GENERAL NEW RELEASE SPECULATION TOPIC PART II

[vinir4mos]

Guys, this is huge!

I've been a fan since 2006. The first record I listened to was The Campfire Headphase, and I was blown away. That was beyond everything I had ever listened to. I became a member of this forum in 2022. I didn't take part in the ARG back in 2013; I was focusing on something else in my life during that time. I rarely post here, but I check it every day. All I want to say is I'm glad to be part of this, with all of you. Props to Fredd-E for keeping the hope and positivity alive! It must not be an easy task, even more so with all the negativity that I've witnessed. Thank you, Fredd.

Here we go! And I hope all of us can enjoy this moment! especially now, with everything that has been happening in the world.

Cheers from Brazil.

So now there's two of us here! Cheers from Brazil!

BOA!!! só 2? hehehehe

[vinir4mos]

Looks like we have a lead on the source of the audio:

https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/s/E58b5yun9R

That ending. The theory of the VHS tapes being a golden ticket to a Geogaddi style like listening party. Fuck! Nice theory. But what stops one person for letting everyone else know where its taking place? Everyone keep their lips shut! Maybe your tape is the ticket already?

THIS:

"In every new issue of the monthly magazine for seekers everywhere, devotees arrive with exclusive supersonic flexi-disks bearing voices and music that strike the heart. Subscribe now, every month find a record with devotion with a hexagonal sound disc. Discover the new issue: six-sided flexible carrying high-fidelity recordings from the MBI Institute. Hear the patterns, follow the shapes. This marks the first low of a strange dessert, reflections and source of life. Now with your first issue, you'll receive the exclusive flexi-hexidisc, a hexagon of sound. Six voices and music to guide your path. Subscribe today, discover the New Month's journey. Each issue brings insight into devotion and a unique exodus of voices and music to guide your path. The guide is the light that calls them, music and spoken words to make way clear. The first issue is free. From the first line to the last word, the message is clear. It's monthly devotion, revelation, and the exclusive hexasong from the desk. All for only 2.95, call now."

https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada ... utm_term=1

[HerbTurkey]

Looks like we have a lead on the source of the audio:

https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/s/E58b5yun9R

That ending. The theory of the VHS tapes being a golden ticket to a Geogaddi style like listening party. Fuck! Nice theory. But what stops one person for letting everyone else know where its taking place? Everyone keep their lips shut! Maybe your tape is the ticket already?

THIS:

"In every new issue of the monthly magazine for seekers everywhere, devotees arrive with exclusive supersonic flexi-disks bearing voices and music that strike the heart. Subscribe now, every month find a record with devotion with a hexagonal sound disc. Discover the new issue: six-sided flexible carrying high-fidelity recordings from the MBI Institute. Hear the patterns, follow the shapes. This marks the first low of a strange dessert, reflections and source of life. Now with your first issue, you'll receive the exclusive flexi-hexidisc, a hexagon of sound. Six voices and music to guide your path. Subscribe today, discover the New Month's journey. Each issue brings insight into devotion and a unique exodus of voices and music to guide your path. The guide is the light that calls them, music and spoken words to make way clear. The first issue is free. From the first line to the last word, the message is clear. It's monthly devotion, revelation, and the exclusive hexasong from the desk. All for only 2.95, call now."

https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada ... utm_term=1

this is seriously impressive and sounds so cool.

[2020k]

Has anyone looked INSIDE their VHS yet? Like, got a screwdriver...

If the owner values the tape as a collectors item, they should not do this.

???

As a 90s kid who took things apart for fun...It's five screws. Unscrew it, take a little peekie peek, screw them back down if there's not, like, a Willy Wonka ticket or something.

[llydia]

Has anyone looked INSIDE their VHS yet? Like, got a screwdriver...

If the owner values the tape as a collectors item, they should not do this.

???

As a 90s kid who took things apart for fun...It's five screws. Unscrew it, take a little peekie peek, screw them back down if there's not, like, a Willy Wonka ticket or something.

Fair play! Yeah that's what I was wondering. I've just never done it because I was scared of damaging the tape. But if its not as fiddly as you make out, why not?

[Idiot747]

Someone from the subreddit managed to get a code out of the end segment of the tape

https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada ... /?sort=new

Don't exactly know what it means but I thought I should bring it up

[Logos19]

Long time lurker here. I've been following this thread for a while.
I am so so so incredibly happy. Words cannot describe.
I have been waiting for this moment for years.

[hexagonFox]

Hey I don't know if anyone has said it
But I think I figured it out


These are the tapes

The Societas X Tapes

[zeoevil]

That sounds like Morse Code to me.

[2020k]

That sounds like Morse Code to me.

nobody home... /// -. --- -... --- -.. -.-- / .... --- -- . .-.-.- .-.-.- .-.-.-

???

[zeoevil]

That sounds like Morse Code to me.

nobody home... /// -. --- -... --- -.. -.-- / .... --- -- . .-.-.- .-.-.- .-.-.-

???

I know people hate artificial intelligence. Let's put that to the side for a minute. Both ChatGPT and Gemini say there is morse code in the files.

Gemini says 699742 and 815379. Both are number from the Cosecha ARG.

