14. Sundown (2:16)

In_The_Annexe · Post by **In_The_Annexe** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 3:20 am

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This track's beginning sounded very similar to the likes of "Corsair" from Geogaddi.

Sundown was a pretty nice track... in terms of mood and feeling, it starts out with a sense of solace and slight melancholy but finishes in a dense hard hitting kick in the head that makes me feel a little uneasy after being drowned in the warm textured synths and washed out cadence that the track starts out with.

I found, that the album really picked up on the second half (even though the whole album was very engaging )

jacquard causeway is still my best buddy.

honeypower · Post by **honeypower** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 3:37 am

yeah this song was beautiful

In_The_Annexe · Post by **In_The_Annexe** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 5:28 am

the beginning actually sounds EXACTLY like the beginning of "CORSAIR" from Geogaddi

I swear it's even the same sample.

re-phaelam-ed · Post by **re-phaelam-ed** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 5:52 am

In_The_Annexe wrote:the beginning actually sounds EXACTLY like the beginning of "CORSAIR" from Geogaddi

I swear it's even the same sample.

i just came on to post re: that same thing re: this track.
remember they said they did something like 400 tracks while making geogaddi.
perhaps sundown was the track that was gonna follow corsair on one of the versions of the geogaddi while they were in the mixing process.

In_The_Annexe · Post by **In_The_Annexe** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 5:54 am

definitely a possibility and an interesting idea. I swear, hearing it again made me shoot up and check the track I was listening to.

IanRedpoint · Post by **IanRedpoint** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 7:11 am

Great track but I found the start of it uncannily like a track I did as French Curves a couple of years ago (and Corsair obviously). Not saying they copied me (they undoubtedly didn't) or that mine is better (it's not) but it made me smile.

In_The_Annexe · Post by **In_The_Annexe** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 10:12 pm

IanRedpoint wrote:Great track but I found the start of it uncannily like a track I did as French Curves a couple of years ago (and Corsair obviously). Not saying they copied me (they undoubtedly didn't) or that mine is better (it's not) but it made me smile.

it really is uncanny how much the beginning sounds like Corsair.

sithlord999 · Post by **sithlord999** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 11:07 pm

There's a moment toward the end of this track that sounds exactly like the beginning of that Reforestation Area video that was brought up during the whole RSD code hunt:

Just thought that was kind of neat.

IanRedpoint · Post by **IanRedpoint** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 11:20 pm

In_The_Annexe wrote:
IanRedpoint wrote:Great track but I found the start of it uncannily like a track I did as French Curves a couple of years ago (and Corsair obviously). Not saying they copied me (they undoubtedly didn't) or that mine is better (it's not) but it made me smile.

it really is uncanny how much the beginning sounds like Corsair.

True. A subconscious influence to be sure.

I think it was the chord sequence on Sundown as much as the texture that sounded familiar.

thinkdontpray · Post by **thinkdontpray** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 2:33 am

was sitting outside at work tonight listening to nothing is real and watching this sunset

then sundown came on and it all hit me hard

what a song. what an album.

CorsairOnRepeat · Post by **CorsairOnRepeat** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 11:39 pm

Corsair! Yes. Beautiful sunset..your photo makes me think of a distant nuclear disaster.

GeogEddie · Post by **GeogEddie** » Thu Jun 06, 2013 3:57 am

I could do with a whole album of BoC tracks like this. No beats or vocals or quirky samples, just dark, moody ambient. I think this track will have staying power long after the hooks in the catchier tracks have started to wear a bit thin.

thinkdontpray · Post by **thinkdontpray** » Thu Jun 06, 2013 8:30 am

when i took that picture i kept thinking it looks as if theres a fire in the sky

but combine that view, with this song.

wowzers

and yes i just said wowzers

GeometricPish · Post by **GeometricPish** » Thu Jun 06, 2013 10:39 pm

Sundown really reminds me of something Oneohtrix Point Never would have done on his early records

radiateme · Post by **radiateme** » Thu Jun 06, 2013 10:41 pm

thinkdontpray wrote:was sitting outside at work tonight listening to nothing is real and watching this sunset

then sundown came on and it all hit me hard

what a song. what an album.

Must have been amazing! Nice pic.

egbdf · Post by **egbdf** » Sat Jun 08, 2013 5:43 pm

This song doesn't seem to be getting as much discussion. So far I've found the more ambient tracks are the better ones on this album. Sundown is no exception. As folks have mentioned, starts out sounding exactly like Corsair. Ends up being more serene and barren and 80's sci-fi sounding, and less sad than Corsair.

In_The_Annexe · Post by **In_The_Annexe** » Sat Jun 08, 2013 5:51 pm

egbdf wrote:This song doesn't seem to be getting as much discussion. So far I've found the more ambient tracks are the better ones on this album. Sundown is no exception. As folks have mentioned, starts out sounding exactly like Corsair. Ends up being more serene and barren and 80's sci-fi sounding, and less sad than Corsair.

I adored Sundown from the very beginning, it's opening is a nice reference to Geogaddi and you really can't hear anything quite like it in their discography(except the opening of course) ;P

The bass synth gives it a sort of insurgence that has a lot of hidden meaning.

mc10101 · Post by **mc10101** » Sat Jun 08, 2013 6:10 pm

It was going to be Corsair at my funeral, but now I'm slightly torn

This piece is a great example of BOC's exquisite sense of pace within the album. In fact the whole construction of TH is masterly

Parameters · Post by **Parameters** » Sun Jun 09, 2013 4:15 pm

My favourite track. It's beautifully... 'organic'. I think it is also their greatest talent, the soundscape. A pared-back album of tracks like this, Slow This Bird Down, etc, would be incredible.

Amo Bishop Roden · Post by **Amo Bishop Roden** » Sun Jun 09, 2013 4:45 pm

I'm in a toss up between this and Jacquard Causeway as my favorite new track. Seriously though, BoC are the masters of the synth-drone. This song floors me with emotion.