Boards of Canada - Olson (800% slower)

I accidentally made modern art.

[@cj8436]

This image is pretty fitting, I feel like the guy in the jet, soaring into the sunset, hearing the low hum of my engine as I speed away into tomorrow

[@Vitofael]

Okay you put happy thoughts in my mind... This quote is damn beautiful!

[@Matt-qx3ne]

I feel like butter melting on top of a big ol' pile of flapjacks

[@mattblom1849]

...Not that anyone's asking about the beautiful picture, sadly, but for future's sake those fighter aircraft are the Saab J-35 Draken. An indigenous cold war fighter manufactured by and for Sweden's Air Force.

[@ZoidZoidZoidberg]

Thanks!

[@Bankable2790]

Nobody: Above comment

[@sp0iledm1lk60]

It has to be one of my favorite planes of all time

[@SpartanA054Moose]

The Draken is a beautiful machine. Sweden made some great planes,

[@alejandrogamezalvernia4335]

Swedish aircraft are the most beautiful in my opinion.

[@dodolipret]

I used to work for the company that manufactured these jets. They're my fav, these Drakens. Man, also Olson being slowed down is just hypnotic.

[@Pixy335]

Saab 4 life

[@freiabereinsam-]

I wish I can hear this upon dying, until the neurons in my brain fire one last spark as it ends forever

[@Simonize41]

I’m a boards vet, having first heard some of their demo work in around ‘94/95. I’ve never looked back, their music is just incredible to me. I will admit though that I’m not a huge fan of some the fan covers, reworking’s that are out there, but this, this is special and incredibly surreal and atmospheric. It’s at just the right length too. I never thought I’d hear Olson like this. Magic! Oh, and the pic of the two Saab J-35 Draken is superb! Happy bunny.

[@JB-pk4ck]

HI i came to Boards of Canada about 5 years ago or a bit more. dont know how i missed them. Berwyn music have some beautiful covers of Tears from compound eye and farewell fire

[@speakerboom]

Olson works in many different ways the wrm remix is crazy and house remix too :D !

[@Slime-Man-Extreme]

a boards vet? Thank you for your service!

[@lyva]

With regular Olson being so short this really makes for a good length

[@LovePotion_]

Although space is entirely void of anything that could transmit sound waves, i choose to believe this is what space sounds like. Drifting around, solely living off the sun's energy... That lonely space vehicle, soaring into nothingness, into a dark, empty, cold, but entirely welcoming obscure mantle... I wish i could visit space man.

[@r1c0ch3t]

+Bluelight Spike There is no sound in space, mate.

[@LovePotion_]

"Although space is entirely void of anything that could transmit sound waves..." Yeah. I know that. I was just trying to be nice n shit.

[@GriggslyEntertainment]

+Bluelight Spike Well I agree, I wish to visit space too someday...and I hope this is what it'll sound like

[@SuburbanoidMisfit111]

+Bluelight Spike I got good news for you brother, you're already drifting around space on spaceship Earth as it revolves around its sun and its sun follows its own revolution around the Milky Way galaxy, and the galaxy is also in motion. Happy travels brother. Keep a bowl lit so you can find your way in the dark.

[@LovePotion_]

+SuburbanoidMisfit111 Lit Bowl in hand, i humbly accept my task as silent explorer: Nothing i see, hear or experience will ever be heard off again. It's a personal, beautiful and terrifying journey based solely upon my need to know the meaning of "Beyond". A dark, intimate, cold and humming journey is ahead of me... And i can't take anybody with me. Just my wishes, a plant, and the sheer need to know "What os beyond the ink of nothingness".

[@Meatbag92]

its still perfectly olson, you can hear every warble, the phase of every note, truly beautiful.

[@MegaSnippezz]

I'd imagine that this is the only sound you'd hear in space.

[@vincedifatta2825]

I hope I hear this piece of music in its entirety as I slowly pass away.

[@hannah918273645]

the soundtrack of death

[@mochagoat1998]

All those childhood memories, those fun arcades and malls that were demolished before the end of the 2000s still exist. They’re just in the dimension that time forgot.

