Thrift store-found VHS tape with weird music on it (archived from a deleted channel)

[@sporkstar1911]

"ive seen things you people wouldn't believe... all those moments in time will be lost, like tears in rain"

[@DanFingermanOctopus]

Love bladerunner

[@bryanmuster5662]

Rutger Hauer was amazing. R.I.P.

[@kerednilon4276]

Tell me about it.

[@troygardner1610]

I have sporkrunner..it's spoOky action clipped ata boidy distance.. God can place dice (((simple retro reflectors in tors 'gods'code aka Site values as vanderwalle ..

[@sillade9736]

One time when I was a kid I was watching PBS, for five minutes a digital background, square green lines, with roller-coaster tracks, one mining cart just continuously going in circles around the track and glitches in-between every few seconds appeared a face saying something I couldn't understand. I was mesmerized and couldn't look away, I thought it was the coolest thing I had ever seen on TV at that age.

[@rafaelallenblock]

Back before ebay ruined Goodwill I used to buy 35mm cameras that sometimes had half-exposed rolls of film in them. Getting them developed revealed pictures of what sometimes were ghosts of people past.

[@davidrobert2007]

If you buy used digital cameras and you get the same thing, a few GB of someone else's photos,

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

@@davidrobert2007 Same! A month ago I found a Canon SX700 HS at Value Village with the 32gig micro card still in it for $10!!! There were tons of family photos and videos of a trip to Africa (looked like a Safari tour)... Wow! Sadly, there was no way of returning the card to the family, I have no clue who they are! But, now I know why these are showing up at thrift stores... I took it along for a recent trip and found it was easier to use my Samsung cellphone for pictures and video than carrying the bulky camera ...

[@please.665]

Goodwill ruint Goodwill.

[@youhateyoutube]

have you ever uploaded this films?

[@Group_Anonymous]

Stop lying

[@MrThatguyuknow]

This is a 42 minute long adult swim ad in all the best ways.

[@mumblerocks77]

true dat

[@notveryniceatall]

Shut up

[@notveryniceatall]

WEIRD THING IS ADULT SWIM, TEE HEE I'M SO QUIRKY dude fuck off

[@ChaseDJ549]

Please never delete this video. It needs to be preserved forever, it would be a shame for it to go away and be lost media again.

[@Lolinatorishere]

download it lol

[@ChaseDJ549]

@@Lolinatorishere I did a while ago.

[@amirsilvestretwentynine6586]

Is that real? 😢

[@alexistrebexis3195]

Would it? Cuz this is the most boring thing I’ve ever seen. Horrible music, to a backdrop of clouds and sky? Yea, hope we never lose this footage for sure. What would we become as a society?

[@ChaseDJ549]

@@alexistrebexis3195 i honestly don't see why you need to complain, i like the music because i feel like it has a nostalgic factor to it, but you trying to bash my interests is kind of pathetic really. you're hating for no reason honestly.

[@bandolierboy1908]

I wish I could go back to the 90’s when technology was slowly becoming a part of our lives, and low quality picture/sound in videos was still a thing. Something about it is just so comforting to me.

[@sirkayda7205]

This is low quality?

[@bandolierboy1908]

@@sirkayda7205 I’m not saying this is low quality. The sound of this reminds me of a time when low quality audio recordings were still common when listening to some music on a computer or a digital device

[@apexone5502]

@@bandolierboy1908 I feel where you’re coming from and yes this stuff is lo-fi quality. I’m old enough to remember the ‘80s and ‘90s and this stuff does feel like lo-fi underground music of yesteryear.

[@tpink3792]

Phony nostaglia kills! I grew up in the 80's and when the music sounded like this it meant the car stereo was eating your expensive tape. This was followed by CD players that skipped every time someone sneezed. People would break into your car just to steal your music! Low tech is bad tech - nothing comforting about stuff that doesn't work right. I am extremely grateful for modern tech and love the fact that I can put hundreds of lossless albums on a USB stick which hides in my armrest.

[@bandolierboy1908]

@@tpink3792 Phony nostalgia? No. Considering I was a young boy when I heard music on tapes and on low quality videos that had sound quality nearly identical to this video, I find it quite comforting despite it being low tech. Different perspectives my friend. When making my original comment I was making it a bit half assed and didn’t quite explain in depth, and was mainly referring to the very first song in this video as my main reference point for the sound quality I was reminiscing on. Sorry for any confusion

[@eggberta]

My friken heart just jumped a beat there when track 16 "See Ya Later" came on. That tune was my very first introduction to BOC when I stumbled upon listening to them back in 2005

[@absurdsarchive]

Even if it is fake this is a cool vibe, thank you for saving this

[@1CT1]

Romans 10:9 “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.” King James Version (KJV) John 3:16 King James Version 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Galatians 3:26 King James Version 26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. Titus 3:5-7 King James Version 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; 6 Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; 7 That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. Revelation 21:4 King James Version 4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. Matthew 28:19-20 King James Version 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

[@connor48880]

It’s a shame the original video creator got bullied into deleting it I’m curious what the comment section was like

[@connor48880]

Also Ellis, if you’re so obsessed with God, why are you subscribed to Psychicpebbles?

