Time to move on?

rdy2bz · Post by **rdy2bz** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:19 pm

turquoise70 wrote:there is no point. these aren't the kind of posts that 'make a point'.

But I tried to understand you. Don't say you fooled me.

turquoise70 · Post by **turquoise70** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:01 pm

rdy2bz wrote:
turquoise70 wrote:there is no point. these aren't the kind of posts that 'make a point'.
But I tried to understand you. Don't say you fooled me.

now -you're- confusing -me-. don't say you fooled me either! i cannot be fooled!

Tekmosis · Post by **Tekmosis** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:43 pm

I just want a new boc album.

rdy2bz · Post by **rdy2bz** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 5:23 am

turquoise70 wrote:now -you're- confusing -me-. don't say you fooled me either! i cannot be fooled!

That was not my aim, no. Let's both relax

turquoise70 · Post by **turquoise70** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 5:27 am

rdy2bz wrote:
turquoise70 wrote:now -you're- confusing -me-. don't say you fooled me either! i cannot be fooled!
That was not my aim, no. Let's both relax

i'm pretty relaxed now.

like i said, i didn't mean for my post to have a negative impact. i was just reporting on what my feelings toward BoC were at the time. i did not mean to over do it.

Vexille · Post by **Vexille** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 4:24 pm

Tekmosis wrote:I just want a new boc album.

relax, we're gettin' one

Bryan · Post by **Bryan** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 6:28 am

turquoise70 wrote: there is no point. these aren't the kind of posts that 'make a point'.

What you said resonates with me. BoC (with a nudge from 'Farenheight Fair Enough) were my doorway into a whole realm of music about 5 years ago, simultaneous with my the beginnings of my exponentially increased access to music through bit torrent. I've listened to so much other music in the meantime that it feels like lifetimes since that initial exposure.

I feel like BoC captured a period of time around the turn of the century, and with some momentum through TCH in 2005. Their music spread shock waves throughout the world of music. But in the last year or so I've gotten the visceral feeling that their moment has passed. You could make arguments about it having to do with the rate of technological change and its impact on our lives, or perhaps its a paradox of how to create nostalgia in an act where we as listeners now feel nostalgia for their original creations of that same feeling?

Here's the best way to describe what I think you're driving at. In my life, I've found times (point B) where I used memory as a tool to re-experience the feeling and emotions of a moment in time (point A). However the next time I would find myself one step removed from that original point A, now only able to access that memory of a memory (i.e point B). That's my personal relationship to Boards of Canada as it stands these days. Perhaps they'll be able to bridge this gap, or perhaps its such a tall order that they're in a bit of paralysis about how to achieve the next step and like many have moved on to focus on families and new lives for themselves.

Shadowshocker · Post by **Shadowshocker** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 6:55 am

Bryan wrote:
turquoise70 wrote: there is no point. these aren't the kind of posts that 'make a point'.
What you said resonates with me. BoC (with a nudge from 'Farenheight Fair Enough) were my doorway into a whole realm of music about 5 years ago, simultaneous with my the beginnings of my exponentially increased access to music through bit torrent. I've listened to so much other music in the meantime that it feels like lifetimes since that initial exposure.

I feel like BoC captured a period of time around the turn of the century, and with some momentum through TCH in 2005. Their music spread shock waves throughout the world of music. But in the last year or so I've gotten the visceral feeling that their moment has passed. You could make arguments about it having to do with the rate of technological change and its impact on our lives, or perhaps its a paradox of how to create nostalgia in an act where we as listeners now feel nostalgia for their original creations of that same feeling?

Here's the best way to describe what I think you're driving at. In my life, I've found times (point B) where I used memory as a tool to re-experience the feeling and emotions of a moment in time (point A). However the next time I would find myself one step removed from that original point A, now only able to access that memory of a memory (i.e point B). That's my personal relationship to Boards of Canada as it stands these days. Perhaps they'll be able to bridge this gap, or perhaps its such a tall order that they're in a bit of paralysis about how to achieve the next step and like many have moved on to focus on families and new lives for themselves.

i don't get why B comes before A in your theory, but I get what you mean...

I think the next release will be completely new, dealing in no way with nostalgia (to me trans canada highway was this way, but everyone completely ruined my party by dismantling the remix which is great when you don't expect it and treat it as a new magic window..)

anyway, let's pretend were all bishops 2

(oh, and what's with the weird sleeve combo on trans canada highway? it's a bitch when driving and you're trying to get the cd out when driving) which is very anticlimactic considering this album is built around driving.

turquoise70 · Post by **turquoise70** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 7:08 am

i hope the new BoC will be a totally new thing. this is the only way i will be interested.

The Friendly Stranger · Thu Aug 13, 2009 12:39 pm

I have to admit I'm also beyond it. I was seriously obsessed with all the latest BoC deveopments but this new old tunes tape that got posted a few days back didn't interest me at all. I just don't care any more. I can't wait to hear the next BoC album, but until it arrives I'm not bothered.

dave_from_2001 · Post by **dave_from_2001** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 4:02 pm

with my the beginnings of my exponentially increased access to music through bit torrent.

I remember having to spend too much money and work like a dog to understand any music. Damn the internet and its networking devices that are like hornets!

But in the last year or so I've gotten the visceral feeling that their moment has passed.

For whom? Is it now time for "screamo" bands?

they're in a bit of paralysis about how to achieve the next step and like many have moved on to focus on families and new lives for themselves.

New mindblowing tracks on the way! Alert Shirley Temple!

Waterbagel · Post by **Waterbagel** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 11:04 pm

Boards of Canada is almost like a portal for me.

Because of them (you know.. related artists.. people that like BoC like *this band* too.. etc.), I have found..

Nightmares on Wax
Grizzly Bear
Plaid
Elbow
Flying Lotus
Jean Soullier & Fabrice Ploquin
and.. J Dilla (surprisingly enough, yes)

But, after some listening to these, I always like to go back to, err "basics", and re-listen to almost everything Boards of Canada has to offer.

jakestott · Post by **jakestott** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 11:32 pm

DILLA DILLA BEATS BEATS!

turquoise70 · Post by **turquoise70** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 6:00 pm

IanRedpoint, Shadowshocker, Opothecary, Ae and s7409651 I think you guys are absolutely right.

And also:

IanRedpoint wrote:like all good music it comes back around and still finds a place in your life. Less obsessive, sure, but no less powerful and rewarding. It's a natural process.

It's good to take time away from something that know is good but isn't connecting with the person you are right now. Those records will always be there for you to return to someday.

I think you are right about this music. After I vented my feelings on the subject I felt I had passed a milestone of some sort. When I first discovered BoC and was at the height of appreciating just the music, I had no idea who the band was - I actually thought it might have been some collective of (faceless) people in Alberta in the 70s at first. All the ephemera, as dave once called it, came afterwards. I can't hate awesome music just because I'm momentarily frustrated with the resulting cultural eddies and currents it created in its wake.