How Boards of Canada Hacks Your Mind Through Nostalgia

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  • Опубліковано 4 чер 2024
  • Boards of Canada burst onto the electronic music scene like a shockwave with their 1998 debut album ”Music Has the Right to Children”.
    In an era dominated by jungle, breakbeats and the rise of digital music, the Scottish duo challenged the trend, favoring a vintage sound with an emphasis on soulful melodies rather than rhythm.
    ”Music Has the Right to Children” has since been hailed as one of the best electronic albums of all time, its pioneering sound spawning many imitators as well as influencing countless others.
    The secret recipe behind the success, and the theme ingrained in every fiber of the album? Nostalgia.
    Join me, as we take a deep dive into this landmark record, and examine how exactly Boards of Canada are able to evoke childhood memories in almost anyone who listens.
    00:00 Intro
    01:10 Boards of Canada: Early Years, Influences & First Recordings
    04:08 90s Electronic Music (IDM & Warp Records)
    05:12 Music Has the Right to Children
    10:50 Conclusion
    For more album deep-dives: • Screamadelica: The Epi...
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  • @AlbumAffairs
    @AlbumAffairs  8 місяців тому +59

    This April marked a staggering 25 years since ”Music Has the Right to Children” hit the shelves! How would you describe this analogue masterpiece? Comment below 👇

  • @ManicallyMellow
    @ManicallyMellow 4 місяці тому +66

    BoC sample from previous cultural era's that believed in a future that we now know isn't coming. So when you listen to BoC you're not just feeling nostalgic but also experiencing the death of the future. Their music can be classed under hauntology - which is our past coming back to haunt us.

    • @fadedmemories86
      @fadedmemories86 3 місяці тому +7

      Spot on. It's work by musicians like BOC and genres like Vaporwave, not to mention writings by Derrida and Mark Fisher, that remind us that the future we were promised is now just a fantasy, which makes us not only nostalgic for the past, but also for a future that never came to pass, thanks, in large part to global capitalism.

    • @ShaktiChaturvedi
      @ShaktiChaturvedi 2 місяці тому +4

      This is pretty spot on.

    • @ctrl8337
      @ctrl8337 Місяць тому

      ​@@fadedmemories86global capitalism 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @eweseloh
      @eweseloh Місяць тому

      Whot would be on this playlist in your opinion?

    • @ManicallyMellow
      @ManicallyMellow Місяць тому +4

      @@eweseloh Stars of the Lid - And Their Refinement of the Decline
      The Caretaker - Everywhere at the End of Time
      Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest
      Casino vs Japan - Go Hawaii
      The Advisory Circle - Other Channels
      The Focus Group - The Elektrik Karousel
      The Field - From Here We Go Sublime
      Bowery Electric - Beat
      Concretism - Town Planning
      Pye Corner Audio - Sleep Games
      Seefeel - Quique
      ....

  • @intrepidtraveller6002
    @intrepidtraveller6002 3 місяці тому +15

    On an evening 24 year's ago, Myself and my now wife, took Acid and E's at the parents home. We listened to Boards all night, lit candles on an antique family heirloom sideboard in the dining room and watched the shadows flickering on the walls and ceiling, until, things going a bit weird and we repaired to the living room at 4am watching the magic roundabout on BBC 2. I got up to get a glass of water, and when I opened the door of the living room, the dining room was full of smoke and glowing orange. The candles had burned right down and set the sideboard on fire 🔥 and flames were licking up the white wall now black and charred. It's amazing how fast you can short circuit a trip when imminent danger is upon you. That was an interesting come down to sit with and ponder whilst painting over the charcoal. Lucky.

  • @faithnamer
    @faithnamer 6 місяців тому +25

    Random 35 tracks tape makes my eyes want to pop out of their sockets while I float in the air and say “WOAH!”

  • @frankv.9525
    @frankv.9525 2 місяці тому +7

    This video randomly came on my timeline, despite not having listened to anything related to BoC. Needless to say, I went down a deep rabbit hole after watching and discovered that BoC are my favorite music act ever. Their music will always remain relevant as the years pass by because it's made with a real sense of humanity and raw beauty. Thank you for this wonderful work.

  • @raven_vae
    @raven_vae 8 місяців тому +91

    a true love letter to BOC, this video nearly moved me to tears. excellent work!

