as a huge boards of canada fan, i'll speak up about it. most of the rdj
comparison comes from the use of happy/friendly melodies, which holds true
for some of it, and most of the autechre comparisons come from the use of...
hmm.. actually i don't know where those comparisons come from.
really i found that people who purchase boards of canada because they hear
it sounds like either aphex or ae don't like it, because truly it's unique
from them.. although it is on warp..
anywho, i did a huge analysis of boards of canada for a report last spring,
and basically what it comes down to is the use of familiar and funky beats
that change either not at all or very slowly, but serves to create a
comfortable environment for the listener (or uncomfortable, in the case of
their twoism stuff or sixtyten). the melodies, which are often somewhat
distant sounding, seem almost nostalgic, especially with their "natural" or
"analog" (not saying that analog is natural, mind you). it becomes very
friendly stuff, even the less friendly tracks.
i didn't like "music.." very much when i first heard it either (and i was
mad that triangles and rhombuses was so short), but a month went by, i
listened to it again, and i was like "wow, i think i like this". it was
weird how it all seemed so familiar after that month :)
a lot of their titles fall under the "odd emo" category. hit up their
website (www.boardsofcanada.com) for really great pictures and such. the
intro picture is for "triangles and rhombuses", which [personally] changed
my point of view on that song (which i still love but think is still too
short).
-derek
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>speaking of a little late, I just got Boards of Canada - Music has the
>Right... and I can't figure out what people liked about it so much. It'squoted 1 line that it's not my taste--epic amibience with beats and silly samples is
>that it's not my taste--epic amibience with beats and silly samples isquoted 5 lines up my ally. I love side four, but the rest of the album sounds pretty
>up my ally. I love side four, but the rest of the album sounds pretty
>mediocre to me. It's been compared to RDJ album and various Autechre, but
>what I like about all the albulms it's been compared to is their variation.
>the BoC all sounds very similar to me.
>Someone please explain what I'm missing.