Boards of Canada - The Half Awake Mix

This here is The Half Awake Mix. It is the somewhat cheerier equivalent of The Half Asleep Mix.
All music is composed, recorded and produced by Boards of Canada (unless noted otherwise).
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The Half Asleep Mix
• Boards of Canada - The...
This mix’s somewhat.. moodier equivalent.
The Half Awake Mix incorporates:
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[@gabriel.o.]

The Half Asleep Mix is back up: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5i3hqGjeNWajKc

[@donnerthereindeer366]

ABOUT TIME!

[@phantomarchive]

Thank you

[@wouterdehaas74]

Excellent, cheers.

[@gerdownes910]

Ya you gotta be boards fan atic level 6 wizard, can you not see it? Aw sucks for you cuz I blaze dat shiz

[@LOL-cringe]

Boards of Canada helps me remind myself that no moment is uninteresting or meaningless.

[@hyperpersonal]

It's amazing how this guys can bring so much mystery and mystique to their tracks, I can't really define it. It's like ancient electronic musique, like if the Egyptians had synths and samplers or something

[@br0sine]

Underrated comment!

[@TroyFarah]

very true, it feels ancient and new at the same time. they use a lot of atypical syncopation, so the rhythm feels very strange. slightly familiar yet off.

[@neindanke84]

Yeah I feel something like this... ♾️🌌

[@theletterw3875]

Imagination award

[@neindanke84]

@@ELECTR0HERMIT DMT yeah absolutely

[@LOL-cringe]

Words cannot describe how much I adore Boards of Canada.

[@icRDaVe-qn9ru]

23

[@hospsa6933]

0:00 I will get it tattooed 1:12 From One Source All Things Depend 3:15 Poppy Seed 10:14 Everything You Do Is A Ballon 17:15 I will get it tattooed (Reversed) / Dandelion 18:30 Dandelion (Reversed) 19:35 Highscores 22:58 Audiotrack 01 24:10 Concourse 24:58 5.9.78 29:16 Kiteracer 2 31:57 Northern Plastics 33:27 Whitewater 39:35 In The Annexe 41:13 Echus (Mansin Cover) 47:27 Powerline Misfortune 49:30 Nova Scotia Robots 53:05 Under The Coke Sign

[@FM-pr1ht]

Thank you🎉

[@MandraMockups]

Why do most of these sound off

[@aphonik23]

Thanks. "Hiscores" (one word, as distinct from "Hi Scores") is one I've never heard before but absolutely love.

[@TheStripedOneRB]

31:57 Northern Plastics

[@chevrolet69]

Dandelion ❤

[@dbsvolante]

27 years this Christmas Eve morning my Mother passed very suddenly in our home, I dread this day and have done for 2 decades and more, I found this mix yesterday and knew after the 4th piece I could get thru tomorrow peacefully. Thankyou and many regards guys, an antidote to negativity.

[@mvbeats7367]

So great to hear

[@depptx2869]

peace to you

[@October33rd]

I randomly selected 5.9.78 on my KZbin algorithm a few weeks ago and became enlightened. This mix is my first full introduction! 2024 will be great! Peace everyone!!

[@wearenorthcolour]

Oh to have just discovered BOC. You are in for a hell of a ride.

[@tmwfww4170]

This is like my childhood subconscious memories in music. Hazy, dreamlike, extremely beautiful. It's a similar to the feeling you get when looking at certain images of liminal space, but much more evocative.

[@clementbodin862]

I've been listening to Boards of Canada for years, and thanks to this kind of mix, I still discover new tracks. BOC is like an iceberg

[@pablosotomayor7570]

boc is the original iceberg

[@insanelyheinousbeefer]

its a really cool surreal feeling. to think you know something inside and out and still be completely surprised. kind of like having those childhood dreams about hidden rooms and portals around your house, and years later finding out they really were there.

