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  On 5/1/2013 at 6:23 PM, jules said:

 

  On 5/1/2013 at 6:01 PM, oscillik said:

 

  On 5/1/2013 at 5:52 PM, the anonymous forumite said:

8 years since their last album and it still sounds like the music they were doing 15 years ago. It was very nice and pretty 15 years ago but how about these guys renew themselves ? I'm not sure they are very proud of doing the exact same music they've been doing all along...

can you give us a track by track review?

 

since you've heard the entire thing, and all...

 

 

 

...

13 Nothing Is Real - this track is not even real

...

 

Your sig is appropriate for this post, but I particularly liked your review of track 13. You totally have me pumped to hear it, too.

lol saxophone

  On 5/1/2013 at 6:06 PM, apriorion said:

 

  On 5/1/2013 at 5:52 PM, the anonymous forumite said:

8 years since their last album and it still sounds like the music they were doing 15 years ago. It was very nice and pretty 15 years ago but how about these guys renew themselves ? I'm not sure they are very proud of doing the exact same music they've been doing all along...

 

 

Hey, Kanye, Imma let ya finish, Imma let ya finish, but Boards of Canada has made some of the best music of all time!

 

In all seriousness, I fucking hate this criticism. If they're really good at what they do, they ought to continue to do it. That's pretty much the principle on which most of the Western professional and academic world is based: specialization. Some people are really good logicians who are specifically good at representing epistemic principles and proofs, so they become dedicated epistemic logicians. Occasionally there are a few people who can branch out beyond their initial specialization, but they are few and far between.

 

Lol mate. I thought you weren't serious but then I judged by the length of your post that you put your whole heart in it.

Yet, a whole heart is not enough because we need some logic, and btw, it's funny you mention logicians because you've just posted a fallacious analogy. If logic is equivalent to electronic music, then epistemic logic is sub-branch, equivalent to a sub-genre of electronic music. BOC specializes in IDM.

The correct analogy would be: imagine a logician supporting the same thesis all his life, just changing some words or rephrasing, but nevertheless the exact same thesis in substance. What makes an interesting logician is the diversity of his thesis.

This is what BOC has been doing and it's really getting boring and unsurprising. Same o'...

Just take a look at AE and their ability to renew themselves everytime. And many other bands btw. Boc just looks more and more like a marketing scheme, unable to hide their lack of inspiration of an exhausted brand of IDM.

  On 5/1/2013 at 6:23 PM, jules said:

 

  On 5/1/2013 at 6:01 PM, oscillik said:

 

  On 5/1/2013 at 5:52 PM, the anonymous forumite said:

8 years since their last album and it still sounds like the music they were doing 15 years ago. It was very nice and pretty 15 years ago but how about these guys renew themselves ? I'm not sure they are very proud of doing the exact same music they've been doing all along...

can you give us a track by track review?

 

since you've heard the entire thing, and all...

 

 

 

 

01 Gemini - warm synth melodic loop intro with dark undercurrents. vintage boc but you can tell this is going to be dark

02 Reach for the Dead - mathy repetitive beat with very precise sounding snare hits. part way through this big warm melody arches over the top of everything and really sets the tone for the record. i think there is some back masking but it is hard to tell. at about 2:36, i think i heard 'yermo' backwards but it i could be saying "i'm yours" too

03 White Cyclosa - sort of an ambient interlude but sound like slowed down explosions from an old documentary mixed over radio transmissions that are struggling to break through. there is a little beat in the back but it disappears before it can establish itself

04 Jacquard Causeway - this is a beast. the longer track time fooled me as there is a long coda at the end that spirals out from what was a sinister beat. there were children voices sampled in this one but they weren't laughing and playing. they were screaming as if their flesh was being torn from their little skeletons. probably from a nuclear explosion

05 Telepath - a warm analogue tone repeated to cleanse the palette. it kind of reminded me of something but i couldn't remember what it was. it made me feel nostalgic

06 Cold Earth - right out of the gates this has tons of numbers being repeated in a similar fashion of the code transmissions. then a little beat loop drops in and it starts to feel like the end of telephasic workshop but very very evil

07 Transmisiones Ferox - another little interlude. beatless and dark. feels like a carpenter soundtrack

08 Sick Times - that wasn't fake you guys. just kidding. it was. but this is in a similar category. there are guitars and what sounds like a saxophone but very dissonant and repetitive. sounds like there is a bomb shelter siren in the background. but it sounds warm and fuzzy.

