Post-WXAXRXP Societas X Tape Tracklist & Discussion

[23degreesdream]

The outro chords for Wanna get back your love are the chords for Echus. Dunno if anyone noticed that.


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[Mozart]

Like, I’m starting to think, why would they post a mixtape. Are they trying to do something?

Emmet, I personally think its a way of saying "hey, we're working on music, but in the meantime, check out these awesome artists us that have inspired us." I think it was a very selective hand-picked bunch of tunes that mean a lot to them. On paper, yeah that doesn't sound particularly revolutionary, but to me, they really excelled in picking a combination of tunes with emotional depth and creativity that made it flow seamlessly. All while jumping around to and from some extremely unexpected places. I don't know how to say it precisely, and I can only speak for myself, but as an example, I most likely would never find myself listening to something like These Trails - Garden Botanum if it weren't for this mixtape. Sure, it sounds very pleasant to the ears but I most likely never would have encountered this song (or any of the others) if it weren't for Societas X. There were others out there very quick to pick up on the tracks, but since I mainly listen to classical so it was all entirely new to me, I am thankful for the introduction to the various songs. The significance of the songs to me rises tenfold when I ponder the possibility of these tracks meaning a lot to the members of Boards of Canada themselves. These are not just tracks that they like, I get the feeling that they absolutely adore them, and they must have influenced the brothers in some grand fashion. The beauty of Societas X proves to me that BoC is just as alive as ever.

[TheStatPow]

Anybody more experienced know what the notes are on that Doxa sinistra track? I could only make out the first two since im a noob (F# and D) Surprisingly the tune is in 432Hz Tried matching the first note on my synth and it would only when I detuned it to 432

[The Telepathic Kid]

you're an interesting fellow. I like you.

also I think the reason they did this is probably because Warp was like "hey we're doing a thing, wanna contribute" and they were like "yeah sure"

just a hunch

[TheStatPow]

Just posted the Post-Punk segment of The tape on youtube under a fictious placeholder name until we identify it. Cause im tired of calling it "the post punk song from the societas tape"

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[SamuraiDrifter]

Ooh, it's under the name Wheeltower, too... spicy.

Who knows, maybe it actually is.

[Valotonin]

^ Yes, I do like the Wheeltower part. A reference very few would get.

Does anyone know what pseudonym BoC went under for their promotional CD's of Tomorrow's Harvest? I wish I could recall.

It had an interesting album name as well.

[Echelon]

I'd like to relate a little about one of the artists on the playlist. Stefen Zauner is actually a guy from one of the biggest Krautrock bands, Amon Duul II, but he came to the band long after their most famous and legendary albums, Yeti and Tanz De Lemmage.

Quite a few fans don't like when he joined the band because he brought a poppish influence to the group and made them sound more like a prog-pop outfit than anything dark and Teutonic. It's kinda cool that Boards like him because they clearly don't have a snobby, elitist approach to music. They obviously liked what Zauner was doing in his solo career (which sounds a lot like his stuff in Amon Duul II) and that was good enough for them.

[Josh]

I'd like to relate a little about one of the artists on the playlist. Stefen Zauner is actually a guy from one of the biggest Krautrock bands, Amon Duul II, but he came to the band long after their most famous and legendary albums, Yeti and Tanz De Lemmage.

Quite a few fans don't like when he joined the band because he brought a poppish influence to the group and made them sound more like a prog-pop outfit than anything dark and Teutonic. It's kinda cool that Boards like him because they clearly don't have a snobby, elitist approach to music. They obviously liked what Zauner was doing in his solo career (which sounds a lot like his stuff in Amon Duul II) and that was good enough for them.

Good info and solid take. I have to admit I'd be in the "snobby, elitist" category since I'm definitely more of an early Amon Duul II fan, but I don't hold BoC's appreciation of Zauner against them.

[Echelon]

I'd like to relate a little about one of the artists on the playlist. Stefen Zauner is actually a guy from one of the biggest Krautrock bands, Amon Duul II, but he came to the band long after their most famous and legendary albums, Yeti and Tanz De Lemmage.

Quite a few fans don't like when he joined the band because he brought a poppish influence to the group and made them sound more like a prog-pop outfit than anything dark and Teutonic. It's kinda cool that Boards like him because they clearly don't have a snobby, elitist approach to music. They obviously liked what Zauner was doing in his solo career (which sounds a lot like his stuff in Amon Duul II) and that was good enough for them.

Good info and solid take. I have to admit I'd be in the "snobby, elitist" category since I'm definitely more of an early Amon Duul II fan, but I don't hold BoC's appreciation of Zauner against them.

Thanks! I definitely agree. I'm more a snobby, elitist person myself when it comes to music myself. I just like that Boards appreciate a guy who made AD2 "sell out." (Of course, a band like AD2 selling out is still nothing remotely close to mainstream rock and pop even during the seventies. They were still straight up art rock.)

[Xaugh]

Wheel tower is a cop. Steve Guttenberg ring any bells? For those who don't.

[Omikron]

^ Yes, I do like the Wheeltower part. A reference very few would get.

Does anyone know what pseudonym BoC went under for their promotional CD's of Tomorrow's Harvest? I wish I could recall.

It had an interesting album name as well.

I was trying to look for that thread the other day. I'm sure it involved the word 'color'.

[portiss]

Do you mean New Clear Dawn?

[Omikron]

Do you mean New Clear Dawn?

No, this was a promo CD that someone on here found/had. Both the artist name and album name were different. It was only two or three years ago that it was uncovered.

[theotherstranger]

Too bad that reddit poster isn't active any more to ask him if he thinks that postpunk one sounds like Wheel Tower.

But I doubt it is, seems they would have been around 13 or 14 then. He says the Wheel Tower tape was more electronic than this also "somewhere between Nitzer Ebb and current era Depeche Mode".

[Faerie Funk]

Wheel tower is a cop. Steve Guttenberg ring any bells? For those who don't.

Wasn't it Hightower? Or was there a Wheeltower also?

[Omikron]

Too bad that reddit poster isn't active any more to ask him if he thinks that postpunk one sounds like Wheel Tower.

But I doubt it is, seems they would have been around 13 or 14 then. He says the Wheel Tower tape was more electronic than this also "somewhere between Nitzer Ebb and current era Depeche Mode".

There was a guy on watmm who knew about Wheeltower as well. Probably inactive now.

[23degreesdream]

i don't detect a scottish accent on the singer? could just be trying to sound like Robert Smith though.

[outhudd]

Or Ian Curtis influenced I guess.

[dustbowl27]

^ Yes, I do like the Wheeltower part. A reference very few would get.

Does anyone know what pseudonym BoC went under for their promotional CD's of Tomorrow's Harvest? I wish I could recall.

It had an interesting album name as well.

I'm not sure about the pseudonym you're referring to but it reminded me of the I Overflow Man phrase written on the outer edge of the TH CD as an anagram for Owl Of Minerva, which is such a clear metaphor to represent the themes on Tomorrow's Harvest

I've been feeling inspired to listen to TH under the same conditions that I listened to the Societas X Tape broadcast: alone, on headphones, walking outside