[@RiiiiX]

@@connor48880 LMAO

[@mugglepower]

@@connor48880 why would someone get bullied for uploading this... I don't even wanna know what is wrong with ppl now.

[@powerlinemisfortune]

I'm pretty sure this is just a "visual mixtape" from a huge BoC fan, which combined his own work (or maybe from others), including two covers of the duo. Having said that, it's pretty damn good and I'm glad you reuploaded it, so thank you. For all we know, there could be a bandcamp page with all the tracks from this video.

[@AckzaTV]

duh. are you that gullible? but one day we will make fake 80s and 90s news and bumpers and entrie commercials for products that didnte xist but which have toie ins to shit that DID exist making peopel wonder what alternate reality we got it from tyhen peopel will manifest it lol

[@chumon1992]

I agree, the main reason being that of it were just a ripped recording from a VHS, it probably wouldnt still say Play at the beginning. Either way though its sick

[@carrottoponcrak]

omg glad you said this because right before I clicked the video I thought, "BoC or BoC fan easy"

[@terrytees]

Was the visuals on the tape? if not it will be a ADAT or VHS tape being used in place of an official ADAT. ADAT's are the Alesis Digital Audio Tape, which is a magnetic tape format used for the recording of eight digital audio tracks onto the same S-VHS tape used by consumer VCRs. Would be interesting to see if the tracks, separate audio channels, could be stemmed out.

[@psi4j]

@@terrytees I don't you could stem out the tracks. My understanding is that it records as a single track on VHS.

[@DevonExplorer]

Sounds like a 1990s clubbing tape, possibly used in the chill-out room. Fabulous soundtrack, really enjoyed it. :)

[@elysian778]

whoever made this has incredible talent

[@godbless1187]

I concurr

[@HENN3H]

Would pay top dollar for a release, especially of track 11.

[@notveryniceatall]

Boards of Canada: wee woo wee woo deedly dee BUH BUH BUH BUH GAH GAH GAH GAH BoC fans: it's actually really deep bro i swear bro

[@preludethealbum]

​@@notveryniceatallgo back to taylor swift.

[@Stop_being_younger_than_me]

This is not BoC but its more impressive that it's not, in that someone really did their homework and put together their inspirations of multiple lofi artists into an incredibly cerebral mix! Thanks for the upload there Dan, you found a gem.

[@do_happywork]

There are definitely original BoC tracks on there.

[@xweert711]

This is such a beautiful album. I'm so glad you uploaded this, because it would've been horrible to have all of these incredible tracks lost to time.

[@davidp2287]

All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.

[@jowlorenz9555]

Well at least these curious sounds help KILL time . . .

[@Dr.Cunt-.]

@@davidp2287 Like spunk in yogurt.

[@Mojo_Dojo333]

@@davidp2287 Oh shut up. lol u think u in a movie? Generic dust in the wind line.

[@hcaz5818]

This is fake bullshit... congrats on falling for it lol

[@davidrobert2007]

"The new Eureka Express is available at Redondo Vacuum & Janitorial"

[@davidrobert2007]

@@do_happywork Your reply brought me back to this mix - thanks for that 😄

[@video_camera]

@@davidrobert2007 Time to listen to it again!

[@davidrobert2007]

@@video_camera Thanks for the reminder 👍

[@5chr0d1nger5cat]

im quite sure this is BoC, very early BOC. It can be a demo tape of some kind that got lost and ended up in the thrift store. It happens. The amount of matching samples and sounds, motives that are to be recognized in older and newer work really makes me think this is BOC made demo tape post old tunes but pre official album releases. Similar drum patterens, sampling, textuers, ... For me its to uncanny. Definitely because you have the precursor of more recent racks on there, which is something you can also notice on their other unreleased tapes.

[@notveryniceatall]

The fact that some BoC fans fell for this just proves that literally anyone could replicate such an unimaginative style.

[@5chr0d1nger5cat]

@@notveryniceatall then do it my man. Even if its not them, no not literally anyone can make this. unless you spend alot of time working on it/

[@tessarae9127]

Boards of Canada is not the only artist that makes music like this….. there’s many that never got famous, it’s hard to blow up like they did when you’re an instrumental artist for the obvious reason you can’t search for the lyrics to identify instrumental pieces…

[@gmyersgilmer9470]

Drop us some names if you like?

[@DJAdalaide]

@@gmyersgilmer9470 clocolan

[@Donjah5o]

I know there’s apex and etc

[@kevinunnewehr3674]

Try shaazam

[@gmyersgilmer9470]

@@Donjah5o Apex Twin most people know mang

[@tasmaniansyrup1645]

Barely heard of 'Boards of Canada', just here because these I really like whatever these tracks are on their own merits. Good stuff.

