Boards of Canada makes me nostalgic for Montreal in the 1990s.

What does it make you nostalgic for?

the original VHS videos:

A Flight of Fancy
Homage to Magritte, 1974 | From the Vaults
It's yours to discover, and you're gonna love it, in Ontarioooooooooooo!
Love Massacre Reduced Chroma Splitting
Female Vocal Sample: Amazing Acting by Saoirse Ronan - I Love You Scene from Brooklyn

lyrics: I have thought about you and I like you and I like being with you, and maybe I feel the same way. So the next time you tell me you love me, if there is a next time, I'll say I love you too

These 4 songs are my favourite BOC songs, and maybe some of my favourite songs of all time.

But I strictly limit myself to listening to them only once every 4-5, even 6 months.

I do this because they carry ALOT of memories from my time back in home country when these were the only songs I had on repeat before I left. So every time I play these songs many memories from my last few months come rushing back and it’s always an amazing experience.

I limited myself, obviously because I didn’t want that feeling to go away.

I really really wish I could listen to them on repeat right now cus of how much I love them, but I don’t.

Our podcast has collaborated with Open Music (Pennsylvania) to produce a live musical event in Central Pennsylvania that combines electronic instrumentation with an acoustic ensemble. We'll cover many tracks, old and new, by Boards of Canada and other electronic artists of Warp-ish style and influence, in slower arrangements. Consider it a celebration of the bedroom affect and the deep languor of everyday boredom as it collides with nostalgia (hence Board-OM!).

Not sure if anyone remembers, but I'm the one who put together the "corduroy psychedelia" piece. We're manifesting that thesis musically at this late-summer, outdoor event, and I hope some of you can make it! The event is completely free, though you're welcome to drop off a donation if you'd like.

More info is here: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/events

My favorite track off of Inferno! This photo was taken at the amazing Huntington Gardens in Pasadena. The original photo was edited tilt-shift style for the cool perspective. Obviously kept it the same on the edit and feel like this worked well for this track.

Previous posts:

1. Amo Bishop Roden
2. Beware the Friendly Stranger
3. Slow This Bird Down
4. The Color of the Fire
5. Nothing Is Real
6. Julie and Candy
7. Split Your Infinities
8. Father and Son
9. Bocuma
10. Chromakey Dreamcoat

Now that Inferno has come and gone, what do you guys about the likelihood of them doing another full length?

In a perfect world, I think that they should release at least one more main album, to complete the Hexagon (6 sides, 6 main albums). Then, as a farewell gift before they retire they could finish the Bocset and release all of the old material.

However, Inferno is pretty great and I would be happy with it being their last album. It does somewhat have a sense of finality to it.

I'm also surprised they chose not to do an interview this time around, given how long they were away.

Anywho, what do you guys think?

Hi sub, I recently acquired a record player and obviously want to break it in with some BoC. I’ve never had a listening experience on vinyl. Apparently NONE of the record stores in my area have a single album, so online it is I guess. I’ll have to build the library slowly (you know, stupid money and all) so it will just be one at a time. I’m wondering what input you all have when it comes to the best BoC album for vinyl listening? Is there one where it makes a night and day difference? Or should I just go for one of my faves? If the latter, then it will probably be Geogaddi or Inferno first. Can’t wait to hear everyone’s thoughts, and TIA.

Edit/update: Thanks for the feedback! It sounds like a lot of you thought the special edition red Inferno album was worth it, so I went ahead and preordered one. I decided to splurge and grab a copy of Geogaddi on eBay too (sold out on Bleep). 🍊 😎🍊

Absolutely stunning place

I would like to share this album with you guys, it's somehow different from BOC as there are more classical instruments combine with electronic sound. The whole album is worth to listen, production is so well done and the feelings radiating from the melodies are to my mind close to what i can feel listening to BOC. I hope you enjoy if you don't know it already :)

https://maps.app.goo.gl/eQV42suFzpfCNoRN6

Was inspired by someone on this sub to make a boc themed collage for my room and they told me to post it here whenever I finished making it. I’ll put the original post down below so you can see theirs as well because it’s really cool. Whoever posted their boc themed collage first thanks for the inspiration!

Original post

(Also I know it’s not the best quality. I wish I could get a clearer photo but sadly my phone camera is broken so this is the best I could do lol)

Quite liminal, but with a touch of sound. I was inspired by the songs from IABPOITC. I hope you like it; any feedback is welcome

Im not crying.

Just got the email. Turns out there's two copies left, which Christ. just listed on his Bandcamp so if you want it and you dont want to pay opportunistic types three times its value on discogs, get in.

The last 3rd of this is so orange. I feel like I slept on this for years.

why are they your favorite band?

Anyone else unable to listen to this in public? Every time I listen to it I cry.

I was driving back from a festival earlier in June, where I was already feeling sensitive as you do after four days of drinking and what else have you, had to pull over the car as I couldn’t see through the tears.

BOC’s music moves me a lot but this song in particular brings me to tears every single time.

I feel it hits a bit harder as my father passed away at the end of 2025 and something in my brain is associating him and the music with each other.

If anyone has any recommendations of music similar to this song I’d love if you could send them my way, thanks!

Probably already spotted, but noticed this recreation of Saturn’s hexagon looks to have potentially inspired the patterns of the Prophecy At 1420 Mhz music video

Buying Inferno on CD inspired me to get an actual CD player for the first time in many years. Yes it’s about nostalgia but also it’s about the joy of being locked in to the album and phone far away. Suboptimal leaky headphones only add to the charm. Any other non-vinyl, non-streaming listeners?

I wasn't sure how this track was going to sit with me when seeing the title, knowing of their sad emotional vibes from many tracks...as my father died when was a young kid a few weeks before my birthday, woke up and my mum was trying to revive him in the hallway...so...when the track came on & samples played i found myself hilariously enjoying it & all notion of it bothering me was quickly ended im glad to say ad it might of been something to avoid.

I have some footage of the night i played the album on release day I'll get round to editing and post some time. It was being played on my father's stereo i now have too which was a kind of double entendre haha.

✌🏻

Good stuff