Context
These strings are two of the six hidden codes released during the 2013 Tomorrow’s Harvest ARG (Alternate Reality Game). When all six segments were gathered and entered into the band's website, they unlocked the album's lead single.

699742 was originally discovered in a cryptic video titled "Cosecha Transmisión".

815379 was first found on an extremely rare 12-inch vinyl record distributed to select record stores on Record Store Day.

ChatGPT says, "I checked both WAV files. They both contain a strong narrow tone around 688 Hz with some amplitude changes, but I do not see a clean on/off pattern that cleanly matches standard Morse timing."

Take that as you will.

[zeoevil]

That sounds like Morse Code to me.

nobody home... /// -. --- -... --- -.. -.-- / .... --- -- . .-.-.- .-.-.- .-.-.-

???

Reference my post in the Redditt thread you are in.

[Secone]

Another one posted on the Facebook group an hour ago... getting harder and harder to keep track.

That sounds like Morse Code to me.

nobody home... /// -. --- -... --- -.. -.-- / .... --- -- . .-.-.- .-.-.- .-.-.-

???

I know people hate artificial intelligence. Let's put that to the side for a minute. Both ChatGPT and Gemini say there is morse code in the files.

Gemini says 699742 and 815379. Both are number from the Cosecha ARG.

Context
These strings are two of the six hidden codes released during the 2013 Tomorrow’s Harvest ARG (Alternate Reality Game). When all six segments were gathered and entered into the band's website, they unlocked the album's lead single.

699742 was originally discovered in a cryptic video titled "Cosecha Transmisión".

815379 was first found on an extremely rare 12-inch vinyl record distributed to select record stores on Record Store Day.

ChatGPT says, "I checked both WAV files. They both contain a strong narrow tone around 688 Hz with some amplitude changes, but I do not see a clean on/off pattern that cleanly matches standard Morse timing."

Take that as you will.

Keep in mind please that AI uses and is biased towards existing information... AI's model was fed that information about numbers we found during the TH events, it knows you want numbers in relation to Boards of Canada, so the odds of it spitting out numbers that have some prior association to BoC is very very high.

[2020k]

Funny because I uploaded the files and they told me there was not Morse code because I said I was skeptical that it was Morse code.

Take that as you will. Agree with the post above me.

I will wait until someone versed in these types of bleep bloop code gets back to us.

[raybshot]

I wonder if all of this is directly related to a new release or if it's more promotional to generate attention / stir the pot to start gearing up for that possibility-- considering its been 5 years or so since Societas X Tapes was broadcasted and we're seeing the revival of track snippets from there.

[raybshot]

Funny because I uploaded the files and they told me there was not Morse code because I said I was skeptical that it was Morse code.

Take that as you will. Agree with the post above me.

I will wait until someone versed in these types of bleep bloop code gets back to us.

Take a look at the reddit post here if you haven't had the chance:

https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada ... vhs_audio/

There definitely seems to be something (at least with the Dandelion tape) at work; unsure of what will come of it, though. Much to look forward to!

[llydia]

Hey I don't know if anyone has said it
But I think I figured it out


These are the tapes

The Societas X Tapes

Oh my god. You are right. You are so right.

[hexagon]

It’s genuinely great to see the forum come back to life again. The energy, the theories, the deep dives, it feels like something’s been reawakened. TH vibes get me all over again!

Also a warm welcome to all the new members joining us, you’ve picked a pretty special (and slightly surreal) moment to jump in.

And let’s be honest… after all these years of waiting, there’s a decent chance a few extra pairs of glasses and hearing aids have been sold along the way. We’re not getting any younger, but apparently neither is the mystery.

A quiet nod as well to those who kept the hope alive and continued to put that positive energy out here and maybe a renewed sense of possibility for those who had already made peace with the idea that we’d heard the final chapter.


And a special mention to Fredd-E, for the passion, the persistence and for sticking his neck out time and time again to keep people informed, even when it wasn’t always met with kindness. I know it hasn’t always been easy, and it hasn’t always left him unaffected.

And honestly… credit where it’s due. The level of thought, care, and attention that goes into whatever this is.. these strange, shared moments they create... it’s kind of incredible. Not just music, but something that lingers, connects, and leaves an imprint.

I wonder how many lucky bastards around the world will be treated with this amazing gift



Hopefully we can soon close this topic

Totally agreed!

Hey I don't know if anyone has said it
But I think I figured it out


These are the tapes

The Societas X Tapes

Love this idea, I think that would be really neat.

[Compound Candy]

Hey I don't know if anyone has said it
But I think I figured it out


These are the tapes

The Societas X Tapes

This! But what if the seven white hexagons on the tapes represent the infamous Box Set?

7 early and non officially released albums:
Catalog 3
Acid Memories
Closes Vol.1
Play By Numbers
Hooper Bay
Old Tunes 1 & 2

That said, a long time ago there was a discussion about this box set coming along with new material such as LP5.
This would become the "bible" as mentioned in the VHS for the Societas X (BoC followers).
Just speculating...hope is on!

[egbdf]

Where's that guy Opothecary? I figured this'd bring him back