Boards of Canada - Whitewater

[moscow2]

This is amazing.

[FlooperMap]

True story, bro. This song is good. Thanks for making a shorter version

[agaceries]

This is probably the first comment I write on youtube, but I really needed to tell you how much I love this video you made. Rather simple yet very clever, lots of powerful graphic ideas, very inspiring. One of the best amateur BOC videos out there !

[granty77]

@agaceries wow, thank you very much indeed. I owe it all to BoC really though - without their music these ideas wouldn't have materialised.

[Rickstl0]

I really love this video. Can you tell me where you got the clip with the elephants in from of the building twards the end?

[granty77]

@Rickstl0 I think it was all from the BBC Creative Commons archive when they trialed it - it's gone now sadly, some amazing footage they had up there for a while.

[98752536735245365354]

like this!

[TrapazoidSwinger]

excellent video!

[cymagen]

beautiful video. my 2nd favorite song by boc. love it.

[MARIOFREAK82594]

@FunkyVerb Thanks for the info, still can't believe that this song was only given to friends and family members. Well I'm sure people posted the album on file sharing sites anyway.

[MARIOFREAK82594]

Where in one of BoC's albums is this song from???

[letsgetpostal]

@MARIOFREAK82594 Bloc Maxima - pretty sure its obsolete now, only 50 copies made or something

[ahyeaman]

love that bendy vcr tape sound like a shitty 80's movie ending

[estreet2007]

It is wonderful that there will never be anyone trolling this kind of music

[zwerty007]

Is whitewater from any albums other than boc maxima

[NerfZoo]

wow, such a lonely feeling this song brings, its like all that's left are concrete buildings, that were once really nice but now they just crumble. and nature is trying to come back.

[pedrofinia]

hum

[mishmoshable]

Did BoC make the video? It looks like someone had edited a documentary.

[JonnoThomas]

BoC is always best listened to with headphones and an open mind. 

[coloursdontleak]

When I listen to BoC I can't help but feel nostalgic. My childhood comes right back to me. It's breathtaking but also a very empty feeling. I love it all the same! Great video, thanks!

[420LoveAndPeace]

@coloursdontleak Cool story, bro.

[coloursdontleak]

@420LoveAndPeace Bool cory, stro.

[88Cortex]

@coloursdontleak Strool bory, co

[mxfreak41]

BoC did all the music for those 90s science videos we watch in school

[killerdynam0]

incredible!

[smiejzelki]

last scene, old hotel "forum" in Krakow?

[ballersack]

In this version the kicks come in too early at 1:27

In the full length version, the 'slowed down match strike' sound happens first, then the kicks come in, and it sounds way better.

[jadegecko]

@ballersack Funny thing is this was the first version I heard, so this sounds "right" to me and the full version doesn't. Go figure...

[iTailsTheStunter]

I literally bought BoC's albums so I could come home, and drift off into another world. That's the world I want to be in, not this one.

[frankdiley]

I love BoC and I love modernist/brutalist architecture. Can somebody explain me why I do and the author of this great video does? fuck, I just feel that BoC goes with those gloomy buldings. It's amazing that I'm not alone in my impression. That whole thing is so mysterious and fascinating....

[pwnshop1]

One time I listened to this song, and while I listened, I turned to a taco bell cup in my room that I've had since 1999. It was a cup that had R2D2 on it from Star Wars. It was celebrating when Star Wars Episode 1 came out, and that just started a whole chain reaction of intense nostalgia from that time as a child..... it was euphoric, it was psychedelic, it was one of the most surreal experiences I've undergone as far as just listening to music.

[NYdrone]

Nice work, Granty. ;)

[granty77]

@NYdrone cheers bud

[thomaswall100]

This is my favourite BoC video Ive seen, and up with my favourite music video ever. looks so much like live visuals. Really impressed and really inspired.

Feels like BoC made it them selves. Who ever did make it, big respect.

