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Cyclosa wrote:SHERBET HEAD
Yeah. Sherbet Head is amazing
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I used to sort of overlook Oirectine until a couple of months ago - I recalled the tune one day, really out of nowhere and thought "Ah yes, that old BOC track" -- I hadn't listened to it for a while... So I gave it a proper listen on the same evening and concluded it's actually a very good tune at heart.
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It has to be 5/9/78
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Turquoise Hexagon Sun - a classic I know, but rarely referenced. Such a stunning bittersweet melody and mood. I miss that sparseness I must admit
...what subtlety?
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Rue The Whirl
Audiotrack 14B (which I uploaded to YT last night -
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Cyclosa wrote:SHERBET HEAD


under the coke sign
heard from the telegraph lines
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Why is this track's existence completely forgotten? It's a total detour from their usual style and sits in the middle of Twoism, so it's not exactly hidden. This is the song I'd expect creepiness and other labels being first attached to, not 'Beware the Friendly Stranger'?

Hmm, it must be my third or fourth time writing this, and no one ever takes note. I guess some things are just not meant to be. :P
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A is to B as B is to C. I think it comes the closest (and still a ways off) to approximating what salvia trip or something similar is like.
orion wrote:red moss!!!!!
Is Red Moss underrated? It seems to be pretty popular. But it is a great track. Probably the most memorable from my first listen of Boc Maxima.
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I've always though about 'The Smallest Weird Number', or 'Sherbet Head'.
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Headphase wrote:
Cyclosa wrote:SHERBET HEAD
Yeah. Sherbet Head is amazing
I was about to come in the thread specifically to say this.

Others that I don't see talked about very often that I like:
B14 on R35TT
Heard From Telegraph Lines
Unknown track 2 at the 2001 ATP show
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I think seeya later from hi scores is one of the best BoC tracks in the entire repertoire
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Echus. I know that it's technically unreleased but hot damn is that song amazing.
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drixlin wrote:Oirectine. I don't see it mentioned a lot, but it is one of my all time favs.
I really like that scratchy sound that comes later in the track
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Sequoia.
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polar sky wrote:I know a lot of listeners don't find Rue The Whirl very interesting, but it's one of my favorite BoC tracks. One of those tracks that sends you back in time.
I love Rue the Whirl too.

I really don't know what is or isn't popular or rates well among others but probably not quite their best stand out tracks I'd have to say

In The Annexe (Just love that key change)
Spectrum
Skimming Stones
Under The Coke Sign
Macquarie Ridge
5d

There are some others too..
To The Wind is fairly different reminds me of some underground 80's stuff I listened to sometimes growing up. B14, Sherbert Head already mentioned are quite good too. In fact a lot of times I'd find myself taking the releases off my ipod and just going through random 35 tracks and all the other early tapes too many little gems in there to mention.
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machinea wrote:
polar sky wrote:I know a lot of listeners don't find Rue The Whirl very interesting, but it's one of my favorite BoC tracks. One of those tracks that sends you back in time.
I love Rue the Whirl too.

I really don't know what is or isn't popular or rates well among others but probably not quite their best stand out tracks I'd have to say

In The Annexe (Just love that key change)
Spectrum
Skimming Stones
Under The Coke Sign
Macquarie Ridge
5d

There are some others too..
To The Wind is fairly different reminds me of some underground 80's stuff I listened to sometimes growing up. B14, Sherbert Head already mentioned are quite good too. In fact a lot of times I'd find myself taking the releases off my ipod and just going through random 35 tracks and all the other early tapes too many little gems in there to mention.
Oh man, forgot about To The Wind. Also one of my favorites.
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machinea wrote:
polar sky wrote:I know a lot of listeners don't find Rue The Whirl very interesting, but it's one of my favorite BoC tracks. One of those tracks that sends you back in time.
I love Rue the Whirl too.

I really don't know what is or isn't popular or rates well among others but probably not quite their best stand out tracks I'd have to say

In The Annexe (Just love that key change)
Spectrum
Skimming Stones
Under The Coke Sign
Macquarie Ridge
5d

There are some others too..
To The Wind is fairly different reminds me of some underground 80's stuff I listened to sometimes growing up. B14, Sherbert Head already mentioned are quite good too. In fact a lot of times I'd find myself taking the releases off my ipod and just going through random 35 tracks and all the other early tapes too many little gems in there to mention.
I adore Macquarie Ridge, one of my all time favorite tracks by them.
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telephasicworkshop wrote:
machinea wrote:
polar sky wrote:I know a lot of listeners don't find Rue The Whirl very interesting, but it's one of my favorite BoC tracks. One of those tracks that sends you back in time.
I love Rue the Whirl too.

I really don't know what is or isn't popular or rates well among others but probably not quite their best stand out tracks I'd have to say

In The Annexe (Just love that key change)
Spectrum
Skimming Stones
Under The Coke Sign
Macquarie Ridge
5d

There are some others too..
To The Wind is fairly different reminds me of some underground 80's stuff I listened to sometimes growing up. B14, Sherbert Head already mentioned are quite good too. In fact a lot of times I'd find myself taking the releases off my ipod and just going through random 35 tracks and all the other early tapes too many little gems in there to mention.
I adore Macquarie Ridge, one of my all time favorite tracks by them.
Yeah. Macquarie Ridge is amazing.
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heres a pretty underrated track

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jakestott wrote:Rue The Whirl
It sounds to me like if boc ever made a "hip-hop" track, this is the one. It's like...DJ premier-esque. It just needs some ill rhymes. :lol:
egbdf wrote:A is to B as B is to C.
The flute sample playing in my mind, "that" is boards of canada for me. It's one of my favorite tracks. The short, abstract pieces are some of what make boc awesome. If I were to think about boards of canada randomly throughout the day, no joke, I usually hear that darn flute sample playing in my head.
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