Tue May 12, 2020 3:52 pm
Echelon wrote:Josh wrote:I haven't posted any ridiculous, completely unfounded speculation in awhile, so here goes.
The next BoC album after TH wasn't going to be a BoC album. It was going to be a David Bowie album produced by BoC. When Bowie sadly passed, the all the planning and prep work the brothers had been doing came to an abrupt halt. See their twitter tribute to Bowie, "there are no words". They have only recently begun to work on new material after spending a long time figuring out what they want to do next.
How's that?
You know what adds slight credence to this awesome theory? MDG stopped being a presence on here after 2015. Right after Bowie died.
But on the other hand, does that mean they were going to produce Blackstar or was this a different album? Bowie did mention he was listening to Boards of Canada around the time he died.
Edit: Last MDG post was Fri Dec 04, 2015 and Bowie died in January so man, that's all too coincidental!
Tue May 12, 2020 4:14 pm
Nottoolate wrote:Echelon wrote:Josh wrote:I haven't posted any ridiculous, completely unfounded speculation in awhile, so here goes.
The next BoC album after TH wasn't going to be a BoC album. It was going to be a David Bowie album produced by BoC. When Bowie sadly passed, the all the planning and prep work the brothers had been doing came to an abrupt halt. See their twitter tribute to Bowie, "there are no words". They have only recently begun to work on new material after spending a long time figuring out what they want to do next.
How's that?
You know what adds slight credence to this awesome theory? MDG stopped being a presence on here after 2015. Right after Bowie died.
But on the other hand, does that mean they were going to produce Blackstar or was this a different album? Bowie did mention he was listening to Boards of Canada around the time he died.
Edit: Last MDG post was Fri Dec 04, 2015 and Bowie died in January so man, that's all too coincidental!
If I'm not mistaken Bowie was turned onto BOC by Donny McCaslin, noted BOC fan and part of the recording band for Blackstar. He covered Alpha and Omega in 2012:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRcYRLoZCpg
Bowie said in an interview that a track on Blackstar was inspired by Alpha and Omega, but by release it was renamed to something different and potentially went through some changes. Not sure what the reasoning behind this move was, but it definitely adds to this wild theory lol
Wed May 13, 2020 4:26 pm
Thu May 14, 2020 2:20 pm
Thu May 14, 2020 3:12 pm
Roswell wrote:Probably nothing major, but BoC didn’t even like or retweet it, which makes me think that maybe we should be looking into the tweets/likes of the brothers and the numerology behind them. They’ve used this to tease dates before, it really wouldn’t shock me if they did it again.
Thu May 14, 2020 3:29 pm
sixtyniner wrote:When did they use social media to tease dates? As far as I can remember, they only used Youtube to add an annotation "ONE GOT FAT" to their Julie and Candy upload so it could lead us to a comment on the EYDIAB video as part of the TH ARG
sixtyniner wrote:Also honestly there are so many people ignoring that they pretty much despise social media and it's most likely that it's a Warp employee or a friend in Hexagon Sun doing all this liking tweets and tweeting out promotional stuff, not really the kind of thing which they would have to do themselves when it's so common for record labels to manage that kind of stuff on social media
Thu May 14, 2020 4:10 pm
Thu May 14, 2020 5:20 pm
Thu May 14, 2020 7:28 pm
Thu May 14, 2020 8:54 pm
dp wrote:^I think that around the time of SXT, he changed his screen name to Opoth. I always enjoyed reading his numerology posts. Even if they were a little far-fetched and hard to follow, I still always secretly hoped he would be right. I guess he gave up believing that he might be on to something. Easy to give up hope when you love a band who doesn't care about their fan base at all.
dp wrote:Easy to give up hope when you love a band who doesn't care about their fan base at all
Fri May 15, 2020 9:36 am
Fri May 15, 2020 9:37 am
Fri May 15, 2020 9:39 am
koroviev wrote:Would you rather have them singing 'Imagine' with a bunch of celebrities? .
Fri May 15, 2020 1:02 pm
dp wrote:Easy to give up hope when you love a band who doesn't care about their fan base at all.
Fri May 15, 2020 1:28 pm
Valotonin wrote:Anyway, I like what was stated above by Echelon, there is no way that BOC aren't aware of the numerology in tweets theories so it would be nice if they could incorporate that into something in future; as long as there was a point where they said "this (EP/Album?) marks the end of any numerical significance to tweets" so that people weren't digging for eternity into something which has no meaning afterwards.
