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						to make their own associations. For that reason,
						think very carefully before deciding whether to read on.
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						Note that comments about what is said, and possible sample sources,
						are generally on the <a href="/boc/lyrics/">lyrics</a> page, and not repeated on this page,
						so look there for more information.
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						It should not really be necessary to add that, if quoting from this site, it would
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						Readers can make up their own minds about what is presented.
					</p>
					<p>
						Finally, a reminder not to take all the hidden meanings and messages
						TOO seriously. It's just music, after all. 
					</p>
					<div class="qlinks">
						<h2>Rare / Early</h2>
						<ul>
							<li><a href="#catalog3">catalog 3</a></li>
							<li><a href="#acidmemories">acid memories</a></li>
							<li><a href="#closesvol.1">closes vol. 1</a></li>
							<li><a href="#playbynumbers">play by numbers</a></li>
							<li><a href="#hooperbay">hooper bay</a></li>
							<li><a href="#bocmaxima">boc maxima</a></li>
						</ul>
					</div>
					<div class="qlinks">
						<h2>General Releases</h2>
						<ul>
							<li><a href="#twoism">twoism</a></li>
							<li><a href="#hiscores">hi scores</a></li>
							<li><a href="#aquarius">aquarius</a></li>
							<li><a href="#mhtrtc">music has the right to children</a></li>
							<li><a href="#telephasic">telephasic workshop</a></li>
							<li><a href="#peel">peel session</a></li>
							<li><a href="#iabpoitc">in a beautiful place out in the country</a></li>
							<li><a href="#geogaddi_promo">geogaddi (promo)</a></li>
							<li><a href="#geogaddi">geogaddi</a></li>
						</ul>
					</div> 
					<div class="qlinks">
						<h2>Others</h2>
						<ul>
							<li><a href="#disengage">disengage radio show</a></li>
							<li><a href="#helterskelter">helter skelter</a></li>
							<li><a href="#hi">hell interface</a></li>
						</ul>
					</div> 
			</div>
			<div id="rare" class="content">
				<h2>rare / early</h2>
					<div id="catalog3" class="subcontent">
						<h3><a href="#catalog3">catalog 3</a></h3>
							<div class="left"><img src="/boc/assets/img/thumbs/boc12_catalog3.jpg" alt="boc12_catalog3" /></div>
								<p>
									Assuming there was a "catalog 1" and "catalog 2", this album title gives us some indication
									that the albums listed here are only part of a greater body of work unreleased to the public.
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="visual_drone">visual drone 12</span>: this title may refer to the condition synaesthesia, where there
									is a 'crossing of senses'; e.g. a sound might induce a visual sensation. Compare
									the title "i saw drones" on "Geogaddi". Greek: syn- (together), aesthesia (perception, sensation). [DC]
								</p>
					</div>
					<div id="acidmemories" class="subcontent">
						<h3><a href="#acidmemories">acid memories</a></h3>
							<div class="left"><img src="/boc/assets/img/thumbs/boc12_acid.jpg" alt="boc12_acid" /></div>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="helter_skelter">helter skelter</span>: a Beatles song. The name that Charles Manson gave to his philosophy;
									he apparently got the idea that the Beatles song promoted race war, whereas it is just
									the name given in the UK to a playground slide which spirals round as it comes down.
									The spiral connection occurs again in "follow the spiral" - see below. [DC]
								</p>
					</div>
					<div id="closesvol.1" class="subcontent">
						<h3><a href="#closesvol.1">closes vol. 1</a></h3>
							<div class="left"><img src="/boc/assets/img/thumbs/boc12_closes1.jpg" alt="boc12_closes1" /></div>
								<p>
									4 tracks have the title <span class="emph">close1</span> through <span class="emph">close4</span>. Some track titles
									have mathematical connotations: <span class="quote">"tends towards</span> (from analysis, limits, etc.),
									<span class="emph">numerator</span> (fractions), <span class="emph">trillions</span>, <span class="emph">5d</span>
									(5-dimensional).
								</p>
								<p>
									An interesting observation: "5d" (5-dimensional) could be a reference to band "the 5th dimension",
									who originally performed the song "aquarius" that features on the soundtrack of the musical "Hair" (see comments on <a href="#aquarius">aquarius</a>).
									[oswellm]
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="follow_the_spiral">follow the spiral</span>: there is more, further down the page,
									about the golden ratio, golden section, etc. Golden spiral: start with a rectangle whose length and breadth
									are in the golden ratio (about 1.618:1). Remove a square from it, and it leaves a smaller rectangle
									of the same shape. Repeat this process.
									You can then draw a logarithmic spiral called the "golden spiral". The centre of the spiral is sometimes
									called "the eye of God". [DC]
								</p>
								<p>
									There is also a connection of sorts between Boards of Canada and the Incredible
									String Band, which will be explored further on the <a href="/boc/misc/">misc</a>
									page. <span class="emph" id="ithcus_sound">ithcus sound</span> - "ithkus" is a track on an ISB album called "first girl
									I loved". [DC]
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="helios_sound">helios sound</span> - helios is Greek for "sun" (as in helium, heliotrope). [DC]
								</p>
								<p>
									[An MP3 going around at the moment that is labelled "trillions" is a fake.]
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="trillions">trillions</span> - [Nick Edwards] mentioned that he had read a sci-fi novel
									of that name as a child: <a href="http://www.haddock.org/review/item/?i=48">brief description of book</a>.
									We can't, of course, say for sure that the title refers to this, but it does look, from the review, like just the
									kind of thing they *would* refer to, with its theme of small mysterious crystals falling from the sky. Well spotted, Nick!
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="fonec">fonec</span> - FONEC is the acronym for "Forum National pour l'Eveil 
									Civil et Civique" (National Forum for Civil and Civic Awakening), a political party in Benin.
									There is also a Slavic word "konec / konets", meaning "the end", which is also used to signal
									the end of a radio transmission.
								</p>
					</div>
					<div id="playbynumbers" class="subcontent">
						<h3><a href="#playbynumbers">play by numbers</a></h3>
							<div class="left"><img src="/boc/assets/img/thumbs/boc12_play.jpg" alt="boc12_play" /></div>
								<p>
									The title of this release, <span class="emph">play by numbers</span>, might be an allusion to
									"painting by numbers", and also to the mathematical basis of music.	
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="remmy_kid">remmy kid</span>: remmy = remedial. Other track names have a mathematical theme:
									<span class="emph">numerator</span> (original version is on previous album). <span class="emph" id="infinite_lines">infinite lines
									of colorful sevens</span>. And the album title and cover.
								</p>
								<p>
									An MP3 extract of <span class="quote" id="woudnt_you_like_to_be_free">"wouldn't you like to be free?</span> can be found (again,
									from old BoC website). The guitar sound heard in it is quite different
									from their later sound.
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="echelon">echelon</span> - "ECHELON is the term popularly used for
									an automated global interception and relay system operated by the intelligence agencies
									in five nations: the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand
									(it is believed that ECHELON is the code name for the portion of the system that
									intercepts satellite-based communications)" - quote from
									<a href="http://archive.aclu.org/echelonwatch/faq.phpl">echelonwatch</a>
									site. See also this <a href="http://cryptome.org/echelon-ep.php">report</a>.
									This system has been around since the early 70's, but
									did not become more widely known until the governments of Australia and New Zealand unwittingly admitted to
									its existence only a few years ago. The US government still declines to comment on its existence.
								</p>
								<p>
									A more mathematical connection with the title is as follows; a correspondent has reminded me of the
									"row-echelon form" of a matrix, used in <a href="http://www.math.hmc.edu/calculus/tutorials/linearsystems/">solving
									systems of linear equations</a>.
									There is also the simple definition of an "echelon" as a particular geometrical shape.
								</p>
								<p>
									Others: military troop or aircraft formations - arrangements in parallel lines. In the Navy,
									the classic "V" or "wedge formation". And "Echelon lens: a large lens constructed in several parts or layers,
									extending in a succession of annular rings beyond the central lens; used in lighthouses." In all
									instances, it relates to a particular kind of regularity of arrangement; "echelon" is in fact the
									French word for a rung of a ladder. [Pat N.]
								</p>
								<p>
									Ultimately from Lat. "scala" - "a ladder", from which we get the word "scale".
								</p>
								<p>
									A possible connection with cycling (as in "happy cycling"):
									when a group of cyclists are in a staggered formation to offset the effect of
									a crosswind, that is called an echelon. [bodhisattva cam]
								</p>
					</div>
					<div id="hooperbay" class="subcontent">
						<h3><a href="#hooperbay">hooper bay</a></h3>
							<div class="left"><img src="/boc/assets/img/thumbs/boc12_hooper.jpg" alt="boc12_hooper" /></div>
								<p>
									All of the info below by [DC], and drawn from articles at <a href="http://www.alaska.com">www.alaska.com</a>,
									where there are some excellent detailed articles about those places.
									Just type the place names into the search box. Only a few selected facts about each place
									are presented below - see the website for more info. All the track names refer to places in Alaska:
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="hooper_bay">hooper bay</span>: an Alaskan village, a Cup'ik Eskimo settlement; the native name is
									Naparagamiut, but the name "hooper bay" came from a Post Office with that name established in the area.
									<a href="http://www.alaska.com/akcom/western/cities/story/1754163p-825719c.phpl">alaska.com link</a>.
