Introduce Yourself

Starchini · Post by **Starchini** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 11:33 am

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s7409651 · Post by **s7409651** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:23 pm

You're in the right place!

Welcome

Cockscomb · Post by **Cockscomb** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:34 am

Hi, another BoC fan here

I have been avid listener of BoC for nearly two years now. The track what caught my attention was "Everything you do is a balloon." I stumbled upon this forum when looking for information about "Hooper bay".

machinea · Post by **machinea** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 1:13 am

Just wanting to say an official hello. I've lurked between here and WATTM for a while now. I've been listening to BoC since about 2001 but never really had it grab me the way it has since 2009. Although I always liked Everything You Do... I just didn't have the ear for the rest oddly. I'm glad actually that I went back and had it hit me full force. I think I didn't listen to anything else last winter except for Aphex Twin, but mostly BoC.

Mostly I'm a member over at gearslutz and Muffs though as I'm primarily playing music and writing it and trying not to sound like I've been heavily influenced by BoC when in fact I have.

Redpoint Beach Boy · Post by **Redpoint Beach Boy** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 6:41 am

Hello.

First track I ever heard from BoC was "Telephasic Workshop" on Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music c. 1998 or 1999. I picked up "Music has the Right to Children" the very next day. That CD absolutely blew my mind! I was hooked.

Like many of you have expressed when describing BoC...their music strikes a personal nerve. It can be warm and comforting one moment, and downright frightening the next...but always amazing. I'm convinced that they must be in my head.

Not surprisingly, I am also a fan of Beck and Radiohead.

I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone here. I've also just joined the Facebook Twoism group, so see you around!

-- Erik

Post by **Aesthetics** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 10:22 am

Hi to all new members!

Erik, you defenitally make a topic about the video you made. It is so spot on!

Redpoint Beach Boy · Post by **Redpoint Beach Boy** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 2:40 pm

Sure Robin! Is there a thread for posting our fan-made videos? If not I'd be more than happy to get one started.

soniktexture · Post by **soniktexture** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 6:26 am

Greetings everyone...I've been listening to BOC since Music Has The Right To Children & haven't looked back since! Their music does wonders for my ears, mind, & soul & I will be listening to them till the day I die. BOC is not just AMAZING music...it's a way of life! Twoism.org ROCKS

747Music · Post by **747Music** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 6:29 am

soniktexture wrote:Greetings everyone...I've been listening to BOC since Music Has The Right To Children & haven't looked back since! Their music does wonders for my ears, mind, & soul & I will be listening to them till the day I die. BOC is not just AMAZING music...it's a way of life! Twoism.org ROCKS

Welcome friend. And I second the motion that Twoism.org does indeed "rock".

Seeya_Later · Post by **Seeya_Later** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 10:03 am

Hello, it's a bit late but... My name is Alex, I'm 19, from Massachusetts. I've been listening to BoC since Geogaddi, but didn't fall head over heels for them until I heard MHTRTC.
My pic is the host of Blockbusters (if no one caught that reference) in front of the hexagon gameboard, superimposed with the chackra diagram from A Beautiful Place's sleeve (and I touched it up a little to give it a slightly Lomographic feel).
I'm also a Morman (which is actually slang for a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints).
I'm into synthesizers (the only thing I really collect) and you can hear my music at www.soundcloud.com/biopharmer (nothing like BoC btw, think glossy 80's synthpop like Erasure)

P.S. Sorry for the attitude when I first got here. No hard feelings? Esp. to DP, who I was a grump to.

dp · Post by dp » Wed Mar 30, 2011 2:51 am

Welcome to our humble abode Seeya Later.
And no hard feelings man; I can be quite cynical and sarcastic at times and I can understand if I rubbed you the wrong way. I probably belong over at WATMM, but I don't think I've quite hit rock bottom yet. I like it here.

It was the wrong sub-forum though.

Electronic Dave · Post by **Electronic Dave** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:04 pm

Hello to all the global BoC fans! As you may guess from my name I'm a huge electronic music fan, but like everyone else here I obviously OD on BoC...I'm forever returning to their albums

If I can drift my memory back to around 2002 when my musical horizons began to expand exponentially I eventually discovered BoC...it was Music Has The Right To Children that changed everything.

Warmth, nostalgia, youth, 1970s, abstract, scary...just some of the words I choose to describe their soundscapes...another level to be exact. You'll find that its not just your ears that will always want more.

Roygbiv is the track for me - I can never get enough of this one.

Funny how you find things you never knew existed

found this forum a month ago and have finally joined.

I like Seeya-Later's avatar - btw I'm old enough to remember Bob Holness!

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:26 pm

Electronic Dave wrote:I like Seeya-Later's avatar - btw I'm old enough to remember Bob Holness!

