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| β | The Viral Marketing Campaign for [[Boards of Canada]]'s 4th LP - [[Tomorrow's Harvest]] (2013), was a series of promotional events leading up to the release of the album. This included, but is not limited to: Listening parties hinted at by using cryptic online messages, a music video being played over a large advertisement screen on the streets of Tokyo, Japan and various other hints and reveals using social media and video hosting websites, alongside a track reveal on BBC Radio 1. This, combined with the '[[Cosecha Transmisiones]]' cryptic messages and clues that immediately preceded it, was considered to be an almost entirely new and unique method of artistic promotion.
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| | == Shibuya-ku Tokyo == | | == Shibuya-ku Tokyo == |
| | After [[Record Store Day incident|an intriguing week]] of decyphering cryptic transmissions [[Boards of Canada]] remained silent on their [[Websites#Social Networks|social networks]], except for a couple of links related to the release of ''[[Tomorrow's Harvest]]''.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/boardsofcanada/posts/10151430836943927</ref><ref>https://www.facebook.com/boardsofcanada/posts/10151430839388927</ref><ref>https://www.facebook.com/boardsofcanada/posts/10151430894823927</ref><ref>https://www.facebook.com/boardsofcanada/posts/10151430840743927</ref> | | After [[Record Store Day incident|an intriguing week]] of decyphering cryptic transmissions [[Boards of Canada]] remained silent on their [[Websites#Social Networks|social networks]], except for a couple of links related to the release of ''[[Tomorrow's Harvest]]''.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/boardsofcanada/posts/10151430836943927</ref><ref>https://www.facebook.com/boardsofcanada/posts/10151430839388927</ref><ref>https://www.facebook.com/boardsofcanada/posts/10151430894823927</ref><ref>https://www.facebook.com/boardsofcanada/posts/10151430840743927</ref> |
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| | === Google Maps === | | === Google Maps === |
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| | === Images === | | === Images === |
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| | ** ustream recorded: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/33418663 | | ** ustream recorded: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/33418663 |
| | * recap + streaming audio: http://bleepsnbloops.com/boards-of-canada-lake-dolores-waterpark/ | | * recap + streaming audio: http://bleepsnbloops.com/boards-of-canada-lake-dolores-waterpark/ |
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| β | ==== Videos ====
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| β | ===== Neil Krug =====
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| β | {{#widget:YouTube|id=0WKI5Ak9fP0|width=770}}
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| β | * http://www.neilkrug.com/
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| β | * https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=672852522730818&set=a.136419876374088.24529.136418719707537&type=1
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| β | ===== Creative Owlet =====
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| β | {{#widget:YouTube|id=t6G8gViaoVg|width=770}}
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| β | * https://twitter.com/creative_owlet
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| β | * https://twitter.com/thejackbeyer
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| β | * http://instagram.com/neonheatdisease
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| β | * http://instagram.com/creativeowlet
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| β | ===== turk242 =====
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| β | {{#widget:YouTube|id=IjMANIDRDxM|width=770}}
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| β | * http://vimeo.com/user6807704/videos
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| β | ===== Others =====
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| β | {{#widget:YouTube|id=0BIv8Kd2kMo|width=383}} {{#widget:YouTube|id=llRTP57L2nU|width=383}}
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| β | * [http://instagram.com/tonx tonx] instagrammed the following pictures. <ref>http://instagram.com/p/ZyMOIXEvwI/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/ZywpW6Ev8u/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/ZywpW6Ev8u/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z0oUUrEv_p/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z0vShkEv6Q/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z0w61Ckv8u/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z05FhAEv6Y/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z06DFVEv7-/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z06LPTEv8L/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z08z34EvxF/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z085szkvxN/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z09zd_Evyp/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z0-k2kkvzz/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z0_YY_Ev1C/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z1BwAgEv5F/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z1CAL-Ev5o/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z1EOpREv9Z/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z1EtiWkv-H/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z1K6r4kv4Z/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z1RsMikv0D/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z1UjHEkv4b/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z1Xxgqkv8_/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z1klbAkv_g/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z1k47pkvwC/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z1uN4rkv99/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z3mgaBkvx0/</ref>
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| β | * '''Wed May 29, 2013 2:20 AM GMT+2''' <ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=200217#200217</ref>
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| β | I would love to regale you with tales of my post listening party desert wanderings... the peyote vision quest, the saucers that appeared from behind a red moon, losing my iPad somewhere along the jacquard causeway, the secret "hooper bay" tape I discovered inside the airstream trailer...