[hier0phant]

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

[interestingstd]

@hier0phant "God's son" Never have I heard such a childish fable. God created our complex universe, he's also angry and wouldnt mind hurting you, and he created harlequin babies for some.. you know... good reason or something.... and he loves you. Give it money. All of your glorious money. And praise. LOL. SAD :( the opposite of Boards of Canada, if you will. Lol.

[JohnColt]

cool

[HexicNexus]

0:09 - is that the Hospital Records building?

[ElephantDropBomb]

Hmm im trying to find this song on itunes... cant find it. Its called Whitewater?

[mentalbarrier]

this is sick...

[cassiusitsover]

music that suits your mood is good, music that changes your mood is boards of canada.

[teledub1]

the most amazing music ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[pureecstasy]

cool vid.

whats brutalist architecture?

[gravijiga]

Wikipedia would explain it better than me. Its those 1960's concrete looking buildings with the blocky appearance. Though they are not always concrete looking. The older buildings are what the style is famous for. Many cities consider the buildings ugly though and are knocking them down :(

[goonerballs]

really lovin that video

[dzikulaczek]

swietny klip :)

[yuppyguitar1]

BoC helps me imagine the world the way I did when I was younger, when I could imagine it to be the way I wanted. Not like the horrible shitty reality that we live in today.

[SweeTipiez]

every song reminds me of something i so desperately want to go bback to, like nostalgia but then not so much its weird its like im craving for more i love boc :)

mind altering music

[ArtemKaklugin]

Амбиент... У меня нет слов. Это не поддаётся комментариям и описанию...

Жизнь...

[alcohalls]

Awesome video.

[emptymorphous]

I love brutalism....and with BOC it is just perfect....

[ryanpk12]

i got stoned in a car with 4 of my mates and they were listening to shit music ... but III had a backup plan, i brought my ipod with my massive dj headphones and listened to boards of canada as it felt like i was slipping through dimensions and reaming about time. i was seeing shit also so i dont think the weed was just weed :/

[Killfisch]

it was salvia

[ryanpk12]

what was ? :)

[costa207]

@ryanpk12

BoC and weed, perfect combiantion

[FlamingLavaOwl]

@ryanpk12 idk, some pretty good strains could give closed eye visuals, i had that a couple times also, sounds like good stuff bro

[FlamingLavaOwl]

@ryanpk12 i think it was just really good weed, because i got closed eye visuals off of really good weed before "and i know it was not laced with anything else"

[ryanpk12]

@FlamingLavaOwl ah gd then :D on another note just had to ciggies then and now feel sick as a dog -_- lol weed ftw

[renaud68]

@ryanpk12

Holllyyy shit, VERY good idea.

[420LoveAndPeace]

@ryanpk12 Brool story, co.

[Sundownerr]

1:35 thats amazing.

[GIMPmanipulated]

i dont know how some of my friends can listen to pop-crap music. it's like ear torture, i mean, THEY'RE CHEATERS! they correct their vocals because they're really not as talented as they seem. i like boc because they keep that raw, emotional sound that pop-crap lacks.

[frasier88]

yes i fucking agree

[Foodfast123]

Exactly.

[krone01]

@GIMPmanipulated ur friends dont have as much imagination as u =)

[Sundownerr]

Boards of Canada is probabaly this greatest music ever, more people should know about them. They could definately make some of these kdis who are listening to rap crap change thier mind.

[johnnyjohn2005]

Yep.. take a look at the UK music chart... its DREADFUL..

MY EARS + iPOD + BoC = HAPPYNESS.

[AsboDolche]

i love brutalism! i hope britain does not destroy its remaining brutalist / modernist buildings and refurbishes them instead

such an important reminder of history

[willfreedo]

Wonderful. Reminds me of what the Dharma vids were trying to remind me of.

[nihon0019]

Is that your footage?