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="seward_leaf">seward leaf</span>: Seward is a seaport 125 miles south of Anchorage, Alaska. Named for US Secretary of State
									William Henry Seward who arranged the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867.
									<a href="http://www.alaska.com/akcom/southcentral/visit_travel/story/649656p-692764c.phpl">alaska.com link</a>.
									There is also a quite separate Seward Peninsula in Alaska.
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="geiser">geiser</span>: ? Perhaps an alternative spelling of "geyser", or a person.
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="circle">circle</span>: aka Circle City, a small Alaskan village on the south bank of the Yukon River.
									<a href="http://www.alaska.com/akcom/interior/real_alaska/story/762156p-815027c.phpl">alaska.com link</a>.
									An MP3 extract of "circle" exists (from old BoC website). It contains some glacial high-pitched droning sounds.
									Unrelated to the Alaskan reference: <a href="http://www.treaty7.org/document/circle/circle8.php">link</a>.
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="noatak">noatak</span>: Noatak village is the only substantial settlement on the Noatak river, 55 miles north of Kotzebue;
									it is an Inupiat Eskimo village where more than 90% of the population are native Alaskans. The original name
									was Noatagamut, meaning "inland river people". Noatak National Preserve is located in Western Arctic National Parklands,
									to the east of the village. <a href="http://www.alaska.com/akcom/northern/real_alaska/story/630823p-703740c.phpl">alaska.com link</a>.
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="point_hope">point hope</span>: another Alaskan village, with evidence of habitation since about 600 BC.
									Point Hope was named by Captain Frederick Beechey of the HMS Blossom in 1826 in honor of a friend. The native inhabitants
									refused to let white men build a whaling station there in the 19th century; their determination was seen again in the 20th
									century; it prevented the planned detonation of five nuclear bombs 31 miles from Point Hope in the 1960's from being carried out.
								</p>
					</div>
					<div id="bocmaxima" class="subcontent">
						<h3><a href="#bocmaxima">boc maxima</a></h3>
							<div class="left"><img src="/boc/assets/img/thumbs/boc12_bocmaxima.jpg" alt="boc12_maxima" /></div>
								<p>
									This album had some tracks in common with the "Music Has The Right To Children":
									<span class="emph">wildlife analysis</span>, <span class="emph">boc maxima</span> (became 'bocuma'),
									<span class="emph" id="roygbiv">roygbiv</span>, <span class="emph">turquoise hexagon sun</span>,
									<span class="emph">one very important thought</span>. Also,
									<span class="emph">nlogax</span> and <span class="emph">june 9th</span> would appear on
									the "hi scores ep". This makes it seem unlikely that it would ever be re-released
									in the same form.
								</p>
								<p>
									On <span class="emph">wildlife analysis, roygbiv, turquoise hexagon sun</span>, see
									the <a href="#mhtrtc">music has the right to children</a> section.
								</p>
								<p>
									There are some ethereal tracks like 'skimming stones',
									and others are in a similar style to the "music" album. 
									While it was not released commercially,
									MP3 versions of the tracks have escaped into the wild. Consequently, lyrics are known
									for this album.
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="chinook">chinook</span>:
									a <a href="http://www.mountainnature.com/Climate/Chinook.php">weather phenomenon</a>,
									prominent in Calgary and the surrounding area - [pete from phaelam], [averythefishpeddler].
									Also, a native American people of Oregon (in light of the other
									track titles Kaini Industries and Pete Standing alone) [DC] - see comments on those trackselsewhere on the page.
									A make of helicopter. Also [Will], a
									famous <a href="http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~chinook/">checkers-playing program</a>, the first
									to win a world championship (since one of BoC has studied AI, this is a good
									suggestion; more so, since the program was written in Canada.) 
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="rodox_video">rodox video</span>: rodox is a company that
									produces adult videos, among other things. [Sean]
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="everything_you_do_is_a_balloon">everything you do is a balloon</span>: BoC on track titles:
									<span class="emph">Some titles are personal stories, such as 'Everything You Do is a Balloon',
									which was a realization made long ago in the forest". [EHX Interview]</span>
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph">boc maxima</span>: maxima - Lat. "greatest (things)".
									Perhaps meaning BoC's best work [DC]. How about "boc cetera" for a future box set of
									unreleased music? :-)
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="niagara">niagara</span>: The lyrics mention William T. Love, a real
									person who planned the canal described in the track, but did not finish it.
									The site later became the focus of an (unrelated) major environmental
									calamity.<br />
									<a href="http://www.lalc.k12.ca.us/uclasp/ISSUES/landfills/case_love.phpl">link: article 1</a> &mdash;
									<a href="http://www.chej.org/lovecanal.phpl">link: article 2</a>. Probably the most objectionable
									part of this was the "Hooker Clause" by means of which the corporation attempted to
									absolve itself of any future blame (see the second article). [DC]
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="red_moss">red moss</span>: There is a Red Moss Nature Reserve in the
									Pentland Hills area. Thanks, [Sam Lambert], who also gave me a link to Dave
									Henniker's Pentland Hills photos: 
									<a href="http://www.henniker.org.uk/html/pent_index.php">http://www.henniker.org.uk/html/pent_index.php</a>.
									(Dave's photos, not just the Pentland Hills set, are well worth a look).
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="carcan">carcan</span>: A French word meaning "necklace", "choker",
									"collar". By extension, a chain put around the neck of a criminal, and, by metaphor,
									a constraint (of thought, outlook, etc). [DC]
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="nlogax">nlogax</span>: A mathematical equation:<br />
									log<sub>a</sub> (x<sup>n</sup>) = n log<sub>a</sub> x - [Gremmy]
								</p>
								<p id="plaster_2005-03-22_01">
									Well, if you listen to the opening beat of nlogax you will clearly testify that boc sampled "indeep - last night a dj saved my life".<br />
									This once again prooves how they are heavy into the late 70's to 80's music, so I wouldn't be surprised to find some new material out of my mega disco funk 2cd compilation. [Plaster]
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="m9">m9</span>: Probably:<br />
									(1) A reference to the motorway of that
									name in Scotland, since it heads from the north-west almost to the outskirts of
									Edinburgh [Ceri JC].<br />
									Other possibilities:<br />
									(2) "m9" is the notation for a
									dominant 9th interval of the kind occurring in extended Tertian Chords;
									<a href="http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/harmony/pyth5.phpl">this article</a>
									explains. [Miikael N]<br />
									(3) An abbreviation
									for "Method 9 Word Clearing"; see M1 through m9 in this
									<a href="http://www.faqs.org/faqs/scientology/dictionary/">glossary</a>,
									especially M3 and M4. [DC]
								</p>	
								<p>
									On the music, BoC: <span class="quote">"We sometimes make a tune metamorphose as it plays. An example
									is nlogax from the "Hi Scores" EP on Skam, which begins
									like an old electro or disco track but halfway through it suddenly becomes
									something nightmarish, like your brain is starting to malfunction in the middle of the tune".</span>
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="whitewater">whitewater</span>: [Plaster] mentions several possible
									references: whitewater as in white water rafting; the 
									<a href="http://www.4reference.net/encyclopedias/wikipedia/Whitewater_scandal.phpl">whitewater scandal</a>.
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="one_very_important_thought">one very important thought</span>: about censorship.
									Slightly different words from the version on the later "music..." album.
								</p>
					</div>
			</div>
			<div id="general" class="content">
				<h2>general releases</h2>
					<div id="twoism" class="subcontent">
						<h3><a href="#twoism">twoism</a></h3>
							<div class="left"><img src="/boc/assets/img/thumbs/boc12_twoism.jpg" alt="boc12_twoism" /></div>
								<p>
									For long a rarity being sold for ridiculous amounts, but re-released in Nov 2002.
									This release featured what have been well-described as "grainy, melancholy"
									tracks, like 'smokes quantity'; some tracks with a strong beat like 'nlogax' and 'june 9th';
									and some sweetly innocent tracks like 'melissa juice' and 'iced cooly'. It's great to
									be able to hear "1986 summer fire" clearly; hearing all the quiet details really makes this track
									more special.
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="sixtyniner">sixtyniner</span>: a slightly different cut from the original.
									One possible meaning:
									<a href="http://www.realdictionary.com/S/dir/soixanteneuf.asp">sixty-nine or soixante-neuf</a>,
									in relation to the fact that the lyrics are from a porn film; credit, [sixtytenth]. But it may also be
									significant that there are tracks called "sixtyniner", "1969", and "June 9th" (6/9). [DC]
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="oirectine">oirectine</span>: is so spelled. Despite the often-seen "correction",
									it is NOT a typo for 'directine'. You can verify this by looking at the back of the original
									twoism cassette in the discography; one of the interactive scenes on the BoC website is
									also called 'oirectine'. And the old BoC website said "oirectine" in the discography.
									So that's settled, then!
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="iced_cooly">iced cooly</span>: [ianlanterman] for the observation
									that a "cooly" (French "coulee") is a geographical feature common in the Alberta area
									(there is a Devil's Coulee, an East Coulee, and others, in Alberta). It is a kind of arroyo or gully,
									so the title might refer to it becoming frozen in winter.
									Other possibilities: [DC] is fairly sure that a cooly is a sort of drink; hence,
									a cooly with ice in it, though this is not confirmed.
