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constants are changing and slow this bird down are definitely my favorite tracks and stand out most to me.
anyone else agree?

― ben, Sunday, 18 September 2005 02:02 (eighteen years ago) link

I love the back cover..

http://xltronic.com/mb/attachments/307_1725488.jpg

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Sunday, 18 September 2005 02:54 (eighteen years ago) link

Where is a Leslie Nielsen sample?

― Mushu, Sunday, 18 September 2005 14:44 (eighteen years ago) link

http://www.classicscifi.com/images/photos/leslieneilsen.jpg http://www.cyranos.ch/doppnie7.jpg

― amon (eman), Sunday, 18 September 2005 14:58 (eighteen years ago) link

OMM review Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase [Reviewed by Simon Reynolds]

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Sunday, 18 September 2005 18:03 (eighteen years ago) link

heh, "splashing pools of mercury" must be one of the most commonly recurrning reynolds (and reynolds copyists?) evocative sound desciption phrases.

and, uh, oops: why are all the 'burn it' recommendations actually tracks from the new animal collective record?

― jermaine (jnoble), Sunday, 18 September 2005 18:37 (eighteen years ago) link

This is a quality album. They have really pulled a blinder with this one. Way to go Boards!

― Pleased, Tuesday, 20 September 2005 19:45 (eighteen years ago) link

and, uh, oops: why are all the 'burn it' recommendations actually tracks from the new animal collective record?

ha, good call

― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 20:16 (eighteen years ago) link

http://www.thewire.co.uk/current/images/260cover.jpg

― tricky (disco stu), Friday, 23 September 2005 15:45 (eighteen years ago) link

So who was right about the "fakes" above. Who had the earliest actual track and who wrongly decried their gift???

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 23 September 2005 16:04 (eighteen years ago) link

shhhh on Sept. 2nd uploaded the first REAL real track

― Space Is the Place (Space Is the Place), Friday, 23 September 2005 21:56 (eighteen years ago) link

rizzx's werent' real? I remember them being quite good.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 23 September 2005 21:58 (eighteen years ago) link

interview at pitchfork today where they reveal that they are brothers, but didn't want to be compared to orbital. weird.
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/interviews/b/boards-of-canada-05/

― La Monte (La Monte), Monday, 26 September 2005 16:02 (eighteen years ago) link

that's a far out thread.. and I only found out today that they have a new album coming out, I guess I missed all the fun here.. too bad

― Dimitar, Tuesday, 27 September 2005 21:57 (eighteen years ago) link

Anybody ever figure out what that track was that had the sample "I was kind of on my own" in one of the fake sets with all the Freescha tunes?

― Rakel, Wednesday, 28 September 2005 15:23 (eighteen years ago) link

Which Freescha track was that because that was the one I really liked.

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Wednesday, 28 September 2005 15:46 (eighteen years ago) link

It's not Freescha, somebody else.

― Rakel, Wednesday, 28 September 2005 18:11 (eighteen years ago) link

the ultimate indicator of pre-release hype:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Boards-of-canada-Kaleidoscope-very-Rare-Warp-Skam-Aphex_W0QQitemZ4773127933QQcategoryZ9991QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

...um, it's a kaleidoscope (considering the highest bid so far, it must be a magic one.)

― venimdenim, Sunday, 2 October 2005 11:51 (eighteen years ago) link

speaking of pre-release hype...does anyone know if there is going to be limited-edition released? (you know, kinda like the "limited" edition release of geogaddi that can still be found on warpmart like four years later!)

― venimdenim, Sunday, 2 October 2005 11:58 (eighteen years ago) link

phamphire pheadphase

― amon (eman), Sunday, 2 October 2005 13:56 (eighteen years ago) link

After reading this here, http://boardsofcanada.watmm.com/, I was wondering if Macquarie Ridge has leaked anywhere. I haven't been able to find it on soulseek...

"The Japanese version of The Campfire Headphase, BoC's 3rd album due out October 17th in the US and UK, features a bonus track called Macquarie Ridge, made especially for this release. The Japanese version of TCH is due out October 12th, a full five days before the UK and US versions. However, be warned - it currently retails for 2500 Yen, which is about 22USD and about 12 and a half British pounds."

― malefactor, Monday, 3 October 2005 04:43 (eighteen years ago) link

Good grief how is this thread still going?

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Monday, 3 October 2005 07:49 (eighteen years ago) link

I have a kaleidoscope

― RJG (RJG), Monday, 3 October 2005 08:53 (eighteen years ago) link

lossless rip??

― stu, Thursday, 6 October 2005 02:24 (eighteen years ago) link

oxymoron??

― amon (eman), Thursday, 6 October 2005 02:33 (eighteen years ago) link

It does sound like Moon Safari.

― JoB (JoB), Friday, 7 October 2005 09:51 (eighteen years ago) link

it's bobbins

― Ste (Fuzzy), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 09:38 (eighteen years ago) link

no it's not

― Bill A (Bill A), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 11:23 (eighteen years ago) link

i'm not feeling it.

