Still Alive Edition.----- INFERNO (LP5)OUT NOW FOR STREAMING AND DOWNLOAD.>YOUTUBE OFFICIAL FULL ALBUM PLAYLISThttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm67aHmN2wo&list=OLAK5uy_lljmZxsklD_9bkwH1M08MpA5SqAFuMJI8----- REVIEWSPositive:>musicOMH5/5>The Herald5/5>God Is in the TV9/10>Under the Radar9/10>Northern Transmissions9/10>Beats Per Minute9/10>Clash9/10>Still Listening9/10>Uncut9/10>Pitchfork8.6/10>No Ripcord8/10>AllMusic8/10>Exclaim8/10>Rolling Stone4/5>Buzz Magazine4/5>Mojo4/5>The Skinny4/5>Paste7.5/10>Far Out Magazine7/10>The Needle Drop6/10>Resident AdvisorRecommends>DJ MagRecommendsNegative:>The Guardian2/5>Financial Times2/5>The Arts Desk2/5Share more reviews when they come out.-----Previous thread: >>130499083
Reposting:>Part of me thinks Fantano's score has some politicking going on. He knew this album was already blowing up, and it's tracking to be their most listened to album of all time. If he rated it like a fucking 9 or something, it would actually hurt the popularity of the album because then it would be seen as overrated BECAUSE he likes it.>I'm realizing that Fantano is a lot smarter than he's given credit for. He knows his influence is impactful enough to change the mythos of this band. His scoring preserves his integrity as a reviewer while also preserving Inferno's legacy as their most impactful album to date. Though it may seem counterintuitive to the average person, Fantano has simultaneously gatekept BoC and boosted their profile.>Bravo, bald man.
Naraka right shits in the middle of the album just like real life
>>130519152i never watched that guy, then i watched his youtube clip of listening to inferno and it was very cringe to see him picking random songs instead of the album continuously. now i feel good for never wasting time checking up that guy before. good for him for knowing what he doesn't like i guess. i really enjoy this album, if someone knows any other album with such great sound design that let's me feel like i'm in a trip please recommend, i'm a music nerd and this has been the most spectacular one by far in that regard
>>130519152who cares about that guy lol we can all hear the album and recognize its greatness on our own. stop creating psychotic conspiracy theories about an influencer
Something I really like is how easy it is to interpret the songs and themes just by the song titles alone. Like All Reason Departs, it is right there in the title, it's a song that starts out with form and melody and then it just devolves into a bare beat, it is literally losing its reasoning.
>>130519152Inferno is good but holy mental gymnastics Batman. Fat Tano is not smart enough to pull off reverse psychology of such caliber.
>>130519152I watched the review and it seemed pretty rushed, like he just wanted people to stop bothering him about it lol
>>130519875its because fantano actually has better things to worry about then reviewing an uncslop album created by a band that hasnt been relevant in decades
>>130519650Whether or not it was intentional, you should be thanking him because it still worked.
>>130519152You're gonna call him a liar?
This is peak old /mu/After this shit it's over!
>>130519912tard
>>130519945No, I'm not calling himaliar
Track that has grown on you the most?I was seething for a while that All Reason Departs wasn't another banger that didn't outstay it's welcome, but now I think the long groove in that is a bop
>>130519921I think you’re vastly overestimating his influence, especially on BOC’s audience. Though at minimum I agree that Fantano underrating Inferno is bullish for the record overall.
>>130520031I did not care for Blood in the Labyrinth much the first few times but now I think it's really cool, especially the vocal part. The Process flew right over my head too, it's I guess more of an ambient piece than anything but I love how it goes from a riot to that beautiful piano with the vocal samples of children and what sounds like birds.
>>130520176the process is a good shout. it just hit me one. so simple compared to a lot of the other stuff on their album but still so beautifully done.
My Top 6 1. Deep Time 2. The Word Becomes Flesh3. Naraka 4. Age of Capricorn5. Memory Death6. Father and SonI think all 6 of these songs are better than the best TH has to offer.
>>130520176>vocal samples of children and birds in ambient song
I hate The Word Becomes Flesh
>>130520031Into the Magic Land specifically when I realized how incredible that breakdown is with its distant guitar feedback. Blood in the Labyrinth as well really grew on me. Once the sample source was found, the track becomes so much more dark and emotional
>>130520408tard
>>130520447>Into the Magic Landsee that's the one track I haven't felt something for good and bad yet so that's encouraging. though my last few listens have been in the car so another try on headphones might work
I Saw Through Platonia is such a weird closer, it doesn't sound like one at all. Sounds more like an interludeReally cool track though, I like it a lot. Has this air of mystery to it
>>130519140>putting the needle dick in the OP like it's a legitimate outlet
>sub-4 on RYM
>>130520506Yes, I had a feeling of “I want more” it feels like an incomplete ending to a journey
>>1305207134+ means too many normalfags like it3.7 is the most optimal rating
>>130520506yeah it does feel like a track that could be continued from on a subsequent albumthough there is also a heartbeat that stops, so that could be it :(
>>130519212>>130520660>WHO CARES ABOUT FANTANO I DONT CARE ABOUT FANTANO LALALALALALALA CANT HEAR YOU AOTY AOTYLamo. The album sucks, give it some time, it will be the default opinion after the honeymoon phase. TH shits all over it and so does the rest of their discography.
