The origin and content of the samples on this album has never

don't know but most fascinating album ever, all the shorter songs are indescribable. dawn chorus best song

hipster trash

>>17046308
wat.

This was my only bad trip. I think these guys might actually be evil.

>>17046361
Listening to this on acid could probably mess you up for good.

I wouldn't say evil but they definitely are or were involved in some form of shady activities. They are very secretive about their lives and work processes and are apparently part of a secret collective about which almost nothing is known.

>They have also expressed a strong interest in the power of subliminal messaging and their work is full of cryptic messages including references to numerology and cult figures such as David Koresh of the Branch Davidians. When questioned about their aims in making such references, BoC express themselves in neutral terms ("We're not religious at all [...] and if we're spiritual at all it's purely in the sense of caring about art and inspiring people with ideas.") while remaining fascinated with the ability of music to influence the minds of others ("[We] do actually believe that there are powers in music that are almost supernatural. I think you actually manipulate people with music...").

I dunno about secret messages but godamn does Boards make me erect

Bumping for interest.

Also, http://bocpages.org/wiki/Geogaddi

Checking out these guys. Apparently they posted a satellite image of a location on their twitter, and in the meta data of the image had a time and date. People showed up and they played their music on speakers. Getting an eerie vibe with that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Win5laqpNIc

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i am fairly open to all types of music but i distinctly recall first hearing BoC around 16 years of age and it genuinely creeped me out. I felt bad for listening to it. there was nothing about it in particular that i could put my finger on as to why exactly

this topic interests me because no other band has freaked me out so much despite having such an innocuous style. i have come to enjoy some of their work but i still feel uneasy about it

my arch enemy in high school was really into BoC so perhaps it was doomed for me to begin with haha

>>17046447
Honestly it's beyond me how some people can just put BoC in the background or use it as music to "chill" to.

Walking through a dark empty park and listening to Tomorrow's Harvest on my headphones must have been one of the eeriest recent experiences I've had. Even without that setting the music makes me feel uneasy and somewhat disconnected from reality, particularly The Campfire Headphase. And it's safe to say this was at least somewhat intentional.

"/x/ discovers artsy hipsters" the thread

i prefer vaporwave

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>>17046470
>>17046344

>>17046308
Just the album cover invokes feelings of demonic forces and general evil.

Also, inb4 this album cover has Masonic symbols on it.

>>17046506
It's a hexagon which is coincidentally also the name of both their studio and music collective.

Also they gave the album a running time of 66:06

What do you think the albums's about?

I think it has something to do with the corruption of nature by the "gods" of earth

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>>17046344
is this b8?

>>17046361
that's funny, because my friend and brother and I tripped on shrooms listening to this and it was wicked.
their music is dark, not evil.

>>17046466
LMAO if you think BOC is creepy I'd hate to think of the Caretaker, Coil, or Current 93

>>17047965
Woah you know some sp00ky music

>>17047965
It's creepy not knowing what you are listening to.

I like the darkness of Coil but they are pretty straightforward and don't fill their songs with subliminal messages. Also I don't think anyone considers them "electronic music to chill out to" the same way people do with BoC.

>>17046308
gotta check out this whole album by Lustmord, but here's a song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gucrBT40JwQ

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It is a fine chorus, truth does not exist, the form you give it does....Boards of Canada hears more then you see...little bunnybee.

Never knew what BoC was until I saw this thread, I'm listening to these albums and I like them, not sure what all of you fags are talking about.

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>>17050065
:)

>>17050065
ive never heard of them before either but I just realized one of my friends played one of those creepy songs from geogaddi while 3 of us were tripping on shrooms. that was a terrible fucking trip from a few years ago and I still remember seeing that orange hexagon album cover.

im listening to the album currently and its giving me such a creepy vibe, but ofc being 4 AM doesn't help either

>>17046308
Geogaddi is fucking awesome.

They used dubs from numbers stations in this album, and they generally rely on old 20th Century film narrations for dubs as well.

I used to play this album as background music while doing projects. Painted a whole basement while listening to it, working late into the night with the album on repeat.

BoC are pretty good ambient music in general.

>the origin and content of the samples on this album has never been revealed or explained
Wow, big deal. That's literally the case for 90% of downtempo music.

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Riddle me this, /x/:
if they sold their souls to devil, why was Tomorrow's Harvest such dog shit of an album?