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| β | But actually I drove home to LA at lightning speed, ate some tacos and passed out.
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| β | I didn't expect to be the first to arrive. I had thought I'd leave LA around noon, but when I woke up the anticipation was too much and I felt like getting my show on the road.
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| β | The desert is beautiful and the drive is great once you're on the 15... the landscape really lights up your brain. I stopped in Yermo and took some pics at the RFTD gas station, just a few miles ahead of the waterpark. Why don't I drive out this way more often?
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| β | When I got to the waterpark there was only 1 car in the lot and a white truck drove out to meet me... security or a caretaker. He asked what I was doing there. I meekly said something confusing along the lines of "supposed to meet some friends here", which I realized does nothing to allay suspicion that I'm trafficking in drugs or white slaves. He asked what friends and I continued "some are coming in from Vegas and others from LAβ¦ sort of an eventβ¦ some record company folks." Bingo. He assumed I was with the record company guys and had me follow him out to the side where the trailer had just arrived and one of the gentlemen from Warp was coordinating.
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| β | I parked just far enough away from the people that I could buy some time, pretended to be on the phone and waved off my caretaker with a sort of thanks. The 3 folks near the trailer were examining me and I fiddled around a bit before exiting the car, nonchalantly heading into the park with camera in hand.
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| β | After a few minutes, one of the gents from [[Warp]] came over, confirmed that I was the first to arrive, and asked if I would avoid any major spoilers by tweeting what I was seeing in the set up. He wouldn't spill exactly what they were up to beyond an "event" and how they came to choose the spot and I was kind of happy to maintain my own element of surprise too. Wasn't quite sure what to say about the matter as almost anything I tweeted was going to sound cryptic, so rather than say "at least two Warp folks, light security and an airstream trailer" I just said "I've been asked to be discreteβ¦"
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| β | I had the feeling I might be trespassing to a degree and that others arriving might not be able to get in, but that turned out to be a non issue. So yeahβ¦ I tried to lay low and avoid being hustled out ahead of any larger set-up that might be happening.
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| β | I was torn between a desire to unplug and explore a bit and the growing chorus of voices from the internet desiring updates. Arriving early I felt a de facto obligation to provide some kind of a signal. At some point I set up a google hangout which only kind of sorta worked and was clearly going to chew through my iPad mini's battery. Later installing ustream worked a lot better. I felt a bit like a cyborg, uncomfortably juggling my iDevices, so I'm a little bummed at not being fully present to meet more of the peoples who showed up. My impression of our little crowd is that BoC fans are quality folks all around, which comes as no surprise.
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| β | As for the listeningβ¦ the record is awesome. As darkly sublime as one could hope.
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| β | I hope I didn't cross any lines or piss off anyone at [[Warp]] or the [[Boards of Canada|brothers]] with my broadcast. I was startled to see after the fact that A) ustream saves that stuff and B) the image and audio quality are waaay better than I would've guessed. I've avoided listing to too much spoiler-ing of the record and even "[[Reach For The Dead|RFTD]]" isn't in rotation for my listening yet till I can lay down with the full album in the right frame of mind and with my good headphones -- so I hope my broadcast doesn't diminish the impact for anyone's first listen of the LP.