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  8 місяців тому +5

      Wow, "love letter" that's beautifully put... Thanks a lot! One of my favorite bands of all time, I'm glad it came across :)

    • @nedimkolecic295
      @nedimkolecic295 5 місяців тому +1

      Me too

  • @TheWinterShadow
    @TheWinterShadow 7 місяців тому +33

    At 10:42, ""I think we have to be grateful for what we've got through the years"".
    Only an extremely sincere BoC fan would've said those words.
    BoC fans are the most beautiful people on earth because they are the most appreciative of what they have experienced with this music.
    ...and then, there's everybody else.

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  7 місяців тому +2

      Haha the world would definitely be a more peaceful, introspective place if everybody had a daily dose of some BoC that's for sure 😂

    • @CamelliaFlingert
      @CamelliaFlingert 4 місяці тому

      i'm a BoC fan yet it's not applies to me, i can't be grateful for what will end one day

    • @christopher_ecclestone
      @christopher_ecclestone 4 місяці тому +1

      ​@@CamelliaFlingertKnowing it'll one day be over is exactly why you should be grateful.

    • @CamelliaFlingert
      @CamelliaFlingert 4 місяці тому +1

      @@christopher_ecclestone i can't be grateful for sufferings, what kind of masochistic nonsense is this

    • @tlpa
      @tlpa 3 місяці тому

      @@CamelliaFlingert An endless stream of BOC wont fix anything. It's more meaningful when it's limited, it makes you appreciate what you have more than what you want.

  • @dsmyify
    @dsmyify 3 місяці тому +11

    In primary school in the UK back in the 80's, they used to play educational TV programmes in class and there was a clock that counted down to the program. The music that played during that count down, in my mind, was Boards of Canada.

  • @rjayyyy9623
    @rjayyyy9623 7 місяців тому +29

    Although it’s a shame to find out that the Old Tunes tapes were leaked - rather than released - I still am grateful for it happening. Both volumes contain some of my favourite tracks of all time. Trapped is one of the most daunting, but powerful pieces of music I’ve ever listened to and Boqurant/5.9.78 are the two songs that I want played at my funeral.

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  7 місяців тому +3

      Likewise! Too bad for the band of course, but I don't think any of us fans are complaining :) Great picks, 5.9.78 is heavenly! Gorgeous, deeply moving sound that only BoC can pull off.

    • @Artifacts187
      @Artifacts187 5 місяців тому +2

      the old tape art to me almost made me think i missed something so special .....

    • @illegal_space_alien
      @illegal_space_alien 4 місяці тому +2

      Buckie High is my favorite, followed closely by Trapped. But to be honest, anyone can make a valid case for any of the songs on the two tapes being a favorite. Which is what is so special about BOC music. You can literally say any of their songs is your favorite, and others will have to concede that it's a good choice. There's not a lot of other bands out there that have that same distinction.

    • @kidfortoday
      @kidfortoday 3 місяці тому

      During those days of the “old tunes saga” on the Twoism board, we had a user by the name of MDG who was the bands photographer and member of the HS collective.
      He claimed at that time that there was talks to release all of the old material officially however since it’s been, oh about 20 years since that statement was made, I feel it was just a line to try and stop the leak from spreading further.
      One day I pray we will see that “BoC set”

  • @raelqeleshi1085
    @raelqeleshi1085 18 днів тому +1

    Walking barefoot on the ancient ruins of Apolonia, while tripping on acid and listening to Music Has The Right on headphones, will always be an unparalleled experience for me.

  • @Waldbraut
    @Waldbraut 8 місяців тому +9

    that ending "the past inside the present" really struck me as music i math was the very first BOC song I listened to and made me enamored with their music. i might have teared up a little

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  8 місяців тому

      A profound sample indeed :) Mine was Telephasic Workshop, fell in love at an instant. Thanks for watching and commenting!

    • @Waldbraut
      @Waldbraut 8 місяців тому +1

      @@AlbumAffairs I feel any song from Music has the Right to children could totally captivate me with that eerie nostalgic vibe. I also just remembered that when I discovered BOC for me I was actually working at the school I used to go as a child so the impact of that nostalgic feel was definitely strengthened by that. Also makes it so special to me too since now I always associate BOC with that time working at my old school - something that was directly linked to my childhood, as well as just the delightful interactions I had with the kids I looked after there