[@DaedricThot]

It really is I’ve never heard this first track from BOC

[@HOLYRADIO]

🔥🔥🙌🏽

[@ryanmelnick8793]

@@pablosotomayor7570 BoC are the hydrogen and oxygen molecules that formed water. The water is something far greater, as it contains the combination of the two. After a brief chemical reaction - ice crystals formed. These are the pathways in which nostalgia and wonder traversed. That ice eventually became THE Iceberg. And so it was...

[@toddspeck9415]

Boards of Canada is a spiritual adventure.

[@adammarquez5203]

Ok

[@duppy404]

Facts

[@magician_one]

19:45 it's so deep in my soul, universe and touched like first scream when you was born

[@joethekelly335]

This is perfect music to eliminate road rage.

[@neins]

I first discovered BoC in 2017 and coincidentally at the same time I overcame depression. Their music boosted my healing

[@gerdownes910]

identical story for me in '06

[@dinsfire8489]

blessings from boards

[@foresterforester763]

I have been listening since 2007 or so and I have to say it just gets better with time. Sometimes I may go months without hearing them but when I do hear BOC it's like seeing an old friend.

[@neindanke84]

I listen to them in this moment for the first time and it's magic. Brings harmony inside me☯️🌌💚

[@kosmonautt]

Hey man! Happy for you. Blessed are those that have not experienced that affliction.

[@fen0m]

I don't know why this music makes me feel so emotional. I think there's something to the repetition in their tracks that forces you to be more introspective, hard to explain it

[@degaulle30]

I write my novel every day and Boards of Canada are one of the things I listen to practically on a loop. Only a few others I can do it with.

[@angeloferiante1]

These are bringing back memories of 2005-2009 when I listened to BOC after bartending and just chilled in my apartment stoned and a little drunk floating away!! Also they are great to pass the time by on a bus, road trip or while walking, biking or working out while using good headphones or over car speakers!! The best! This is like math electronica the people who turned me on to them would say, but I just find it to be very nostalgic, comforting and slightly disturbing, but in a good way. lol I was born in 1982, so this music sounds like old 70-80's movie soundtracks, commercials and trippy vintage lofi synth sounds layered into a beautiful dreamy sound!! Love this mix you made too! Puts the music in perspective, as I had the albums memorized and it's nice to hear them all mixed up like this!

[@gabriel.o.]

So glad you enjoyed:-}

[@TheWilliamBogart]

There's a mix in the related videos for this one of unreleased tracks from 2005-2009. =)

[@magician_one]

parts of our souls.

[@ineedstuff8286]

nailed it

[@angeloferiante1]

@@ineedstuff8286 Thank you! 🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@angelamcinnes2598]

I first listened to BOC on a drive back home to SW Ontario two days after taking acid with a group of strangers in Thunder Bay, summer 2020. Campfire Headphase was the soundtrack to my newfound reality as my mind realigned itself into something it had never been before, going 90 down the Trans Can 11 along roads lined by mountain mist and ancient evergreens. I realized then that the world is full of magic and we are lucky to be alive within it. It was the greatest return of my life - so far.

[@ineedstuff8286]

that's AMAZING.. meanwhile everyone else was convinced through television that they were all dead... nothing like acid to bring you back to reality... through the inverse of reality

[@mjamesharding]

@@ineedstuff8286 How do you know that what you experience on acid is the "inverse of reality" lol?

[@ineedstuff8286]

​@@mjameshardingI have an acid-ruler. They used to have 'em at Office Max... the cheap one's only measured to positive integers, and down to zero... but the GOOD one will go negative.

[@Noise-Conductor]

@@mjamesharding 🤔

[@magician_one]

brilliant)

[@errorgridrecords]

25 years after hearing them for the first time I am still as enamored by their magic as ever. This has never happened before, and might never happen again. And it is okay.

[@pb.pb.pb.pb.]

Haha i feel you… i been listening for over 17 yrs and still listen to full albums. So good !

[@SuperChexmixer]

100%

[@Nome_e_Cognome]

Same here. ¼ of a century

[@SMEE]

Used to have a sleep mix that consisted completely of "I will get it tattooed" and "Aphex Twin - Rhubarb" on repeat.

