Do you ever wish BOC didn't have beats?

Was listening to In a Beautiful Place out in the Country and listening to the incredible songs, but just wishing that they didn't have some pretty shitty beats over the top. I quite liked some of the beats on Campfire, but with the other albums and EPs the more I hear them the more I think the music would sound better without the beats.

Don't know if anyone agrees, but does anyone know somewhere I can get beatless boc, or a way I can do it myself?

BOC drums pretty much sound like Dido drums.

I do think a purely ambient, beatless BoC album would be great, but hell, who am I to say what they should and shouldn't do.

Their beats are generally very well done...see no reason for complaint. Julie and Candy has some of the best drum production I've ever heard.

all i have nearby right now is mhtrtc and tch

i think the beats in the songs on these albums are pretty essential

What would have become Rue The Whirl without African American beats? :(

Do you ever wish BoC didn't have beards?

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What would have become Rue The Whirl without African American beats? :(

tru dat. :African American:

if you really have good bass speakers and a sub the beats suddenly become great if you turn them up loud

but yes in some moods i dislike the beats too

happly they tend to less / better ones in their latest releases

Telephastic Workshop without beats?

Hell no.

lol

NO

As said before telephasic workshop is all about the beats and they are amazing. (personally my favourite tune, they make good electro stuff when they aren't detuning tape recordings of guitars)

No, I like their music just the way it is.

I wish BOC didn't have fans.

BoC Has the Right To Fans

Chinook :heart:

YES.

yesyesyesyes

yes

i meant to quote aencre in this post.

  Beholdapalehorse said:

No, I like their music just the way it is.

I think quoth by aphex twin shouldn't have beats.

BOC's fine.

Well, you have the short tracks/separators by them that capture the essence of their melodies. The beats are fine the way they are, and on Geogaddi, they are perfect. Imagine mixing Pencha from Autechre with Dayvan Cowboy... mmm

the drums are one of the best aspects of Boards of Canada - real live drumming with excellent production - adds a lot of funk to their sound... it is a key element of their music.

  haz. said:

the drums are one of the best aspects of Boards of Canada - real live drumming with excellent production - adds a lot of funk to their sound... it is a key element of their music.

I saw part of this thread title under "recently updated" and I immediately thought it was going to end as "didn't have beats". I think BoC might end up doing something a lot more interesting with their music if they ditched the beats and were forced to figure out another way to carry their tracks. Textures are one thing BOC tends to get somewhat inventive with, beats not so much. They almost always keep them as safe as possible.

i think the drums on those tracks are great. dry, but not really at all. good stuff.

  Zephyr_Nova said:

I saw part of this thread title under "recently updated" and I immediately thought it was going to end as "didn't have beats". I think BoC might end up doing something a lot more interesting with their music if they ditched the beats and were forced to figure out another way to carry their tracks. Textures are one thing BOC tends to get somewhat inventive with, beats not so much. They almost always keep them as safe as possible.

Agreed. I remember in an interview, somewhere around the TCH release, they complained about their imitators following the formula of thick synths and hip hop beats. What better way to drop the cliche than to try something new, eh? Some of their beatless tracks are arguably their best anyway.

Erm, not really. Although it would sound cool, it's (to me) even fucking better with the beats.

I would love to hear a BoC ambient album though, drumless or something. That would be interesting...what they think of as material that doesn't need beats.