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
