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[writetomhatcher]

I have never understood why Happy cycling was all of a sudden tagged on the end of the album. Ruins the flow so much. Obviously it's an amazing track but in context, it does not fit.

It's only on the digital release, the vinyl and CD versions still end with One Very Important Thought; the only exception is the Japanese 2xCD that has the Peel Session tracks on the second disc.

This seems like a basic fact everyone in this thread should be aware of lol.

[Geogandhi]

Er, nope. I have 2 Cd's of MHTRTC, one that I bought when it first came out and one that a mate gave me when he digitised his cd collection. Original is as it should be, in a jewel case, a later version in a cardboard cover and has Happy cycling as last track.
First link on google: https://www.amazon.in/Music-Right-Child ... B0001RVTWA

At least in the UK anyway.

[Geogandhi]

This seems like a basic fact everyone in this thread should be aware of lol.

You have a weird knowitall vibe about you man, come across pretty shitty, calm down kid.

[writetomhatcher]

I’m sorry I gave you that vibe—on a person to person level.

[Geogandhi]

Ok, cool. No actual beef man.

[writetomhatcher]

Peace and love everyone

[Echelon]

a later version in a cardboard cover and has Happy cycling as last track.
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The cardboard reissue brings back memories of freshman year in high school in 2009. I bought it because people online said it sounded like "psychedelic elevator music." I did not like the repetitive, weird hip-hop rhythms of Sixtyten and Telephasic when I heard it. I sold it a year later.

11 years later, who knew I'd be a total BOC maniac, spamming up this speculative thread with delusional nonsense haha

[dcom]

Er, nope. I have 2 Cd's of MHTRTC, one that I bought when it first came out and one that a mate gave me when he digitised his cd collection. Original is as it should be, in a jewel case, a later version in a cardboard cover and has Happy cycling as last track.

I stand corrected, didn't know that there are reissues (and didn't bother going through the plethora of different CD releases on Discogs until now) with that particular... inconsistency. I noticed it rather recently when a friend had bought the digital and played it through when I was visiting - it was weird to have Happy Cycling come on after the album ended, so I had to check WTF.

[fefor]

Happy Cycling was included as a bonus track for the 1998 US version (Matador Records) then as for the Warp version its been on every reissue since 2004, my copy also has Happy Cycling.

Usually bonus tracks don't fit the ending of an album (mostly talking about other bands or artists here), they are just thrown there as a bonus without regards to the flow, though there are times where they can be actually fitting, atleast for me it does feel that way with Geogaddi's and TCH's Japan bonus track:
From One Source All Things Depend being fitting to the themes of Geogaddi or as a final track, aswell as the fadeout in Farewell Fire on TCH until after a while Macquarie Ridge starts, I find that follow up to be quite satisfying.

[Echelon]

A lot of the big names (Autechre, Squarepusher, OPN, Flying Lotus, Bibio, Aphex (sorta, a reissue) Plaid) have released music in the last two years. What big names are left to be released in 2021?

I can only think of the Bros and Aphex releasing a new album. That's it really. Man, if that was the 2021 release schedule, we're going to be in for one hell of a year. We need a rebound so maybe Warp's going to give us one!

[Davism]

I know this is a tiny bit off topic, but considering how things have been quiet.....

I totally don't understand how everyone is going bonkers for OPN's new album. I'd like to think I'm pretty open, but my first impression is that it lacked that crunch. I also haven't been feeling the other recent Warp releases that much either.

I'll give the OPN a few more listens incase I just need more time to access it, but......

[Echelon]

I know this is a tiny bit off topic, but considering how things have been quiet.....

I totally don't understand how everyone is going bonkers for OPN's new album. I'd like to think I'm pretty open, but my first impression is that it lacked that crunch. I also haven't been feeling the other recent Warp releases that much either.

I'll give the OPN a few more listens incase I just need more time to access it, but......

I will be honest, as a first time listener to OPN, I was not impressed. A lot of his music doesn't go anywhere on this album. It's very avantgarde and random sounding. Sometimes the album takes weird left-turns into mainstream territory with hip-hop (The Whether Channel) or pop balladtry (No Nightmares) and I'm not feeling those either.

On the upside, I really liked Long Road Home and wish that the album was more in that dark post-rock vein. That track makes sense to me. A lot of the other ones don't.

Autechre's Sign is actually a step away from glitchy noise into a very melancholic ambient feel. It feels very reflective of 2020 and might be their most emotional release in a long time.

I'd also like to mention that Squarepusher's Be Up A Hello was very consistent for a Jenkinson production and a welcome return after a five year absence on Warp. I felt nearly every track served a purpose.

My other favorite this year is Bibio's Sleep On A Wing. There's a very majestic eastern-y instrumental called "The Milky Way Over..." and it invokes the feeling of gazing out into a starlit sky from a forest. Might be the closest we get to "space music" this year.

I think for veterans who are getting into their late forties early fifties like Squarepusher and Autechre, these are good albums. Sadly compared to their 90s legacy, they will always pale. That's how I feel about Aphex Twin's Syro and BOC's Tomorrow's Harvest compared to their heyday.