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  8 місяців тому +1

      ​@@Waldbraut That's beautiful, thanks for sharing. Yeah BoC sure knows how to walk the line between eerily creepy and warm, beautiful and fuzzy nostalgia. I also had a recent nostalgic experience. This summer me and the wife stayed a few months with my father, who still lives in the same house and neighborhood where I grew up. Walking the same routes I walked everyday as a child, past the old elementary school, reflecting on what's changed and what's not, was really moving for me. In my adolescence, I discovered BoC and walked those streets while listening to their music on my iPod. And now in my thirties, I'm back, listening to the same tunes, flooded with memories. Nostalgia's a tricky feeling to put to words but it felt like the circle had come to a close. Good times :)

    • @Waldbraut
      @Waldbraut 8 місяців тому +1

      @@AlbumAffairs that sounds really beautiful and touching. I had this habit of intentionally revisiting some of my cildhood spots just to see how things have changed (which is kinda easy since i never left my home town) and its always moving me deeply. it's really nice to have that kind of experience

  • @Helaw0lf
    @Helaw0lf 4 місяці тому +8

    Very touching tribute you did man. The inner child lives on. 😢

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  4 місяці тому

      Thank you! Indeed it does 🙂

  • @krysidian
    @krysidian 6 місяців тому +8

    what an absolutely incredible mini documentary on BoC! Seriously underrated with lots of insight and I could simply feel the passion throughout the video. I love Boards of Canada so much and this a perfect way to learn more about them. Whenever they might return to release more music, I'll be there to listen to it.

  • @jonathannnyms
    @jonathannnyms 4 місяці тому +3

    yesterday i was listening to heard from the telegraph lines and i could see the moon through my apartment window and i just gazed at it it really brought back this nostalgia this memory from when i was a little boy looking outside my bedroom window at the moon... it brought back so many memories i used to have this stuffed blue moon in that room this memory was almost forgotten i was about 3 years old at that time

  • @stoatystoat174
    @stoatystoat174 7 місяців тому +4

    The Campfire Headphase
    is one i keep going back to. Thought that they were Canadian for years

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  7 місяців тому

      I don't think you're the only one who thought they were Canadian in the beginning 😂 Love Campfire Headphase!

    • @kidfortoday
      @kidfortoday 3 місяці тому

      Uh, no one thought that. When I first ordered Twoism from SKAM’s website circa 1998 it was made clear that the band hailed from Scotland. What we didn’t know for the longest time was that they were actually brothers.

    • @schwany6703
      @schwany6703 2 місяці тому

      ​@@kidfortodaywhy wouldn't people think that? a band named "boards of Canada" with frequent North American samples and an EP called "trans Canada highway." grow some empathy, old man

  • @glenmoss02
    @glenmoss02 8 днів тому

    Yes, there's always a rumor about another possible release from BOC. I agree that if nothing from the brothers comes to fruition, we should all be grateful for the treasures they've given us over the decades. I certainly am.

  • @reversefulfillment9189
    @reversefulfillment9189 24 дні тому

    I remember picking up the CD in 1999 on a recommendation of a salesperson at a record store in Seattle. At first I was like "what is this?" It turned into a favorite shortly after a couple of listens. Great video bro.

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  23 дні тому +1

      Nice recommendations at that store! Thank you bro.

  • @markb8734
    @markb8734 7 місяців тому +5

    Such a good tribute to an amazing classic album. I really enjoyed this - thank you!

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  7 місяців тому

      Many thanks for watching mate. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

  • @goatmen7996
    @goatmen7996 7 місяців тому +3

    geogaddi gets me the most because of the song music is math and it hits me with that nostalgia

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  7 місяців тому +1

      Geogaddi is def a nostalgia trip as well, though a bit more unsettling one :)

  • @sinsentido1353
    @sinsentido1353 6 місяців тому +3

    You really made my day with this video. Beautiful

  • @SacrificialHam
    @SacrificialHam 6 місяців тому +1

    The past inside the present. Nice finishing touch my man, that's a well done video!

  • @DJAdalaide
    @DJAdalaide 5 місяців тому

    Very well made and insightful documentary!

  • @GettingHyphy
    @GettingHyphy 6 місяців тому

    Fitting, how well inspired and produced this video is, for a band whose catalogue is honestly flawless and perfectly executed

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  6 місяців тому +1

      Thank you, yes their discography is indeed flawless. If they do release another LP, I have no doubt it'll be nothing short of amazing. Thanks for watching!

  • @jesusnerito
    @jesusnerito 6 місяців тому +3

    Thank you for this video. Well produced, edited, writted... I've been a fan of BOC since long time ago. I will follow your work very close ^^

  • @JeffrStarkey
    @JeffrStarkey 6 місяців тому +1

    High quality video, thank you sir!