[@DigitalBard1]

Don't care if it is fake. It's nice good school vibe to it. Well mixed. I'm digging it. Thanks for upload

[@somerandomname3124]

You know it's going to be a good video regardless of the actual content if the title is "VHS Tape I found."

[@DanFingermanOctopus]

Well, to be clear, I didn't find it, he original OP allegedly found it. (also... Is that a Jojo reference?)

[@BlastinRope]

No its all faked shit aimed at impressionable teenagers

[@geoffweeg]

Exactly!

[@jowlorenz9555]

Yeah howd this dope clickbait get sent to me ?

[@patrickbateman7444]

This is either a genuine early BoC mixtape, or a very thorough fan creation with some really well done tracks. Thanks for sharing!!

[@TheWinterShadow]

Maybe its like a 'Rosetta stone of music' that BoC discovered by chance, and then, formulated and based their sound of it. Then, the tape mysteriously vanished. 🥺

[@DaveSimkus]

Liking your theory

[@flaminggarlic]

Like that "Accordion Jive Hits Vol 2." mixtape Paul Simon found in a cab that inspired Graceland?

[@DaveSimkus]

@@flaminggarlic Accordion Jive Hits hahah that's hilarious. The British have the best humor.

[@thebig_steel]

I am so delighted that you uploaded this. The context makes it so much more enjoyable knowing that we're listening to something that was almost lost.

[@bossantonio9783]

If this is an attempted BOC impression, it has to be one of the most goddamn impressive BOC impressions i've ever heard. genuinely. This is an almost perfect recreation of the pre-mhrtc BOC sound. I give props to whoever made this because goddamn you're good. I will say though that I know for a fact that some of the drums on the seeya later cover come from a lofi drum sample kit posted in 2015. I will say that it does end up convincing me that this isn't BOC, but god this is so fucking good.

[@ilovejesusreignsforever5512]

❤ The time to Call on Jesus is NOW. Jesus is coming, believe in Him or be left behind during the Great Tribulation. The signs of His return are everywhere! They are setting up the NWO antichrist kingdom right before our eyes! If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. ✝️(Romans 10:9)

[@KyleKnoblauch]

18:06 has me convinced this is absolutely a real BoC mixtape, how it wound up on a VHS cassette is going to be one of those eternal mysteries of the music industry

[@KyleKnoblauch]

30:40 only one band sounds like that...

[@PaulChapman1bz]

Fell head over heels within 30 seconds. Reminds me of the pre internet early years of Resonance FM. Thanks for posting

[@miope2941]

It reminds me of the same years

[@TheRizz701]

whoever made it certainly knows their way round a keyboard,sounds like a late 80's early 90's sci fi film score :)

[@tiffanypetersen789]

I was expecting this to end up being another analog horror.

[@YoungGhettoGays]

analog horror?

[@colindavis2113]

This music is dope. I dig the boc vibes with less dissonance. I love boc because of the dreamy quality their sound has but too much dissonance sometimes. I actually stumbled upon this last when in a slightly altered state and it was perfect thanks for the upload. This is a gem!

[@pornsakpongthong1092]

Dissonance is how the government works for you and your company

[@user-dnf83n0s8sg9u]

@@pornsakpongthong1092 Bro what?

[@pornsakpongthong1092]

@@user-dnf83n0s8sg9u pissipants be thar yeet ay mobile yerp and the government is moisture

[@balinttakacs7111]

Thanks for the upload! I am pretty sure that "Track 5" is a remix of "Expo 2000" by Kraftwerk: at least it has the same harmonies, the same synth etc. (I couldn't find this version on YT, but it might be one done by a fan which could be hidden with 100 views here).

[@balinttakacs7111]

Correction: it might be a small loop used on the Kraftwerk website back in the day (there are some compilations of those on KZbin but this exact section is not uploaded).

[@abeestosruinsageneration3725]

I don't care if it's fake or not. I love the music and the lore adds a lot to it. It's just a really nice piece of art saved thanks to you Dan Fingerman.

[@rigavitch]

lol

[@wanderingman8921]

other people: what kind of music do you listen to? me: um...

[@maxbrandt6]

Sounds like music from an old 3DO game or it's someone's demo tape they made. I'm actually liking it.

[@shookshank]

This is either a very well done BOC fan homage or the real deal. Either way i'll gladly take it.

[@eccelux2928]

BoC samples throughout. I'd swear I hear [Christ.] influences. Whoever made this should branch out because they're clearly talented. Neat upload.

[@DanFingermanOctopus]

I agree! People are working on trying to figure out who made it. So far, no progress

[@chumon1992]

Like many others said, fake or not this is awesome. Thank you for rescuing it

[@mugglepower]

this is excellent. Very few albums I have patience to listen through entire thing without skipping. This is one of them.

[@turhiki]

Done. I have just downloaded this video and will upload it when I'm eighty years old, so that someone can download it again, record it into a space-nuclear-mutant VHS and continue a never-ending cycle until the end of human civilization.

