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Mozart wrote:Yep! Still riding that hype train myself. It's been a great gift to us fans and I feel like has brought us all a little closer together. The day we all heard it for the first time was a magical experience communicating with you guys, seeing your thoughts on each and every moment, and making jokes along the way. I still crack up when Shreeman Narayana started and someone commented "this is def Marcus singing" hahaha. I will always flash back to the summer of 2019 when listening to the mixtape many years from now. I think I have listened to it every day since, which I'm not sure if that makes me weirdly fanatical or just a stellar enthusiast of the bandI was playing it in the car earlier today with the windows down and at a stoplight someone said Devo!! LOL.
As I was saying on the other thread, if we were to conclude from what Autechre said about having short notice for the radio show, and assumed a similar situation with BoC, then it really is a remarkable feat of strength that they put together a near perfect mixtape (really my only complaint is that I feel like in such a short amount of time. That begs the question that if they had short notice for that, then the next release will certainly be something incredible, given the amount of time they have had to work on it!
Echelon wrote:I think my favorite modification is on the Doxa track where it actually ends with "Give it a bit longer," something the original track doesn't do. If that's not a message to the fanbase, I don't know what is.
sixtyniner wrote:Echelon wrote:I think my favorite modification is on the Doxa track where it actually ends with "Give it a bit longer," something the original track doesn't do. If that's not a message to the fanbase, I don't know what is.
This is not a modification. It is completely commonplace in mixtapes to play tracks significantly shorter than the full tracks length, just as they do this whole tape. Don't think there's a message here.
SamuraiDrifter wrote:Choosing to cut off a track early absolutely is a modification, albeit a relatively innocuous one.
SamuraiDrifter wrote:That said, we're talking about a group that is well known to communicate via subliminal messages and hidden codes. I don't think it's out of the question to think there was some thought put into where the vocal samples of the chosen tracks would fall in the mix.
Geogandhi wrote:Personally I think it's a bit rude to be giving BoC as much credit as some of you are. Attributing this alongside their output and saying it's better than tomorrow's harvest should be testament to all the artists they included. Of course, BoC curated it very tastefully and it's a great window into their tastes but lets not get all weird about it.
Echelon wrote:I do enjoy it a bit more than Tomorrow's Harvest though. Personally I think TH is their weakest album (though I still enjoy the hell out of it) and there are just some better compositions on Societas X Tape. Compared to anything else in their catalog though, they wipe the floor with Societas X Tape, no contest.
Geogandhi wrote:Echelon wrote:I do enjoy it a bit more than Tomorrow's Harvest though. Personally I think TH is their weakest album (though I still enjoy the hell out of it) and there are just some better compositions on Societas X Tape. Compared to anything else in their catalog though, they wipe the floor with Societas X Tape, no contest.
TH is my least favourite too but the way you say "there are better compositions in the soctape" is giving credit to BoC for them when the compositions should not even be compared, they are not BoC's.
Compare TH with other BoC albums sure, but give credit to the artists they curated with the better compositions in that compilation if you want to give them credit. It's not illegal on here to say you like another artists track over some of BoCs tracks.
sixtyniner wrote:I get that. But it seems like a really thin lead. It'd make sense to me if it was a genuine modification such as adding samples but it really isn't. Making something out of the Minute Maid interlude which was actually intentional makes more sense to me, and even then that's silly to be honest when it's just their sense of humour like in a Few Old Tunes. The whole thing is just a bit of fun, a mix of inspirations, tracks they love and some very Boards interludes inbetween. I don't think there's a Geogaddi or Tomorrow's Harvest level of subliminal messages in it.
Echelon wrote:Geogandhi wrote:Personally I think it's a bit rude to be giving BoC as much credit as some of you are. Attributing this alongside their output and saying it's better than tomorrow's harvest should be testament to all the artists they included. Of course, BoC curated it very tastefully and it's a great window into their tastes but lets not get all weird about it.
I do enjoy it a bit more than Tomorrow's Harvest though. Personally I think TH is their weakest album (though I still enjoy the hell out of it) and there are just some better compositions on Societas X Tape. Compared to anything else in their catalog though, they wipe the floor with Societas X Tape, no contest.
I'm not attributing it to their catalog as much as considering it a chapter for them. Which I really only am because they've mostly been silent for 6 years with little to no hints on where they're going next or if they're are doing anything at all. It's more just me being hopeful and hyped than any cultist mentality towards BOC.
I just tend to paint with broad strokes when I write, so I understand why you would think what you think about what I wrote.
Sherbet Head wrote:I think 2020 is the year we receive something substantial from BoC.
Sherbet Head wrote:I think 2020 is the year we receive something substantial from BoC.
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