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Still a band that I think is good but not amazing. I've given Music... and Geogaddi a number of chances too! So maybe um er ah..."1963"? Is that what it's called?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 15:47 (twenty-three years ago)

(Custos to thread! Er.)

― mark p (Mark P), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 15:52 (twenty-three years ago)

(And 'Aquarius' obv.)

― mark p (Mark P), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 15:53 (twenty-three years ago)

i've just been and had a skip through my boc and i've decided i'm going with corsair.

― michael wells (michael w.), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 15:56 (twenty-three years ago)

"music is math"

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 18:01 (twenty-three years ago)

an eagle in yr mind

― naked as sin (naked as sin), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 18:26 (twenty-three years ago)

one more for happy cycling

― gygax!, Tuesday, 4 February 2003 18:44 (twenty-three years ago)

"Basefree" though "Balloon" is very good too.

― Leee (Leee), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 19:08 (twenty-three years ago)

KID FOR TODAY

― juice (juice), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 22:16 (twenty-three years ago)

On most days, "Iced Cooly"; today, "Chinook".

― kieran, Tuesday, 4 February 2003 22:28 (twenty-three years ago)

Everything you do is a balloon...first song I heard by them and still my favorite

― Elliot, Wednesday, 5 February 2003 04:13 (twenty-three years ago)

the one wiht "I love you" in it

― A Nairn (moretap), Wednesday, 5 February 2003 04:15 (twenty-three years ago)

In "an eagle in your mind" a creepy voice says "i love you" once and "the color of the fire" has the 1970's Sesame Street sample of the little girl saying "i love you" over and over again. Which one?

Tough one here, but ill go with "sixtyten" because of the moldy, hazy, dying synth solo tacked to the end.

― Polo Pony, Wednesday, 5 February 2003 04:34 (twenty-three years ago)

yeah, it's the creepy one: track 2 on 'music has the right...'

― A Nairn (moretap), Wednesday, 5 February 2003 04:48 (twenty-three years ago)

Schwep... Schwep... Schwep...

― Polo Pony, Wednesday, 5 February 2003 06:24 (twenty-three years ago)

Diving Station. (I need more drone + piano tracks NOW.)

― Wintermute (Wintermute), Wednesday, 5 February 2003 08:16 (twenty-three years ago)

one year passes...

Disgusted that there is no Nlogax on here already !!!!

― Addham, Friday, 26 March 2004 18:58 (twenty-two years ago)

"Music is Math" is the only one I can really recall.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 26 March 2004 19:04 (twenty-two years ago)

trapped again

― prima fassy (mwah), Saturday, 27 March 2004 11:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Aquarius - counting = classic

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Saturday, 27 March 2004 12:07 (twenty-two years ago)

"Dawn Chorus" because something awful and depraved appears to be going on in the background.

― Nag! Nag! Nag! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Saturday, 27 March 2004 12:26 (twenty-two years ago)

one year passes...

it used to be everything you do is a balloon (see upthread). i think by now after about 15 listens i can safely say that dayvan cowboy from the new album is the apex of their art. how i imagine satori to be.

― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Sunday, 23 October 2005 18:25 (twenty years ago)

Gyroscope

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Sunday, 23 October 2005 18:29 (twenty years ago)

Today the answer is "Julie and Candy". Still haven't listened to Campfire Headphase enough to properly rank those songs, but I feel like none of those top that.

― running in circles (running in circles), Sunday, 23 October 2005 19:39 (twenty years ago)

amo bishop roden

― unconscious, honey (FE7), Sunday, 23 October 2005 19:41 (twenty years ago)

Boom Bip - Last Walk Around Mirror Lake (Boards of Canada Remix)

― Cheek0 (Cheek0), Monday, 24 October 2005 02:44 (twenty years ago)

"Happy Cycling"

― Deluxe (Damian), Monday, 24 October 2005 08:07 (twenty years ago)

more like BORING of Canada

― ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!, Monday, 24 October 2005 08:41 (twenty years ago)

first i heard was 'Pete Standing Alone' and i bought everything on the basis of that (turned out the rest of it sounded a lot less like autechre than PSL did but nice enough anyway). so that would be my one.

the counting on Aquarius gets me every time.

never understood why they left that 4th peel session track 'XYZ' off the cd.

― koogs (koogs), Monday, 24 October 2005 09:04 (twenty years ago)

I'm unsure as to whether the copy of Campfire Headphase I downloaded is correct (can't afford proper copy yet but I will get it on pay day). I like the second track's twisty bassline and the echoey first track but the rest sounds a bit too much like what Autechre were doing circa 1997... odd!

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 24 October 2005 10:01 (twenty years ago)

1997? (Quickly consults discogs...) Chiastic Slide? Crazy talk! What are your track lengths? One should be 0.44, two should be 5.47. I can't comment on twisty basslines as my ipod is suddenly refusing to actually play any of the tracks.

― ledge (ledge), Monday, 24 October 2005 10:11 (twenty years ago)

"Telephasic Workshop". it's the only track of theire i particularly rate but i do LOVE it.

