Boards of Canada sounds

[syzygywell]

What I meant by adult was more that MHTRTC seems to remind me of 9-11 years of age, Geogaddi reminds me of 14-17 and campfire takes me into early adulthood. Not so much 'Mature' as in their sound has matured etc.

[LiveFromKyoto]

Originally Posted by sleestack

boc are alright. I like their pads and they were very inventive in that area. They should have just done some atmospheric stuff. No beats. I think their beats ruin it. Aphex blows them away for me. but I am an aphex fan.you know how we can be

On the flip side, I've listened to my BOC albums hundreds of times (how did we ever live before iTunes could keep track of this kind of thing?) but save for Rhubarb (which is great) I can't get into Aphex for the life of me.

[syzygywell]

Originally Posted by LiveFromKyoto

I was inspired by this thread to run the Farewell Fire through an analyzer, I'd always wondered if the song continued after the fadeout through those 4 minutes of silence.

I ran it through Logic and compressed it up like +22db and it does play the whole way through, with a bit of variation at the very end. Cool stuff, that you'd never be able to hear any other way.

Hey do you still have the file? I'd love to hear it.

[soundxplorer]

Originally Posted by LiveFromKyoto

On the flip side, I've listened to my BOC albums hundreds of times (how did we ever live before iTunes could keep track of this kind of thing?) but save for Rhubarb (which is great) I can't get into Aphex for the life of me.

Very interesting as I'm almost the same. I love BOC, and Rhubarb is pretty much the only Aphex Twin song I listen to on a regular basis. There are a few other songs on Selected Ambient Works Vol. II that I do like, though I can't remember them by name right now. But if I call up Aphex on my iPod it is usually to listen to Rhubarb. There must be a connection.

[LiveFromKyoto]

Originally Posted by syzygywell

Hey do you still have the file? I'd love to hear it.

I didn't, but it wasn't hard to do again. You can see where the gain increase kicks in, around 4:25:

http://soundcloud.com/livefromkyoto/farewell-fire-compressed-up

Originally Posted by soundxplorer

Very interesting as I'm almost the same. I love BOC, and Rhubarb is pretty much the only Aphex Twin song I listen to on a regular basis. There are a few other songs on Selected Ambient Works Vol. II that I do like, though I can't remember them by name right now. But if I call up Aphex on my iPod it is usually to listen to Rhubarb. There must be a connection.

I think it's pretty clear, that song sounds like BOC before BOC. Same kind of warm fuzzy distorted pad sounds, similar key. I'm pretty sure that song must have been an influence on them. The rest of Ambient Works Vol. II is generally a lot darker or more discordant.

[cane creek]

Heres a great cover version of Roygbiv

[syzygywell]

Originally Posted by LiveFromKyoto

I didn't, but it wasn't hard to do again. You can see where the gain increase kicks in, around 4:25:

http://soundcloud.com/livefromkyoto/farewell-fire-compressed-up



I think it's pretty clear, that song sounds like BOC before BOC. Same kind of warm fuzzy distorted pad sounds, similar key. I'm pretty sure that song must have been an influence on them. The rest of Ambient Works Vol. II is generally a lot darker or more discordant.

awesome thanks...

[Morechips]

Originally Posted by thedefog

Sorry to open up an old thread, but I had to comment on this conversation. One of the reasons that I like their stuff so much is because it is so simplistic, yet always has me wanting more. That is something that a lot of songwriters simply don't get. I'd rather have a 1 minute "songlet" that keeps me thirsty for more than a 4:30 minute track that just gets shit all over by the end of it. Just my opinion.

Perfectly put! BOC do musical haiku so well....its this quality plus their skills in sound creation/production that has made them so popular.

Regarding equipment - I am pretty sure they have a moog of some description on a number of their tracks, not that I own one but I know its tones and timbre from other peoples use and i think its probably a Minimoog. Older bit 'comprimised' samplers definitely feature heavily and as many other people have noted - tape, probably old reel 2 reels.

After writing this i noticed that the remaining portion of this thread really went of the topic of BOC sounds/gear! but i don't think anyone else mentioned the Minimoog so at least i contributed that! as far as which track or album is best i really like all their stuff!! i can hear development over the years and am still surprised by parts of their music at times, which to me is truly a sign of great musicality in a group and is also a sign of deep involvement by the creators at the time they made the music. Apparently BOC would put their albums together by picking their favorites out of many tracks or the tracks that sat well together in context of an album.