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[NorthSaturnian]

I wish we at least had setlists from those pre-1999 shows. I mean, is there anyone on this board that went to one of those? I've found no concert reports of any BoC shows before the Warp 10th anniversary party. Meanwhile there's recordings of Aphex Twin shows from 1991.

I do too. I would kill to at least know if they played any unreleased tracks.

[Jango9]

I do too. I would kill to at least know if they played any unreleased tracks.

The one thing we have confirmation of is that they played Chinook live at some point in 1997, there used to be a clip of it on the old EHX site alongside the three infamous clips of the old unreleased albums. I really really hope someone had the foresight to download it like the other EHX clips lmao

[NorthSaturnian]

I do too. I would kill to at least know if they played any unreleased tracks.

The one thing we have confirmation of is that they played Chinook live at some point in 1997, there used to be a clip of it on the old EHX site alongside the three infamous clips of the old unreleased albums. I really really hope someone had the foresight to download it like the other EHX clips lmao

A live clip of Chinook? Someone recorded that event?

[Echelon]

Man all of your points are valid but I'm still grieving DP. Please don't do this to me.

Haha sorry, my friend. Simply appreciating one of the best electronic talents alongside BOC. I'm honestly surprised Warp never tried to snatch them up XD

Too big of a fish I suppose. Went shopping at my local mall today and they were playing "Get Lucky" like it was summer 2013 all over again, but the fact that the band is dead & buried made it feel super weird somehow...

I only got into them after they "passed away" but honestly, they're more like BOC than anyone else on Warp, simply in a much poppier direction. They even shared the whole "focus on the art rather than the people behind it" belief. There'd definitely be a similar vibe if BOC broke up. The same kind of surreal disbelief.

Though tbh, this worked brilliantly as a sales promo as I've read their music sales skyrocketed. Perhaps a few years later the broken robots will be rebuilt and remodified and be on a comeback tour.

[bakedsodium]

Thanks, I took it from a newspaper I found on bocpages
I wonder if the brothers themselves decided to go by that name for the event

Five. Fucking. Pounds. For Autechre and BoC. Jesus.

I wish we at least had setlists from those pre-1999 shows. I mean, is there anyone on this board that went to one of those? I've found no concert reports of any BoC shows before the Warp 10th anniversary party. Meanwhile there's recordings of Aphex Twin shows from 1991.

I scouted some old forums and found something. I think they were from Feb 1997. I'll have to find the links, but I'm pretty sure one of those shows was described as having not played anything from Hi Scores.

EDIT: I actually found them rather quickly surprisingly. Apologies for the huge wall of text about to ensue...

"From: M.A.J.Huffman ( [EMAIL REMOVED] )
Date: Feb 17, 1997
Subject: (idm) Versivo - Boards of Canada
Finally Versivo appeared after 2 cancellations.

Quite an odd venue (The Phoenix) but the usual suspects had no
trouble finding it.

Boards of Canada unassumingly took the stage at 1.25am, the only
visual distraction being some random images on portable tellies.

On for about an hour, they played only a couple from SKA08 and those
they did had been tweaked. Not an improvement, I thought. Still
good, though. There were lots of Phils and new stuff which has been
aired on Disengage. The crowd weren't rocking, but it wasn't really
rocking music. I think perhaps they need to think more carefully
about which tracks to put in a set. Perhaps the PA was a
bit lacklustre."

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"From: M.A.J. Huffman ( [EMAIL REMOVED] )
Date: Nov 4, 1997
Subject: (idm) Blech last Friday

At around 11.15 Boards appeared to perform a half-hour set. They had three TVs showing their own cut-up
style material. This was okay but I've seen so many of those things that it didn't really make any impression.
However, the music: firstly, I should point out that there was nothing from Hi-Scores. There were 3/4 main songs with a few fills inbetween. I recognised one of the fills and one of the songs. No radical departures
from what you will have heard but the beats were a little more incisive timbrally. Lots of nice pad sounds as you'd expect. Not a set you could really let go to, but that's not necessarily a criticism. I don't think their music will ever drive a crowd wild. It was the same when I saw them in Manchester earlier this year. Shame the set was so short though."

All from this, I think: http://web.archive.org/web/200606231415 ... m/1997/02/

If anyone wants to edit bocpages regarding the date of Versivo, as it says there's no precise date, but as stated here, it's February 17, 1997.

