This is the best of Boards of Canada. Only no one will ever agree on what their best tracks are.
So this is my Best of Boards of Canada as of August 2024.
I've tried to avoid just going for the most obvious tracks, but equally I didn't want it to be a 'look-how-obscure-I-can-be' mix.
So it's a mix. A mixed mix from across their back catalogue.
Part of the reason for doing this mix was to properly engage with their back catalogue and move beyond the tracks everyone knows, eg. Dayvan Cowboy, In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country, Olson, ROYGBIV and Aquarius.
The tracks everyone knows are brilliant, but it was obvious there was depth behind them, and I'm really glad I dug a little deeper.
Also, if you're interested in BoC mixes, it has to be said, DJ Food probably nailed it with his O is for Orange.
ADDITIONAL
I just thought I'd add a note subsequent to them slipping their way back into everyone's DMs with Inferno. I love Inferno, and I think it is stronger than The Campfire Headphase. I also understand some people will now be contacting assassins and trying to find my address, but hey.
Imho, it brings the aesthetic of Twoism, and perhaps even more of Music Has the Right... but updates it just a little to account for the time that's passed.
It didn't feel right for their final release to be Tomorrow's Harvest, as the ambient / downtempo / easy listening side of that somewhat squishes out the experimentalism that made them so exciting in the first place.
But anyway give this a spin, and if I have missed a track you absolutely love, let me know as I'm thinking I'll revisit this having gained a bit of DJ skill, and being able to also draw on Inferno now...
Also as I'm updating, you must check out DJ Food's I Hear The Sun (Inferno Promo Mix)
Tracklist
- Website Intro / Loading Loop: Unreleased / Web Audio (originally loops hosted on the early Boards of Canada / Music70 websites)
- Dayvan Cowboy (inc. Ctrl All Del.'s Cowday Boyvan): The Campfire Headphase (Album, 2005) / The Phasefire Camphead (Remix Album, 2014)
- An Eagle In Your Mind: Music Has the Right to Children (Album, 1998)
- Dandelion: Geogaddi (Album, 2002)
- Triangles & Rhombuses: Music Has the Right to Children (Album, 1998)
- In The Annexe: Geogaddi (Album, 2002)
- Skyliner: Trans Canada Highway (EP, 2006)
- Over The Horizon Radar: Geogaddi (Album, 2002)
- Amo Bishop Roden: In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country (EP, 2000)
- Olson: Music Has the Right to Children (Album, 1998)
- Light, Clear, Hair: A Few Old Tunes (Cassette demo/compilation, 1996)
- Melissa Juice: Twoism (EP, 1995)
- Kid For Today: In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country (EP, 2000)
- Smokes Quantity: Twoism (EP, 1995)
- June 9th: Hi Scores (EP, 1996)
- Telepath: Tomorrow's Harvest (Album, 2013)
- The Devil Is In The Details: Geogaddi (Album, 2002)
- Kaini Industries: Music Has the Right to Children (Album, 1998)
- Transmisiones Ferox: Tomorrow's Harvest (Album, 2013)
- The Color Of The Fire: Music Has the Right to Children (Album, 1998)
- Aquarius: Aquarius (EP/Single, 1998)
- Chromakey Dreamcoat: The Campfire Headphase (Album, 2005)
- Oirectine: Twoism (EP, 1995)
- From One Source All Things Depend Geogaddi (Japanese CD bonus track, 2002)
- Turquoise Hexagon Sun: Hi Scores (EP, 1996)
- Diving Station: Geogaddi (Album, 2002)
- Everything You Do Is A Balloon: Boc Maxima (Limited semi-private album, 1996)
- Dawn Chorus: Geogaddi (Album, 2002)
- Happy Cycling: Aquarius (EP/Single, 1998)
- Music Is Math: Geogaddi (Album, 2002)
- In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country: In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country (EP, 2000)
- Into The Rainbow Vein: The Campfire Headphase (Album, 2005)
- Wildlife Analysis: Music Has the Right to Children (Album, 1998)
- Roygbiv: Music Has the Right to Children (Album, 1998)
