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Boards of Canada in LondonBoards of CanadaWhere: London, United Kingdom
Confirm deadline: Dec 22, 2009
Perform deadline: Feb 22, 2010
Min: £9.46
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I saw that Boards events had been created in LA already and couldn't figure out why there was none in London. Crazy. So I guess I'll do the honors.
Scottish brothers, Michael Sandison and Marcus Eoin Sandison, are Boards of Canada. The band was named after the national broadcasting group in Canada that provided public service announcements and instructional video. The lad spent a few of the early years in Canada before moving to Edinburgh when their family moved (back) there.
Anyway, BoC first came to my attention (and the attention of everyone I know) with their first proper debut album, Music Has the Right to Childen (which still holds the title for best album name ever in my book). The album was released by Warp although it was Autechre's SKam label that was the first proper label that BoC was released on.
A few EP's and two albums later and Boards of Canada are still one of the more mysterious acts in music. They keep a very low profile and don't play live. I think that's great but, at the same time, I'd love to see them play live and as when I noticed fans had been dropping contributions in the dropbox for the LA event, I appreciated what an extraordinary show BoC could put on if they brought the creativity of their bans to bear on the gig.
That's what Boards have been about for me. They inspire creativity in me. Subtle sound development, a unique palette of sounds, and fantastic song construction.
Anyway, nothing ventured nothing gained. Worth a shot and I like the fact that it's fan-driven. Let's see what we can see.
ok... why is there no FSOL London event?
Scottish brothers, Michael Sandison and Marcus Eoin Sandison, are Boards of Canada. The band was named after the national broadcasting group in Canada that provided public service announcements and instructional video. The lad spent a few of the early years in Canada before moving to Edinburgh when their family moved (back) there.
Anyway, BoC first came to my attention (and the attention of everyone I know) with their first proper debut album, Music Has the Right to Childen (which still holds the title for best album name ever in my book). The album was released by Warp although it was Autechre's SKam label that was the first proper label that BoC was released on.
A few EP's and two albums later and Boards of Canada are still one of the more mysterious acts in music. They keep a very low profile and don't play live. I think that's great but, at the same time, I'd love to see them play live and as when I noticed fans had been dropping contributions in the dropbox for the LA event, I appreciated what an extraordinary show BoC could put on if they brought the creativity of their bans to bear on the gig.
That's what Boards have been about for me. They inspire creativity in me. Subtle sound development, a unique palette of sounds, and fantastic song construction.
Anyway, nothing ventured nothing gained. Worth a shot and I like the fact that it's fan-driven. Let's see what we can see.
ok... why is there no FSOL London event?
DropboxThe dropbox is where fans who have bid on an event can upload digital items for the artist to use in the show. You can browse, rate and comment on any of the uploaded items -- hopefully the best will be incorporated into a live performance.Upload by trimmer on October 27, 2008 12:04 AM
i should really animate this.... it's for the song "Music is Math" - i borrowed from LiveScience.com but will develop into fully-fledged sequence. ... View
Upload by beemers on September 17, 2008 8:50 PM
here are a list of the tracks I'd love BoC to utilize in a live set. I'd imagine they'd cut quite a lot and create a sort of melange that transitio... View
Upload by beemers on October 27, 2008 12:26 AM
Another contribution for "Music is Math"... I know what the comments are going to be before I event submit this. View
Upload by nonameno5 on November 16, 2008 6:53 PM
video sampled from bicycle safety film "One Got Fat". View
Upload by boredofcanada on November 13, 2008 5:32 PM
This is a fantastic video (per comments) from Glenn Marshall. Created with the help of Processing, it's a sync'ed visual piece where audi parameter... View
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On 11/13/08 at 5:47pm eoinmatt77 said: this is really great and is something that i could definitely see in a live Boards show. Probably the best dropbox submission I've seen yet... we should think about making the dropbox more extensible so that the underlying software could be used.This is a comment on a file from the event dropbox. View File -
On 3/18/09 at 1:23pm BlueMinorD said: I can see this working for a lot of Boards of Canada tracks. Does that say something about similarities in tempo and rhythym to their tracks? Who cares -- great contribution.This is a comment on a file from the event dropbox. View File -
On 4/26/09 at 4:21pm poincareherself said: beautiful creation. this would be mesmerizing live!This is a comment on a file from the event dropbox. View File
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