[granty77]

Some of it is, some from the BBC creative commons archive (when it existed)

[danderegil]

Totally trippy.

Very well done :)

[geoduct]

this music reminds me of kraftworks

[geoduct]

wow most airports i can think of incorperate this style. funny the movie catch me if you can was able to capture this 1950s to 1970s archetcual style rather well

[geoduct]

Brutalism as an architectural philosophy, rather than a style, was often also associated with a socialist utopian ideology

wow thanks everyone its been great learning about brulalism arch

[TEKM0SIS]

FULL VERSION IS 100000000X BETTER!

[SgtGumbo]

post it! =D

[acsial]

While inappropriate for housing, Brutalism is great for public spaces--malls, schools, churches and the like. Lots of natural light and open places to 'mill-about'.

A rather nifty Brutalist piece in Calgary WAS St. Luke's church, on Northmount (in the Northwest, Dallhousie)...until the Diocese screwed it up with an ugly-ass reno. One of the worst things to happen to architecture was the Post Modern peak-top craze of the late '80s-'90s (I'd like to take an acetylene torch to those stupid peaks).

[geoduct]

what are you saying i grew up in dalhousie. i should travel back to my old stomping grounds. i thought i researched and examined every blade of grass. obviously i missed something thank you. who are the diocese. i guess i just dont know anything about anything when it comes to religion and their churchs but i know northmount dr. shit i dont even know what brutalist acrh is

[geoduct]

i know where st lukes church is although i was more interested in the snow the ice arena around the corner would put in the parking lot during the summer months.

[queeneggplant]

the Robarts library at the University of Toronto is a prime example of brutalist architecture and I always found it freaky and looming since iwas a child.

[AglaoJunkie]

Weeee! That was a nice trip for the eyes. *thumbs up*

[HerrFOAD]

yea the architecture sux fekkin minging if ye ask me! but great sounds!!

[impcirca1988]

you northern?

[midsega]

trippy and fun

[SebastianKomor]

Great video indeed. Good work.

[Scientist538]

v.kewlllllllll video!

[DangerDevir]

Great Job!

[cheesewithcrackers]

This is really great man, props.

[sebrioncg]

fuck yeah son. you gotta get some cheese with them crackers. all about it.

[granty77]

Hey folks, I just want to say thanks for all your comments, good and bad. I'd wanted to make this film for a while and your praise really does justifiy the effort - peace and love! x

[impcirca1988]

why are you searching for it on youtube and staying long enough to comment then?

sad...

[Drillogik]

@granty77 This is amazing, one of the best fan made vids on youtube. I've watched this one many, many times. I am a huge fan - I have a "One very important thought" tattoo on my arm... So thanks. BTW, What album is this on. I thought I had all them including A Few Old Tunes but I dont have this one... So THANKS! again. Peace.

[granty77]

@Drillogik hey thanks man, whitewater's on boc maxima - well worth a listen!

[nkosibond]

@granty77

me and my daughter love it..thank you!

[granty77]

@nkosibond glad to see she's geting a proper education ;)

[theevildead23]

@granty77 I *love* this video, it's very rare that someone manages to create a film strong enough to use Boards of Canada music without just serving it.

[granty77]

@theevildead23 thank you, i really appreciate it - glad you like it

[konjunktion26]

my channel is full of mindmusuc

[turquoise70]

This is so beautiful.  Wonderfully done video.

[Drillogik]

wtf album is this one on, is it like an ep or something..never heard it but I have all of their albums including the peel sessions....arghhhhhh someone help

[turquoise70]

it's off BOC Maxima, which never got formally released.

[Drillogik]

oh, damn - do u know a way to get this album?

[cebritita]

love it! :))))))))))

greetings from Cracow

[bansheeq]

nice vid :), Cracow best City ;-)

[mojavemoog]

well done. brutalism often comes under such criticism, but the movement and it's structures were not intended to reflect nature. they were intended to inform the landscape of man's intelect and presence in the world. and the images of animals and nature in relationship to brutalist landmarks articulates this contrast effectively. and beautifully. that's how i interpret this.

