GENERAL NEW RELEASE SPECULATION TOPIC

[Twoism-ist]

The reason this is such a big thing these days is because the last ten years have witnessed many significant events that have diminished peoples' hope that the 21st century will be better than the 20th-- 9/11, 'wars on terror,' climate change, destruction of the biosphere, the increasingly alienating technoculture, the energy crisis, a worldwide economic slump, etc., etc. It's not because we are fixated on a literal 'apocalypse.' Christ, some people are fucking dense.

This is the information age; the entire world is connected to the internet. News and events worldwide are at our fingertips faster than people not even a few generations ago would ever imagine. It may seem like earthquakes and revolutions are erupting all at once, but really, how many earthquakes were reported in say, the 18th century? Keep in mind the population at the time compared to today. The means of communicating, compared to today. More people + lightning fast global communications = more reporting. welcome to the future, where we know everything that is happening everywhere.

[SonicDimension]

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[Twoism-ist]

This is the information age; the entire world is connected to the internet. News and events worldwide are at our fingertips faster than people not even a few generations ago would ever imagine. It may seem like earthquakes and revolutions are erupting all at once, but really, how many earthquakes were reported in say, the 18th century? Keep in mind the population at the time compared to today. The means of communicating, compared to today. More people + lightning fast global communications = more reporting. welcome to the future, where we know everything that is happening everywhere.

The problems we are facing in the 21st century are of an entirely different magnitude than what we have seen previously. I am not talking about earthquakes or 'revolutions.' I'm talking about industrial civilization going completely to shit. The number of factors involved are too numerous to name. Shortages of food and fossil fuels alone would be enough to send us back to the 18th century. Too bad we also have to deal with an insane financial system and mountains of debt, the loss of species that are crucial to balanced ecosystems, rapid climate change, topsoil depletion, ... It may sound like I'm exaggerating here, but unfortunately I'm not. Every civilization collapses eventually, and it looks like this one is on its way out. Good fucking riddance, I say. We would miss listening to BoC for awhile after the electricity stops working, but overall I think our lives would be less empty and aimless.

okay. so then why should i worry?

[bleak.]

This is the information age; the entire world is connected to the internet. News and events worldwide are at our fingertips faster than people not even a few generations ago would ever imagine. It may seem like earthquakes and revolutions are erupting all at once, but really, how many earthquakes were reported in say, the 18th century? Keep in mind the population at the time compared to today. The means of communicating, compared to today. More people + lightning fast global communications = more reporting. welcome to the future, where we know everything that is happening everywhere.

The problems we are facing in the 21st century are of an entirely different magnitude than what we have seen previously. I am not talking about earthquakes or 'revolutions.' I'm talking about industrial civilization going completely to shit. The number of factors involved are too numerous to name. Shortages of food and fossil fuels alone would be enough to send us back to the 18th century. Too bad we also have to deal with an insane financial system and mountains of debt, the loss of species that are crucial to balanced ecosystems, rapid climate change, topsoil depletion, ... It may sound like I'm exaggerating here, but unfortunately I'm not. Every civilization collapses eventually, and it looks like this one is on its way out. Good fucking riddance, I say. We would miss listening to BoC for awhile after the electricity stops working, but overall I think our lives would be less empty and aimless.

you know, have you ever thought about switching off the media? to step outdoors into the real world? you know, we can live substantially off of our own land. anyone has the power to remove themselves from this 'reality' and to live freely (to an extent). no one needs to carry this excess weight. it is not real.

[Off Janeva]

Nooo....apocalypse is a bad topic, let's steer that into a different thread, if it get's to be a conversation. Eh? Our let's at least keep it in the right context? js

BUT, as to how to how it relates to the album, what if the album was in the context of POST-apocalyptic setting? That would actually fit into their darker themes, as well as their nature side.

[Vexille]

The reason this is such a big thing these days is because

of the fearmongering media.

there.


There's been bad crap going on for the entire existance of human civilization. It hasn't stopped us from advancing.

[Fireal420]

The reason this is such a big thing these days is because

of the fearmongering media.

there.


There's been bad crap going on for the entire existance of human civilization. It hasn't stopped us from advancing.

yeah, but we are to the point where technology is advancing, and most humans are not

im not saying the world hasnt always been a bad place. but it just seems like its getting really bad anymore. i think most people have lost their spiritual side, and thats not good.

[dono]

Wow...

I read this topic, and all I see is just a bunch of huge assumptions, and a lot of people that think they have a grasp on something.

No offense, but WE put so much stuff in boards of canada's mouth. This whole apocalyptic theme started with US in the first place, not with them. 99% of the speculation we have about them period comes from our own twisted heads, and the theories that we somehow make right in our head, not because the band said so.