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="basefree">basefree</span>:
									[Ill One] pointed out that Basefree can
									be rearranged into "Freebase" (slang for Cocaine) - an interesting idea.
									[Jonas Frederiksen] later suggested the same thing, though before the comment had been put on the page.
								</p>	
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="melissa_juice">melissa juice</span>: the extract of Milissa Officinalis,
									also known as 'Lemon Balm', which, despite the name, is not made from lemons [groopo].
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="smokes_quantity">smokes quantity</span>: BoC:
									<span class="quote">"Smokes Quantity' is the nickname of a friend of ours."</span>
								</p>
								<p>
									The cover is a still from a rather odd film called
									<a href="http://www.theonionavclub.com/avclub3738/fttf3738.phpl">the killings at outpost zeta</a>.
									No audio samples are used from the film, so if you were planning to get it to check that,
									don't bother!
									The film's budget was not very large, as can be inferred by the way motorcycle gear
									and helmets were intended to pass as "spacesuits". You can just see the black "breathing
									tube" coming from the helmet of the character on the right, hanging down under the chin,
									though it's mostly behind the helmet.
									The frame is taken from about 5 minutes from the end of the film;
									Captain Young is on the left, and Dr Saunders (female) on the right; at this point
									in the film, these are the only 2 left alive. In the film, there are a few sequences where,
									as seen from the "baddies'" perspective, the astronauts are seen wandering about on
									the landscape as though viewed through a fish-eye lens. Interestingly,
									some of BoC's own photos of themselves are in that style. Film info, [DC].
								</p>	
							</div>
					<div id="hiscores" class="subcontent">
						<h3><a href="#hiscores">hi scores</a></h3>
							<div class="left"><img src="/boc/assets/img/thumbs/boc_hiscores_f.jpg" alt="boc_hiscores_f" /></div>
								<p>
									This was the first general release. "Twoism" is listed first because "twoism"
									was privately released first, though it was <i>generally</i> released after "hi scores".
								</p>
								<p>
									It has been suggested that the "hi" of <span class="quote">"hi scores</span>
									could refer to the initials of BoC's alias <a href="#hell_interface">hell interface</a>.
								</p>
								<p>
									The Braille on the label: Some have interpreted it as having typos. In fact, it is
									quite correct. If you read it using a simple alphabetic Braille chart, you get "bo?ds ? canada",
									where the "?" represent characters not found on the chart. Numbering
									the dots in column one from top down as 1,2,3, and column two as 4,5,6, the two odd
									characters are 3-4-5 and 1-2-3-5-6, and reference to a more complete
									<a href="http://www.duxburysystems.com/braille.asp">braille listing</a> reveals that
									the first of these symbols stands for the letter pair [ar],
									and the second represents the word [of], so the sticker
									does indeed read "boards of canada". [DC]
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="june_9th">june 9th</span> - 6/9. "Sixtyniner". "1969"?
								</p>
								<p>
									For <span class="emph">everything you do is a balloon</span>,
									<span class="emph">nlogax</span>, and <span class="emph">turquoise hexagon sun</span>, please
									refer up the page to the comments on <a href="#bocmaxima">boc maxima</a>. 
								</p>
					</div>
					<div id="aquarius" class="subcontent">
						<h3><a href="#aquarius">aquarius</a></h3>
							<div class="left"><img src="/boc/assets/img/thumbs/boc7_aquarius.jpg" alt="boc7_aquarius" /></div>
								<p>
									The riffs in <span class="emph" id="aquarius-track">aquarius</span> are very like those
									in the song of the same name on the soundtrack of the musical "hair". The version on the
									"aquarius" single is a bit different from both
									the one on "music..." and version 3 on the "peel session".
								</p>
								<p>
									From [quiller], from an interview with Karlheinz Stockhausen:
								</p>
								<p class="quote">
									"I'm referring to the time in which we live, time in an extraterrestrial sense.
									I'm refering to the twelve universal months, each lasting approximately 2,100 years.
									I'm refering to our coming from the bimillenium of Pisces, which goes from 150 BC to 1950,
									and which is also the sign of Christ, preceded by the sign of Aries.
									The era of AQUARIUS began in 1950 and will end in 4050.  I'm referring, of course,
									to a characteristic trait of the sign:  AQUARIUS gradually circumscribes the radiating
									force of the arts inherited in the era of Pisces.  So, the artist, deprived now
									of every individual or public defense, limits his activity to a kind of esoteric
									expression, and ends up performing in fringe clubs, as a phenomenon intended for the select few."
								</p>
								<p>
									[Kaini Industries] points out something in relation to the repetition of the number 23.
									"The Illuminatus Trilogy" (authors Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson) abounds in
									occurrences of the numbers 17 and 23, and might shed some light on this.
									I'll let readers ponder for themselves why these numbers are important in connection with BoC's music
									(and they are - it's obvious when you know what it is). On one of those authors, note
									the following from the EHX interview:
								</p>
								<p class="quote">
									They claim that taking the positive aspect of a product does not always provide food for their thought,
									but rather the underlying meaning or cosmetic triviality, "we are interested in everything that we can
									reinterpret. I don't want to give you list of names, but you know we could be just as easily captivated
									by a piece of T.V. theme music, or Eighties' pop, for instance. The enlightened parts in our music are
									relative to the banal or na&iuml;ve parts". When pushed for particularly prominent players ...
									"Hundertwasser, Svankmeyer, New Scientist, Robert Anton Wilson, Documentary films and articles,
									Jamie Nelson, The Archdrude ... we are interested in everything!".
								</p>
								<p id="plaster_2005-03-22_02">
									Well, today was a nice discovery day. Why, well because  the local radio played this specific track that's related to boc. At first I thought it's boc's aquarius played in the radio, but slowly the different arrangement started to follow... you can hear the original snippet of the Aquarius track <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000JYU8/002-6306031-9787225?v=glance">here</a> which is in fact one of the tracks from the <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079261/">hair movie</a>! [Plaster]
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph">chinook</span>, a longer version than the one on Boc Maxima.
									The difference becomes clearly apparent about 3:30 into the track, with the more
									extended ending.
								</p>
							</div>
					<div id="mhtrtc" class="subcontent">
						<h3><a href="#mhtrtc">music has the right to children</a></h3>
							<div class="left"><img src="/boc/assets/img/thumbs/boc12_music.jpg" alt="boc12_music" /></div>
								<p>
									The album by means of which Boards of Canada became recognized by a much wider
									public. Unlike the previous Skam releases, this was a joint release by Skam
									and Warp. Future releases by BoC would appear on the Warp label (aside from
									the re-release of "Hi Scores" in Oct 2002).
								</p>
								<p>
									On the title of this album, and of some of its tracks, BoC said in an interview:
								</p>	
								<p>
									<span class="quote">"Our titles are always cryptic references which the listener might understand or might not.
									Some of them are personal, so the listener is unlikely to know what it refers to.
									Music Has the Right to Children is a statement of
									our intention to affect the audience using sound.
									"The Color Of The Fire" was a reference to a
									friend's psychedelic experience.
									"Kaini Industries" is a company that was set up
									in Canada ( by coincidence in the month Mike was born), to create employment
									for a settlement of Cree Indians. "Olson" is
									the surname of a family we know, and
									"Smokes Quantity" is the nickname of a friend of ours.</span>
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="kaini_industries">kaini industries</span>
									(In fact, the company was called "Kainai Industries" Ltd. It was located on
									the Blood Reserve. There was also a Kainai Cooperative Enterprises. "Kainai"
									means "many chiefs", and the Kainai are also known as the Blood Nation. More
									about this at <a href="http://www.invitationproject.ca/cgi-win/quilt.exe?LISTING=1135">link1</a>
									and <a href="http://www.treaty7.org/info/kainaiwa.php">link2</a>.) [DC]
								</p>
								<p>
									[Simon Wilkinson] suggests that this might be a recording from a native American ceremony,
									including what sounds like someone with a drum - see also comments on "Pete Standing Alone".
								</p>	
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="wildlife_analysis">wildlife analysis</span>: BoC cite the films of the
									National Film Boards of Canada as a big influence on them when they were younger,
									musically, and in other ways. Perhaps this explains the love of and respect for nature that seems to come
									across in the music, and the interest in native American people and their way of life. For example,
									see the comments on <a href="#hooperbay">hooper bay</a>; "Chinook" (next); "Pete Standing Alone"
									and "Kaini Industries" in  <a href="#mhtrtc">music has the right to children</a>. 
								</p>
								<p>
									When slowed this track down by a factor of 3 or 4, the background behind the
									melody seems to be composed of the droning of aeroplane engines, as you might hear when out
									on the hills with aircraft passing high overhead. Or it may just be a similar sound. [DC]
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="an_eagle_in_your_mind">an eagle in your mind</span>: comments from Northern Exposure interview:<br />
									<span class="quote">
									"On some tracks, we get people we know to record their voices making weird phonetic sounds.
									We chop it all up and use the plosive and fricative sounds for percussion and so on.
									All of the percussion on "An Eagle in Your Mind" was done with my girlfriend's voice."
									</span>
								</p>
								<p>
									See <a href="/boc/lyrics/">lyrics</a> page for attempts at the words. Something about "holts, close to the
									sea, fallen boulders, a safe place for cubs". [DC] compares the comments on otters with those here:
									<a href="http://whales.gn.apc.org/wildlife.shtml">http://whales.gn.apc.org/wildlife.shtml</a>.