  • @jamesfullwood7788
    @jamesfullwood7788 2 місяці тому

    Beautiful video! Thank you...

  • @vexkiddy
    @vexkiddy 6 місяців тому +2

    They did play live. I saw them play twice at early warp parties in london.

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  6 місяців тому +2

      Amazing, consider yourself fortunate!

    • @vexkiddy
      @vexkiddy 3 місяці тому

      Thanks! I guess at the time you're just going to see music that you like. Now they've become so big its strange to think back to that experience. I can barely remember it! lol @@AlbumAffairs

  • @juppe6679
    @juppe6679 5 місяців тому +1

    kul att snubbla över en så välgjord video om boards of canada!! de har varit mina favoriter länge, men har aldrig tagit reda på något om deras historia, mycket fin video! :)

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  5 місяців тому +2

      Tack Juppe! Kul att du hittade hit och tyckte om videon! Trevligt att BoC har sina fans i lilla Sverige också, även om jag inte träffat många haha!

  • @lymskiUK
    @lymskiUK 7 місяців тому +1

    Thank you for such a wonderful, well researched and inspiring video ❤

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  7 місяців тому

      Big thanks for watching and the kind compliments!

  • @MrTiBeN11
    @MrTiBeN11 3 місяці тому

    Thank you very much for this mini doc. It just place words on what I feel about Boc and why they're just a special band for me since music has the rights to children. My surrounding often doesn't understand why I'm stuck with board of Canada... But you found the words

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  3 місяці тому

      Very relatable, I feel exactly the same way. Thanks so much for the kind support!

  • @BouchayBeats
    @BouchayBeats 8 днів тому

    Thank you so much for this video

  • @joweey9421
    @joweey9421 7 місяців тому +1

    Amazing video, very eye opening!

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  7 місяців тому

      Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed :)

  • @olseaweedbeardye8622
    @olseaweedbeardye8622 4 місяці тому

    This is an amazing video, statements and production alike. The imagery you used was perfect to compare with the music that these guys have made. Idk why but theres just something about that space-age 60/70’s aesthetic with technology that is just so cool to me. I think that’s why I like their music so much because it conveys that feeling so well just in music, it’s so impressive. Again, super good video man!

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  4 місяці тому +1

      Thank you for the support! Fittingly much of the space footage are from public domain documentaries by the actual National Film Board of Canada :)

  • @JarmaBlend
    @JarmaBlend 7 місяців тому +2

    This is excellent explanation of the power of BOCs music. It literally scares me that Music has the right to Children is 25 years old.

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  7 місяців тому

      Thanks a lot! Yes, time sure flies...

  • @thesurgingmass
    @thesurgingmass 3 місяці тому

    Brilliantly done!

  • @LK-428
    @LK-428 7 місяців тому +1

    Excellent video, I really, really enjoyed your take and style of video on this album that I can hear be talked about over and over again and still want to hear more of. Would really love to see a video of yours on Geogaddi, as I think it is as much of a quintessential work as this one. Regardless, great watch!

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  7 місяців тому +1

      Thanks for the kind words, I'm happy you enjoyed it! There'll certainly be more BoC content coming as they're one of my favourite bands, just a question of when really :) I'd love to do Geogaddi. Thanks again!

  • @Ozrictentacles87
    @Ozrictentacles87 7 місяців тому +4

    I think campfire headphase is the most organic and nostalgic of them all . Geogaddi and Music Has the Right to Children have dark undertones to it . Either way it’s great synth psychedelia bound to transport you to another realm .

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  7 місяців тому +4

      Love Campfire Headphase as well. It's underrated and for sure the most blissful and comforting of the major releases. Though I guess that's also the very reason people maybe found it a bit underwhelming.
      Those dark undertones you speak of (present on MHTRTC, Geogaddi and Tomorrow's Harvest) are a major factor why BoC are so revered in the first place. Like no other, BoC are able to take you on a journey from dark to eerie, beautiful and nostalgic. Maybe Campfire, in the end, just didn't have the same dynamic range.
      Thanks for watching!

    • @Ozrictentacles87
      @Ozrictentacles87 7 місяців тому +1

      @@AlbumAffairs I see where you're coming at. It conveys a wide spectrum of emotions for sure. I just ordered CHF, but i plan on getting Geogaddi and MHTRTC. I havent listened to it yet on vinyl. Excited. Great review. Another great group that coveys nostalgia to me is Album Leaf and Autechre

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  7 місяців тому +1

      @@Ozrictentacles87 Love Autechre, the early albums especially: Incunabula, Amber, Tri Repetae... all amazing! I'll have to check out more of Album Leaf's stuff, I listened to his collaboration with Sun Kil Moon which I enjoyed very much!

