A crash course in Boards of Canada's history and discography to prepare for the the upcoming deep dive.

The preparation for a dive is always a tense time.

Writing & Narration by Elroy G. Biv
Music by symys.
Thanks to Fredd-E.

Sources:
"The Downtempo Duo," Pitchfork, 2005.
https://bocpages.org/wiki/The_Downtempo_Duo

Boards of Canada Biography, Matador Records, 2000. (Written by PIC & Goedrich)
https://web.archive.org/web/20010707094849/http://www.matadorrecords.com:80/boards_of_canada/biography.html

boardsofcanada.com - Releases (Discography listing), 2001.
http://web.archive.org/web/20010606220519/http://www.boardsofcanada.com/records.html

Boomkat - Twoism Record Listing
https://boomkat.com/products/twoism-5064f8ec-ec7a-4423-b007-e9e63b4781d3

"Play Twice Before Listening." OOR.nl, 2002.
https://bocpages.org/wiki/Play_Twice_Before_Listening

"Above Board!" Playlouder, 2005.
https://bocpages.org/wiki/Above_Board!

"Emotional Abuse." Remix, 2005.
https://bocpages.org/wiki/Emotional_Abuse

"Trans Canada Highway Microsite." BOCpages.org
https://bocpages.org/wiki/Trans_Canada_Highway_Microsite

"Statements from Hexagon Sun." BOCpages.org
https://bocpages.org/wiki/Statements_from_Hexagon_Sun

"Cosecha Transmisiones." BOCpages.org
https://bocpages.org/wiki/Cosecha_Transmisiones

Turquoise Hexagon Podcast Ep 1: "Ready Lets Go"

We've started up! Join us as we explore Boards of Canada's earliest and most enigmatic works - the Old Tunes and mysterious lost albums.

Hosted by Elroy G. Biv
Music by symys.
Thanks to Fredd-E.

Opening sample: "Peace-Tony-Devil" from Old Tunes Vol. 2 by Boards of Canada.

Notes:

boardsofcanada.com - Releases (Discography listing), 2001.
https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20010606220519%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.boardsofcanada.com%2Frecords.html&token=e15111-1-1692807562826

"Boards of the Underground." Richard Southern, Jockey Slut, 2000.
https://bocpages.org/wiki/Boards_of_The_Underground

"Boards of Canada Reviews." Piero Scaruffi, scaruffi.com. 
https://www.scaruffi.com/vol6/boardsof.html

"La Materia De La Que Están Hechos Los Sueños."  Javier Blánquez, Go Magazine, 2005.
https://bocpages.org/wiki/La_Materia_De_La_Que_Est%C3%A1n_Hechos_Los_Sue%C3%B1os

"Closes Volume 2???" Livejournal post by snowblinded. 2004.
https://boardsofcanada.livejournal.com/28808.html

"Two Aesthetes of Electronic Music." Two Aesthetes of Electronic Music. Ariel Kyrou & Jean-Yves LeloupVirgin Megaweb, 1998.
https://bocpages.org/wiki/Two_Aesthetes_of_Electronic_Music

"CMJ New Music Report." January 1999.
https://books.google.com/books?id=u49RaKREnYEC&lpg=PA37&pg=PA37#v=onepage&q&f=false

"Old Casettes" Twoism Thread with posts by dave_from_2001 and Skytree. 2009.
https://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5756&hilit=Old+Casettes&start=100

"Breaking Into Heaven," Emma Warren, The Face, 2001.
https://bocpages.org/wiki/Breaking_Into_Heaven

"BMI repertoire search: New/mysterious tracktitles!" Twoism thread with post from Guido re: Louise Campbell on the Old Tunes cover.
https://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=76655#p76655

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