Geogaddi
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Publication |
February 13, 2002 (Japan) |
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Title (number) |
23 (original version) |
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running time |
66:06 |
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Michael Sandison and Marcus Eoin |
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Studio (s) |
Hexagon Sun Studios , Pentland Hills , Scotland |
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Geogaddi is the second album by the Scottish electro duo Boards of Canada . It was published in February 2002 on three different days for the respective region. It has a darker sound than its predecessor Music Has the Right to Children (1998). The title of the album has no specific meaning, it should be decided by the listener instead. It is the duo's most commercially successful album.
content
Geogaddi again deals with innocent, childlike, melodic and harmonic structures that can already be found on the previous album. With this album, however, there are motifs that sound very happy on the one hand and very dark on the other. Some songs have such dark-occult connotations: references to horned deities ( You Could Feel the Sky ), cults of the Branch Davidians ( 1969 ), backward messages ( A Is to B as B Is to C ) and hypnosis ( The Devil Is in the Details ). It remains the trademark of Boards of Canada to intuitively set harmonious melodies into a disturbing mood.
"Geogaddi is a record for some sort of trial-by-fire, a claustrophobic, twisting journey that takes you into some pretty dark experiences before you reach the open air again. It has a kind of narrative. "
“Geogaddi is like a baptism of fire: a claustrophobic, weird excursion that brings you to gritty experiences before you get out in the fresh air. The album has a narrative structure. "
The duo made the decision for the dark coloring of the album during the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 , which they watched in disbelief on television during the production in the studio.
publication
The duo and their record label, Warp Records , announced Geogaddi only minimally. Still, there were release parties in six cities ( London , New York , Tokyo , Edinburgh , Paris and Berlin ). The duo only gave one interview to the press, namely the NME via email.
The album appears in three formats: the standard CD packaging, a limited edition as a bound book with CD and additional artwork, and a vinyl release. Side F of the vinyl edition with the track Magic Window - consisting of complete silence - goes ad infinitum . A drawing of a nuclear family is engraved on the vinyl of the page .
The artwork on the CD has a kaleidoscopic motif. The limited version of the album was released with a twelve-page insert containing even more artwork of this kind. Kaleidoscopes were also briefly sold as a publicity stunt through Warp Records when Geogaddi was first released. These kaleidoscopes can often be found at online auctions.
The band was inspired by Steve Beckett , President of Warp Records , to increase the total length of the album to 66:06 minutes. Beckett justified this by making the listeners believe that Satan himself had created the album. The Track Gyroscope contains samples from a number transmitter . The samples were provided by Sean Booth from Autechre .
The Japanese edition of Geogaddi includes an additional track called From One Source All Things Depend . This short track is full of samples of children praying who also explain who or what they think is God. Some of these children's samples can also be found in the song I Can Feel Him in the Morning by the American rock band Grand Funk Railroad from their album Survival (1971). The original source of these samples is unknown.
reception
NME's Kitty Empire wrote: “Definitely the electro album of the year [...] wonderfully garnished with the recurring motifs that have made [Boards of Canada] a unique voice in electronic music [...] a meeting of the The natural with the digital, and here it's scarier than ever. "
Pitchfork Media also praised the album, but was offended by the fact that it hardly differs from its predecessor: “While some will criticize the Board of Canada's failure to enter new territories [...] the rest of us will think about the successful one Album packed with great music. "
The album also appeared on numerous year-end lists.
Track list
All titles written by Boards of Canada.
- Ready lets go - 0:59
- Music is Math - 5:21
- Beware the Friendly Stranger - 0:37
- Gyroscope 3:34
- Dandelion 1:15
- Sunshine Recorder 6:12
- In the Annexe 1:22
- Julie and Candy 5:30
- The Smallest Weird Number 1:17
- 1969 4:20
- Energy Warning 0:35
- The Beach at Redpoint 4:18
- Opening the Mouth 1:11
- Alpha and Omega 7:02
- I Saw Drones 0:27
- The Devil is in the Details 3:53
- A Is to B as B Is to C 1:40
- Over the Horizon Radar 1:08
- Dawn Chorus 3:55
- Diving Station 1:26
- You Could Feel the Sky 5:14
- Corsair 2:52
- Magic Window 1:46 The track consists of complete silence.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Boards of Canada Discography . 2006. Retrieved November 24, 2006.
- ^ A b Mark Pytlik: The Color & The Fire . HMV. 2002. Archived from the original on February 28, 2008. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 24, 2006.
- ^ John Bush: Geogaddi Overview . All Media Guide, LLC. 2002. Retrieved November 24, 2006.
- ^ John Mulvey: The Most Mysterious & Revered Men in Electronica . NME. 2002. Archived from the original on February 28, 2008. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 24, 2006.
- ^ Geogaddi
- ^ Warp Records: Warp Records; Geogaddi . Warp Records. 2002. Archived from the original on May 21, 2007. Retrieved November 24, 2006.
- ↑ Heiko Hoffmann: Stirred Up the Ashes . Flavorpill Productions LLC. 2005. Archived from the original on November 21, 2006. Retrieved November 24, 2006.
- ↑ [1]
- ^ NME review of Geogaddi . In: New Musical Express . Retrieved July 7, 2011.
- ^ Pitchfork review of Geogaddi . In: Pitchfork Media . Retrieved July 7, 2011.
- ↑ Mojo's Best of 2002 album list with Geogaddi at # 16 . In: Mojo . Retrieved July 7, 2011.
- ↑ sic
