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[steeldancer-x]

I don't like to get peeved publicly so I'll try to say this as nicely as I can.
When there is positivity around, it often goes unheard, ignored, or even neglected.
However, the second something negative pops up, people flock faster than bees to honey.
So let me ask this, how is this gonna turn around? What's making you take the 'good' for granted? It feels so backwards sometimes it's frustrating and makes me wonder what is even desired anymore.
You want more kindness? Be the kindness, instead of being a victim to habit and bystander effect.

[babylulu]

feel like things are a bit dramatic and histrionic on here considering PIC just posted an unreleased BoC song like 2 months ago

[pepsichallenged]

Seems as fitting a time as any:

[WATER_CAN-_-]

MDG is legit connected to the band and has proved this several times over the years.

But I'm going to point out what i've never seen anyone else say regarding his rare comments over the many years (e.g. bocset coming, new album coming) - I am sure they were genuinely true statements, to his probably limited knowledge. But they were only true at the time. Things change. People get older, have kids, get ill, move away, have to care for elderly parents, decide to do something else.

The sentiment of this I think is very fair.

However, I can't help but take issue with "more a hobby" to sort of diminish it like that. Boards of Canada are musicians/artists in the truest of sense clearly.

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[niknak]

The sentiment of this I think is very fair.

However, I can't help but take issue with "more a hobby" to sort of diminish it like that. Boards of Canada are musicians/artists in the truest of sense clearly.

Thanks. I don't mean it to sound diminishing. Many artists of all kinds produce valuable, world class work as a hobby or pastime or sideline. I don't know what other term to use given they have produced (well at least released) less than 3h of new music over the last twenty years. My point was it was clearly not their main source of income, or even main activity. I highly doubt they have been working 40h a week for the past 12 years on making music.

(If they have and have still not produced something they consider releasable I would consider that a borderline mental disorder...)

[Fredd-E]

My point was it was clearly not their main source of income, or even main activity. I highly doubt they have been working 40h a week for the past 12 years on making music.

Michael:
“We’re still proud of Geogaddi, but let’s get things straight: it was a record for the fans – guys of whom we knew they would have the patience to listen to it attentively anyway, and who would make it a sport to pick out the obscure winks to politics and Satanism. Campfire is more of a warning directed to the fans: you better watch out, the next record could perhaps differ even more radically from our earlier work. Boards of Canada is a unique project that got a bit out of hand. We wanted to make only one record on which we would pour the dreams of our youth in sounds, but right now we are at album number four already and the end is still not in sight (laugh). But we did once and for all away with a few of our tics: those deformed, eerie voices, those complex and repetitive song structures, and so on. We wanted full-fledged songs, complete with intros, hinges, refrains and bridges. A bit like a rock band, actually. Campfire, my dear, is officially our first pop record.”

https://bocpages.org/wiki/Cross_Out_the_Inappropriate

The man basically said it himself. "Boards of Canada" is (probably) just one of their (many?) projects. And their time allocation is most likely different than what we think it is. This easily explains the long waiting times and the lack of many more released songs. I don't want to say it's only this, I guess their perfectionism is also part of it all, but it's good to take all this into account.

In the meanwhile, I keep on waiting patiently.

[Alvin]

As a form of advanced speculation, I will attempt the difficult task of reviewing Boards of Canada’s 5th full length album ‘Decadesense’ track by track, before it is announced and before any details are known.

1. Chlorine Smile – The album opens with a hint of an acid bass line swimming freestyle amongst slightly eye-stinging synths. Slowly it all fades out like a summer memory.

2. The Missing Reel – Raw beats emerge that skip and repeat, never quite landing where they should. Given there are none of their signature melodies, this piece is likely to be divisive amongst the fan base.

3. In Static We Trust – The atmosphere crackles with electricity, as if you’re struggling to tune into a distant transmission that bursts through in unpredictable patterns. There are some beautiful half-snippets of melodies that peak through the noise.

4. She Knew The Signal – The melody is delicate here, floating just above a bed of soft reverb. Secret harmonies are tinged with something unresolved, the answer to a question you can’t quite remember.

5. Don’t Touch That Dial – A disorienting homage to old TV broadcasts. Like flicking through channels that are all slightly wrong, making you question whether you’ve actually lost your mind or not.

6. Sleeping Antenna Residue – There’s a dreamlike quality here. You’re wandering through the remnants of old signals caught in the ether.

7. Whispers From The Microfiche – A murky, claustrophobic track full of distorted textures that feel like dust (which is 70% human skin by the way). It has an archival quality, as if you’re sifting through layers of forgotten information.

8. Beyond The Glass Curtain – This track carries a surreal, shimmering atmosphere, like looking through frosted glass at a world that’s just out of reach. There’s a persistent rhythm underneath, slow and deliberate, which gives the impression of someone lurking.

9. Ozone Hymnals – A track that feels like an elegy to the natural world. There’s an organic feel to the sound palette, gassy drones and gassy voices blending together in a somber chorus. It’s a hauntingly beautiful piece mourning the slow depletion of something vital in nature.

10. Plastic Horizon – The album closes with a piece that feels synthetic yet vast, like looking out across an artificial landscape. It feels both futuristic and hollow, as though plastic is all that’s left after everything else has crumbled.