[thelost15]

I don't understand..

[emptymorphous]

how i love brutalism

[rooiee]

Copenhagen Medical School, also known as the Panum Institute, is another example of brutalist architecture.

[chree2008]

fucking great.

love the geometry.

i wish a lot of their songs werelonger tho.

[DDRpwnerer]

The original track is 7 minutes long.

[fiilgim]

awesome!!!!!!!!!

[teethindarkness]

this is astonishing.

[Ancaja123]

I love the video efects

[sasquatch888]

best boc video on youtube, amazing work!!

[DDRpwnerer]

Definitely the most creative, in my opinion. :)

[weas123321]

Listening to this reminds me of watching Winnie the Pooh and other movies on VHS in the late 80s. I miss the slight pitch bend and imperfection of the video quality, all oy uget today is a stale near-perfect and artificial feel to everything.

[tabelingBrownly]

I wonder how we will feel when the pixelated videos we watch on the internet give way to HD quality videos with imperfections that can not be perceived by the human eye.

[blackeststar12]

the boards of canada videos are always so incredibly well done! its amazing because as far as i know most of them are not official videos. is this one fan made? and which ones are not fan made? insight please. My god I love boards of canada! nothing like it!

[granty77]

Hi - I am a fan of Boards of Canada but I have to say it wasn't made as a video for their music. The film is primarily about the theme of brutalist architecture, so in a sense the music is secondary to the visuals. Can I also just say thanks for all your kind comments, I've got another one coming soon so keep you eyes peeled ;)

[DDRpwnerer]

Ooh! I'll have to subscribe and check it out when it gets uploaded. Keep us posted :)

[totopatter]

what exactly is brutalist architecture? good vid + music association btw :)

[blackeststar12]

Thanks for the info. I must say the point of the video reads loud and clear. and there is a real visual appeal to the line work that silhouettes the animals, and it is interesting to see the combination of the three, sometimes the animals and lines in distorted form, playing off each other.  It works, well. And the music supports it. nice work.

[HexicNexus]

@blackeststar12 i think the only official video they have is for Dayvan Cowboy...and maybe June 9th

[mattnemski]

Yeah there's far too much of that type of architecture in Britain, they had no idea of how to design decent buildings in the 50's and 60's. Great video!

[ofdarknessandlight]

It's not *that* bad in Britain, give them a break, they'd just had a major war and wanted to move forward or something! Personally I don't think any designs in this video are that bad, there is far far worse, including the building I'm studying architecture in! (haha, I won't use this video as my inspiration, don't fear......though it is a beautiful video)

[cullyvan]

It is indeed whitewater , and maybe the first time they started playing with *that sound* . Are the drums deliberately flanged ? Maybe shouldnt say this but the info is in the public domain already.. try soulseek if you want to find this. This version is cut. a remastered release of this stuff would be great , but who knows if masters even exist for it ?

Great stuff though, very emotional. Cheers !

[vandal640]

this melody is so frikin awsome....its so legit classic...reminds me SO much of those old ass crappy vhs science movies i had to watch as a kid in school from the 70s and 80s

[xxDreamphase]

reminds you of being young !

xD

[vandal640]

exactly! haha....ah i love boards...how do i get this album? i knwo its from Boc Maxima, but i cant even find it on ebay.. : (

[xxDreamphase]

Yeah, the only hope I had was downloading it from a friend of mine who had it on CD, he's so lucky. They only made 50 copies of Boc Maxima. D;

But luckily there's only 4 or 5 exclusive songs on Boc maxima that isn't on any others.

[jylebroadington]

nice video dude

[xxDreamphase]

I thought I'd only see these things at age 6 or something..

WOW

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speechless.

amazing art !