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| β | Big thanks to everyone that poked me here and on twitter (and a few of you who subscribed to my coffee!). Big thanks to the absurdly good battery life of the iPad mini. Big thanks to Warp and Boards of Canada for showing their love of the fans. I'm really looking forward to that giant "BoC Set" of old unreleased tapes that the saucer people told me about.
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| | * '''Tue May 28, 2013 8:36 AM GMT+2''' <ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=199683#199683</ref> | | * '''Tue May 28, 2013 8:36 AM GMT+2''' <ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=199683#199683</ref> |
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| β | Here's my notes on the songs/ general review <br><br><nowiki>---</nowiki><br> Ok, just got back. Here are my thoughts. In general, awesome experience, the setting was perfect. In honor of Scotland I took a few swills of some Ardbeg (neat). As to the album I would not call BoC going back to a '''[[Geogaddi]]''' or '''[[MHTRTC]]''' style, or a combo of th two. It is definitely a logical progression from ''[[TCH]]'' although primarily from something like "[[Oscar See Through Red Eye]]". They make dense, layered complex stuff now. The minimalism is gone. In some respects I like hearing their sounds with a chance to breathe. You get a little of that in the ambient interludes. That being said, ''[[Tomorrow's Harvest]]'' is an intense, detailed great ride. I mentioned earlier there were noticeable elements of extremely vintage synths (think 70s Tangerine Dream (Phaedra) of Jean Michael Jarre's Oxygen). Maybe some Bladerunner sounding Vangelis. John Carpenter has been mentioned. It's all swirling around in there. <br><br>I have a video of the first three tracks. I think the sound quality came out pretty good. Trying to figure out how to ujpload it right now. <br><br>I took notes on each track. <br><br>"[[Gemini]]", "[[Reach For The Dead]]", "[[White Cyclosa]]" - you heard them. "[[Gemini]]" was a perfect into track, got me in the proper mindframe for BoC. <br><br>"[[Jacquard Causeway]]" - Intense. When the album kicks into high gear. I really dug what I found to be almost jazzy sounding noodling on what may have been a wurlitzer. It gave a lose feel. One of highlights of album for sure. <br><br>"[[Telepath]]" - the darking counting voice one. I wrote "unmistakably BoC. Nice interlude track. Keeps mood intense." <br><br> "[[Cold Earth]]" - You've heard this one by now. A better track in its full sonic glory. I put this own down as giving me a Vangelis vibe on some of the synths. <br><br>"[[Transmisiones Ferox]]" - Psycaedelic, buried vocals, really dark heartbeat style bass pulse. <br><br>"[[Sick Times]]" - This one again had an almost jazzy feel with a vintage electric organ or piano sound. Don't know if the beat is the "dopest" but it is a hard kicking break beat. The melody parts give the feel of quick tempo that vaguely reminded me of Poppy Seed. Again with the vintage synths (something close to Oxygene sounding). Another one of the best cuts on the album. <br><br> "[[Collapse]]" - This is the one I think might have had a Moog sequencer. It reminded me of Phaedra. Deep track with a great bass line that also functions as a counter melody. Everything from Jacquard Causway to here flowed and was all excellent. As good a stretch as there is on any Boc album IMO. <br><br> "[[Palace Posy]]" - This one was a bit eccentric. Vaguely pizzicato string sounding melody. <br><br> "[[Split Your Infinities]]" - This was my initial favorite track on the album. Swirling melody that morphs into what I wrote was "ominous and joyous at the same time. Holy fuck." All the great elements of a great Boc track and shows how skilled they are in their craft. <br><br> "[[Uritual]]" - Buzzy dissosant drone. One of better interludes I can recall and again keeps momentum from Split Your Infities. <br><br> "[[Nothing Is Real]]" - Treated piano, retro sounding break beat. Nice track I could see this one being popular with the non-diehards but I don't mean that as a slight. <br><br>"[[Sundown]]" - Very Boc synth pads, layered again with what I call the ancient analog Vangelic et all sound. <br><br> "[[New Seeds]]" - Creates a melody almost out of radio static. After that I thought I heard discernable guitar sound... Sounds like what I know to be called col legno on a violin where you flip the blow and hit the strings with the wood part (used most prominently at the beginning of Holtz's