music Is Math]] =====
| |
| β | * A man or low-voiced woman slowly saying "the past inside the present" | |
| β | * The phrase "we all fall down" spoken slowly, processed through a vocoder, and melodized | |
| β | * A similar voice to the "past inside the present" voice saying either "purple", "be careful", or "perfect circle"
| |
| β | ===== [[Beware The Friendly Stranger]] =====
| |
| β | * The sound of a crackling campfire
| |
| β | * A playground with children, played very quiet | |
| β | ===== [[Gyroscope]] =====
| |
| β | * A number station broadcast recorded by Sean Booth on a shortwave radio and gifted to BOC<ref>https://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=254145#p254145</ref> | |
| β | * Reversed high notes played on a 12-string guitar (probably an acoustic guitar and most likely sped up)
| |
| β | ===== [[Dandelion]] =====
| |
| β | * Dialogue from ''Dive to the Edge of Creation'' (1980)<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2qmf24O0yo&t=2418s</ref> | |
| β | ===== [[Sunshine Recorder]] =====
| |
| β | * A child saying "A beautiful place", from [[Sesame Street]]<ref>https://youtu.be/KRD1dgLXu04?t=133</ref> | |
| β | * A vocoded voice saying "an eagle in your mind" | |
| β | * A child saying "Bye" from [[Sesame Street]]<ref>https://youtu.be/QZyRR-18EVU?t=62 ; also appears in ''Dawn Chorus'', and the full clip in ''Whitewater'' </ref>
| |
| β | ===== [[Julie And Candy]] =====
| |
| β | * Dialogue between a man and a woman sampled from the ''Season of the Witch'' (1972)<ref>https://youtu.be/gkBxtZzLlNQ?t=424</ref> | |
| β | ===== [[The Smallest Weird Number]] =====
| |
| β | * The flute solo at the end of ''When the Music Starts to Play'' (1966) by The Incredible String Band, heard in reverse and at a lower speed<ref>https://youtu.be/RANBgWcPbxU?t=150 ; a different part of this song is used in ''The Beach at Redpoint'' and the ''Dead Dogs Two'' remix. </ref> | |
| β | * Track 10 from side B of ([[Random 35 Tracks Tape]]), reversed
| |
| β | ===== [[1969]] =====
| |
| β | * An interview with Amo Bishop Roeden featuring the line "Although not a follower of David Koresh, she's a devoted Branch Davidian" ([[1969]] (with "David Koresh" reversed); Same words occur in BoC remix of [[Slag Boom Van Loon - Poppy Seed|Poppy Seed]] by Slag Boom Van Loon
| |
| β | * A vocoded voice, similar to the one heard counting in [[Aquarius]], saying "1969 in the sunshine"
| |
| β | ===== [[Energy Warning]] =====
| |
| β | * A 1979 public information advert on the topic of energy conservation by the youth organization 4-H<ref>http://dt.prohosting.com/70s/childtv/psa4h.au</ref>
| |
| β | * A synthesizer line from the documentary ''The Falls'' (1991) <ref>https://youtu.be/UGrNQcPLwWE?t=3017 ; possibly rerecorded</ref>
| |
| β | ===== [[Opening The Mouth]] =====
| |
| β | * Continuous, repeated whispering of the word "us", or the sound of air being sucked from a person's mouth as by a dental vacuum
| |
| β | ===== [[Alpha And Omega]] =====
| |
| β | * "Alpha and Omega" said over a loudspeaker
| |
| β | * A vocoded voice saying "Yellow"
| |
| β | * A man's voice saying "I'm a God-darned Satanist, and, if I wanted, I'd be in this business too", reversed
| |
| β | ===== [[The Devil Is In The Details]] =====
| |
| β | * A spoken passage that seems to have been taken from a self-improvement-oriented self-hypnosis tape and which has been modified to sound as if it is being spoken underwater
| |
| β | * Very slowly-spoken speech (words unknown) processed through a vocoder and harmonized at close intervals for a dissonant sound (not confirmed)
| |
| β | ===== [[A Is To B As B Is To C]] =====
| |
| β | * A sound similar to a bubbling cauldron
| |
| β | * A vocoded voice singing: "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Now in Spanish, then in French, we'll say that twice again". Sampled from the song ''Languages We Speak'' by [https://www.discogs.com/artist/4433629-Sarah-Barchas Sarah Barchas]<ref>https://youtu.be/DdGUyK4wyXA?t=20</ref>
| |
| β | * A group singing "We love you all"
| |
| β | * From the film ''Season of the Witch'', a man: "I'll be gone about a week. Oh, by the way, I brought..."<ref>See file:
| |
| β | [[File:A is to B sample.mp3|thumb|A is to B sample ]]
| |
| β | </ref> forwards and reversed
| |
| β | * From the song "Teddy Bear's Picnic": "If you go down to the woods today, you'd better not go alone!" (reversed)
| |
| β | * A reversed excerpt of an interview with Tommy Silverstein on the A&E investigative report ''Behind Bars: Supermax''<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzb27OV7qmo&t=675s</ref>
| |
| β | * "So, those prophecies you've been describing" ... "and now to business [matters?]..." (reversed)
| |
| β | * A distorted voice repeating "It must be a musical computer!" sampled from ''Make a Joyful Noise!: introducing Colby!'' <ref>https://youtu.be/lYJrM9epx-0?t=110</ref>
| |
| β | ===== [[Dawn Chorus]] =====
| |
| β | * An English woman possibly saying "round the, round the, round the cauldron" and/or "but you may be dead ... you may be dead", which heavy echo applied
| |
| β | * A child wailing semi-melodically
| |
| β | ===== [[You Could Feel the Sky]] =====
| |
