Boards of Canada Black Box: One Year On

Tracks damaged and worn from hard drive issues, it's the future of nostalgia guys.

  On 3/8/2012 at 6:38 PM, saakki said:

Dont ye fellas get it. mdg IS BoC. Hence the "cloak and dagger".

 

 

Over on twoism there is an immense thread about 'new album speculation'. One of the lads over there posted all the things he had done in life since the release of TCH, it was something like 'graduated from university, travelled Europe, got married and had a new born baby who is now 3 years old' (Lol) He was summarising all the things in life since a new album from BoC. Mdg replied back almost immeadiately and posted ''musicians have lives too...'' And I thought, mmm that sounds like a member of BoC to me. Not really biting back, but explaining they have things in life to attend to as well. From then on I thought mdg is BoC.

Edited March 9, 2012 by beerwolf

what does mdg stand for? midget?

 

get us the midi tracks! i get it

  On 3/9/2012 at 12:59 PM, beerwolf said:

  On 3/8/2012 at 6:38 PM, saakki said:

Dont ye fellas get it. mdg IS BoC. Hence the "cloak and dagger".

 

 

Over on twoism there is an immense thread about 'new album speculation'. One of the lads over there posted all the things he had done in life since the release of TCH, it was something like 'graduated from university, travelled Europe, got married and had a new born baby who is now 3 years old' (Lol) He was summarising all the things in life since a new album from BoC. Mdg replied back almost immeadiately and posted ''musicians have lives too...'' And I thought, mmm that sounds like a member of BoC to me. Not really biting back, but explaining they have things in life to attend to as well. From then on I thought mdg is BoC.

 

yes, it really takes a member of a reclusive idm band to come up with the conclusions that musicians have life.

He could also be a wizard, just sayin'

Well that's my opinion. I can sense theses things. There was a slight bite to it.

"musicians have lives too..."

 

and one part of it is releasing music, perhaps?

 

  On 3/9/2012 at 2:02 PM, beerwolf said:

Well that's my opinion. I can sense theses things. There was a slight bite to it.

 

*hears mark wispering "bite me"*

  On 3/9/2012 at 2:05 PM, goDel said:

"musicians have lives too..."

 

and one part of it is releasing music, perhaps?

 

  On 3/9/2012 at 2:02 PM, beerwolf said:

Well that's my opinion. I can sense theses things. There was a slight bite to it.

 

*hears mark wispering "bite me"*

 

Well exactly, at what point does a recording artist simply revert to becoming a bedroom musician, or if in the case of not even recording anything.... retired?

  On 3/9/2012 at 2:11 PM, feltcher said:

  On 3/9/2012 at 2:05 PM, goDel said:

"musicians have lives too..."

 

and one part of it is releasing music, perhaps?

 

  On 3/9/2012 at 2:02 PM, beerwolf said:

Well that's my opinion. I can sense theses things. There was a slight bite to it.

 

*hears mark wispering "bite me"*

 

Well exactly, at what point does a recording artist simply revert to becoming a bedroom musician, or if in the case of not even recording anything.... retired?

 

1. when they get a full time job in a different business.

2. when they sell their instruments/musical equipment.

  On 3/9/2012 at 2:11 PM, feltcher said:

  On 3/9/2012 at 2:05 PM, goDel said:

"musicians have lives too..."

 

and one part of it is releasing music, perhaps?

 

  On 3/9/2012 at 2:02 PM, beerwolf said:

Well that's my opinion. I can sense theses things. There was a slight bite to it.

 

*hears mark wispering "bite me"*

 

Well exactly, at what point does a recording artist simply revert to becoming a bedroom musician, or if in the case of not even recording anything.... retired?

 

IMO mdg just meant that for boc music is a hobby, not their main source of income, so it's bound to always be second to stuff that actually keeps the mansion running.

BoC is not an active band. They don't tour or play gigs or festivals. Their releases are sparse. I can't imagine them making much money off that. And it doesn't seem like they ever treated it as a primary source of income either.

 

So they probably have careers that take up time.

In other words: they're amateurs making pretty damn good music in their spare free time.

 

So, they're into private equity in their dayjobs?

i wonder what their day jobs are

  On 3/9/2012 at 3:40 PM, goDel said:

In other words: they're amateurs making pretty damn good music in their spare free time.

 

So, they're into private equity in their dayjobs?

I like to think that the amount of money you bring in from doing something creative or artsy has no bearing on if you are amateur or pro.

 

Amateur would be the guy that gets involved in let's say music, at a surface level but never makes anything of it. He might have recorded something into his computer or whatever a few times. But never had any intentions to go anywhere with his creations.

 

BoC probably pulls some money from other people wanting to use their music too. I've heard it in documentaries before.

Edited March 9, 2012 by couch

  On 3/9/2012 at 4:56 PM, zupiclone said:

i wonder what their day jobs are

 

 

Grouse hunters

  On 3/9/2012 at 1:08 PM, zupiclone said:

what does mdg stand for?

 

he stands for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.

  On 3/9/2012 at 5:32 PM, couch said:

 

Amateur would be the guy that gets involved in let's say music, at a surface level but never makes anything of it. He might have recorded something into his computer or whatever a few times. But never had any intentions to go anywhere with his creations.

 

 

I am an amateur.

It's a shame if that's true about their hard drive crash. They should have talked to Jason Scott or jwz for that matter.

But this thread has delivered so many subtle, cynical lols for me.

  On 3/9/2012 at 6:27 PM, keltoi said:

 

that image is not very BOCish

who is mdg, just curious??

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lol

give us new shit dude

mdg is a representative from Hexagon Sun.

  On 3/9/2012 at 11:01 PM, Joyrex said:

mdg is a representative from Hexagon Sun.

Omg ! thanks

nobody respects mdg anymore.

 

edit: not my opinion... but obviously that of the forum.

Edited March 10, 2012 by sirch

  On 3/9/2012 at 11:01 PM, Joyrex said:

mdg is a representative from Hexagon Sun.

 

this sentence reminded me of jandek. and made me realise we probably know more about jandek than we will ever know about boc, lol