[@ennio2120]

I'm a BOC fan and I love it, well done Hawker - It's hard to believe how many creative rabbit holes this wonderfully short minute and half track has been up and down over the years, I'm sure there's more out there.

[@roadrollerda9113]

videos from 10+ years ago on youtube are always so mesmerizing

[@juqebaux3912]

Extra terrestrial beings speak to us in the form of slow yet understandingly calm music.

[@theleanbusinessman5431]

Music does consist 0V tones just like speech so U nay have A point

[@graciouslump9695]

no this was made by humans not aliens

[@mrjutha]

space is the place

[@axiomV]

It describes the image perfectly.

[@TimThompson05]

This is beyond the usage of words. Life makes sense now

[@drd1314]

Quality post to match the quality of the music. Keep safe Tim :-)

[@TimThompson05]

Dr Penguin agreed my brother! Thanks for commenting... 🙏🏾. It brought me back to listen, wrote this comment 4 years ago and this is giving me everything I need right now 👑💪🏾. Thank you bro

[@WinterandNoodle]

True musical artists have something beautiful hidden in their song.

[@scottyslearningcorner6080]

You should download paulstretch and see what you can find! It is easy to immediately use, and then hard to get to the part where you can actually work with it. It actually makes me jamming with my friends on portable keyboards sound really pretty.

[@jrurbbehdidiwdnndjduw85eos73]

Olson is beautifully at any speed

[@user-ic7ii8fs2j]

i always thought a minute and a half of this beauty was too little.

[@samhblackmore]

wow I'm so glad the KZbin algorithm happened to pick this after listening to the original, what a find.

[@Kai_grave]

It's a really beautiful and relaxing song to listen. Kinda impressed how it was made 10 years ago.

[@roberta4266]

Clearly, from another world, another universe. That"s how it sounds.

[@nexusoflife]

Ego death

[@alexandertomes2787]

This put a big smile on my face.

[@dbpooper7512]

Somehow, the tone and feeling of the song is unchanged, despite the dramatic change in tempo.

[@GeorgeLifterMann]

I'll never be a pilot, but one of my genuine dreams that i want to come true is me as a passenger maybe, in one of those fighter jets, soaring high above the clouds during a sunset from my perspective, seeing the never-ending indigo, pink and sun-lit sky, turning to a dark, rich shade of blue behind me and just taking in that moment. I don't want to pass away without feeling that at least once in my life. Just the thought of it empties my mind and brings me at peace, realising how wonderful our world and existing in it can be. - Take care.

[@dirtbag5425]

The massive roar at the very beginning makes me afraid to fly. I'm imagining this to be like murmurs from God's mouth speaking in His own language when He was creating the universe on the accounts of Genesis. Magnificent.

[@Vizgari]

Awesome in the way everything moves by hearing the existencial of spiritual transition

[@ErgonomicChair]

Wow, Boards of Canada are really an odd thing. Their music is so remixable and remasterable.

[@theleanbusinessman5431]

As with such Goodness comes more goodness

[@xAudiolith]

You can lose yourself in their arrangements for sure. I spent a couple weeks analysing some of their tracks and the use of harmony, melody and submelodies is quite insane when you break it down. It all flows effortlessly but the word genius for these guys is absolutely justified in my opinion. It's almost mathematical precision in some cases that blew my mind. On another realm musically.

[@jacobrolston9414]

Holy fucking shit I started listening to this and said "fuck this weed's good im so high" then 12 minutes later i realized i didnt even smoke any

[@APoxOnNordStream]

This is incredible. Sounds like My Bloody Valentine.

[@definitelynotanimposter1670]

Bloody enough for ye

[@0v3rgr0wn]

It feels like me and my bloody valentine are slowdiving in a space ride...

[@veccio]

My Bloody Valentine hugely influenced BoC: they took inspiration for the music has the right to children album art from “isn’t anything”

[@romario_garaias]

This picture fits just perfectly.

[@matthewcrazywolfguillen8348]

I didnt think it could sound more beautiful. 0_0

[@ImpyLane]

Matthew "Crazy Wolf" Guillen so I couldnt help but notice you are a furreh too? :3 (and yeah, BoC is one of my favourite makers of music x3 glad to see you like them too!)

