Gives an interesting backstory to Krug's involvement with BoC.
We love Boards of Canada, how did that collaboration come about? How did the result feel to you in hindsight?
I’m a huge fan of Boards of Canada, and have been since I was 18 years old. Their music has always played a formless abstract movie through my mind that never gets old. What they do musically is incomparable, and my collaboration with them is one of the highlights of my career thus far. A true geek dream come true. One of the Warp people contacted me in the spring of 2013, saying she needed to meet in-person to discuss something private concerning a forthcoming project they had been working on. I literally had no idea what was coming until we sat down and she uttered the words “Boards”. It was the feeling of victory that one probably feels when they’ve just won the lottery. I went home with excitement beyond words, only to be crippled by fear a few days later. If you’re a fan of BOC, then you’re aware of the huge undertaking and critical mass that is their fanbase to make something brilliant that truly works with the music. I hired my favorite cinematographer David Myrick to come on board to shoot the piece, and what transpired was a series of trips to the most destroyed bits of California we could gain access to. Several long stays in telecine warping the color grade, and many late nights 3D animating sequences to intercut between the 16mm.
The first piece to come out of these shoots was the “Cosecha Signal One” pirate TV clip that premiered on Adult Swim at midnight. I sat in my living room in amazement watching our horrific dystopian 16mm film clip with this killer BOC interlude playing over the top – an experience to remember. A few weeks later “Reach for the Dead” premiered at the Shibuya crossing in Tokyo, again at midnight.
I’m really proud of those pieces because they satisfy my director sensibilities as well as my fan desires. Mike and Marcus from the band (Boards of Canada) also expressed happiness with the end result which was the best compliment to receive. One day I’d love for them to soundtrack a feature film of mine….gotta dream big.
