not sure if anyone knows/cares, but rapper Lil B "the basedgod" did a song called sleep forever using this instrumental. It's nice to finally find this version.
@elviajero619 Lil b doesnt deserve any credit for good songs he comes out with... he exploited the music business... couldnt he have just stayed nice and positive? He ruins the black community and its not worth the trade off of his decent music.
@MisterBankz I really wanted to enjoy Ico, but I couldn't. Did you play Shadow of the Colossus? It's by the same people and came out later, epic game with an epic, quiet, eerie and outwordly atmosphere. Cant wait for the new one that will come out this fall, team ico <3
@Rapi2 i had seen and heard so much about shadow of colossus but never played it, i've been saving to go out and get the team ico HD collection so I could have them both. i'm also waiting for the last guardian. team ICO rukes, they really knows how to create an epic visual experience ^__^
This song makes me think of funerals. Going up to that motionless pale body, people all around me crying, that painful awareness that this is your fate, you too will one day be in the box. It's terrifying.
After listening to Grover Washington Jr.'s "Earth Tones", I wonder if he is an influence upon BoC, or at least this song. Could also be a coincidence.
This song captures the pure essence of life or relationship or simply fire fading out.This track hurts so bad but feels so good at the same time.I believe what mood u are in can predict the way this song can make u feel.Wow it is amazin and i will play this at my grandmas funeral who passing is gettin closer everyday that passes.
This song captures the pure essence of life or relationship or simply fire fading out.Thid track hurts so bad but feels so good at the same time.I believe what mood u are in can predict the way this song can make u feel.Wow it is amazin and i will play this at my grandmas funeral who passing is gettin closer everyday that passes.
No song in existence has generated feelings quite like this; every memory I have is flying through my head at an astonishing rate - good ones, bad ones, ones I don't want anymore.
This song gives me hope that one day my life will turn round, but it also gives me a feeling of apprehension, and that my life will get worse. It's so scientific and sinister; it's just unbelievably good how small and yet so large it makes you feel.
@Rapi2 certain frequencies and tone sequences trigger chemical reactions in our brain that are felt as feelings, that's how you can tell the mood of a song right away, and it can change depending on how it progresses.
@Unfantastic1 You just described what I've been thinking ever since I heard certain BoC songs. It's a warm, happy feeling, it reminds me of my childhood and surfaces memories that I had completely forgotten about, yet at the same time it creates a dark, heavy feeling and sensation in my chest. It makes me question my life even more than I already do at makes me want to experience death just to see what it's like. I wonder how music can do this, neurologically speaking... absolutely beautiful.
"Marcus is on keyboards, nothing more. He did it in a night session. There are moments where it stutters and it really feels like someone no longer able to play well out of sadness. That is why you should never program music. Even if it is an electronic piece, it sounds very human, heartbreaking."
if I ever had a chance to create a clip for this track it would show a alone campfire in a forest with slow backward camera movement until the point where the campfire is just a pale orange pixel in a sea of blackness. metaphor of fading live and shit.
truly ineffable track. listening to this with headphones is a fulfilling experience to say the least, especially the last half where the song seems like it's just about to fade out but it keeps lingering like the last moments of a dying flame.
You know, I was listening to this and I really liked the flute tune in the beginning. You'll say: "But there's no flute in this!". Yea, turned out that was my neighbors playing. Weird.
@everynickistaken1 Yeah, found out it actually sounds really cool if you turn the volume up at that point, its all wobbly and distorted. Not sure if thats on purpose or just from the volume being that low, but its still pretty cool.
I have such amazing mental images to this song. I usually put this on while I'm lying in my rack on the boat (I deploy on an aircraft carrier every year), trying to fall asleep.
Today is my 1st valentines day alone in 15 years and this song has me in tears plus goose bumps,but i feel good.Strange i was feelin terrible b4 i heard it.
This group is truly amazing!I feel as if i live inside this music as it flows threw my soul and brings me 2 tears as well as happiness in many of their tracks.I rap and these are great samples that inspire me and as a broken man i feel whole again.thank u BoC!thank u!
its a beautiful song...reminds me as child, staring out my bedroom window on a summers evening, the sky slowly fading into a deep dark blue ocean. slowly, the stars one by one twinkle throughout the nights sky.
That would be the most depressing funeral ever! This song is so empty, so final, it sounds like something beautiful fading out of existence. This is like how you would feel if you could see all the years after a person dies in an instant, and watch every sign of their presence or impact on the world disappear, one by one until even you have forgotten them. And you couldn't do anything about it but watch it go.