Mars). Keeps buildings and immensely dense. This could be a polarizing track. <br><br> "[[Come To Dust]]" - "Eerie with a great laconic break beat." Also a highlight of the album for me. <br><br> "[[Semena Mertvykh]]" - This is more or the less the song from the trailer. The static is gone and there is instead a stunning dark and dissonant background noise. It sounds a little bit like the beginning of Metallica's "Damage Inc" (the last seconds before the thrash guitar comes in ) but with a strong helicopter effect. I love the melody of this song. Glad it is on the album. A perfect closer really (as exit music). <br><br> I loved the album overall. Where it rates in the context of their catalog? No idea at this point. Really glad to have the experienence of the build up and then the surprise listening party. Def treat for US fans. There were probably 100 people there, some came from as far as Arizona. | + | Here's my notes on the songs/ general review <br><br><nowiki>---</nowiki><br> Ok, just got back. Here are my thoughts. In general, awesome experience, the setting was perfect. In honor of Scotland I took a few swills of some Ardbeg (neat). As to the album I would not call BoC going back to a '''[[Geogaddi]]''' or '''[[MHTRTC]]''' style, or a combo of th two. It is definitely a logical progression from ''[[TCH]]'' although primarily from something like "[[Oscar See Through Red Eye]]". They make dense, layered complex stuff now. The minimalism is gone. In some respects I like hearing their sounds with a chance to breathe. You get a little of that in the ambient interludes. That being said, ''[[Tomorrow's Harvest]]'' is an intense, detailed great ride. I mentioned earlier there were noticeable elements of extremely vintage synths (think 70s Tangerine Dream (Phaedra) of Jean Michael Jarre's Oxygen). Maybe some Bladerunner sounding Vangelis. John Carpenter has been mentioned. It's all swirling around in there. <br><br>I have a video of the first three tracks. I think the sound quality came out pretty good. Trying to figure out how to ujpload it right now. <br><br>I took notes on each track. <br><br>"[[Gemini]]", "[[Reach For The Dead]]", "[[White Cyclosa]]" - you heard them. "[[Gemini]]" was a perfect into track, got me in the proper mindframe for BoC. <br><br>"[[Jacquard Causeway]]" - Intense. When the album kicks into high gear. I really dug what I found to be almost jazzy sounding noodling on what may have been a wurlitzer. It gave a lose feel. One of highlights of album for sure. <br><br>"[[Telepath]]" - the darking counting voice one. I wrote "unmistakably BoC. Nice interlude track. Keeps mood intense." <br><br> "[[Cold Earth]]" - You've heard this one by now. A better track in its full sonic glory. I put this own down as giving me a Vangelis vibe on some of the synths. <br><br>"[[Transmisiones Ferox]]" - Psycaedelic, buried vocals, really dark heartbeat style bass pulse. <br><br>"[[Sick Times]]" - This one again had an almost jazzy feel with a vintage electric organ or piano sound. Don't know if the beat is the "dopest" but it is a hard kicking break beat. The melody parts give the feel of quick tempo that vaguely reminded me of Poppy Seed. Again with the vintage synths (something close to Oxygene sounding). Another one of the best cuts on the album. <br><br> "[[Collapse]]" - This is the one I think might have had a Moog sequencer. It reminded me of Phaedra. Deep track with a great bass line that also functions as a counter melody. Everything from Jacquard Causway to here flowed and was all excellent. As good a stretch as there is on any Boc album IMO. <br><br> "[[Palace Posy]]" - This one was a bit eccentric. Vaguely pizzicato string sounding melody. Split Your Infities - This was my initial favorite track on the album. Swirling melody that morphs into what I wrote was "ominous and joyous at the same time. Holy fuck." All the great elements of a great Boc track and shows how skilled they are in their craft. <br><br> "[[Uritual]]" - Buzzy dissosant drone. One of better interludes I can recall and again keeps momentum from Split Your Infities. <br><br> "[[Nothing Is Real]]" - Treated piano, retro sounding break beat. Nice track I could see this one being popular with the non-diehards but I don't mean that as a slight. "[[Sundown]]" - Very Boc synth pads, layered again with what I call the ancient analog Vangelic et all sound. <br><br> "[[New Seeds]]" - Creates a melody almost out of radio static. After that I thought I heard discernable guitar sound... Sounds like what I know to be called col legno on