Boards of Canada - Gyroscope

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Numbers



[fishhead06]

Someone bundle me to the mental hospital, please!  I've just listened to two hours of BOC!

[DJKartoffelSalat]

takes me back to watching early morning light dance across the ice crystals on the hood of my truck to the beat of this track,

[MrMushroom123]

god i love geogaddi. the most haunting boc album for sure

[fliptrick540]

Boredom brought me here, and I'm fucking glad it did.

[TheObscureMind]

This song makes me feel like I'm being hunted in the woods... But I fucking love it

[JMRabil675]

THIS IS FUCKED UP

[itarethetroll]

The YouTube sound quality is just awful

[303shaunl]

Great vid fella.... phew... takes you to places that are uncomfy. This track....... just awesome. Good to address these memories and come out stronger at the end of the dream.

BOC FTW

[Oscar301]

fuck this track is good :)

[h0nn0h]

Love this song all too much.

[88Cortex]

track of a nightmare

[00greenplastic]

@88Cortex track of a beautiful dream

[Locohappy]

until the light takes us brought me here.

[narbagepl0x]

number station playing during this. SEVEN THIRTY NINE FIVE SIX SEEN NINETY THIRTY MUST.....KILLL...........O

[flippert0]

unrelenting rhythm

[DoomDzver]

Used in the film Until The Light Takes Us.

[Datathief100]

That kids voice creeps me right out... I love my Boards of Canada....

[RhymesandRythmns]

Dreaming... The passage through your atman. It isnt some "memory dump" or anything could be comprehended in the material world. It is letting yourself free. Looking at your true prescence. peace out

[fintogive]

i also like how this song just cuts off at the end. its almost as if what ever his (artitst) mind was doing wile he was sleeping just flat lined (but not awake yet)

[nonphixional1]

awesome! this song takes patients and a good ear.today before waking i had a series of disturbing dreams interesting that i run into this convo about dreams just hours later unintentionally.i often visit weird places as different beings not always myself and not always human.i experience everything vividly down to the breaths i take yet im in a fog. i communicate with people i know other times with unknown entities. i have been traumatized by some dreams others have educated me.

[fintogive]

@nonphixional1 dream are quite amazing! i write all of mine down in detail

[nonphixional1]

@fintogive yea im gonna start writing them down too. they give me valuable lessons that i should remember.

[fintogive]

@nonphixional1 thats a good idea! ive already have like 90 dream (that i could remember written down some ranging from a small paragragh to 3 pages long! alot of them are very interesting too!

[AbbeyNormal]

I was listening to Geogaddi at work, and left my desk for a bit, came back and this song was on. My co-worker was looking at the cd player with this look of horror on her face. I always was creeped out by this song but I just realized it uses samples from a number station, which is super-creepy.

[eyhexs]

in the distant future BoC's music will be outlawed, deemed an illegal mind altering drug in sound form

[levidapyro]

@eyhexs this needs to be thumbed up

[Dismal0rb]

love this. thanks for posting.

[frugward86]

I like it. Great video, however I think theres some other BoC songs that would of fitted better with the vid.

[lisdead]

This song freaks me ouuuuuut.

[Josman13]

is it just me or all i see is vaginas?

[savlover8]

very vaginal. great work. right on!

[rimantasj632]

Transdimentional

[barefootgeneration]

thats the CIA`s number station, her name is "Cynthia"

[LaLaKaWaii]

There must've been a fly humming round the guys ear while he was sleeping.

[lucadepu]

music pa pa pawa...such an epic hip hop session mayne t.i. is ripping it and soulja be pimpin on disshit mayne....keep it G-CODED nigguz

[frankp7400]

What does all the numbers mean? Some kind of code for something evil?

[chieftx]

I'ts a sample of a number station.

a number station is a radio station of an unknown origin created for the sole purpose of sending an encrypted message for a specific receiver. they are mostly used by spies, some run for a short periods of time while others just loop seemingly endlessly.

