Are BOC catchy?

[Aerial Boundaries]

echelon, roygbiv, rue the whirl, and aquarius are pretty catchy.

Echelon? You may have a mislabelled track there I know there's an upload of 'We've Started Up' claiming to be Echelon on youtube.

Speaking of which, when that percussion kicks in properly, We've Started Up is damn catchy. I love that sample that sounds like a dustbin lid being hit with a hammer. And that lovely airy interlude towards the middle.

[Skimming Stone]

Agreed. Back when I didn't give OTV2 a chance, We've Started Up seemed incredibly boring and repetitive. I now think it's damn catchy and a pretty feel good track.

[valleaux]

When I idly whistle, I often find myself whistling BoC melodies. The most common are probably EYDIAB, Roygbiv, Olson, Dawn Chorus, Peacock Tail, Reach for the Dead, and Cold Earth.

[Witto]

Yeah, seeing that BoC are usually referred to as taking a more melodic approach to electronic music as opposed to the more traditional rhythm-based song structures, it makes sense that a lot of their songs are "catchy".

When I idly whistle, I often find myself whistling BoC melodies. The most common are probably EYDIAB, Roygbiv, Olson, Dawn Chorus, Peacock Tail, Reach for the Dead, and Cold Earth.

I agree with all of those except for maybe Reach for the Dead, since it's more of a building ambient track than a straightforward melodic piece.

[Aerial Boundaries]

Untitle II from the Warp birthday event is really catchy too.

When that synth comes in after '1, 2, 3, and', and the percussion.

[valleaux]

Yeah, seeing that BoC are usually referred to as taking a more melodic approach to electronic music as opposed to the more traditional rhythm-based song structures, it makes sense that a lot of their songs are "catchy".

When I idly whistle, I often find myself whistling BoC melodies. The most common are probably EYDIAB, Roygbiv, Olson, Dawn Chorus, Peacock Tail, Reach for the Dead, and Cold Earth.

I agree with all of those except for maybe Reach for the Dead, since it's more of a building ambient track than a straightforward melodic piece.

I'm referring to the plucking synth ostinato that starts to fade in at around 2:00 and stops at 3:45.

[Witto]

I'm referring to the plucking synth ostinato that starts to fade in at around 2:00 and stops at 3:45.

Ah yeah gotcha. I know they said that they had different inspirations, but it sounds very Carpenter-esque to me.

[valleaux]

I'm referring to the plucking synth ostinato that starts to fade in at around 2:00 and stops at 3:45.

Ah yeah gotcha. I know they said that they had different inspirations, but it sounds very Carpenter-esque to me.

I agree.

[Fireal420]

to answer the question of this thread. are boards of canada catchy?


no.

they are simply not the type of band i would play in a crowd. in my opinion, boards of canada make the type of music which you should play by yourself, and self explore.

[boxFACE]

echelon, roygbiv, rue the whirl, and aquarius are pretty catchy.

Echelon? You may have a mislabelled track there I know there's an upload of 'We've Started Up' claiming to be Echelon on youtube.

the one I have is actually the same as A07