>>130520713It was always gonna be too polarizing to hang with the big dogs. Some people literally can't get over Father and Son. If you're a big BoC fan you've heard their Hell Interface stuff and the Doxa Sinistra song in Societas X and you get it, but random listeners... that song alone is enough for them to knock a point off.
i am god the ultimate resonance
>>130520506>>130520724>>130520838YRITAS was the actual closer, ISP leaves the door open. I feel like hexa-flexi is a similarly unresolved question. Now that they’ve finished their 5 album deal with warp, I wouldn’t be surprised if we get some smaller, more scattershot an experimental releases on music70 now that they’re not compelled to release entire albums. Or maybe I’m just chasing hopium breadcrumbs? Idk
Fantano disliked it and now I can't listen to it the same way. :/
>>130520999Checked and godpilled, fantanofags BTFO
>>130521030I'm pretty sure if they continue to make full length albums they'll still be on Warp. I don't think they'd be able to finance releases on a scale to fulfill demand on their own, plus Warp's marketing budget would always be helpful.
>>130520912TH could have it's arsehole after taking laxatives and it still wouldn't shit over anything. it is boring: the album. nicely done, but snooze inducing.
I AM BALDTHE ULTIMATEREDDITOR
>A chakra (/ˈtʃʌkrəˌˈtʃæk-ˌˈtʃɑːk-/;Sanskrit: चक्र, romanized:cakra, lit.'wheel, circle'; Pali: cakka) is a meditation-aid in the form of a psychic or psychospiritual energy-center in the subtle body, as visualized in a variety of Hindu and Buddhist tantric yoga and meditation practices.>Medieval Buddhist texts from 8th century CE mention four or five chakras, while Hindu sources have various numbers.The best-known variant has seven chakras, as described in Sir John Woodroffe's 1919 book The Serpent Power, a rough translation of Pūrṇānanda Yati's Ṣaṭ-chakra-nirūpaṇa ("Explanation of the Six Chakras," 1577).>Modern Western Occultism views chakras as actual though esoteric energy-centers. This view arose in the 1880s with H. P. Blavatsky and other Theosophists, and was subsequently shaped by Woodroffe's The Serpent Power, and Charles W. Leadbeater's 1927 book The Chakras. Psychological and other attributes, rainbow colours, and a wide range of correspondences with other systems such as alchemy, astrology, gemstones, homeopathy, Kabbalah and Tarot divination were added later.
I have to say I really love this album. I love all of their albums though, so I guess it’s not too surprising. All of their albums feel legitimate, if that makes any sense. They’re not compromised. They’re all full-fledge Boards of Canada albums. It’s an impressive discography no matter how you rank it.
>1 Naraka since album release>no interview yet(a Naraka is a period of time lasting about 5 days, since work is hell)
i kinda want to hear a rip of the cassette
>>130521462probably wise to let people make their own interpretations of the album instead of hanging on the creator's words. You kinda need to be insanely charismatic to say "fuck you make your own meaning" (ala David Lynch)
>>130520031+1 for Blood in the Labyrinth. All Reason Departs as well - reminds me of classic Amon Tobin a bit.
PUM-ping blood
>>130521463Me too, recorded in good equipment and also fucked up equipment
For me it's starting the album on Prophecy At 1420 MHz and ending on Introit
>>130521483This album easily has the most vocals on any BOC release. What more is there to be said?Also a reminder that the guardian very obviously panned Inferno because they were bitter the didn’t get an interview like they did during the TH release cycle
Father and Son early demo leakhttps://youtu.be/N6LGtSspvOU
>official ASCAP credits drop, revealing Marcus Eoin wrote some, but not all, tracks on the record>heart monitor noise throughout memory death>you retreat in time and space sounds like a musical eulogy>sudden stop of heartbeat rhythm on final track, I saw through Platonia>Bonus track, Vol.4 - P. Primers - 177 Giraud's Mirror, features the following vocal sample: "You have just one life to live / Make it rich with what you give / To your brother / The greatest gift is the smile you give / To your brother"He's really dead, isn't he??
>>130521718Negative review from The Guardian just means it's a good album. That'd be like a negative book review from the Wall Street Journal.
>>130521743Mate of mine spoke to him not too long ago, so no he’s not dead.
>I think that's wonderful>
People who get filtered by the voice samples on F&S and TWBF are juvenile.
Father and Son is like The Avalanches but evil.
Guys, I think Inferno might be the most important album ever made by humans. I don't know how to handle this. I know there will be good albums and that there ARE good albums. This is just different though. People say, "there are thousands of spoopy IDM artists making great albums out of their bedrooms so I'm not impressed."Yeah, you don't get it. Those artists are cool and all, but they didn't make Inferno. BoC made Inferno.
is there a script that baiters read from or is it literally ai?
BOARDS OF CANADAB O A R D S O F C A N A D A OARDSOFCANADAALL ABOARD MY BOARDS BECAUSE I'M BOARDING MY BOARDS TO CANADA
>>130521685Vigorously bea-ting heart is pum-ping blood is my vocal stim of the year.
My vocal stim is the whole album
>>130522078>all aboardhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC_zffOenk8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP5oHL3zBDg
>>130521970I know what you mean anon, it's like all these posts have some underlying commonality to them. A kind of unending repetition. A final reverberation. The ultimate. Resonance...
>>130522302https://youtu.be/3Awey7AbXT0?si=krjfNeeCMzGXcd-r&t=5
>>130522078>all aboard
>>130520031probably the process, something about that ending
>>130522324Hang on, I'll make a thread. Someday. If I get around to it. Music that sounds like trains. There's a lot of history there. But we've all left the station.
>>130522324heh, I was listening to this the other day on blast
never ever
>>130523179I'm getting sad :(
>>130523224Have you considered looking at things differently and getting happy?
>>130523746Are you autistic?
>>130523861
Random question, why is their mix called Societas X Tape? Has this ever been discussed?
>>130523179>some radioheadwhat is blud doin there?