Lets just patiently, wait for the album that is right around the corner, and be content for a change.

[PadraïK]

Lets just patiently, wait for the album

[nick47]

Lets just patiently, wait for the album

Were good at that. Except the patient part

[Saakki]

Oh shait.. gonna go and fetch some solar-powered mp3-chargers and windmills in case of an apocalypse..so then I can play Fallout in some weird bunker and listening to Geogaddi while the nuclear winter is raging above me

[PadraïK]

speaking of a boxset... http://warp.net/records/autechre/eps-19 ... -deluxe-cd

[SonicDimension]

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[dono]

I mean, we have so little information to base speculations on.... why not use our imaginations to guess what direction they might be heading in?

Why not stop speculating, and start being patient.

[Mexicola]

[zeitgeist]

i can see where you are going with this dono, but this is a speculation thread after all. i don't visit it much. those that want to should be more than welcome to do it....here.

[rick7487]

This is the information age; the entire world is connected to the internet. News and events worldwide are at our fingertips faster than people not even a few generations ago would ever imagine. It may seem like earthquakes and revolutions are erupting all at once, but really, how many earthquakes were reported in say, the 18th century? Keep in mind the population at the time compared to today. The means of communicating, compared to today. More people + lightning fast global communications = more reporting. welcome to the future, where we know everything that is happening everywhere.

The problems we are facing in the 21st century are of an entirely different magnitude than what we have seen previously. I am not talking about earthquakes or 'revolutions.' I'm talking about industrial civilization going completely to shit. The number of factors involved are too numerous to name. Shortages of food and fossil fuels alone would be enough to send us back to the 18th century. Too bad we also have to deal with an insane financial system and mountains of debt, the loss of species that are crucial to balanced ecosystems, rapid climate change, topsoil depletion, ... It may sound like I'm exaggerating here, but unfortunately I'm not. Every civilization collapses eventually, and it looks like this one is on its way out. Good fucking riddance, I say. We would miss listening to BoC for awhile after the electricity stops working, but overall I think our lives would be less empty and aimless.

you know, have you ever thought about switching off the media? to step outdoors into the real world? you know, we can live substantially off of our own land. anyone has the power to remove themselves from this 'reality' and to live freely (to an extent). no one needs to carry this excess weight. it is not real.

1. Quit Your Job
2. Sell Everything that Isn't Important
3. Learn How To Grow Food

Still haven't completed step 1 yet...

[turquoise70]

I'd personally be quite surprised to see BoC playing off of the apocalyptic fervor of the moment. I suspect (and certainly hope) they'll be going off in a different direction than that with the new album.

And if they did for some reason release an album that was thematically mirroring back the way a lot of zany-ass people are thinking about things right now, I'd be less interested in hearing it. I don't care what people think about 2012 or the apocalypse and I'd prefer not to be reminded about them in what would otherwise be awesome, ear-liberating music.

Wow, some people need to pull their heads out of their asses and take a look around. The interest in apocalyptic events and such is not a random fad that a small number of 'zany-ass' superstitious people started because they heard some weird fact about the Mayan calendar.

The reason this is such a big thing these days is because the last ten years have witnessed many significant events that have diminished peoples' hope that the 21st century will be better than the 20th-- 9/11, 'wars on terror,' climate change, destruction of the biosphere, the increasingly alienating technoculture, the energy crisis, a worldwide economic slump, etc., etc. It's not because we are fixated on a literal 'apocalypse.' Christ, some people are fucking dense.

I suppose if you're an ignorant bourgeois, you might be in a position to make art that is not affected by the growing awareness of our bleak future (and present), but I think that BoC are very aware of world events and it would not be possible for them to make music that is free from all emotional connection to that. When we speculate that there might be an 'apocalyptic' theme on future release, we are talking about it in the sense of dystopian/apocalyptic 70's sci-fi movies-- narratives which depict a culture of paranoia, uncertainty, and general malaise. Try to imagine how you might translate those kinds of ideas and moods into sound. I think BoC already has many of those elements in their tracks, but I wouldn't necessarily say that any of their albums, with the possible exception of Geogaddi, focused on those kinds of dark themes. I think it would be cool if they made such an album, though.

you're so deep.

[The Friendly Stranger]

Wow, some people need to pull their heads out of their asses and take a look around.

Christ, some people are fucking dense.

Try taking your own advice. You're not half as smart as you appear to think you are.

[Stry Craty Bya]

I'm just sick of people making threads every time they see a hexagon in the real world. I think it's kind of pathetic.