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Yeah, any BoC release would definitely be welcome right now.

paradiseb wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIZ8tiQv38I
amks.live track is by Plateau

well damn. at least i have another artist to look out for i guess

I really dont like discovering artists through the act of dissapointment, it's okay if you do, but personally I'm not that much of a fan.

There was no disappintment in that situation though, there was never a chance it could have even been BoC related and the artist hadn't put themselves in the situation themselves. A little bit off for BigJimmy to have gotten that artist involved just for their troll game. By your logic, Bigjimmy has harmed that artists reputation and lost listeners because of it.
Always troll with your own shit! ha. Never take credit for others work.

I am impartial to the future release being either a new album or a boxset. But here's my theory on why it might be a boxset.

Basically, the 4 main albums are chapters in BOC's life and each tells us what the brother's were thinking over the years.

After their happy days of experimenting with acid back in the day (their earliest EP is called Acid Memories for a good reason) BOC quickly realized the "irreversible vector" we were traveling on as a species and it quickly showed in the music. First there was Music, which explored the scary reality that childhood isn't always as sweet as we think it is but there are still genuine moments of bliss and happiness (ROYGBIV, Aquarius, Open The Light) Then with Geogaddi they faced the dark issues going on in the world for the first time, but it still had a warm, nostalgic, acid-y feel in places. Afterwards, there was Headphase where rather than face the ever darkening world, they created a place of refuge for their fans even if the ending to TCH was still inevitably sad. Lastly, with Harvest, they are finally coming right out and telling us that society is quickly coming unglued and they are weeping for it.


It took me a long time to realize this, but BOC's albums and their trajectory are perfect. They are an honest glimpse of society from people who have always preferred being on the outside of it. It is why I could understand Tomorrow's Harvest being their final statement and then going on to making archival works to support their kids. What more do they have to tell us about society and their feelings in album form? Now, we may finally get a glimpse behind the curtain and see the underside of their career, aka what they were working on between and during albums that never made it to the classic 4.

I'm following your train on thought on that Ech, but after it's been mentioned a few times, I desperately want a BoC space-themed album. Maybe that's still captured in a box set of old stuff (PAST INSIDE THE PRESENT) - but, I need that kind of awesomeness in my life right now. It could still fit as a terraforming effort after our dying planet is abandoned after the events of Tomorrow's Harvest...

Are there any more straws available? I think I've grasped them all...

drixlin wrote:I'm following your train on thought on that Ech, but after it's been mentioned a few times, I desperately want a BoC space-themed album. Maybe that's still captured in a box set of old stuff (PAST INSIDE THE PRESENT) - but, I need that kind of awesomeness in my life right now. It could still fit as a terraforming effort after our dying planet is abandoned after the events of Tomorrow's Harvest...

Are there any more straws available? I think I've grasped them all...

Honestly, I like the idea of a space album too, and I'm behind either that or the boxset. I have a feeling it would be a wonderful flight of fantasy for them since finding a place where the human race can start anew would both be great and scary at the same time. There is so much to think about there.

Also I still really like the Bowie theory (the Pioneer's Plaque being in the Dark Star album art is another hint at it) and how it ties into the outer space concept since Space Oddity is one of the greatest outer space songs of all time. (That mellotron in it reminds me a lot of BOC.) I really get the impression if it's an outer space album it might be reworked from some collabs they did with Bowie into a full blown BOC album.

Boards of Stardust, David Canada

"Planet earth is blue and there's nothing I can do."

I think an astronaut refusing to come back down to Earth fits very much in with the BOC perspective on life and perhaps their thoughts on space itself. It's the final frontier and maybe one day, the final escape from a ravaged world.

If we're going with space metaphors, another good one is a transmission being delayed by 7 years

Echelon wrote:I am impartial to the future release being either a new album or a boxset. But here's my theory on why it might be a boxset.

Basically, the 4 main albums are chapters in BOC's life and each tells us what the brother's were thinking over the years.

After their happy days of experimenting with acid back in the day (their earliest EP is called Acid Memories for a good reason) BOC quickly realized the "irreversible vector" we were traveling on as a species and it quickly showed in the music. First there was Music, which explored the scary reality that childhood isn't always as sweet as we think it is but there are still genuine moments of bliss and happiness (ROYGBIV, Aquarius, Open The Light) Then with Geogaddi they faced the dark issues going on in the world for the first time, but it still had a warm, nostalgic, acid-y feel in places. Afterwards, there was Headphase where rather than face the ever darkening world, they created a place of refuge for their fans even if the ending to TCH was still inevitably sad. Lastly, with Harvest, they are finally coming right out and telling us that society is quickly coming unglued and they are weeping for it.