09 Collapse - a warm analogue tone repeated to cleanse the palette. it kind of reminded me of something but i couldn't remember what it was. it made me feel nostalgic

10 Palace Posy - this is where things get very dark. this really lays the brickwork for the second half of the album. this has a hip hop beat with warm analogue wobbly synths. it kind of reminded me of something but i couldn't remember what it was. it made me feel nostalgic

11 Split Your Infinites - wow. this starts with a simple beat but then it kind of doubles up on itself and then doubles up on itself again. it seems like the timing keeps changing depending on what rhythm you are following but they all work together too. this is box magic for the new world order. very precise beats. sounds like they worked on the kick for two years straight. it is perfect. i can't tell what the voices are saying it it but it is a combo of sesame street stuff and broadcast radio emergency test systems

12 Uritual - another little interlude. bealess and dark. feels like a carpenter soundtrack

13 Nothing Is Real - this track is not even real

14 Sundown - this begins the final four track sequence that really works as 1 long track. beats appear in the back. they are very precise and it sounds like the snare is cutting through my face

15 New Seeds - the beat that peaked out in sundown gets brought to the forefront here. about halfway though, this majestic huge warbled synth line peaks through the clouds and envelops you in a magic warm glow that feels like your mommy hugging you as a baby. you will be instantly transported to a safe place and know everything is going to be ok

16 Come to Dust - the beat shifts back to darker places as does the main synth line. this reminded me of that scene in the perfect sotrm where they get a hint of sunlight but the storm just won't let them out

17 Semena Mertvykh - the entire track references bits of the whole album but there is a russian voice on a submarine saying things that are hard to make out. i think this track is going to lead into the next album and that is going to be warm and happy, but also dark and sinister

 

haha, you nailed it Jules.

  On 5/1/2013 at 6:01 PM, oscillik said:

 

  On 5/1/2013 at 5:52 PM, the anonymous forumite said:

8 years since their last album and it still sounds like the music they were doing 15 years ago. It was very nice and pretty 15 years ago but how about these guys renew themselves ? I'm not sure they are very proud of doing the exact same music they've been doing all along...

can you give us a track by track review?

 

since you've heard the entire thing, and all...

 

Oh man, just hear the snippet, it could have been on any of their records.

  On 5/1/2013 at 7:44 PM, the anonymous forumite said:

 

  On 5/1/2013 at 6:06 PM, apriorion said:

 

  On 5/1/2013 at 5:52 PM, the anonymous forumite said:

8 years since their last album and it still sounds like the music they were doing 15 years ago. It was very nice and pretty 15 years ago but how about these guys renew themselves ? I'm not sure they are very proud of doing the exact same music they've been doing all along...

 

 

Hey, Kanye, Imma let ya finish, Imma let ya finish, but Boards of Canada has made some of the best music of all time!

 

In all seriousness, I fucking hate this criticism. If they're really good at what they do, they ought to continue to do it. That's pretty much the principle on which most of the Western professional and academic world is based: specialization. Some people are really good logicians who are specifically good at representing epistemic principles and proofs, so they become dedicated epistemic logicians. Occasionally there are a few people who can branch out beyond their initial specialization, but they are few and far between.

 

 

Lol mate. I thought you weren't serious but then I judged by the length of your post that you put your whole heart in it.

Yet, a whole heart is not enough because we need some logic, and btw, it's funny you mention logicians because you've just posted a fallacious analogy. If logic is equivalent to electronic music, then epistemic logic is sub-branch, equivalent to a sub-genre of electronic music. BOC specializes in IDM.

 

The correct analogy would be: imagine a logician supporting the same thesis all his life, just changing some words or rephrasing, but nevertheless the exact same thesis in substance. What makes an interesting logician is the diversity of his thesis.

 

This is what BOC has been doing and it's really getting boring and unsurprising. Same o'...

 

Just take a look at AE and their ability to renew themselves everytime. And many other bands btw. Boc just looks more and more like a marketing scheme, unable to hide their lack of inspiration of an exhausted brand of IDM.

