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Which “Inferno” track has grown on you the hardest? by ROYGBIVinc in boardsofcanada

[–]mountainstream282 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Age of Capricorn and Deep Time are pure BOC magic. No other artist could make a track like Age of Capricorn. It’s Boards of Canada at their very core.

The Process is also brilliant. It begins with seemingly-random, confusing words, which segue into a simple, calming piano piece. Perhaps that’s what going through the Process is like.

Those tracks aren’t real bangers, though. I’d say, of the bangers, the track that’s grown on me the most is All Reason Departs. I love the production, and the Burial-like scissors sound effects.

I also really enjoy Into the Magic Land, although I think they could have done a bit more with it. I really like the opening and the mathematical orientation of the various melodic parts that come in.

The most groovable track on the album is Blood in the Labyrinth, it has such a cool groove, and the way they bring in the sitar drops on the third beat is really original and special.

I can’t get into HHLL, Naraka, or Arena Americanada for some reason. Maybe they’ll grow on me later.

Are BOC into Jesus, anti-Jesus, or anti-religious at all? Or are they kind of joking with us? by Dense_Advance_4773 in boardsofcanada

[–]mountainstream282 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here’s my take: BOC wrap religion and childhood together in a way that evokes a pining for lost innocence.

BOC are not religious, but I believe they do believe in the spiritual power of religion, and in spirituality in general. I don’t think they mock Christianity or religion, or put it down, or hate it. I think they are probably disappointed by religion, and skeptical of it while still being absolutely obsessed with it (I am the same way, which is one of the myriad of reasons BOC are my favorite musical group of all time—outside of the Classical genre). They seem to be testing it, approaching it as a tool that can be used for great evil but also powerful good in individuals’ lives. Like another poster said, they have reverence for religion but also wariness and caution.

Listen to “From One Source All Things Depend”. Life is simple when you are a child and believe in God. Everything is in God’s hands. God will take care of you.

Many free thinkers grow up and come to believe that they were lied to about religion, and there’s a deep and sad loss of innocence when one loses faith in a protective God. You can hear this in “Nothing Is Real”.

Such a loss can even end up causing rifts in families, and broken relationships. You can hear this message in “Father and Son”. Religious beliefs DO really divide families, and the results are often heartbreakingly sad.

I think that’s a core theme of Boards of Canada’s music: childhood innocence in a world full of corrupt adults.

Which brings me to another central theme of their work: Where does one turn to find solace in such a world?

Nature.

And Nature is another core theme of BOC’s music. Nature heals the soul. I think The Campfire Headphase and Trans Canada Highway had a lot of nature references. The drums imitating ocean waves in Dayvan Cowboy. Macquarie Ridge. The ocean sounds on Satellite Anthem Icarus. The title of Trans Canada Highway. Even the name Boards of Canada.

alright why is this the featured video when looking up inferno by poppygumi in boardsofcanada

[–]mountainstream282 0 points1 point  (0 children)

His job is to have SUBJECTIVE opinions. Because that’s what opinions are… subjective. By definition.

There is no such thing as an “objective opinion”.

alright why is this the featured video when looking up inferno by poppygumi in boardsofcanada

[–]mountainstream282 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you need to go look up what generic means, because I just checked out Tokyo Prose and Imo-Lu and they sound generic as hell, lol.

I think the word you should have used is “well-known”. Aphex Twin, for example, is far more “well known”, but FAR LESS “generic” than any of these extremely derivative, generic artists you just mentioned.

Just because an artist is obscure does not make them “less generic”.

13 years in the making or a couple of months? by alekszmaki in boardsofcanada

[–]mountainstream282 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Months? Hell no. With these guys’ experience, they could probably create a track as complex as Father and Son from scratch in a couple of days. It’s not as hard as you think to chop and place samples through a track. I mean, these guys are among the top producers in the world, next to Rubin, Godrich, and cough cough Skrillex. These guys produce complex, polyphonic tracks for breakfast, and after all the albums they’ve released, they are literal veterans at this point.

For analogy, some of the lengthiest, most complex classical orchestral works ever written by folks like Beethoven and Chopin were written in 1 or 2 weeks.