It's not Freescha, somebody else.

-- Rakel (m...), September 28th, 2005 8:11 PM.

aaargh, then who??

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 11:26 (eighteen years ago) link

listen to the full album here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A6129065

(if there's anyone left on this thread/board/internet) who hasn't yet)

I rather like it on first listen! Certainly tones down the unsettling elements, which I guess is dissapointing for hardcore BOC fans.

― login name (fandango), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 12:30 (eighteen years ago) link

Bought it the other day and I like it. I can see where the chill out/moon safari/sell-out cries come from but frankly this is exactly the type of stuff I'd like to hear on a sunny October afternoon at the sea.

― Baaderonixx and the hedonistic gluttons (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 12:37 (eighteen years ago) link

"Peacock Tail" is immense, idn't it?

― Nöödle Vägue (noodle vague), Thursday, 20 October 2005 20:11 (eighteen years ago) link

Yes, yes it is.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Thursday, 20 October 2005 20:21 (eighteen years ago) link

Actually the whole album's opening up now. I get the feeling this happens every time I get a new BoC, it needs a few plays before you hit the moment when it makes utter sense and eats up the whole universe.

― Nöödle Vägue (noodle vague), Thursday, 20 October 2005 20:30 (eighteen years ago) link

eats up the whole universe
well said. it definitely eats up my whole collection. one of those albums which after each listen cries for the next one and does not allow any other cd to be played on my stereo. i wonder how many times it will spin before i can put on something else. right now it is the 7th time in four days, i think.

― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Friday, 21 October 2005 15:50 (eighteen years ago) link

How is it opening up? I'm still not feeling it.

― samg (samg), Friday, 21 October 2005 17:03 (eighteen years ago) link

Bought it today and on repeat play. It's lovely. I like how they seemed to have realized they'd taken the sampled voices as far as they could go on Geogaddi - taken into outright creepiness, mostly - and done away with them as a key element. I don't miss them on CH. And I also like how they've cleaned up the sound a bit while still filling the corners and edges with li'l surprises. Not as arcane or hermetic but definitely a step forward. My opinion. Need to listen more but I'm happy. I expected the worst, really.

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Friday, 21 October 2005 23:00 (eighteen years ago) link

After a few listens I've decided I'm not really happy with this. It's very nice and pleasant and has some really great moments, but overall it just feels very... mild-mannered. A lot of it sounds exactly like Ulrich Schnauss, which isn't what I was looking for from BoC.

― sleep (sleep), Saturday, 22 October 2005 01:03 (eighteen years ago) link

the resemblance to ulrich schnauss is only on the surface. if you listen to the different layers you can hear that the sometimes seemingly conventional tunes have a subtle nostalgic bitter-sweet undertone ulrich schnauss mostly bland music doesn't have. there is something magic about the boards sound and they have refined it on the new one so that it is even more palpable than before.

― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Saturday, 22 October 2005 06:56 (eighteen years ago) link

Has anyone heard Macquarie Ridge from the Japanese version of TCH? I can't believe BOC didn't include it on any of the other releases!

― Lardvarder, Sunday, 23 October 2005 17:29 (eighteen years ago) link

Yes - Macquarie Ridge is great, like an improved zoetrope...

― mattwp, Monday, 31 October 2005 22:01 (eighteen years ago) link

Is that available anywhere else? Download, maybe?

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 14:56 (eighteen years ago) link

Album trend for indie-dance:

1st album: Groundbreaking yet highly popular debut that slowly but surely gains massive status.

2nd album: Weird, proggy, musically lush, experimental but alienates a lot of their original audience.

3rd album: Back to basics, a general chilling-out of the sound, but those who expected another giant sonic leap forward are disappointed at it's simplicity.

I cite: Daft Punk, Air, Boards of Canada off the top of my head.

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 15:38 (eighteen years ago) link

Chemical Brothers?

― login name (fandango), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 15:43 (eighteen years ago) link

actually... that's a crap suggestion, ignore.

― login name (fandango), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 15:48 (eighteen years ago) link

Charlie find my review on Stylus - I analogued BoC with Sigur Ros. Same career-path.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 16:39 (eighteen years ago) link

fandango, as far as i know, i'd say it's true. To some extent I'd say the Prodigy did it too, although in a slightly different way.

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 16:49 (eighteen years ago) link

Sigur Ros have never been indie-dance though.

The Chemical Brothers.. I guess they brought it on themselves with the vocalists they choose, but maybe they don't qualify for that tag either. At least not when they started.

― login name (fandango), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 17:04 (eighteen years ago) link

Nick, I'll be sure to read it when I actually get time to listen to the album properly. I can't believe I've been so slack but for fear of hearing a fake I thought I'd wait until I have a little money to go out and buy it rather than download it.

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 17:41 (eighteen years ago) link

actually, i just read it anyway - really good review mate! makes me really wanna hear the album now!

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 18:16 (eighteen years ago) link

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