								</p>
								<p>
									"[Otters] occupy holts in small caves, amongst moss-covered boulders in woodland close to the sea, or in stream banks."	
								</p>
								<p>See also the description at 
									<a href="http://www.shetlandtoday.co.uk/magazine/index.asp?stories/dratsies.php~main">http://www.shetlandtoday.co.uk/magazine/index.asp?stories/dratsies.php~main</a>:
								</p>
								<p>
									"When otters are ashore they usually shelter in holts. These underground burrows and caverns are typically 
									10 to 20 metres long but have been recorded up to 50 metres. The animals can dig their own holts and will
									line them with bedding. Boulders and man-made structures are also used as shelter from time to time. 
									Most holts are close to the sea, the exception being the natal holts in which the cubs are born. 
									These may be up to a kilometre away from the shore." 	
								</p>	
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="telephasic_workshop">telephasic workshop</span>: perhaps a reference to
									telophase, a part of cell division; the idea of a biological "workshop" [DC].
									Perhaps also a reference to the "Children's Television Workshop",
									who make "Sesame Street" (which BoC have sampled).<br />
									Telephasic: Tele: Of the mind, phasic: synchronized.  This might be the meaning behind "Telephasic Workshop"; a meditative environment in which two or more individuals attempt to share a telepathic vision or idea. [Skytree]
								</p>
								<p>
									[Ken Stewart] - a possible reference (which seems more plausible
									than either of the above) to the BBC's "Radiophonic Workshop",
									where interesting music and sound effects were produced for various TV programmes
									like Dr Who. It is located at Maida Vale where, incidentally, BoC recorded their Peel Session.
								</p>
								<p>
									As Ken suggests, the "radio-" part of "radiophonic" becomes "tele-" (from "television",
									as opposed to radio; also sounds like "telly"); while "-phonic" becomes "-phasic".
									In greek, "tele" means "from afar", "at a distance", and "phonic" means
									"relating to, or having the nature of sound, especially speech sounds"
									(Greek "&phi;&omega;&nu;&eta;", meaning "sound", properly, "sound of the voice"),
									while "phasic" means "relating to the production of speech" (from Greek verb &phi;&eta;&mu;&iota;, "to speak").
									So "telephasic" is "speaking at a distance", but the word is also a kind
									of analogue, in its construction, to the word "radiophonic" (&rarr;"telly-phasic").
								</p>		
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="rue_the_whirl">rue the whirl</span>: [Ken Stewart] -
									this might be a distortion of the phrase "rule the world". See the French language
									interview (on the <a href="/boc/links/">links page</a>) for more on this; the studio
									window was open when BoC listened to this track; the birdsong they heard outside
									went so well with the music that they recorded it and added it to the track.
								</p>
								<p>
									[Goatmancods] - suggests that "rue the whirl" might express regret over
									how quickly childhood passes by in the whirl of time.
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="sixtyten">sixtyten</span> is 70. You'll hear this in
									<span class="emph">aquarius</span> too. A reference to Music70, BoC's
									own label. See comments on the smallest weird number in <a href="#geogaddi">geogaddi</a>.
								</p>
								<p>
									[Daniel Pursglove] - writing "sixty-ten" for "seventy" imitates
									the French counting system (where 70 is "soixante-dix", literally "sixty-ten").
									Of course, French is widely used in Canada.
								</p> 
								<p>
									<span class="emph">roygbiv</span>: "Roy G. Biv" is a common mnemonic
									for the order of the colours of the rainbow, like 'Richard of York
									gave battle in vain'. [DC]
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="pete_standing_alone">pete standing alone</span> refers to an actual person, an Native American Indian named Pete Standing Alone, who in the film, Circle of the Sun (1960) is our guide to his life as a typical young member of the Blood Tribe. He talks about his regular life and thoughts while he attends the traditional Sun Dance ritual which is part of his people's struggle to keep their heritage alive. He appeared in 7 films made by the National Film Boards of Canada. [Joyrex]
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph">bocuma</span> was called "boc maxima" on the album of
									the same name. To a suggestion that the (new) track title was a
									reference to Bochum Welt, BoC commented: <span class="quote">"Sorry, I'm afraid not ... It's an
									abbreviation/crossover of BOC Maxima and Documa, an obscure reference to 80's video culture".</span>
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="turquoise_hexagon_sun">turquoise hexagon sun</span>:
									a reference to the Hexagon Sun "collective" of musicians and artists who work at BoC's
									Hexagon Sun Studio in the east of Scotland.
								</p>
								<p>
									[Evan Snyder] gave me this interesting link -
									<a href="http://jonathanclark.com/diary/flare/">http://jonathanclark.com/diary/flare/</a> -
									on the subject on lens flares. The number of blades making up the shutter of the camera
									influences the shape of the lens flare produced, so that a six-bladed shutter, for example, would
									produce a hexagonal sun flare effect. Evan suggests the possibility that the name was inspired
									by a documentary, or even one of Hexagon Sun's own films, with special meaning to BoC,
									featuring a prominent turquoise hexagonal sun flare. An intriguing possibility, and
									a very interesting link. (You can also find photos fitting this description at
									WarpRecords - go to Artists, BoC, and look at the Gallery photos).
								</p>
								<p>	
									Not specifically in relation to
									this track, but in a wider sense (Hexagon Sun, the kaleidoscopic images on Geogaddi, etc),
									here are comments from the NME Interview:<br />
									<span class="quote">
									"What's the significance of hexagons to you?"<br /> 
									"Marcus: "The hexagon theme represents that whole idea of being able to see reality for what it is,
									the raw maths or patterns that make everything. We've always been interested in science and maths.
									Sometimes music or art or drugs can pull back the curtain for you and reveal the Wizard of Oz,
									so to speak, busy pushing the levers and pressing buttons. That's what maths is, the wizard.
									It sounds like nonsense but I'm sure a lot of people know what I'm talking about." 
									</span>
								</p>
								<p>
									The normal version of this album has 17 tracks,
									but the American release featured the bonus track "happy cycling". Since
									this track does not appear on all versions of this album, but does appear on
									the <a href="#peelsession">peel session</a>, it will be discussed then.
								</p>
					</div>
					<div id="telephasic" class="subcontent">
						<h3><a href="#telephasic">telephasic workshop</a></h3>
							<div class="left"><img src="/boc/assets/img/thumbs/boc12_telephasic.jpg" alt="boc12_telephasic" /></div>
								<p>
									A sampler for the "music..." album, featuring the two very different tracks
									"telephasic workshop" and "roygbiv".
								</p>
					</div>
					<div id="peel" class="subcontent">
						<h3><a href="#peel">peel session</a></h3>
							<div class="left"><img src="/boc/assets/img/thumbs/boc12_peel.jpg" alt="boc12_peel" /></div>
								<p>
									A "Peel Session", as many readers will already know, is a recording of a BBC Music show
									(on the radio) hosted by the respected DJ John Peel (who, sadly, died in 2004). Many Peel Sessions have been released
									for various artists (e.g. a session by Plaid, two sessions by Autechre). Anyway, this CD contains three
									tracks: <span class="emph">aquarius (Version 3)</span> (presumably the other
									versions are the ones on "aquarius", and "music..."), a track called
									<span class="emph">happy cycling</span> which appeared only on the American release
									of "music...", and <span class="emph">olson (version 3)</span>.
									However, there was a fourth track played as part of this session,
									called <span class="emph">XYZ</span>. For some reason, it is not on the CD.
									Not to worry, you can easily find it as an MP3.
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph">happy cycling</span>: [Alex D] - there is an electronic music company
									called <a href="http://www.cycling74.com/index.phpl">cycling 74</a>, who make MAX/MSP among other things;
									and it could just possibly be a reference to that.
								</p>
					</div>
					<div id="iabpoitc" class="subcontent">
						<h3><a href="#iabpoitc">in a beautiful place out in the country</a></h3>
							<div class="left"><img src="/boc/assets/img/thumbs/boc12_beautiful.jpg" alt="boc12_beautiful" /></div>
								<p>
									A 4-track EP full of hidden meanings.
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="kid_for_today">kid for today</span>: the sound running through this
									track is like a slide projector, as though childhood is being reviewed in a
									slide show. [DC]
								</p>
								<p>
									In connection with this title, it is almost certainly significant that
									there is an US-based organization called <a href="http://www.yft.org/">youth for tomorrow</a>,
									which provides remedial Christian homes for children.
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="amo_bishop_roden">amo bishop roden</span> is a real person, now Amo Drake;
									the widow of George Roden, former leader of the Branch Davidians. As the lyrics of
									1969 say, and as can also be heard in the BoC mix of "poppy seed",
									"although not a follower of David Koresh, she's a devoted Branch Davidian".
									Type her name in search engines for more information.
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="inabeautifulplaceoutinthecountry">in a beautiful place out in the country</span>: a
									beautiful track where the organ creates a haunting religious feel. A correspondent says that
									the title is a hook phrase that the Branch Davidians used
									in recruitment campaigns.
