Boards Of Canada - Chromakey Dreamcoat

[neurochris]

interesting sound

[8019THEDUDE]

love it, what is there to say :D

[KyUHLz]

This song reminds me of the first times i smoked alone. those were the days.

[bobbygnosis]

4:27 The real track begins.

[NewAgeDirector]

Great video keep up the good work.

[irinisva]

What an interesting title to this track :)

[awakendivinity]

Boards Of Canada is chronic as fuck.

[joydivisionthecure]

@awakendivinity next time i get some excellent dro im gunna say "you gotta hit this!.... this is some boards of canada shit!? lol awesome

[MrHandsomelake]

@awakendivinity And... NO Visine (Eye Drops) needed!

[Floah0293]

awesome track, hands down

[aristurtle1]

is this sampling 3 libras by a perfect circle??????

[thedaydreamproject]

Hey BOC fans, CHECK MY ARRANGEMENT OF THIS SONG, its in the video responses under Chromakey Dreamcoat (LIVE IN CAMBRIDGE MA). I would love to hear what boards of canada fans think about our music. GIVE IT A LISTEN or two. come on a journey with THE DAYDREAM

[56helterskelter]

this was amazing.. wow

[KaseyKaos86]

Thank you Devin Townsend for mentioning this band awesome stuff!

[AScannerDarkly22]

That reprise at 4:29 is really quite sublime. Banjo's have never sounded so good!

[SoYahYah]

their music would be sooo much more interesting if it had words. I know sometimes lyrics/words can take away from the pure music. I think it would enhance this music. imagine if they said like 4 or 5 interesting things...hmm

[BrucknerMotet]

@SoYahYah Interesting point you raise about lyrics, SoYahYah. Just as movie or film adaptations of books tend to detract from the reader's freedom of visualization by imposing someone else's vision, the presence of spoken (and often overly intellectualized) lyrics can interfere with the vast contemplative freedoms offered to the listener by engagingly lyric-free forms of music (which give listeners an ongoing opportunity to overlay their own unspoken lyrics in the form of moods, ideas, etc.)!

[SoYahYah]

@BrucknerMotet yea I see your point. Its their style and its what makes them original, but I would like to here them at least experiment with some lyrics to one song. I think it would definitely make them more mainstream.

[BrucknerMotet]

@SoYahYah I see what you're saying. There is of course the possibility that BoC's artistic vision does not permit the imposition of lyrics. They might not have any particular words to say, or they might feel themselves that words would sour the music-making experience for them. Perhaps a rap artist will take a BoC track and bust a move with it?!? Personally, I view BoC as basically an "operating system" in which I can run my own thought-mood-vizualization "applications." BoC vs. Microsoft!

[ThatsNotPoetry]

@SoYahYah I disagree, but could only "agree" if the lyrics were used as another instrument, rather than a way to spell out a specific story. For example, Thom Yorke is often impossible to understand and his voice becomes another instrument. Similar (but often more literal) is the situation with Sigur Ros.

[xVoodeedoox]

we should put this in the school curriculum.

[Extraterrestrialize]

@Slosten God I know, my heart explodes every time

[Extraterrestrialize]

My mom and I always play BoC on our road trips. Especially at night. I lay in the back and stare at the Wisconsin skies and everything is perfect.

[charlesbalcony]

Reminds me of the sound of music in old VHS tapes.

[jesterjacobs]

A perfect song.

[Slosten]

My God, the transition at 4:30... I can't remember the last time a song blew me away like that. I think my brain would melt if they made a full length track similar to that segment.

[TheDsmiter]

Boards remains the masters of they're craft.

[gltichydethklok]

I heard this on Adult swim. I can't thank them enough for showing me BoC

[MagicToiletz]

@gltichydethklok Ah-ha! I knew I had heard this somewhere way back when, but I had struggled to remember what commercial this might have played on. My sister also suggested that I heard it on Adult Swim, and now I think she's right.

