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boardsofdublin · Post by **boardsofdublin** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:01 pm

Letter to BoC.

so as i said earlyer in a different thrend,
hows about we all put together a letter with all the questions we would really like to know the answers too.
and send it too them hand writen.

maybe they might reply, maybe they wont, or maybe they might answer some questions.
at the end of the day, its no harm to try is it.

what you think?

Beacon · Post by **Beacon** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:05 pm

Sounds like a good idea. Apprantly they always send back SOMETHING.

boardsofdublin · Post by **boardsofdublin** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:16 pm

Beacon wrote:Sounds like a good idea. Apprantly they always send back SOMETHING.

a few people have sent something, and no many have got anything back, but if we all do it, you never know, someone might get something back.
one reply out of 100 would be more than enuff.

boardsofdublin · Post by **boardsofdublin** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 4:22 pm

Jeasus, ok i will start.

Dear Sir's

There are many questions which alot of us would love to find out something about.
Mainly about all those old tunes out on the internet.
Are they all yours?
If yes, how did they really get on the net, all of a sudden?
Was it just the two of you making them or was chris Horn helping too, or was it a load of you adding bits to each track?
Are you ever going to really release a box set?
Whats happening with that film you guys where talking about a few years back?

so something like that.

add to it, then we will work out a format at the end.

Cupz · Post by **Cupz** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 6:04 pm

Dear Sir's

There are many questions which alot of us would love to find out something about.
Mainly about all those old tunes out on the internet.
Are they all yours?
If yes, how did they really get on the net, all of a sudden?
Was it just the two of you making them or was chris Horn helping too, or was it a load of you adding bits to each track?
Are you ever going to really release a box set?
Whats happening with that film you guys where talking about a few years back?
There was a flashing picture of a eye with a code on your website.We figured they were coördinates,so a couple of guy's from our community stayed over at Earlyburn (some even from the US)
What was the real meaning of the code, was there really a red-moon party going on somewhere?

Please edit and erase spelling errors/reformulate question.

esselfortium · Post by **esselfortium** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 6:26 pm

I think the box-set question could be made more specific. Maybe something like "Are you planning to release a boxed set including your old hard-to-find releases and Maxima? Also, is there any chance of some of the outtakes from your other albums seeing the light of day?"

Geogaddi: The Director's Cut would rock. :<

Derail · Post by **Derail** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:42 pm

Beacon wrote:Sounds like a good idea. Apprantly they always send back SOMETHING.

Not true, I know from experience.

Beacon · Post by **Beacon** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:11 pm

a few people have sent something, and no many have got anything back, but if we all do it, you never know, someone might get something back.
one reply out of 100 would be more than enuff.

Not true, I know from experience.

Aw, I assumed they did send something back as it says on their site: " due to the large volume of mail we cannot guarantee an immediate reply,
but you will receive something eventually.
"

Cupz · Post by **Cupz** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:25 pm

The letter

Dear Sir's

There are many questions which alot of us would love to find out something about.
Mainly about all those old tunes out on the internet.
Are they all yours?
If yes, how did they really get on the net, all of a sudden?
Was it just the two of you making them or was chris Horn helping too, or was it a load of you adding bits to each track?
Are you planning to release a boxed set including your old hard-to-find releases and Maxima?
Also, is there any chance of some of the outtakes from your other albums seeing the light of day
Whats happening with that film you guys where talking about a few years back?
There was a flashing picture of a eye with a code on your website.We thought they were coördinates,so a couple of guy's from our fan-forum stayed over at Earlyburn Observatory (some even from the US)
What was the real meaning of the code, was there really a red-moon party going on somewhere?

YELLOW · Post by **YELLOW** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:35 pm

yeah, i think that launching right into the questions is kinda cheesy, there should be a paragraph telling about this forum saying like how long its been around, how many people are here, are compilation, the different locals of posters here...things like that

boardsofdublin · Post by **boardsofdublin** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:42 pm

ok so now its coming together.

