Most calming BoC track?

Jonse · Post by **Jonse** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 1:18 am

My vote goes to "Opening the Mouth". It's almost hypnotizing. Can and has helped me get in a near-meditative state. Polar opposite to "One Very Important Thought", which has this haunting, "impending doom" quality to it, especially at the chord change around "if you could be told..." in conjunction with its message.

2nd place would go to Julie and Candy (which happens to be my favorite BoC track ever), just because it feels like it comes from a place where everything makes sense and everything is alright...everything just comes together. It flows like a river and gives off a feeling like time has almost stopped and you're just there in the moment. OtM takes this to 11. It kinda reminds me of Zelda: Majora's Mask, when you play the song of time and go back to the dawn of the first day.

3rd place is maybe You Could Feel The Sky, because of the percussion mostly and the main drone-ish atmosphere, that or maybe Everything You Do is A Balloon, for its melody.

North by North · Post by **North by North** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 1:26 am

Echus.
Mirror Lake.
Echus.
Tears from the compound eye.
Echus.
Farewell Fire.
Echus.

ONTHE88 · Post by **ONTHE88** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 1:29 am

Off the top of my head, I'd have to say Tears from the Compound Eye, has the most calming effect on me. The blissful, yet haunting tone of the track leaves me completely subdued

zeoevil · Post by **zeoevil** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 1:39 am

Last Walk Around Mirror Lake.

Jonse · Post by **Jonse** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 1:45 am

zeoevil wrote:Last Walk Around Mirror Lake.

I do not have this track to my recollection. What is it on?

North by North · Post by **North by North** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 1:49 am

Rodheh wrote:
zeoevil wrote:Last Walk Around Mirror Lake.
I do not have this track to my recollection. What is it on?

BoC Boom Bop remix: “Last Walk Around Mirror Lake" on From Left to Right, Boom Bip, May 2003

North by North · Post by **North by North** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 1:51 am

Boom Bip. Damn Autocorrect.

Jonse · Post by **Jonse** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 1:51 am

North by North wrote:
Rodheh wrote:
zeoevil wrote:Last Walk Around Mirror Lake.
I do not have this track to my recollection. What is it on?
BoC Boom Bop remix: “Last Walk Around Mirror Lake" on From Left to Right, Boom Bip, May 2003

Okay, thanks. I'll check it out.

Although I kinda meant original BoC tracks and not remixes. It's okay though.

zeoevil · Post by **zeoevil** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 1:52 am

Rodheh wrote:
zeoevil wrote:Last Walk Around Mirror Lake.
I do not have this track to my recollection. What is it on?

http://bocpages.org/wiki/Boom_Bip_-_Las ... irror_Lake
I want this played at my funeral.

EDIT: I would honestly call it a BoC track as it has entirely its own feel.

Jonse · Post by **Jonse** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 2:04 am

zeoevil wrote:
Rodheh wrote:
zeoevil wrote:Last Walk Around Mirror Lake.
I do not have this track to my recollection. What is it on?

http://bocpages.org/wiki/Boom_Bip_-_Las ... irror_Lake
I want this played at my funeral.

EDIT: I would honestly call it a BoC track as it has entirely its own feel.

Well I didn't mean it like that. Dead Dogs Two has a BoC feel, but if it's a remix I'd rather hear about original BoC tracks.

zeoevil · Post by **zeoevil** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 2:19 am

Rodheh wrote:
zeoevil wrote:
Rodheh wrote: I do not have this track to my recollection. What is it on?

http://bocpages.org/wiki/Boom_Bip_-_Las ... irror_Lake
I want this played at my funeral.

EDIT: I would honestly call it a BoC track as it has entirely its own feel.
Well I didn't mean it like that. Dead Dogs Two has a BoC feel, but if it's a remix I'd rather hear about original BoC tracks.

At this time, I would like to point out that, as far as I know, there is no other version of Last Walk. Therefore, although it appears on someone else's album, it is a Boards of Canada track.

EDIT: Well, that didn't take long. It is on Seed to Sun, but as far as I know, the two songs are totally different.

Jonse · Post by **Jonse** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 2:25 am

zeoevil wrote:
Rodheh wrote:
zeoevil wrote:
http://bocpages.org/wiki/Boom_Bip_-_Las ... irror_Lake
I want this played at my funeral.

EDIT: I would honestly call it a BoC track as it has entirely its own feel.
Well I didn't mean it like that. Dead Dogs Two has a BoC feel, but if it's a remix I'd rather hear about original BoC tracks.
At this time, I would like to point out that, as far as I know, there is no other version of Last Walk. Therefore, although it appears on someone else's album, it is a Boards of Canada track.

EDIT: Well, that didn't take long. It is on Seed to Sun, but as far as I know, the two songs are totally different.

Well if you're so adamant about it, what AFTER that would you consider to be their most calming?

zeoevil · Post by **zeoevil** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 2:35 am

Rodheh wrote:Well if you're so adamant about it, what AFTER that would you consider to be their most calming?

Don't mistake my opinion for adamance. I just feel the song is its own work and not a remix in the traditional sense.

5.9.78
Diving Station
Melissa Juice
Kid For Today
In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country
Olson

Jonse · Post by **Jonse** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 2:40 am

zeoevil wrote:
Rodheh wrote:Well if you're so adamant about it, what AFTER that would you consider to be their most calming?
Don't mistake my opinion for adamance. I just feel the song is its own work and not a remix in the traditional sense.

5.9.78
Diving Station
Melissa Juice
Kid For Today
In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country
Olson

I'm not mistaking anything. I mean I just stated I wasn't really talking about remixes so you could have given another answer at that point but you wanted to go on about that one song.

zeoevil · Post by **zeoevil** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 2:51 am

Rodheh wrote:I'm not mistaking anything. I mean I just stated I wasn't really talking about remixes so you could have given another answer at that point but you wanted to go on about that one song.

Fair enough. I won't belabor the point. Clearly, it is your thread and you make the rules. My honest answer to your inquiry obviously violated some hitherto unrevealed rule about what is and is not a song written and performed by Boards of Canada. From now on, I will try to not violate the sanctity of your threads with my honest and well-meaning answers to your super serious threads.

I will now go stick my head in a pie. Cheers.

egbdf · Post by **egbdf** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 4:50 am

Definitely, definitely Open the Light.

GeogEddie · Post by **GeogEddie** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 5:46 am

Magic Window.

I could just loop it for hours. It's almost like it's not even there.

Jonse · Post by **Jonse** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 5:55 am

zeoevil wrote:
Rodheh wrote:I'm not mistaking anything. I mean I just stated I wasn't really talking about remixes so you could have given another answer at that point but you wanted to go on about that one song.
Fair enough. I won't belabor the point. Clearly, it is your thread and you make the rules. My honest answer to your inquiry obviously violated some hitherto unrevealed rule about what is and is not a song written and performed by Boards of Canada. From now on, I will try to not violate the sanctity of your threads with my honest and well-meaning answers to your super serious threads.

I will now go stick my head in a pie. Cheers.

Oh, give me a break.

miklatov · Post by **miklatov** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 9:20 am

Over The Horizon Radar, for me

Negamuse · Post by **Negamuse** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 9:37 am

5.9.78 Can't believe more people haven't said it.