back in 2002 i was in 10th grade. the music i was listening to was beginning to make a transition. my favorite bands started to go from deftones, to tool, to pink floyd. then i began to venture into stuff like radiohead, which took me into stuff like massive attack, etc.
anyway. a friend of mine recommended i check out BOC, so she hooked me up with a few tracks from them. the tracks i remember her sending were, julie and candy, music is math, sixtyniner, twoism.
basically, here is the point.
i remember the first time listening to the music, and getting my first real taste of synesthesia . ( no pun intended ). i basically remember listening to the tracks sixtyniner and twoism. and getting some very strong, vivid images in my head, of a street corner/street that is a few blocks away from the high school i went to when i was younger.
now this may not make sense to some of you guys. but to this day i can still see the image in my head of the street im referring to, but if i was to take you there, the image wouldnt be exactly the same as the one thats in my mind.its like the image is more of a memory and i can feel it rather than just see it.
its hard for me to explain to be honest, but over the years music has done this to me, where i can see places and begin to get a feeling from it, or begin to feel an emotion or memory that i havent remembered or felt in years. basically the first time it ever happened to me was while listening to BOCs music
its cool that i sit here almost 15 years later, and now i specifically look for music that i can "feel".
What was your first impression of Boards of Canada?
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Salad Fingers, unfortunately. Decided to look into the creepy background music that was used on it's episodes. Bought Geogaddi and MHTRTC having found the band out. Liked it, so went on from there.
I can't listen to their music without forming mental images, but Geogaddi used to be more enjoyable for me than it is having heard their earlier material, which I enjoy more. They're so, so strong. Wish I could put them into films. Geogaddi was their first of their albums I listened to properly but MHTRTC spooked me a bit more. Not sure why, really.
I can't listen to their music without forming mental images, but Geogaddi used to be more enjoyable for me than it is having heard their earlier material, which I enjoy more. They're so, so strong. Wish I could put them into films. Geogaddi was their first of their albums I listened to properly but MHTRTC spooked me a bit more. Not sure why, really.
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lasermonkey
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It was the We Are Reasonable People compilation which introduced me to BoC.
I bought the WARP LP mainly because if the Aphex Twin/Squarepusher contribution, but fell in love with the BoC track even more, so I bought MHTRTC.
I was actually a bit disappointed at first and probably only liked about a quarter of it.
I subsequently bought Geogaddi, which turned out to be something of an epiphany. It was exactly the music I had been waiting for my whole life.
I then reevaluated MHTR and found that I loved all of it, so I went out and bought everything I could find.
I bought the WARP LP mainly because if the Aphex Twin/Squarepusher contribution, but fell in love with the BoC track even more, so I bought MHTRTC.
I was actually a bit disappointed at first and probably only liked about a quarter of it.
I subsequently bought Geogaddi, which turned out to be something of an epiphany. It was exactly the music I had been waiting for my whole life.
I then reevaluated MHTR and found that I loved all of it, so I went out and bought everything I could find.
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DayvanCowboy
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When i was really young we used to trip around in the country by car. I always loved the feeling when we came back from a trip and it would be almost midnight but we were just driving in the night, i would roll down my window and enjoy the cold air coming to my face. (In the summer)
Then i first heard Left Side Drive, and felt the exact same feeling. I fell in love with the song, years later i found out about BoC. The reason i love them so much is that every song feels like a little snipett of a movie in my head when i listen it. It's like i remember some memories i dont have, or mix up with some of my own memories. Weird i know but i love them!
Then i first heard Left Side Drive, and felt the exact same feeling. I fell in love with the song, years later i found out about BoC. The reason i love them so much is that every song feels like a little snipett of a movie in my head when i listen it. It's like i remember some memories i dont have, or mix up with some of my own memories. Weird i know but i love them!
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Lens Larque
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Heard The Color of the Fire on a *Amazon* sound clip and was blown away (was high). Was looking for music similar to Daft Punk.
Bought the record along with Pole, Aphex 85-92 and Orbital and EP7 on CD at the local CD STORE (special order--was called when they arrived)
Listened to all the CDs--favored Pole and EP7.
6 months later: listening to Telephasic Workshop pressing headphones deeply into my ears unbelieving the production quality of the rhythm tracks.
Bought the record along with Pole, Aphex 85-92 and Orbital and EP7 on CD at the local CD STORE (special order--was called when they arrived)
Listened to all the CDs--favored Pole and EP7.
6 months later: listening to Telephasic Workshop pressing headphones deeply into my ears unbelieving the production quality of the rhythm tracks.