[@DeadJazzArchive]

Doing god’s work.

[@video_camera]

I'm NEVER going to throw my VCR player. I'll keep maintaining it so that in 70 or so years I find your video and rip a VHS tape with it.

[@rebellion2054]

Whatever it is, it sounds like a sweet radio mix from my youth that I just happened to tune into. Many thanks for uploading.

[@BJtheInquisitive1]

It's interesting to hear how things have changed and where thing have developed. I've always been into synth and that type of sound, and all the creativity that went into it. Thank you for the music.

[@xChillDudex]

I love this playlist, listen to it all the time, especially at work. THANK YOU for uploading this.

[@SpennyDubz]

Bless you for archiving this, it's a real treat.

[@DanFingermanOctopus]

Glad you like it! It's a shame the original poster basically got bullied off the internet. I hope they see your message here eventually too :)

[@tetradon3564]

This is one of the best IDM albums out there. Exciting throughout, no boring tracks that leave you waiting.

[@nosfy]

Weird , that version of Boqurant sounds very rough to the other one I've heard. Like when the saturated Rhodes/synth comes in it's playing that phrase differently. Kinda adds credit to the unreleased Boards theory , as well as these tunes sounding VERY familiar when compared with A Few Old Tunes ... weird af.

[@DanFingermanOctopus]

If it's fake, someone put in a lot of effort making this.

[@MillywiggZ]

You recon the tape was supposed to be played at an event of some kind? Like a video wall in the 80’s/90’s or something? I have a strong feeling it could be someone re-creating BoC, but could be a mish-mash of different Hexagon Sun collective works. Like covering each other’s work. Who knows?

[@nosfy]

@@DanFingermanOctopus I guess the funny part of us BoC fanboys is that it wouldn't be that far fetched for someone to go to that length. I do that for my drums lol , I've spent years studying their prod techniques , I guess my point is it's still leaving me guessing haha

[@nosfy]

@@MillywiggZ definitely could see it being a Hexagon Sun collab , the thing is I remember in an interview them saying that it was a collective of different mediums of artists. With not that many musicians if I remember right. The only one I can remember is Chris Horne and he dipped after Twoism. Either way I definitely support your theory for it being someone recreating boards for a project or something.

[@DanFingermanOctopus]

@@nosfy I've been studying up on vintage mixers and old akai samplers for the exact same reason :P

[@Noise-Conductor]

Thank for this! This is the best music to vibe out to high at night

[@omarfejzic2981]

No matter what. This has some real good vibes about it

[@crybo]

This is great, sounds more like Cult 48 than BoC. To me it just sounds too pristine in parts. Sounds like it is coming from the Phonec 2 VST and not a massive collection of analogue synths housed in a compound just outside Edinburgh. Love it though, thanks for uploading it.

[@toddspeck9415]

Never heard of Cult 48. Thanks fot that tip.

[@jekw23]

Can why why people think this is BOC but yeah, it doesn’t t feel quite like them. Must check out Cult 48 though

[@InfiniteRhombus]

they said in an interview that they dont have nearly as many synthesizers as people think they do and that a lot of the synth sounds that people think are actually synthesizers are just processed guitars.

[@erikerikerikerikerik]

Yeah i could be more convinced except that the 7th & 8th tracks specifically (but also a few others) sound nothing like Boc to me and way to modern at that

[@ChildovGhad]

Thanks for doing doing the world the service of archiving what would otherwise be lost forever. Doesn't matter who made these sounds, they made them, and now we can hear them, because of you.

[@stevewarner6260]

Proper

[@lemitapila6527]

Sounds like an ARP or Roland or Sequential Circuts Sequencer or Yamaha Dx7. Ahh the beauty of mod.bending pitch wheels, ufo & Lfo envelopes, true sine wavelengths utilzing overtone series using 2 VHS decks to manually overlay audio video . And yes it's a pain in the booty but the dedication has given the click dragndrop generation.

[@ppfota]

I bet they just put a bunch of super early tracks on a vhs tape and gave it to a thrift store. If not, it's a damn good idea

[@cybr2352]

This is the best thing I have found on the net this century, and it’s from last. Thank you for sharing it! 🥰

[@MaxBrix]

The only thing real is the love we feel. You can't fake it. Thanks for the vibes.

[@robynstopped]

Love the strong synthwave that doesn't get too heavy or drone. It's balanced nicely with all the samples and blips to keep it fun and moving.

[@victor62246]

absolutely amazing music, right down my weird alley!

[@KumaBean]

I’m digging this too, it reminds me of some of the tapes I used to listen to way back, chilling in my room at my foster parents completely ignoring the whole ‘no smoking weed indoors’ thing, lol, fun times 🤝

[@AbrasiousProductions]

this feels magical, i was listening to some other song and wasn't paying attention then this auto played and im loving it.