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="zoetrope">zoetrope</span>: a zoetrope has a revolving drum
									with a picture inside, which is a series of frames (e.g. of a person running,
									a horse galloping, or something of that sort); when the zoetrope spins,
									a crude "animation" can be seen through slits in the drum. A description
									is <a href="http://www.ex.ac.uk/bill.douglas/Schools/animation/animation4.php">here</a>,
									where you can see a picture of a zoetrope, and an animation showing what the
									view through one would be like.
									As this page says, its British inventor called it the "Daedalum" (wheel of the
									devil), whereas the American developer opted for the more uplifting name zoetrope (wheel of life).
								</p>
								<p>
									There's also American Zoetrope, a film studio founded by Francis Ford Coppola.
								</p>
								<p>
									The track itself is unusual, and seems to run through a gamut of possible chords.
								</p>
								<p>
									From the Jockey Slut interview:<br />
									<span class="quote">
									As the title indicates, the new EP is typically BoC. "kid for today" sounds like what it is -
									a music has the right to children contender, while "amo bishop roden" and "zoetrope" (named after
									Francis Ford Coppola's San Francisco studio) go deeper into the hazy territory between
									sleep waking. "It's like when you glaze over when you're listening to something," says Marcus,
									"but you're still there at the same time."
									</span>
								</p>
					</div>
					<div id="geogaddi_promo" class="subcontent">
						<h3><a href="#geogaddi_promo">geogaddi (promo)</a></h3>
							<div class="left"><img src="/boc/assets/img/thumbs/boc_geopromo.jpg" alt="boc_geopromo" /></div>
								<p>
									One-sided vinyl promo, featuring two tracks from "Geogaddi", namely,
									"alpha and omega", and "beware the friendly stranger".
								</p>
							</div>
					<div id="geogaddi" class="subcontent">
						<h3><a href="#geogaddi">geogaddi</a></h3>
							<div class="left"><img src="/boc/assets/img/thumbs/boc12_geogaddi.jpg" alt="boc12_geogaddi" /></div>
								<p>
									<span class="emph">Geogaddi</span>: a combination of various words. Marcus:
									<span class="quote">"It can have several meanings. We have our own definite idea of it, a combination of words
									that describe an idea we had at the time of writing it, but we want listeners to make
									their own minds up.</span>
								</p>
								<p>
									[Some have made attempts to analyze this title as a simple combination of roots.
									But, probably, only the "geo-" part is meaningful, in relation to the
									theme of 'math and geometry' (see interview comments, below). As is noted on
									the <a href="/boc/misc/">miscellaneous</a> page, the rest of the title is almost certainly from 'Koeeaddi there',
									a song title by the Incredible String Band. As for where the ISB got *that*
									title, there are various conflicting stories, one being that the title was
									generated randomly. See the <a href="/boc/misc/">miscellaneous</a> page for more on this.]
								</p>
								<p>
									Regarding the cover itself, [Brian Cypher] observes that if the image is inverted, then the cover
									becomes predominantly turquoise. This might perhaps reflect what BoC hoped to accomplish
									with Geogaddi, as being in some respects the "inverse" of "Music ..." as respects the
									overall mood of the album, and so on.
								</p>
								<p>
									Mike Sandison: <span class="quote">"Usually, our titles are self-explanatory, but this record's title
									is a composite that has more than one meaning. We have a meaning we understand from it,
									but it's up to listeners to choose their own meaning. I suppose the nature thing
									has an indirect effect on us while we're writing, because we're out here in the
									country most of the time. We're both heavily interested in science, too,
									which crosses over into nature and probably comes through in the music.</span>
								</p>
								<p>
									Interviewer: "Does "Music Is Math" have anything to do with the mathematics and
									geometry that run through nature and, consequently, art, music and architecture?"
								</p>
								<p>
									Mike Sandison: <span class="quote">"We've been interested in these things for a while, but on this album,
									we thought it'd be fun to put it in as a theme. The golden mean is nothing new
									in architecture and music. All through history, there have been guys like
									Mozart who got into the Masonic knowledge and were fascinated by this stuff.
									On Geogaddi, there's a vague theme of math and geometry and how they
									relate to religious iconography.</span>
								</p>
								<p>
									See also comments on the <a href="/boc/misc/">miscellaneous</a> page, under art allusions.
								</p>
								<p>
									On the sound - Mike: <span class="quote">"I would say 'Music Has The Right...' is a record for outdoors on a
									cold, blue-skied day, while 'Geogaddi' is a record for some sort of trial-by-fire, a
									claustrophobic, twisting journey that takes you into some pretty dark experiences
									before you reach the open air again. It has a kind of narrative. That's why we
									ended it with 'Corsair', it's like the light at the end of the tunnel.</span>
								</p>
								<p>
									Marcus: <span class="quote">"Our influences while creating Geogaddi involved much darker material,
									so I think this comes through in the album.</span>
								</p>
								<p>
									From the OOR interview:
									<span class="quote">
									"The theme with Geogaddi is a kind of confusion, as though you're going through
									a kind of 'Alice in Wonderland' adventure, but with a damaged mind"
								</span>
								</p>
								<p>
									Please read the <a href="/boc/links/">interviews</a> for more. It's always better
									to read such quotes in their proper context.
								</p>
								<p>
									There is a definitive air of something dark and menacing hiding
									just beneath the surface of this album as a whole, and the attention to detail is quite
									remarkable, as should be evident by the number of comments it is possible
									to make about it (and these are probably only scratching the surface). 
								</p>
								<p>
									In some ways, the structure of the first few tracks is similar to those on "music...":
									<span class="emph">ready lets go</span> gives us a brief and gentle introduction.
									Like "an eagle in your mind", the second track <span class="quote">music is math</span>
									gives us a track which starts relatively simply, then gradually becomes more complex
									and distorted. "the colour of the fire" gives way to the menacing crackling of a
									fire in <span class="emph">beware the friendly stranger</span>.
								</p>
								<p>
									The message in <span class="emph">music is math</span>, "the past inside the present":
									probably referring to BoC drawing inspiration from nostalgia about their childhood.
								</p>
								<p>
									Others: A <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0345442253">book</a> 
									by Elizabeth Rosner, called 'the speed of light', ends with the line:
									"We could live in two places at once -- carry the past inside the present.  We could travel faster than the speed of light."
									[My grateful thanks to the webmaster of 
									<a href="http://www.curtsmithzerodisc.com/">http://www.curtsmithzerodisc.com/</a> for this info]
								</p>
								<p>
									[Micah] comments that the track is reminiscent of a slowed-down version of Sixtyniner, which might also
									add another level of meaning to 'the past inside the present'.
								</p>
								<p>
									[Nathan E.] sent me the
									link for the following interesting deterrent sign:
									<a href="http://www.antiqueweird.com/frndstrn.jpg">http://www.antiqueweird.com/frndstrn.jpg</a>. 
								</p>
								<p>
									According to another email, this is from the Psychedelics Encyclopedia (published 1977, author Peter G. Stafford).
								</p>
								<p>
									A correspondent has pointed out something very interesting. The 'Friendly Stranger' is
									mentioned, as the name of a bar, in "The Illuminatus! Trilogy". It's in the chapter
									entitled "the second trip, or chokmah":
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="quote">"Then I met Mao Tsu-hsi. It was April 30, Walpurgasnacht (pause for thunder on the
									soundtrack), and I was rapping with some of the crowd at the Friendly Stranger.
									H.P.Lovecraft (the rock group, not the writer) was conducting services in the back room,
									pounding away at the door to Acid Land in the gallant effort, new and striking that year,
									to break in on waves of sound without any chemical skeleton key at all ...</span>
								</p>
								<p>
									The significance of this book in connection with BoC is mentioned elsewhere on this page.
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="gyroscope">gyroscope</span> imitates or samples "numbers stations",
									shortwave radio stations, presumably used for espionage, which broadcast strings
									of numbers using a sampled voice, sometimes that of a child.
									[doctorvee]. There are a some very interesting articles on numbers stations; these two deserve
									mention:
								</p>
								<p>
									<a href="http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_station">http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_station</a>
								</p>
								<p>
									<a href="http://www.salon.com/people/feature/1999/09/16/numbers/">http://www.salon.com/people/feature/1999/09/16/numbers/</a>
								</p>
								<p>
									Mike and Marcus have admitted to having an interest in shortwave radios in their
									formative years, and stated that some of their really early (i.e. pre-BoC) music
									was made by chopping up recorded shortwave transmissions. They have never
									explicitly mentioned these so-called "numbers stations", but those who have
									heard such transmissions can testify to similar qualities in some of their music:
									grainy synthetic transmissions that swing between perky, simple tunes or
									mysterious noises, and children's voices, or even sheer aural terror.
								</p>
								<p>
									If any of the above sparks an interest in this topic, you might like to
									have a look on the Web for information on the "Conet Project" 4xCD set.
								</p>
								<p>
									See the <a href="/boc/lyrics/">lyrics</a> page for the a suggested film source.
								</p>
								<p>
									Comments on Gyroscope from the HMV Interview:<br />
									<span class="quote">
									HMV.com: "Can you recall one standout moment during the process of recording this
									record that was completely fulfilling from a creative standpoint?" 
									Marcus: "Yeah for me it would be the track Gyroscope. I dreamed the sound of it, and although
									I've recreated dreamt songs before, I managed to do that one so quickly that the end result
									was 99% like my dream. It spooks me to listen to it now." 