>>17049907
Dude's kickass.
Not a lot of guys using slaughterhouse recordings and horns made of human bones out there.

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>>17050134
I tripsat a friend and played Campfire Headphase for him while he serenely laid in blanket. He reported it to be a very positive, beneficial, healing trip.

How can something so chill be the work of evil?

>>17050259
90% of downtempo is shit

>>17046344
edgelord

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What does he say in the end? I've always wondered, when listening to this album...

https://youtu.be/bqBPsaxDSNo?t=291

>>17050489
dainabshlesh

wat

>>17050264
Dog shit of an album? It's their second best one, right after Geogaddi. Cold, post-apocalyptic atmosphere with cold synths, dark ambience and the characteristic BoC samples.

Go listen to it without caring about mad plebs who hate everything that's new.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aeh-vkd-w8U

>>17050489
Hard to tell with Coil. They have a lot of hidden stuff in their songs. Ape is probably my favorite album of theirs though.

>>17050514
>It's their second best one
absolutely disgusting opinion

>>17050542
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftqkP3n2qLU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jTg-q6Drt0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPTK_KrIFTA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvCsPMyey9A

w-what?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWL3GIniOK0

truly this is diabolical

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPZe7ajX_AQ

>>17050554
Damn i'm impressed you posted the only good tracks on the album. You forgot Jacquard Causeway though

>>17046447
This song is not creepy at all, it's really quite relaxing.

You might want to check out http://www.boccast.com/
Nice analysis of the music, in particular 'Tomorrow's Harvest'.

Also there is a known sample on '1969' from a Davidian documentary.

this album is legit spooky, tonnes of hidden messages
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlO_yrxzilw

>>17046382
They stated that the subliminal messages in geogaddi was a positive thing... it's apparently to get you more comfortable with outdoors life. They wanted to reverse the comfort that comes with "gaudy" modern comforts/city living which actually sounds great to me since I share that opinion.
They have also stated that they hate city life or at least much prefer country life, saying they would prefer hanging with friends around a campfire as apposed to being pushed around by "suits" in a subway train.
As for the whole secretive side I think it's more for the mystique of BoC, since it would be as fun without that.

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A few old tunes 1 & 2 are where you can find some of their best and creepiest songs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KvK0F860Xk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLovSFmB-SI

>>17050555
love this remix, dont really like hell interface tho.
my favourite thing to trip balls to was always https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSGIX0U8myU

>>17046344
You're a fucking pleb.
With love, /mu/

I actually didn't know that about BoC and never really got that vibe from them.

On the flip side, this shit gives me good vibes, personally.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bazz7A_tD0g

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>>17050566
>Caretaker, Coil, or Current 93

>implying Semena Mertvykh wasn't absolute gold
>Cold Earth
>Palace Posy
>New Seeds
>Fucking Come to Dust

What the hell are you on about? Do you even BoC? This album was riddled with gems, the only meh one was... Uritual, I guess?

I will say though that I have had to wait a bit to enjoy some of their songs and let them grow on me. The only track I seriously dislike out of their entire discography is Nlogax.

>>17046518
The running time was just a joke that one of their producers gave them the idea for.

>>17051669

dunno why the bit about caretaker was quoted there, my b

>>17050555

That is a truly incredible remix. I can't even listen to the original anymore, they took it to another level entirely.

The cover has always given me oppressing vibes even though it's just trees and people symbols, or maybe it's the colors that give off that feel?

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>>17051702

It always makes me think of some kind of artificial womb for some reason. I dunno about oppressive, though, more like an apocalyptic new step for mankind or something.

>>17051724
Yeah both of those are good descriptions actually, especially with tracks like Corsair-that's what makes it feel oppressive, like an intense heat wave

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>>17051784

Yeah, it's very warm, but also smothering and nauseating. Fuck I'm so in the mood to listen to it. Dawn Chorus especially. Corsair for me feels like the much needed breath of fresh air, the way it rises and never stops.

What I love about Tomorrow's Harvest is the little parallels it has with Geogaddi-- Both albums are a strange trip through shifting, twinkling, dark soundscapes, but while Geogaddi chooses to end things on a note of rising hope with Corsair, Tomorrow's Harvest does the exact opposite with the last track that shuts the doors left open by Come to Dust.

