Finger on the pulse as ever, here's a great little video that was featured in a buzzy blog about Corduroy Psychedelia and Boards of Canada in March, which I picked up on after it was mentioned last month on No Tags 68.
Geometry of Circles is a cool AF animation made for Sesame Street in 1979 with a bespoke Philip Glass soundtrack. We used to have it so good.
I left Do You Radio on as it went into the repeats for a change the other day. Had my head in Markdown, trying to fix a table that shouldn't be a table. A tale as old as time.
Anyway, I was pulled out of the drudge by the Mii Channel Theme, then Dire, Dire Docks and even more video game soundtrack bangers. It was Pump: CRTs & PVP.
I think Pump is a new host on the station??
Yeah, so the show was a top top two hours, the highlight of which was probably this, WANDA WANDA by Katamari Damacy Series SOUND TEAM.
Gotta say this is a new one on me, Katamari Damacy is a 2004 action puzzle video game developed and published by Namco for the PlayStation 2. Every day is a school day.
Hey, is your brain melting? Given up on the future? Swimming in existential dread?
Why not distract yourself for an hour or so with this headsy techno-ish mix from Nathan Fake? It's Bleep Mix 316 and is all Fake productions, so it's decent, y'know.
Bye.
OK, so it looks like it's actually happening...
Tape 05 is the first music from Boards of Canada in 13 years. So, if everyone could hold off bombing each other to oblivion until the album drops, that would be fab.
This upload follows the VHS mailouts and the posters appearing in LA, NY, London and Tokyo in the last week or so. If this rollout is going to be anything like Tomorrow's Harvest in 2013, then I'd recommend following bocpages on Instagram to keep up to speed. There's also this evolving thread on the story so far on the bocpages website.
Genuinely so happy that BOC appear to be back.
PS hi how are you? Sorry for the lack of posting, a mix of sickness, holidays and general existential dread means I've not felt like posting. But hey, couldn't miss this news.
I reviewed Daphni's new album Butterfly for Buzz magazine the other day; it even made it into the print edition on page 28. (I did give it four stars, maybe the full review online reads more like a three?).
Hang is my pick from the album, and it also appears on Daphni's recent Essential Mix, which is up for the next month or so on BBC Sounds.