									</span>
								</p>
								<p>
									Play <span class="emph" id="dandelion">dandelion</span> in reverse, and a richer melody will
									become evident. The "dandelion" of the track is apparently a deep-sea creature,
									perhaps an anemone. Attempts to bring one to the surface resulted in its
									disintegration because of pressure changes. The narration describes attempts
									to make a device to bring one to the surface intact. [Oscar Bartos]
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="sunshine_recorder">sunshine recorder</span>: the Campbell-Stokes
									<a href="http://www.gov.im/airport/virtual_tour/met/sun_recorder.phpl">sunshine recorder</a>
									consists of a glass globe which focuses sunlight onto a card behind, leaving a record
									(in burnmarks) of sunshine throughout the day. [DC]
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="in_the_annexe">in the annexe</span>: [Plaster] tells me that the
									original title of the diary of Anne Frank was "The Annexe", named after the house
									in which she lived, "The Secret Annexe" - see <a href="http://www.annefrank.nl/eng/afh/AFH.phpl">here</a>.
									He also mentions that The Annex is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Canada -
									see <a href="http://www.4reference.net/encyclopedias/wikipedia/The_Annex_Toronto.phpl">here</a>.
									UPDATE: [Jae] sent me <a href="http://www.toronto.com/feature/7892/AnnexStGeorge.phpl">this informative link</a>
									about the neighbourhood in Toronto.
								</p>	
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="julie_and_candy">julie and candy</span>: comments from the HMV interview:<br />
									<span class="quote">The best way I'd describe it is that our sound sources are
									almost always something like a real instrument or an analog synth, and our recording
									techniques and processes are a bit unorthodox. We don't like using digital things or
									computer effects so we get sounds by doing things like running whole parts through
									a really bad tape recorder or something like that. Like the intro on 'Julie and Candy'
									for example, we just played the melody on a couple of whistles and then we bounced
									it back and forward between the internal mics of two tape-decks until the sound started
									disappearing into hell. Like when you look at an image reflected within two mirrors forever,
									in the distance it gets darker and greener and murkier.</span><br /><br />
									From the Northern Exposure interview:<br />
									<span class="quote">
									"Most of "Julie and Candy" was actually made up of recorders and flutes."
									</span> 
								</p>	
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="the_smallest_weird_number">the smallest weird number</span> is 70. As in Music70, BoC's own label.
									A "weird number" is a number that is "abundant" but not "semi-perfect". Meaning? Take all the "proper
									divisors" of 70 (i.e. all the divisors of 70 except for 70 itself). They are 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 14, 35.
									When the proper divisors add up to more than the original number, the original
									number is said to be abundant. For 70: 1+2+5+7+10+14+35 = 74 > 70, so
									70 is "abundant".
									Now, if there was some SUBSET of these numbers 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 14, 35 which added up
									to 70, then 70 would be said to be "semi-perfect" (or "psuedo-perfect") But there isn't.
									Try it. You can make 71 by missing out the 1 and the 2, or you can make 69 by missing
									out the 5, but you can't make 70. I hope that explanation is clear.
									The first few weird numbers are:
									70, 836, 4030, 5830, 7192, 7912, 9272, 10430, 10570, 10792.
									You can find a
									<a href="http://www.research.att.com/cgi-bin/access.cgi/as/njas/sequences/eisA.cgi?Anum=006037">longer list of weird numbers</a>
									in the "online encyclopedia of integer sequences", from which my shorter listing was taken.
									This explanation of weird numbers by [DC].
								</p>			
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="the_beach_at_redpoint">the beach at redpoint</span>: Redpoint is a little
									village on the west of the Scottish mainland, where Red Point juts out into the sea,
									between Loch Torridon and Loch Gairloch; it is almost, but not quite, as far
									north as the northern tip of the Isle of Skye to the west.
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="ninetysixtynine">1969</span>: See interview comments for Dawn Chorus, below.
									Also, from the OOR interview:<br />
									<span class="quote"><br />
									'"1969 in the sunshine" (from: 1969). What memory is that? Woodstock? A yellowed
									picture of your parents? A collective memory that fits your music?'<br /> 
									'Mike: In that song it refers to a specific period in the history of a religious group,
									and at the same time the period in general, the hopefulness of a forward-thinking
									generation that wasn't aware of what was coming in their collective future.'
									</span>
								</p>	
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="opening_the_mouth">opening the mouth</span>: an Egyptian ritual [Sindawe].
									"As the focus for offerings, the tomb was known as the "ka house"; statues of
									the deceased within the tomb are often called "ka statues" for the same reason.
									Statues of the deceased placed in the tomb serve as physical repositories for the dead
									person's spirit. Through the ritual of "opening the mouth," the statue was made an actual
									living being, able to receive offerings and live eternally as a physical container
									for the deceased's spirit (or "ka"). For these reasons, statues ideally were made of stone or
									other durable materials such as hardwood or metal." 
								</p>
								<p>
									[DC] was reading the book "how to read Egyptian hieroglyphics"
									(collier+manley), and found the following on p126: "The front cover shows a detail of an inscribed ritual
									tool used in the rite of 'opening the mouth' - an obscure ceremony designed to breathe
									life into an embalmed corpse, a statue or an inscribed image."
								</p>	
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="alpha_and_omega">alpha and omega</span> are the first and last letters
									of the Greek alphabet. 
									<br />
									<span class="quote">"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God,
									"who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.</span> - Rev 1:8
									<br />
									<span class="quote">He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!"
									Then he said, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true." 
									He said to me: "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End.</span> - Rev 21:6
									<br />
									<span class="quote">"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End</span> - Rev 22:13. These Bible refs, by [DC]
								</p>
								<p>
									The super-bomb in the film "beneath the planet of the apes", guarded by a strange cult that
									worships the bomb, is described as a "doomsday weapon",
									and it has capital Greek letters Alpha and Omega inscribed on one of its fins
									(this is specifically mentioned in the film). [DC]
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="i_saw_drones">I saw drones</span>: as is remarked away back in the
									<a href="#catlog3">catalog 3</a> comments, this might be a reference to
									the condition <a href="http://www.sciencenet.org.uk/database/Biology/Senses/b00471b.phpl">synaesthesia</a>,
									a sort of "crossing" of senses, where an auditory
									stimulus can cause a visual sensation. There are some synaesthetic artists,
									inspired to paint an impression of what they see when hear a piece of music,
									for example. In view of the fact that there is also a catalog 3 track called
									"visual drone 12", this is the view favoured by [DC].
								</p>
								<p>
									[Gremmy] has given another explanation: that "I saw drones" was a remark made
									by a someone in a war zone. Pictures of <a href="http://www.bouwman.com/911/Operation/Drone.phpl">"drones"</a>.
								</p>
								<p>
									Since then, other have noted that the remark was made by a Lebanese man who saw Israeli drones;
									the incident occurred in connection with the Qana Massacre; the following is from an interview with
									journalist Rob Fisk: You can read the
									<a href="http://groups.google.com/groups?th=cc270c88b5e321c4&amp;seekm=6gc6jq%24npk%241%40news.missouri.edu">whole interview</a>
									online.
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="the_devil_is_in_the_details">the devil is in the details</span> is a quotation
									whose source and precise words are debatable. If you are interested,
									you can read a <a href="http://home.earthlink.net/~altquot/quotations.phpl#Godinthedetails">discussion</a> of this
									topic and its history. [DC]
								</p>
								<p>
									Comment from NME interview:<br />
									<span class="quote">
									"'The Devil Is In The Details' has a riff that was designed to imitate a specific well-known equation, but in musical terms." 
									</span>
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="a_is_to_b_as_b_is_to_c">a is to be as b is to c</span> often written a:b::b:c.
									[DC] notes that this
									is just a mathematical statement that the ratio of a to b is the same as the ratio
									of b to c: a/b = b/c. If you take a rectangle whose dimensions are
									in the so-called <a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/GoldenRatio.phpl">golden ratio</a>,
									e.g. a &times; b, where a = 1.618... and b = 1, then remove a 1x1 square from it, the remaining
									rectangle has dimensions b &times; c, where b = 1 and c = 0.618..., and you will indeed find
									that "a is to b as b is to c": 1.618/1.000 = 1.000/0.618. 
									The above are rough figures. To be precise, the golden ratio <span class="quote">&phi;</span> is 1.618033989... &mdash;
									in fact, it is (1+&radic;5)/2 &mdash;
									and if you use these exact numbers, then the relationship is perfect:
									<span class="emph">&phi;</span>/1 = 1/(1-<span class="quote">&phi;</span>), exactly.
									See interview quotes at head of Geogaddi comments on the use of the golden
									ratio in art and music. The golden ratio is also the limit of the ratio
									of consecutive Fibonacci numbers (a series where each number is the sum of
									the two previous numbers: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144,...).
									That is, the sequence of fractions 2/1, 3/2, 5/3, 8/5, 13/8, 21/13, ...
									tends towards the golden ratio <span class="quote">&phi;</span>.
									These numbers all crop up in many places in nature. A simple example is
									the number of spirals seen in the composite flower of a sunflower plant;
									the number of spirals in one direction will be one fibonacci number,
									the number in the opposite direction, a different fibonacci number.
									So also in the cones of conifers, phyllotaxis (arrangement of leaves
									on stems), and related spirals occur in shells and elsewhere. Dr Math
									<a href="http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/52679.phpl">explains</a>.  