| β | * The sound of velcro pieces being separated, the tightening of a rope, or the compression of two rubber surfaces such as rubber gloves. (not confirmed)
| |
| β | * A grunting noise resembling the sound of a taut tope being pulled across the hull of a wooden ship
| |
| β | * A man saying "A god with horns" and/or "A god with hooves", played in reverse
| |
| β | * Whispered: "take my hand" ([[You Could Feel the Sky]], also in [[Seven Forty Seven]])
| |
| β | ===== [[From One Source All Things Depend]] =====
| |
| β | * Various young speakers discussing the nature of God, sampled from an album entitled ''Family of God'' (1970)<ref>https://youtu.be/a8SbU8ioHTg</ref>
| |
| β | | |
| β | == [[The Campfire Headphase|The Campfire Headphase (2005)]] ==
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| β | ===== [[Chromakey Dreamcoat]] =====
| |
| β | * Conversation from the anti-drug education film ''The Social Seminar: Tom'' (1972) <ref>https://youtu.be/_abTIS0Lg0I?t=600</ref>
| |
| β | * Slowed down voice on the right channel from Reese's Peanut Butter Cup commercial (1979) repeating "peanut butter. It's doggone good!"<ref>https://youtu.be/Wty8UYT6PGw?t=9</ref>
| |
| β | ===== [[Peacock Tail]] =====
| |
| β | * Various voices including a baby crying
| |
| β | ===== [[A Moment of Clarity]] =====
| |
| β | * A choir sample from ''Foreign Affair'' (1979) by The Manhattan Transfer<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTmR4e-ssdA&t=223s</ref>
| |
| β | ===== [['84 Pontiac Dream]] =====
| |
| β | The sampled piano chord at 1:02 also appears in ''Chromakey Dreamcoat'' at 4:29<ref>https://youtu.be/ex6-A803EnE?t=268</ref>
| |
| β | ===== [[Sherbet Head]] =====
| |
| β | * Various garbled voices that seem as though they may have been recorded in a highly reverberant public space on a handheld recorder
| |
| β | ===== [[Hey Saturday Sun]] =====
| |
| β | * An underlying drone sound that bears a strong resemblance to the drone heard in the cabin of an airliner during travel
| |
| β | ===== [[Slow This Bird Down]] =====
| |
| β | * Shortwave radio noise, including morse, teletype, and various data signals, one which seems to be a Harris RF-5710 radio modem
| |
| β | ===== [[Farewell Fire]] =====
| |
| β | * This is a certified Marcus Track<ref>https://bocpages.org/wiki/The_Last_Secret_of_Pop#Translated_Text</ref>
| |
| β | | |
| β | == [[Tomorrow's Harvest|Tomorrow's Harvest (2013)]] ==
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| β | ===== [[Gemini]] =====
| |
| β | * The words "Does anybody copy me?" followed by "Roger"
| |
| β | ===== [[Reach For The Dead]] =====
| |
| β | * A male voice says "Listen" or possibly "Risen."
| |
| β | ===== [[Telepath]] =====
| |
| β | * A male voice counting to ten repeatedly along with some speech
| |
| β | ===== [[Transmisiones Ferox]] =====
| |
| β | * A female voice saying "Nineteen-ninety-nine"
| |
| β | * A female voice saying "The others."
| |
| β | ===== [[Sick Times]] =====
| |
| β | * A voice at 1:46 saying "thank you"
| |
| β | ===== [[Palace Posy]] =====
| |
| β | * The word "eleven" from WTCN-TVs 1970's jingle<ref>https://youtu.be/j7DPNQdCuYw?t=6</ref>
| |
| β | ===== [[Split Your Infinities]] =====
| |
| β | * 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>
| |
| β | | |
| β | * 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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| β | | |
| β | ===== [[Nothing Is Real]] =====
| |
| β | * A distorted voice reciting about or talking to Jesus
| |
| β | ===== [[New Seeds]] =====
| |
| β | * Speculated to be a developed version of "Audiotrack 14" from ''[[Random 35 Tracks Tape]]''<ref>https://youtu.be/m5YhlMNM6Nk?t=14 . The stuttering synth line is purported to be similar to the primary guitar/synth line of New Seeds.</ref>
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| β | | |
| β | == Unsorted ==
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| β | * 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]]")
| |
| β | * 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]]")
| |
| β | * Looped reversed sample of "[https://youtu.be/yxC-utQG1GE?t=77 Bless the Lord]" from "[http://www.discogs.com/Various-Make-A-Joyful-Noise-Introducing-Colby/release/4952806 Make A Joyful Noise: Introducing Colby]" ([[Warp10-06]])
| |
| β | * A woman saying "One, two, three and four" in an American/Canadian accent, possibly from a vintage children's educational tape or retro domestic appliance advert ([[Warp10-07]])
| |
| β | * A vocoded voice repeating throughout, possibly saying "Marcus singing", "Funky singing", "Love is in me", or "Focus in me" ([[Warp10-08]])
| |
| β | * Another vocoded voice which repeats throughout, possibly saying "The one move it" in a Scottish accent, or "The one and only" ([[Warp10-08]])
| |
| β | * A sample of children laughing similar to [[In a Beautiful Place out in the Country (song)|In a Beautiful Place out in the Country]] drenched in reverb ([[Warp10-07]])
| |
| β | * A child saying "Louder!" ([[ATP-07]])
| |
| β | * A vocoded female voice possibly saying "Electric Star" ([[ATP-07]])
| |
| β | * "See the rainbow" ([[ATP-07]])
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| | == References == | | == References == |
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