[@hiphyro]

Hey, I just wanted to thank you for uploading this. If I hadn't seen this some months ago and grow quite fond of some of the tracks on here, I don't think I would've started my exploration of Boards of Canada some days ago (though there were a few external factors that prompted me to do so as well, but this video was a big one) BoC's music is so beautiful, it calms me like nothing else. They're my favorite, for the time being at least

[@Bl1tzs]

What are your favorite tracks?

[@hiphyro]

@@Bl1tzs probably in no particular order: the unreleased track Echus, Reach for the Dead, An Eagle In Your Mind, You Could Feel The Sky, Kid For Today, Left Side Drive, Gyroscope, Sunshine Recorder, Turquoise Hexagon Sun, Palace Posy, Semena Myrtkvych (I know I spelled that incorrectly I’m too lazy to check how it’s spelled)… and probably some others I forgot to mention

[@Bl1tzs]

@@hiphyro Good songs! also thahks for the quick response

[@MisterBrukel]

This mix is great! Thanks so much for uploading this gem!

[@richardweakland2818]

that fast repetive note on 4 sounds like a boc song i cannot remember exactly. Dude those drums and that drone synth :) I have goosebumps just cause i know they sampled from their early work for most of the music we have heard thus far. I love VHS tapes man also boards i like them tooo hahaha but my guess ive NEVER Got this feeling when listening too fake BOC. I live in PA also if this is what i think i always wished too walk into goodwill and see an old weird cassette tape and buy it and it be this. Much love and thanx

[@richardweakland2818]

The Shining too (being my fav movie) im sry i have tears while typing this EVERYTHING from the reverb and their drum breaks. It hits me like hearing a message from a dead relative or something I know this is them. FUCK this shit is beyond amazing and the sky really is the icing on the cake. god bless

[@richardweakland2818]

The shining has messages like the beginning it saying Stanely Kubrik in the clouds. He was all about that and lil secrtets and BOC is no stranger too it either. Look at the sky

[@stephenowens5375]

I can hear BOC samples throughout, however the 2 known tracks don't sound quite right almost like pre production. However track 4 sound like it's a mashup of BOC and Plaid - Itsu.

[@DanFingermanOctopus]

If you have suggestions on edits for the description, do let me know. I'm more than happy to change the timestamps if there is more BoC material in there that I missed!

[@richardweakland2818]

@@DanFingermanOctopus XYZ is track 4

[@gringopig]

Love this! It's a testament to BoC actually that their sound is so unique that you can identify it immediately. The mystery adds to something already mysterious and it's no pastiche either but rather excellent. It adds a whole layer of emotional nostalgia for me. The idea of a mystery VHS left to be discovered. I don't want to discover the truth. Thank you so much for uploading.

[@gavinvalentino1313]

dork

[@skepticalgenious]

Agreed to your whole message. I would like to add I personally love vhs because it is electromagnetic pulse proof. Film is still good

[@oneofthelastsurvivingdoges8832]

Tracklist with some of my own names :D 0: 0:00 Broadcasting 1: 0:17 Aquatop 2: 1:30 Misesmo 3: 2:55 Eureka Express 4: 3:08 The Droop 5: 6:14 Hamogg 6: 7:28 Scopes Exclusive 7: 9:04 Different Approaches 8: 10:07 Nikota 9: 13:25 A Singular Problem 10: 14:20 Boqurant (BoC) 11: 15:33 Janju 12: 18:06 Hour Two 13: 20:05 Lucksmith 14: 21:54 Xes 15: 22:18 Forest Cruiser Abroad 16: 24:40 Seeya Later (BoC) 17: 28:42 Bloom Toys 18: 30:40 I Doubt the Hills Authenticity 19: 32:50 Gaogao 20: 35:44 Drain the Sky 21: 39:32 Iston Burns

[@DanFingermanOctopus]

I love this a lot, thanks for making these. Amazing creativity

[@oneofthelastsurvivingdoges8832]

@@DanFingermanOctopus Thanks, this mix has become one of my favorite albums to listen to recently so I am very grateful for your re-upload :)

[@brentdavius6829]

🙏💛🤳

[@FouglassDir]

They really did have some boards on there though , so who’s to tell really!

[@jowlorenz9555]

Board of Boards might be the album title

[@brimleyhillmassive]

Best promo I've seen in a while. Re uploaded for extra mystique. Beats are lovely with the scratchy overdub.

[@Man-From-Another-Place]

If the Boards of Canada tracks weren't included I might've believed it really was some long lost BoC style music, but throwing those in makes it seem like a hoaxer is trying a bit too hard to nudge us into thinking that. There's still some nice stuff on here though.

[@rfcalm]

do you never look for bluffs and double bluffs? Why wouldn't BOC throw old BOC in to throw us. To get you saying this, so that I'm saying this. To start discussion. I love all this. Don't you?

[@Man-From-Another-Place]

@@rfcalm It's not BoC dude.