								</p>
								<p>
									A correspondent has said that he thinks the Steve Miller song "fly like an eagle" is used in
									this track, that the same sounds occur in the first part of the song. To add to that:
									in what it probably just one of those odd coincidences, that the album of the same name
									(from which the song is taken) ends with a track called "The Window".
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="over_the_horizon_radar">over the horizon radar</span> is another track that reveals
									a more complex melody when played in reverse. Its title refers to a real
									<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A632729">technology</a>:
									"A radar system that makes use of the
									atmospheric reflection and refraction phenomena to extend its range of
									detection beyond line of sight. Over-the-horizon radars may be either
									forward scatter or back scatter systems."
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="dawn_chorus">dawn chorus</span> - aside from the bird-song variety that all are familiar with,
									there is an electromagnetic phenomenon of the same
									name, which occurs when the sun breaks over the horizon during a period of
									sunspot activity or of solar flares. At such times, those with the proper equipment
									can hear sounds that have been described as being like whistling, or like hundreds
									of birds singing at once; some have even reported hearing human voices. [anon]
								</p>
								<p>
									You might like to read the description of the effect at: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_chorus_%28electromagnetic%29">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_chorus_(electromagnetic)</a>.
									That article also has links to WAV files of the Dawn Chorus from NASA's site.
								</p>
								<p>
									[J] pointed out something interesting: BoC have remixed Meat Beat Manifesto, and the
									MBM album "Actual Sounds and Voices" contains a very Geogaddi-sounding track called
									"The Tweek" (track 6). He pointed out that the beginning of the track sounds rather
									like the beginning of A:B::B:C, and that "a little way through the track, a conversation starts.
									The two men are discussing radio disturbances/anomalies", and that these are illustrated with pertinent
									audio samples. "At the end, there is a pause and they begin to play an extended sample of a dawn chorus"
									that sounds rather like chirping tree-frogs in the summer. One of the men then comments:
									"The dawn chorus on the other hand is not at all well understood, and there is no theory to explain it."
									(Actual dawn chorus samples can be heard by following the Wikipedia link given above.)
								</p>
								<p>
									Comments from the Northern Exposure interview:<br />
									<span class="quote">
									"How do you create your drum patterns?"<br />
									"Sandison: It's a mixture of live performance and step sequencing. Sometimes, we make up sounds
									and then program them tightly in a really synthetic way. Other times, we want it to sound really rough,
									so we'll just jam on the drums live. For instance, "Dawn Chorus" is a single-take jammed beat that I played,
									while "1969" has a live beat all the way through mixed with other beat tracks."
									</span>
								</p>	
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="you_could_feel_the_sky">you could feel the sky</span>: full of hidden depths.
									It captures very well that air of hidden menace that runs right through the album.
									[BIBIO] has made very perceptive observations on this track, and some others:
								</p>
								<ul>
									<li>If you take the section of <span class="quote">"you could feel the sky</span>
									where the reversed speech "a god with horns" occurs, and reverse it, then the
									reversed section of track (normal speed) contains crackling fire sounds,
									as though some sinister ritual is taking place. However, slow down the reversed section
									by a factor of 3, and new and disturbing details will become apparent.
									The sibilant S at end of "horns" is resolved as a woman's screams, and a tolling church
									bell can be heard in the background. (This has been confirmed - try it yourself if you can).
									[BIBIO] observes that the acoustics might be those of a forest.</li>
									<li>On colours: [BIBIO] notes that the "yellow" in <span class="quote">"alpha and omega</span>
									seems to repeat continuously at a lower volume; that <span class="quote">"music is math</span>
									has a faint voice which could be saying "purple", and that playing the end section at
									half-speed results in what sounds like "red" being repeated. With the "orange" in "aquarius",
									they might be trying to cover the range of rainbow colours.</li>
									<li>Repeated allusions to flying (in this and other albums): an aeroplane drone in
									<span class="emph">an eagle in your mind</span>;
									<span class="emph">corsair</span> as a type of plane;
									comments about going to high altitudes for inspiration;
									<span class="emph">kid for today</span> possibly containing a looped
									aeroplane drone throughout the track;
									an interview picture of BoC in an airfield with planes ("the secret life of Boards of Canada" 	photo).
									Also the interactive scenes on the BoC website: the introductory scene is of aeroplane contrails,
									and many of the other interactive scenes are flight simulators. Chinook is a kind of helicopter,
									among other things.</li>
								</ul>
								<p>
									(Credit to [BIBIO] for all of the points in that list.)
								</p>
								<p id="sapainca_2005-07-21">
									[SapaInca] thinks that "a God with Horns" rather then refering to the devil could refer to the Wiccan God. He found that whilst searching Wikipedia about Shamanic rituals and such: "It is commonly understood that Wiccans worship two deities, the Goddess and the God sometimes known as the Horned God". 
									There's some more text about that "Horned God" on Wikipedia right over <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horned_God">here</a> and information about Wicca can be found <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicca">here</a>.
								</p>
								<p>
									[Leo B] pointed out that the second occurrence of the phrase is at 2:16 in the track.
									216 = 6&times;6&times;6. Given all the other references of this kind (such as the album
									length of 66'06" (666), it is at least plausible that this is no coincidence). However, see below
									on whether the time IS 66'06".
								</p>
								<p>
									From the Spanish language Mondosonoro interview (see the <a href="/boc/links/">links page</a>), which
									BoC say that they were really pleased
									with the beat in this track, which sounds like a taut tope being pulled across the hull of
									a wooden ship.
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="corsair">corsair</span>: a pirate, especially a privateer of
									the Barbary coast - [DC], who, after the first few listens,
									believes he could hear a voice; a child's voice counting as in Gyroscope
									(most strongly at 2'11, as follows: 2'11 "one", 2'13 "two", 2'15 "three, 2'17 "four" ...),
									almost as a sort of faint "echo" of sunshine recorder the start of the album.
									(Since writing that, another correspondent has expressed agreement that there is a voice here:
									that it sounds like a voice vocodered with a white noise
									source - which would produce just such a kind of "speaking static" -
									and then filtered).
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="emph" id="magic_window">magic window</span>: yes, despite persistent rumours to the contrary,
									it really is absolutely empty. It's easy enough for anyone who disagrees to
									check by ripping to WAV. And the vinyl version of the track ought to be a giveaway ....
									The 3xLP vinyl version of Geogaddi devotes the final side of vinyl to this
									track. There is no groove on that side, just a basic outline picture of a family:
									parents and two children. It's a bit similar to the plaque on the Pioneer space
									probe, an image that appeared briefly on an older version of the BoC website.
									Where the speed (33rpm or 45rmp) would usually appear, instead we have the
									cryptic "162.225 MHz". This is a frequency used by the military or coastguard
									[Robert Frost]. [Ken Stewart] also pointed out that it is a frequency
									used in the UK for (licensed) private mobile radion services, as listed
									<a href="http://www.mark.brett.com/specbw.phpl">here</a>.
								</p>
								<p>
									While the "magic window" is a completely empty
									track, that is not to say that the title does not have some hidden
									significance. You might like to take a look at the entry
									for the topic "magic window" in this <a href="http://www.lunarsight.com/glossary.php">glossary</a>,
									or search for some combination of "magic window" and the name (Thomas E.) "Bearden". 
									It also brings the play time of the album up to 66'06" (maybe - see next).
								</p>
								<p>
									As for that question of the total play-length of the album. Since it's been contested,
									[DC] decided to settle the question once and for all, in detail.
									Some players show 66'04", some (like mine) show 66'06". Rip all the tracks to WAV. Each track on a CD
									has a play time equal to a multiple of 1/75th of a second, call this a frame; each track is
									made of a whole number of frames. The frames per track are:
									[1] 4427 [2] 24109 [3] 2822 [4] 16124 [5] 5645 [6] 27953 [7] 6160 [8] 24775
									[9] 5788 [10] 19535 [11] 2646 [12] 19394 [13] 5367 [14] 31694 [15] 2039 [16] 17504
									[17] 7554 [18] 5143 [19] 17662 [20] 6503 [21] 23568 [22] 12902 [23] 7986.
									The total of frames is: 297300, which is exactly 3964 seconds, which is 66 minutes
									and FOUR seconds precisely.
									The variations may come about from some CD players rounding track times
									to the nearest second before adding. A curious footnote to all of this is
									that when you rip the album as WAV files, the total file size is about 666 MB (666.8MB)
									(thanks to [Jeremy Pulley] for pointing that out about the file size).
									This is a nice coincidence, but it comes naturally out of the maths:
									the total file size in MB of 66'04" of audio is:<br /><br />
									(4x44100x3964)/(1024x1024) = 666.86MB<br /><br />
									Not counting WAV headers, which are negligible in size, and make no difference to the figures just given). [DC]
								</p>
								<p>
									[Nick Potter] has pointed out some interesting things about this blank tack, and the cryptic
									frequency: 150-160 KHz (not MHz) is among the ranges given for Bearden's "Magic Windows"
									(see <a href="http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/2888/freq6.phpl">this list</a>, specifically,
									the bottom half of the listing, which mentions Bearden's book "Excalibur Briefing" - you'll find the
									discussion of magic window frequencies there). Another interesting possible reference is that
									"Magic Window" is the name of an American educational magazine for children - see
									<a href="http://www.largeprintreviews.com/childmagicwindow_magazine.phpl">this page</a> for more
									information. Since BoC often combine several meanings and references in their titles, it might
									be a reference to any of these.
