Post by davidf on Apr 5, 2015 14:08:11 GMT
Are there any Boards Of Canada fans here?
Amongst the many genres of music I listen to, one is electronica. Of my favourite artists, Boards Of Canada is undisputedly my favourite. I first came across them thanks to the excellent British sitcom Spaced in the late 90s that used a few tracks in a few episodes (along with a lot of other great music, mostly from the Warp label), which was around the time I really started to get into and explore the genre (other than 80s electronic).
Their first album - Music Has The Right To Children - released in 1999, was an instant hit with me. This is probably a little hard to explain, but it just reminds me of my childhood during the 70s. Not only the music, which has a sort of fuzzy, dreamlike tinge to it, but also the cover, showing family members (wearing flares!) in a sort of worn Super 8 style. Being a similar age to me, I suppose Mike Sandison and Marcus Eoin grew up around the same era, and seem to have captured that in their music, particularly with their first album.
Their music heavily feature shapes, colours, and numbers. Their music label is "music70", and a track off a later albums is titled "sixtyten". Producing the 70s style sounds mostly come from a Yamaha CS70 keyboard, unsurprisingly from the 70s - an analogue synth producing fuzzy memories of an analogue era.
Another aspect of their music are numerous dialogue samples, reverse dialogue, and plenty of hidden meanings, of which there are some crazy interpretations out there! It is interesting to read about the tracks, and there is a forum (which I won't link to unless requested) that lists track by track the meanings, samples used, theories etc, of which there are a lot for this album and their third album, Geogaddi. It is also interesting to read about their highly secretive and intricate promotion of their last album - Tomorrow's Harvest - which took place on Record Store Day in 2013.
I highly recommend them to anyone who likes electronic music, although I would say that for many, their albums aren't the sort that will immediately appeal, but take many listenings. Their music initially sounds a little repetitive and quite simple, but on further visits, reveals layer after layer of music, dialogue and effects.
I did did try and post up a photo of the album cover, but didn't seem to get very far. Maybe it's because im using Safari on an iPad. I'll try to add it after I post this up, as I lost my whole post last time trying to do it after Safari decided to refresh itself. EDIT: Managed to add it via Tapatalk.
Amongst the many genres of music I listen to, one is electronica. Of my favourite artists, Boards Of Canada is undisputedly my favourite. I first came across them thanks to the excellent British sitcom Spaced in the late 90s that used a few tracks in a few episodes (along with a lot of other great music, mostly from the Warp label), which was around the time I really started to get into and explore the genre (other than 80s electronic).
Their first album - Music Has The Right To Children - released in 1999, was an instant hit with me. This is probably a little hard to explain, but it just reminds me of my childhood during the 70s. Not only the music, which has a sort of fuzzy, dreamlike tinge to it, but also the cover, showing family members (wearing flares!) in a sort of worn Super 8 style. Being a similar age to me, I suppose Mike Sandison and Marcus Eoin grew up around the same era, and seem to have captured that in their music, particularly with their first album.
Their music heavily feature shapes, colours, and numbers. Their music label is "music70", and a track off a later albums is titled "sixtyten". Producing the 70s style sounds mostly come from a Yamaha CS70 keyboard, unsurprisingly from the 70s - an analogue synth producing fuzzy memories of an analogue era.
Another aspect of their music are numerous dialogue samples, reverse dialogue, and plenty of hidden meanings, of which there are some crazy interpretations out there! It is interesting to read about the tracks, and there is a forum (which I won't link to unless requested) that lists track by track the meanings, samples used, theories etc, of which there are a lot for this album and their third album, Geogaddi. It is also interesting to read about their highly secretive and intricate promotion of their last album - Tomorrow's Harvest - which took place on Record Store Day in 2013.
I highly recommend them to anyone who likes electronic music, although I would say that for many, their albums aren't the sort that will immediately appeal, but take many listenings. Their music initially sounds a little repetitive and quite simple, but on further visits, reveals layer after layer of music, dialogue and effects.
I did did try and post up a photo of the album cover, but didn't seem to get very far. Maybe it's because im using Safari on an iPad. I'll try to add it after I post this up, as I lost my whole post last time trying to do it after Safari decided to refresh itself. EDIT: Managed to add it via Tapatalk.
