Boards of Canada - Smokes Quantity

video sampled from 2001: a Space Odyssey

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[HearThemCry]

I can never tell if I'm supposed to be relaxed and lulled by BoC or unsettled and a little scared.  The pictures never help either...

[seabass2008man]

idk y but everytime i listen to their music its like complete deja vu, and ive never heard in my life. :O odd

[Snabader]

@HearThemCry

and this is exactly why we all love BoC :)

[DNP1993]

@seabass2008man I, too, am reminded by it of my childhood, though, apparently i can not say when i listened to this kind of music then. the closest i can think of was the opening theme of delta. mNszbr9OIX4 (if you are interested. i recommend it. kicks ass)

[MrJayCudmore]

@seabass2008man It's because Ambeint music is litearlly taking common riffs, note patters and reconiseble musical things and just melting it down to pure abstract nothingness.

[zapproowsdower]

@HearThemCry that's the beauty of great artists - they can evoke a multitude of emotions at once... almost feels like a low-grade shroom trip.

[shibby503]

Boards of canada is the music that describes how i feel day to day

[1973svp]

@seabass2008man same here man.

[vanvalldrey]

It sounds like the feeling you have when you're lying in bed with a high temperature, and you get this kind of dizzy, hovering feeling, almost hallucinating.

[seedah]

This song somehow reminds me of speed racer. Such a violent old cartoon

[ShesGoinBald]

This song makes me think of a very old film with bizzareness. I always think that the noise is a cat moaning in pain just sitting there while slowly dying from it's whole body torn up and bleeding heavily. This may sound very weird but it's just how I visualize it. This song gives you a dreamy feeling to it as if you feel like your in a bizarre weird world.

[telephas1c]

To me, this is BoC's most overtly 'evil' tune by far. Plus I think they named it after their mate ;) I wonder if it captures his essence...