    • @Ozrictentacles87
      @Ozrictentacles87 7 місяців тому

      @@AlbumAffairs Word, In a safe place and Into the Blue again are albums id recommend. Have a good day

  • @jason_samosa
    @jason_samosa 3 місяці тому

    Subscribed. Thanks for taking a moment to celebrate BoC. I wish more people knew about the incredible magical worlds they made… but something tells me that BoC made their music to be obscure. ❤

  • @Helloimoliver
    @Helloimoliver 7 місяців тому +1

    Absolutely brilliant.

  • @buyilemzinyathi569
    @buyilemzinyathi569 Місяць тому

    beautiful video man 👍🤧

  • @marcosfunky
    @marcosfunky 3 місяці тому

    Zajebisty materiał, ten film po trzydziestu sekundach nastroił mnie na tę nostalgiczną atmosferę

  • @tutubism
    @tutubism 3 місяці тому

    I have been once again blessed by the yt algorithm to see another music related channel that focuses on historical context of more niche or underground styles that not alot of people know or appreciate. This is some quality educational content right here 👍

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  3 місяці тому

      Thank you! All hail the algorithm 😅

  • @lundsweden
    @lundsweden 6 місяців тому +1

    One trend in the 90s was clean, digital recording, but another trend was strong in hiphop, sampled vinyl, lofi sampling machines were also common such as the 12 bit EMU SP1200, Akai MPC 60/60 II, Akai S900/950. Punk and Indie and a lot of amateur hobbyists/home recordists were still using 4 or 8 track cassette recorders, and this was often dubbed to 2 track stereo cassettes. Sampling from VHS tape was also common back then- because it was the technology of the time. All these ingredients helped make the BOC sound IMO.

  • @DayvanC33
    @DayvanC33 3 місяці тому +1

    I remeber the day where I discovered BoC, i was looking in Hi5 the profile of a band, then I saw the individual profile of each member of the band, when I was scrolling in the profile of the guitarist I saw his top 10 profiles (back in the day you could select 10 profiles and show them in your homepage). I saw the profile pic of BoC and i was extremely curious because i wanted to know what kind of music used to listen this artist so I entered to then profile of BoC and the first song I listened was Dayvan Cowboy and then Beware with the friendly stranger… after that i downloaded all the Geogaddi album in Ares. It was 2002 or 2003, that was how my obsession with BoC began. Now in 2024, living in Paris i keep my spirit listening to them.

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  3 місяці тому

      Love it! Sure it wasn't a bit later? :) I discovered them 2005 on Last.fm. The Campfire Headphase had just come out and Dayvan Cowboy was also the first song I listened to as it was the single from that album. Loved it instantly and went on to become obsessed with MHTRTC and Geogaddi, especially tracks like Telephasic Workshop, Dawn Chorus, Julie and Candy, An Eagle in Your Mind, 1969 just to name a few. Thanks for watching!

  • @alexthirlwall9833
    @alexthirlwall9833 Місяць тому

    Beautiful tribute, thanks very much, one of my absolute favourite acts ever/

  • @bow1543
    @bow1543 7 місяців тому +1

    Amazing video!! Would love to see more videos of other iconic electronic albums ❤

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  7 місяців тому +1

      Thank you! I'll definitely do more deep dives into some of the best electronic albums ever! Seems to be an audience for it :)

    • @bow1543
      @bow1543 7 місяців тому

      @@AlbumAffairs subscribed !

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  7 місяців тому

      @@bow1543 appreciate it!

  • @JOHNCONNOR19840
    @JOHNCONNOR19840 2 місяці тому

    Love it thank you 👍😌✨

  • @ProjetHomeStudio
    @ProjetHomeStudio 2 місяці тому

    Great video, thanks

  • @gldengblin
    @gldengblin 3 місяці тому

    I accidentally stumbled across this. There is so much muck that is consistently thrown at you by algorithms. It gets tiring to sift through and feels like a waste of time. It's so fucking refreshing to find amazing work by accident. Keep doing what you're doing. This musical exploration is so warm and enjoyable. Subbed.

  • @faunoram
    @faunoram 4 місяці тому

    Beautiful video !!!