[genericusername337]

jesus fuck

[FurryFighter20X66]

Trippy. It's like some of the interstitial filler they used to play between music videos back on MTV2 before it became all commercial. I like it!

[allstarbdt7]

They have such a unique sound, by it can get (this song in particular) quite repetitive. This song is nearly the same thing copied and pasted for over 3 minutes. Oh well.

[Dakoder]

Song like this one are perfect for long walks. Specifically through the woods, along railroad tracks, or some other wierd area.

[LordFrankencock]

Is repetativeness really boring? Does not a gyroscope turn and oscillate repetatively? Could that not be the imagery that Boards of Canada is trying to evoke in this song? Further depth lies in the voice of the child in the background, but I won't bore you with the details. I just encourage you to look deeper into the music.

[inbard0]

@allstarbdt7 listen closer. the devil is in the details... ;)

[Incyted]

'Eoin: I dreamed the sound of [Gyroscope], and although Ive recreated dreamt songs before, I managed to do that one so quickly that the end result was 99 percent like my dream. It spooks me to listen to it now'

[Marcusml333]

@Incyted That is so amazing.

[Hologhoul]

@Incyted that is awesome - never knew that.

[guntforsure]

yeah. i like it. i wish the speed of the shot changed more. awesome song too.

[inabeautifulplace]

jesus I cannot get over how fucking amazing this is. i am in complete awe

[LavaMountainKat]

sounds like music from some kind of nostalgic spirit world made up of your past memories eh? well that is how it feels to me anyways

[stiggyh]

this band sounds otherworldly

[auschwitzu]

bofc like good wine

[mmmpie]

lol gyroscope not collidoscope

[genericusername337]

you mean kaleidoscope.

[genericusername337]

this is kind of cool on YooouuuTuuube(dot)com

[ncswarmer]

This reminds me of the final fight with Giygas in Earthbound.

[Spiralogy]

Pray!

[gearlockT]

I wish someone had the original video uploaded

[DjHyphie]

This track is absouluty brilliant. It really gives me a vivid picture in my mind of one of those things that turn and you get pictures out of it... (weather that is called a gyropscope or not someone plz correct me). Any the vison i get is amazing esspecially when ive smoked some grass. Takes me to a dark and mysterious but beautiful place that i love.

[flippert0]

To my taste, BoC songs are in general ambient, mysterious, but not dark. But Gyroscope definitely is dark (well, Geogaddi is darker than their other albums anyway).

But it's good!

[Feyd01]

Really nice stuff, would be great to see you develop it further.

[exbutain]

Oh, runny caramel! =)

[dacrosby]

Nice!

[rhodes1986]

Read in an interview that one of the brothers in BoC heard this song in a vivid dream of his, woke up and made this track in about 15 minutes.

[silent561]

Woah, that's really interesting.

[DjHyphie]

Please could youl link me/tell me where you saw this interview? I would love to hear them talk about this. I find that truly fascinating.

[rhodes1986]

It is in one of there remixmag interviews. google boards of canada remixmag.

[davidevgen]

@rhodes1986 that sounds like something i would do. i often have strange song enter my dreams at night

[Exesta]

@rhodes1986 dreams are apparently a mental dump of where some thoughts and memories are placed to be removed from the memory parts of the brain, thats why most time's u can't remember the dreams.

[GeoAl09]

nice vid. im guessing they sampled a porno for this song?...

[coppers821]

Nope, it is a numbers station. They are spy transmissions on shortwave radio.

[DDRpwnerer]

This fits really well.

[lank05]

i didnt like the song nor the video.. really boring imo

[Blackfish100]

Your opinion sucks!

[lank05]

thats great. when i want your opinion i'll ask for it.

[Blackfish100]

Hypocrite. No one asked for your opinion in the first place, which is why it has a negative rating, which I'll make even more negative right now!

