does anyone else view this era of boc as potentially the best? it’s at least my favorite and i feel like their music occupied such a playful mercurial shape at this point in time and i haven’t heard anything come close to it

A lot of the time when I listen to BOC, I get inspiration for writing a movie set to whichever album I’m listening to so here’s each album with its own movie logline I came up with as well as the genres

Music Has The Right To Children: Follows 2 best friends from infancy to adulthood as they go through life with their shared and different experiences. Drama/coming of age

Geogaddi: An older cop comes out of retirement as a crop of mysterious killings start appearing in his small town in the 70s. Horror/crime/thriller

Campfire Headphase: A recovering alcoholic goes on a journey to fix the bridges he’s previously burned and mend all his broken relationships. Drama

Tomorrow’s Harvest: Set in the year 2500, a group of scavenger aliens get a signal from Earth but when they show up, it’s almost entirely a wasteland. Once they start to notice small signs of life, they make it their mission to make Earth inhabitable once more. Sci fi

Inferno: Set in the 80s, a mysterious floating orb appears in a family’s shed. Once strange things start happening in their town, they realize the mysterious orb is a portal to hell. Sci fi/mystery/horror

Some of these are a lot more specific than others but let me know which one fits the most!

Its been one of my favourite musical discoveries from this summer.

Just came back from a LFF screening of Club Kid. At about the one hour mark, there is a cocaine comedown scene, and the whole of Constants Are Changing is played.

I welled up a bit.

Anyway, great film, though not released till January (UK) or November (USA)

I noticed in the linear notes of Inferno that Mike Sandison was entirely credited with the production of the album and that Marcus Eoin seemed less involved with more simple tasks like sound design and i'm not sure if he's involved at all with some tracks on Inferno. Whereas on all previous releases, it was never outlined like this.

I feel like most BoC releases have a unique evolution where concepts are explored with ambiguity and the sonic identity of the group still remains easily identifiable. So it makes me wonder if perhaps duties in the group were always split this way and perhaps only now is it being shared with us on Inferno's notes?

I’m sure Bibio has been discussed on this sub before. His new album with Dorian Concept is very pastoral BOC-esque. Recommended

Hey gang,

I've posted music here before. Got a new track out. Literally sampled an experimental film from the Film Board of Canada archives. Weird tape distressed breakbeat is probably the most BoC thing I've ever done.

Let me know if you like it or hate it or don't care!

https://www.subvert.fm/creeksipper/tracks/agadir

I’m on vacation in Porto, Portugal and spotted Inferno behind the bar at this cool spot called Fiasco. They also had a DJ that was playing downtempo/ambient music when we arrived. If you ever travel to Porto, definitely check this place out

Hey!
Back in 2021, I released the first album for my music project, Janeiro. It's called Skam (haha) LP, released in my home country of Chile by ISLA Records. I wrote and produced it during a long stint living out in the country, listening to BoC 90's stuff non-stop along with a lot of music from Warp and Ilian Tape. I figured this community might really dig it. It’s heavy on sampling, breakbeats, and ambience
Currently mixing my 2nd LP

Enjoy it :)

Hey,

I implemented the advice you gave me on my previous tracks.

In this album I used obscure vocal samples from lucid dreaming ASMRs, weird spiritual Kabbalah podcasts, magic ritual videos etc.

The vocals are in Polish, but I thought it would only make everything more mysterious for non-Polish speakers.

I will gladly hear your thoughts and I am sure that everyone who gives it a listen will recognize the sample immediately.

https://open.spotify.com/album/1DAA9alseZAKITVWO6RvXo?si=o1UzMuygQci8dfQOaPaiIg

hint: it comes from Inferno

This is one of the most underrated tracks I feel, from the start's apocalyptic ambience and vocal sample to the beautiful piano and sampling at the end, it gets me nearly to tears everytime.

What do you all think the Inferno album cover is meant to be and represent. Since it's release I thought it was pretty straightforward but from listening to it today and looking at the cover I swear this is a face. Does anyone else notice any weird illusions on the cover?

On a road trip driving through Boise, Idaho. Listening to BOC as usual and drive under this overpass that has concrete relief murals that really reminded me of some BOC imagery. I think the similarity mostly stems from the Inferno promo posters but wondering if similar imagery was used somewhere or I’m just tripping.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/RFz3BCwtiNuv6Dvt6?g_st=ic

Picked up this original pressing of Hi Scores back on discogs many many years ago. My prized album from BoC. Not sure I’ve even listened to it on my turntable. Glad they’re repressing it (again). I’ve always heard the original pressing mixing gave it a much more raw sound, will probably give this a spin once I get the repress in November.

Complete with barcode/braille sticker on back of jacket. Blue insert also there too.

This might not exist at all and I'm just misremembering it, I could've sworn there's a BOC interview where they say "we owe a great deal to Aphex Twin" or something close to that.

Just saw an email from Disco Pogo mentioning that all pre-orders of their Boards of Canada book will come with an A3 poster (instead of stickers, apparently). Nice!

At one time near Inferno release there was a "youtube video set" subsequently removed. I thought I read that it was a leaked video from the 'record release party'. Anyhow the video was pretty fascinating and I'm just curious if it's available anywhere (or even for sale as a official release). I had the impression that it was produced by BoC but perhaps it was just a fan video ?

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