								</p>	
								<p>
									It is of interest that the music70 website lists the track as "magic window fnord". Those familiar
									with "The Illuminatus! Trilogy" will recognize the reference. [Nick Potter]
									submitted the following observation: in the novel, "fnord" is a word that
									people in general have been trained not to see - instead, it merely induces a vague
									feeling of anxiety in the reader. The music70 listing may therefore have a slightly
									deeper meaning than being a simple reference to the novel; it may be a jokey
									suggestion that the track is indeed present, but that we have simply been programmed not to hear it.
								</p>
								<p>
									There are a few possible marine associations in this album: the words to "dandelion",
									"over the horizon radar", "diving station", the pirate connotations of "corsair".
								</p>
								<p>
									Possible Biblical allusions; [quiller] sent me the following notes on these. If you take some
									track lengths, you can find correspondences in the book of Revelation:
								</p>

								<table class="table" cellpadding="5" border="0">
									<tr>
										<td>5. Dandelion<br />[1:15.266]</td>
										<td align="center">Rev 1:15<br /><a href="http://bible.gospelcom.net/cgi-bin/bible?passage=REV+1&amp;language=english&amp;version=NKJV">LINK</a></td>
										<td>Ref to "many waters" [underwater], "furnace" [volcanoes].</td>
									</tr>
									<tr>
										<td>6. Sunshine Recorder<br />[6:12.706]</td>
										<td align="center">Rev 6:12<br /><a href="http://bible.gospelcom.net/cgi-bin/bible?passage=REV+6&amp;language=english&amp;version=NKJV">LINK</a></td>
										<td>Track 6 - "sixth seal"; "the SUN became black as sackcloth".</td>
									</tr>
									<tr>
										<td>9. The Smallest Weird Number<br />[1:17.173]</td>
										<td align="center">Rev 1:17<br /><a href="http://bible.gospelcom.net/cgi-bin/bible?passage=REV+1&amp;language=english&amp;version=NKJV">LINK</a></td>
										<td>"I am the first and the last" - the Alpha and Omega.</td>
									</tr>
									<tr>
										<td>13. Opening the Mouth<br />[1:11.560]</td>
										<td align="center">Rev 1:11<br /><a href="http://bible.gospelcom.net/cgi-bin/bible?passage=REV+1&amp;language=english&amp;version=NKJV">LINK</a></td>
										<td>"Write about what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches".<br />
								Geogaddi opened with performances in six churches around the world.</td>
									</tr>
									<tr>
										<td>14. Alpha and Omega<br />[7:02.586]</td>
										<td align="center">Rev 7:2-3<br /><a 	href="http://bible.gospelcom.net/cgi-bin/bible?passage=REV+7&amp;language=english&amp;version=NKJV">LINK</a></td>
										<td>Possible connection between Revelation 7:2-3 and the Branch Davidians.<br />
								This <a href="http://home.maine.rr.com/waco/commentary.html">commentary</a>,<br />
								explains their interpretation (see paragraph 7).</td>
									</tr>

									<tr>
										<td>18. Over The Horizon Radar<br />[1:08.573]</td>
										<td align="center">Rev 1:8<br /><a href="http://bible.gospelcom.net/cgi-bin/bible?passage=REV+1&amp;language=english&amp;version=NKJV">LINK</a></td>
										<td>" 'I am the Alpha and the Omega,' says the Lord God,<br />
								who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."</td>
									</tr>
									<tr>
										<td>21. You Could Feel The Sky<br />[5:14.239]</td>
										<td align="center">Rev 5:14<br /><a href="http://bible.gospelcom.net/cgi-bin/bible?passage=REV+5&amp;language=english&amp;version=NKJV">LINK</a></td>
										<td>"And the four living creatures said 'Amen!' and the elders fell down and worshiped".<br />
										End of chapter 5, which mentions the "root (or Branch) of David"<br />
										(Branch Davidians), and the Lamb with seven HORNS - cf. lyrics.</td>
									</tr>
								</table>
								<p>
									There are 22 non-silent tracks on the album,
									just as there are 22 chapters in the book of Revelation. [DC]
								</p>
									
								<p>
									Still not convinced?
									What about the length of the album - 66'6"
									(see <a href="http://bible.gospelcom.net/cgi-bin/bible?language=english&amp;version=NKJV&amp;passage=re+13%3A18">Revelation 13:18</a>)?
								</p>
								<p>
									[TC] suggested a possible link between Revelation 13:18 (the verse that mentions 666),
									and the release dates in Japan (Feb 13, 2002), and the UK (Feb 18, 2002), the 66 full minutes of
									the album to the 66 books of the Bible in the usual canon, and Feb 2002 (2/2) to the 22 chapters of Revelation.
									Feb 13 to Feb 18 inclusive - the "6 days of creation", followed by a "resting" on
									"the seventh day", Feb 19 (the US release date). He acknowledges that this is all very
									speculative, as with many of the other allusions listed above, but it's worth including;
									as with everything on the page, readers can weight these things up for themselves. 
								</p>
								<p>
									That leaves only the bonus track, <span class="emph">from one source all things depend</span>. The normal
									version of this album has 23 tracks, but the Japanese release features this extra one.
									[DC] explains that its title comes from a work called the
									<a href="http://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/herm/">Corpus Hermeticum</a>,
									attributed to the mythical Hermes Trismegistus ("Thrice-Greatest Hermes"), and cites
									the relevant quotation, from book 10, section 14:
								</p>
								<p>
									<span class="quote">From One Source all things depend; but the Source is
									from the One and Only. Three then are they: God the Father and the Good,
									the Cosmos, and Man. God doth contain the Cosmos; the Cosmos containeth Man.
									The Cosmos is the offspring of God; and Man, as it were, is the offspring of the Cosmos.</span>
								</p>
					</div>
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			<div id="others" class="content">
				<h2>others</h2>
					<div id="disengage" class="subcontent">
						<h3><a href="#disengage">disengage radio show</a></h3>
							<p>
								You'll see this in 2 parts in MP3 form. The first half should be about 47 minutes long
								(a greatly-truncated version of this is by far the most common version going around),
								and the second half about 18 minutes. This is the "Disengage Radio Show",
								a weekly programme broadcast in the early hours of Sunday mornings on Manchester's KISS 102 FM.
							</p>
							<p>
								Having listened to this, it is basically just a radio broadcast
								of the album "Boc Maxima".
								If you want to hear a better quality version, just get the Boc Maxima tracks instead.
								Any differences from Boc Maxima? Just some radio "branding" at the start which replaces
								"Wildlife Analysis", so that the playlist effectively starts with Chinook. The version of
								"Rodox Video" is slightly different, but there isn't anything
								else particularly different. It is listed here for completeness, so that people
								will know what it is. But it's better to just get the "boc maxima" tracks instead, and hear them properly.
							</p>
					</div>
					<div id="helterskelter" class="subcontent">
						<h3><a href="#helterskelter">helter skelter</a></h3>
								<p>
									A French radio programme, broadcast Fri 22 Feb 2002, on Aligre FM 93.1 to Paris
									and its suburbs: <a href="http://www.helterskelterfm.com/">http://www.helterskelterfm.com/</a>.
								</p>
								<p>
									A 90-minute show (7:30-9:00 PM). The show in question was a Boards of Canada special,
									and a streaming RealAudio version may be found at the above site: go to the "Live" section,
									and you will see a "special broadcasts" dropdown list. Select "boards of canada (february 2002)" from this list.
								</p>
								<p>
									You will also find the track listing at the above site.
								</p>
								<p>
									This is good listening, especially for those who are only familiar
									with the "Music" and "Geogaddi" albums, since it contains several tracks from elsewhere,
									making it a good "sampler" for BoC's less familiar work (including some of their remixes).
								</p>
								<p>
									(Many thanks to the hosts of Helter Skelter for their help.)
								</p>
					</div>
					<div id="hi" class="subcontent">
						<h3><a href="#hi">hell interface</a></h3>
								<p>
									The "Hell Interface" side-project seems to be more in the nature of a remix project than
									"Boards of Canada" proper. The works released under the HI name are: remixes
									of Colonel Abrams' "Trapped" and of Midnight Star's "Midas Touch", and a strange
									little speech-only track called "The Story of Xentrix" (see the
									<a href="/boc/lyrics/">lyrics</a> page for the words to all these tracks).
									Can this last track be described as a remix? Most of the speech seems to be
									synthesized; however, the last few words sound rather different - perhaps from another
									source (just speculation).
								</p>
								<p>
									There used to be link here to an animated trailer here, for a program called
									"Zentrix", which was taken down after a while. By request, here it is again
									(be aware that the trailer is not necessarily
									related to the Hell Interface track, except by the similarity of names).
								</p>
								<p>
									The trailer can be found at the Zentrix site: <a href="http://www.zentrix.tv/">http://www.zentrix.tv/</a>.
									If you want a direct link for the trailer, it is <a href="http://www.zentrix.tv/html/trailer/zentrix_feb400.mov">here</a>
									(23.5 MB), but it would be polite to at least visit the Zentrix site itself and see what's there before downloading
									the trailer.
								</p>
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