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Aquarius

That will probably win this, won't it.

"open the light" - evokes midnight walks with my discman in my hometown ca. 2001

Well, I haven't actually clicked on it yet. And I'm having second thoughts. Roygbiv and Happy Cycling being the two pushing their way into my mind.

it's been a long time since i've listened to this. without being able to check it rite now, comes down to "happy cycling" "telephasic workshop" or "turqoise hexagon sun" for me. x-post i always thought happy cycling was kind of the clear winner, it's what i'm voting 4.

I know which one you're voting, Dan, and it's a fine choice.

I absolutely love and adore "Turquoise Hexagon Sun" but am considering voting "Telephasic Workshop".

xp: lol at tripping up lj a little

telephasic boringanswer

this is officially reconsideration corner

turquoise hexagon sun or pete standing alone

(I should mention I was considering "Telephasic Workshop" because it was playing while I made the poll. Now that I'm on "Turquoise Hexagon Sun" I'm reminded that it is one of the greatest tracks ever recorded.)

Roygbiv easily - despite it being criminally short (understandably tho)

telephasic workshop cause i loves me some cut up vocals

^ dis. strongly swayed by both THS & RGB, but could not deny the boring (amazing) answer, even after lo so many years

Who's gonna come out as a huge fan of "Kaini Industries"?

"Olson" is one or two extra minutes short of being my choice fwiw

i'm not a hater but this is still not as good as Boc Maxima imo.

i love happy cycing cuz it still sounds so WEIRD to me after all these years.

x-post oh i love most of the in-betweens too, i just never put track names to them really.

I never realized that "Happy Cycling" wasn't on the original version! I guess they tacked it onto the end so as to not fuck up the flow of the original tracklist, but I always thought it was perfect as a closer since it marries BoC's ability to make seemingly out of place samples seem fitting and creepy (the rhythmic seagulls in the 1st half of the song) and their straightup booty shaking tendencies (the buttrumbling bass in the second half).

Voting track by track is not the point but jesus it's "Aquarius" easy peasy.

sixtyten

looking forward to the Geogaddi poll so people can vote for fucking "Dandelion" or something.

looking forward for their best album to be polled so I can watch Dayvan Cowboy and Peacock Tail (and the last 70 seconds of Chromakey Dreamcoat) fight it out in glorious combat

WAHTEVER. or, really surprised that as a prog fan yr fave album is the one that develops the least.

them's fighting words

it's a simple case of "slightly better songs" for me, all three albums cover quite a lot of ground imo

campfire whatever is obv their weakest because

- drums are mad weak
- recycling their aesthetic in uninteresting ways

also hope NV you're not suggesting sixtyten is a minor track: it's huge

i haven't fully comprehended geogaddi yet, still holding out on that one leaping out and claiming my brain one of these listens

It's an album, not an alien from a Carpenter movie

Indeed, Dan, but it hasn't quite clicked yet with me

("You Could Feel The Sky" ftw on that count as things stand)

196-Bastard-9

Geogaddi is still my favourite but I'm going to give Music... another spin now. The Campfire Headphase was always a bit boring and not just because I'd gone well beyong the point of needing a third BoC album.

I wasn't singling you out Mr Hands, no

campfire headphase was potentially great songs that never progressed or developed iirc. but gonna listen to all this crap again tomorrow.

geogaddi = too much filler.

ledge, madness. "chromakey dreamcoat" burbles along nicely for 4 and a bit minutes before going all "hey we are about to transcend ourselves" and busting out their most gorgeous minute of music hitherto heard

and then they outdo even that with "peacock tail" and "dayvan cowboy" to such an extent that the rest of the album barely matters (it's still pretty good, mind)

This poll would be more interesting if everyone voted for best track title, as I will...

so "An Eagle In Your Mind" then

I would love to hear someone use the melody to Roybgiv as the basis for an actual song, preferably with really low bass and girls singing in harmony. I voted for it as well, mostly because I remember it being the first thing I heard and then being incredibly disappointed the rest of the album wasn't like that.

track titles on this and Geogaddi are mostly amazing...again by the 3rd album it was like someone else trying to come with 'BOC' titles.

Roygbiv was also the first thing I heard and initially had Matt's reaction, but then the rest of the album totally grew on me. That said Geogaddi is better, I think.

geogaddi = too much filler.

Who's gonna come out as a huge fan of "Kaini Industries"?

― Lots of praying with no breakfast! (HI DERE), Tuesday, February 24, 2009 5:26 PM (37 minutes ago) Bookmark

ha! i might. or "bocuma." it's the "filler" that's the best part of BoC albums imo. that's why i say fuck "aquarius," was always my least favorite track on this album and the only one i skip. the funk shit on it just doesn't work at all with the rest of the album.

if i went for a "non-minor" "non-filler" track it might be turqoise hexagon sun. but really "kaini industries" + "bocuma" are what this album means to me when i think of its best attributes.

i occasionally watch this fanmade clip

Also: Best Song Title On "Drukqs"

YES blueski, that is possibly the best fan-made video ever

roygbiv is a straight John Carpenter rip with breakbeats under it and a kid's voice.