[@matthewcrazywolfguillen8348]

ImpyLane I'm actually not, but I really like wolves, and am not bothered by furries. :) And Boards of Canada is for sure a unique sound. It gets my creativity flowing. :D

[@briangrieco32]

you've done justice to boards

[@user-jo3ty2tm1z]

I listen to this at 2x speed

[@MikonyaanGurevich]

Chaotic Neutral

[@maskedmerker]

Savage

[@oblivionnerd]

Your method to play this song 400% slower is disorganized, unorthodox, & was entirely unpredictable. You have no care for rules or tradition.

[@yungster_rick]

Your name is sick.

[@Ididntaskforahandleyoutube]

oblivionnerd--I needed this comment today. Thank you.

[@gytisgurklys3797]

feelings, man.

[@Ominous89]

I'm fairly new to Boards of Canada. Discovered it last year. And I wish I had discovered them in my youth.

[@ndiaz6142]

A moment of grace

[@RyanKaufman]

Can't tell if this is Boards of Canada, or Disintegration Loops lol

[@allenschmitz9644]

I like that it is slowed down to drone style.

[@sawtoothiandi]

Boards of Disintegration

[@micrologusk9778]

what a nice comment

[@pablosotomayor6178]

@@sawtoothiandi Disintegration of Canada?

[@sawtoothiandi]

@@pablosotomayor6178 Canadian Loops//

[@mgress100]

I love these BoC experimental ventures. Thank you for this.

[@selapril]

I've discovered this treasure a few years ago and I'm happy I did. If anyone's interested in more "music" like this, i recommend you to go to the last song of Lord Huron's new album. It's called "Time's blur" and it immediately reminded me of this track. Let me know what you think, if you heard it!

[@freiabereinsam-]

I like it, thanks for the recommendation!

[@Dannyvirk]

That sounds so beautiful.

[@lptotheskull]

I artificially re-sped this up in Audacity and created a really cool distortion effect, I might sample it at some point.

[@aspiringprogrammer2820]

If you could describe paradise in a sound.

[@JimmyJaxJellyStax]

THIS NEEDS MORE VIEWS! One of my favorites from Boards of Canada! Very morning twilight meditation!

[@MrRafapantano]

The Draken J-35, such a weirdly beatiful plane

[@An_Abandoned_Forest]

2024 HERE AND ALONE PLEASE SHARE YOUR ADVICE ABOUT LIFE & PEOPLE

[@AmalekIsComing]

brings back memories

[@marcobrunello2040]

I love how you can still hear Olson in this, especially starting at 6:00. Thanks.

[@spykerlaviolette2495]

This is what we hear when we're floating in our mothers' womb

[@PaleBlueDott]

My philosophical self is kicking in as I listen to this music.I just want to say something deep but I know I can put into words what I am imagining.It's almost like a dream.I feel like I am on drugs.It's times like this I wish I was taken inside an alien spaceship so I could fly through space and time without a destination.

[@vitaplex1]

that paulstretch came in handy, bloke

[@mykmcgrane]

This is glory.

[@kaimar5166]

listen closely and you will hear the earth breathing.

[@omukade4431]

I know that feelings,bro :)

[@Buddyx76]

I imagine flying in one of these jets across the Canadian skies as this is playing.Heaven and Bliss

[@MrJohndory111]

this is incredible. well done on your 'accident'! :)

[@joshyoungs8003]

The atmosphere you create is what's important, not the image you create. Think about it...

[@recnepsgnitnarb6530]

Three of my favorite things in one video. BOC, flying, and the Saab Draken

[@Frappyification]

Music is Medicine

[@Ben-qh1nc]

It seems to come from far beyond .

[@pierre_richet]

God

[@hydrea9031]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Devil

[@ismokeherbandrockaturban]

Mankind

[@griffineagle1327]

+Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is this what a dog see's when looking in a mirror ?

[@sawtoothiandi]

@@griffineagle1327 when i finally see god face-to-face, imma gonna ruffle his hair and say, "who's a pretty boy? huh! who's pretty boy?"