  • @soydave1988
    @soydave1988 4 місяці тому

    Boards Of Canada's music is just so special. Undoubtedly one of the greatest contributions to electronic music ever

  • @Noxx55
    @Noxx55 3 місяці тому +1

    I think saying BOC is only nostalgia is reductive, and ignores the other emotions that come up when listening to their music. They're tapped into something that, I feel, is broader than just nostalgia.

  • @Seskoi
    @Seskoi 3 місяці тому

    Awesome analysis. Thank you !!! Hopefully a new album before I cannot remember my childhood at all :)

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  3 місяці тому +1

      Thank you! Let's hope so indeed. Nice profile pic btw! 🤘

  • @1035pm
    @1035pm 2 місяці тому

    Everything you do is a balloon hits so hard. Like a colour yet to be discovered.

  • @mater753s
    @mater753s 5 місяців тому

    amazing video, great job! I don't think someone who isn't a BOC fan could do a video like this, every detail etc...

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  5 місяців тому +1

      Thank you! 🙏 The devil is in the details 😅

  • @mignob
    @mignob 2 місяці тому

    it also helps my dad showed me boc back when i was like 7 and roygbiv was one of my favourite songs on my mp3 player so I have another layer of real nostalgia on top haha

  • @vinniramos
    @vinniramos 7 місяців тому +1

    beautiful!

  • @billy2896
    @billy2896 4 місяці тому

    this made me cry :,,3

  • @eduardorivera4343
    @eduardorivera4343 3 місяці тому

    Next to KRAFTWERK and AIR, BOARDS OF CANADA is one of my favorite electronic bands 🙂

  • @blakenaftel3637
    @blakenaftel3637 3 місяці тому

    One last thing. If you want my guess as to what's up with the cover to their first album, I personally believe it all comes back to where they sourced their vintage samples for _Roygbiv_ ("Lake" among others). This came from an episode of _Sesame Street._ ua-cam.com/video/9j4kXWTJXLE/v-deo.html The same short film borrowed for those sounds featured footage of a family by a lakeside. The family is shot from a distance and the overall low detail of the footage, the color scheme, etc. all solidly look like a prototype of BoC's cover image. Even the inscrutability of their faces. I'd bet a hundred bucks that this left an impression on them that they casually ported over to their album cover along with the samples from the same episode. I can imagine they had the episode recorded from TV onto a VHS tape since it aired in 1991.

  • @JACK-YOUR-BODY
    @JACK-YOUR-BODY 6 місяців тому

    Great mini doc 👍

  • @brotherbrother2137
    @brotherbrother2137 8 місяців тому +2

    Cool video man

  • @SebastianGrantElKiva
    @SebastianGrantElKiva 3 місяці тому

    I went to a listening party where music has the right to children was played on vinyl on a nightclub I went to as a teenager and closed directly after this party.
    My father died that week and I went to stay at his house after flying 1000km to the city where this happened.
    Almost beats the spliff I smoked to BOC back in the day.

  • @tetsuoshima7385
    @tetsuoshima7385 Місяць тому

    Great video 😊

  • @dmtboke
    @dmtboke 3 місяці тому

    6 Years Ago I started listening to BoC after someone heard my new track and immediately said it reminded them of Board Of Canada.
    At first, I was genuinely offended, as it was the first time someone had compared my music to something else and I was under the impression that what I was doing was unique and had never been done before - Quickly realised how wrong I was.
    Not only had the style I thought was so unique already been done, but it had already been done BEFORE I was born in 96, and in the same Country!! (Im Scottish & was born less than 15 minutes from where they live) So yeah safe to say I was weirded out and became obsessed because I knew nothing of them and how to find them.
    Over the years, I've come to accept that they done want to be found - hense the reason I can't find them! And as for the music, they've given me enough. It woul dbe great to hear more but what you've done all those years ago till now is timeless - who cares whats in the volt? that's for them to decide.
    Sending love to you all, if you like BoC you might like some of my stuff - Bless!

  • @STDanger
    @STDanger 5 місяців тому

    Brilliant artists, brilliant video.