a violin where you flip the blow and hit the strings with the wood part (used most prominently at the beginning of Holtz's Mars). Keeps buildings and immensely dense. This could be a polarizing track. <br><br> "[[Come To Dust]]" - "Eerie with a great laconic break beat." Also a highlight of the album for me. <br><br> "[[Semena Mertvykh]]" - This is more or the less the song from the trailer. The static is gone and there is instead a stunning dark and dissonant background noise. It sounds a little bit like the beginning of Metallica's "Damage Inc" (the last seconds before the thrash guitar comes in ) but with a strong helicopter effect. I love the melody of this song. Glad it is on the album. A perfect closer really (as exit music). <br><br> I loved the album overall. Where it rates in the context of their catalog? No idea at this point. Really glad to have the experienence of the build up and then the surprise listening party. Def treat for US fans. There were probably 100 people there, some came from as far as Arizona. |
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| β | ===== Faraday ===== | + | ==== Instagram ==== |
| β | [http://www.twoism.org/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=1610 Faraday] posted: | + | * [http://instagram.com/tonx tonx] instagrammed the following pictures. <ref>http://instagram.com/p/ZywpW6Ev8u/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z0oUUrEv_p/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z0vShkEv6Q/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z0w61Ckv8u/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z05FhAEv6Y/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z06DFVEv7-/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z06LPTEv8L/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z08z34EvxF/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z085szkvxN/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z09zd_Evyp/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z0-k2kkvzz/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z0_YY_Ev1C/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z1BwAgEv5F/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z1CAL-Ev5o/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z1EOpREv9Z/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z1EtiWkv-H/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z1K6r4kv4Z/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z1RsMikv0D/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z1Xxgqkv8_/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z1klbAkv_g/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z1k47pkvwC/</ref><ref>http://instagram.com/p/Z1uN4rkv99/</ref> |
| β | * '''Wed May 29, 2013 4:33 AM GMT+2''' <ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=200317#200317</ref>
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| β | Yesterday was an amazing experience and I wouldn't trade it for the world. I didn't think anything was actually going to happen until I saw this forum blowing up so I jumped into the car at 3pm and hauled some serious ass to the middle of the desert. I made it at 4:59 pm.
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| β | <br><br> | + | ==== Pictures ==== |
| β | I know most of you who attended think the album is truly an exceptional piece of work and while I tend to agree, I don't think it will go down as their defining piece of work.
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| β | I jumped on the [[BoC]] bandwagon when ''[[Music Has the Right to Children]]'' was released. And as much as I love everything they put out, ''[[Trans Canada Highway]]'' takes the cake. I know I know, its not even a full length, but memories aside I think this small EP had the biggest impact on me.
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| β | Anyway, back to the point. I think ''[[Tomorrow's Harvest|TH]]'' is truly a special album, I dont think it eclipses any full length that they have released to date, including ''[[The Campfire Headphase|Campfire Headphase]]''. I know many of you write that album off and I understand why, but I find it very engaging and rather refreshing when compared to some of their heavier material. ''[[Tomorrow's Harvest|TH]]'' flows between dark and light. It tromps you through the depths of tense melancholy and then lifts you to a comforting warm embrace. The album flows like any of their other major releases, with ample droning interjections that relay you to the next chapter. Its so familiar, but seemingly new. It never fails to intrigue.