― jed_ (jed), Monday, 24 October 2005 10:27 (twenty years ago)

Yup, it is fantastic, and under-appreciated.

― ledge (ledge), Monday, 24 October 2005 10:35 (twenty years ago)

actually "Happy Cycling" is great too and the one where the counting goes wrong. maybe i like them more than i think i do.

― jed_ (jed), Monday, 24 October 2005 10:36 (twenty years ago)

I really don't know much BoC beyond "music has the right..." but that elusive "XYZ" track from the peel session is one of the GREATEST things I have ever heard.

― haitch? (haitch), Monday, 24 October 2005 10:51 (twenty years ago)

" '84 Pontiac Dream " off their new one is an obsession for me right now. Listen to that while driving. Gorgeous.

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Monday, 24 October 2005 15:31 (twenty years ago)

dawn chorus

― sleep (sleep), Monday, 24 October 2005 15:57 (twenty years ago)

Consider this another Matt in DC saying "1969" — although I like that little solo keyboard thing on Music Has the Right..., whatever it's called...

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Monday, 24 October 2005 16:30 (twenty years ago)

Seconded with Dawn Chorus.

as for the short/interlude bits, its so very short, but nice and tense-- "rodox video"
i might also add that i was a huge huge fan of the remix for Beck. really beautiful

― buboclot, Monday, 24 October 2005 19:25 (twenty years ago)

five months pass...

Trails by boc is one of the most relaxing things I have ever heard. I have a sound clip of it...

― John Smith, Thursday, 13 April 2006 21:42 (twenty years ago)

"Open The Light"

― skoolbus39 (skoolbus39), Thursday, 13 April 2006 22:02 (twenty years ago)

"kid for today" - the whole of the "beautiful place..>" ep is brilliant tho, I think their best work by a mile, says everything they say elsewhere is a more concise, emotionally affecting manner.

― gekoppel (Gekoppel), Thursday, 13 April 2006 22:25 (twenty years ago)

Dandelion.

and if it didn't exist, Telephasic Workshop.

― scnnr drkly (scnnr drkly), Thursday, 13 April 2006 22:43 (twenty years ago)

'Olsen' always.

― Omar (Omar), Friday, 14 April 2006 08:57 (twenty years ago)

turquoise hexagon sun

― Teh HoBBler (the pirate king), Friday, 14 April 2006 09:51 (twenty years ago)

"Magic Window"! No, I kid, this is just an excuse to post a link to the "Dayvan Cowboy" video:

http://www.warprecords.com/dayvancowboy/

I can't decide between "Everything You Do Is a Balloon" and "XYZ."

― Telephonething (Telephonething), Friday, 14 April 2006 11:19 (twenty years ago)

Oh yes, also note that the "Trans Canada Highway" EP comes out 06/06/06. Hah.

― Telephonething (Telephonething), Friday, 14 April 2006 11:20 (twenty years ago)

gekoppel OTM. 'Beautiful Place' ep is all anyone really needs. everything else they've done is weak in comparison.

and, OPO=Kid for Today.

― nerve pylon (flat_of_angles), Friday, 14 April 2006 11:59 (twenty years ago)

http://www.awn.com/ottawa/OIAF04/images/spon_nfb.gif

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Friday, 14 April 2006 12:19 (twenty years ago)

Dawn Chorus, although the sexy noises can freak out anyone else who happens to be listening.

― Zachary Scott (Zach S), Friday, 14 April 2006 12:20 (twenty years ago)

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Yeah I would have to go with "In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country". "Aquarius" has strong nostalgia pull (and how meta it is to feel nostalgia for a BoC track) but IABPOITC has the slight edge of disquiet I loved so much about the Geogaddi era. Still my favourite of their albums.

― attention vampire (MatthewK), Monday, 21 November 2016 06:45 (nine years ago)

Left Side Drive

― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 21 November 2016 06:52 (nine years ago)

IABPOITC is maybe my favourite release by them. Just this little pocket where they explored a more minimal, wintry style that really works

― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Monday, 21 November 2016 08:55 (nine years ago)

thought this bump would be for dawn richard 'tyrants'

― r|t|c, Monday, 21 November 2016 10:07 (nine years ago)

still trapped btw

― r|t|c, Monday, 21 November 2016 10:16 (nine years ago)

'Olsen' always.
― Omar (Omar)

yes, haha. but, June 9th

― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Monday, 21 November 2016 12:39 (nine years ago)

Just this little pocket where they explored a more minimal, wintry style that really works

― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Monday, November 21, 2016 12:55 AM (nine hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah i bought this when it came out just because it was $5 new. hadn't really connected with MHTRTC but after the first ten seconds of "kid for today" and i was like "ohhhh i get these guys now.. awesome *gets all blissed out*".

― a but (brimstead), Monday, 21 November 2016 18:03 (nine years ago)

nevermind i change my pick to In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country

― flappy bird, Monday, 21 November 2016 18:03 (nine years ago)

Olson is sort of packaged with Pete Standing Alone.. it's a great part of MHTRTC. An Eagle in Your Mind is high on my list, too.. it just has that subtle, loaded quality.

― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Monday, 21 November 2016 20:25 (nine years ago)

If you've never heard Mira Calix and Oliver Coates' version of IABPOITC - enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD9WyWzbcS0

― attention vampire (MatthewK), Monday, 21 November 2016 20:27 (nine years ago)

Whitewater is another oddly underrated track.

― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Monday, 21 November 2016 20:36 (nine years ago)

just ran across that version the other day while looking for videos of console mira disc music boxes

― xiphoid beetlebum (rushomancy), Monday, 21 November 2016 20:48 (nine years ago)

Oh goddamnit, how could I forgot their utterly brilliant remix of cLOUDDEAD's Dead Dogs Two?

It's just a remix, but it's so much more than that - it vastly improves upon the original song, has wholly unique bits and that classic A Day In the Life ending.

Also their remixes of Poppyseed are also POO worthy. Ugh... these guys are too good.

― octobeard, Tuesday, 22 November 2016 04:24 (nine years ago)

Remix of Beck's "Broken Drum" is fantastic too.

― attention vampire (MatthewK), Tuesday, 22 November 2016 04:35 (nine years ago)

Constants are Changing, maybe? But it's Amo Bishop Roden, really. Or the track with the psychedelic guitar off the 35 Random Track Tape.

― albvivertine, Tuesday, 22 November 2016 05:18 (nine years ago)

Buckie High

― what_have_you, Wednesday, 23 November 2016 02:58 (nine years ago)

If I didnt go for IABPOITC , it would probably be Music Is Math

― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 23 November 2016 11:37 (nine years ago)

i'm always disappointed that "alpha & omega" isn't the autechre track off "move of ten"
memory fault
goto 10

― massaman gai, Wednesday, 23 November 2016 11:44 (nine years ago)

xp Music Is Math is so great.

My top ten:

1. In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country
2. Music Is Math
3. Aquarius
4. ROYGBIV
5. 1969
6. '84 Pontiac Dream
7. Olsen
8. Happy Cycling
9. Zoetrope
10. Telepath

Very heavily weighted to their first two albums but that's cos I just didn't enjoy the Campfire Headphase and while I really like Tomorrow's Harvest, I can't really think of specific tracks that stand out.

― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Wednesday, 23 November 2016 13:50 (nine years ago)

Nothing is Real is my favorite off of Tomorrow's Harvest.

― what_have_you, Wednesday, 23 November 2016 17:06 (nine years ago)

New Seeds is mine.

As for whole discography, probably a toss up between Music is Math and Happy Cycling.

― chap, Wednesday, 23 November 2016 17:49 (nine years ago)

I pretty much enjoy all the ones with numbers or counting on them

― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Wednesday, 23 November 2016 18:00 (nine years ago)

three weeks pass...

Today it's "Corsair".

― attention vampire (MatthewK), Sunday, 18 December 2016 03:31 (nine years ago)

now i'm thinking it's the midnight star remix.. would dig a whole album of BoC remixes of 80s r&b, their "short mix" of "trapped" was dope as hell too!

btw sorry matthew k for election night hostility :(

― a but (brimstead), Sunday, 18 December 2016 03:36 (nine years ago)

'twas a hostile night brimstead, all in the past now. Except for the fucking result.

― attention vampire (MatthewK), Sunday, 18 December 2016 12:34 (nine years ago)

(also my post was very much AA-lite, but I thought that was the general language of recovery, having never addressed my demons in an organised way)

― attention vampire (MatthewK), Sunday, 18 December 2016 12:35 (nine years ago)

five years pass...

everyone has heard their remix of Poppy Seed, yeah?

― death generator (lukas), Monday, 20 June 2022 20:40 (three years ago)

Playing Tomorrow's Harvest currently. Their second-best album.

― death generator (lukas), Monday, 20 June 2022 20:43 (three years ago)

everyone has heard their remix of Poppy Seed, yeah?

There's two - and honestly the reprise is my fav of the two.

But the best BoC remix by FAR in my book is their remix of Dead Dogs Two. Am I weird thinking these guys have a thing for Oakland? Their remixes of cLOUDDEAD (Dead Dogs Two being a particularly poignant homage to Oakland in its own way) and Odd Nosdam tracks and the cover of Tomorrow's Harvest snapping SF from the vantage point of Alameda... maybe just coincidence.

― octobeard, Tuesday, 21 June 2022 06:19 (three years ago)

and honestly the reprise is my fav of the two

I know there's two but didn't think i needed to specify, because nobody would prefer the second one except a total WEIRDO

― death generator (lukas), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 16:17 (three years ago)

lmaooooo aren't we all here? I mean have you read how passionate the Autechre threads are on this board?

FWIW the reprise was my morning alarm music for a good two years.

― octobeard, Thursday, 23 June 2022 02:25 (three years ago)

I just jest

― death generator (lukas), Thursday, 23 June 2022 02:49 (three years ago)

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