>>130524042they've been on a spanish/latin kick since the early 2010s at least, in my mind it is reminiscent of the american south west in which theyve shot videos and many promotional photographs, including stuff for inferno and tomorrows harvest
MEANWHILE
I don't care about Fantano but this is quite funny
>>130524609>the egg passes down the oviduct
>>130524291thomk thinks he's part of the idem family
>>130524615starting with confield I thought that era of autechre was strange but kinda interesting, but as I listened to the following albums it just got more nonsensical. I get why they do it but it was quite the departure from what they did in the 90s
>>130524619Soon-avigorous-lyBea-ting-heartis pum-ping-bloodThroughoutthe-complex-embryo
>>130524747which is rapidly developing into a ma-ture organism
Is it bad that the mabus sample cracks my shit up? Maabusss
I listened to the VHS track and Tape 05 probably 200 times since it dropped. I love the album, but it’s all downhill from here. What do I even do with my life now, bros? There’s nothing left to look forward to. April and May were so peak, and now it’s over
>>130519140>thought boc was blue oyster cult>click threat>some limp wristed poofter band instead>exit
>>130525877
>>130521150Come To Dust alone is better than the entirety of >Infernololmao.
>>130524042Societas X Tape is an anagram of Scotia Sex Tape
>>130521305kek
>>130525894Nobody gives a fuck about your trash boomer band.
Inferno is dark in a way an 80s horror film is dark, which is to say the themes they explore are dark but they do it in a fun way that makes for an enjoyable ride. Tomorrow's Harvest was dark in the bleak way.
>>130525877more flexi discs are coming. I fully believe in an EP in 2027
>>130519140>mfw Naraka starts playing
>>130527733I find them both to be bleak. If you frame Inferno as ‘fun’ it’s because you’re too focused on pop culture media. Inferno is just more concentrated. Both albums are excellent though.
>boards of canada>not from canada
>>130528314sir it's IndianIndians also live in Canada
>>130527733Honestly, I think a lot of the darkness is very tongue-in-cheek. A lot of people have said the album is cheesy but to me it feels like a very intentional choice, especially after revisiting the Victrola track on the societas x tape. I would compare it less to 80s horror movies than I would to the nightrider theme, which was meant to be dark and serious but feels almost kitsch nowadays.
>>130528314They did briefly live in Canada as children>From 1979 to 1980. I was eight years old and Marcus was a bit younger. Our father worked in construction. He helped to build the Saddle Dome in Calgary. There was a lot of work at that time in Canada so that's why we moved there.
I don't want this to end yet anons. Gonna stick around until the UK chart placing them I'll dip
>>130519140I GOT OUT OF THE SWIMMING POOLAND I WATCHED HER
How many god tier tracks per album do they have for you? >MHTRTC - 7An Eagle in Your MindTelephasic WorkshopTriangles & RhombusesAquariusOlsonOpen the LightHappy Cycling>GEOGADDI - 10Music is MathGyroscopeSunshine RecorderJulie and Candy1969The Beach At RedpointAlpha and OmegaOver The Horizon RadarDawn ChorusYou Could Feel The Sky>TCH - 6Satellite Anthem IcarusPeacock TailDayvan Cowboy Constants Are CahngingSlow This Bird DownMacquarie Ridge>TH - 4Reach for the DeadPalace PosyNothing is RealCome to Dust>INFERNO - 6 Age of CapricornFather and SonNarakaMemory DeathThe Word Becomes FleshDeep Time
>>130519140>Average score of those reviews: 7.96/10That's not even bad you know, especially for experimental music.
Did anyone download the video of the person who uploaded the full listening session to Youtube before it got removed? Would like the see the visuals they played during You Retreat In Time and Space
It's really good without Naraka and baby born crap
Who here just got ass fucked.
>>130530155>MHTRTC - 4Sixtyten, Turquoise Hexagon Sun, Roygbiv, Aquarius>Geogaddi - 4Music Is Math, Friendly Stranger, 1969, Dawn Chorus>TCH - 1Peacock Tail>TH - 6Reach for the Dead, Cold Earth, Sick Times, Palace Posy, Nothing is Real, Come to Dust>Inferno - 5Age of Capricorn, Father and Son, Into the Magic Land, Blood In The Labyrinth, Platonia
>>130531021It was on archive.org earlier today. I watched the visuals for two seconds and closed it. Boring ass generic home video footage with washed out color filters
>>130531424that's a super cool story bro tell it again
Gay retarded hippie synthwave that sounds like Stranger Things. Easily their worst. Taste is dead.
>>130531424So were we supposed to like, care?
>>130531821snarky reddit-speak faggotthis is the average inferno fan btw
>>130530155No Roygbiv is an interesting take>>130531098Platonia over like 3 other tracks is an interesting take
Really feeling Leviathan today chaps
4/5 in rolling stone toohttps://archive.ph/amUfu>>130531817like, 3 songs at best could be described as synthwave, more retarded than guardian faggot even
>>130520660A lot of people care about his opinion, but they don't like to admit it
>>130521305What an absolutely hideous creature. Not Fantano, he's a beautiful bald man.
>>130532091>a beautiful bald manonly a baldy could string such words together
>>130531877There's a lot of really great tracks, but those are just my god tier ones for that albumI think Platonia serves as a pretty strong ending to the album, with the sudden stop of the heartbeat and electrical dissipating sound followed by 10 seconds of silence fairly obviously portraying deathits got a good balance of emotion, mysticism, and a bit of sadness or grief; the railroad signal bell, dissonant background notes, twinkling piano etc its just got a complex feeling
>>130530155Uhhhhh>TWOISM - 3OirectineIced CoolyTwoism >CHILDREN - 7Telephasic WorkshopSixtytenTurquoise Hexagon SunKaini IndustriesRoygbivAquariusOpen the Light>GEOGADDI - 5Music is MathDandelion1969The Beach at RedpointDawn Chorus>CAMPFIRE - 4Satellite Anthem IcarusPeacock TailHey Saturday SunMacquarie Ridge>HARVEST - 6Reach for the DeadWhite CyclosaJacquard CausewayCold EarthPalace PosyNothing is Real>INFERNO - 7Prophecy at 1420 MHzHydrogen Helium Lithium LeviathanMemory DeathThe Word Becomes FleshInto the Magic LandDeep TimeArena Americanada>BONUS - 2Amo Bishop Roden Skyliner (I REALLY like Skyliner)
>>130531817remind me again which stranger things songs have sitar again, oh right there arent any
the head of the embryo grows forward and the gut elongates rearward..