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StauntonLick
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I was (still kinda am) a big fan of jamband type shows and festivals and got into STS9, who play Roygbiv. That was my first exposure to anything BoC related.The first time I listened to MHTRTC I couldn't (under)stand most of it. I had also downloaded TCH at the same time, primarily because I loved the name of the album. I was hooked with Dayvan Cowboy and couldn't stop listening to it for awhile. I tried Geogaddi and MHTRTC a few more times but nothing really clicked.
Then one night I was having a little trouble sleeping so I decided to listen to some music. I randomly chose Geogaddi and laid down with my headphones. What happened next has changed the way I look at music today. I was fully conscious during Music is Math and possibly Gyroscope, but shortly after I was in that in-between sleep and awake state where I was still aware I was listening to music but my brain was beginning to dream. I listened to the whole album in this state (while being aware I was in that state) and it finally clicked. Strange but beautiful images cascaded across my field of vision, with the beats acting as kind of guideposts for where my mind was going. I've now listened to Geo more times than I can count and it's become one of the favorite albums of all time. I now really enjoy MHTRTC, but it's no Geo (imo)
I always read that BoC was 'nostalgic' and I never really felt that way until recently as I've been getting more and more into their music. Their songs feel like old friends that I want to spend the afternoon catching up with. I'm hooked.
Then one night I was having a little trouble sleeping so I decided to listen to some music. I randomly chose Geogaddi and laid down with my headphones. What happened next has changed the way I look at music today. I was fully conscious during Music is Math and possibly Gyroscope, but shortly after I was in that in-between sleep and awake state where I was still aware I was listening to music but my brain was beginning to dream. I listened to the whole album in this state (while being aware I was in that state) and it finally clicked. Strange but beautiful images cascaded across my field of vision, with the beats acting as kind of guideposts for where my mind was going. I've now listened to Geo more times than I can count and it's become one of the favorite albums of all time. I now really enjoy MHTRTC, but it's no Geo (imo)
I always read that BoC was 'nostalgic' and I never really felt that way until recently as I've been getting more and more into their music. Their songs feel like old friends that I want to spend the afternoon catching up with. I'm hooked.
15.
Fuck school.
Friends from long distances away got me into bands like Black Moth Super Rainbow and the Future Sound of London.
From those two, I found Boards of Canada. I immediately recognized them as providing much of the music on Adult Swim bumps (though I had stopped watching TV at this point in time, it was just about then).
I started with Hi Scores. Nlogax quickly became a favorite. I went from there, through MHTRTC, while listening to TCH. They grew on me a lot. Twoism was also an early favorite. I began lurking here (and elsewhere).
By the time I got around to Geogaddi (which believe it or not was the final official release of theirs I heard - way after I heard Trans Canada Highway) I was about 17. It took that long because while I liked Boards of Canada, I didn't LOVE them. They were not yet a favorite of mine. They were not my second favorite band EVER at that time.
Then I heard Geogaddi.
And I heard it again.
And again.
19.
Out of school and working on music.
Experienced psychonaut (which probably helped with the appreciation).
They had worked their way up to my top 5. Shortly before my 20th birthday, I thought it conclusive that this was one of the greatest bands in existence. Geogaddi became tied with The Downward Spiral as my favorite record of all time.
Years later, that has not changed, and while my opinion of BoC as a whole is inconsistent, they did enough for me to easily say that my life was changed because of them. I'm not like a lot of BoC fans. There's a lot of stuff I don't care for. Then there's stuff I care for way more than others. At the end of the day, I will just say that my two favorite releases from them (Geogaddi and Hi Scores) had a profound impact on myself.
Fuck school.
Friends from long distances away got me into bands like Black Moth Super Rainbow and the Future Sound of London.
From those two, I found Boards of Canada. I immediately recognized them as providing much of the music on Adult Swim bumps (though I had stopped watching TV at this point in time, it was just about then).
I started with Hi Scores. Nlogax quickly became a favorite. I went from there, through MHTRTC, while listening to TCH. They grew on me a lot. Twoism was also an early favorite. I began lurking here (and elsewhere).
By the time I got around to Geogaddi (which believe it or not was the final official release of theirs I heard - way after I heard Trans Canada Highway) I was about 17. It took that long because while I liked Boards of Canada, I didn't LOVE them. They were not yet a favorite of mine. They were not my second favorite band EVER at that time.
Then I heard Geogaddi.
And I heard it again.
And again.
19.
Out of school and working on music.
Experienced psychonaut (which probably helped with the appreciation).
