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Skimming Stone wrote:

boxFACE wrote: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.

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.

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.

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".

valleaux wrote: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.

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

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

Witto wrote: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".

valleaux wrote: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.

valleaux wrote: 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.

Witto wrote:

valleaux wrote: 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.

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.

Skimming Stone wrote:

boxFACE wrote: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