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"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

yeeahhh that's right

Pat Finn, Saturday, 5 May 2012 02:20 (eleven years ago) link

Amo Bishop Roden

Turangalila, Saturday, 5 May 2012 02:45 (eleven years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmqQx-HwtHg

am0n, Saturday, 5 May 2012 16:55 (eleven years ago) link

Last two posts otm.

Pot Leeedom (Leee), Saturday, 5 May 2012 19:51 (eleven years ago) link

four years pass...

the devil is in the details

flappy bird, Monday, 21 November 2016 04:59 (seven years ago) link

Everything You Do Is a Balloon

octobeard, Monday, 21 November 2016 05:44 (seven years ago) link

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

― surm

otm

Karl Malone, Monday, 21 November 2016 05:44 (seven years ago) link

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 (seven years ago) link

Left Side Drive

Elvis Telecom, Monday, 21 November 2016 06:52 (seven years ago) link

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 (seven years ago) link

thought this bump would be for dawn richard 'tyrants'

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

still trapped btw

r|t|c, Monday, 21 November 2016 10:16 (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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