^^^ not an insult btw.

Now closing the book on "Magic Window" to storm the Geogaddi poll.

Geopolli

ROYGBIV video genius for the first minute, but then runs out of inspiration and just peters out towards the end. much like the original track.

ORANGE

been relistening and Eagle sounded like the most stunning thing i've ever heard.

I LOVE YOU

dude telephasic workshop is like listening to a psychedelic twitter

"Who's gonna come out as a huge fan of "Kaini Industries"?"

hi dere

http://a0.vox.com/6a00c2252c8528549d00d41437a3206a47-500pi

^ best of their releases

all killer no filler

Hmmm.. I actually listened to this as late as today, but with this genre of albums, I do have trouble separating the tracks from each other. So I find it hard to vote. Great album though.

true about IABPOITC, song for song. plus it's their best tune

if this EP had been a little less good, i would have liked geogaddi a lot more better

happy cycling should not be on this poll

Who's gonna come out as a huge fan of "Kaini Industries"?

Me! Was often tempted to sample the riff and build a tune out of it, but I figured I'd probably ruin it.

"Aquarius" as the best standalone track, though there are so many interesting bits and pieces on this album which serve to complete a unified aesthetic, that MHTRTC doesn't really lend itself well to POO ILX polling mechanics. I would be more apt to put "Aquarius" on a mixtape, but while listening to the album, I'm usually most taken its the odd negative spaces.

i reckon Telephasic Workshop is miles ahead of everything else on this record.

worst thread title ever?

I hope so!

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

i always thought ROYGBIV would be the favourite.

wow, me and matt dc have the same taste in boc.

wow, me and matt dc have the same taste in boc.

Agree with whoever said the short tracks are what makes this. Prefer Geogaddi but this one is murkier and murk is too rare. Vote goes to Eagle In Your Mind for drowning everything in murk & inspiring some appropriately slow and sickly sci fi from my sixth form self for the first and only time. An album for mornings when yr so tired you can't remember who you are.

Kaini Industries... though my vote for best BOC track would be "amo bishop roden" from IABPOITC

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

weird

no love for rue the whirl :(

yay!!

1 vote for Pete Standing. That would have been me then.

Is that Leslie Nielson's voice on "Dandelion"??????

ya

can anyone explain the appeal of this album?

i dig "Telephasic Workshop" and whichever one keeps saying "Orange" but I keep reading how it's very disturbing and etheral when only a handful of tracks really produce that feeling.

Is that Leslie Nielson's voice on "Dandelion"??

Mick Jagger somewhere in the mix too iirc

14. "Pete Standing Alone" – 6:07 1

:/

<3 bocuma

Frogbs, they're a sinister band, but more so on subsequent releases (geogaddi is downright terrifying in places), and it's really only until you delve into some of the hidden messages and references that it all starts getting a bit creepy because musically it's really pleasant on the whole

still fucking love this album

Got the vinyl reissue this weekend (and passed my cd on as a gift to a friend who just got new headphones), yep still amazing.

What else sounds like "Olson" and "Open The Light?" I listened to this today for the first time in probably ten years and decided what my life is missing right now is music like this

moka has a really good Spotify play list for exactly this https://open.spotify.com/user/moteldemoka/playlist/7KwlC2e6gjmlZeGRGYsCci

I've never heard Happy Cycling.

wut

Is that Leslie Nielson's voice on "Dandelion"??????

― the beta banned (upper mississippi sh@kedown)

Ha, so it is.

I don't do Spotify! Can I still view the tracklist someplace? That looks very cool..

Would have voted for 'Telephasic Workshop' ... I just get drawn into that one so much that I find myself disappointed when it finishes.

Why Boards of Canada’s Music Has the Right to Children Is the Greatest Psychedelic Album of the ’90s

Psychedelia never sounded so cloudy, so foggy

Spoiler: it's not.

that's just your opinion maaaaaan

was just listening to this dope remix this morning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA_zD6eCmQ8

lovely new cover of Roygbiv from Lone:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1vZLi7TvIQ

lol I didn't realize it was originally released on 4/20

25 years! an excuse to listen to it for the millionth time.

cool, I just spotted this at the local shop and listened to it a couple days ago

hadn't heard it in full for a decade, I know a lot of people have said this but this stuff was obviously a huge influence on vaporwave

hits a lot harder in your 30s than your 20s I think, especially now that I have kids. it reminds me how weird and uncertain things felt back then. something I realize now is that this record is actually pretty minimal. there's not really any superfluous elements or hidden grooves or anything that was common in albums like this. your mind kind of has to fill in the blanks.

pity the vinyl doesn't include "Happy Cycling"