  • @peterwilson5528
    @peterwilson5528 3 місяці тому

    All very true. BOC takes me back often. Now I am 65 one year over that Beatles song and far away abroad. 40 years the wanderer to many lands. Listening to BOC is nostalgic. I feel like it is was when I was a kid in Sundrige Park in Bromley in the 1960s aged about 5. When all the summers were long and I explored everywhere. By the lake building rafts and catching frogs. Ah such long hot summers and people seemed so very happy. Life was less complicated and the most outrageous music was the Beatles... Anyway, that is what I remember :) P.S. "Orange"

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  3 місяці тому

      Beautiful, thanks for sharing! P.S. "Yeah that's right"

  • @JoseGonzalez-lz7zc
    @JoseGonzalez-lz7zc 7 місяців тому +1

    ❤ oh broda awesome video :')

  • @SeasideBandit
    @SeasideBandit 7 місяців тому +2

    I love this band. I did find another artist called Airplane, he is also under another name or two but i can't remember what else he is called. Same kind of sound, and i totally dig it.

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  7 місяців тому

      Don't know him. Do you have any link to his stuff? Thanks for watching!

    • @dsmyify
      @dsmyify 3 місяці тому

      Christ. is another Scottish artist, also Faex Optim from Scotland, and Bocuma an Irish guy, all influenced by BOC and have the same sound.

  • @Pixxit-de2sy
    @Pixxit-de2sy 3 місяці тому

    This is art

  • @royrosero7368
    @royrosero7368 3 місяці тому

    its like... I didnt know I need it "back" in my life, because it always was inside me I mean, this music but I forgot the be a child... mea culpa!

  • @arcticablue
    @arcticablue 4 місяці тому +1

    Did you say twenty years? Boards of Canada formed in 1986 and I have been listening to them for a few years shy of 40 years.

  • @MisterBrimm
    @MisterBrimm 7 місяців тому +1

    I have this great album on vinyl!

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  7 місяців тому +1

      Congrats! Listening to BOC on vinyl is definitely the way to do it! 🤘

  • @DRO0M
    @DRO0M 7 місяців тому +2

    Great video! i'm a visual artist, heavily inspired by BOC and I was wondering: where did you find all the video material? especially the old home footage from the 70s..
    thanks :)

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  7 місяців тому +1

      Thank you! They're all from Wikimedia Commons. Great resource for creatives!

    • @DRO0M
      @DRO0M 7 місяців тому

      @@AlbumAffairs thanks! i've been trying to use it for some time but I am not able to find a lot of amateur super 8 footage.. are there maybe specific search terms that you've used?

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  7 місяців тому +1

      @@DRO0M There's not a lot, but I was able to find some using terms like: home movie, super 8, 16mm, 70s, 80s, 1970s, 60s... etc. You get the point :) Hope you find what you need!

  • @rozzgrey801
    @rozzgrey801 4 місяці тому

    It may be useful to point out that throughout history nostalgia has been seen as a form of sickness, hence the algia suffix as in neuralgia. They might see us as indulging in sentimentality.

  • @YourTiybik
    @YourTiybik 5 місяців тому

    I was seeking for "analysis of boards of canada music", and stumbled upon your video. that's not exactly what I was i searching for, but it was 12 minutes of an interesting well presented story about a great group with interesting facts, a soothing narrative and just warmth.
    and besides all this, this is new content, so I'll ask here, maybe someone can help.
    In the: Gemini(2:20-2:40) starts pretty cool sound with an increasing repetitive echo-like effect. If u know how this technique or sound called I ll appreciate it if u tell me😅

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  5 місяців тому +1

      Hi! If you want BoC analysis, find samples, interviews, themes etc I really recommend bocpages.org. Big thanks for watching!

  • @Merapsco
    @Merapsco 5 місяців тому

    Great video

  • @Zothiqueness
    @Zothiqueness 7 місяців тому +2

    Nice video.

  • @tetsuoshima7385
    @tetsuoshima7385 Місяць тому +1

    What is the song in the background at the start of the video please

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  Місяць тому

      Notize - Come Closer (Instrumental)

  • @blakenaftel3637
    @blakenaftel3637 3 місяці тому

    Incidentally, who did that recording of Arabesque no. 1? I can scarcely name another piece of music that is more specifically nostalgic in nature to me than Tomita's 1974 cover of same, not just because it's thoroughly vintage but also because it was used as the theme tune for a short form program from my childhood that dealt with contemporaneous space phenomena (Jack Horkheimer Star Gazer). I'm always on board for another cover that seems to achieve much the same effect.

  • @sebp400
    @sebp400 6 місяців тому

    it's linked to the concept of Hauntology. The wiki page about it is interesting.

  • @leeartlee915
    @leeartlee915 4 місяці тому

    I was already into dance music/electronic music by the late 90s but it took me awhile longer to find this band. It’s honestly one of my few life regrets.

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  4 місяці тому +1

      Better late than never my friend!

