flim wrote:Oh forgot to mention that I'm 35 (not sure if it matters) besides you can spot the older members a mile off, as we are more twisted by the bricks around us!
Ha! Ain't that the truth
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Ha! Ain't that the truth
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I'm the coolest guy on these forums.
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Hi, this is WeHadNormality. My old email is defunct so made a new profile. Hope everyone is all good. It's been a while, life has been hectic the last few months, but great. 2014 is ace!
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Uritual wrote:Hi, this is WeHadNormality. My old email is defunct so made a new profile. Hope everyone is all good. It's been a while, life has been hectic the last few months, but great. 2014 is ace!
Mate, so good to see you! Was speaking to Mex about the board missing your presence, sent you a few pm's to see how you were as well, thought you'd done a runner on us haha. Hope life is good!
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Basinski: I wanted Cascade to become this crystalline organism like a star or a liquid crystal spaceship, a jellyfish traveling through the galaxy…
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Hello all!
I've been a BoC fan since the first airing of Edgar Wright's fantastic series, Spaced (1999). Apart from being funny and fresh, with more film references than is humanly possible to absorb on first viewing, the music throughout the series was amazing. This led me to research much of the music used in each episode. Rue The Whirl was used in one episode, so I went out and bought the album.
As with much of their stuff, it took a little while to adjust to something so different to what I was used to listening to, but once I got to grips with it, that was it!
Having grown up in the 70's, MHTRTC's cover art just reminded me of the soft focus family photos from that era, as well as the flares! The album reminds me so much of my childhood, and has become one of my top five albums of all time.
There's a few things I like about their music. There's very few albums you can listen to over and over again and still find something new in them, whether it is an instrument, a sample, or a bit of dialogue. There are some tracks I didn't even realise had dialogue until I found the 'lyrics' for them! This can make putting their music on exciting, as you never know what you're going to discover. On the face of it, and to the untrained ear, it can all sound quite 'samey' and repetitive, but it just stuns me sometimes just how deep these albums are - not just in their musical and dialogue content, but also in their meanings, and the large part that numbers play too. Geogaddi is a detail fest - after reading the meanings/samples, dialogue etc on BoC Pages and also a blog that some guy did, my mind was well and truly blown! Amazing stuff.
Anyway, I hope to engage in plenty of discussion about BoC around here, because no one else seems to want to listen to me! I did play a few tracks from MHTRTC in store on Record Store day, which ended up in someone who had never even heard of BoC buying Geogaddi on vinyl. Hopefully he'll be popping back in this week so I'll ask him how he got on with it. I just wish it was easy to get people into BoC - it seems to be an uphill struggle! I think I might have to host a BoC Appreciation Day and invite fans (and curious parties) to come and listen to and discuss the albums...
I've been a BoC fan since the first airing of Edgar Wright's fantastic series, Spaced (1999). Apart from being funny and fresh, with more film references than is humanly possible to absorb on first viewing, the music throughout the series was amazing. This led me to research much of the music used in each episode. Rue The Whirl was used in one episode, so I went out and bought the album.
As with much of their stuff, it took a little while to adjust to something so different to what I was used to listening to, but once I got to grips with it, that was it!
Having grown up in the 70's, MHTRTC's cover art just reminded me of the soft focus family photos from that era, as well as the flares! The album reminds me so much of my childhood, and has become one of my top five albums of all time.
There's a few things I like about their music. There's very few albums you can listen to over and over again and still find something new in them, whether it is an instrument, a sample, or a bit of dialogue. There are some tracks I didn't even realise had dialogue until I found the 'lyrics' for them! This can make putting their music on exciting, as you never know what you're going to discover. On the face of it, and to the untrained ear, it can all sound quite 'samey' and repetitive, but it just stuns me sometimes just how deep these albums are - not just in their musical and dialogue content, but also in their meanings, and the large part that numbers play too. Geogaddi is a detail fest - after reading the meanings/samples, dialogue etc on BoC Pages and also a blog that some guy did, my mind was well and truly blown! Amazing stuff.