[@rfcalm]

@@Man-From-Another-Place why not? How can you be so sure. I am playing devils advocate here : ) im interested in your thoughts

[@Man-From-Another-Place]

​@@rfcalm The possibilities are 1) BoC decided to put out music which doesn't particularly sound like their style on an obscure VHS tape, and didn't release that music anywhere else or 2) some nobody of a music producer wanted to get their music more exposure so they threw in a couple of BoC tracks among theirs and invented a backstory. I won't say this *definitely* isn't BoC but I find possibility 2) much more likely.

[@bmmaaate]

Heard about this today from a DJ on wirelessfm. It certainly sounds like Boards of Canada in parts but the question is why would they do a mix to VHS with a barely moving video and lose it in the USA. Its seems they rarely do gigs so my theory of them messing with tape editing on a tour bus is out. If the found tape part of the story is real then great, someone has done a mix tape and put it on VHS with ambient footage to watch whilst stoned. It's just the sort of thing I would do. Most likely explanation is that someone has created an internet mystery to see how many people bite. Lots of these found VHS tapes are obviously fake.

[@bmmaaate]

It's also a perfectly feasible explanation that a record company was looking to put out a BoC video and acquired a mixtape from the band that was knocked up and forgotten about over a weekend and then added some quick visuals as a demo and then the project was abandoned. The tape from the office clearout went home in a box, got mixed up with some crap 80's movies and ended up at a thrift store.

[@DanFingermanOctopus]

I love your theories, thanks for sharing them. I would agree that the hoax theory seems most feasible. People have been talking about it in Discord servers and seem to be mostly questioning the production value. I think that it fits with the 'a few old tunes' vibe. I just don't see why something like this would be found in the USA. Another thing is that the video got a copyright claim for 'Seeya later'. Assuming the original uploader got the same claim, it is weird that they wrote the description as if they didn't know any of the music on there. I did not think that they could've lost it on tour. If anyone has any connection between BoC and the state this was found in, it could at least be somewhat believable that this is an old BoC tape. That's mostly why I think it's fake. There's no reason for it to be found in a random thrift store in Pennsylvania. Still, nonetheless, I love the entire collection of music and I think it's a real shame the original uploader deleted their whole channel. I might as well sample the tracks that nobody seems to know in the future :P

[@johnsdoings]

that's exactly what they would do!

[@cuntdork]

@@johnsdoings Agreed

[@eggberta]

@@DanFingermanOctopus Well let's not forget how they announced information for Tomorrow's Harvest with their cryptic advertising campaign which began on Record Store Day 2013.

[@PipeChoir]

One just never knows what they will find in a thrift store...

[@pornsakpongthong1092]

One time I found an old lady in a thrift store and I took it home and fed it ants.

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

@@pornsakpongthong1092 should have fed it with a slingshot after tying it up behind the barn.

[@dormant_informant]

This video popped up in my recommendations yesterday and now I’m in a clue searching rabbit hole. Whatever the outcome is at least it’s accompanied by some sweet tunes. Thanks Dan for reuploading, also checked out some of your stuff: keep it up!

[@DanFingermanOctopus]

Someone seems to have started a probably unrelated ARG in this comment section. I've been working on that in my own Discord server with a few friends, but it seems to have been picked up on the twoism forum as well. Thought I'd point that out if you like hunting for clues :) Also, thanks for checking out my music! Glad you like it

[@dormant_informant]

@@DanFingermanOctopus Dank je wel Dan, en graag gedaan. I've been following the thread on the twoism forum since you posted the link yesterday. I wonder if the dates April 7 and 9 (from the 'Seek' video) will be of any signifigance.

[@DanFingermanOctopus]

Fijn om een andere Nederlander te zien in de comments haha! I hope we will get new videos on the 7th and 9th, because I have no idea what to do otherwise

[@NightmareKeys]

@@DanFingermanOctopus yo, I solve ARGs on KZbin, please point me in the direction of this ARG.

[@DanFingermanOctopus]

@@NightmareKeys there's a write up here: www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=304784#p304784 Also, on my Discord server we have a channel for it: discord.gg/y3gz7buK

[@Punk_Philosopher]

even in the 1990s it was common to put music on VHS as the sound format was actually really good. VHS sound was replaced by Digital Audio Tape and then CDs. Both rorts and actually shitter formats than the older VHS. It was only once wav files became more manageable that we got something better and accessible.

[@DanFingermanOctopus]

It has been interesting to see so many perspectives about the tape in the comment section. Thanks for sharing!

[@DaveSimkus]

Thank you Colin Robinson.

[@brucerideout9979]

Agreed recall many a movie night at my gf parents place and the sound was really rad on the big amp and speakers.

[@xa1a]

ADAT was VHS tapes.

[@dannydubya9410]

Ah man, I hope that guy didn't delete his channel on account of the comments. I expressed doubt before reading the entire description...now I feel bad. Thanks for the reupload! This kicks a lot of ass, whatever it's supposed to be

[@germinationwide4life]

One of the best KZbin videos I've seen in a very long time.

