it's still great but slightly yes than about a month ago. fading slowly away into the silence/past. i wonder if that has to do with the music ageing process they apply.― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Wednesday, November 23, 2005 6:40 AM (4 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― la monte jung (cutty), Monday, 30 November 2009 21:34 (fourteen years ago) link
please elaborate on the music "ageing process"
― la monte jung (cutty), Monday, 30 November 2009 21:35 (fourteen years ago) link
they make electronic music sound brittle & old by applying some special techniques. in the beginning they used taping, then analog synths. iirc they copy samples so many times that the end result has got this warm, nostalgic, hissing sound. something like that.
― alex in mainhattan, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:50 (fourteen years ago) link
not buying these special techniques
― la monte jung (cutty), Monday, 30 November 2009 21:55 (fourteen years ago) link
you know what my ipod shuffled to a minute ago? a remix of alex c of music has the right to children. actually it is more of an r&b cover. sweet.
― alex in mainhattan, Monday, 30 November 2009 22:00 (fourteen years ago) link
SWEET BRO
― la monte jung (cutty), Monday, 30 November 2009 22:04 (fourteen years ago) link
dudes this album about campfire headphase is pretty nicei like it
― Shackleton Crater (jdchurchill), Monday, 30 November 2009 22:08 (fourteen years ago) link
andrew b was ethan
― la monte jung (cutty), Monday, November 30, 2009 4:21 PM
lol it was?
― luol deng (am0n), Monday, 30 November 2009 22:14 (fourteen years ago) link
yes he confessed years later
― la monte jung (cutty), Monday, 30 November 2009 23:42 (fourteen years ago) link
on his banbed
― T.M.I. Friday's (s1ocki), Tuesday, 1 December 2009 04:20 (fourteen years ago) link
Still *such* a great album - Satellite Anthem Icarus just filled me with such delight that I felt compelled to revive.
Much news on the new one other than the title?
― Bill A, Monday, 28 December 2009 14:13 (fourteen years ago) link
This video is incredible. Watch it in HD if you can. The song is from the Japanese version of the lp.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKSM-jyQh3o
― van smack, Sunday, 21 March 2010 02:01 (fourteen years ago) link
!!!
― LiveJournal (acoleuthic), Sunday, 21 March 2010 02:21 (fourteen years ago) link
nice! thanks
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Sunday, 21 March 2010 11:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Have really come round to this.
― djh, Sunday, 27 June 2010 18:31 (thirteen years ago) link
http://sickmouthy.com/2013/02/19/boards-of-canada-the-campfire-headphase-2005/
― they all are afflicted with a sickness of existence (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 20:45 (eleven years ago) link
Nice write up as usual sicko.
― dog latin, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 21:15 (eleven years ago) link
Are they even still a group?
― Raymond Cummings, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 21:17 (eleven years ago) link
As hinted in my intro, I suspect not, but like Orbital, they'll always be brothers, so who knows.
― they all are afflicted with a sickness of existence (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 21:17 (eleven years ago) link
i had forgotten TCH was released almost 10 years ago already -- it feels so recent
― crimson hexagon sonned (clouds), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 00:45 (eleven years ago) link
Boards of Canada & Ctrl All Del – The Phasefire Camphead
The remixes are horrid.
― bodacious ignoramus, Monday, 30 June 2014 19:43 (nine years ago) link
wait a minute this is their best album
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 05:00 (five years ago) link
lol no
― frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 09:54 (five years ago) link
Yes it is
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 10:11 (five years ago) link
It's definitely in the top 5
― umsworth (emsworth), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 10:16 (five years ago) link
well... it is
― riposte malone (King Boy Pato), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 11:20 (five years ago) link
this and the debut are good, geogaddi is less good but people say it's their best to seem learned, tomorrow's harvest was a dirge, idk maybe the eps are ok, fin
― imago, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 11:57 (five years ago) link
Call me learned but Geogaddi = MHTRTC > Tomorrow's Harvest >>> Campfire Headphase
― frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 12:14 (five years ago) link
Granted I'd say MHTRTC is more consistently enjoyable than Geogaddi which is a rough and bumpy ride and has a few laggy moments but still works nicely as a record and a crystallisation of their... I wanna say 'ethos' or something
― frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 12:17 (five years ago) link
The production is exceptional but it's alcan be a little too redolant of knitted hat backpacker beats or something for comfort.
I always feel like this is the blueprint for Satellite Anthem Icarus - https://youtu.be/RS0wzDMfzOQ
― The First (Noel Emits), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 12:17 (five years ago) link
bzztIABPOITC > Geogaddi = Hi Scores = Twosim > MHTRTC >> Tomorrow's Harvest > Campfire
xxxp HA - so close!
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 12:17 (five years ago) link
I'm not accusing Joni Mitchell of being a knitted hat hippy btw, even if that may literally be true.
― The First (Noel Emits), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 12:18 (five years ago) link
In a Beautiful Place is perfect as far as I'm concerned. A perfect EP
― frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 12:23 (five years ago) link
Campfire Headphase indeed strays into the kind of tame chillout / trip-hoppy kind of music that was popular about 5 or 6 years before it came out. I do like '84 Pontiac Dream though.
― frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 12:26 (five years ago) link
this might be equal to the orighttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD9WyWzbcS0
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 12:28 (five years ago) link
imago otm here. kinda comforting to see dog latin continue his aversion. a steady rock in a world of chaos.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 16:13 (five years ago) link
every few years I go back to In A Beautiful Place cause someone I respect touts it, and every few years I find it dull, monotonous.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 16:14 (five years ago) link
yeah i recently discovered that Mira Calix version and it's really nice
― frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 16:15 (five years ago) link
Hear, hear.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 16:17 (five years ago) link
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― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 16:18 (five years ago) link
xp :)
please don't make me go listen again you assholes
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 12 December 2018 16:21 (five years ago) link
You gotta be in the mood, maaan.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 16:24 (five years ago) link
I know I felt slightly underwhelmed by Kid For Today first time I heard it - it's kind of repetitive compared to stuff on MHTRTC, but it's a really nice sustained wintry vibe and, as it's BoC, there are lots of subtle little details floating in and out the mix
― frame casual (dog latin), Thursday, 13 December 2018 09:04 (five years ago) link
Is this the apex of BoC fan art? Taking a 5 note, 2 sec snippet of flash audio from their old website and making a whole tribute style track from it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzdsrbRFbOg
― MaresNest, Thursday, 13 December 2018 12:23 (five years ago) link
Campfire Headphase gave us Dayvan Cowboy, which is their best album track imho. They hit higher peaks on their EPs, however.
― octobeard, Thursday, 13 December 2018 16:35 (five years ago) link
Yeah, Dayvan is all-time. I think BoC is overall better at individual tracks than at entire albums.
― days of being riled (zchyrs), Friday, 14 December 2018 17:49 (five years ago) link
Satellite Anthem Icarus tho
― flappy bird, Friday, 14 December 2018 18:02 (five years ago) link
ignoring the intro, that run of four tracks is their pinnacle imo
― imago, Friday, 14 December 2018 18:03 (five years ago) link
and it isn't especially close. like, chromakey dreamcoat's last minute, all of peacock tail I mean
― imago, Friday, 14 December 2018 18:04 (five years ago) link