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| β | ''[[Tomorrow's Harvest|TH]]'' is a solid mix between ''[[Geogaddi]]'' and ''[[Music Has the Right to Children]]''. There are a couple of gems that really shine and then there are a few others (as someone else mentioned) that take some getting used to. For those of you absolutely aching to hear the new album, I really believe its worth waiting for. Each song is extremely complex and I highly doubt low quality recordings would be able to pick up on the nuance each song offers. Yes, you'll at least know what the damn thing sounds like, but would it be worth it? Was waiting for so many years worth taking a peak at low quality recordings?
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| β | Half of me hopes no one uploads the full set and the other half of me wishes I was "that" guy who saved the day for all of those who don't live in SoCal.
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| β | So until June 10th comes, I will be checking this forum regularly to see which one of you makes the first move for sharing the other tunes. Am I going to judge you? Probably, but I totally know why you'd do it </blockquote>
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| | + | ==== Videos ==== |
| | + | ===== Creative Owlet ===== |
| | + | {{#widget:YouTube|id=t6G8gViaoVg|width=770}} |
| | + | * https://twitter.com/creative_owlet |
| | + | * https://twitter.com/thejackbeyer |
| | + | * http://instagram.com/neonheatdisease |
| | + | * http://instagram.com/creativeowlet |
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| | + | ===== turk242 ===== |
| | + | {{#widget:YouTube|id=IjMANIDRDxM|width=770}} |
| | + | * http://vimeo.com/user6807704/videos |
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| | + | ===== Others ===== |
| | + | {{#widget:YouTube|id=0BIv8Kd2kMo|width=383}} {{#widget:YouTube|id=llRTP57L2nU|width=383}} |
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| β | ===== creativeowlet =====
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| β | [http://www.twoism.org/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2351 creativeowlet] posted:
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| β | * '''Fri May 31, 2013 10:01 PM GMT+2''' <ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=202009#202009</ref>
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| β | <blockquote>
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| β | Thought I'd add my experience on 5/27/13 to the rest.
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| β | <br><br>
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| β | After following along voraciously during the [[Cosecha Transmisiones|RSD incident]] and up through the album reveal I sort of stepped back, anticipating nothing more than a 40 day wait for the album to be released.
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| β | When I heard about [[Tomorrow%27s_Harvest_Viral_Marketing_Campaign#Lake_Dolores|Tokyo]], then the boston thing, and the [[Tomorrow%27s_Harvest_Viral_Marketing_Campaign#May_27th_-_17:00_PDT|sattelite image tweet]], I knew I had to be there. I have long wanted to go explore [[wikipedia:Lake Dolores Waterpark|Lake Dolores Waterpark]], I've seen it many times driving on I15 and it will hold a special place in my heart now that I not only got to explore it, but got to explore it during a special [[Boards of Canada]] event with so many amazing people.
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| β | I had a half day at work, and I got home right around the time [[Tomorrow%27s_Harvest_Viral_Marketing_Campaign#Tweets|Tonx tweeted]] that he had to be discrete, and "!". It was the "!" that really lit a fire under me and by 2pm Lauren and I were off. Upon arriving around 4, We noted a small number of cars in the parking lot, which we parked next to and proceeded to head towards a large group of people who seemed to be beginning to walk into the park. No one knew what was going on, or what we were supposed to do. I asked if anyone knew where [[Tomorrow%27s_Harvest_Viral_Marketing_Campaign#Tweets|tonx]] was, and was told something about "the highest tower", which I identified and advanced towards. At the base of the tower I found [[Tomorrow%27s_Harvest_Viral_Marketing_Campaign#Tweets|Tonx]] - i think still google hangout-ing at that point. In finding him I was also told that at 5pm we were to be in front of a vintage metal camper.