[@MycoMantis]

Timeless music as we cruise the galaxy on this rock together yall. ❤️

[@keithrogers6904]

Isn't "9.5.78" such a beautiful track - the individual melodies meshing with each other so perfectly...

[@gaddi8810]

I think someone used the intro in their vid on BoC and now I'm finally hearing the track

[@MLElf]

It’s stunning isn’t it

[@matthumphries5449]

It sounds like its got some sort of complex algorithm

[@HeIiosphan]

Their best track in my opinion... Excellent

[@tibetbukan8360]

Some sounds remind me those sounds you hear on a patients bed at a hospital. Feels like waiting by a person you know

[@ennuied]

Melancholia, nostalgia and probably uninvited derealisation and of course being alive, all this makes BoC so unique and timeless sounding.

[@ribbbit-av]

I really love the subtle visual edits in this mix, such as the black elements appearing one by one in the first few seconds, then fading into the background over time. Then, on the half asleep mix the background color shifts to envelop the art/text elements over time, ending with farewell fire fully enveloped in orange. So thought provoking!

[@greencaIx]

That inversion of dandelion syncing both ways is fkn superb

[@03ai_ey]

What does this mean/time stamp?

[@stridencesuppressor]

BOC is the soundtrack of life! Discovered them one late night in the nineties, I woke up and the cable community board was using Left Hand Drive as background sound, I recorded it. BOC is best listened to when zoning out staring through the trees from your hammock watching horsetail clouds.....I feel the presence of now. Most of BOC's music is not meant to replace or saturate, it just pushes open the door of your reality a bit to help you let go and realize you're alive. Thx for posting!

[@sffg9671]

first 90 seconds of "everything you do is a baloon" is an epitome of the feeling of nostalgia and unspecified yearning for the past (and childhood), especially for those who were born and lived thru the 80ies. The fragment has the uncannily 80ies vibe to it.

[@sammoreton333]

I was born in the late 80s so didn't really experience the 80s, but my childhood in the 90s and early 2000s was filled with like educational/science programs and stuff that all had these same sounds. The teacher would chuck on some old VHS during a rainy day and these sorts of sounds would come on, haha.

[@thais6236]

I feel such wonder and nostalgia and joy listening to this tape and BOC in general. Kiteracer 2 specifically on this tape is just so fantastic to me, one of the most beautiful artworks I've ever experienced.

[@user-kt4yr7mm6t]

Its so beautiful and inspiring that such music exist. In our superficial time its priceless to know that real art exist, not for money or someone approval.

[@plantain.1739]

Man I'm not even Christian or anything, but that intro makes me so happy for some reason. I feel a little weird about it, but still.

[@lowercasehandle]

hear it after all of geogaddi and it's like a cleanse dude it's weird i'm areligious too

[@kidkangaroo5213]

The Boards aren't Christian as well, but I think that was indeed the intended effect, that religion even to an outsider can inspire a strong feeling of human connection and some ephemeral sense of meaning. I don't like the song that much, it reminds too much of the damage that religious indoctrination on the very young can have, and I'm glad it wasn't on the normal release of Geogaddi. But it is an interesting art piece

[@squirlmy]

Some of the "religious" parts like the children saying prayers (Tony Schwartz Records the Sound of Children 1970 Folkways Records) is juxtaposed to references to the Branch Davidians and unsettling Satanic references, especially in Geogaddhi (which is 66 minutes, 6 seconds long), so you are missing the underneath layers that are about being highly skeptical, even horrified by religiousity. I almost feel bad pointing out these things to you, where you've detected the innocent, childlike parts, without realizing disturbing parts. BTW they've also sampled dialog from porn films. BoC is definitely not Christian, although feel free to play it in your local Church group!

[@dannydubya9410]

Best damn BOC mix out there. Love the usage of rare obscure tracks intertwined with each other. I almost consider this an album of its own

[@trulssj808]

They were first introduced to me by a friend in school when I was 14. Still finding so much beauty and freshness in their work at 30. Hearing it it's like being let into the world as if it's all a work of art. Really hoping they've got the inspiration needed for releasing another project sooner or later.

