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Rating: A hiss that gradually increases in thickness and a few piano chords give the impetus to Geogaddi. Then a succession of bare melodies, rhythms with mathematical precision, indistinct noises...
This is what the Boards Of Canada (Marcus Eoin and Michael Sandison in everyday life) are. And still, snippets of radio broadcasts, genetically transformed children's choirs, a few off-key keyboard drones for music that is yes, icy, wintry, and a direct descendant of kraut-rock ambient and kosmische musik, but possesses a kind of warmth, tenderness, and humanity granted to it by the exclusive use of analog instrumentation. So, no PCs, Macs, or laptops, but only rigorously vintage drum machines and synths. But it is fundamentally useless to try to describe this record piece by piece (some tracks are wonderful, "Music Is Math" and "Alpha And Omega" above all). It is a nocturnal journey within oneself and simultaneously through thirty years of avant-garde electronics. It could be the ideal soundtrack for a posthumous film by Luis Buñuel. Perhaps the best description that can be given is precisely the comparison with The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie: when the South American ambassador talks about his country, he is often drowned out by annoying street noises. This album perfectly reconstructs the same sense of vague incommunicability and surrealism. On a more down-to-earth level, it's enough for me to say that this record deserves a place in your collection and especially in your skull...
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
05 Dandelion (01:15)
When lava pours out near the sea surface, tremendous volcanic explosions sometimes occur.
In time, sub-marine sea mounds, or islands, are formed.
When lava flows underwater it behaves differently.
A new contraption to capture a dandelion in one piece has been put together by the crew.
The preparation for a dive is always a tense time.
When lava pours out near the sea surface, tremendous volcanic explosions sometimes occur.
06 Sunshine Recorder (06:12)
"a beautiful place"
"an ea - gle in your mi - nd"
"bye bye, bye bye bye"
08 Julie and Candy (05:30)
Shirley: "You're putting me on!"
Gregg: "We're going to try it, you ever try it?"
Shirley: "You're putting me on!"
Gregg: "I'm TURNING you on."
Shirley: "You're putting me on! Where did you get that stuff?"
Gregg: "Oh, Nikki's growing a patch out in the backyard".
Shirley: "Come on, you're putting me on."
Nikki: "Yeah, he's putting you on, he's a brat!"
Shirley: "Uh-huh. Sure, sure!"
From Hungry Wives (1972)
10 1969 (04:20)
Although not a follower of hseroK divaD, she's a devoted Branch Davidian.
(1969 in the sunshine.)
11 Energy Warning (00:35)
energy is becoming one of our countrys greatest concerns. if we don't start working on energy conservation, there may not be enough energy to go around by the time i'm a parent. we're going to learn about how we can solve some of our problems through alternative energy sources. you can learn more about energy too. call your county cooperative extension service for more information. conserving energy is everyones responsibility. call 4H to find out how you can do your part.
14 Alpha and Omega (07:02)
(Haha!) Alpha and omega
Yellow
[backwards]
I'm a God-darned Satanist, and if I wanted, I'd be in this business too.
16 The Devil Is in the Details (03:53)
Just relax, and enjoy this pleasant adventure. Here you are, secure and protected, in this, your special place, letting my voice flow into your mind. There's no need to concentrate. Just gently as you go. Suggestions are going into your unconscious mind. Open yourself up to the greater wisdom and understanding. So, now, letting the sound of my voice reach the inner, healthy, receptive centre of yourself. See yourself now in your imagination; and you are being tranformed in a positive healthy way, so you are programming your unconscious mind, gaining new insight into your directions, in the future. Allow yourself to be more aware of your pathway through this life. [Enjoy all that you can.(?)] As the days go by, you are programming your mind, and you are allowing this to happen. These things are happening day by day, just as I tell you they are happening, wherever you are. See this happening. Allow it to become part of you; more and more happily, more and more surely, more and more powerfully, each day. When it is necessary, you can program yourself, be able to dream the information you require. This awareness will come back to you at your own rate. It will never be more than you can cope with. This guidance will help show you the way. This will only happen if you choose it will be so. Ready, now ...
19 Dawn Chorus (03:55)
Marry me, marry me, marry me...
But you may be dead, you may be dead...
Mary, Mary, Mary...
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By Cleo
I tried, honestly, to listen over and over again to the 23 tracks it comprises without ever feeling the slightest emotion, the slightest involvement, the slightest enthusiasm.
The rest is almost unlistenable.