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| β | We explored a bit, climbing the observation tower and shooting a few snippets of footage. I couldn't think of anything but the camper though and soon had to go set up my tripod and camera. Around that time more people were gathering in front of the trailer as well including Paul whom I am very happy to have met. Around that time Josh from [[Warp]] (the announcer heard before and after the album) came over and asked Paul (and I) if we would only record 3 tracks. He explained that the band had requested no high quality recordings of any kind but that since "we came a long way" and brought our gear that he would allow us to shoot for the first 3. I was happy to oblige. Then it dawned on me... First three. We were going to hear the whole album. I pulled out my phone and texted my friend "WHOLE ALBUM, AWWW SHIT, Cant record after first three tracks, No live performance but its a listening party, AHHHHHH", which I think he then posted on here.
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| β | 5pm came and went and people were continuing to show up. The lincolnshire poacher came over and we chatted a bit - I can't believe I got to meet someone that was at Redmoon and have the first listen to ''[[Tomorrow's Harvest|TH]]'' with them. Phenomenal. Eventually around 5:30 Josh came on the PA, thanked everyone for coming out, and said that it was the wish of the band that there be no recording after the first 3 tracks. and without further ado, ''[[Tomorrow's Harvest]]'' by [[Boards of Canada]].
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| β | '''Below I am going to detail my thoughts on the album, so if you're trying to stay spoiler free then maybe don't read it.'''
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| β | As much as I love the first three tracks, the album really starts cooking with gas starting at "[[Jacquard Causeway]]".
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| β | "[[Gemini]]"
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| β | "[[Reach For The Dead]]"
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| β | "[[White Cyclosa]]"
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| β | Wispy nostalgic tones with plucky synth layers woven around it. Dissonance makes a larger and larger appearance on the track as it progresses. Fades out slowly. A great vignette-type track pacing the mood between [[Reach For The Dead|RFTD]]" and "[[Jacquard Causeway|Jacquard]]".
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| β | "[[Jacquard Causeway]]"
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| β | Lurching drums and a lamenting melody give the feeling of wandering through a wasteland. a little like watching civilization be build up and destroyed again and again with zero progress. Not a happy track. Heavily layered and very beautiful.
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| β | "[[Telepath]]"
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| β | Starts with smooth boc tones and a computerized voice reading numbers. "Testing 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7..." if I remember correctly. Unmistakable [[BOC]]. The voice reading numbers distorts intermittently as the music weaves around it. Feels like a numbers station transmission. What are our instructions?
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| β | "[[Cold Earth]]"
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| β | Eerie intro with a huge bass throb that comes in. Dark and Epic. If "[[Telepath]]" is a numbers station transmission then "[[Cold Earth]]" is the plan or events set into motion by that transmission. This song will make you rock to the music. I remember seeing people rocking, bobbing their heads, etc. There's a brief grunty highly distorted and cut off childs voice that comes in every few beats for a fraction of a beat that is too beautiful for words. This was one of the many times during the listening party i was overwhelmed with emotion. My audio of this track has one of the two children that were there crying a bit in the background. Perfect.
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| β | "[[Transmisiones Ferox]]"
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| β | didgeridoos? Layered and distorted. Mind blowing. Airs out beautifully at the end. Imputes a feeling of pursuit or hiding.
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| β | "[[Sick Times]]"
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| β | Utterly fucking amazing. Another groovy head bobber. Classic [[BOC]] sounds. Whole crowd was getting into this one as well.
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| β | "[[Collapse]]"
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| β | Scary.
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| β | "[[Palace Posy]]"
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| β | A emotional shift. Percussive, funky, off-beat. Stringy. Inquisitive. Godfuckingdamnit I LOVE IT. Chanty vocals that come in that I dont remember what they say but goddamnit i need to hear this track again and again and again. Earworm for sure. One of my favorites off the new album.