[@naturalbornchiller158]

Everything you do is a Balloon is a masterpiece. I spent a lot of time coming down from a trip to Nepal before returning home to Manchester. I felt really alone during that time. This track made me feel like it was okay being this way and that everything (really) is alright.

[@neindanke84]

Wow 🥰

[@joeyoconnor1038]

I always thought that song was pretty dark actually.

[@johangoudemez5076]

tout a fait d accord ce morceau est d'une profondeur incroyable, c est un peu comme plonger en apnée , il y a de la magie transcendental dans ce titre everything you do is a ballon , un chef d 'oeuvre , c est vrai !

[@bruiseviolet8429]

Listening the first track on lsd was the most beautifully intense experience ever. I get goosebumps every time that I’m thinking about it

[@poissonnariat]

I can't even adequately articulate what their music means to me or what an effect it has had on me today to fall upon this mix, with some music I haven't heard before. "I will get it tattooed" into "From one source all things depend" had me teary-eyed.

[@MonkoK14]

Everytime "From one source all things depend" makes me teary and I don't know why, I think it's the innocence and wonder, something so precious about it

[@SethWoodsYT]

I play from one source all things depend instead of praying. Literally lol

[@LOL-cringe]

the sophisticated way BoC flashes back memories of analog era broadcasts' aural quality is such good company for creative work

[@GodEmperor_]

The children talking about God at the start had me teary eyed, pure and innocent.

[@duckspeakeasy]

@@ELECTR0HERMIT those on the right hand path react the same way as OP. We recognize the children's purity and innocence and thank God for it. It doesn't really matter what some Scottish cultists think about it lol

[@garyjimbo7390]

The two previous comments are not the meaning, but they are the point

[@vindsvalrpdx]

@@duckspeakeasy Or maybe the idea is it sounds so wrong to hear children talk such nonsense, and you really understand that lost adults are the ones even passing this on to their children, it is not natural, or logical, or realistic. Purity and innocence are before the children talk like this, when their ideas untouched might sound a bit more open minded, and less constricting psychologically. Sounds like the right path, but maybe the far right one lol.

[@vindsvalrpdx]

It almost made me change the song, but I listened until the rambling was done, and I started reading comments to see if this was a religious band. I honestly was in the other room and I thought it was one of those freaking lame "he gets us" commercials lol.

[@kerbalis3298]

@@vindsvalrpdx whenever i see that add i can only see he get sus

[@conedust]

Their music evokes a strange sense of nostalgia for the mid-to-late 1970s, the tail end of 20th century techno-optimism. During this era, it still seemed possible that institutionalized social science, medicine, and psychology might rescue the planet's parasites from their own worst tendencies. Not coincidentally, this was also the period during which we discovered and began living among them. Since much confusion about "children" remains, I would like to make clear that this term typically refers to the smaller, less developed meat-things, about which the larger units frequently become sentimental. For what it's worth, I once replaced the lower jaw of one with a mechanical apparatus by the movement of which the small creature might appear to "sing along" with certain tracks. The moisture of its eyes was quite affecting in this context, though the sounds it emitted rather ruined the effect. Lovely mix though...

[@tbray]

Growing up in the 60's and 70's with the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Company), I saw and heard many National Filmboard of Canada short films and documentaries. They always had a very specific sound and so much of what BOC created just makes me feel like I'm going backwards in time - and yet forwards at the same time - and it's brilliant. I love these guys.

[@johnconnelly5190]

Ahh, today is post ketamine integration day and look what the universe just served up .Good day everyone, the magic is always there if we are looking to see it . This is so great , stretching, moving my body , slipping into revere . Thank you for posting!

[@holzerisms]

Yayy!!!! Congrats!! Jesus Love U. Many kisses xx

[@schwarzmodul]

This is a truly sublime mix that has become a frequent listen and an important underscore to life's mysteries ... thank you.

[@Geotronic]

BOC is one of my favourite bands, very good tunes they play very good.

[@Antny.25]

I love how the picture fades out as it’s slowly ending Great music. Love discovering BOC songs I haven’t came across before.

