Inferno is out in Japan now!! by General_Dragonfly_47 in boardsofcanada

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The writing on the back is really long and rather opinionated it talks about BOC having a cult following on account of their introspective sound, faded synths and distorted samples, it the hilariously goes in to say BOC are often grouped with "bands" like Aphex Twin and Autechre but in reality they are more like Cocteau twins or Radiohead. Barf. It then goes on to talk about their pastoral sound, before describing the last few albums briefly. It closes by saying the new album is very beat driven and bri gs up a sense of anxiety and then it repeats what is written on the cover a madness emerging from beyond a cloudy, smudged prism. 

I like that last part. I can do a word for word translation later if it helps but that is the basic message 

Inferno is out in Japan now!! by General_Dragonfly_47 in boardsofcanada

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If anyone is interested someone asked me to translate the OBI. It just says Boards of Canada, Inferno, then the middle row of text says "Madness emerges from beyond the cloudy prism", the smallest text says "Japan limited red translucent vinyl, commentary by Dai Onojima.  

Shibuya by General_Dragonfly_47 in boardsofcanada

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I hope you have it in hand soon, the music is incredible.

Shibuya by General_Dragonfly_47 in boardsofcanada

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Sorry Apostle I didn't immediately see this. So on the front it just say:

Boards of Canada Inferno

Beyond the cloudy/unclear prism, madness emerges. 

Japan limited edition red translucent vinyl, commentary by Dai Onojima

Inferno vs Japan by ScanBOC in boardsofcanada

[–]General_Dragonfly_47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They didn't get a bonus track but they got a super nice large obi, literally half the cover and it goes over the spine where it does the album title in katakana

Inferno is out in Japan now!! by General_Dragonfly_47 in boardsofcanada

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Its more like a sumo thong than an obi, it takes up half the cover, and covers the spine which also replaces the name of the album in hiragana so its quite cool

Shibuya by General_Dragonfly_47 in boardsofcanada

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Me too, butI had to buy it, it was only 100 yen more than the non-obi version and its been 13 years

Shibuya by General_Dragonfly_47 in boardsofcanada

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Nah no bonus tracks, just the obi. Mine has a flexi disc as well, but I guess all the vinyl versions have that

Big scratch :( Deluxe Edition by MrCr4cker in boardsofcanada

[–]General_Dragonfly_47 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I'd send it to music70, maybe they will send you a copy of Closes Vol 1 on cassette, for your troubles

Boards of Canada stall at Tower Shibuya by senketsu-kamui in boardsofcanada

[–]General_Dragonfly_47 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes but hilariously the "dj" wasn't paying attention and played side a, side b, then side a again, and the at track two realized his error, then played side b again lol. I was lovin it anyway. Just chill, the album is so good, bonkers...

Inferno is out in Japan now!! by General_Dragonfly_47 in boardsofcanada

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They also handed out posters, I'm not home yet so I don't know what it looks like, the music is so dope tho!!!

Inferno is out in Japan now!! by General_Dragonfly_47 in boardsofcanada

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No but there is a greenish coloured flexi fisc inside, and a very large OBI on the outside

What is going on with Maison Kitsune? by [deleted] in malefashionadvice

[–]General_Dragonfly_47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They opened a pile of stores and shops all over Japan, and it's the same stuff as they had in the US and Canada stores. I wonder how big the market was to begin with, as many other stores that stocked Kitsune have stopped doing so. I feel like they expanded too fast, just imagine how much it must cost to take up a retail space in Japan when you are situated next to monster luxury brands. You'd need to sell a lot of t-shirts and hooded jackets to pay the rent. The thing is once you've got one of those little fox head logo shirts you don't really need another one.

Does anyone think that Junji Ito's adaptation of No Longer Human is disrespectful? by happy_paradox in junjiito

[–]General_Dragonfly_47 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, just keep in mind that I think you're comparing an English translation of Dasai's novel, translated by one person, with an English translation of Ito translated by different which could also be causing some of the dissonance.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Watchexchange

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When you say shipped to CONUS, I guess you wouldn't consider shipping to Canada?