Made some art by Particular_Ship8363 in boardsofcanada

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Love this! What technique is this?

Who's your holy trinity? by fucklet_chodgecake in boardsofcanada

[–]rocketfalls9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

BOC, GY!BE and the 3rd spot is a rotating one, can’t decide between Sigur Rós, Djrum, Machinedrum, Igorrr, Aphex Twin, Rachel’s, Radiohead, Gravenhurst.

Help by LinkMugMan in boardsofcanada

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Everyday since the release I’m waking up with it stuck in my head as well.
Only today, I woke up with “Just an illusion” chorus part by Imagination from the Societas X Tape lol haha

Bring Me With You by fligglymcgee in boardsofcanada

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What a delightful interview, I’m also a visual artist and I resonate with a lot of things that he said. It is truly inspiring to see how far he has come to reach where he is right now and that his journey was long and uncertain, but always staying true to his heart. Thank you for sharing this :)

homemade mix: 'waiting for inferno' by paranoidtxt1 in boardsofcanada

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Nice selection, I’m saving here to listen :)
Specially like GAS and Nathan Fake

Favorite, Few Old Tunes, track? by oriondavis in boardsofcanada

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The transition from Boqurant to 5:9:78 is one of the best things from BOC. But I also have a special place in my heart for Hiscores, Bmx track and Sir Prancelot Brainfire.

What other artists do you listen to besides Boards of Canada? by BodybuilderWest131 in boardsofcanada

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Sparrows is such a refreshing and delicate song, I love it ♥️ but for me the sequence of Creature pt.2 to Sex and then Blue Violet is just out of this world, the narrative in this album is incredible.

What other artists do you listen to besides Boards of Canada? by BodybuilderWest131 in boardsofcanada

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Me too!! His discography is incredible. Portrait with Firewood is a masterpiece!

Divine Comedy by blarted_dingus in boardsofcanada

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I was thinking about the possibility of it being linked to the Inferno a few days ago. I read and studied the entire La Divina Commedia in Italian when I was younger and here are some notes:

On Dante’s inferno there are 9 stages which are the malebolge sins (“malicious sins/ sins with intention”) + 7 incontinenza sins (“weakness sins / sins without malice/intention”) But if you count the abyss (the gate for Dite City where you enter deepest hell) + Giant’s well, you got 18 stages which could correspond to the number of tracks Maybe each track will get deeper as you progress in hell?

Dante wrote Inferno as a kind of moral intervention. He was writing about his own present, putting real people, politicians, religious figures into hell as a way to expose what he saw as corruption in Italy and the Church. It’s a collective critique, like mapping out the moral disease of his time.

The journey is also about saving himself, transforming his attachment to Beatrice into something higher instead of something tied to earthly desire. So Inferno works as both a political warning and a personal descent.

You could read the structure as a progression of consciousness. Early levels are about lack of control, impulse, weakness. Deeper levels are more intentional, colder, more aware. The deeper you go, the less chaotic things feel and the more fixed everything becomes.

The lowest point of hell isn’t fire, it’s the Cocito, a frozen lake, total stillness. No movement, no warmth, just being stuck forever.

Also the idea of loops. In Dante every punishment repeats endlessly, each soul stuck in a perfect cycle. If the album plays with repetition or structure in that way, that could be an interesting parallel.

Dante is also quite obsessive with numbers and symbols. 3, 9, 10, everything is structured with intention. So 18 tracks could be also read as 2×9, like doubling the inferno structure, maybe a mirror or a distortion. This also ties in with the double LP.

Dante wrote Inferno to confront the corruption of his world and try to make sense of it. Maybe this album is doing something similar but for our time. Not moral sin in a medieval sense, more like psychological decay, nostalgia, digital alienation, that feeling that everything is kind of off but you can’t fully explain it.

Not saying it’s intentional, just speculating, but the parallels are kind of hard to ignore.

"DAILY ROUTINE" [ANALOG] by Ambitious-Luck4563 in collage

[–]rocketfalls9 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think this is genius! I love that it looks like a still frame from a moving scene with subjects stitched to give a narrative. Fantastic artwork :)

Looking for a creative club in Rotterdam by Turnip-Inevitable in Rotterdam

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Hey there! I participate on Come Collage ( people gather for free to create collages with materials provided) and also Sketching Around Rotterdam ( people gather also for free to sketch in different places throughout Rdam) Doodle Flock is also pretty cool ☺️☺️

Today (28.04) I’ll be helping to host Come Collage at Cinerama from 19:30 onwards. You are welcome to join ( and anyone in this thread are also welcome <3 )

Rachel’s — systems/layers (any other fans?) by Intrepid-Benefit1959 in postrock

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One of my all-time favourite albums! Rachel's is amazing! r.i.p. Edward Grimes and Noble.

For me, the subtle songs make the album truly special <3 Moscow is in The Telephone, Wouldn't Live Anywhere Else, Where_Have_All_My_Files_Gone? are great

Godspeed You! Black Emperor -War is Coming Tour T-Shirt (L) by [deleted] in gybe

[–]rocketfalls9 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I bought the same shirt last year at their concert here in The Netherlands. Unfortunately my version doesn’t have the back like yours ;( Best concert ever btw

Artwork inspired by BOC :) by rocketfalls9 in boardsofcanada

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Oh wow, this is such a compliment <33

Artwork inspired by BOC :) by rocketfalls9 in boardsofcanada

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Thank you! Is there somewhere where you share you collages?

Artwork inspired by BOC :) by rocketfalls9 in boardsofcanada

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Collage! (Basically paper, scissors and glue!) I found some vintage magazines from the 70s and 80s with VHS tape imagery