Showing posts with label marcus sandison. Show all posts
Showing posts with label marcus sandison. Show all posts

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Boards Of Canada - The Campfire Headphase


The last album that these brothers worked on. It took two years to make. It was recorded on a new studio they built so the sound is totally different from any other BOC record, but its still true, they can work on some incredible sounds that no one seems to have. Its also full sampled acoustic guitars they played so it kinda has more conventional song structures. "We usually imagine our music to have a visual element while we're writing it, so we were picturing this character losing his mind at the campfire and compressing weeks of events into a few hours, in that time-stretching way that acid fucks with your perception" said Michael Sandison. Incredible soundscapes as usual, dreamlike harmonies, spaced out melodies and beats that vary from acoustic to electronic.

This ends my Boards Of Canada blog posts marathon but i do exhort you to look into this duos music and get everything you can because its worth it and its maybe something that might make your days a lot easier to get by. Smoke up in your garden and put these album in full volume because your gonna have a nice experience.

Farewell Fire

Boards Of Canada - Geogaddi

Another eclectic musical work from brothers Michael Sandison & Marcus Eoin Sandison. This album has some pretty dark landscapes of sounds that takes you trough a rare journey of darkness before you reach open air again. Some of the compositions have rhythmic patterns that are not something usual you would hear in an electronic album but it then gives away with some solid beats that make you wanna move and groove. There is a song called 'Gyroscope' that has some samples taken from a number station and sampled from Sean Booth of Autechre. Many tracks in this album and some rare sounds capes. Its true that these brothers know how to collect cool sounds that no one could ever come across and then use it stylishly in a musical sense. 'Julie & Candy' 'Dawn Chorus' and '1969' are highlights in this album so get it and listen good!

Music is Math