Boards of Canada: Classic or Dud?

I wish they'd done an entire record in the vein of its closing track, "Zoetrope"--arpeggiated bliss.

Only a single tune, but Macquarie Ridge is basically a (superior) Zoetrope rewrite.

They tried mixing Zoetrope with their earlier aesthetic and they got a nice but less than the sum of its parts result imo.

I get a similar feeling to "Zoetrope" from a lot of Oneohtrix Point Never's stuff, especially things like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCJ7j0nELKU

I love "Zoeotrope" but an entire album of that would be the worst fucking thing (ie, Emeralds)

We'll have to agree to disagree there... What do you hate about Emeralds?

the unrelenting stasis, for the most part (opinion formed off of the album they released... last year? that people were raving about)

You mean "unrelenting stasis" (like the phrase BTW) as opposed to other groups that operate in the drone/ambient/etc field, or in a larger sense? I'm the kind that tends to like stuff that's unrelentingly static as long as the textures and sounds pull me in, and I think Emeralds' stuff has gorgeous textures...

I am fine with stasis when I find the repetitive loop engaging; with the Emeralds album I listened to, there wasn't enough there to hook my interest, and then those uninteresting loops went on for like 7 hours

Hmm, I find that Emeralds record to be actually really concise and quick-moving, especially compared to other stuff in the larger genre (and even compared to their older records)...

"Genetic" is actually really, really great (that is actually the track that came to mind as a link to "Zoetrope") but I just couldn't get into the rest of the album at all

great great album, agree that "genetic" is tops tho

I know I bang on a bit about this, but anyone looking for more Zoetrope/Oneohtrix/Emeralds type ambience should heck out the "Blue" and "Grey" albums by an artist called Acreil, which I believe are available for free if you look around the net.

"Genetic" is indeed amazing... I actually love the last few tracks, in which McGuire's guitar is forefronted more. If they're indeed shortening their songs and making them more punchy and less immersive than their earlier side-long tracks, I think the increased melodicism the guitar brings the briefer songs works really well. Acreil I'll definitely look for.

so what is the name for that "60's educational video" synth noise they use - you know what I'm talking about. I can't pin it down.

It's the Mildew Patch.

anlogax synth

Lolol

The Briscoe-Oram Confluence.

blinovitch limiter

Um...you all have been here , right? Couldn't find this upthread. Anyway...fantastic.

Do this band just not exists anymore? 8 years since Campfire.

I have a feeling they were pretty much announcing unofficial retirement when they did that PF interview where they said they were brothers and that any mystique built up around their previous albums was a load of nonsense etc...

I followed the "black box" debacle on Twoism - I think there's a lost Dave Foster Wallace in there somewhere

gulp:
http://www.factmag.com/2013/04/01/boards-of-canada-announce-new-double-lp-quetzalcoatl/

Comments beneath it suggest an April Fools prank...

Did you click on the links in the article?

FUCK YOU YOU MOTHERFUCKING CUNTS. LET YOU ALL BURN IN HELL. YOU JUST DONT DO THINGS LIKE THAT.

track 10. Vorderman

Lulz.

lol "Fractal Frisbee"

I was p excited for fractal frisbee

I've been had!

"Vorderman... Yeah! That's right!"

http://2020k.wordpress.com/2013/04/20/boards-of-canada-distribute-new-vinyl-releases-out-for-national-records-day/

http://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/1cry5b/i_got_a_really_weird_record_today/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe4UCjjyr8U

I dig the hype. Feels very Close Encounters + Conet Project

if it is hex colour, as suggested in the comments, and the complement of turquoise (which it is), then the other colours are easy enough to calculate by taking the hsl value - hsl(14,26%,46%) - and adding multiples of 60 (ie 360 / 6) to the 14....

hsl(14,26%,46%) = #946557 - http://www.colorhexa.com/946557
hsl(74,26%,46%) = #869457 - http://www.colorhexa.com/869457
hsl(134,26%,46%) = #579465 - http://www.colorhexa.com/579465
hsl(194,26%,46%) = #578694 - http://www.colorhexa.com/578694
hsl(254,26%,46%) = #655794 - http://www.colorhexa.com/655794
hsl(314,26%,46%) = #945786 - http://www.colorhexa.com/945786

(give or take, the conversion isn't exact)

i hope whatever it ends up being doesn't include acoustic guitar

true

Will Pharrell be on this, too?

lol. frogbs implied in the random access memories thread that the current *OMG DATF PUNK* tizzy is overstated, given the (supposed) superiority of e-boom contemporaries like orbital, underworld and chemical brothers. i can see why affection for and anticipation of new product by those three might have dipped in recent years, but if any roughly similar act seems primed for a warm welcome, it's boards of canada.

More updates & mysteries at that 2020k page btw.

Meanwhile, just found this on youtube - I knew the song, I had seen the video footage, but not together like this. *magic*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES02mWIJ2Tk

thats a fan made take on the superior original vid featuring joe kittenger's 1960 skydive. still cool though i guess.

it will be interesting to see what happens with this new release/ if BOC will attract many more new fans. their sensibility seems more in line with mainstream-indie tastes than it did in 2005, at least to me. we live in a post Ariel Pink world now

933567

i've done all near all possible applications of sequencing the digits together - i can't find anything that resembles a solid date.

coolpolaris

that little snippet of music is really gorgeous. in fact this may be the first BoC thing besides "Color of the Fire" that really kinda freaked me out.

anyone know how much the copy at Other Music sold for? How do you price something like that?

i dunno, but probably easier to price when you list it on eBay.

i like the idea of record store day being like willy wonka and the chocolate factory btw. a few golden bars of chocolate scattered here and there.

how would you even put a price on that? someone's got to be willing to pay hundreds