They had worked their way up to my top 5. Shortly before my 20th birthday, I thought it conclusive that this was one of the greatest bands in existence. Geogaddi became tied with The Downward Spiral as my favorite record of all time.
Years later, that has not changed, and while my opinion of BoC as a whole is inconsistent, they did enough for me to easily say that my life was changed because of them. I'm not like a lot of BoC fans. There's a lot of stuff I don't care for. Then there's stuff I care for way more than others. At the end of the day, I will just say that my two favorite releases from them (Geogaddi and Hi Scores) had a profound impact on myself.
Okay...now...wait for fog machine.
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It all began back in 2013. I was watching some YouTube series called TribeTwelve. In one of its videos it had The Devil Is In The Details. I got interested in BOC's work. Soon, I got their entire discography. The first thing I felt was the old 80's. It was suprising, since I was born back in 2002. Being a bulgarian kid is kinda bad, because I can't afford BOC vinyls or CD's. (Stuff is expensive here!) At least I'm happy with affording a pirated version of their discography, but they deserve way more.
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Buy their stuff on DiscogsNikola Elitsov wrote:It all began back in 2013. I was watching some YouTube series called TribeTwelve. In one of its videos it had The Devil Is In The Details. I got interested in BOC's work. Soon, I got their entire discography. The first thing I felt was the old 80's. It was suprising, since I was born back in 2002. Being a bulgarian kid is kinda bad, because I can't afford BOC vinyls or CD's. (Stuff is expensive here!) At least I'm happy with affording a pirated version of their discography, but they deserve way more.
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sloshnpecs
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My first impression of BoC was a bad one but I'm going to share it because it's hilariously wrong.
I was listening to a lot of ae, Aphex, MikeP, Black Dog (basically Warp was my lifeline to finding good electronic music). Can't remember what tracks I listened to - a couple off MHTRTC but not the big hitters I think. And I remember thinking "see, but everyone else I'm listening to takes the old synths and makes something new-sounding out of them, and these guys seem to be making library music with them". I didn't listen to enough of it to hook into it, or listen deep enough to get what they were doing. I'm sure if I'd have listened to the whole album I'd have got it, but instead I wrote them off and avoided everything they did (because apparently there's too much music in the world to listen to something you don't like twice) till I heard Peacock Tail and Chromakey Dreamcoat years later.
My SECOND impression of BoC, being blown away with how rich and deep it was, then listening to Geogaddi and the EPs at pretty much the same time was that I was a fuckwit. I wish I'd given it the time when it all came out, but in a way having three albums worth of stuff to listen to in one go, imagine how that was. It totally transformed how I felt about electronic music, that's for sure. And I've loved electronic music since forever, but this was like opening a door to a world I didn't know COULD exist.
I was listening to a lot of ae, Aphex, MikeP, Black Dog (basically Warp was my lifeline to finding good electronic music). Can't remember what tracks I listened to - a couple off MHTRTC but not the big hitters I think. And I remember thinking "see, but everyone else I'm listening to takes the old synths and makes something new-sounding out of them, and these guys seem to be making library music with them". I didn't listen to enough of it to hook into it, or listen deep enough to get what they were doing. I'm sure if I'd have listened to the whole album I'd have got it, but instead I wrote them off and avoided everything they did (because apparently there's too much music in the world to listen to something you don't like twice) till I heard Peacock Tail and Chromakey Dreamcoat years later.
My SECOND impression of BoC, being blown away with how rich and deep it was, then listening to Geogaddi and the EPs at pretty much the same time was that I was a fuckwit. I wish I'd given it the time when it all came out, but in a way having three albums worth of stuff to listen to in one go, imagine how that was. It totally transformed how I felt about electronic music, that's for sure. And I've loved electronic music since forever, but this was like opening a door to a world I didn't know COULD exist.
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A Lot of shivers discovering new sounds and rythms, they're a referent on modern music like autechre, AFX on that beyond genre. Remember a lot of nights alone within MHTRTC, geogaddi and THC that was awesome. So many good memories there, they convinced that electronic music achieve the same level like classical, jazz or progressive.
ROYGBIV
that was awesome. So many good memories there, they convinced that electronic music achieve the same level like classical, jazz or progressive. ROYGBIV
Telephasic Workshop
It was back in around 2001 I believe. While exploring the inernet with my dial up modem I came across this song called Telephasic Workshop. My first thought it sounded so weird but so awesome at the same time.
Experimental electronic music was very new to me at this time. I managed to find some other songs by the same band on Audogalaxy and Kazaa. A few of the first songs i remember were Melissa Juice, Twoism and Aquarius.