[Onyxia]

Whatever happening now in the world and in life, I hope they come back

[ColinWallis]

feel like things are a bit dramatic and histrionic on here considering PIC just posted an unreleased BoC song like 2 months ago

lol..

personally my biggest confusion here is the lack of faith when evidence just keeps on piling up.

like babylulu mentioned - that unreleased track is undeniable. and in my opinion so is all of their odd social media activity from the past 4 years.

your attitude is your choice. if you choose pessimism, well, good luck with that.

i would argue pessimism is illogical in this case, based on what we know.

[Twentington]

Anybody else getting tonnes of sponsored NTS adverts about relistening to societas X tapes on socials? Seems a bit wild that they're still advertising with it after all this time

[Fredd-E]

Anybody else getting tonnes of sponsored NTS adverts about relistening to societas X tapes on socials? Seems a bit wild that they're still advertising with it after all this time

Yes. What's even more wild is they're advertising it as "in almost a decade". It's barely 5 years ago, chill.
https://instagram.com/p/DBRgTzbP2At/
Other than that I'm glad they're still promoting BoC. Keeping the vibes alive. Maybe a hidden agenda...

[luminousdusk]

I like how the Societas tape was a broadcast only, Harking back to Disengage and Peel sessions. From one source this tape depends.

[Alvin]

I have to apologise to twoism.org, my post above seems to have caught the eye of WATMM. Apparently I was being entirely serious while describing made-up songs and the cringe was unintentional. If there’s a lesson to be learned in all of this, be careful when using subtlety, some people just won’t be able to follow along.

[rodox_head]

I have to apologise to twoism.org, my post above seems to have caught the eye of WATMM. Apparently I was being entirely serious while describing made-up songs and the cringe was unintentional. If there’s a lesson to be learned in all of this, be careful when using subtlety, some people just won’t be able to follow along.

the subtlety of a school bus fire, no less.

[Ottomatik]

This probably means nothing but I just got notified that www.boardsofcanada.com now sends to a 404 error on Warp's website.
What's odd is that the redirection differs depending on whether you use the www or not. Without the www you get redirected to Bleep, with it you're redirected to Warp.
And as I'm writing this post, it seems like boardsofcanada.com is now down.

Probably maintenance but who knows, they might be uploading the new album

[Fredd-E]

This probably means nothing but I just got notified that http://www.boardsofcanada.com now sends to a 404 error on Warp's website.
What's odd is that the redirection differs depending on whether you use the www or not. Without the www you get redirected to Bleep, with it you're redirected to Warp.
And as I'm writing this post, it seems like boardsofcanada.com is now down.

Probably maintenance but who knows, they might be uploading the new album

Prior to 2024-10-21 surfing to http://www.boardsofcanada.com/ would redirect you to a working https://warp.net/artists/91407-boards-of-canada website. This url is now defunct since 2024-10-21 hence the Page not found.

Yesterday the Warp web admin set in place a new url https://warp.net/artists/78-boards-of-canada and this one contains an additional section not included on the previous one (Editorial featuring Jacquard Causeway). Also Apple Music is now put on top of the list. More importantly they now also added Hi Scores in the Releases section (this used to be a SKAM exclusive release).

http://boardsofcanada.com/ always redirected to: https://bleep.com/artist/78-boards-of-canada | notice both the Warp and Bleep redirect now refer to 78 for BoC.

[Bocfan]

[Davism]

This is encouraging news.

[Ottomatik]

This probably means nothing but I just got notified that http://www.boardsofcanada.com now sends to a 404 error on Warp's website.
What's odd is that the redirection differs depending on whether you use the www or not. Without the www you get redirected to Bleep, with it you're redirected to Warp.
And as I'm writing this post, it seems like boardsofcanada.com is now down.

Probably maintenance but who knows, they might be uploading the new album

Prior to 2024-10-21 surfing to http://www.boardsofcanada.com/ would redirect you to a working https://warp.net/artists/91407-boards-of-canada website. This url is now defunct since 2024-10-21 hence the Page not found.

Yesterday the Warp web admin set in place a new url https://warp.net/artists/78-boards-of-canada and this one contains an additional section not included on the previous one (Editorial featuring Jacquard Causeway). Also Apple Music is now put on top of the list. More importantly they now also added Hi Scores in the Releases section (this used to be a SKAM exclusive release).

http://boardsofcanada.com/ always redirected to: https://bleep.com/artist/78-boards-of-canada | notice both the Warp and Bleep redirect now refer to 78 for BoC.

Interesting indeed, thanks for the details!

http://boardsofcanada.com/ is working again and redirects to Bleep, the Warp redirection is still 404 but I guess that's only matter of minutes/hours before it works again.
I was hoping they would correct the url redirections to some new website like Cosecha Transmisiones...

[Fredd-E]

Interesting indeed, thanks for the details!

http://boardsofcanada.com/ is working again and redirects to Bleep, the Warp redirection is still 404 but I guess that's only matter of minutes/hours before it works again.
I was hoping they would correct the url redirections to some new website like Cosecha Transmisiones...

http://boardsofcanada.com/ (no www) redirects to Bleep and was never in error iirc
http://www.boardsofcanada.com/ (with www) redirects to Warp page & is defunct since yesterday
The domain holder of boardsofcanada.com now simply needs to forward to https://warp.net/artists/78-boards-of-canada instead of:
https://warp.net/artists/91407-boards-of-canada