Anyway, I hope to engage in plenty of discussion about BoC around here, because no one else seems to want to listen to me! I did play a few tracks from MHTRTC in store on Record Store day, which ended up in someone who had never even heard of BoC buying Geogaddi on vinyl. Hopefully he'll be popping back in this week so I'll ask him how he got on with it. I just wish it was easy to get people into BoC - it seems to be an uphill struggle! I think I might have to host a BoC Appreciation Day and invite fans (and curious parties) to come and listen to and discuss the albums...
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helicon wrote:I did play a few tracks from MHTRTC in store on Record Store day, which ended up in someone who had never even heard of BoC buying Geogaddi on vinyl. Hopefully he'll be popping back in this week so I'll ask him how he got on with it. I just wish it was easy to get people into BoC - it seems to be an uphill struggle! I think I might have to host a BoC Appreciation Day and invite fans (and curious parties) to come and listen to and discuss the albums...
nice!! i love recruiting new fans. good to have you here!
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fujee wrote:Uritual wrote:Hi, this is WeHadNormality. My old email is defunct so made a new profile. Hope everyone is all good. It's been a while, life has been hectic the last few months, but great. 2014 is ace!
Mate, so good to see you! Was speaking to Mex about the board missing your presence, sent you a few pm's to see how you were as well, thought you'd done a runner on us haha. Hope life is good!
Word. AWESOME to have you back dude. Place wasn't the same without you.
Slow down...
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uf0party wrote:nice!! i love recruiting new fans. good to have you here!
Many thanks!
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Hi guys, I'm Sven from Germany. I stumbled upon BoC a few years ago and I was hooked immediately.
I got more and more fascinated by their work as I began to realize the sheer endless depth of their sound and the sobriety of their artistical approach.
I got more and more fascinated by their work as I began to realize the sheer endless depth of their sound and the sobriety of their artistical approach.
"Hey, don't worry, don't be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride."
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― Bill Hicks
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Hey I am Braden and I have had this account for a while but just now getting involved. How is everyone?
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Hi there!
Been a BoC fan since MHTRTC came out, having been into the Warp/Rephlex sort of thing previously.
Favourites beside BoC are Cocteau Twins, Eno/Budd, Big Star, Aphex Twin, Joy Division, Teenage Fanclub, The Posies, Slowdive, Nick Drake, The Chameleons, etc.
For fun I play guitar and noodle around with synths. When not doing that, I like to get out into the countryside and immerse myself in nature.
I used to be a laser engineer (hence the name) but now make effect pedals for a living.
Been a BoC fan since MHTRTC came out, having been into the Warp/Rephlex sort of thing previously.
Favourites beside BoC are Cocteau Twins, Eno/Budd, Big Star, Aphex Twin, Joy Division, Teenage Fanclub, The Posies, Slowdive, Nick Drake, The Chameleons, etc.
For fun I play guitar and noodle around with synths. When not doing that, I like to get out into the countryside and immerse myself in nature.
I used to be a laser engineer (hence the name) but now make effect pedals for a living.
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lasermonkey wrote:...I used to be a laser engineer (hence the name) but now make effect pedals for a living.
NICE!!
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So... I've been lurking around for over a year since I first discovered Boards of Canada. Since then my interest in them grew exponentially and learned almost everything that can be learned about them from the "internets" while trying to come up with various explanations about hidden messages, possible names for some of the Random 35 Tracks Tape songs and other theories I have about them and their pre-Twoism releases which interest me the most since I'm convinced that the songs in their known early releases may very well be the best music they ever made. So... yeah glad to finally make an account and weigh in on the various discussions you have about their work. 
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Mexicola wrote:fujee wrote:Uritual wrote:Hi, this is WeHadNormality. My old email is defunct so made a new profile. Hope everyone is all good. It's been a while, life has been hectic the last few months, but great. 2014 is ace!