@orcagirl008 Yeah check out the enitre BoC Discography ;P
naw in all seriousness check out the rest of the Campfire Headphase album, particular tracks such as Tears of the Compound Eye.... 84 Pontiac Dream, Peacock Tail.
But tbh I suggest checking out their entire discog, its amazing.
Oh yeah I almost forgot "1986 Summer Fire" hidden track found at the end of "Smokes Quantity" from Twoism album. (around 3:00 mark)
I don't find the quietness to be too scary. After listening to it many times, it kinda seems like an analogy to me. No matter how depressing and hopeless life may get, music will always be there with you till the beautiful end.
DUDE!!! thats exactly what i said! the way i pictured this song, was after you died, you ended up in a white waiting room.. and this was in the backround veryy veryy gentle and soft, and then in the back someone in a loud speaker is calling out numbers for people that are waiting. I don't know, thats what i was imagining. =]
this piece is beyond words. Its little gems like this in music that you always seem to rediscover and put down again, and each time you return they get better and move you more. A true display of musicality in its most natural form.
So deep and so special, there just fucking incredible. You have so many tracks on there albums and you can just get lost in them, all there stuffs great though; ambient, downtempo - it's all there. They really move me and keep me going when it comes to music.
Thanks for posting the dialog from the interview--I agree, whenever I do ambient pieces I refuse to sequence them. When they're melodies that are meant to follow beats in a strict sense, then yes I do sequence them, but if it is melody and melody only, the humanization factor is FAR superior to the idea of organizing it.
This track really drags you into a state of melancholy.
It makes me think of all of my precious childhood memories, memories that only seem to bring me true happiness these days, slowly eroding away as time moves on.....
Sorry for that kinda depressing post. It was just my personal interpretation of the song.
Nice little tidbit on the song info. I could've sworn I still heard it even when it supposedly ended.
not sure if anyone knows/cares, but rapper Lil B "the basedgod" did a song called sleep forever using this instrumental. It's nice to finally find this version.
elviajero619 3 weeks ago
@elviajero619 Lil b doesnt deserve any credit for good songs he comes out with... he exploited the music business... couldnt he have just stayed nice and positive? He ruins the black community and its not worth the trade off of his decent music.
Biggestmutemathfan 1 week ago
this song reminds me of the game ico, one of the most beautiful games i've ever played in my life..
MisterBankz 1 month ago
@MisterBankz I really wanted to enjoy Ico, but I couldn't. Did you play Shadow of the Colossus? It's by the same people and came out later, epic game with an epic, quiet, eerie and outwordly atmosphere. Cant wait for the new one that will come out this fall, team ico <3
Rapi2 1 month ago
@Rapi2 i had seen and heard so much about shadow of colossus but never played it, i've been saving to go out and get the team ico HD collection so I could have them both. i'm also waiting for the last guardian. team ICO rukes, they really knows how to create an epic visual experience ^__^
MisterBankz 1 month ago
pot
lalo6437 1 month ago
Skrillex should make a remix of this!!
55jimmyboi 1 month ago
beautiful
pythagorasadie 2 months ago
This song makes me think of funerals. Going up to that motionless pale body, people all around me crying, that painful awareness that this is your fate, you too will one day be in the box. It's terrifying.
BunnaySango 3 months ago
I tear up a little every time i listen to this song.
Giantrobots64 3 months ago
What's sad is that there are people out there that would love this as much as I do but have never even heard of BoC!!
kugeldogg 4 months ago 3
The first time I heard this, it reminded me of the first Devil May Cry game.
ChronicFuture41 4 months ago in playlist CHP
After listening to Grover Washington Jr.'s "Earth Tones", I wonder if he is an influence upon BoC, or at least this song. Could also be a coincidence.
Kaniki80 4 months ago
We love you BoC. Come out of hiding.
jdoggybizzle 4 months ago
Not in vain its called "farewell fire"
it extingushes as time passes
memory also pass away
C457120 4 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Boards of Canada
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That's how it should be for every BoC song.
mec567 4 months ago
This song captures the pure essence of life or relationship or simply fire fading out.This track hurts so bad but feels so good at the same time.I believe what mood u are in can predict the way this song can make u feel.Wow it is amazin and i will play this at my grandmas funeral who passing is gettin closer everyday that passes.
