Boards of Canada Best of

[@keg3212]

Reminds me of being on KZbin late at night with nothing better to do but listen to Boards of Canada.

[@brentchasm1167]

BOC are just impeccable in their delivery. There is a haunting, comforting nostalgia or deja vu-esque feeling and sound that they just exude. I love the beauty they create.

[@chevelandano8855]

Yes!

[@Drivehead103]

You must check out Still CORNERS song called The Trip. I just about guarantee you are going to enjoy it.

[@tomdarby4906]

Great stuff, these guys! I first got on to them off of an Ambient channel on the old AOL radio, circa 2005. I've been very pleased to find some of their material surfacing as "bumper music" on Adult Swim. It's not a genre for all, but I hope more people discover their talent

[@xollox4654]

As a canadian myself, i can tell you its the perfect music to drive on our endless highway .

[@markp3624]

In case you were wondering, the bird calling in Happy Cycling is a Red-legged Seriema from southern South America. Awesome bird!

[@VILL4IN]

reminds me of being around 15-16 in summertime canada sub urbs late at night when adults asleep chilling walking from friend house to friend house smoking weed and drinking whatever we can salvage from our folks listening to obscure underground music thinking those vibes would last forever towards our adulthood and beyond but sadly I never got those vibes back even after buying all those treasured albums on vinyl and becoming an artist something I always wanted chasing the beast trying to find that peace again as if it has never existed.

[@MrGlenn002]

That peace is only there if you allow yourself and your partner to find it.

[@eechuwama5918]

dont chase, just let it happen

[@VILL4IN]

I like chasing though gives me something to do. Not everyone wants to just sit there. @@eechuwama5918

[@tdw937]

Thats how you found it at first, hopefully you find again.

[@prospicere]

VILL4IN I can barely listen to the music today that I listened to when I was a kid. I didn’t discover BOC until I was in my thirties so I’m golden.

[@ttebroc236]

This is my childhood. Nursery days, watching the Mole cartoons in class and many other NFB sponsored animations. Alot of Canadians don't remember these early synths as children, it was brainwashed away with corporate radio brainwash rock and other sounds. It was an artist Government sponsored initiative to spread a new culture in Canada when these sounds were new; just so happened the classic synths were being made at the time as well. Some people made sounds.

[@larskirk6268]

nice summary of the BOC backstory - brainwashed away, along with the social-democratic ethos that went with it

[@Nouta1]

Oh wow thanks for this comment. I learn new stuff every day!

[@scoobydubious294]

Today I realized that I hadn't listened to boards for about 8 months when this showed up in the list. i clicked on it and it's like putting on an old favourite comfy sweater you found in the back of your closet. these guys (along with Autechre and RDJ) will forever be my electronic faves.

[@XpRnz]

This music never get's old. I will grow old with it!

[@Kloppsserialbottlers]

I'm 31 and I know, I should have picked my favourite band of all time by now. But I'm pretty sure Boards of Canada are it. How I went about 25 of years of my life never hearing these....

[@Honking_Goose]

By 31? You know 31 nowadays isn't old right?

[@curtspins7626]

@@Honking_Goose It is when you're 16.

[@midinerd]

You heard BoC when you were 6?

[@JoseHernandez-lx1ij]

You don't have to do anything by any age. Things just are.

[@madou__]

@@JoseHernandez-lx1ij thanks for these words

[@ryanparmer3844]

I've been listening to BoC for well over 15 years, and it still hits me so hard every time. Right in the feels. The soundtrack to my brief time here on Earth. It gives me a happy/sad feeling all at once.

[@RJBenish]

Ads punctuating ambient music should be illegal.

[@earlysda]

Just use BRAVE browser. I never see any ads on youtube.

[@narcoskeptic]

not installing adblock on every device should be the more illegal thing.

[@scruffyjanitor]

It's gonna 2019 and adblock has existed for far too long. This isn't a complaint this is an intelligence marker.

[@atomicspacewizard]

Get you a raspberry pi running pihole on your network. It blocks adservers completely. It's a super fuck you to the advertisers

[@willboxowo8782]

some advertisers doesnt want to harass you tho: carbon ads is an example.

[@sherylmarham3182]

BoC is music for thinking and bringing emotions to the surface

[@Inexpressable]

thats what acid does for me, so i need to llisten to them next time i trip, it'll be beautiful

[@sosmusic8282]

do it...BOC is the best music for LSD, DMT, even DXM etc to me haha...leaves me with long lasting good vibes :-)

[@clarke4552]

Reminds me of being 15 working in the cornfield's in the summer, blue skies, and a hexagon sun

[@jamiefinneran396]

A beat up bmx. I'm with you. Its my treasured vinyl.