I was serious, but it's nothing personal. I'm not mad at you because you gave an argument that is terrible. It happens. But you're right, epistemic logic is a sub-field of logic. It can be very narrow and specialized. Likewise, some styles of art might be very narrow and specialized. I don't view BOC as producing the same work over and over again, as analogous to a researcher defending the same thesis in multiple papers and books. Although, now that you bring that up, there are some cases where that's warranted, too. But as it turns out, it's your analogy that is fallacious: it's not like they're putting out an album called "Geogaddi, pt.2, 3, etc.". There are artists that do that, and I would entertain your objection for those cases. However, I think it's pretty clear (given stated intentions in interviews, clear differences in artistic direction, etc.) that BOC have a different agenda with each album and e.p. Thus, they are not akin to some researcher "changing the words or rephrasing".

Upon reflection, it seems best that we don't come to any hasty conclusions on the basis of some TV and internet commercials. Let's pick this up again when the album is actually released.

  On 5/1/2013 at 8:16 PM, apriorion said:

 

  On 5/1/2013 at 7:44 PM, the anonymous forumite said:

 

  On 5/1/2013 at 6:06 PM, apriorion said:

 

  On 5/1/2013 at 5:52 PM, the anonymous forumite said:

8 years since their last album and it still sounds like the music they were doing 15 years ago. It was very nice and pretty 15 years ago but how about these guys renew themselves ? I'm not sure they are very proud of doing the exact same music they've been doing all along...

 

 

Hey, Kanye, Imma let ya finish, Imma let ya finish, but Boards of Canada has made some of the best music of all time!

 

In all seriousness, I fucking hate this criticism. If they're really good at what they do, they ought to continue to do it. That's pretty much the principle on which most of the Western professional and academic world is based: specialization. Some people are really good logicians who are specifically good at representing epistemic principles and proofs, so they become dedicated epistemic logicians. Occasionally there are a few people who can branch out beyond their initial specialization, but they are few and far between.

 

 

Lol mate. I thought you weren't serious but then I judged by the length of your post that you put your whole heart in it.

Yet, a whole heart is not enough because we need some logic, and btw, it's funny you mention logicians because you've just posted a fallacious analogy. If logic is equivalent to electronic music, then epistemic logic is sub-branch, equivalent to a sub-genre of electronic music. BOC specializes in IDM.

 

The correct analogy would be: imagine a logician supporting the same thesis all his life, just changing some words or rephrasing, but nevertheless the exact same thesis in substance. What makes an interesting logician is the diversity of his thesis.

 

This is what BOC has been doing and it's really getting boring and unsurprising. Same o'...

 

Just take a look at AE and their ability to renew themselves everytime. And many other bands btw. Boc just looks more and more like a marketing scheme, unable to hide their lack of inspiration of an exhausted brand of IDM.

 

it's not like they're putting out an album called "Geogaddi, pt.2, 3, etc.". There are artists that do that, and I would entertain your objection for those cases. However, I think it's pretty clear (given stated intentions in interviews, clear differences in artistic direction, etc.) that BOC have a different agenda with each album and e.p. Thus, they are not akin to some researcher "changing the words or rephrasing".

 

Upon reflection, it seems best that we don't come to any hasty conclusions on the basis of some TV and internet commercials. Let's pick this up again when the album is actually released.

 

Is the fact that any of their albums are not called "Music has the Right to Children, part 2" or "Twoism, part 3" supposed to be a valid argument ? Are their intentions to do something different any proof or evidence that the output is ACTUALLY different ? You may think so, and that's where the debate ends I guess, since music is not math, whatever BOC might think.

On their last album, they tried bringing in something different (the use of guitars) but it ended up being a disaster, imo. But anyway, your final words are correct, let's wait and see.

  On 5/1/2013 at 6:23 PM, jules said:

 

sounds like they worked on the kick for two years straight. it is perfect. i can't tell what the voices are saying it it but it is a combo of sesame street stuff and broadcast radio emergency test systems

 

lol!

I don't mind that BOC's songs sound similar -- I think it's just their style. I just really love the mood that their songs set, relaxed, somewhat melancholy, sometimes dark, and yes, nostalgic.

