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(IDM-r) Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children - Warp

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1998-04-30 18:16Philip Downey (IDM-r) Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children - Warp
1998-05-01 18:09Christopher Fahey (IDM-r) Boards of Canada - music has the right to children - Warp
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1998-04-30 18:16Philip DowneyWhich brings me to the Boards of Canada. They know their history. It's hidden in bits and
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Which brings me to the Boards of Canada. They know their history. It's hidden in bits and pieces. First of all, the samples. Just meaningless bits of nothingness, spliced here and there. No politics, just something that sounds cool. The beats. Laid back, always. Sort of like Autechre discovered cool jazz. In the end you need melody, and these boys got it. Drum-n-bass doesn't. At least the experimental stuff doesn't. There is the occasional song--4 by Aphew Twin and Mushroom Compost by mu-ziq that slips in--but otherwise it's just beats. On the BoC 7", that harsh noise on chinook just has to be a homage to Kraftwerk's breathing noise on Tour de France. There's nothing new in Boards of Canada. But they've pulled what they like--coincidentally what most of this list likes--and put it together into the best down-tempo stuff I have heard this year. Phil Downey
1998-05-01 18:09Christopher FaheyThis CD is excellent. It's sparse as hell compared to what some of the other godz on this
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This CD is excellent. It's sparse as hell compared to what some of the other godz on this list are up to, but it definatley not minimal or thin. The beats are complex, but not with the usual bombardment of snares and fuzzy noises. Like others have said, this LP concentrates on melody and austere moods first, yet balanced nicely with the rhythmic elements. It's even got DJ scratching on it here and there. BoC employs a wide palette here. I *love* the extensive use of vocal samples here, as both cryptic lyrical content and as fragmented rhythmic/melodic elements. Track2's use of the truncated sampled syllable "swa" is brilliantly subtle. The samples are eerie, spectral, and seem to actually come from the creepy family on the album cover, or other natives of their stepford planet. The voices aren't saying trippy sci-fi shit or cosmic wisdom or corny philosophy - they seem to be saying mundane, even happy things like "let's go for a bike ride" or "tag you're it" (I'm making this up - I have no idea what exactly they're saying but most of them sound like children). Some tracks use vocals in a way not dissimilar to Autechre's "chatter" from the first(?) AI comp. The record has an interesting production "space" to it. I can't put my finger on it - it seems like there's more midrange sometimes, yet other times there's none. I suppose it's the lack of gratuitous electronoise which sounds so distinctive. Or maybe it's the room left in the mix for the vocal fragments, and the frequent use of that room, which sounds so interesting. I'm pleased with this CD - the first purchase in months I've been really happy with. -Cf np: BoC of course =B0 - . _ . - =B0 =A8 =B0 - . _ . - =B0 =A8 =B0 - . _ . - c h r i s t =F8 p h e r f =AA h e y . _ . - =B0 =A8 =B0 - . _ . - =B0 =A8 =B0 - . _ . - =B0 =A8 chris@raremedium.com 2 1 2 - 6 3 4 - 6 9 5 0 x 2 5 8 http://www.raremedium.com - =B0 =A8 =B0 - . _ . - =B0 =A8 =B0 - . _ . - =B0 =A8 =B0 - .