Boards of Canada - 5.9.78

"Simplicity is very important to us; it's easier to affect people emotionally if you keep things simple. Obviously there's a lot of great music in the world that's complex but as far as we're concerned the important thing is that you can whistle our tunes."

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Music

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• boards of canada
• fanmade
• music video
• soulseek
• 8mm film
• super 8

[wugza]

This might be one of the single greatest pieces of music BoC has produced.

They way it begins and the way that it maintains the single emotion that this song evokes is incredible.

Its haunting and beautiful and thoughtful.

Keep posting these videos, they're great.

[ImportantThought]

Thank you--yes, to me, this song is like the optimistic counterpart of "Twoism", not just because of the drum sample being the same but due to the minimal style being almost identical, the only difference being the mood.

There are some absolute gems in Boards' old unreleased work, like the track "Spectrum" from A Few Old Tunes. It's just so strange, apparently they were a trio all the way up to the recording of Twoism, their third member assumedly being their drummer.

New videos soon!

[wugza]

Now that you mentioned it, it does seem to be a much more lively counterpart to the much more darker "Twoism."

I never knew about them being a trio, thanks for letting me know.

Spectrum is great, as well.

Another of my favorite tracks from A Few Old Tunes is "Sequoia." There is also one i've been listening to from Old Tunes Vol. 2, "David Came to Mahanaim," which is honestly one of their strangest, but great works.

Yeah, almost all of their unreleased work is incredible.

[ImportantThought]

:) Well, Twoism is much more melancholy, kind of like a bleak self-reflection. I wouldn't call any of their music dark except possibly Sixtyten and An Eagle in your Mind. Regardless, this third member of theirs apparently went on to do a musical project called "Christ.", complete with a period at the end. I've yet to listen to it myself but I'm intrigued and will do so as soon as I get the chance.

[ImportantThought]

Also, I am also strangely addicted to Iraq Says, mainly because it gives perspective that the world wasn't really that much better back then, we just interpreted as that way because none of the major problems affected us yet.

[TEKM0SIS]

hey, boc isn't strange. it's wonderful.

[o1ympiaz]

Dreamy. The visuals go perfectly with this song. It makes me happy watching it.

[Sektion9]

I want to hear this upon death.

[sabotkick]

@AZURETOM look on youtube for my wasted life matt groening, in it u will see said video

[AZURETOM]

@sabotkick and what is the name of this movie??

[Kinesthetiacmusic]

@Kinesthetiacmusic We would always wander in the forests around our neighborhood and find our own secret hide outs. God do I miss that.

[Kinesthetiacmusic]

The beginning reminds me of my older brother and I as kids. Aww damn, i'm getting nostalgic and sentimental now...

[TheYersinia666]

@TEKM0SIS It's more than this, its freedom, it's nature, the pure beauty :-)

[Bleepmap]

What release is this track from?

[JJJCFLS4]

@TEKM0SIS perhaps the most radiant beauty resides in the bizarre

[JestersGeneration]

this is like.. good