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== Comments ==
 
== Comments ==
 
* [http://thequietus.com/users/10546 Joe Clay]: "Another beatless drone-piece, with arpeggiated synths and a subtle melody. It sounds retro-futurist as only [[Boards of Canada|BOC]] can – the perfect marriage between the warmth of analogue and the stark clarity of digital; a theme that is repeated throughout the album. As it evolves it gets darker, reminiscent of [[wikipedia:John Carpenter|John Carpenter]]. It's pretty spooky." <ref>http://thequietus.com/articles/12364-boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest-review</ref>
 
* [http://thequietus.com/users/10546 Joe Clay]: "Another beatless drone-piece, with arpeggiated synths and a subtle melody. It sounds retro-futurist as only [[Boards of Canada|BOC]] can – the perfect marriage between the warmth of analogue and the stark clarity of digital; a theme that is repeated throughout the album. As it evolves it gets darker, reminiscent of [[wikipedia:John Carpenter|John Carpenter]]. It's pretty spooky." <ref>http://thequietus.com/articles/12364-boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest-review</ref>
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it is highly reminiscent of, and maybe a homage to, music from day of the dead by georga a romero.
  
 
== Samples / Lyrics ==
 
== Samples / Lyrics ==

Revision as of 11:09, 11 June 2013

White Cyclosa
Running time 3:13
Appears on Tomorrow's Harvest


Comments

  • Joe Clay: "Another beatless drone-piece, with arpeggiated synths and a subtle melody. It sounds retro-futurist as only BOC can – the perfect marriage between the warmth of analogue and the stark clarity of digital; a theme that is repeated throughout the album. As it evolves it gets darker, reminiscent of John Carpenter. It's pretty spooky." [1]

it is highly reminiscent of, and maybe a homage to, music from day of the dead by georga a romero.

Samples / Lyrics

  • The persistent drone heard throughout the track sounds very much like whirring helicopter blades.

Trivia

  • Cyclosa may refer to a species of Spider part of the Araneidae family which creates life-size decoys of itself in order to hunt for its prey. [2]

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External links

References

  1. http://thequietus.com/articles/12364-boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest-review
  2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8135000/8135844.stm


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