>>130532354>tfw my gut elongates rearward
>>130532139I actually have a top tier hairline
>>130533239lets see it anon
>>130532214Jacquard Causeway is choice anon, I like the triples distorting, feels like a waltz slowly spinning out of control, almost feel dizzy by the end
Memory Death makes me wanna fuckin cry man
>>130531547>>130531821Have you ever had a normal conversation in your lives? Someone asked if the visuals are available and someone responded where they are and what to expect. You’re too retarded for even 4chan
>>130536019No, someone asked if there's a video anywhere and then some faggot went on about their dumb ass opinion no one gives a fuck about because no one asked
>>130536152That's not an opinion it's an accurate description of the footage. You're clearly too stupid to find it yourself on archive.org unless you're provided a direct link
>>130536177I don't need to because I saw it when it was originally posted before it was taken down, recording was verboten so I'm not sure why you would expect some amazing 4k HD studio quality fucking bullshit when clearly you had to be extremely sneaky since you're sitting in a literal circle of fucking peopleBut you're too gay and retarded to comprehend that, just like the other faggot, without someone explaining it to you, expecting anything better quality is fucking stupid and shows you both have the mental capacity of a small malnourished child
Any mature organisms in? Guessing not by the last few replies
>>130536248Yes, what is it citizen?
I hope the brothers have realized that they're getting older and time is of the essence, and waiting another 10 years to release another album would be dumb.I believe in LP6 before 2030
How many more threads do you need to discuss this reddit shit, dont you see that the album flopped?
I need her video to go up
>>130537308What do you think anal sex with her will feel like?
Can somebody that knows music theory explain why a repetitive track like "Sunshine Recorder" doesn't FEEL as repetitive and drab as a track like "Into the Magic Land" It is every bit as repetitive and simplistic but for some reason Sunshine Recorder just scratches your brain, never gets boring during its duration. But a track like Magic Land just feels super formulaic. Does it have to do with beat measures or something? or does it just come down to textures.
>>130537451define repetitive, asshole. if it's got a measure, it's repetitive. you either like it or you don't.
I was a fan of Music has The Right To Children but I grew out of this band, I only like two or three songs from Campfire Headphase in the rest of their discography. I had a negative impression of this album rollout and the artwork and themes the titles suggested, but I gave the album a shot with an open mind and while there's a few elements I liked in some songs, none of them ultimately stuck the landing. The vocal cut-ups were deal-breakers in all cases, but the music underneath is at best only half there. I'm just not a fan of this type of music anymore.
>>130538520>I grew out of this bandHas this ever meant anything at all? or is it just a phrase thrown around by people that are wearing bands as fashion statements? What did you "grow" out of? The most mature, dry people you know are into the most banal music and lyrics imaginable, what does it mean to grow out of music? It means nothing, it's an empty statement.Was it more important to let other people know you liked the band than privately enjoying the music for what it was? Is that why you "grew" out of it?
>>130538520Fatboy Slim You've Come a Long Way, Baby was always better.
>>130538595this is a music discussion board
>>130538520You kinda need to sit down and reflect on why you even wrote this at all because all it did was make you seem fundamentally superfluous.
why is MHTRTC so good
>>130538747I don't like the boomy production of MHTRTC and Twoism, it ages the sound too much, everything they've made after that sounds timeless.
>>130538777this is true until campfire and tomorow. those albums were ok. after that, their production skills just got very LSD-ish. Melodyne a all.
>>130538777>it ages the sound too muchMHTRTC is supposed to sound aged. The album sounds like some old VHS tape you find in your attic. It fits perfectly with the themes and aesthetic the album is going for.>>130538747It's an extremely evocative album. It unlocked memories for me that I had hidden away deep inside my mind. Memories I haven't thought about for years and years. The melodies sound really simple, which plays into the nostalgic aspect of the album. The album is also very distinctive and unique. Nothing from other artists sound like it. The album also sounds very "human", yet it's an electronic album. Compare that to Autechre's music for example, and it sounds very computer, digital, machine like.
>>130538926>MHTRTC is supposed to sound agedIt's supposed to sound nostalgic for sure, but tracks with boomy bass like Sixtyten or Turquoise just makes me think of the exact era it was released in, not some vague ephemeral past, the way like "Olson" makes me feel, it sounds like the memory of a place but it doesn't sound dated itself. Same with "Nothing is Real" on TH, the song itself doesn't sound like the 2010s, it just sounds like a distant memory.
I have never seen a candid photograph of either Mike or Marcus, ever. How fucking secluded are these guys? Do they literally live in a nice place out in the country somewhere and just never leave it? I figure with their weird obsessive fans there would for sure be one or two photos of them spotted in public but nope.
>>130539142There's the live performance pics I guess. But yeah otherwise they are just highly secretive. Even Thomas Pynchon allowed himself to be filmed on tv as a joke once.I did read someone say there was some pics of one of them at an art gallery but I've never seen them.