It took me a long time to realize this, but BOC's albums and their trajectory are perfect. They are an honest glimpse of society from people who have always preferred being on the outside of it. It is why I could understand Tomorrow's Harvest being their final statement and then going on to making archival works to support their kids. What more do they have to tell us about society and their feelings in album form? Now, we may finally get a glimpse behind the curtain and see the underside of their career, aka what they were working on between and during albums that never made it to the classic 4.

I like the theory you have on their album/artist evolution. It seems as though they are growing with humankind, a nostalgic but truthful outlook of humanity, from the greatest times to the darkest times, an acknowledgment of the human experience within reality of sorts; the highest highs, the lowest lows, the warmest nights, and the coldest days.

I think that they love making music too much to just stop releasing new stuff. (If I'm being completely honest, I still think Red Moon nights still happen) I can definitely see them releasing some intermittent/older stuff and taking a break only to return in a decade with brand new material. That's why I honestly think it's both. Give us a little old with a little new. They won't be released simultaneously, but I think there will be some sort of ultimate re-release of all their EP's, and LP's from Hi-Scores to TH, there will be a BoC Set of stuff from Old Tunes, R35TT, Acid Memories, etc. and then finally there will be a new album. Possibly space themed to show the direction both they and society are headed, in a warm and hopeful antithesis to the cold and desolate TH.

I'd wager there are going to be 6 major studio albums released by the time the boys put up their hats for good. The Final Album being called something in relation to Hexagon Sun (if not just Hexagon Sun). It just seems like they've been setting everything up since the very beginning. The timeline may be under their influence for sure, but I don't think BoC is finished with us quite yet and I think we are just beginning to realize how awesome their final few releases will be.

I just want to say a simple thing about Warp's release schedule. With Squarepusher earlier this year, they gave him a month (January) to hype his release but then released stuff by Jockstrap and Darkstar nearly afterwards (Early Feb). I feel this will be similar with Autechre who are getting a month and a half of hype for their new release.

I'm not going to pretend I know Warp's release schedule or that I can predict what they'll do, but from what I've seen, even the big names still don't get more than two months devoted to a single release. I agree with everyone who says a December/January release for a BOC album. (With maybe an announcement in November around the time of ABPOUTC's anniversary.) I don't think they've ever done one around that time and it would be a lovely holiday gift.

Also happycycling, that is the best course of action and the one I hope we get in this decade. I don't mind a long time between new releases if we can get some archival stuff in the meantime. I hope one day we can have archival releases like when Warp rereleased Twoism.

With new OPN coming... see you next year.

Moz wrote:With new OPN coming... see you next year.

When the Autechre album was announced after Geoghandi's prank and all the false hype, I threw my arms up and said the same exact thing.

Then the infamous banner showed up a few days later! All I'm saying is we might get thrown a curve ball in the coming months. I think it's interesting OPN's new album wasn't slated to be released in the month of ABPOITC's anniversary. Not saying it's deliberate, but with a company as secretive as Warp, you never know what could happen.

BOC twitter liked three recent tweets last night! Brings their total likes to 292.

And anyone saying a new OPN album is a bad sign is being just trying to be pessimistic. Almost all Warp major artists have announced a release this year. I think part of warp 30 is a year-long release party of new albums. The fact they stacked Autechre and OPN in the same month makes it clear they aren’t devoting tons of time to roll-outs.

It’s all in motion

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@boctransmission liking this tweet is god-tier trolling.

writetomhatcher wrote:BOC twitter liked three recent tweets last night! Brings their total likes to 292.

And anyone saying a new OPN album is a bad sign is being just trying to be pessimistic. Almost all Warp major artists have announced a release this year. I think part of warp 30 is a year-long release party of new albums. The fact they stacked Autechre and OPN in the same month makes it clear they aren’t devoting tons of time to roll-outs.

I think this is a correct take. Everything is pointing to a release. If not, they are being cruel.

A less humble band I could kind of see that being a cruel joke. Maybe I'm reaching, but BoC have always seemed humble to a fault. You could look at that like "maybe there is more out there, go look for it and enjoy what you find even though it's not got our name on it" kinda thing, like with Societas X, which kind of felt a bit like that.

Davism wrote:

writetomhatcher wrote:BOC twitter liked three recent tweets last night! Brings their total likes to 292.

And anyone saying a new OPN album is a bad sign is being just trying to be pessimistic. Almost all Warp major artists have announced a release this year. I think part of warp 30 is a year-long release party of new albums. The fact they stacked Autechre and OPN in the same month makes it clear they aren’t devoting tons of time to roll-outs.

I think this is a correct take. Everything is pointing to a release. If not, they are being cruel.

Agree. OPN realease feels more closer to BOC, than any release Autechre in recent years. But this is more just wishfull thinking. Until there's an official announcment, everything is just a speculation.