  • @Pakem22
    @Pakem22 8 місяців тому +1

    Very nice video :)

  • @paulhealey2984
    @paulhealey2984 23 дні тому

    Good video. What's the track that starts at 9:00 mins then again at 10:03? Thanks.

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  21 день тому +1

      Thanks! It's Stefano Mastronardi - Future Groove

    • @paulhealey2984
      @paulhealey2984 21 день тому +1

      @@AlbumAffairs ok thanks for that.

  • @Artifacts187
    @Artifacts187 5 місяців тому +1

    the best of the best in the rare..genres of music ...i was there to absorb some of the best music

  • @SpleefyGames
    @SpleefyGames 5 місяців тому +2

    Whats the song playing during the intro please ?

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  5 місяців тому +1

      Notize - Come Closer (Instrumental) licensed from Artlist

  • @blakenaftel3637
    @blakenaftel3637 3 місяці тому

    Describe BoC's sound? Their best tracks, e.g. _Everything You Do is a Balloon_ and _Roygbiv,_ are literally: _What if you took something Alain Clavier might have composed in the late 70s or early 80s for a short documentary, including the lo-fi qualities inherent therein, and teased that a bit before finally adding a classically 90s drum sequence over it?_ The lo-fi, vintage synth component is what drives the nostalgia, and while the 90s drums aren't exactly modern, it's the contrast that BoC are surely drawn to, and it's not as though there's been dramatic musical evolution in the last 30 years anyway-certainly nothing like when you compare any two decades of the 20th century.

  • @juliomonk
    @juliomonk 7 місяців тому +1

    The original album closer is "Happy Cycling"

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  7 місяців тому

      That depends which release you have. On the original Warp release it's "One Very...", but it looks like "Happy Cycling" is the closer on the US release. Thanks for watching!

  • @MichiganPeatMoss
    @MichiganPeatMoss 3 місяці тому

    We experience life in our minds (so there's that). ;)

  • @xion3090
    @xion3090 7 місяців тому +4

    Oct 10,2023
    1.7k views
    470 subs
    112 likes including me
    21 comments
    1st time here

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  7 місяців тому +1

      Big thanks for the support!

    • @xion3090
      @xion3090 7 місяців тому +1

      @@AlbumAffairs What's your insta bro i wanna follow you

    • @checkyourhead37
      @checkyourhead37 2 місяці тому

      Mar 30, 2024
      23,941 views
      1.19k subs
      1.6k likes
      222 comments
      1st time here too

  • @Zer0ctopus7
    @Zer0ctopus7 Місяць тому

    It's strange how your accent/speed of speech fits this video really well. Just another unexplainable thing. 😉

  • @LucasDegen
    @LucasDegen 5 місяців тому

    My favorite band. Thank you for creating this video. Almost 666 likes this video and you have almost 666 subs ;)

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  5 місяців тому +1

      Thank you for the support mate! 🙏 Haha yeah, I should've planned ahead and made a video on Geogaddi for that occasion. In the future! 🤘😈

  • @jeremymr
    @jeremymr 3 місяці тому

    1:40 - "They've often been painted as these mysterious druids making cryptic music from a secluded bunker, but this couldn't be further from the truth..."
    No, it is the truth. They are literal cryptids.

  • @rzezniqq
    @rzezniqq 5 місяців тому

    I would be interested in hearing your thoughts on Drukqs by Aphex Twin. One of the best electronic albums ever recorded.

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  5 місяців тому

      I def have something on Aphex Twin coming up!

  • @paulrush808
    @paulrush808 7 місяців тому +1

    Hexagon for life

    • @AlbumAffairs
      @AlbumAffairs  7 місяців тому

      Take a shot for every hexagon in the video! Happy weekend!

  • @zakaroonetwork777
    @zakaroonetwork777 5 місяців тому

    25th Anniversary Album due soon...

  • @brazilchem
    @brazilchem 3 місяці тому

    I always wonder if that nostalgia is felt only by people the same age of the boc bros, around 50yo, that share these commercials, corporate clips, animal docs filmed in the 70's and 80's and the sounds that go with all of it. How does it feel to a 25yo?

  • @amonster8mymother
    @amonster8mymother 5 місяців тому

    Hello from 🇨🇦

  • @andrewdelbosque982
    @andrewdelbosque982 3 місяці тому

    I need to information on echus…. And I will not sleep until I ask them in person.

  • @premapoojitanananda7947
    @premapoojitanananda7947 7 місяців тому +1

    🌸🌟