Cor anglais (aka. English horn and member of the oboe family) seems to be the specific instrument used to produce that amazing, melancholy sound. Thanks to the person in the prior comments for pointing this out.
This is fantastic. It is such a tribute, so close to the original yet so sublime in its own way also. You should all be so very proud of this, what a fabulous thing to do!
they even did the whole batshit intro, i'm stunned this was an early fave of mine when i was in hgih school, seeing and hearing this now in 2022 20y after that first listen is.... like many have said, an experience. i love a cover with a slightly different feel. i don't think i could drive for hours and hours through the countryside to this. i could absolutely clean, or make art, something more active. glad these two versions i like so much.
This is fascinating. As a lover of both orchestral music and electronic music, i'd love to hear more of this kind of thing. Though i confess I do miss the warmth of the bass. A Studio version of this cover where they could mix the double bass a bit louder would be gorgeous. Come to think of it, a third option could be a studio version combining the orchestral and electronic elements. Possibilities for music are endless!
Years and years this track has been my go to from BoC. When I need calm, and beauty it never fails. This classical take makes me cry tears of literal joy. The brothers are musical geniuses.
I’ve came back to this iteration a dozen times and have shared it with other BoC fans. I think this is genius. If only there was more of it to satisfy this new love.
Yes, B.O.C. are an interesting EDM outfit and the video to EYDIAB is both thought provoking and dark and fits well with the tone and style of the song.
We need more classical covers of Boards of Canada like this. Their music is absolutely worth it and very suitable to make a whole classical cover album.
Such amazing cover! Can't believe that it was possible to do such wonderful cover of a BoC's song this way! Truly otherworldly cover! Congratulations!!
this is basically what a remake of this song would sound like if you gave Ludwig van Beethoven a mp3 player with this song and told him to remake it lol :P
Me too but there's a limit to how clean a recording I can make with a cheapish camera and sat on the front pew of a small church whilst trying to film from my lap! You might find this a little cleaner though www.blogotheque.net/2016/06/27/fractured-air-x-blogotheque-s01e06-june-mix/ Track 4 (13m38s in). Better yet just go and see them play somewhere. They regularly cover BOC at their gigs we-are-stargaze.com/
Agreed on that. Ambient meets classical actually works. A new era in the making - it was only a matter of time. I think BoC is an easy supreme choice despite their own technical difficulties in retro failthfulness. Autechre would be another, if not so emotionally deep - still deep, but technically more challenging perhaps.
It does not sound like Everything You Do Is A Balloon. It has one moment that's reminiscent. It's nice that they appreciate the track enough to try though.
Love this song and rendition so much. Any idea how I could get a copy of the sheet music they used? I'm learning to play and want to make phrases from this piece one of my practice goals.
I posted links to a better recording some years ago but sadly the links are all dead. I've just googled and discovered they have a soundcloud soundcloud.com/user-417085344/boc-balloon it doesn't have quite the same vibe but it's obviously a much cleaner version than my cheap cameraphone, shot from the lap version
@@franiefroufrou Damn, 6 years later still commenting. Also, I didn't knwo you we're there in person! How wonderful that could've been. I hope your doing well man, thanks for uploading this and further thanks for responding!
Après lecture de quelques commentaires je m'attendais à mieux. Trop linéaire et manquant cruellement de basses (mauvaise capture audio?), je me suis ennuyé...et suis retourné à l'original
OK, not as bad as some, but percussion is all over the shop. But given the number of live covers of ...balloon, it really goes to show the genius of the original that it never sinks into a dirge as so many of these covers do...
Sounds shitty to me. Do not like this at all, partially because how its recorded I guess. That echo hall sound is annoying and it seems like it's recorded with a single mic where the cam sits I guess. Not feeling it sorry. I rather listen to the org. or another version I just saw on YT that was decent but still not as good and the original.
Yep, just one camera mic as I wasn't attempting to make a pro video, just recorded it for a friend that couldn't make it (and as a memory jog for myself). I've been a massive BoC fan for donkey's years so I'm always happy to hear a different interpretation of their music. I think they made a pretty good go of it. Shame that my crap recording of it makes it sound shitty to you. I've seen Stargaze live a few times. They're bloody good musicians. Nothing will ever match the original for me either but I'm glad they made this.
Haven't you ever heard the expression, "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all"? If not here, I certainly hope you can find some joy elsewhere in life.
xyzzyx If you didn't have a religious experience upon listening to this beautiful music, I'm not sure you'll have much luck having one at church. Boards of Canada has brought me closer to God than any church has, that's for sure, and this cover is exquisite!
I have absolute chills. This was a gorgeously composed and performed version of one of my favorite songs. Putting this on repeat from here to eternity!