>>130539142iirc they live on two separate continents these days. One of them lives in either New Zealand or Japan.I don't think they're that well known and relatively few photos of them have surfaced recently. They are in their 50s and probably look quite a bit different nowadays.Protip: if/when you get famous, secrecy and seclusion is probably the right move. Just let the art speak for itself and go on with your business like a regular human being.
>>130537451it comes down to personal tasteyou simply like that song bettertheres no objectivity about it
Yet another secret track discoveredhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSWr8RE9odc
>>130539142Dunno about Mike but Marcus lives in just your regular, average, normal town on the coast. No secret bunkers or fortified compounds out in the middle of nowhere.
mogs inferno
>>130541572It insists upon itself.
>>130519956yeah, i faded away after the album releasequick fact, mike has listened to a lot of musian called filmmaker (he was in the warp mix) cause he borrowed a lot of sound from him
>>130541767Link?
>>1305371843rd in the UK album charts you bloody bastard bitch
>>130537184Flopped
>>130537315GoodShe clearly has one of those svelte bodies that grips you tightly when you enter. I would like to rub my intact member up and down her beak as she licked my scrotum. Then take her and impregnate her. Then when she is pregnant, cream pie her every night while we listen to Peacock Tail on repeat
>>1305418822nd in Scotland, 4th in Germany, and 5th in Finland & NZ as well
>>130542330
So Somewhere Right Now In The Future is a nod to the artwork, what with the sound of screeching tires, and that stuck in a haze feel
>>130537451different chord progression probably
>>130542500theyre explosions anon, not tires, it happens continually throughout the entire song in the background
>>130542500artwork in question
>>130542534they posted that with blood in the labyrinth, and the canvas video of the car tires is used on arena americanada, neither are srnitf
>>130527871KEK
>>130542330based gelmetsNumber 4 in AUS too. The Word Becomes Flesh might have a bit of staying power with the backrooms feature too.
>>130542534This fits with the spirit of SRNITF >>130542558Picrel only fits BITL and AA as a conception
>>1305425581:33 that's screeching tires, my guy
>>130542619We are winning BoC brothers!
>>130537451sunshine recorder shuffles around and swells a lot more and more variations of percussion in general
>>130542771It's just a synth, I see how you are taking that as a tire screech but that's based on nothing but it being a high pitched soundNothing about the song suggests cars or car crashes, especially with the literal explosions happening in the background of the entire trackYou know what else screeches? Bombs and bombers, look at WW2 the planes were literally designed (and sometimes the bombs themselves as well) to screech loudly overhead or just before impactIt's clearly suggesting the environs of war, not a car accident
>>130543040Car accidents are symbolic of countries collapsing or wars by accident or force, symbolically and artfully speaking of course
>>130543093Sure, and it's fine to interpret it that way but there's not much to actually suggest that's what is happening or intendedIt makes a lot more sense to pair explosions with the screech of said explosive or the planes dropping them, versus bombs and a single car crash
>>130537308FUCK ME I agree. I check like five times a day. She broke her leg so it might take a while. She’s probably scooted out of her gourd on $10,000 per pill US painkillers.
>>130543709and then her power went out and she had the eat a freezer full of ice cream, she really going through it rn
>>130543741Still the only analysis of the album I am anticipating watching. She is often dead on about how a track feels and I love how she explains why it does what it does.
>>130543765her video of TH was incredible, and amazing after 13 years still shed some light on different things I hadnt thought of beforeshes very talented and quite smart i love her sm
>>130521743I don't think you can just hide the death of a regular person like that, bro. He isn't much of a public figure, but he also wasn't a poweful evil billionaire who could pay for everyone to hide his death for whatever reason. You can just search for his public obituary or something.
>>130538926I actually disagree, sometimes Autechre sounds more human than anything to me and causes the genuine feeling that I’m 3 and living in a humble apartment again in 1989. It opens up profound memories like you say. But, that’s why I like BoC too, which feels closer to going through a ‘60s photo album sometimes or of course an acid trip. I’ve been wanting to mention how much I think the one overtly IDM track ‘All Reason Departs’ highly specifically reminds me of Autechre’s 2010 era, both Oversteps and Move of Ten. Not everyone was wild about those but actually they were extremely special to me and I did a lot of acid listening in on them. I liked the funk and ambient and you may recall some sitar like sounds also present on a few tracks, something I never mind in Inferno.
>>130527733>>130528666I’m with you guys because at first I was horrified like I thought it was some overt declaration of atheism or something then I realized they were just on a grand tour of something which was always there, the crazy cult angle. And you could easily argue we’d waited forever for them to expand on something like In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country, which I really feel this is a great compliment to that.
>>130538520>I grew out of this bandi strongly disliked Inferno too but you sound like a faggot
>>130537451it's subjective at that pointMagic Land was the only song i liked from the album
>>130530155>TWOISM - 8SixtyninerOirectineIced CoolyBasefreeTwoismSeeya LaterSmokes Quantity1986 Summer Fire>IABP - 1Kid for Today>MHTRTC - 5Turqoise Hexagon SunRoygbivAquariusSmokes QuantityHappy Cycling>GEOGADDI - 8Ready Lets GoMusic Is MathSunshine RecorderJulie and CandyThe Beach at RedpointAlpha and OmegaDawn ChorusCorsair>TCH - 1Chromakey Dreamcoat>TH - none>INFERNO - none
>>130545454>"We're not Satanists, or Christians, or pagans. We're not religious at all. We just put symbols into our music sometimes, depending on what we're interested in at the time. We do care about people and the state of the world, and if we're spiritual at all it's purely in the sense of caring about art and inspiring people with ideas."Not religious or spiritual hmmm oh oh
>best track is on the flexi-discshiggy diggy
>>130546290https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1sda2udSzHHKAsbX4VWE_zDwHFWllnSB2>transferred using a Rega P6 turntable, custom Ortofon MC 25FL cartridge, Graham Slee Accession MC phono preamp, and Tascam DR-100mkIII recorder. All post-processing done in iZotope RX9, fully manually.