[MrScubasuit]

If you like Boards of Canada, Helios, Hammock, Eluvium, Goldmund, Sigur Ros, The Album Leaf, and similar artists, you may like my stuff. I'd love some support! :)

[MsMomoc]

I truly love BOC & have done for many years - its my mountain music!

[eyebrowman1]

I love 'em I do! The effect on this is cool. Sounds like a cassette tape just before it gets chewed.

[WeAreConciousness]

I love Boards of Canada, they make me want to go outside and enjoy the sunshine riding my bike!

[MrMushroom123]

I was actually listening to this on my vacation through Scandinavia. caused the music to come much more alive. Now everytime i close my eyes to this album (especially "slow this bird down") i got pictures of the breathtaking landscape running through my head and it feels like im there allover again.

[blackmoss267]

thumbs up if CN sent you here

[ShapeshifterMusic]

@blackmoss267 Haha, my little brother was watching CN and an image with a rabbit came up and this song played and I liked it so I searched everywhere for it.

[blackmoss267]

@ShapeshifterMusic me too (exept i dont have a little bro)

[flagpoonage]

@blackmoss267 haha cracks me up when people say "thumbs up if..." and then noone does. Classic!

[DinoSwede]

kinda makes you start to question everything, but it's a good thing. Its how we progress.

[Lordofthedonut]

same as Mastragat, thanks for sharing

a friend showed this to me a while back but I almost forgot about it. glad to have found it again.

[SMSpores]

this song is soo awesome, makes me want one! Check out my music as well!

[puhfyn]

This song is... perfect.

[hyperskreem]

My Gawd the end of this song is damn Ethereal...Mission Controll, we've exited the atmosphere

[jdoggybizzle]

<3

[soothsayer1985]

Boards of Canada are so awesome!! been a fan of theirs for a few years now. I think they are from scotland.. but not sure. my favorite band Mogwai is from there as well. GREAT STUFF!!

[Conkeratuss]

@soothsayer1985

try Maybeshewill, it's similar to Mogwai

[ChristopherDone]

Every one of their albums is pure quality. One of the few artists where the music just continues to amaze.

[jiudae]

boards of canada come baaaaaack

[CiaranPaulRoche]

Brilliant... BoC are masters.

[capystoat]

BOC's music has been in me for over a decade. my two girls too. i was proud to be the father of cool kids. i always found it a testament to the music when at the age of 10 and 7 they asked me to play BOC time and time again. that was years ago. their music is still our ether.

[TheNauded]

ultimate cruising music

[fliesbyme]

Kind of a rainy day introspective song.

[Apathesis0]

I love the pitch going in and out. Sounds like an old worn out tape. I recorded some piano stuff last year with a voice recorder and the way it sounded on tape perfected the piece I was playing. Had an old, nostalgic feel...

[weeFILM]

love it - im sure these dudes are from my neighbourhood just by the pentalnd hills outside edinburgh in scotland.. the hills and woods and lakes up there are awesome... i like to go wandering up there as often as i can and listen to this music - its perfect for being in amongst the nature -deep enjoyment.. thanks for sharing this - peace RX

[joydivisionthecure]

@weeFILM yeah something about their music resonates with being out in nature its perfect

[stefankozma]

@weeFILM you're probably right. Guessing they still live in Scotland.



[MrGreekstatue]

@weeFILM Haha! I'm in the same neck of the woods, I try to get up to the Pentland range now and then it's such a ghostly place. Still havent found this so called bunker yet. Usually go up through the east and west cairns.

[SomeoneNamedTom]

BOC is so weird that its awesome

[bacalacadaca1]

this has a silent hill 2 feel to it.

[greenbean22i]

lol, just looked at like the age range that most people who listen to this vid r, lol, im only 13, but i still luv their music, very peaceful. =)

[DarkSwordmaster1]

@greenbean22i ...

