Torn n Frayed wrote:During the last 2 minutes of Satellite Anthem Icarus you can hear the first 2 words of the title repeated slowly in time with the music in a vocoded voice.
Huh? I've never heard that....
From 4:13 to the end, it's very very faint!
You must have magical ears! I can't hear that at all
Come on now, try harder! I guess for me it helps having a massive PA to play it over but I can still hear it on headphones, anyone else care to back me up on this?
yup i'm right there with you. i think it even says icarus too. ur not alone mate!
TaoTapeTao wrote: Something I didn't notice until years of listening was the birdsong and sound of a running river underneath the music in Pete Standing Alone, it's pretty subtle. I also think there might be a really subtle voice in that tune too if I'm remembering correctly.
It took me years to realize the birds were in the recording and it wasn't just a coincidence that I heard a bird outside my window everytime I heard this song. God that song fucking rules. Those drums yo.
Dunno if this counts, but has anyone ever wondered if that sound at the end of peacock tail is actually peacocks? Sounds kind of like a baby crying and i always wondered if they sampled one of their kids but then i remembered peacocks have creepy vocalizations like that.
All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
cubistking1906 wrote:There's an entire chorus of female voices drenched in reverb in the intro to Dayvan Cowboy. It took a monster dose and some good headphones for me to realize it a few years back.
Yeah I think I know what you're talking about... you can hear it especially right before the 'drop'(god I hate that word but I don't know what else to call it)
I'm unable to pick that out. Is it layered speaking or is it singing? And I assume you mean before the drums (or even the main melody) come in?
It comes right to the front at 2:02-2:09... sounds like an angelic choir
ive always loved that part of the song
Well, as has been said often, they don't sample, apparently...other than Aquarius/Nlogax/Hell Interface stuff.
*cough* 2001 *cough* Happy Cycling
Annnnyhoo....I remembered them name-checking these ladies in an interview from 2001:
Sounds eerily reminiscent of them, but what do I know.
The first two volumes on 4AD are well worth picking up, by the way.
I've got the interview mentioned above, plus a couple of other interviews/articles which are not on Bocpages. I'll send 'em Fredd-E's way once I do the deed.
TaoTapeTao wrote: Something I didn't notice until years of listening was the birdsong and sound of a running river underneath the music in Pete Standing Alone, it's pretty subtle. I also think there might be a really subtle voice in that tune too if I'm remembering correctly.
It took me years to realize the birds were in the recording and it wasn't just a coincidence that I heard a bird outside my window everytime I heard this song. God that song fucking rules. Those drums yo.
Dunno if this counts, but has anyone ever wondered if that sound at the end of peacock tail is actually peacocks? Sounds kind of like a baby crying and i always wondered if they sampled one of their kids but then i remembered peacocks have creepy vocalizations like that.
The bird on Pete Standing Alone is a willow warbler and is quite an easy spot especially if you are a birder.
Not years, but I understand now that in Uritual 3rd note in main synth (or first sound which you here at the beginning) not wavy.
Its like "Holy BOC! They are playing with us!".
It looks wavy coz of high freq pad, but not.
Radiobuzz wrote:I'll start: Amo Bishop Roden is SURROUNDED with birds chipping faintly throughout the song. I have listened to this track countless times and I have just noticed it this instant.
Same thing in Rue The Whirl. You can't miss it at 1:53 but it's all through the song.
Radiobuzz wrote:I'll start: Amo Bishop Roden is SURROUNDED with birds chipping faintly throughout the song. I have listened to this track countless times and I have just noticed it this instant.
Same thing in Rue The Whirl. You can't miss it at 1:53 but it's all through the song.
Yes but it's CLEARLY house sparrows in Rue. There isn't birds in Amo. What I think this chap is hearing is a reverbed relic from the percussion. There are no birds in Amo.
Just noticed Children singing in In The Annexe this morning waking up to the song playing (because I play BoC in my sleep as well as Tim Hecker, Daniel Lopatin and the likes...)
It literally brought tears to my eyes because in a sense it was frightening! But also beautiful and startling because I've never heard it in these 8 years of listening for me.
There's always something new with them...
I ALSO BELIEVE that when played on different speakers over time, different things are ABLE to stand out more than others. Due to quality and brand...
OH! That creepy weeeeeerrrwwww like distorted sound that loops with the rest of the beat in Rue the Whirl- I didn't notice that until I listened to the tune on a good stereo system while I was on acid now I notice it every time I hear that tune.
hey saturday sun was one of those songs i never really "listened" to until very recently...
that reversed melody is so nice forwards -and- backwards, plus the intro is kinda haunting and beautiful.
and the fender sounds -great-
Techboy wrote:hey saturday sun was one of those songs i never really "listened" to until very recently... that reversed melody is so nice forwards -and- backwards, plus the intro is kinda haunting and beautiful. and the fender sounds -great-
On Amo Bishop Roden, what sounds like FM multipath noise at 5:10 to around 5:30.
On Pete Standing Alone, the sound a tape recorder makes recording itself (when you press the record button) around 1:10.
Jesus, was it you indeed?
To flirt unkindly with my greed
Promising eternal life
When you knew it was not right?
When you knew that what I'd need was willingness and comfort there
mucephei wrote:On Amo Bishop Roden, what sounds like FM multipath noise at 5:10 to around 5:30.
On Pete Standing Alone, the sound a tape recorder makes recording itself (when you press the record button) around 1:10.
that pete standing alone part...can you elaborate? pls?
No problem. When I used to mess about with recordings on my old Akai ghetto blaster I found that there was always a gap between the tape touching the recording head and the record/play button being fully depressed. It was a shallow "clunk" sound - similar to this:
I would often find a similar kind of sound at the start of my recordings... and that is what I hear on Pete Standing Alone at 1:12 to 1:27 on this video: http://youtu.be/tznKkts0nG0
Jesus, was it you indeed?
To flirt unkindly with my greed
Promising eternal life
When you knew it was not right?
When you knew that what I'd need was willingness and comfort there
now I notice it every time I hear that tune.