[happy_cycling]

Man I didn't know I was such a topic of such discussion/controversy. I'm quite flattered.

[Roswell]

new bird like.
btw when i say there’s new likes on twitter, i’m not implying it means anything, just letting the board know.

[fefor]

I haven't listened to Magic yet, but I do LOVE Replica and R Plus Seven (and also Chuck Person's Eccojams and its demo version, been obsessing about them lately, I've listened to them like 10 times in 1 month )

I've enjoyed getting new Squarepusher (was actually hyped for this one because the set from Warp's 2019 anniversary was being included as a preorder bonus) and new Autechre this year... but I don't think any artist or band would ever top my excitement if I were to get a new Aphex Twin or Boards of Canada album, its like with anything else I'm chill about it, but these two would make me go crazy.

For both of them I love their latest work, so I'm very optimistic I'd really like their new stuff aswell, the Collapse EP Richard released in 2018 is just absolutely amazing and I can't get enough of it, there was a sneak peek at a new track some weeks ago and I totally dig his 'new' style, it sounds very cohesive and mature. I feel the same way about BoC, Tomorrow's Harvest became a close 2nd place on the album ranking (though its hard to rank them) and by how their latest remixes sounded I know its going to be brilliant.

Now I'm confident we'll get new AFX on 2021 but as for BoC while I have no idea when it'll happen I just know for sure that they aren't done with making music, I think of their banner update as a "hello, we are not done yet, give it a bit longer "

Man I didn't know I was such a topic of such discussion/controversy. I'm quite flattered.

[Echelon]

new bird like.
btw when i say there’s new likes on twitter, i’m not implying it means anything, just letting the board know.

I like when you do that because I hate Twitter. I'd much rather get "like updates" courtesy of here, so it's appreciated. What did the like entail?

[Roswell]

I like when you do that because I hate Twitter. I'd much rather get "like updates" courtesy of here, so it's appreciated. What did the like entail?

glad it’s appreciated! and it said “I’m convinced @boctransmission’s MHTRTC was released ~30 years too soon. There’s no way that was produced in 1998”

[Echelon]

I like when you do that because I hate Twitter. I'd much rather get "like updates" courtesy of here, so it's appreciated. What did the like entail?

glad it’s appreciated! and it said “I’m convinced @boctransmission’s MHTRTC was released ~30 years too soon. There’s no way that was produced in 1998”

TBH, I still enjoy seeing the account like stuff. I know we've all had tons of debates whether or not it means anything, but personally, I just feel they do it to generate positive vibes for us fans. And what do we need more in these times than positive vibes?

So yeah, I for one like being updated on what the account liked and appreciate you taking the time to do it

As for the actual like, I agree. BOC's best work exists out of time. Sure you could pin it to the 90s IDM trend, but the melodies could have been invented anywhere from the 70s to the 2020s.

[Davism]

I know this is a tiny bit off topic, but considering how things have been quiet.....

I totally don't understand how everyone is going bonkers for OPN's new album. I'd like to think I'm pretty open, but my first impression is that it lacked that crunch. I also haven't been feeling the other recent Warp releases that much either.

I'll give the OPN a few more listens incase I just need more time to access it, but......

I will be honest, as a first time listener to OPN, I was not impressed. A lot of his music doesn't go anywhere on this album. It's very avantgarde and random sounding. Sometimes the album takes weird left-turns into mainstream territory with hip-hop (The Whether Channel) or pop balladtry (No Nightmares) and I'm not feeling those either.

On the upside, I really liked Long Road Home and wish that the album was more in that dark post-rock vein. That track makes sense to me. A lot of the other ones don't.

Autechre's Sign is actually a step away from glitchy noise into a very melancholic ambient feel. It feels very reflective of 2020 and might be their most emotional release in a long time.

I'd also like to mention that Squarepusher's Be Up A Hello was very consistent for a Jenkinson production and a welcome return after a five year absence on Warp. I felt nearly every track served a purpose.

My other favorite this year is Bibio's Sleep On A Wing. There's a very majestic eastern-y instrumental called "The Milky Way Over..." and it invokes the feeling of gazing out into a starlit sky from a forest. Might be the closest we get to "space music" this year.

I think for veterans who are getting into their late forties early fifties like Squarepusher and Autechre, these are good albums. Sadly compared to their 90s legacy, they will always pale. That's how I feel about Aphex Twin's Syro and BOC's Tomorrow's Harvest compared to their heyday.

Good stuff. Yeah, Eccojams is maybe in my top ten most listened-to albums. To me, OPN and Ae are playing it too safe... which is perhaps an ironic thing to say considering that it does feel avant-garde. I think TH's is exactly what I would want every artist to do. It was a risk for them to move in that direction, but it still felt related. Gemini, Reach For the Dead and Nothing is Real are one of my favs.

[b0qurant]

I've been a huge OPN fan for about a decade now and, I've gotta say, Magic Oneohtrix Point Never (I've done two full listens, so it obviously has space to grow) is really blowing me away. Replica, the Rifts collection, and Garden of Delete are all up there in my favorites of all time.