[greenbean22i]

@DarkSwordmaster1 Yh WOT??? confused????

[justinxish]

it sounds like something you hear in silent hill

[greenbean22i]

@justinxish wot you mean the horror film?????

[Mastragat]

Effin awesome ! Thanks for sharing !

[joydivisionthecure]

@Mastragat thank YOU for listening...peace!

[NiallTL]

I find the second part of this song to be absolutely amazing. I'm not entirely sure why it's a part of Chromakey Dreamcoat, but I love it regardless.

[Androvich91]

amazingly thought provoking

[shoopdawoop3]

favorite thing to do in summer or winter go out have a fire in the middle of the woods blast some boards of canada pull out a bong watch the fire and listen to music awsome.

[soyjeans]

This is the song they play in some of adult swim's bump's

[Brandon77727]

@soyjeans Yeah!

[Zellps0]

For some reason... you hear boards of canada on a different wave link when you're using cannabis or psychoactives.

[Kanwulf123]

@Zellps0 i totally get what you're saying. I've tried BOC while on cannabis, shrooms, LSD, and still have to try it with mescaline, yeah, but each time is a different fucking trip :) even while sober it's magical

[MrFreeman420]

favorite boc song it never gets old

[posholvglush]

AMAZING! how many "grown-ups" r still watching CN?.. ;]]] should they teach and tell more about that king of music in the schools?..

[davidevgen]

this was use on one of cartoon networks bumpers

[DJSIKK12]

aint this on cartoon network??

[LuigiMario98982]

Cartoon Network ZOMFG

[Miguelburner]

Whoa! I heard this on Cartoon Network!

[LIGHTRONIX]

BOC is my mountain biking theme music

[MountErrigal]

BOC forever

[CrisiiCullen]

Heard the beginning of this song on cartoon network

[pwnshop1]

I love how the way this music sounds makes you want to explore the beauty of the world...... enchanting.....

[Thelightingeffects]

boc hooper bay= best pic EVER.

[hier0phant]

♫ For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: 1 Peter 3:18

[matty505100]

Boards of Canada are new to me. I heard a few of the songs on a TV show here in England, did a search to hear more and have been listening to BOC non stop ever since !!

[joydivisionthecure]

@matty505100 wonderful my friend

[Vaninouw]

@matty505100 If you like Boards of Canada , you're gonna like Massive Attack and Air (which both are french bands)

[xtraordinarymachine0]

i think this music might actually be classifiable as transcendent

[OnThatPowder]

Love this....man.....i feel like Ginger Ale is flowing thru my brain...nice

[Freeskier475]

its so cool how the beat is the same throughout the whole song, but then at 4:30, it changes into something entirely different. love BOC!

[SlipKnoTFreakk101]

I finaly found the song from that Cartoon Network commercial! This song is pretty cool.

[luzZmoWth]

boards of canada is synonymous with spiritual exploration :) atleast for us in california

[bobbygnosis]

4:29 is my favorite.

[JAPANaBANANA]

I love how all these comments are linked to acid :B

[stiggyh]

acid is a hard drug so its quite disturbing that its mentioned so much

[joydivisionthecure]

i must agree i find it a bit disturbing when there are natural DMT agents in mushrooms and such....i guess each to his own

[whishky]

@joydivisionthecure Nothing wrong with some LSD or DMT friends. Perhaps you should do some more research and then maybe you wont find them "disturbing".

[joydivisionthecure]

@whishky had my share of DMT in many forms i went through that phase....for some its a life style...i am speaking from experience..had my fair share....your own brain makes DMT nothing wrong with that it was the LSD that disturbed me from my experiences ....its an opinion....one which im entitled to just as you are.....i have no judgment....i can not say LSD is right or wrong but i can say i find it disturbing....just like music writing is a freedom of expression.....opinions aren't offensive

[Zellps0]

@joydivisionthecure yeah man could have been some bad dose you know what im saying? Im not very found of lsd myself but thats just me. I'm more of a psilocybin person when it comes to psychoactives

[Unlocktube]

@stiggyh

Makes me wonder if you are speaking from an educated viewpoint. People will tell you it is a hard drug when they have never even met anyone who has taken it. It is a wonderous substance with far more potential benefit for your mind than most others.