Work something in about yourself, why you like them etc.
Then say the same thing in every letter, breifly, about twoism.
but we all just send the same list of questions.

just trying to get questions down first so everyone can ask a question.

we shall keep at it.

yeah.thats.right.orange · Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:22 pm

Sorry to cheer you down, but I've sent them a letter in end of September 2006 and I haven't got any reply yet. I put some booklets and stickers in the letter so I'm worried about never getting them back.

boardsofdublin · Post by **boardsofdublin** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:45 pm

yeah.thats.right.orange wrote:Sorry to cheer you down, but I've sent them a letter in end of September 2006 and I haven't got any reply yet. I put some booklets and stickers in the letter so I'm worried about never getting them back.

see! i have heard this alot. so thats why i am thinking if we all send THE SAME, kinda letter, SOMEONE, will get a reply sooner or later.

boardsofdublin · Post by **boardsofdublin** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 4:38 pm

i take it no one cares for this little plan

Infinite E · Post by **Infinite E** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 6:12 pm

Haha

I think it's a good plan, but I'm really not sure how to go about phrasing it. On the one hand, I dont wanna launch straight into a bunch of question that tbh they probably won't want ti answer, but then again I dont really know what else to write

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doubleEntendre · Post by **doubleEntendre** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:15 pm

One question i always had is how many songs they've ever wrote. I remember when they were recording Geogaddi, they had something like 400 of the little vignettes, and 64 full length songs. Perhaps the available BOC is only the tip of the iceberg D:

Techboy · Post by **Techboy** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:09 pm

Cupz wrote:The letter

...

I'll take the liberty of fixing the grammar and tidying this up then

Dear Sirs.

I'm sending this letter on behalf of a Boards of Canada fan forum. There are nearly 500 people around the world signed up to the forum and each is a great fan of your work; so before anything else is said, I think you must be thanked, wholeheartedly, for your music.

A recent project, infact, which some 30 or more members of the forum contributed to was a compilation CD of Boards of Canada-inspired music, which, as you will probably already have seen, is also enclosed.

Onwards again - This is possibly the more awkward part of our message to you, because we understand that you might hear these same questions often - new people, indeed, are always asking us these same questions to which we cannot provide an answer. However, there are many questions which many of us would like an answer to, the bulk of those about all those old tunes out on the internet.

Firstly, we would like to ask, are they all yours', all genuine tracks? And if so, how did they really get on the net, all of a sudden?

Was it just the two of you making them or was Chris Horne helping too, or was there a group of you adding bits to each track?

There have been rumours you may be planning to release a boxed set including your old hard-to-find releases and Maxima; are there any truths in these rumours?

Also, is there any chance that some of the outtakes from your other albums may see the light of day?
Moving on from questions about old material, some other questions that have been asked:

What's happening with that film you guys were talking about a few years back?

Last summer, there was a flashing picture of a eye with a code on your website. We thought they were coordinates, so a couple of guys from our forum stayed over at Earlyburn Observatory (some even from the US.)
What was the real meaning of the so-called "code," and was there really a red-moon party going on somewhere?

How many songs have you ever written? Since it was quoted in an interview (possibly a figure exaggerated, but still) that you had 400 songs written during the recording of Geogaddi, it is assumed that there are a lot of songs nobody has heard stored away there.
Thank you for taking the time to take a read through these questions, everybody here would be much obliged if you would reply.

Good luck in the future.

Signed,
[...] on behalf of the __twoism forum.

Yeah I need something to do whilst the compliation downloaded. [Edit: Right as I clicked submit it finished. Whee.]

Also it would be a nice touch if it was handwritten. I'd be more than happy to send the letter myself too, if you'd like. Posting to edinburgh isnt expensive when you live here. :>

M

[edits: Had to fix some stuff I copy pasted ;>]

domco77 · Post by **domco77** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:18 pm

Nice work. Reads really well + v.coherent! Good use of bullet points (always a winner

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Infinite E · Post by **Infinite E** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:28 pm

Yeah I like that, I'd be comfortable sending one of those

Techboy · Post by **Techboy** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:46 pm

There's a printing press like a 10 min walk away from my house; I will pop in after school and check out their prices and make one or two copies of OoT, one to send, one to keep.

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