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This song captures the pure essence of life or relationship or simply fire fading out.Thid track hurts so bad but feels so good at the same time.I believe what mood u are in can predict the way this song can make u feel.Wow it is amazin and i will play this at my grandmas funeral who passing is gettin closer everyday that passes.
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GolliwoggMusic 5 months ago
funeral's to me shouldn't even have music unless it's good music like this
everynickistaken1 5 months ago
a Chance to start over, and a comfortable farewell, not a sad one.
everynickistaken1 5 months ago
This song is Not depressing to me. To me, it's like a lease on life and a farewell, to a friend, before a change or move to another place or town.
everynickistaken1 5 months ago
No song in existence has generated feelings quite like this; every memory I have is flying through my head at an astonishing rate - good ones, bad ones, ones I don't want anymore.
This song gives me hope that one day my life will turn round, but it also gives me a feeling of apprehension, and that my life will get worse. It's so scientific and sinister; it's just unbelievably good how small and yet so large it makes you feel.
Unfantastic1 5 months ago 11
@Unfantastic1 Why do melodies make us feel emotions?
Rapi2 5 months ago
@Rapi2 The only person that can answer that question is yet to be born.
Unfantastic1 5 months ago
@Rapi2 For reasons beyond our comprehensions.
Whipas 5 months ago
@Rapi2 good question
runtismaximus 5 months ago
@Rapi2 certain frequencies and tone sequences trigger chemical reactions in our brain that are felt as feelings, that's how you can tell the mood of a song right away, and it can change depending on how it progresses.
Thelightingeffects 4 months ago 8
@Thelightingeffects Very interesting.
Rapi2 4 months ago
@Rapi2 yes indeed :) and also why do emotions let us feel melodies
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@Unfantastic1 You just described what I've been thinking ever since I heard certain BoC songs. It's a warm, happy feeling, it reminds me of my childhood and surfaces memories that I had completely forgotten about, yet at the same time it creates a dark, heavy feeling and sensation in my chest. It makes me question my life even more than I already do at makes me want to experience death just to see what it's like. I wonder how music can do this, neurologically speaking... absolutely beautiful.
mollisk 5 months ago 4
@mollisk I could not agree more.
Travijb 5 months ago
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88Cortex 6 months ago
"Marcus is on keyboards, nothing more. He did it in a night session. There are moments where it stutters and it really feels like someone no longer able to play well out of sadness. That is why you should never program music. Even if it is an electronic piece, it sounds very human, heartbreaking."
agentoranges 6 months ago
Great song for last track of the great album.
Charubanez 7 months ago
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this song is one of the reasons i listen to boards of canada. the formula of numbers can be heard well if payed attention to.
everynickistaken1 7 months ago
this song is one of the reasons i listen to boards of canada, the mathematical formula can be heard well if payed attention to.
everynickistaken1 7 months ago
if I ever had a chance to create a clip for this track it would show a alone campfire in a forest with slow backward camera movement until the point where the campfire is just a pale orange pixel in a sea of blackness. metaphor of fading live and shit.
wh00kiers 8 months ago
BoC make soundtrack for GOD!
Jobbyboy88 9 months ago
truly ineffable track. listening to this with headphones is a fulfilling experience to say the least, especially the last half where the song seems like it's just about to fade out but it keeps lingering like the last moments of a dying flame.
agentoranges 9 months ago
You know, I was listening to this and I really liked the flute tune in the beginning. You'll say: "But there's no flute in this!". Yea, turned out that was my neighbors playing. Weird.
microkorger 9 months ago
one thing i don't like is after six minutes you can't really hear anything at all
zwerty007 9 months ago
@zwerty007 not all about hearing stuff, it's about the structure more than anything
everynickistaken1 7 months ago
@everynickistaken1 Yeah, found out it actually sounds really cool if you turn the volume up at that point, its all wobbly and distorted. Not sure if thats on purpose or just from the volume being that low, but its still pretty cool.
zwerty007 7 months ago
@everynickistaken1 I agree, the structure of this album is perfected with this song
shibby503 6 months ago
<3...from HUN
Bangyi88 9 months ago
I have such amazing mental images to this song. I usually put this on while I'm lying in my rack on the boat (I deploy on an aircraft carrier every year), trying to fall asleep.
losertini 10 months ago 4
This is amazing. BestRegards from Denmark.
Ramparts7 11 months ago
BASED GOD!
VanityBlunts 11 months ago 4
THANK YOU BASED GOD. YOU HAVE ONCE AGAIN OPENED MY EARS
shegwin 11 months ago
ah, the victory theme to our sessions of D&D...