Welcome Dave. Like you, I'm also old enough to remember Bob Holness. Random Bob fact: he was the second person ever to act as James Bond. He was the voice of Bond when it was a radio play years before the movie.

Y'see? Twoism.org - it's an education.

747Music · Post by **747Music** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:48 pm

Mexicola wrote:
Electronic Dave wrote:I like Seeya-Later's avatar - btw I'm old enough to remember Bob Holness!
Welcome Dave. Like you, I'm also old enough to remember Bob Holness. Random Bob fact: he was the second person ever to act as James Bond. He was the voice of Bond when it was a radio play years before the movie.

Y'see? Twoism.org - it's an education.

LOL!

And welcome Dave. Glad to have you aboard.

Electronic Dave · Post by **Electronic Dave** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:30 pm

Mexicola wrote:
Electronic Dave wrote:I like Seeya-Later's avatar - btw I'm old enough to remember Bob Holness!
Welcome Dave. Like you, I'm also old enough to remember Bob Holness. Random Bob fact: he was the second person ever to act as James Bond. He was the voice of Bond when it was a radio play years before the movie.

Y'see? Twoism.org - it's an education.

I feel educated already...btw Bob never played saxophone on Baker Street - a myth!

Thank you for the welcome guys

Seeya_Later · Post by **Seeya_Later** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:03 pm

Electronic Dave wrote:I like Seeya-Later's avatar - btw I'm old enough to remember Bob Holness!

Thanks!
I didn't even know who he was. I was just looking for a picture of Blockbusters.
I guess it's because I'm from the US, is Holness an English celebrity?

Electronic Dave · Post by **Electronic Dave** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 6:39 pm

Seeya_Later wrote: I guess it's because I'm from the US, is Holness an English celebrity?

He's well known for being one of many 1980s television icons. Seeing as the 80s has been in a 'state of flux' revival here for the last decade, you can't ignore Blockbusters, even with the countless '100 greatest list shows'. The famous and humourous saying from the show was 'can I have a P please Bob?'

He was very popular with students which the show was mainly aimed at. They would usually bring on a mascot (some form of cuddly toy).

I always watched the show after school...

asymmetrical head · Post by **asymmetrical head** » Sun Apr 17, 2011 6:17 pm

I'm going to reintroduce myself since I haven't posted here in about 2 years and many of you didn't know me back then.

My name is Will and I live in a town called Murrieta, CA which is about 90+ miles south east of L.A. and 60 miles north of San Diego. I've worked as a graphic designer for 14 years but I'm currently unemployed. I am working on getting my freelance firm started though.

I co-run and am the art director for a new label out of Los Angeles called Architects + Heroes Records. So far we have 3 releases under our belt and will have 7 total releases before the year is over.

As far as musical influences go, there are basically 4 pillars that have influenced me throughout my life. and those are Kraftwerk, Public Enemy, Aphex Twin, and Autechre. There are many artists in between that have influenced me as well. but these artists to me have staying power for me personally. I am also influenced by other things such as architecture, nature, Psychology, Socioeconomic Systems, The Mysteries of Space, World Events, and Graphic Design.

I've been married for 15 years and have 2 boys ages 5 (Liam) and 2 (Miles). Currently, since I'm not working, I care for Miles while the Liam is at pre-school. It's good times. Took me a bit to get used to since I've been working almost everyday since graduating high school way back in 1990.

I did 4 years in U.S. Navy from 90-94. I played baseball in high school and a scout for the san francisco giants came to see me, but I had already signed papers to go to bootcamp about a month earlier.

I make Abstract electronic music (or idm) as asymmetrical head and tech house as QUILIUQ. It may not be twoism material but that's what I do. http://aheadmusic.bandcamp.com/[/url]

Cryabetes · Post by **Cryabetes** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 5:39 pm

'Lo.
I'm Sam
I'm twenny-three or thereabouts, from wisconsin and was turned onto this forum by pkitchen from Afterthepostrock. aside from boc, I mostly listen to stuff like Jim O'Rourke, Portishead, Massive Attack, Air, Tortoise 'n Mogwai.

yesterday I read the entire 'mysterious black box' thread, start to finish, at work. got me all excited for naught. In my spare time, I play drums/synth/soundboards in a duo [which you can listen to here and in my even sparer time, I synthesize samples from samples of white noise using acidpro 5, which you can listen to here.

Also a bit of a reader, lately devouring Haruki Murakami and William Gibson novels and re-reading House of Leaves incessantly.

Usiu · Post by **Usiu** » Tue May 03, 2011 2:39 pm

Hi, I'm Łukasz and I'm from Gdańsk, city in northern Poland. I like good music, BoC is one of my top 10 best bands.

Cheers