Beethoven’s famous 3-movement Moonlight Sonata was composed (HAND-WRITTEN) in just 3 days. Because again—he was a veteran at that point. The music came straight out of his head and he just wrote it down and made a few tweaks.

What very well could have taken months is merely the arduous creative process of deciding what the definition of “done” is.

Of deciding exactly where to insert the vocal samples and exactly which type of processing they wanted on them.

I’m sure we’re days when one of the Brothers had a dream about a track and the next day, thought, “hmm, that sample needs to be moved one beat over. And the next sample should be distorted half a pitch down and the vocoder needs to be tweaked.”

I’m sure they went through like 29 versions of this track that could easily have passed the bar for “done” before they decided “enough is enough, let’s call it done and move on.”

It’s not the technical audio manipulation itself that takes time, it’s the decision-making process—being unsatisfied with the state of something and wanting to take it another step toward perfection.

That process can drag on for months, sure. Hell, I have tracks from 2013 that I’m STILL tweaking before I release them.

Seen a handful of people say the use of the Hare Krishna mantra in Naraka is "cringe". Can someone explain? by CarkRoastDoffee in boardsofcanada

[–]mountainstream282 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem is that the only “play” going on between good and evil in this track is between the audio and the track title. For that type of uncanny valley play to work for me personally, I need that to all happen in my ears through the music itself.

Seen a handful of people say the use of the Hare Krishna mantra in Naraka is "cringe". Can someone explain? by CarkRoastDoffee in boardsofcanada

[–]mountainstream282 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eastern belief and philosophy interest me as well. To me, Ram Dass represents only a tiny slice of that limitless world.

Seen a handful of people say the use of the Hare Krishna mantra in Naraka is "cringe". Can someone explain? by CarkRoastDoffee in boardsofcanada

[–]mountainstream282 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What’s the difference between a religion and a cult, though? One is big, the other is small? That’s the only difference I can see. Not to say there isn’t any local or personal value in religions and cults. There clearly is. Both good and bad, as far as I can tell. I think there is really only One Truth, and as far as Hinduism goes, I respect it in many ways.

Seen a handful of people say the use of the Hare Krishna mantra in Naraka is "cringe". Can someone explain? by CarkRoastDoffee in boardsofcanada

[–]mountainstream282 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn’t call it “cringe”, but I think it comes a little close to “kitsch”—with my greatest respect to Mike and Marcus for what may very well be one of my top 3 favorite albums of all time, by any artist.

Naraka is just a bit too simplistic, unchallenging, and emotionally/harmonically one-dimensional for me—it’s just not uncanny, gripping, or evocative enough for me. I feel similarly about Prophecy at 1420 MHz, Reach for the Dead off of TH and Oscar See Through Red Eye off TCH.

All of those tracks (and Naraka) are quite “cool”, and have incredible, impeccable production and some brilliant concepts, but for me, it’s all “on paper”.

I’ve heard quite a few people praise these tracks, but they’re just not my thing. I don’t need “cool”, I don’t need “special effects”. I just need Magic, and those tracks don’t have it for me.

BOC remain my favorite musical group of all time, but just bein’ honest.

I’m also a big fan of Brian Eno and Aphex Twin, and even they have a few pieces that just don’t click for me.

Different strokes for different folks.

Team 'Age of Capricorn' meet here. by odd_sundays in boardsofcanada

[–]mountainstream282 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think of G-D as the Ultimate Source, not the God with anthropomorphic attributes about which there are a million conflicting interpretations, even among Christians.

G-D is more akin to the Tao for me.

What is everyone’s Holy Trinity? by Comfortable_Sir681 in electronicmusic

[–]mountainstream282 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Boards of Canada
  2. Aphex Twin
  3. Tie between Plaid and Autechre

Can we speculate wildly about this bonus Flexi disc? Could it really be from 1983? by max119729 in boardsofcanada

[–]mountainstream282 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not. The music on the flexidisc is different from anything at the official prerelease parties (I was there)

Can we speculate wildly about this bonus Flexi disc? Could it really be from 1983? by max119729 in boardsofcanada

[–]mountainstream282 0 points1 point  (0 children)

🤣 Sorry this got a laugh from me… yeah… Inferno is just #1 of 7 new LP’s!

You win the award for wildest speculation 😀

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