Payneisgod1 1 year ago
well what can i say about this song? pure genius....mind-blowing stuff....anyone else care to elaborate?
VideoKiwi2008 1 year ago 2
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dudius33 1 year ago
Today is my 1st valentines day alone in 15 years and this song has me in tears plus goose bumps,but i feel good.Strange i was feelin terrible b4 i heard it.
dudius33 1 year ago 9
@dudius33 That's the magic of BoC! ;)
soberson08 2 months ago
This group is truly amazing!I feel as if i live inside this music as it flows threw my soul and brings me 2 tears as well as happiness in many of their tracks.I rap and these are great samples that inspire me and as a broken man i feel whole again.thank u BoC!thank u!
dudius33 1 year ago 4
I think this song at the end of The Campfire Headphase indicated BOC intended for it to be their final record.
allthiseverything 1 year ago
@allthiseverything Me too they've released The Campfire Headphase
on March 21 2006 5 years ago when I was 8 years old in Year 4 and released
Trans Canada Highway on June 20 2006 when I was 9 years old in Year 4.
This is such a peaceful relaxing song even the part at 3:06-3:48.I listened to the whole album
on June 17 2006 and the whole Trans Canada Highway on August 21 2006.
benjaminkabukabu 1 year ago
@allthiseverything i wouldnt assume that. there are things that have been going on that prove otherwise....you never know, thats all i can say
VideoKiwi2008 1 year ago
this song is so painful to listen to
other6people 1 year ago 3
its a beautiful song...reminds me as child, staring out my bedroom window on a summers evening, the sky slowly fading into a deep dark blue ocean. slowly, the stars one by one twinkle throughout the nights sky.
anewcleardawn 1 year ago 2
This is a great song for testing the dynamic range of Youtube. I'm surprised you could still hear it after 6 minutes even.
deltaray3 1 year ago 2
top rated comments guys.......YOU DEPRESSING BASTARDS!
Sudstah 1 year ago 2
@TEKM0SIS, SheJanel
That would be the most depressing funeral ever! This song is so empty, so final, it sounds like something beautiful fading out of existence. This is like how you would feel if you could see all the years after a person dies in an instant, and watch every sign of their presence or impact on the world disappear, one by one until even you have forgotten them. And you couldn't do anything about it but watch it go.
jedwards1211 1 year ago 3
Yeah, I guess you're right.
After several times of listening to this, I get more of a bittersweet tone to this.
The "sweet" part of it kicks in about the 3 minute mark.
"Corsair" feels a lot more despairing compared to this.
SheJanel 1 year ago 2
most beautiful comments of all youTube are only below the BOC's video, because they inspire strong emotions.
Jobbyboy88 1 year ago 16
With a good pair of headphones you can actually hear the track very quietly until the very end.
SBV123 1 year ago
love this. so relaxing. anyone wanna recommend other boc songs similar to this one?
orcagirl008 1 year ago
@orcagirl008 Yeah check out the enitre BoC Discography ;P
naw in all seriousness check out the rest of the Campfire Headphase album, particular tracks such as Tears of the Compound Eye.... 84 Pontiac Dream, Peacock Tail.
But tbh I suggest checking out their entire discog, its amazing.
Oh yeah I almost forgot "1986 Summer Fire" hidden track found at the end of "Smokes Quantity" from Twoism album. (around 3:00 mark)
-Hoped this helped.
HybridHeavenZ 1 year ago
This song makes me think of sunsets
BunnaySango 1 year ago
The song does not go silent until the end. It gradually fades out the whole way through the track.
allthiseverything 1 year ago
I'd be quite happy with an entire BOC LP of stuff like this...
diskochimp 1 year ago
This tune+the album art, WIN. Such a mellow feeling.
HybridHeavenZ 1 year ago
I wish I could hear it clearly past 3:40
soberson08 1 year ago
Artist : Boards of Canada Album : The Campfire Headphase
Released : March 21 2006. I love you Boards of Canada.
The Campfire Headphase was released on March 21 2006.
At 3:06 the song fades out until 3:48. At 3:48 it's silent until 8:26.
benjaminkabukabu 1 year ago
@benjaminkabukabu The Campfire Headphase came out in 2005. The Trans Canada Highway EP came out in 2006.
allthiseverything 1 year ago
@benjaminkabukabu It isn't silent. I turned my speakers all the way up, and even at the end it was still playing.