[@midinerd]

is the hexagon a lens-flare reference? I hadn't really thought about it till you wrote it like that. 309 & cornfields represent

[@allenschmitz9644]

@@midinerd Yiddish yellow stars...lol'.

[@jasonm911]

@@midinerd could be a reference to saturn or the cube of saturn

[@qui9]

@@allenschmitz9644 Hexagon Sun is actually an associated act of Boards of Canada

[@galaxylucia1898]

This is a brilliant playlist. Each of these songs remind me of a different memory so it’s like an odd trip down memory lane.

[@donberndido2470]

Top Collection! Happy cycling with the sampled seagull is the burner!

[@kendavid891]

Love it!!reminds me of my progressive album from 90's!!great music has always emerged from Canada

[@fj12n3]

it's scottish - canada is only in the name

[@annajanemcintyre8926]

Yummmmmm! I love all these comments with stories. For me this takes me right back to raving days adventures wandering wild with groups of friends meeting so many people having conversations solely through dancing hopping from after party to after party. So beautiful happy happy

[@MedvediPetrovichi]

This mix makes me so happy. Stumbled on it by accident and I'm so glad you didn't start with generic BoC sounds, but with the more obscure stuff that's so much better. I'm at the third song and so far this is exactly how I'd make the mix as well. Thank you!

[@Autoluminescense]

im listening to this drowning in my bed thinking i love someone i can never have... its weird, its sad, its beautiful

[@moonboy2022]

i do that all the time...

[@passacaglia28]

Boards of Canada is one of my favorite ambient groups of all time. Plus, I love the graphic design for this upload!

[@flimflam6652]

Excellent work mate, love this mix. Good luck with whatever your life turns out to be like. I love you, and everyone else here who's looking for whatever it is.

[@aplacefaraway]

congratulations you picked all the best ones

[@ilpaul8073]

Best BOC compilation on youtube. Congrats!

[@sleepingchildhood5640]

always in love with Peacock Tail since the first time...

[@dacendacen]

reminds me of driving on the #1 hwy between abbotsford and fort langley in my boyfriends convertible vw rabbit smoking vanilla primetime cigarettes and feeling so satisfied in those moments

[@paulmayerpiano]

So beautiful. Electronic music made by rural Scottish guys. I'll always love this.

[@notnow4058]

I hear and read all the time, do what you love. What do you do when you don't know what you love? BOC is a place that helps you figure out what you love.

[@daltondumouchel6576]

Great collection of sounds

[@nashimah7697]

Everything You Do Is a Balloon is a must a any compiled BoC

[@Bernkastel1]

My friend showed that to me. It's very amazing.

[@friedchicken297]

The run time for BOC Best of should be like, 10 hours or so.

[@roygbiv176]

Beautiful, great choice of songs

[@fer_07]

Very good ambient music. Greetings from Venezuela

[@hankhillsdisappointedsigh]

Solid selection!

[@valerietaylor789]

I think this band and experimental artists who make darker stuff hit me the hardest in winter of 2016 when I lived in Everett, WA alone in an apartment with a fireplace and a porch.

[@chellya2004]

setting does define your musical taste ya

[@flimflam6652]

I started listening to BOC in the fall in North Carolina, my room had a porch looking out into a deep forest and everything was going to sleep. People have since cut down the forest, my only real home.

[@goddessofwonderland6902]

Bulgaria is at the center of the world, everything left from it is west world, right eastern world, down south and up north . This is true in physical and spiritual space as well, the physical is just a lower spiritual where the true power of the place is weakly felt. I personally love the most far away places which are beyond all imaginary place far, far away, they are so deep that being there makes me fall in love with the feeling they give, living there is total peace, nothing living near at all, only me totally alone floating.

[@303-e5r]

and bulgaria is beautiful, but the people fuck it up... just the way what happens with the whole world.. thus i personally love the places far away from many people... this bulgarian comparisons fit so well, thanks for that

[@303-e5r]

In a Beautiful Place Out In The Country ;)

[@RoopertThePoopert27]

This is beautiful, thank you!

[@coconutdr3207]

love this group

[@etoexperimental]

it's a tragic-space sound ♥

[@evanhudson881]

Dayvan Cowboy might be my favorite electronic song.

[@fl260]

You hit 'Play' and your reality is instantly peacefully magic.

