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

Leee (Leee), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 19:08 (twenty-one years ago) link

KID FOR TODAY

juice (juice), Tuesday, 4 February 2003 22:16 (twenty-one years ago) link

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

kieran, Tuesday, 4 February 2003 22:28 (twenty-one years ago) link

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

Elliot, Wednesday, 5 February 2003 04:13 (twenty-one years ago) link

the one wiht "I love you" in it

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

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-one years ago) link

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

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

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

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

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

Wintermute (Wintermute), Wednesday, 5 February 2003 08:16 (twenty-one years ago) link

one year passes...
Disgusted that there is no Nlogax on here already !!!!

Addham, Friday, 26 March 2004 18:58 (twenty years ago) link

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

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

trapped again

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

Aquarius - counting = classic

noodle vague (noodle vague), Saturday, 27 March 2004 12:07 (twenty years ago) link

"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 years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

Gyroscope

The Brainwasher (Twilight), Sunday, 23 October 2005 18:29 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

amo bishop roden

unconscious, honey (FE7), Sunday, 23 October 2005 19:41 (eighteen years ago) link

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

Cheek0 (Cheek0), Monday, 24 October 2005 02:44 (eighteen years ago) link

"Happy Cycling"

Deluxe (Damian), Monday, 24 October 2005 08:07 (eighteen years ago) link

more like BORING of Canada

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

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 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

"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 (eighteen years ago) link

Yup, it is fantastic, and under-appreciated.

ledge (ledge), Monday, 24 October 2005 10:35 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

" '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 (eighteen years ago) link

dawn chorus

sleep (sleep), Monday, 24 October 2005 15:57 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

"Open The Light"

skoolbus39 (skoolbus39), Thursday, 13 April 2006 22:02 (eighteen years ago) link

"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 (eighteen years ago) link

Dandelion.

and if it didn't exist, Telephasic Workshop.

scnnr drkly (scnnr drkly), Thursday, 13 April 2006 22:43 (eighteen years ago) link

'Olsen' always.

Omar (Omar), Friday, 14 April 2006 08:57 (eighteen years ago) link

turquoise hexagon sun

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

"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 (eighteen years ago) link

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

Telephonething (Telephonething), Friday, 14 April 2006 11:20 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

six years pass...

in a beautiful place out in the country just breaks my heart

surm, Friday, 4 May 2012 13:55 (eleven years ago) link

i agree. i'm a sucker for things that sound like they are sung by depressed or dying robots though.

Pat Finn, Friday, 4 May 2012 15:46 (eleven years ago) link

that's my OPO too.

Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Friday, 4 May 2012 16:01 (eleven years ago) link

every about 3-5 months i'll actually do a facebok status update, usually in form of music video i like enough that i think other people will like it and we can all proceed to like it

thing is, every time i post a video it's boards of canada. i think i posted a velocity girl video once, but only in a conversation with somebody else. anyways, i'm at about my 6th boc video on my profile now. i must look psychotic.

kelpolaris, Friday, 4 May 2012 22:16 (eleven years ago) link

your facebook friends probably just think you are trying to brainwash them.

Pat Finn, Friday, 4 May 2012 23:50 (eleven years ago) link

Julie & the Candy

caulk the wagon and float it, Saturday, 5 May 2012 01:45 (eleven years ago) link

also Aquarius. ORANGE

caulk the wagon and float it, Saturday, 5 May 2012 01:45 (eleven years ago) link

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

flappy bird, Monday, 21 November 2016 18:03 (seven years ago) link

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 (seven years ago) link

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 (seven years ago) link

Whitewater is another oddly underrated track.

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

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 (seven years ago) link

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 (seven years ago) link

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

attention vampire (MatthewK), Tuesday, 22 November 2016 04:35 (seven years ago) link

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 (seven years ago) link

Buckie High

what_have_you, Wednesday, 23 November 2016 02:58 (seven years ago) link

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

licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 23 November 2016 11:37 (seven years ago) link

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 (seven years ago) link

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 (seven years ago) link

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

what_have_you, Wednesday, 23 November 2016 17:06 (seven years ago) link

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 (seven years ago) link

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 (seven years ago) link

three weeks pass...

Today it's "Corsair".

attention vampire (MatthewK), Sunday, 18 December 2016 03:31 (seven years ago) link

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 (seven years ago) link

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

attention vampire (MatthewK), Sunday, 18 December 2016 12:34 (seven years ago) link

(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 (seven years ago) link

five years pass...

everyone has heard their remix of Poppy Seed, yeah?

death generator (lukas), Monday, 20 June 2022 20:40 (one year ago) link

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

death generator (lukas), Monday, 20 June 2022 20:43 (one year ago) link

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 (one year ago) link

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 (one year ago) link

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 (one year ago) link

I just jest

death generator (lukas), Thursday, 23 June 2022 02:49 (one year ago) link


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