[@Septicious]

What’re the odds I’d be recommended this. Brilliant stuff mate 👍

[@Bistromathematic]

BoC was a light during dark times. Thanks for the mix

[@ethanwalker7865]

boards of canada has been one of the few constants for the last 21 years and has been a light during multiple dark times for me fr lol

[@skeletonkey6]

yeah this music is palpably uplifting... terrific stuff!

[@eh1600]

In The Annexe is really relaxing

[@LOL-cringe]

Played this album during a Road trip through the Mojave desert to Vegas. That was intense.

[@keefermarr8375]

whitewater melts my head everytime

[@C861986]

Whitewater is like remembering a roadtrip from a past life.

[@andremangabeira2019]

There is something deliciously hypnotic and nostalgic about these tracks. So good! Thanks for sharing.

[@scotth1547]

I remember buying MHTRTC in 1998. At first I wasn't overly impressed, just thought it sounded like a minimal version of Black Dog's "Spanners" which came out 3yrs previously. After a few listens & especially ROYGBIV I got it.

[@ineedstuff8286]

isn't it weird how some music doesn't hit you right away?... I chock that up to the difference between mindless pop music which is, generally speaking... a mind-control exercise in IMMEDIATE gratification through tried and true chord progressions and heavy, in your face processing... meant to sell a product and keep you addicted... trouble is, the mindless average music listener will never reach deeper levels of satisfaction from chords and structures which take the subconscious some time to process. I notice stereolab did that to me alot (and there are countless examples). I was lisening to some strfkr album and dude, the processing was absolutely spectacular... but the chord progressions did not click right away... the more i listened the more and more I could finally feel the chord progressions and anticipate them... such a great experience. I will say though, the simple structure and melodies notorious of corporate pop, are still enjoyable styles.. only as long as they come from bands you never heard of :D

[@ShaktiChaturvedi]

The reversal bits with Dandelion, the ending of Whitewater were very well done :) I often use this list for doing work.

[@bershad]

me too

[@MrFrogmorton]

Their music makes me feel like I'm never where I want to be.

[@jordih7105]

Pff I feel ya, and that stings and that's also nice or something hahahah melancholy mayne 💚🍂🍁🍂

[@groovyholmes96]

Good, because then where will you want to go? Live with the the summit in sight

[@DiceDecides]

quite the opposite for me, makes me feel like i'm exactly where I want to be

[@Jacob-2796]

You're listening to BOC so you're exactly where you're supposed to be

[@brodiemacleod69]

Everything in its right place @@Jacob-2796

[@Jacob-2796]

Poppy Seed is audio sunshine. Divine.

[@Philiopantheon82]

I actually loved this album while been playing it during a driving at night.

[@user-nt8gb5cq9f]

This is one of the best mixes one can ever find, on any era, genre and style..... the atmosphere is fantastic, for a Boards of Canada fun, we here some standards, but then they manage to mingle unknown gems of tracks and a few concrete specials to suit the mood!!!

[@davidmora7176]

I've never heard this band before; I LOVE IT!!

[@therealitycollective9456]

Nice to have you aboard 😀 BoC are legendary. Geogaddi is my favorite album.

[@danibee535]

i am envoius of you going through their discography for the first time :) enjoy!

[@davidmora7176]

@@danibee535 So far I've just heard the Half Awake Mix but I've really enjoyed that so far. Can't wait to hear more 👍

[@zetrocadartse646]

@@davidmora7176 can recommend music has right to children but honestly every album is good to start

[@adammarquez5203]

😢

[@namenotavailable7365]

There will always be new music to be made. Just when you think it's all been done before compositions like those from BOC come along.

[@wanderinginthewoods_sam]

omg, thank you for making these mixes. it gives me so much peace and happiness!!

[@galaxylucia1898]

Omg this mix is absolutely perfect!!!! Thank you!

[@moniquevickers9971]

Love all the songs you chose for this. Good taste.

[@karencontestabile6064]

I've loved Boards for many years.

[@fendtfahrer8117]

Me too

[@evanscott3350]

these mixes are wonderful! keep it up!