Treldman 1 year ago
@Treldman o ok thanks.
benjaminkabukabu 1 year ago
soon we will hear anywhere, it will be the sound of the world will disappear and the anthem of the man who resigned
ildisturbato 1 year ago
4:00 it gets quiet. Somehow makes it scarier...
WaffleSandwiches 1 year ago
I don't find the quietness to be too scary. After listening to it many times, it kinda seems like an analogy to me. No matter how depressing and hopeless life may get, music will always be there with you till the beautiful end.
SheJanel 1 year ago
I'd like to hear an ambient version of Olson.
oryandymackie95 1 year ago
this is how the world ends...
razedeezy 1 year ago 4
@razedeezy soon we hear this sound everywhere, it will be the sound of the world will disappear and the anthem of the man who resigned...
ildisturbato 1 year ago
@razedeezy soon we will hear this music anywhere, it will be the sound of the world will disappear and the anthem of the man who resigned....
ildisturbato 1 year ago
Beautiful..... Just...........beautiful, beautiful music.
oceanic1 2 years ago
This song has a certain eerie sadness to it.. It makes me think of life and death and past memories.. Powerful stuff.
themasquedcrusader 2 years ago
this doesn't make me sad. it does bring a massive amount of relaxation to the mind though.
Mandii 2 years ago
At 3:48 it gets silent
benjaminkabukabu 2 years ago
Has anybody else heard this song in reverse?
benjaminkabukabu 2 years ago
This song caused suicide and saved me from it at the same time.
Wallistism 2 years ago 6
@Wallistism
lmfao
Lanainflikted 2 years ago
@Wallistism
You should of just topped yourself you sad cunt.
TheEnglishwanker 2 years ago
@TheEnglishwanker Obvious troll is obvious.
Cunt.
SlicedTime 2 years ago
@Wallistism
that's creepy mate
lalo6437 1 year ago
amazing
soberson08 2 years ago
mindblowing....
Sundownerr 2 years ago 3
I hum this tune while looking at the stars.
Paycheck125 2 years ago 3
this will be played at my funeral
TEKM0SIS 2 years ago 60
DUDE!!! thats exactly what i said! the way i pictured this song, was after you died, you ended up in a white waiting room.. and this was in the backround veryy veryy gentle and soft, and then in the back someone in a loud speaker is calling out numbers for people that are waiting. I don't know, thats what i was imagining. =]
Circa7 2 years ago 2
@TEKM0SIS I was thinking of Dayvan cowboy for mine.
donegalderr 1 year ago
@TEKM0SIS GREAT, when will it be!
poernaka 8 months ago
@poernaka haha....
88Cortex 6 months ago
what a tune
electrocub 2 years ago 4
Now that I think about it, this would make a fitting song for a funeral. It's subtle and somber enough to induce someone to tears.
SheJanel 2 years ago 33
or more like a requiem for childhood.
SheJanel 2 years ago 5
I should put this on my list of "Songs to Play at My Funeral".
SheJanel 2 years ago 7
@SheJanel why would you want to make someone cry? That's not the point of a funeral.
Haukenslush 6 months ago
this piece is beyond words. Its little gems like this in music that you always seem to rediscover and put down again, and each time you return they get better and move you more. A true display of musicality in its most natural form.
proghead7 2 years ago 10
So deep and so special, there just fucking incredible. You have so many tracks on there albums and you can just get lost in them, all there stuffs great though; ambient, downtempo - it's all there. They really move me and keep me going when it comes to music.
StardustEuphoria 2 years ago 3
Oh, well...I guess I was spot on.
XD
SheJanel 3 years ago 2
Thanks for posting the dialog from the interview--I agree, whenever I do ambient pieces I refuse to sequence them. When they're melodies that are meant to follow beats in a strict sense, then yes I do sequence them, but if it is melody and melody only, the humanization factor is FAR superior to the idea of organizing it.
DDRpwnerer 3 years ago 4
This track really drags you into a state of melancholy.
It makes me think of all of my precious childhood memories, memories that only seem to bring me true happiness these days, slowly eroding away as time moves on.....
Sorry for that kinda depressing post. It was just my personal interpretation of the song.
Nice little tidbit on the song info. I could've sworn I still heard it even when it supposedly ended.
SheJanel 3 years ago 9
That's the idea.
DDRpwnerer 3 years ago 4
Me too! Boards of Canada manages to get so personal and bring back memories, yet it seems to affect every listener the same way!
TVoneiro 3 years ago 2