White House Uses BOC Inferno Music

[wingster3]

My gosh, I feel like The Hexagon Sun should sue them for using their INFERNO album!

[shelf]

I wish they had a banger of an editing job, different song too. still very unexpected seeing BOC promotion by the Trump White House.

[Negamuse]

While this absolutely no upside sucks and I bet there'll be a statement released soon, you literally can't buy publicity like this. Of all the people to be using this iteration of their music, god damn. What an idiot move

[gestell]

This is insane and disgusting but it confirms that the world is going to hell (inferno).

[zeoevil]

Many people don't realize or remember that Boards of Canada was very popular on /b/ in the early days 4chan. The events of GamerGate and the last two decades of identity politics in film and media resulted in many of 4chan's users growing up and into positions of power. Whether you agree with the politics or not, you shouldn't be surprised in the slightest.

[μasch]

In the context of the album theming tho, this feels like a childish provocation

[Mexicola]

Nobody gonna say Orange then?
Nobody?

Seriously, I appreciate this is simply the Trump blackshirt adminstration seeing what's trending today and jumping on it for clicks, but in all sincerity, fuck them backwards with a hexagonal bargepole. Horrible to see.

[Cupz]

heh....ironic

[Compound Candy]

Nobody gonna say Orange then?
Nobody?

Seriously, I appreciate this is simply the Trump blackshirt adminstration seeing what's trending today and jumping on it for clicks, but in all sincerity, fuck them backwards with a hexagonal bargepole. Horrible to see.

THIS!
(BAD and ROTTEN) Orange!

[observation]

My gosh, I feel like The Hexagon Sun should sue them for using their INFERNO album!

Hi wingster3
I have to say, when I saw you had posted this I doubted whether it could be true, as you've been dropping lots of comedy posts lately. Needless to say, it's not only true, it's truly unbelievable!

Next:
Kremlin releases video of Russian bombers over Ukraine, soundtrack by Squarepusher
Downing Street commissions Brian Eno to make a permanent noise to be played everywhere in the UK to calm everybody down
North Korea welcomes Laibach to Pyongyang for a live show (oh wait that actually happened already)

[RVeldhuis]

Fuck this fascist pig and his entire fascist administration

The events of GamerGate and the last two decades of identity politics in film and media resulted in many of 4chan's users growing up and into positions of power.

It always leads back to fucking GamerGate, fucking alt-right nutjobs.

Really fucking hope they sue this administration for this, like countless other artists.

[A_Northern_Soul]

Imagine going back in time to yourself around the release of MHTRTC and trying to explain this.

- In 28 years time Boards of Canada will release a new album

- Wow! Cool - what; their 12th or something?

- No; their 5th.

- Oh, OK. Is it good?

- I haven't heard the whole thing, but they released a single and another track online. They also teased the album by posting VHS tapes to people.

- VHS? Wow - so the whole DVD thing didn't take off? What's online?

- I'll explain that bit later. Anyway; the day before it comes out, the White House posted a video using a clip of one of the tracks.

- The White House? As in the US Government? Wow - the president in 2026 must be pretty cool!

- You're going to want to sit down for this part...

[Scories]

That's what you get when you venture into the darkside.

[Moloch]

At first I thought you talked about Whitehouse, the band. That would have been an unexpected collaboration!

[A_Northern_Soul]

At first I thought you talked about Whitehouse, the band. That would have been an unexpected collaboration!

..yet 10x less weird than the truth!

[_skelezoid_]

To me, the first half of Tape 05 embodies the despair, loneliness, and polarization of the hyper-connected world that's taken shape in the 21st century. The fact that this administration stole that snippet for their propaganda is *chef's kiss* on the nose.

[observation]

Imagine going back in time to yourself around the release of MHTRTC and trying to explain this.

- In 28 years time Boards of Canada will release a new album

- Wow! Cool - what; their 12th or something?

- No; their 5th.

- Oh, OK. Is it good?

- I haven't heard the whole thing, but they released a single and another track online. They also teased the album by posting VHS tapes to people.

- VHS? Wow - so the whole DVD thing didn't take off? What's online?

- I'll explain that bit later. Anyway; the day before it comes out, the White House posted a video using a clip of one of the tracks.

- The White House? As in the US Government? Wow - the president in 2026 must be pretty cool!

- You're going to want to sit down for this part...

Beautiful work, 10/10, no notes.

[fujee]

The events of GamerGate and the last two decades of identity politics in film and media resulted in many of 4chan's users growing up and into positions of power.

Those events didn't result in people reaching positions of power. People merely grew up online as they were taking place. And the only reason they have secured notable roles is because the Trump admin is consistently aligned to - and in many respects led by - the internet's malignant underbelly.

[Ottomatik]

In a statement sent to Resident Advisor, Warp Records said that neither the label nor Boards of Canada "condone the unauthorised use of their music for political messaging."

https://fr.ra.co/news/85287

[Rex Reynolds]

Far too orangey. I hope they sue the fascist feckers.

The Trumpers are constantly getting cease & desist notices as no respectable artists wants to be associated with that clown car cabinet or the tangerine scream that leads it.