[@walterphillips9950]

Whoever did it, did an excellent job

[@ruminoid]

revisiting this along with Dotcore today and I just want to say it's a peak oddity we have here. I'm using it for my intro music for streaming now that these fusion jazz radio archives are getting copyright claims and deletions.

[@rcbuse]

This thing is growing on me after the 20th listen. I wish we knew the source.

[@funnymicepacman4457]

i gotta say i've been playing this for days. thanks for the share. honestly the idea of this being a VHS download makes it more interesting.

[@RiiiiX]

God im in love with the song at 3:10 , this is fuckin awesome and im glad it was recommended to me since i've gotten more into d&b lately. Thanks for re-Uploading mate.

[@DanFingermanOctopus]

I am planning to upload a new song in the coming days. I think you'll like it, since it's atmostpheric d&b :)

[@RiiiiX]

@@DanFingermanOctopus I'm subbed and I'll def check it out when it's finished.

[@danielivan8788]

absolutely can relate

[@surrealdreams6841]

Lost media is awesome! I keep coming back to this video I am extremely mesmerized by it all! This reminds me of Track 12 on Random 35 tape.

[@lukeimontv7086]

The percussion is different on “Seeya Later” which interests me the most about this video. A lot of it does sound very similar in quality to the stuff on the Random 35 and A Few Old Tunes tapes

[@velear7]

Now that I think about it, if BOC made this it would probably have ALOT more samples, considering the fact how old tunes had so many, and a lot of the 5 albums never released to the public had uncleared samples which were part of the reason that BOC thought recovering their old music would be impossible. They talked about it in an interview going over old tapes and cassettes that they had, but the samples were everywhere and they also said finding the source would be impossible cause it's all from around 20 - 30 years back. At least, I think. I'm pretty sure I saw it on BOC Pages. It also feels like whoever had made this tape was really going for a Twoism style on some of the tracks, like 18. But, some of the more bassier and more hip-hop-y drums like on 13, or 19, could be more like MHTRTC. Just had a relisten after my comment 4 months ago and thought about this.

[@christagreen8935]

My dad was a projectionist at movie theaters in the 80’s and 90’s, he know I was into the reel to reels and gave me rolls from vintage (back then vintage)movies. It was a favored past time to time the reels with home made cassette tape splices and synchronized them up, this reminds me of those times.

[@pieyedapple]

Gee, I really love this--would make a great soundtrack for a movie!

[@jvohanian]

Kinda sounds like Vaporwave... almost like a precursor or prototype of a Vaporwave mix.

[@mayabartolabac]

i recommend you should listen to the entire Boards of Canada discography if you want more their entire musical style can be summed up to proto-vaporwave or vaporwave for the 60s and 70s, maybe some early 80s in some places

[@DanFingermanOctopus]

You might know a song from the album Geogaddi already, if you know the webseries Salad Fingers. It's my favorite electronic duo, so I would highly recommend listening to them :)

[@SisterRose]

@@DanFingermanOctopus that was the first time I heard BoC too, lol. It's weird because it gave me this impression that they were like a spooky weird ambient soundscape kinda act. It's true their music can be a little unsettling/uncanny in places, but very different vibes overall. It was an unusual track on an unusual album(Geogaddi is still their most "experimental" I'd argue).

[@chrisdoyle4166]

The description got me listening and it is worth listening to. Thankyou thrift store vhs

[@oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164]

Back in the late 60's (ancient history to most of you) a host of College FM radio stations across the US popped up as part of the schools curriculum for Communication Degrees, this gave a window of opportunity for artistic audio experimentation to many people of all walks of life. They would often create, weird, strange and sometimes amazing collages of sound using fragments from many recordings as well as live performances of music most often by unknown composers and by "people just fucking around". At times combined with the spoken word, sound effects and ambient sounds. Sometimes the "Music" was recorded to be played and or distributed to be sold OR at times it was preformed "live" in the studio as part of a collective Art Project (Think Laurie Anderson here). This tradition still continues to this day on College Campuses world wide. They're usually broadcasted very late night, when most of the world is asleep. I often set my Reel 2 Reel to record during those hours back then. The following mornings I discovered rare gems of magic on those tapes. After 60 years, I still have some of them.

[@soarornor]

I remember those days. It was extremely exciting because at that time there was and never had been anything like it broadcast on radio before. It was a whole new world. College stations also played records that you would never hear on radio normally. Like to hear Pink Floyd’s Ummagumma selection The Narrow Way or obscure tracks from Donovan albums. This was stuff that was never played on radio so it was jaw dropping to hear it. Radio should be that free again and not just on college stations. There’s something about a broadcast with possibly thousands listening simultaneously that is totally different than hearing something like a stream or a KZbin playlist.