[@arthuralbertmayo]

Sounds like a spaced out tap-dancer on mars. Got my vote and I'm from Bristol. coolennffinnit!

[@arthuralbertmayo]

Heck of a name for a Scotsman son, I bet life at school was a bit shit! "Hey youse at the back, Wass yer naim"? Stay cool and listen to some Can. x

[@giorgisabashvili2664]

this is beautiful

[@vlat3897]

36:57 Happy Cycling 53:01 Oirectine

[@geoffdillon4637]

Stunning compilation.

[@DragonDriver100]

Having human voices in the background adds to the sad, haunting, quality to this music, especially when you realize that a hundred years from now, they will most likely be all dead.

[@WildBluntHickok]

Watch movies and look at the elderly characters. If the movie isn't from this decade that elderly actor is probably dead.

[@JaredDeinlein]

Life ends in the blink of an eye they say....

[@MrGlenn002]

@@JaredDeinlein It also starts with the blink of an eye.. Focus on the positive

[@atarirob]

I don't think that kind of edgy nihlism is what this kind of music is trying to convey. To me it's entirely the opposite; tranquility, introspection, hope and acceptance. At least that's what good music should bring to the table and this most certainly does for me.

[@DragonDriver100]

@@atarirob I envy your outlook.

[@anthed7973]

Agreed Richard! What a way to bust the moments...

[@walkingthenarrowpath]

All the jams. You the homie. Going to CO, next month.. This will be the soundtrack.

[@FlyingNumbat]

headin out there to in a couple months

[@AcroGrade]

CO is the best state in this country. Lemme know how your guys' go/went

[@briddist]

No encuentro las palabras, BOC en mi corazón

[@TheLightAhead]

Awesome mix! Agree with each and every track in it.

[@robertwilde1550]

The countryside is growing through the floor boards.

[@AlienSneak]

Merci beaucoup, j'adore.

[@iconoclast137]

telephasic workshop and alpha and omega are sorely missed

[@abletonreason]

Rocking my 5 mo old son to sleep with BoC. Way better than twinkle little star!

[@HMHBXAU]

I do the same with my 2 year old. Twinkle little star is not magical enough.

[@servantofzardoz]

Nice work. That's about the speed you should be going at for now. When he can sing twinkle little star together with you then let the little star twinkle. My father knocked me unconscious with his bagpipes at that age which may explain some of my behavior later in life. I like loud stuff like drag races.

[@CaptainGiratina]

Twinkle little hexagon star

[@lanewebb1328]

@@ceramikxxx5882 What is wrong with you

[@ceramikxxx5882]

@@lanewebb1328 a lot

[@decorumgun]

Just so good. Pie yaw.

[@epilatrix6889]

BoC slows me down!👍

[@samueleddyguerreromendoza1422]

Old school ambient!! Te hace una persona muy inteligente y visualizas muy profundo cada decisión de tu vida eres alguien mas avanzado alguien mas humano y con una conciencia de armonía universal y cósmica 🎶 🎶 🌍 🌌 galaxias en contacto

[@paulj0557tonehead]

I'm am literally hallucinating on THIS...

[@pherpherspherec4822]

got in on white vinyl ... thx BOC

[@m.g.kroger]

It's beauty! Disable ads, please...

[@nygia8481]

♥ 6/1/19 - 7/29/19, memories ♥

[@voidedgolem4906]

This stuff kind of reminds me of OFF's game soundtrack by Alias Conrad Coldwood. At least the first two songs.

[@mpeters220]

Tears from a Compounded Eye is very 'Lay Lady Lay'

[@ShadovvGazer227]

1:05:20 Team Sesh used this I think. Look up "WeDon'tBelieveYou"

[@VeneziaBeats]

Thank you KZbin algorithm

[@Bobbychristopher]

59:48 Everything You Do Is a Balloon - DopeAF

[@pherpherspherec4822]

I own his beautiful masterpiece on white´vinyl ... thx .... B.O.C.

[@randalllara3789]

I know this group thanks to you

[@K0msur]

I'm noticing a distinct lack of Music Has the Right to Children, which is undeniably their best album. And there's no Geogaddi, that has some highlights too.

[@arloharnish]

Oh, this is good

[@galvanizedcorpse]

me: is Happy Cycling here? barone chrome: 35:57 me: *PLAYLIST APPROVED*

[@gradyderosa2693]

reminds me of being around 15 and walking in a field and being abducted by aliens. they took me on their ship and were very cordial and friendly and showed me how to fly the ship. then they landed me safely near my home and bode me a fond farewell.