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| β | "[[Split Your Infinities]]"
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| β | Wondrous. Fucking amazing. Like gazing out at a valley populated with a beautifully destructed future city.
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| β | "[[Uritual]]"
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| β | Dark drone with layers of sad tones on top
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| β | "[[Nothing Is Real]]"
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| β | You know when you see somethings reflection in water but the water is rippling too much to make out exactly what it is? The beginning of this track is the audio equivalent of that. Vaguely familiar, slightly upbeat. Makes me feel like I'm watching a loop of a corporate logo on broken VHS as a child. Echos of a happier past.
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| β | "[[Sundown]]"
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| β | Sad, lamenting tones.
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| β | "[[New Seeds]]"
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| β | The emotional lows in this album serve as pacing for the weary but hopeful highs. This song is a "High". More strings. Feeling of rebuilding from the ashes. Theres a lot of work to be done here. Awesome, awesome awesome. I'm trying to limit the number of times I use the words "fucking amazing" to describe this album but I can't help it, it just is.
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| β | "[[Come To Dust]]"
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| β | WOW. So now we're in this epic future destroyed then rebuilt shithouse and its awesome but it also sucks.
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| β | "[[Semena Mertvykh]]"
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| β | The track from the [[Cosecha_Transmisiones#Album_Teaser|album reveal video]]. My audio of this track has the kids crying and my camera shutter clicking every 10 seconds or so. I might like my version more. We'll see when the album comes out.
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| β | '''End Spoilers'''
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| β | There wasο»Ώ near-dead silence in between tracks, which was perfect and amazing. After the album ended though, there was around 30 seconds of solid silence before the guy from [[Warp]] came on the PA and thanked everyone for coming. Only then was there an eruption of applause. It was amazing. That brief period of silence was like a magic window for ''[[Tomorrow's Harvest|TH]]''. It was one of the most beautiful moments of my entire life thus far. In the middle of an abandoned water park with a handful of people all simultaneously reeling from what we've just collectively witnessed. The wind gusted lightly. Josh came on the PA and thanked us all. "I just got a text from the band. They wanted me to say they love you all". The crowd "awwwws". I yelled "IT WAS FUCKING AMAZING" and got some odd looks.
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| β | A box of goodies appeared and people crowded around and grabbed posters and stickers feverishly. Once the goodies were depleted, people began going their own ways and before long the camper and sound equipment were packed up and hauled away. We stayed a bit, shot the coke sign, and wandered. I tried to talk with Josh and just generally take in the wealth of info being shared in the various conversations people were having with him. I also spoke with the property manager and found out that the waterpark is under new ownership, and that they plan on refurbishing the whole thing, putting in an RV park and generally doing away with things as they are. I am glad to have gotten the chance to explore the place in its current state.
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| β | Eventually as it began getting dark the property manager drove up in his SUV and yelled "OUT, NOW. I'M LOCKING THE GATE", which is why he got a special thanks in my video. I really appreciate that he didnt just kick us out right away and I got to explore a touch. Speaking of my video, here's a link again because I'm ridiculous and can't stop sharing it. It has Paul's HQ Audio (thanks again Paul!) http://youtu.be/t6G8gViaoVg I also shot a bit of Gemini with my phone. http://youtu.be/H7fUp32VRwA
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| | * http://vimeo.com/user6807704/videos | | * http://vimeo.com/user6807704/videos |
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| β | == Live Album Transmission ==
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| β | [[Warp]] will hold a live album transmission one week before ''[[Tomorrow's Harvest]]'''s official release. <ref>https://www.facebook.com/events/133438326851947/</ref>
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| β | * June 3th: 13:00 PST / 16:00 EST / 21:00 UK / 22:00 EU
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| β | * June 4th: 05:00 JP / 06:00 AU
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| β | === Announcement ===
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| β | === YouTube Live Stream ===
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| | == References == | | == References == |