>>130542558>canvas videowhat? what is this
>>130546716The videos that play on spotify with each track, they're also all posted on youtube as a singular video on BOCs channel
>>130546555ty anon ily
I will not listen to Inferno for the 10th time I will not listen to Inferno for the 10th time I will not listen to Inferno for the 10th time I will not listen to Inferno for the 10th time I will not listen to Inferno for the 10th time I will not listen to Inferno for the 10th time
>>130530155>Alpha and OmegaMy favourite track on the Geogaddi and I don't think it gets the props it deserves. The darbuka drumming and flutes are incredible, one of the most psychedelic tracks on the album.
>>130547061Air's Alpha Beta Gaga was better
does anybody have XYZ from the 2019 version of Peel Session?
>>130547131No but I have Happy Cycling (bad day) in 320kbps
>>130547131FLACs from Bleephttps://gofile.io/d/TsUxMa
>>130546935>only on 10th listen
>>130547225thank you, brother.>>130547212is it the one from archive.org? if so I have that one in flachttps://archive.org/details/bocpeellossless
>>130547269https://mega.nz/file/mb5QjKiI#xfm_bLbeiCeBqywBFSgNBIw-LzL9WVo2HFAP7_ehKhY
>>130547401thanks anon
>>130547401the louder choir really gives the track a completely different vibe, sounds so much more sinister
>>130546290Giraud's Mirror is a cooler song title than any off of Inferno. I hope this actually leads somewhere, it seems like potentially teasing an EP.
>>130546555Bases and checked. I have the deluxe edition too but have been too afraid to play the flexi, thanks anon.
Statements I've been seeing regarding Inferno >It's too derivative >It sounds nothing like BOC>It's just more lofi beats>Their most hi-fi album ever>A big letdown >One of their best
I only believe in Mansel
alright i'm bored of inferno now when's the next album coming out
>>130519152>the BoC fanbase couldn't possibly get any more crin-
>>130548951probably soon right? no way it's going to be another 10+ years haha
>>130548951>>130549264
>>130546290Damn. Anon got good gear!
Naraka is one of the greatest things they've (Mike) has ever done.
I remember when people were convinced that Farewell Fire meant that Campfire Headphase was the last Boards of Canada album.Like, Mike has a masters degree in music, has made music his whole life, makes money from it, is good at it, and has fans, of course he's just going to stop one day and become a fucking accountant.
>>130549573Platonia doesn't even sound like a farewell, it doesn't even sound like a closer. It sounds like a passage leading to something new and unknown
Wow the threads were updating fast but now it’s dead. It’s over boysCan’t imagine BOC were topical for a little while since forever but now it’s over forever
>>130549697The new and unknown being the afterlife lol
>>130550134I mean it has been over 7 weeks of constant general threads (nearly 30 threads) that hit bump limit. It has been more than 1 week now since the album was released. I would say it has been a pretty damn good run.
>>130550155death and rebirth seems to be a theme on the album, emphasis on rebirth.it's not an end
Evil Mike is my 'higher power'
BOC Peak Chart positionsScotland 2 (Inferno)Australia 3 (Inferno)UK 3 (Inferno)Germany 4 (Inferno)Finland 5 (Inferno)New Zealand 5 (Inferno)Netherlands 6 (Inferno)Ireland 7 (Inferno & Tomorrow's Harvest)Belgium 7 (Tomorrow's Harvest)Norway 9 (Tomorrow's Harvest)United States 13 (Tomorrow's Harvest)Denmark 23 (Tomorrow's Harvest)Sweden 30 (Inferno)Japan 32 (Inferno)Switzerland 35 (Tomorrow's Harvest)Italy 65 (Inferno)Spain 93 (Tomorrow's Harvest)France 130 (Tomorrow's Harvest
>>130550543correction:France - 78 (Geogaddi)
>>130549573Honestly it just goes to show how good they are at writing closing tracks. I feel like basically every Boc album is bookended by an epilogue and post-script, the ending always feels like a goodbye but it leaves the door open just enough that it’s never goodbye foreverAlthough maybe that’s just copium preparing me for a long canadaless winter lol, see yall in 2039
>>130550711definitely coping here but now since so much time has passed and their kids are older its likely they have more time and ability to be engaged in music, i dont think the next gap will be 13+ years, im feeling closer to 4-8 years
>>130550543>no canada
>>130550749whoopsCanada's highest was 12 (Tomorrow's Harvest)
>>130550543>>130550763I wonder why Inferno did better in Europe.
>>130546265Nice, that almost makes sense. It’s actually insane how close they fly to basically what these people even Freemasons and the elite really push in their higher ranks. I accidentally learned too much symbolism where a breakup with a pagan and picking up astrology as a hobby was just a gateway. Personally I’m on the Christian side but this can safely go up on my wall now even though it spooks the wife.>>130546290Absolute kino>>130546555Gracias. I’m wanting to tack this and the record store opening (haven’t heard it unfortunately, any leads?) onto the copy I carry everywhere.
>>130550785Only in some countries; in belgium, norway, denmark, switzerland, and spain TH did better, and in ireland they tied (so far)and in france its neither TH or inferno its geogaddi
>>130550785Europe is more weird and this is a weird album. We are fed weirder things, like mr. Jenkinson likes to say.
>>130550785>be in the UK>BoC release a dark moody album about the collapse of society>try it out>it's literally just the ambient noise that you hear 24/7Shan't be buying.
