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Hi-all Hi-Scores by BOC .. I know this was re-released on cd by skam relatively recently.. I was wondering, was it released on vinyl also? if so, how does one tell the difference between the original 12" release and the re-release (if a re-release exists..)? thanks noah --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

At 10:10 AM 12/12/2000 +0200, you wrote:

quoted 17 lines On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, noah wrote:

>On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, noah wrote: > > > Hi-Scores by BOC .. I know this was re-released on cd by skam relatively > > recently.. I was wondering, was it released on vinyl also? if so, how > > does one tell the difference between the original 12" release and the > > re-release (if a re-release exists..)? > > > It was originally released on vinyl only, the second pressing had CD >copies as well (probably to reach a larger audience). > > There is at least one difference between the vinyl versions - the labels >are of different colour (at least between the copies I was able to >check). The first pressing has lighter text on a blue background, the >second pressing has darker text on a blue background. I think the first >pressing looks a bit nicer :). There could be other differences as well, >but as I have just two copies of the first pressing I can't do a proper >comparison. The tracks are the same.

I believe that both the Hi Scores EP and Gescom's Keynell were re-created from low-quality .jpegs. it's quite evident on Keynell (esp. cos they inverted the colors), but although I've never seen an original, i imagine that yes, it would look nicer on close inspection. but it's a toughy on first glance :D

quoted 8 lines As for the new BoC EP, I'm still digesting. The title track is just

> As for the new BoC EP, I'm still digesting. The title track is just >fantastic (I have a newly found love of vocoders and twisted speech >samples), though grows a bit weary towards the end. ``Zoetrope'' is >absolutely fabulous. ``Kid For Today'' and ``Amo Bishop Roden'' are still >in limbo, but as with all much-anticipated releases, I will probably start >to like the EP more and more as I listen to it. Maybe it's because I've >been too much into electro, techno and really weird stuff lately - I might >be temporarily melodically challenged.

It sounds to me like "Kid for today" is the token old BOC track on this EP. it sounds more dated than the other two, and sounds as if it were from a pre-Hi Scores era (it has some of the same qualities as "smokes quantity", from twoism and music has the right to children). personally, the only song i think is "ok" is "amo bishop roden", which is good, but hasn't quite sunk in yet. but hey, it's Boards of Canada, their stuff never has a "bam! this is good!" quality :D to me it's always been a "hey, i wanna listen to that album again.. and again.. and again" cheers, derek - - - - - Alice could not help her lips curing up into a smile as she began: "Do you know, I always thought Unicorns were fabulous monsters, too! I never saw one alive before!" "Well, now that we HAVE seen each other," said the Unicorn, "if you'll believe in me, I'll believe in you. Is that a bargain?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

quoted 7 lines It sounds to me like "Kid for today" is the token old BOC track on this

> >It sounds to me like "Kid for today" is the token old BOC track on this >EP. it sounds more dated than the other two, and sounds as if it were >from a pre-Hi Scores era (it has some of the same qualities as "smokes >quantity", from twoism and music has the right to children). personally, >the only song i think is "ok" is "amo bishop roden", which is good, but >hasn't quite sunk in yet.

i feel like a maroon responding to myself, but i wanted to clarify before the BOC flames roll in :D i feel "amo bishop roden" is the "ok" song. everything else is really really good :D i suppose i'll post a quick review to make up for being a maroon. "kid for today" using some older "boc" drones (think "smokes quantity" although a little happier), and a rhythm that gradually develops, "kid for today" presents is probably the most characteristic boards of canada song on the EP. a very dreamy melody floats in and out, with that wonderful nostalgic melancholy flavor that boards of canada is known for. to me, this is the best song on the EP. "amo bishop roden" this is the song with the bassy "moog hits" that someone on the list previously mentioned. i personally find this to be the weakest song on the EP, but probably because of the thin-sounding "strings" (although they're definitely pads) used throughout the song and that provide most of the melody. nothing really reached out and grabbed me about this song, but it probably suffers being directly after "kid for today" and before "in a beautiful place out in the country" "in a beautiful place out in the country" the much spoken-about vocoded song on the EP, this is the song sampled for the flash animation put out by warp earlier this year. definitely a "new style" for boards of canada, both the drum programming and the use of a vocoder are different from previous work. luckily the melodic style is similar, and the vocoding does great things for this song. i personally found the drum programming sort of, uhh, not very interesting, since it sounds more like background than the normally prominent rhythms boards of canada usually use, but it doesn't detract by any means. overall a very nice and refreshingly new boards of canada track. "zoetrope" using the cyclical nature of its namesake (those small tube things that you put strips of paper in, spin, and look through the slits on the side for a sort of "looping animation"), "zoetrope" is a highly melodic, mostly looping piece. quite basic and simple, yet masterfully put together to remain interesting, "zoetrope" is a good song to end the EP on. although some people might refer to this one as "the boring one," i personally find it nicely ambient and calming, and nice just to kick back to after the other, more rhythmic songs on the EP. cheers, /derek - - - - - Alice could not help her lips curing up into a smile as she began: "Do you know, I always thought Unicorns were fabulous monsters, too! I never saw one alive before!" "Well, now that we HAVE seen each other," said the Unicorn, "if you'll believe in me, I'll believe in you. Is that a bargain?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

quoted 4 lines It sounds to me like "Kid for today" is the token old BOC track on this

>It sounds to me like "Kid for today" is the token old BOC track on this >EP. it sounds more dated than the other two, and sounds as if it were >from a pre-Hi Scores era (it has some of the same qualities as "smokes >quantity", from twoism and music has the right to children).

It actually is quite old, the website used to have a snippet of it dated 1997 and of course it was remixed last year by seefeel on the warp 10 remixes cd. Ant --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org