[@saner8742]

Relative to our daily lives, space might as well be a billion times slower.

[@ConejoZing]

Crossup's "outer space" Chevy Chase gold mine is so neon pink not there lol.

[@BasDirks]

oh my God..

[@hunterslaptop2002]

Feels like Im on a plane

[@barrygibson1848]

i prefer it to the original. paul's extreme soundstretch? the image fits perfectly. what is it about peaceful music juxtaposed with images of tools of destruction? i'm not sure...but it works!

[@AmalekIsComing]

this sort of reminds me of portal 1's soundtrack

[@daos3300]

ok, so this was pretty cool. also, you made a track that's far too short 800% longer. way to go.

[@JohnSmith-qg6wo]

Good song to listen to right before the eclipse.

[@ArmageddonSpeaking]

i dreamed a dream...

[@RobMarques]

Can't. Stop. Listening.

[@OhMudluck]

here's a tip, stick this on alongside a fireplace, some rain and forest noises. you're good to go

[@shrkb1te]

wow fucking hell im off my breasticles

[@Malcstaa]

Not sure why, but I don't think there could be a more fitting image than the one that you chose.

[@danielmclaughlin7330]

Amazing

[@xion3090]

Jun 4,2023 146kviews 487 subs 2.1k likes 207 comments 1st time here

[@xion3090]

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[@TrevorTownsendOfficial]

How did you do this while making it sound so smooth?

[@NaNoWhisp]

paulstretch, my friend!

[@omukade4431]

so peaceful

[@benutzer6802]

Damn BoC never dissapoints ;)

[@OliverHansenifly]

oh yeaaah

[@ricothepoolboy1758]

This is how BOC originally mixes their material.

[@schlickerz]

You mean they mix at very low BPM?

[@ricothepoolboy1758]

Naw I just had my head up my ass and was drunk. I was moreso complimenting the layered ambient goodness of boc material.

[@n.fusrodah2889]

E P I C

[@williamroberts8470]

Oh Saab Draken you are so beautiful.

[@Dannyvirk]

It's so heavy.

[@finnjeffrey572]

Yet light at the same time... I feel like I’m floating

[@hardboiled2987]

Holy shit

[@jamesblunt006]

Am I the only one listening to this at 0.5x speed?

[@JA-pz1qy]

where can i download that picture

[@northwind2748]

Creepy when slowed down this much.

[@radarmusen]

Still greate sound. ( looks like two Saab draken on the image)

[@glonkfpv]

You are correct. The aircraft is a pair of Saab J-35 Draken.

[@glonkfpv]

and i realized im late af

[@sp0iledm1lk60]

whyrtyre so am i

[@JeffGanly]

Id love to know how many times the speed was changed and listened to, or was it a first time thing and it was just edited straight away!

[@Ouski]

What software did you use to do this? I normally use sony vegas for everything I do but making things slower makes it sound like shit. This sounds good, so I'm curious

[@0v3rgr0wn]

paul stretch

[@Ouski]

thx

[@Mpanagiotopoulos]

The description made me laugh

[@vertsk8er419]

me too, cuz it's so truee

[@ES350gitgapped]

Hello Games should have picked this up

[@1mikhaelone]

there was this program for windows that could mathematically slow down songs.. i remember slowing justing bieber songs and they have sounded amazing.. does anyone knows the name of the software?

[@DCol77]

1mikhaelone paulstretch??

[@1mikhaelone]

yes! thank you!

[@sonnysantos6847]

If you like this music, and want to form a band like this, hit me up. BoC is my favorite band of all time (tied with one other). I'm looking for the Michael to my Marcus, the Kai to my Dom, the Sean to my Rob, the Martin to my Alan and the John to my Lou. If you get all the above references, we'll get on well. I can send some of my music and you can do the same. Realizing the power of a duo. xxx

[@cueboyd8666]

whoah the future

[@Shmarful]

Anybody else set this to .25?

[@tridil]

woah...

[@thekensilva]

one of the whiter cuts from the album

[@jimtalks8144]

Apr 20 2023