quoted 10 lines What Autechre does for my head, boards of canada does for the inside of
> What Autechre does for my head, boards of canada does for the inside of
> my
> eyelids. I swear there's something subconscious going on in this
> music...a
> layer I'm not hearing. The melodies are clear and beautiful in a simple,
> schoolyard sort of way. It's complex material and I don't mean to say
> it's
> simple and easy to do; quite the contrary...but Boards of Canada makes
> me
> feel six years old again. Six years old and full of joy again.
I've played BoC for a lot of non IDM friends (none of my friends listen to
idm), and those who have liked it all said the same thing about it.
Reminds them of being a kid. The first time I heard "Music has the Right
to Children," I was reminded of watching PBS on rainy days as a kid
living in Chicago in the late 70s/early 80s. The chime sounds they use in
a lot of their music reminds me of a lot of old PBS and TV music. The
chimes in Mr Rogers, the little "More You Know" public service
announcments on NBC, and various other stuff. That type of music, those
sad little low budget "jingles" were probably used just as much on BBC and
Canadian TV channels way back, too. The one flaw in this theory would be
that a lot of younger kids listen to BoC, too, and seem to pick up on the
same feeling. I dunno. Anyone think this theory has any merit?
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