[@andypetadixon]

absolutely magic. love the flute in the middle. so beautiful

[@FrankFur]

Thank you so much, BoC truly has something special.

[@brain.in.a.body.]

very inspirational. grateful for this mix and forever grateful for Boards of Canada

[@lauraeiriarte]

[@movingintomasculinity]

Soundtrack to the Summer 2022 😍

[@leeder-]

agreed

[@murrynathan]

Sounds like a memory that I forgot.

[@OnlyFloyd]

2022 and I listen to this while I work, I can log in for work and listen to "Hiscores" on a loop and never tire of it.

[@chrisarnold7094]

Found BoC after grabbing up Meat Beat Manifesto maxi single that they had a remix on. MHTRTC had just come out, so I grabbed it as soon as I saw the cover because of how much it reminded me of when I was little in 1983, and the family photos of my brother and I. It struck a chord that no other music had at that time.

[@Jacob-2796]

I also bought MHTR based on the cover alone, knowing nothing about them. Been in love with them ever since. Best lucky choice ever.

[@LOL-cringe]

I first discovered BoC in 2016 and coincidentally at the same time I overcame depression. Their music boosted my healing

[@jesuscm1398]

Guys we need to stop this channel, this bot is commenting on lots of yt videos

[@ten-ninety-six40]

@@jesuscm1398 exactly

[@kobalt77]

Thank you so much Gabriel, this is gold !

[@laboyche1]

Nostalgic and beautiful sounds.

[@rogerfuentes5274]

The way it transitions 🤯 24:04

[@Rttps]

Best BOC mix I’ve heard so far👍🏽

[@danimwalle]

Excellent work putting this together!

[@POSTHUMANandMe]

Muchas gracias Gaby por este selección de melodías💜

[@MsMiguel70]

Great post and reminder of how deep, broad, and high BOC was.

[@joehcornick5417]

Have they stopped creating new music?

[@lowengeist]

Great mix, thank you !

[@illgillbates9561]

The way it ended was beautiful, thank you!

[@JohnAhlenhed]

Perfect mix. Thank you.

[@listentomoremusic45]

Tomorrows harvest was an amazing release …. I think boc is due for another huge production ( heres hoping)

[@ok.sinesm]

aha gd luck

[@theartofseeing4422]

I’m with you on that one!

[@listentomoremusic45]

Still Gem Release . Correction .

[@tagumagu]

Great selection, been listening a lot while working recently. Thanks :)

[@seronoser87]

Just love this! So glad I found you :) ⚡️🖤

[@billsikes1149]

Jesus christ, hearing dandelion reversed for the first time really touched me, makes me think about more of BOC tracks with the potential of being reversed and being absolute bangers!!

[@iamthe1337est]

Fantastic mix, thanks for putting it together.

[@yungpoogaloo5185]

really great mix

[@rogercookcouk]

My BOC journey began '98 after wondering into a FOPP in Glasgow and asking what was being played. The rest is history. Love it.

[@zeejustin6]

what's FOPP mean?

[@rogercookcouk]

@@zeejustin6 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fopp_(retailer)

[@T8minifreak]

what a phenomenal mix

[@rajanalexander4949]

Great mix . . . really does justice to the artists. Thank you!

[@galedribble9535]

Such an amazing duo

[@htbadwltwiipb8681]

Fantastic mix mate, thanks

[@skottsimmonds8912]

This is amazing 🤩 turned my bad day into an awesome day thanks 🙏

[@PaulBenjaminJenkins]

Damn this cover of Echus is perfect!!! ❤

[@slood]

very nice selection much love

[@daviddent9832]

I would buy this in a heartbeat.

[@kazumovie5190]

hi scores is super cool, its fantastic. from Japan.

[@deathpodal]

Thank you for this, such an awesome mix

[@Bookspine5]

Beautiful mix made of dreams, feelings, and wonder. :)

[@Bookspine5]

5.9.78 is often used in the wavywebsurf videos.

[@matthumphries5449]

Love this. Thank you 😎

[@stevepalmer3261]

Brilliant mix. Just a shame I missed The Half Asleep Mix.