Am I the only one who really likes TCH? It could be heard as Norah Jones-bland, but I think it's just very nice, simple, and makes me feel good. In my penis. (Sorry mods)

  On 5/1/2013 at 9:34 PM, encey said:

 

Am I the only one who really likes TCH? It could be heard as Norah Jones-bland, but I think it's just very nice, simple, and makes me feel good. In my penis. (Sorry mods)

 

TCH is a great album, I love it. Lots of classic tracks.

I like tch

  On 5/1/2013 at 2:17 PM, Gravity said:

 

  On 5/1/2013 at 1:53 PM, jules said:

 

  On 5/1/2013 at 7:41 AM, goDel said:

 

  On 5/1/2013 at 4:06 AM, beariksson said:

*sucks own dick*

* gang-dick sucks beariksson*

 

 

*watches from afar*

 

 

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flol

  On 5/1/2013 at 9:37 PM, Gravity said:

 

  On 5/1/2013 at 9:34 PM, encey said:

Am I the only one who really likes TCH? It could be heard as Norah Jones-bland, but I think it's just very nice, simple, and makes me feel good. In my penis. (Sorry mods)

 

TCH is a great album, I love it. Lots of classic tracks.

Agreed, tears from the compound eye, peacock tail... Lovely stuff.

Oscar sees through the red eye is one of their greatest tracks in my opinion, and I'm not the biggest TCH fan

its my favourite album of theirs id say. tracks 3,4,5,7,9,11,12,13,14 all absolute belters.

Oh god can you imagine how horrible it would be if their new music resembled their own music!?!

  On 5/1/2013 at 9:47 PM, MIXL2 said:

 

  On 5/1/2013 at 9:37 PM, Gravity said:

 

  On 5/1/2013 at 9:34 PM, encey said:

Am I the only one who really likes TCH? It could be heard as Norah Jones-bland, but I think it's just very nice, simple, and makes me feel good. In my penis. (Sorry mods)

TCH is a great album, I love it. Lots of classic tracks.

Agreed, tears from the compound eye, peacock tail... Lovely stuff.

 

Tears from the Compound Eye is fucking heavy. One of the best tracks they've ever done, it feels like you're slowly floating away into the sky.

  On 5/2/2013 at 12:04 AM, LimpyLoo said:

Oh god can you imagine how horrible it would be if their new music resembled their own music!?!

Your ability to point out the absurdity of some of these people's complaints is impeccable.

  On 5/2/2013 at 12:31 AM, David Bowman said:

 

  On 5/2/2013 at 12:04 AM, LimpyLoo said:

Oh god can you imagine how horrible it would be if their new music resembled their own music!?!

 

Your ability to point out the absurdity of some of these people's complaints is impeccable.

 

yeah except I can't spell

you so autistic

  On 5/2/2013 at 6:22 AM, impotentwhitecapitalist said:

you so autistic

don't i have a heart condition

I really hope the next BOC sounds like Christ.

  On 5/2/2013 at 7:10 AM, Friendly Foil said:

I really hope the next BOC sounds like Christ.

Hey ff! I just wanted to take the opportunity to say I love your music.

Cheers.

SG

  On 5/2/2013 at 7:05 AM, LimpyLoo said:

 

  On 5/2/2013 at 6:22 AM, impotentwhitecapitalist said:

you so autistic

 

 

don't i have a heart condition

 

*x-rays your body with palm of hand*

no

  On 5/2/2013 at 7:33 AM, impotentwhitecapitalist said:

 

  On 5/2/2013 at 7:05 AM, LimpyLoo said:

 

  On 5/2/2013 at 6:22 AM, impotentwhitecapitalist said:

you so autistic

 

 

don't i have a heart condition

 

*x-rays your body with palm of hand*

 

 

no

 

*looks for autism smiley*

edit: NSFW

  On 5/1/2013 at 11:56 PM, YELLOW said:

Oscar sees through the red eye is one of their greatest tracks in my opinion, and I'm not the biggest TCH fan

+1. That track is so complex shows an amazing progression from Geogaddi. Hoping the new album is "electronic" and continues the progression.

I want the new album to be...

A is to B as B is to C

Dandelion

Sunshine Recorder

All in one

Hello, little to tired for going thru 135 pages. .

What was the numbers about?