[NorthSaturnian]

I scouted some old forums and found something. I think they were from Feb 1997. I'll have to find the links, but I'm pretty sure one of those shows was described as having not played anything from Hi Scores.

If anyone wants to edit bocpages regarding the date of Versivo, as it says there's no precise date, but as stated here, it's February 17, 1997.

Damn, that forum you listed has some pretty neat stuff

Just grabbed the MASK E.P., a compilation E.P. of Funkstorung, Freeform,
Jega and Boards Of Canada. @ HardWax Berlin.

There was some talking about this E.P. on the list before.

Despite the fact that it's limited to 100 copies, it's fantastic.

Lucky bastard

I would update bocpages, but I'm waiting for my account to be approved

[mthrndr]

text about to ensue...
http://web.archive.org/web/200606231415 ... m/1997/02/

If anyone wants to edit bocpages regarding the date of Versivo, as it says there's no precise date, but as stated here, it's February 17, 1997.

Wow, nice find! Yes, Bocpages should definitely be updated with this info, as there is almost nothing about those shows.

[Jango9]

On for about an hour, they played only a couple from SKA08 and those
they did had been tweaked. Not an improvement, I thought. Still
good, though. There were lots of Phils and new stuff which has been
aired on Disengage.

Very interesting stuff here! Not sure what "Phils" refers to (possibly just a joke-y spelling of the "fills" he refers to in the other post, those being BoC's interludes) but "new stuff which has been aired on Disengage" is quite obviously BoC Maxima tracks (the Disengage show was literally just an airing of the full tape). That could even encompass the Hi Scores tracks mentioned (SKA08) since 2/3 of that EP was included on the tape. Another thing on BoC Maxima that would've been aired on the disengage show is Chinook, which we know they played live some time in 1997.

Oh yeah, also Everything You Do Is A Balloon is probably a safe guess since it seems to be the only song from the BoC Maxima era that they played live again at one of the three recorded shows (in this case the Lighthouse one) and we know that they've repeated songs they seem to be especially fond of across multiple shows (Sixtyten, Julie & Candy, Happy Cycling, IABPOITC).

However, the music: firstly, I should point out that there was nothing from Hi-Scores. There were 3/4 main songs with a few fills inbetween. I recognised one of the fills and one of the songs. No radical departures
from what you will have heard but the beats were a little more incisive timbrally. Lots of nice pad sounds as you'd expect. Not a set you could really let go to, but that's not necessarily a criticism. I don't think their music will ever drive a crowd wild. It was the same when I saw them in Manchester earlier this year. Shame the set was so short though."

Unfortunately it's not particularly clear whether the songs he didn't recognize here were unreleased ones or just MHTRTC-era stuff that hadn't come out yet at that time. Also it's unclear which songs he would've recognized from the previous show (BoC Maxima exclusives/early MHTRTC tracks, maybe?). In any case, both clearly contained quite a few songs that we've never heard recordings of BoC performing live. Damn, if only someone had the setlists!

[WaitingFor_22]

text about to ensue...
http://web.archive.org/web/200606231415 ... m/1997/02/

If anyone wants to edit bocpages regarding the date of Versivo, as it says there's no precise date, but as stated here, it's February 17, 1997.

Actually the date was February 15, 1997.

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From: "M.A.J.Huffman" <PCP95MAH@sheffield.ac.uk>
To: idm@hyperreal.com
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 12:31:52 +0000
Subject: (idm) Blech/Versivo

Blech 7/2/97

A large crowd in the Music Factory for Chris Duckenfield (ex-RAC, ex
of the ex-Warp shop), doing a 4-hour-ish set. And what a set,
including a much-trailed track from Mbuki Mvuki. He did something
really quite wonderful with an M&R tune. Some of the most flawless
mixing I've ever heard, but not at the expense of track selection.
Plus, unlike may DJs, he actually seemed to be enjoying himself.

SKAM News:

Versivo with Boards of Canada live and the usual SKAM DJs

Manchester Phoenix Saturday 15th February

10pm-4am - 5 quid

see you there

adam

[WaitingFor_22]

Regarding their set on the Test One festival

Date: Sat, 2 May 1998 13:18:01 +0100 (BST)
From: Adam Huffman <adam@larynx.shef.ac.uk>
To: idm@hyperreal.org
Subject: (idm) Test one thoughts
[...]
Mike and Marcus (Boards) were excellent DJs, this being mainly manifest in
their deft mixing of John Denver and The Byrds over today's tunes (or
possibly last week's).
[...]