[redbloof]

@stiggyh

acid is definitely not a hard drug. it is non-addicting and nontoxic. it can be pretty intense and definitely isn't for everyone though.

[shenmue4life]

Things ain't what they used to be and probably never was. ~Will Rogers

[CliveSinclairZX]

This song reminds me of being on acid 100 km's away from civilization in the boreal forest / canadian shield staring up at the beautiful trees and sky with the birds singing and the moss and plants growing up around me.

[hugboxx]

Nice. Pity nobody gives a shit.

[DeutscheBagge]

There's no need to be a dickhead. Take that crap somewhere else.

Reminds me more of being on the back porch of a country home staring at the sunset while on acid.

[WiggaMachiavelli]

@DeutscheBagge

You guys are the dickheads for doing acid.

[iamjurell]

@WiggaMachiavelli dont be such a close minded fucking idiot.

[WiggaMachiavelli]

@iamjurell

Right, right... I'm the fucking idiot because you are a druggy who can't construct a proper sentence. =]

[iamjurell]

@WiggaMachiavelli What exactly was wrong with my sentence? You're a fucking idiot because you're being close minded about something you have probably never tried. My sentencing is just fine you philistine.

[Acolous]

I was watching cartoon network when suddenly there was a commercial fill with this song playing and I was all, "Dude, that's BOC!" So I had to listen to this song!

[SlipKnoTFreakk101]

@Acolous I also heard it on Cartoon Network, But I didn't know who sang it or the name of the song, It took me 10+ hour's to find it.

[deejfun]

definitely epic. good frequently. thumbs up this too kids XD

[Exesta]

1 of the few boc songs i dislike

[eulatr0]

yeah, not their best. only good on occasion. thumbs down this too kids :D

[MagnitudePerson]

Perfect atmosphere.

[GRANTURISSIMUS]

i love listening to boc when im walking. its world observing music.

[Rossthatguyfromthere]

@GRANTURISSIMUS Perfect way to put it. I get the same feeling of listening to this as i did after i watched inception for the first time. A sort of just high state of thinking. I really don't know how to explain it.

[0susano]

@GRANTURISSIMUS

really true i want to be like you,walk the clouds and the earth sometime

[eoinoneill91]

i have no words for boards of canada.

[louiesporn]

they're so fucking talented

[saskiemarina]

Boards of Canada, you are beautiful.

[nnaaddiinnee89]

proper nostalgia....beautiful....and scottish, wayhay!

[SellHimEchoes]

This song makes me think of my past because.... well i was younger when the song came out lol.

But it's true. Beautiful music!! special music.

Boc are easily my favourite band and have been for 10+ years.

Can't believe they're from my neck of the woods as well (Scotland)

[cassiusitsover]

This song makes me want to go to mars..

[scottpalmer444]

@cassiusitsover forget where I heard it but evidnetly there are people (government?) looking for investors to get a colony started on mars just like in that Schwartzenegger movie. People who want to go are never coming back though, it will be a one way trip but evidently looking for willing participants. Look into it if you like :)

[MrSuedehead72]

super morceau de boards of canada, trippant tout simplement , thanks for this sound!!!

[katelynconnerty]

This reminds me of dark blizzard in the dead of winter. I don't like it. but I like the song.

[Partyywizard]

How do they do that.. I really wish I could..

I mean they make these songs that always almost remind you of some moment in your past.

[ElectricSombrero]

i know this makes me think of just... my past.. not like any specific moment.

[Ancaja123]

its called nostalgia

:o

[Bhousm76]

it reminds me of adult swim :)

along with not caring about how others feel about me.