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[iate64crayons]

definitely not oscar see through red eye. You should look up an oscar see through red eye video or find a real copy because it's an amazing track

[aaronbrakefield]

cool video. ithought this song was called oscar see through red eye. what exactly is brutalist architecture n e way?

[EATshitanddrinkbleac]

Its a type of architecture that uses mainly concrete for the outside walls

[omgemoboi]

You obviously found the same incorrectly labeled Campfire Headphase that I did a few years back. Initial leaks of that album had this song (Whitewater) labeled as Oscar See Through Red Eye. Go find the true version of that, cuz it's great. Whitewater is actually from a much older album, Boc Maxima.

[aaronbrakefield]

so the name of this song is really whitewater? are you saying go find the REAL version of oscar see thru red eye or the real version of whitewater? me confused...

[omgemoboi]

The song in this video is indeed Whitewater. It is from the album Boc Maxima.

Whitewater was improperly labeled as Oscar See Through Red Eye in early leaks of The Campfire Headphase. So yes, you need to go find the REAL version of Oscar See Through Red Eye. (It's 5:09 in length, as opposed to Whitewater which is 6:18.)

Hope that helps!

[DDRpwnerer]

Very cool, would be better on a different song such as Telephasic Workshop, but is awesome nonetheless.

5'd :D

[mipoi]

Good ideas, lines are not always visible though.

[Spacecase6010]

fits perfectly.

On a side note, i was eating some BBQ chicken when i first watched this video and whenever i see this video i always get that BBQ taste in my mouth... pretty funny xD

[nonameno5]

i think it fits. i love that knocking sound.

[Xephas]

doesn't fit my thoughts for this amazing tune

interesting video though

[HorrisNorris]

its a good vid but it doesnt fit the music imo. 'waits for thubs downs'

[lesoulboy]

What an excellent video, really enjoyed it! Great job :)

[boy6221]

Boards of Canada and brutalist architecture: What a perfect marriage. This art has heart. I love to watch this.

[ffsBonGo]

In my opinion one of the best video's on youtube.

[electrostaticat]

luv it...i feel proud...

[vegunited06]

wow and flutter

[boy6221]

LOL! :D

[erickson7712]

Such great work.. thank you!

[TheJustinTM]

BoC has changed my life!

[Lifesucksdie123]

very well done! cheers!

[c8udyp]

I really liked this.  A weird juxtaposition of the natural and man-made.

[oortmedia]

Fantastic video! Does anyone know where I can get a copy of Whitewater?

[ofdarknessandlight]

From Boc Maxima I think, there were like 50 copies...good luck!! O__O

I wish I knew where else to find downloads or whatever. Havent even searched..

[FatherHeathen]

Some of their old and hard to find stuff is very good. Would be cool if they re-released some of that material.

[astralateral]

fucking brilliant, thanks for posting- this made my day!

[dmace81]

i love this song :) Its one of my favorites of theres thats not on there newer albums.

[industrialbirds]

weird, but beautiful video

[electronicshark1873]

lovely stuff!

[ffsBonGo]

Great video. Well done.

[jarlabrelk]

where the hell did you get the footage of the whale from, I've seen that before somewhere

[granty77]

It was available for download from the BBC website under the Creative Commons trial. It's finished now but they had loads of David Attenborough stuff from the archive in there...

[jarlabrelk]

thank you for the speedy response and info

[Bremsstrahlung1]

brutalist architecture always reminds me of not wanting to go to grade school, since that what my school was sort of like. ahhhh the days go by.

Anyways/song its a badass video with wonderful animal outlines

[Frekculenex]

Always a pleasure to get a bit more of a true BoC classic.

[duffman879]

beautiful

[sleeplessmind]

i wonder if all their videos are dreamed up by the same person/people...

[orangevideo]

good stuff indeed......musical inspiration forwards visual auteurs. Perfect.

[NOMADESIGN]

Wow... many great ideas in this video... love it.