Man I've been on a bit of boc hiatus for the past few months, think it's time I revisited them.

>>17051539
>With love, /mu/
actually kill yourself

>>17046308
Funny how a song from the album that's reversed is better than everything else https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjKWpRYE9aA

>>17050554
"Reach for the Dead" is one of the most beautiful and spiritually fulfilling music videos I've seen. It's a representation of letting go of the physical world after death, and entering the afterlife.

>>17052019

I hadn't thought if that way before. I'm wondering what the three lights at the end signify.

What a trip, though.

>>17046476
>>17046506
>>17046518

>>17047965
>Coil

Are you guys for real?

Tomorrow's Harvest is an amazing album. Everything they've done is. Even if takes another 8 years for them to put out the next album, I'm sure it will be worth it.

Though I've never really gotten any evil vibes from them. A lot of melancholy and regret, but not evil.

>>17046308
Boards of canada has been one of my favorite bands for a while. When I used to get high they were my favorite band to listen and they definitely have a special section in my heart and record collection. I wouldn't say they are not evil or even occult in any way. I think they use the religious-like symbolism as a way to further the experience of their music and their art. Their have been some cultish claims about them such as their "hexagon sun" meetings and whatnot but if they hold power good for them and if they don't, we'll they're still good. You can't really gauge them without listening to their whole albums but if you want a good place to start

>LISTEN TO MAGIC WINDOW.
>BEST SONG OF THE MILLENNIUM.

>ps. Their music supposedly is able to ward off anything of ethereal qualities. Demons, angels, whatever but I don't believe in that stuff. I come to /x/ for spookiness and the occasional interesting occult topics.

I literally just started this album. Woah.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otvGoSmEDIQ

Pretty phenomenal. Didn't think that music had a new universal affect other than bass and quick melodic beats.

Went from outside perspective to inside, coated in a warm egg, stomach ary with nauseousness. Air absentee. Life long lost.

That's what I felt at least after listening to about 5 tracks.

http://www.whosampled.com/Boards-of-Canada/samples/
/thread

>>17046344
even if this is bait you still have shit taste.

>>17046308

Dumping links to some spoopy songs

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0p-1YibE_KQ

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r5hvHEBLNpI

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BXsWBMXorhM

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8_dXp0eF8s0

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>>17054322

>Ruth White

My nignog. Space Funeral fan by any chance?

>>17054390


I actually found her through related videos on YT a while back, found out about the game a little later but I've only read up on it. I love creepy/horror games but Im a dumbass casual with no PC/laptop of my own, but once I save up to get my own gaming PC, I'm definitely gonna get it.

Any other games I should look out for?

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>>17054443

It's a free RPG maker game that really sticks with you, pretty much the precursor to Undertale (which I'd recommend) or OFF (also recommended).

If you like point/click things, I'd suggest Fran Bow, either of the Amnesia games, the first Dead Space is fantastic IMHO... I Have No Mouth and i Must Scream, another classic-- bit harder to get your hands on though.

Bloodborne, which is a ps4 exclusive I think, has some really creatively disgusting monster designs... One of which is named after tonsil stones. It's mank.

I'll try to think of more. But Space Funeral is definitely worth it, you can play it in a day easy and it takes up very little space, go for it on your current laptop if you feel like it. It's my favourite out of the ones I suggested.

http://rpgmaker.net/games/2430/ Here you go Anon, hope you enjoy. Plenty more Ruth White and BBC radiophonic workshop to be found there too.

>>17054443

Thanks for that Scott Walker track btw. Let me share some spoopy tracks of my own so I'm not derailing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0F3iJlnvfg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5KWqNE8Qdg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbfxNoYxMhI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyJwmaykObA

>>17047965
>coil
Ooooh I'm gay: the band

>>17054452
>>17054459

Thanks anon!

I got Dead Space and F.E.A.R recently but have been busy as fuck to put some real time into them. I'll go with Dead Space first because I love the concept. And thanks for the tracks!

>>17051539
>/mu/ actually believes they arent just a bunch of snobby hipster trash

BoC makes me want to go outside and stargaze

>>17054840
/mu/tant here

/mu/ may be snobby, but they are far from hipster. We never talk about actual underground artists, just fucking entry level stuff that anyone who collects knows about.

We are also horrible fucking memelords.