[lank05]

omg no, not a negative rating.

Try reading the info to the right of the video: Quote" feedback is always appreciated".. Therefore you are wrong. When someone asks for feedback it means they are asking for your opinion. Thus once again you fail.

[Blackfish100]

That's about the video moron, not the song. The video is great; the song is a fucking masterpiece. That you can't see that proves what a waste of skin and a retard you are. Your opinion isn't welcome here anyway. Otherwise people wouldn't have rated it negatively. DUH!

[lank05]

fuck off cunt you're so full of yourself.

The song is part of the video. DUH!

And no, the song is not a masterpiece. If you came cruising down the street with this shit blasting our your windows you'd get stabbed.

Plus the only person rating it negatively is you.

Grow up and stop wasting your time... unless you're a fucking tard with no life who has to put others down to make yourself feel better.

If you want a masterpiece look up Enya.

[Blackfish100]

I like Enya too, but she and BoC are two completely different acts. Comparing them is just dumb. This song is not for playing in your car. It's a headphone song, for listening privately.

Sorry if I offended you, it's just I can't stand it when people who obviously don't get what BoC are about slag their songs. This is not the best BoC song, I'll give you that, but it is a great song nevertheless.

[DDRpwnerer]

I think it's one of their more emotional, actually. By itself it's not the best but it definitely portrays a very vivid image--a negative one, but a vividly imaginable one regardless.

Every song BoC puts out has a redeeming quality. Listen to this track backwards sometime.

[Blackfish100]

Of Geogaddi, I most enjoy 'Music is Math' out of that albums more haunting/dark tracks. It's just so haunting yet beautiful. My second favorite from that list is 'The Devil is in the Details' and 'You Could Feel the Sky'. Of the vignettes I think 'Over the Horizon Radar' is the best, with 'A is to B as B is to C' coming a close second.

As for the happier tracks 'July and Candy' and 'Dawn Chorus' are the best.

As for the best track on the album: '1969'! It's flawless.

[DDRpwnerer]

Yeah, I really like this one, and then "Alpha and Omega", "Sunshine Recorder", "The Beach at Redpoint", "Over the Horizon Radar" (Beautiful!) and "Opening the Mouth" are my favorites, but Geogaddi is easily my favorite album by any artist EVER, so it's not like I dislike any of them.

Can't forget Magic Window! Oh-ho-ho. XD

[Blackfish100]

I think MHTRTC and Geogaddi are equal in thier brilliance.

Ah yes, 'Magic Window' who can forget that classic! XD!

[RustedBovine]

The beach at Red Point is one of my favourites too. I think BoC and Aphex Twin are two of the only artists who have produced an album where I've loved every single track.

[nihigim]

"Although not a follower of David Koresh, she's a devoted Branch Davidian"

:)

[Blackfish100]

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"Snroh htiw dog a, sevooh htiw dog a"

"Uoy evol I"

[Sexpistols100]

KOOL VIDEO LAR!

[teethindarkness]

Gorgeous video

[Yamamanama]

This reminds me of the Flashbulb.

Anyway, please tell me, why am I just getting into this?

[RyanFendley]

great song great vid 5/5

[theendlesstour]

You made this? I like this a lot.

[xxDreamphase]

The video ' s great, && for what it means, it's art. !!

Good work :D

[ginopepino3000]

this is shit

[dacrosby]

but why don't you tell me how you really feel??? :p

[Laurelindo]

This track is scary. XD

[canonikon88]

and kinda sexual...afterall u know what the sound in the background is right? >;)

[KuyaPedro]

sounds like kids counting?

[kingoftheintertron]

It's a recording from a numbers station.

[imnotyoo]

"Kinda experimental for me, feedback is always appreciated."

Well, I'm not currently tripping, but you made me forget that for a little bit. I think you should experiment some more and do some amazing things. Play with elements like color and speed. :)

[beitarist20]

this track is freaking amazing!