Fri May 15, 2020 2:12 pm
Fri May 15, 2020 2:20 pm
boredsofcanada wrote:dp wrote:Easy to give up hope when you love a band who doesn't care about their fan base at all.
Yeah, it's almost like they didn't spoonfed their fan base with 60 new artists that influenced them so they could stop their rabid fanboyism
Fri May 15, 2020 3:12 pm
Ottomatik wrote:Valotonin wrote:Anyway, I like what was stated above by Echelon, there is no way that BOC aren't aware of the numerology in tweets theories so it would be nice if they could incorporate that into something in future; as long as there was a point where they said "this (EP/Album?) marks the end of any numerical significance to tweets" so that people weren't digging for eternity into something which has no meaning afterwards.
I don't think they're managing their social networks accounts themselves. Remember what they've already said, "the internet is evil".
There might actually be a play with the numerology of their tweets, but to me it is more likely coming from Warp instead. If I recall correctly, the brothers said they didn't elaborate the whole ARG for TH, Warp did. The label knows that us fans love all this mystery stuff and it makes an excellent marketing strategy when you need to promote an album release. I don't think the brothers are actually pulling strings on this and can't be blamed for it.
Fri May 15, 2020 3:26 pm
sixtyniner wrote:boredsofcanada wrote:dp wrote:Easy to give up hope when you love a band who doesn't care about their fan base at all.
Yeah, it's almost like they didn't spoonfed their fan base with 60 new artists that influenced them so they could stop their rabid fanboyism
I sincerely disagree with dp's idea that they don't care about their fanbase, and obviously the mixtape was a tribute to their influences and tastes, but saying it was made just to get their rabid fans of their backs is kind of ignoring that the mixtape actually emboldened the rabid fans love for the band because of how well and tastefully it was presented and mixed.
Fri May 15, 2020 4:11 pm
The Spaniard wrote:To today's standards (or even 2010's standards), BoC doesn't care about the fanbase or rather, BoC doesn't communicate well with the fanbase or they don't communicate whatsoever with the fanbase. They prefer not to follow today's standard of communication with the fanbase. I don't think there is any question regarding that. They probably care about us keep liking their music enough to buy the next album and continue the "BoC cult".
The question really is: Should they do it? Well... We keep buying their albums and idolizing them, so why should they worry? They are great musicians, and they probably want their muic to speak for itself.
I think that the tape came out because of Warp, not because of us. If it came out because of us, they would have come out with THE ALBUM instead of the tape, which is what we all wanted.
in any case, and as i have said somewhere else in this forum, they are not a music band really, but two brothers with normal lives. They probably don't depend on the music business much and prefer to stay away from it. Good for them (but bad for us).
How different would your music really be if you were creating it from the belly of some urban, metropolitan area? Is isolation always good for the creative process?
Marcus: We don't hate the city, just the homogenized culture you get in urban areas. I think for musicians, being isolated away from certain scenes can keep you focused doing your own thing.
Why is it so much better to live in the country rather than the city?
Mike: I don't think it's easy to be truly independent as an artist at the same time as being part of an urban community. I'm not saying it's impossible, but it just doesn't suit us. Besides, when I'm faced with the choice of hanging out with my friends round a bonfire where we live, or being squashed in a London tube with some suit's elbow in my face, it's an easy choice to make.
Call it folk, nostalgia, pagan - it all comes down to the rustic/rural settings of your music, doesn't it? The music being dreamt up and worked out In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country, the land we inherited from our ancestors and haven't yet ruined completely. Being isolated from The City, Modern Life and the delusion of Ongoing Progress. How does that show in your music, you think?
Marcus: We're very much anti-globalization. One think that disturbs me is a trend today for technology to be created and used just for it's own sake. I recently heard a politician in the UK saying that population decline was a terrible thing and that if we don't build more houses then quality of life and the economy would suffer. It's such a naive and ignorant approach to the world. Where exactly do they stop? Once there is no land left, just industrial estates and housing? I think it's the saddest thing in the world that we have all the space and resources to give everyone a decent life, but it doesn't happen. George Bush is right in that there is an "axis of evil", but it lies at the door of big business and government. We try to support the idea of a less urbanized lifestyle in our music, but I don't want to preach to anyone.