to be fair i don't think they're any more enigmatic than a lot of people walking down the street. it's just odd to have artists not sharing much about themselves, especially well known ones. that said, i think i just read into the comment a bit much. lol. cheers!
@@Unkraut of course they’re ordinary people. I’m making my point in the context of the romance and mythology of popular music. These two brothers are ordinary but what they’ve created is extraordinary, therein lies the magic.
Omg their voice makes me happy! Knowing such elementally atmospheric their tunes are, comes from such upbeat happy dudes just puts a smile on my face. Fingers crossed we get to hear something new from them soon 😮💨🤞
Back before XYZ was finally officially released I used to listen to the recording of the radio broadcast including the talks with John Peel to the point where it just felt like part of the song, now it almost feels wierd to have them separated
You can see in these comments what BOC means to them. To me the band provides solice in a disturbed world. I can't believe they have provided such beautiful music that feels like perfection. It's no surprise that us die hard fans long for just one more album, however like the tragic melancholy of BOC, we will probably not see this beauty from them again.
With their music using a lot of number stations as samples, and tomorrows harvest referencing them in their promotions, boards of canada are a lot like the operators of number stations themselves. Hidden away and very rarely actually sending out a signal. They're absolute enigmas. I hope they're doing alright.
They spent a year in Calgary as kids and I believe they spent some time in Nova Scotia at some point so they definitely have a connection to this country.
It was 1998,1st year in college, i stumbled upon the video lab at the art school I attended in Oakland, and checked out a digital camera. I asked the weird guy managing the video equipment, wtf are you playing in the back there, it's amazing, where I came from I only listened to gangster rap. He told me its Boards of Canada, 25 years later studied EDM left and right up and down, wave after wave, nothing compares to the OGs of the biz --> BOC.
@@Lil_Hashy I mean that's fine and dandy, but the way I understood the comment was that they owned the rights to the interview as well? Correct me if i'm wrong, please
The better question is how many albums/EPs they still have in them. They are 50 now, and they have considerably slowed in their output, which either tells us that they only make music for the circle of friends, music has stopped being a focus in their life (1-2 albums every decade) or they've grown very perfectionistic.
@@kidkangaroo5213 it's a matter of what they choose to release to the public. they've probably got tons of private projects left in them but what they choose to give to the public (and a fanbase that intently watches their every move) is a different story
I've grown to be ok with the notion that we may never see any more public releases. I'd rather just have what we have now than a new release that's underwhelming in some way or just too different. Their music is so nostalgic, it embodies nostalgia. It's the sound of memories. It speaks to me of times long gone, and it pretty much comes from those times now that it's 2023, that make sense? TH was released 10 years ago, which is pretty nuts. I really can't imagine what a "new", made in 2023, BoC release might sound like, unless it's stuff they wrote years and decades ago and decided to release. That said, for fuck's sake, PLEASE release more mixes in the vein of the Societas X Tape! Hands down the best mix ever, I'm not using these words loosely, it really is.
"We're just two regulars blokes from Glasgow, nothing sinister. Also, we'd like to thank our Lord and Savior, Lucifer, for empowering us to spread his unholy message of pestilence and despair."
Random question: but they call the song XY “Zee”. This sounds normal to me as an American but I always heard people in the UK say “zed”. Is it “zee” in Scotland? Or did they just deliberately use the American version for some reason
It's part of their aesthetic, they have a lot of samples from. Sesame Street and American TV shows etc, voiceovers, it's a kind of psychedelic Americana