I was hooked. I couldn't really explain why though. I was exploring lots of amazing new electronic music artists online at the time, like Autechre, Squarepusher, Venetian Snares and Aphex Twin. Artists that I still love.
But there was and still is something very special about BoC, something I cant quite put my finger on, something that moves me to this day on a very personal plane.
Experimental electronic music was very new to me at this time. I managed to find some other songs by the same band on Audogalaxy and Kazaa. A few of the first songs i remember were Melissa Juice, Twoism and Aquarius.
I was hooked. I couldn't really explain why though. I was exploring lots of amazing new electronic music artists online at the time, like Autechre, Squarepusher, Venetian Snares and Aphex Twin. Artists that I still love.
But there was and still is something very special about BoC, something I cant quite put my finger on, something that moves me to this day on a very personal plane.
For me it was this. Was made redundant from job, girlfriend of 5 years walks out and leaves me debt and then lost one of my closest friends as he took his life... all in a period of about 4 weeks.
I was in front of my computer and you tubing music and yeah shit was dark, was not a good time and I was not in what you would call a 'good' place. Saw kid for today in the list of vids and saw it was boards of canada. I had heard the name before and just decided to click on it. i had one of the most important moments in my life that night because of that. I am still not sure why i decided to click on it, but could never be more thankful for it.
I still remember the moment vividly when the song finished and I just sat there and broke apart and put myself back together again. It was like flashes of all these memories i had forgotten about. Some of them I still to this day think were not even real memories of mine... just images created in my head from what I heard. And I made them mine.
Such a surreal experience but provoked me to understand who I am and that it's all good in the hood. Fast forward to now and I cannot imagine life without boc in it.
So it was a good first impression
I was in front of my computer and you tubing music and yeah shit was dark, was not a good time and I was not in what you would call a 'good' place. Saw kid for today in the list of vids and saw it was boards of canada. I had heard the name before and just decided to click on it. i had one of the most important moments in my life that night because of that. I am still not sure why i decided to click on it, but could never be more thankful for it.
I still remember the moment vividly when the song finished and I just sat there and broke apart and put myself back together again. It was like flashes of all these memories i had forgotten about. Some of them I still to this day think were not even real memories of mine... just images created in my head from what I heard. And I made them mine.
Such a surreal experience but provoked me to understand who I am and that it's all good in the hood. Fast forward to now and I cannot imagine life without boc in it.
So it was a good first impression
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ya what happened...they were the kings of sick percussion.Lens Larque wrote:Heard The Color of the Fire on a *Amazon* sound clip and was blown away (was high). Was looking for music similar to Daft Punk.
Bought the record along with Pole, Aphex 85-92 and Orbital and EP7 on CD at the local CD STORE (special order--was called when they arrived)
Listened to all the CDs--favored Pole and EP7.
6 months later: listening to Telephasic Workshop pressing headphones deeply into my ears unbelieving the production quality of the rhythm tracks.
then...it went away.
re-phaelam-ed wrote:ya what happened...they were the kings of sick percussion.
then...it went away.
I've been thinking exactly this for some time! One of the many reasons MHTRTC is still my favourite BOC album is the prominent, and dare-I-say funky beats. Rough, dirty, and downright as-you-say sick!...what subtlety?
Gotta be one of the biggest complaints I have about TH and one complaint I have about some of the slower tracks on TCH (though that doesn't suffer so badly).re-phaelam-ed wrote:ya what happened...they were the kings of sick percussion.Lens Larque wrote:Heard The Color of the Fire on a *Amazon* sound clip and was blown away (was high). Was looking for music similar to Daft Punk.
Bought the record along with Pole, Aphex 85-92 and Orbital and EP7 on CD at the local CD STORE (special order--was called when they arrived)
Listened to all the CDs--favored Pole and EP7.
6 months later: listening to Telephasic Workshop pressing headphones deeply into my ears unbelieving the production quality of the rhythm tracks.
then...it went away.
Okay...now...wait for fog machine.
http://www.bumpworthy.com/bumps/428 and http://www.bumpworthy.com/bumps/458
were the first instances of me ever hearing BoC, i was stuck trying to find these tracks for a few months, finally found them and got into TCH first and that album blew me away so i then decided to get their entire discog and listen to it from beginning to end in 1 day.
were the first instances of me ever hearing BoC, i was stuck trying to find these tracks for a few months, finally found them and got into TCH first and that album blew me away so i then decided to get their entire discog and listen to it from beginning to end in 1 day.