[@megadaniel1100]

get the same memories when i listen to the song collection

[@Flexxxxman]

TOP NOTCH!!!

[@herettahuston9457]

Indeed

[@nyflow]

the type of music that you'll hear on Gran Turismo.... HOTFIRE!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Bernkastel1]

no words

[@ktmcv7118]

Fabulous

[@herettahuston9457]

Dayvan Cowboy is like hella contrasting.

[@Josephhoward28]

Hey, friend

[@herettahuston9457]

@@Josephhoward28 Hey man!

[@Nouta1]

Synesthesia never felt so good....

[@Nouta1]

Awww thanks for the ❤ 💜💙💚💛

[@annonymoushuman25]

simple and basic comes to mind, like a baby wah wahhhawahhh

[@aidanjepps7563]

Out of ma back is a sousamaphone on the fisry track

[@themakersk8822]

the best

[@oxyuraleucocephala5136]

Nice selection, but I miss some tracks from the Geogaddi album

[@HMHBXAU]

Unfortunately i didn't have all the albums when i made it. Hopefully i will make another one with the missing songs.

[@thomashatcher8959]

needs PETE STANDING ALONE

[@thatwasinteresting.8150]

There's always one, right? For me it's "The Devil is in The Details." Aaaah, Salvia Divinorum...

[@andywarthol]

Correct.

[@kh-zw3ob]

That’s best!

[@paulj0557tonehead]

Like Lubriderm for the soul!

[@canon5204]

Where the heckin heck is roygbiv?

[@yaknophonics]

That song you are looking for is on the Boc Maxima album.

[@canon5204]

yaknophonics mate roygbiv is on Music Has the Right to Children. Also I just realized this was a mix of only this album.

[@davestier6247]

it's the visible spectrum m8, red orange yellow green blue indigo violet innit

[@BUFFALO_cougar_slayer]

It belongs in MHtRtC. Just doesn’t sound right taken out of context. That and “Sixtyten.” Great songs, but wouldn’t flow with this mix

[@TheBloggme]

balloon starts at 58:07, howd you get 59:48???? please change.

[@megndanhunter4791]

Left before first ad

[@jhedges3]

Cool, but missing stuff. Finity. XYZ. Telephasic Workshop. Untitled (Machinedrum Edit). Constants Are Changing..

[@user-uu8jh2fd2d]

>best of boards of canada >doesn't include aquarius Dropped

[@WilliamTyndale1]

So did anyone end up going out and live in a religious community in a beautiful place out in the country?

[@JayJayRealhiphop]

In ze mind, yez.

[@roberthardy6490]

didn't end well

[@Josephhoward28]

Yes. 2 years at a Buddhist monastery in VA. Thai Forest tradition in the lineage of Lungta Maha Boowa. This was the real deal Buddhist meditation bootcamp on 300+ acres backed up to the George Washington Natl. Forest. I regularly was driving the monks cross state to Dr appointments, Visa stuff, or meetings with other monks. I'd get hit with this huge sadness on those drives because I couldn't listen to music. So I'd think of this band and listen to the ambient droning of the minivan wheels on pavement. A year later I moved to NorCal and lived at an Eastern Catholic monastery for 8 months. My take away was this: having peace within is the goal. Try your best to find it, even if that means letting go of what you WANT.. Peace is what you NEED. I was a monk for only 2 months** Still discerning if God really is asking me to make music. Taking care of mental health in the meantime... As my 4track and rack-mount power amp falls out the trunk of my car onto the road as I pull into the hospital parking lot.. as I've seen: when God wants you to have music gear He will provide in the most amazing ways.

[@wolfclawdruid]

yes, my back porch with a bug zapper and a tiki torch

[@rudistade3331]

Yes, the religious community consisted of Me, Myself, and I. And my cat. It was beautiful, and still is

[@jjclasicas]

42:22 fucked my brain. I´m flying at this moment, out of my body.

[@mikecappadocia5959]

Sounds like mac DeMarco listens to Boards of Canada

[@jackhackett3197]

Is that not the sound of a slide projector in "Kid for Today"?

[@zolotisty6910]

good

[@524Lissa]

Okay so before today I'd not heard of Boards of Canada before... but this reminds me a /lot/ of Port Blue in some ways (or Color Therapy's album "Mr Wolf Is Dead", which is by the same guy). So if y'all need some recommendations, go check those two projects out!

[@Uoldd]

36:57 Happy Cycling

[@gabsvikinga5687]

I lovin!!! Música orgasmica 😍

[@moka8267]

I sense a lack of Geogaddi