[mthrndr]

Regarding their set on the Test One festival

Date: Sat, 2 May 1998 13:18:01 +0100 (BST)
From: Adam Huffman <adam@larynx.shef.ac.uk>
To: idm@hyperreal.org
Subject: (idm) Test one thoughts
[...]
Mike and Marcus (Boards) were excellent DJs, this being mainly manifest in
their deft mixing of John Denver and The Byrds over today's tunes (or
possibly last week's).
[...]

How are you reading the actual messages? When I click on one, I get a "wayback machine has not archived this url" message...does look like these archives were gone over in this forum about 11 years ago

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7512

[bakedsodium]

Regarding their set on the Test One festival

Date: Sat, 2 May 1998 13:18:01 +0100 (BST)
From: Adam Huffman <adam@larynx.shef.ac.uk>
To: idm@hyperreal.org
Subject: (idm) Test one thoughts
[...]
Mike and Marcus (Boards) were excellent DJs, this being mainly manifest in
their deft mixing of John Denver and The Byrds over today's tunes (or
possibly last week's).
[...]

How are you reading the actual messages? When I click on one, I get a "wayback machine has not archived this url" message...does look like these archives were gone over in this forum about 11 years ago

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7512

http://music.hyperreal.org/lists/idm/archives/
Through this, I assume.

Have fun trying to open and read a .gz file, it was a bit of a pain in the ass.

[mthrndr]

Have fun trying to open and read a .gz file, it was a bit of a pain in the ass.

Thanks - mildly annoying but kind of fun...like opening up old boxes that have been sitting in the dust for decades. Use 7zip to unpack and then just add a .txt extension on the file and there you go.

[WaitingFor_22]

Thanks - mildly annoying but kind of fun...like opening up old boxes that have been sitting in the dust for decades. Use 7zip to unpack and then just add a .txt extension on the file and there you go.

Yep, I did that and then joined all txt files with a script to make the searching easier

[bakedsodium]

Ended up finding that a "DJ" at Nesh in April 2001 played ATP-02. This was probably Autechre, but could've been Squarepusher, Richard Devine, Prefuse 73, or some random other guy.

"Subject: [idm] BoC@ATP MP3's

If anyone is interested, the first DJ on at Nesh last week played the real
version of the second ATP track by Boards.

You could spot the people who went, coz they recognised it right away."

[Echelon]

Ended up finding that a "DJ" at Nesh in April 2001 played ATP-02. This was probably Autechre, but could've been Squarepusher, Richard Devine, Prefuse 73, or some random other guy.

"Subject: [idm] BoC@ATP MP3's

If anyone is interested, the first DJ on at Nesh last week played the real
version of the second ATP track by Boards.

You could spot the people who went, coz they recognised it right away."

So they played the studio version of that Geogaddi sounding track? Would be pretty cool to hear, but like everything else we don't have access to, I simply pretend it doesn't exist so I don't feel tantalized

[Echelon]

BTW, random epiphany, but what if the posting of the Pioneer's Plaque simply meant, "Same time, next year."

[funnnnpng]

BTW, random epiphany, but what if the posting of the Pioneer's Plaque simply meant, "Same time, next year."

Idk if they would play us like that. I am really hoping they give us something this year, it's been almost 10 years since tomorrows harvest! if they haven't given us anything by 2023 i'll be rather miffed...

[Echelon]

BTW, random epiphany, but what if the posting of the Pioneer's Plaque simply meant, "Same time, next year."

Idk if they would play us like that. I am really hoping they give us something this year, it's been almost 10 years since tomorrows harvest! if they haven't given us anything by 2023 i'll be rather miffed...

Oh I meant the pioneer plaque was posted in September 2020, so maybe we'll get something in September 2021. Merely an idea, probably as wrong as everything else was

And who knows, Warp could be getting ready for something big. After all, the Tomorrow's Harvest event was a big fiesta with an ARG, an album release and a reissue campaign.

[Geogandhi]

The arg was obviously immense but the album felt like a comedown to be honest. Of course, TH is great but it took a little while to accept it. The Arg was temporary, the album is forever, I wouldn't want the album be tainted by the hype like that again.
I know that's a silly way to look at it and I don't feel this way 100%, I just would love a cracking album that I want to play as much as MHTRTC, Geo, TCH.