>>130550543did it not chart in the US? I heard their chart period is weird and it updates next week. Can't belive it didn't go number 1 after the coveted MAGA endorsement lol
>Pass user since 2012
>>130551367Inferno hasn't yet, TH was their last to chart in the USim also not counting subcharts (such as electronic charts, dance charts, indie charts, etc; only the main chart)but even considering those it still isnt charting in the US at all
>>130551367but also yes, it only updates once a week and the last update was very close to when inferno dropped, next update may be better but if it doesnt land somewhere pretty high itll like not beat TH
>>130550543>Finland 5 (Inferno)>Norway 9 (Tomorrow's Harvest)>Sweden 30 (Inferno)Fuck my cringe country
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i went back and listened to Campfire Headphase earlierthat album is pretty, you know, pretty good.
>>130551878its definitely not bad but im really curious as to the album they straight up deleted in order to make TCH while doing a roadtripdef some good stuff on there but its kind of weak conceptually and i think some of the music feels a little less inspired because of it
>>130551917They purposely set out to make a more chilled-out, less symbolism-heavy album after people were inferring all kinds of things with Geogaddi and TCH kinda suffers due to this.
>>130552073that was an intentional joke on their part, in their interviews they said geogaddis darker sound was partially due to 9/11 and some of the "satanic references" were jokes they intentionally put it to be funnythe run time of 66:60 was also not even their idea, someone suggested it was would a good way to troll people and thats why magic window exists and is as long as it isthey made an entire other album after geogaddi but I guess were so unhappy with the sound they allegedly deleted it, according to them, took a road trip and made TCH and liked it better so that's what we got
>>130551624This is terrible!
>>130552907i'd let her crush my head into peanut butter with those thighs to be honest
>>130551624i cant tell if youre swedish and upset the peak chart position is significantly lower than the rest or if youre norwegian and upset the highest charting album was TH and not inferno
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>>130551874>>130553724Kek
everyone is sleeping on the blastoderm and the area pellucida
>>130552907
U-S-A-M-AM double A-U-SMAABUSMAHVELOUS!
>>130555011>MAHVELOUSyall gotta stop with the chugy millenialisms over misheard lyrics this aint 2006 youtube
>>130555082We don't follow trends here
>>130555082that's literally what I hear and it personally elevates the experience for me, so deal with it.
>>130555160>saying marvelous in a british accent elevates the BOC experience you sound like a tard
>>130555082I missed what /mu/ decided it actually says. Do tell.
>>130555301the sample was found within like 24 hours, does no one bother to even check lyrics anymoreits mabus, as in the nostradamus prophecy and john hogues interpretation of either obama or osama being mabus, aka the antichristthats why it spells out usama, its osama written phoenetically like in hogues book
>>130555160you sound like such a faggot
>>130555315I saw a clip of that, he goes on to say something like 'M-A-A-U-S, swap the redundant A for a B, M-A-B-U-S... MABUS. It's classic anagraming.' which made me laugh. Like yeah of course, it's obvious.
>>130556274so hogue is definitely a conspiracy theorist and im not saying hes correct, but the anagram rules hes following arent his own but nostradamus', nostradamus almost exclusively used anagrams when "predicting" future places, names, people, etc
>>130556274the whole "swap the redundant letter" is pretty much directly from nostradamus, theres a ton of anagrams he used where he could intentionally create double letters with one meaning to be swapped out so its a well established trend by the time hogue came around with his political conspiracies in the 00s
>>130555315Insane
>>130553002He's probably Danish
>>130556682>mmm cheese danish...
>>130555082go fuck yourself with a rakewe have fun here
>>130556907we literally dont and if we do its actually funny shit not going>MAHVELOUS1! xD
>>130556919it sounds like and it is fun to say and type outsorry being a shut in hath made you a cynical neek
>>130556957fella is it cynical to find it annoying when fags randomly go MAHVELOUS constantly?
>>130556988>constantly
>>130556999yes its been in every single thread, thats pretty constant baby
>>130557118The father and son stuff has, generally haven't seen this
>>130557393ive seen it all over here, and aoty, and rym, and reddit, and instagram, etcits like *the* joke everyone is making maybe second only to "i think thats wonderful"i miss the first listening threads that were just full of people chanting hare krishna at least that was funny since it was so fucking random
>>130556988Nobody’s saying that. Mabus is quoted sometimes
>>130524747>>130524926Part-of-the-BLASTOderm, the - area - pellucida - is translucent. BecauseitisoveraliquidAnd-the-white-of-the-egg- BAMvessels-over-the-yolk-EXPANDS
>>130523179https://youtu.be/vbeODDHXGrs
>>130557504if no one is saying mahvelous then whats this>>130555011
>>130557508some of the albumen be-comes thicken ed and twist ed as theegg passesdown theoviduct
>>130555273>>130555638>>130556919Gaped and leaking
the credits music to the educational video they used for "Word Becomes Flesh" is insane. >21:00https://youtu.be/sY_GYK9YZs4?t=1256The tape fucking with the pitch is almost too perfect, this could have been sampled and turned into its own song.
the bits of live percussion strewn about on the album is so fucking killer, man. 3 minutes into HHLL, the intro of Father and Son, during that melodic explosion in All Reason Departs
>>130559744That bongo on Leviathan is transcendent
>>130558682lmao it's fucking stairway to heaven almostsomeone must've been fucking with the tape pitch wheel for shits it's just too much
>>130558345you say that like its a bad thing
>>130550569Respect to the frogs
>>130558682lmao this is great
>page 8it's over
>>130561562>I think that's wonderful...CROAK
>>130564528Kek
Am I crazy or is the vocal sample on The Word Becomes Flesh a drum part? Like if you replaced it with drum beats that sound similar, it'd sound like a drum break at a concert with two drummers.
https://youtu.be/skty7c2Ij_8?si=Dd1YEj5RetTa5_lQ
>>130564650Their vocal processing and sampling was always spectacular (see telephasic workshop and spiro).People saying the percussion on this lp is "uninspired" or "basic." I do not hear that whatsoever. All reason departs and world becomes flesh are simply incredible, beat+groove-wise. There's a LOT more going on than I think many people first realize.
