The original creator of this animation, Hashiguchi Chiyomi aka ''Nekojiru'' was a huge IDM fan. She listened to Aphex Twin a lot (and specifically Boards of Canada too), even before she killed herself at the age of 31 she listened to Aphex Twin's album. She was buried with her favorite artists' album after death.
@@SM-ce1uy no one romanticised her love for IDM artist, it is a common respect to deceased individual to bury them with what they used to love while they were alive.
There's a certain type of desolate loneliness that I only feel when I listen to Boards of Canada, yet I enjoy it. I sort of relish the sensation of complete detachment they provide. I just feel so cold, yet I feel as though I want to run through the fog forever.
Is that a Burial-ized version of Aphex Twin, your avatar? If so, that's quite a compliment to BoC coming from a man who clearly knows his music :p (but yes, I agree, this song is simply incredible. It's like a microcosm of its own).
Brandon Luco One time in middle school I went on a one week field trip for our science class and this would have been perfect for it. I wish I wasn't so awkward and occupied with pointless insecurities back then.
Yeah, i feel like their tracks take me away from where i am and what i'm doing. They're like mini epiphanies, they transport me back to things i love most in life and the essense of my being. I have a lot to thank the guys that make this music. They've helped me through the most difficult times of my life and enhanced the highs.
I discovered them when I was 14 years old, this song scared me and hypnotized me. Today I'm 28, it has been years but each time I listent to it, especially while drunk or high, it hits so hard I must stop and stare at the void. Just hunting.
When I was a university student, I would listen to MHTRTC every time I took the bus from Tokyo to my hometown for vacation. The bus just gets on to Shutoko when this song starts. As I moved through the gaps between buildings, I observed the lives of people reflected in those tiny windows. A messy office, businessmen chatting, people relaxing in a small apartment... all these things combined with this song made me extremely anxious. And I realized that other people at the same time as me were living completely different lives. Oh, before I knew it, I heard a slow girl's voice. Then I'll go back to music again...
I love my old anime music videos. I can't believe it's received 812k views! Thanks for posting this AmericanEric. I think I still have the original DVD somewhere!
the fact that you didnt just grab it out of said "closet" and reupload it, makes me strangely happy because it is so appropriate given the boc ethos...
An example (if you listen on headphones) of how they are masters of subtle production. On top of many other things (melody, arrangement, and what timbre is needed out of the instrumnet). A masterpiece.
This video is an essential part of that magical time circa 2009, between the releases of TCH and TH. There was lots of wonderful fan created media back then, and much of it is lost. I'm glad this is still around.
***** I think I agree with you. But they're different. I think BoC put more purpose in to their music. Each track seems to have some intent in the sound. Aphex is a bit more random. Like, it has feelings, but they're more personal, he isn't very concerned with whether people can feel what he's feeling, just that he translates it to music for himself. I guess it comes down to the fact that Aphex is just one guy, and BoC is 2 guys.
Definitely one of their best tracks. The movement of the drums and how all of the different percussion pieces play off of eachother is sort of unexplainable... It just works, and I love the scratching too. Trip hop at its best.
Found this when I was a kid/early teen. I remember finding it very mystical, like a trance There's just something about 240p that's very nostalgic to me.
Whenever I stay indoors all day or week, I just listen to these guys. Their sounds amplify my subconscious mind and allow to just wander in deep thought and I love it so much ❤ "the Sage travels all day, without ever having to leave home."
@@BurlyMammoth what, obv it's just to really hammer in the point that this is still his favorite song despite listening to Boc for a very long time, what a garbo interpretation
BoC are my favourite artists and this track and Julie and Candy are probably my favourite tracks. The eerie sound at the beginning that pans around is just insanely beautiful. Then the build-up for so long with the subtle changes and the voice sample just work together so well. I also love the "scratching" towards the end of the track, such an insane sound. These guys are so far above the rest.
I've listened to this band for a couple years now but have never seen this music video. This was absolutely intoxicating and I'm going to find Nekojiru-So for myself because of it.
It's definitely their most well known. Geogaddi is just a good, personally its my favorite. The EPs are great too, just get everything they ever made and you wont be disappointed!
I used to run long distances with my friend Jamie in high school. BOC tracks were a favorite of ours. Jamie, I and our bros took a trip at the end of HS camping across Colorado in an old restored 68 cadillac. Running switch back horse trails listening to BOC and driving towards the great sand dunes forever etched in my brain. Vertical grades and synthesizers filled my head while my breath became an increasing metronome.
I can never say what my fave BoC song is, because really I love them all. I can't think of any I could say is bad, and I also can't think of one that stands from the rest. They are all just so good! I think it's because this is music that you really can never say straight away you hate. It's actually very difficult to hate this I find. It's so open ended and can be interpreted in any way you as the listener want. The one I listen most though is Olson. Such an immersive atmosphere.
***** I really couldn't tell you what type of weed it was. All I can assume was that it was laced, and then I reacted really badly with it and it made me trip out hard - like I was in a dream and paranoia attached to it. I was on medication, which didn't help with tripping out too. I hear you, I would only smoke on the weekends, back in late 1999 and early 2000's in high school - 16 years later, and I still have the bad effects - no more weed for me lol
***** I was young and very impressionable - I wanted to fit in, so I did it at that age. Not all médications are bad. Im on meds now, and its good for me I think. Brain damage - maybe, but I'm still living and in decent health.
THANK YOU boards of canada, for keeping me alive. That's really the best way i know how to put it right now you make me believe in something out there bigger and better than myself
one of the most beautiful things I saw and heard in my life... it has been almost 10 years since I watched this video last time... it brings back so many memories...
Man, 2017. How time flies and things change. But for a moment, the music teminds you and transports you back to where and when you heard it. Somber feeling.
Jesus Christ that second half of the song is amazing. Felt this wave of ecstasy flow over me. I felt "high" but in a very natural way. Fucking amazing.
this music is very interesting... i wish i knew what's its purpose was. honestly i think it's music for the sad and lonely, for the artists, for the drug users, for the ones who truly know the world and have seen it all in their heads.
@AmericanEric its perfect man, this is beautiful music/visuals for late nights after 60+ hours no sleep plus multiple chems and a big fat spliff... i always come back to this video, thanks you :)
yay! One of my favorite cartoons with my favorite duo, Boards of Canada in a video together!!!!!! The thing that I like most about this video is that they both go well together.