[ElectricSombrero]

i totally agree with both... it SO reminds me of adult swim!!

[Ancaja123]

its because adult swim has played it in their bumps

:o

[noxinix]

Ambient electronic

[skulleton]

idm

[roywebber44]

omg

its been hours i was looking for this song!!!

[GIMPmanipulated]

this song reminds me of a time when I was a kid and it was snowing at night, and i looked up, and behind some cloud there was these beautiful stars, and i sat in the snow wondering if somebody was out there, looking for us on another planet. i didn't feel cold at all, even though it was -20 out there.

[XvXvX]

i often used to stare at the sky and wonder about that as a kid. high five ;) you know what is strange? it reminds my friend and myself of winter also. i wonder why that is... nice username btw.

[GIMPmanipulated]

thanks! :)

[zlatan43]

Got into these guys through Beck. Amazing group.

[certifryed]

what is boc's music classified as?

[peoplesmeat]

uncut dope meets nostalgia after a heavy winter. i think that's the official genre. ;)

[bundemnugs]

You are right, i totally agree....

[Dakoder]

Thats one of the best descriptions i've read, haha.

[joydivisionthecure]

@peoplesmeat well put my friend...indeed

[chappyhardcore]

Downtempo Electronica

[skulleton]

idm

[gecox352]

yea green day can sucka nut.

[robertosan1976]

if you like boc and green day too you should check that up: Green Day vs Boards of Canada - Broken Dreamcoats (mashup)

[joydivisionthecure]

no offense to you at all but i hate green day...but its good to see you like BOC

[Omegashadowyoshi]

I love boards of canada and this is a very nice song but its just a tad repetetive. I like dayvan cowboy better.

And I always thought BOC was canadian XD

[scoota111]

Cool story, bro.

[n11lc]

get out of here

[tribunalfunk]

I'm sorry, but these dudes are not only talented, they are HOT too. Wow.

[Beaustoioff]

This song came to my alert on an [adultswim] bump and I've been tracking it down ever since. Thanx so much 4 uploading this is one of my favourite songs now. -Beau

[BentNeatly]

yea. Adultswim is responsible for bringing boards of canada to my attention.

[scoota111]

I happened across a photo by them on google image once looking something up for geometry.

Its the only gift math has ever given me, and I thank it every day for that.

[zmdeadelius]

The first time i heard of them was when a friend told me that they used to do their concerts in churches.

I thought "This is too crazy to miss out" and it was! BOC redefined electronic music for me..

[2owyinko1]

this is the best song \m/(+_-)\m/

[Salehzin]

HAha I was so high in Canada day that i wrote they're Canadians but they're great and that's all i don't give a crap where are they from ... but still you can notice there's a relation btwn. BoC and Canada itself which is the way how they inspired their band's name from the documentaries films of National film Board of Canada.

.. My favorate stoned band.

cheers..

[fraaaazzle]

I think they are Scottish.

[andronickvll]

AWESOME

[Salehzin]

who ever tries to underestimate Boards of Canada has a problem in his mind..!

Their music is just fucking great!!

They are the best in Canada nowadays with Crystal Castle .. I wish I'll get to know more great Canadian Music Bands. Happy Canada Day.

Vancouver.BC

[hydroxyl2k6]

bahaha, you are mistaken. they are not from canada. and i dont think they could be compared with crystal castles.

[bloodisthenewblack1]

no they cant but crystal castles are still good

[ordepone]

BoC's from Scotland.

[trisky1234]

BoC are Scottish

[stmetallic]

there from scotland lol but yeah there a fantastic duo i melt when i listen to there tunes

[audiman200]

I love Boars of Canada, but they are from Scotland, and not Canada :)

"Michael and Marcus have mentioned the documentary films of the National Film Board of Canada, from which the group's name is derived, as a source of inspiration." -Wikipedia-