Mate, so good to see you! Was speaking to Mex about the board missing your presence, sent you a few pm's to see how you were as well, thought you'd done a runner on us haha. Hope life is good!
Word. AWESOME to have you back dude. Place wasn't the same without you.
Nice one guys. Been a while again.
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It's time to introduce myself formally me thinks!
I am Nathan, pleasure to meet you.
I am 30, a man, and have been a member here for over a year now but was one of those lurk in the shadow types. I felt after a few years of reading that it was time i joined in on the fun and contributed somewhat haha.
I live in Australia which is cool. I have travelled over Europe and spent some time in many beautiful and mind blowing places, learning, creating sounds and getting more inspiration for thy music. I recorded the sound a ferris wheel in a abandoned amusement park on the outskirts of berlin in the forest basically. The wind was making the ferris wheel turn real slow and it was making this screeching noise that I just had to have so i recorded it. Then got found and chased and I have never launched over a fence so fast in my life.haha gooood times! The Netherlands was my favourite place.
I love music and art and have been making music and art for much years. 2012-2013 I went through some bad shit and it was Boards that completely turned my world on its axis. i had always loved their music, but it took tragedy to hook it up to my rainbow vein and send me on my journey:) BOC are the top of the music food chain for me.
Down here not many peeps I know like BOC, but i kinda like being that guy that can spread the word as needed. Good to see a few auslanders kicking on here though, we should have our own twoism adventures/meetups down here!
I was the store manager of a huge music shoppe but got out of the game recently to focus on my music. I guess wanted to scale back the work responsibility and get a job that i can autopilot for cash to fund the music side of things. Story of everyones life haha!
There is good people here and that is rad.
This is me after a 23 hour flight and on a train pulling into Amsterdam earlier this year.
Smooth sailin'!
Nathan
I am Nathan, pleasure to meet you.
I am 30, a man, and have been a member here for over a year now but was one of those lurk in the shadow types. I felt after a few years of reading that it was time i joined in on the fun and contributed somewhat haha.
I live in Australia which is cool. I have travelled over Europe and spent some time in many beautiful and mind blowing places, learning, creating sounds and getting more inspiration for thy music. I recorded the sound a ferris wheel in a abandoned amusement park on the outskirts of berlin in the forest basically. The wind was making the ferris wheel turn real slow and it was making this screeching noise that I just had to have so i recorded it. Then got found and chased and I have never launched over a fence so fast in my life.haha gooood times! The Netherlands was my favourite place.
I love music and art and have been making music and art for much years. 2012-2013 I went through some bad shit and it was Boards that completely turned my world on its axis. i had always loved their music, but it took tragedy to hook it up to my rainbow vein and send me on my journey:) BOC are the top of the music food chain for me.
Down here not many peeps I know like BOC, but i kinda like being that guy that can spread the word as needed. Good to see a few auslanders kicking on here though, we should have our own twoism adventures/meetups down here!
I was the store manager of a huge music shoppe but got out of the game recently to focus on my music. I guess wanted to scale back the work responsibility and get a job that i can autopilot for cash to fund the music side of things. Story of everyones life haha!
There is good people here and that is rad.
This is me after a 23 hour flight and on a train pulling into Amsterdam earlier this year.
Smooth sailin'!
Nathan
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Welcome lankydoom, love the beard. Your posts have been great so far.
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Welcome Nathan, great to have you aboard
Sagan: In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
Basinski: I wanted Cascade to become this crystalline organism like a star or a liquid crystal spaceship, a jellyfish traveling through the galaxy…
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Aye, I'll echo that. Welcome sir! 
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Thank you for the welcome! Fine example of rad.
Cupz - Are you bearded? That photo is was much shorter than my usual.
I smell a beard thread coming.
Cupz - Are you bearded? That photo is was much shorter than my usual.
I smell a beard thread coming.
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I am bearded, yes. I think there is a beard thread actually. Bump time.