i am very into late great's breakdown. what about:
MHTRTC: springGeogaddi: summerCampfire: autumnTomorrow: winter
― orifex, Friday, 18 August 2017 23:09 (six years ago) link
just relistened to Tomorrow's Harvest for 1st time in couple years and yeah it's not bad per se but def in one ear out the other. Feels like all of it could be condensed to 1 track.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 18 August 2017 23:27 (six years ago) link
exactly, it's not bad but it's so autopilot/anonymous. the thought of putting it on... it just feels like a chore.
― flappy bird, Saturday, 19 August 2017 00:11 (six years ago) link
i'll color the records this way:
MHTRTC: depressionABPOITC: paranoiaGeogaddi: anxietyCampfire: contentment
― flappy bird, Saturday, 19 August 2017 00:12 (six years ago) link
late great OTM
Geogaddi definitely is adolescence and the sinister edges/paranoia of the adult world creeping in
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Saturday, 19 August 2017 00:50 (six years ago) link
MHTRTC: DorothyGeogaddi: BlancheCampfire: RoseTH: Sophia
― angelo irishagreementi (ledge), Saturday, 19 August 2017 06:26 (six years ago) link
MHTRTC - upIABPOITC - downGeogaddi - strangeCampfire - charmHarvest - topyet to come - bottom
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Saturday, 19 August 2017 07:06 (six years ago) link
Off topic but for the brief time in my life where I was smoking weed they were one of my favorite bands. Geogaddi and In a Beautiful place EP can be terrifying in the wrong mood tho. There's a definite loss of innocence im those.
― dance cum rituals (Moka), Saturday, 19 August 2017 08:58 (six years ago) link
In not im*
Very few artists are timeless for me but BOC definitely have that distinction.
'The Campfire Headphase' is PEAK them for me. What a perfect album. It sounds like camping out on a beautiful alien planet where you're the only inhabitants.
― yesca, Saturday, 19 August 2017 12:38 (six years ago) link
MHTRTC - MushroomsIABPOITC - AyahuascaGeogaddi - LSDCampfire - EcstacyHarvest - Marihuana
― Le Bateau Ivre, Saturday, 19 August 2017 12:46 (six years ago) link
― yesca, Saturday, 19 August 2017 13:02 (six years ago) link
Haha yeah that would be something
― Le Bateau Ivre, Saturday, 19 August 2017 13:05 (six years ago) link
Says something good about boc that there's no consensus about what their best is. I couldn't listen to Campfire Headphase more than once, but I must have listened to Tomorrow's Harvest a hundred times or more
― Dan I., Saturday, 19 August 2017 16:18 (six years ago) link
yeah TH is a great sustained bit of mood music although it's perhaps a bit too long. I need to take a long walk oke day and listen to it properly.
Campfire is the one I really didn't get. Too many horrible-sounding acoustic guitars, not enough subliminals for me.
Geogaddi I own proudly on vinyl, so maybe my favourite. That said, it's a bit disjointed (and again feels quite long). I like the fact it's by far their darkest-sounding record but I think they push it too hard on Beware The Friendly Stranger, which I really don't like. That track taints the record for me a bit.
MHTRTC and IABPOITC are obviously indisputable classics. you just can't fuck with them and they still sound amazing nearly twenty years later
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Saturday, 19 August 2017 19:17 (six years ago) link
Campfire progressively became my favorite. I get the BoC turns MOR criticism but they really nailed on that one the psychedelic pastoralism that I love most about them. Harvest always left me cold but otoh I never spent much time with it
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Saturday, 19 August 2017 19:47 (six years ago) link
Geogaddi freaked me out as a teenager due to the vocal in "The Devil is in the Details". There's a creepy vocal that sounds like it's saying "ross", which is my name. This may sound cheesy but it made the record feel cursed to me
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Saturday, 19 August 2017 21:59 (six years ago) link
that might be my favorite track on Geogaddi now. didn't jump out at me for years, then maybe 5 years ago it just clicked. Really disturbing song, I love the tense/hesitant keyboard motif that runs throughout.
― flappy bird, Saturday, 19 August 2017 22:01 (six years ago) link
geogaddi best album
― the late great, Sunday, 20 August 2017 02:17 (six years ago) link
yeah geogaddi's the best
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Sunday, 20 August 2017 02:20 (six years ago) link
i like tomorrow's harvest a lot. not my favorite but still remarkable
― ciderpress, Sunday, 20 August 2017 04:05 (six years ago) link
Their first albums are the best for me. Geogaddi is objectively the best one but it's too dense for me I can't listen to it full.
― dance cum rituals (Moka), Sunday, 20 August 2017 04:18 (six years ago) link
Objectively? Bullshit.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Sunday, 20 August 2017 07:06 (six years ago) link
Music Has the Right to Children and Geogaddi are the ones I'll return to whenever I'm in the mood for a Boards of Canada record - the others, not so much.