>>130565706Listening to it a few times, I'm completely convinced that's what's going on. It's a rhythm section backported back into melody.
Anyone else ever think of BoC as culture vultures eating the corpse of American culture?
>>130565918No
for me, its that part of the word becomes flesh with the michael jackson guitar
BoC didn't chart in the Billboard 200?Lol Ameriplebs Do they not weight physical sales? Like half of it were ancient albums, even more than other charts.
>>130564050>pagesNobody uses pages to browse everyone just opens the catalog. How fucking new are you jeuss fucking christ
>>130521901I like the robot vocals on 1420 mhz, reminds me of the classic: https://youtu.be/eqVRrKK2iBw
I've been a massive fan of this band since 1999 and they mean more to me than any other musical act; they're not just my 'favorite band' but are somehow a part of my self-conception and identity? It's just at a whole other level. I was surprisingly emotional when "Tape05" released and have never been choked up by music before, in that way.So believe me that it's painful to say that 'Inferno' is just not it, man . . . barely better than TH, sure, but my main realization is that pre-2007 BoC is just a different band. It's still BoC and thus better than most music, but my reaction to this album is simply mild disappointment. Half these songs are filler . . . yes, the production is amazing (obviously) but that is insufficient. Boredom is roughly the last feeling that BoC should be evoking. Also the vocals/samples are waaaaaay overdone and way too high in the mix, on quite a few of these tracks. This album does not even remotely approach the greatness of Geogaddi and MHTRTC; TCH has some mediocre tracks but is undoubtedly better than Inferno, which is roughly a 7.5/10 if I'm being generous.I'm hopeful that it will somehow be a massive grower and that I'll feel differently in a few months, but I've listened to a lot of music in my life and this outcome seems unlikely.My main thought is that I cannot believe I waited 13 years for this, honestly. All my hopes are now resting in the (maybe, one day) box set. 2006 is the last time this band released a truly great record (the TCH EP). It's just sad.
I don't really care for it except for a few tracks. Prophecy wasn't my jam, neither was Tape 05. I've been a fan since '99 or so. I don't expect or want them to re-tread old paths but I did expect something a bit more subtle and more musically ambitious than what they've done here. A lot of tracks kinda just loop and add a few layers without any real sense of progression or aim, and how vocals are implemented is downright cringeworthy at times. They used to be masters at conjuring up atmosphere and show-don't-tell style songwriting, but this is like a parody or Netflix pastiche of their style.
I know a lot of people love this, and I am happy for them and do not want to take away from their joy. I found this album uninspired and formulaic. A tremendous disappointment for a long time fan.
Ben Beaumont-Thomas who wrote the review on Guardian is a total jerk. I think he lost all credibility with his bashing of a review. What a dud.
NGL on first listen I kinda downright cringed to hear hare krishna on Naraka. And thought Acts of Magic was the best track of the entire album despite being underdeveloped. The pacing/flow of the album was a bit off as well? Which I'm not sure will grow on me cause it borderline took me out of the overall great album and mood. After one listen though I'm simply happy it wasn't just more of the same. I'm sure it will only grow better with time.
Guys, I have a problem. Everything else just seems like empty trash to me, absolutely nothing compared to this magnificent masterpiece. I remember the exact same thing happening to me with some Radiohead albums, Interpol's Turn on the bright lights, some Oneohtrix Point Never albums, and a few by Aphex Twin.How do you even deal with this? I think I've listened to the entire album about twenty times now. It's just so insanely beautiful, beyond extraordinary, I don't even know how to describe it. Currently, I can only manage to listen to the brothers; after playing Inferno enough times, I'll switch over to something else, maybe TH or TCH, and then I just go right back to it.Are any of you guys in the same boat?
I'm sort of convinced now that the title Inferno is not only referring to the religious concept, but the hell we've created for ourselves and our future. If Tomorrow's Harvest was a warning about the future, Inferno is about the mistakes we've made in the past, how religious extremism has aligned with conservative politics of inaction on climate change, and the literal burning and extreme heat humanity is heading for. I think the track "The Process" contains some terrifying samples: gunshots, screaming, chaos. It may be a prediction of wars over water, etc.
Desperately trying to enjoy. And obviously some high quality work here.But - agh, it pains me to say it - jusssst lacking that elusive magic for me. Melodically, harmonically and rhythmically I guess just a little pedestrian compared to early stuff…?If I am honest this does little to dissuade me of my overall hypothesis that Boards have never quite recaptured it since Geogaddi. They are trying verrrry verrrry hard - and this is elite level production and arrangement obviously - but…it’s all a bit straight lined and telegraphed for me.Have recently become re obsessed with old tunes / R35 and that’s where the contrast has felt starkest for me. There is a funk and a cool and an effortlessness to them in that period. I guess it’s youth? Drugs (absence of?)?freedom?(To be clear btw huge respect to these guys. They are probably my favourite band of all time. I also produce music to a decently successful level but could never get near their excellence obviously. But I do want to be clear minded in my analysis!)
This is their magnum opus.The album they were born to make.It sounds unlike anything ever released, and unlike anything in their body of work.Yet it’s absolutely 100% them.This is their Dark Side, Lateralus, Led Zeppelin IV etc, whatever analogy you want to equate.A labyrinthine puzzle box that will be poured over for years, a monolith that will always stand alone.Beyond the beyond.A masterpiece.
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