New Boards of Canada single up for download
 

Buy the "Oscar See Through Red Eye" mp3
On Bleep's website for $1.35USD http://www.bleep.com/?label=boc

Orange!

There has also been another supposed new BOC track "Satellite Anthem Icarus" leaked, it sounds unmistakeably BOC. It's quite good.

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That other leak is confirmed official... and it's better IMO than the single available for purchase. :)

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I've now heard "Chromakey Dreamcoat" as well... sounds like BOC but fairly different equipment/programs/samples this time around - and the version I've heard is encoded at like, 48kbs, so there's probably a bit I'm missing. Use of guitar sample is fairly prevelant here. Track is a fair bit better than "Oscar See Through Red Eye" but not as good as "Satellite Anthem Icarus".

Not one child sample to be found yet either! :)

Interesting so far - I've never been a huge fan of their full lengths but pulling the gems out and arranging into a personal comp creates something magical. Well, I do like the 'Maxima' collection but that's not official...

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Dammit I've been listening to "Satellite Anthem Icarus" all day. I loves it much.

May I ask where you've heard Chromakey Dreamcoat??

edit: nevermind I found it:)

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Okay the non-fake album is starting to float around.

So far it sounds as though all the things I didn't like about 'Geogaddi' are gone (they seemed incapable of allowing a groove to be a groove on that record) and some of the things I like about BOC are back. Lots of new subtle ideas that work really well (the inclusion of guitar). Now that I've heard "Chromakey Dreamcoat" with proper encoding instead of the 48k radio show version I can say without a doubt the track is CLASSIC - at about :59 seconds the track opens up into the kind of expansive, wide-eyed soundscape that only this group seems capable of producing... the kind of collected sound that will have people who enjoy substances will listening to this group scrambling for anything to help them with the experience. :)

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the new album is awesome - i've sadly got it (i say sadly because i so wanted to wait for the cd and artwork etc..).

Its got one of the most amazing tracks ive heard - dayvan cowboy, the drums that come in at around the 3 minute mark are sensational.

as scott says about Chromakey Dreamcoat, a classic.

In my opinion it has to be contender for the electronic, if not album, of the year.

I will certainly buy the CD but temptation became too much after hearing oscar see through red eye...

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somewhere between sheer beauty and plain boredom. like all BoC albums. ;)

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Agreed. Ever since I discovered this group I've been making my own albums from their work. :)

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In my opinion its pretty much all beauty. I find each song has a particualr relevance to me. blah, i know.

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Is there a way to easily recognize the real version from just the file names?