The worst thing I could say about Boards of Canada is that in IDM (or whatever) terms they're just not as exciting as peak Aphex or Autechre.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Sunday, 20 August 2017 08:18 (six years ago) link
Geogaddi>MHTRTC>>TH>>>CH
― chap, Sunday, 20 August 2017 11:38 (six years ago) link
The MHTRTC/twoism/hiscores/bocuma stuff is really really special, connecting with the universal consciousness type stuff.. The rest of the albums are fine idm
― brimstead, Sunday, 20 August 2017 15:00 (six years ago) link
― yesca, Sunday, 20 August 2017 15:25 (six years ago) link
Aphex Twin is not inert or soulless some of his songs are more soulful than anything BOC has done. I agree with Autechre tho.
― dance cum rituals (Moka), Sunday, 20 August 2017 16:41 (six years ago) link
Saying Autechre is without soul is bonkers imo. I don't even know where to begin...
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 20 August 2017 17:12 (six years ago) link
It treats melody like a repugnant fart
yesca not exactly otm but this rings true ... there is an acrid (?) quality to latter autechre and much aphex whereas BoC melodies, even at their darkest, are always classically harmonious and beautiful
imo comparing autechre / aphex / BoC is a three-way apples to oranges thing, they're each quite distinct
― the late great, Sunday, 20 August 2017 17:17 (six years ago) link
i meant classically melodious but there are beautiful harmonies in BoC too ... occurs to me that although autechre are not always melodious they are good w harmony too
― the late great, Sunday, 20 August 2017 17:18 (six years ago) link
Aphex has written some of the best melodies of all time wtf you crazy kids
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Sunday, 20 August 2017 17:20 (six years ago) link
yep
― the late great, Sunday, 20 August 2017 17:20 (six years ago) link
also some of the most grating ever
aphex and autechre both have a lot of formal and emotional range, something that is sometimes slightly lacking in BoC (the formal part more than the emotional part)
― the late great, Sunday, 20 August 2017 17:21 (six years ago) link
imo
someone like djp will probably show up and school me on my (mis)use of music terms
― the late great, Sunday, 20 August 2017 17:25 (six years ago) link
Yeah I should have been clear that I was referencing IDM all up rather than specifically Aphex Twin who mostly certainly has some memorable melodies and very exciting work. But he also has a ton of the kind of IDM-like compositions in his catalog (especially the releases since he's returned to public presence) that fit the bill of the stuff I don't enjoy at all.
Agreed. I was just suggesting that BoC is what I put on way more than the other two. ;)
― yesca, Sunday, 20 August 2017 17:41 (six years ago) link
there is so much bad IDM!
i hate the word IDM by the way and have stopped using the term. now i call everything "electronica".
― the late great, Sunday, 20 August 2017 17:44 (six years ago) link
It's always been one of the worst genre names. I mean, just think about what it means: not only is it pretentious and judgmental, it also backfires because anyone who says "I want some INTELLIGENT dance music" is probably someone you would never, ever want to party with. :D
This said, everyone hates Electronica, Progressive House, Chillwave, and just about any other name you can think of so IDM isn't exactly unique but the class distinction built into the term elevates into the need fop a special level of derision.
― yesca, Sunday, 20 August 2017 17:49 (six years ago) link
i like electronica because 1) it's corny as hell and funny to use and 2) it is at least accurate in describing the common thread (electronic instruments) and 3) makes clear the connection to exotica and other hi fi music (inventive production, emphasis on mood, designed for listening and contemplation rather than dancing or singing along to)
― the late great, Sunday, 20 August 2017 17:56 (six years ago) link
i realize w/ #3 that i'm kind of out on a limb
and i use exotica v loosely (i would call, say, delia derbyshire and pierre henry a type of "exotica")
― the late great, Sunday, 20 August 2017 17:57 (six years ago) link
I also love "electronica" as a genre name. Agree with IDM, chillwave and almost every genre that has -core or -step suffix
― dance cum rituals (Moka), Sunday, 20 August 2017 19:12 (six years ago) link
Plone had great melodies but yeah they were more in tune with exotica/library music than IDM
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Sunday, 20 August 2017 19:13 (six years ago) link
I love Plone.
Anyway ... there have been times in my life where I'd have said Autechre were my "favourite band" and I have lots of time for Aphex, too. If I was told I could only listen to one of Boards/Aphex/Autechre ever again, it would be Boards, though.
― djh, Sunday, 20 August 2017 19:39 (six years ago) link
I'm a sentimental guy and BoC is definitely a sentimental band so they'll always be my favorites. But apples and pears really
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Sunday, 20 August 2017 20:04 (six years ago) link
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), domingo 20 de agosto de 2017 8:06 (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yeah I know music is subjective not objective yadda yadda I was tired and I fucked up I meant to say that GEOGADDI seems to be the consensus pick. I personally think In a beautiful place is their best one but it's an EP so I guess it doesn't count. MHTRTC is my favorite LP of them.
― dance cum rituals (Moka), Monday, 21 August 2017 06:41 (six years ago) link
EPs should count as best albums iMO
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Monday, 21 August 2017 06:43 (six years ago) link
Rhythm in Autechre's music plays the same role that melody does for most other artists. That's why they are special to me. BOC are unique because they create emotion with texture, maybe.
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Monday, 21 August 2017 08:15 (six years ago) link