Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase (2005)

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

This Scottish duo's third album is their most shoegazer-y and gorgeous. For the first time, acoustic and electric instruments intrude on their landscape, which brings them closer to the work of artists like Four Tet and M83. But there's an intricacy to their beats and a strange, underwater quality to their samples that's strictly BoC. It's weird woozy music that's lovely and alien. "Dayvan Cowboy,"for instance, is a slow-paced bit of moody psychedelia; the drums don't even kick in until two thirds of the way through. The hypnotic, analog synth-driven "Farewell Fire"sounds like some lost tune by space-kraut pioneers Cluster. This is music you listen to when drugs don't work anymore; it's more reliable and a whole lot cheaper besides. "Oscar See Through Red Eye,"one of the more percussive songs, is perfect for languid late night dancing, but most of the album is sublimely made for the bean bag chairs. --Mike McGonigal

Album Description

One of the world's most revered and mysterious electronic acts, Boards of Canada re-emerge from the ether with "The Campfire Headphase" their first album since 2002's mystic "Geogaddi". "The Campfire Headphase" will satiate the groups massive, rabid fanbase. This is classic Boards of Canada touched with acid-drenched folk music, atmospheric dissonance, deceptively tough alien beats and mindbending melodic creations.

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Track Listings

1. Into the Rainbow Vein

 

 

2. Chromakey Dreamcoat

 

 

3. Satellite Anthem Icarus

 

 

4. Peacock Tail

 

 

5. Dayvan Cowboy

 

 

6. A Moment of Clarity

 

 

7. '84 Pontiac Dream

 

 

8. Sherbet Head

 

 

9. Oscar See Through Red Eye

 

 

10. Ataronchronon

 

 

11. Hey Saturday Sun

 

 

12. Constants Are Changing

 

 

13. Slow This Bird Down

 

 

14. Tears From the Compound Eye

 

 

15. Farewell Fire

 

[method77]

Happy days!

[eclectica]

I bought this album on October 18th and it's great.

Also you should download on filesharing networks the bonus track #16, titled Macquarie Ridge.

[DudeAsInCool]

Yep, this is a very good album...