[@ROTALOT]

UTEP was still hosting great indie radio back in the 70's. Ho Baron's show Howorld was really popular among local punk bands at the time. The Headstand on Dyer would get some of the most experimental indie music back then thanks to weird tastes among Fort Bliss people. I had an album that was actually covered in a sheet of tin.

[@RobloxArchiveProjectRAP]

Not true

[@oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164]

@@RobloxArchiveProjectRAP What's not true? I smell a troll here.

[@hairyballbastic8943]

Did you upload them anywhere? would love to hear

[@SilentKnight43]

In '87 I bought a then-new Sony v5 8mm camcorder and literally shot thousands of hours of footage with it for the next 15 years. It went everywhere with me - all footage was transferred to VHS just after recording it. Now in 2022 I'm finally getting around to digitizing the footage. Over 900 VHS tapes in total - and it's all still very playable (been stored in a dry cedar-lined room). You never know what yer going to find on old video footage. I'm finding footage of parties that I apparently had a good time...but don't remember, lol. It was the 80s.

[@rufemaneywuff893]

I want to believe that this is long lost BoC recordings, the commercial samples are way too suspicious as nobody did that since vaporwave musicians started using them.

[@BillingtonSeaMonster]

Thanks for saving this, I went back to watch it again on the original channel and it was gone. I was really sad. Now I'm happy!

[@AR-Records23]

There's more out there on this tape. I'll explain. I fallowed this tape when it was posted originally in Jan. I didn't know who boards of canada was until now. I discovered this on a reddit post in a thrift store forum. The guy was posting it to see what other thrift store junkies had to say about it. It sat on youtube for 2 months and had not many views. I found the post in a thrift store facebook group reposted from reddit. wish I would've saved the original post. The reason I say there's more or seems to be, because a day ago a channel emerged with strange coding on it. when you decipher the coding in the first video, it decodes into a link to another video and in that other video is gps coordinates to the said thrift store where the person supposedly found the vhs. It looks like there's more material to come about.

[@filmnoirprotagonist1436]

What was the channel name and how did you know how to decipher the code? Why do you say it looks like there's more material to come about? Assuming this is Boards of Canada I reckon the original uploader is in on everything.

[@snownestling]

​@@filmnoirprotagonist1436 The channel name was "The Thrift Store Anomaly". Channel 4226, Forty-Two Twenty-Six and Channel Onesixtyfive are the channels that posted ARG-like comments in this video. We watched it all unfold so it was kind of a group effort. My guess is that the reason this user says there could be more is because one of the comments states "There will be more to come" and in the follow up explanation video to the original upload of this music, the guy said he snagged 4 VHS that day so one would assume there is more to come out of this.

[@filmnoirprotagonist1436]

@@snownestling Thanks! The AI Music Experience said a channel emerged a day before writing the comment above, which I assumed to be a channel other than the one the mixtape was originally uploaded to. Do you know what channel that was?

[@snownestling]

@@filmnoirprotagonist1436 There were 3 of them. Note: the runtime for the VHS music is 42:26. 1. Channel 4226 2. Forty-two Twenty-Six 3. Channel Onesixtyfive

[@filmnoirprotagonist1436]

@@snownestling Thanks again! The description for the only public video on Channel 4226 contains what looks like morse code, binary and a dead link. Presumably this is deciphered to get the link to the video of GPS co-ordinates for the thrift store? Is this video unlisted on Channel Forty-Two Twenty-Six? The video on Channel Onesixtyfive seems to suggest that something is going to happen on the 7th of April. Is there an ongoing discussion about this online anywhere?

[@cmkseven7]

Very much does sound like early BOC! Love ❤️ it!

[@nordsun]

I think there are several aspects speaking for an old mixtape by Boards Of Canada and others don't. Let's debate! Pro BoC: 1. Tonal matches There are some sounds that appear on later BoC songs. First one I recognised is the sequenced synth that fades in at 3:53 which has a very similar tone character to the sequencer synth in Finity. Than there is this drone track starting at 18:06 which has the LFO Noise in it which is close to the LFO Noise on Diving Station. The "covers" of Boquarant and Seeya Later seem for many of you be THE reason that this tape is fan made. In the Boquarant "cover" the lead synth sounds less detailed than Boquarant but the resonating rhodes have almost the same tonal character. The Seeya Later "cover" is incredible close to the original. The Subbass sounds exactly like the Subbass on Seeya Later. Than there comes in this highly significant detuned resonating pad/lead synth. This sound is so specific, it's extremely unlikely that someone else is able to recreate this sound and hitting the tonal character so close. It's not hard to make a synth that acts like this, I'm a music producer with lot of experience, I think I know what I'm talking about but it will sound slightly different. You can hear this when you listen to covers like the Roygbiv Cover by Peter Carpenter. It's detailed and comes close to the original. He's hitting every note but the tonal character of his instruments still is quite different to the original Roygbiv by BoC. I'm not that super familiar with all Old Tune Tapes by BoC as I'm with their full length albums but I'm sure there are more examples hidden on this VHS tape of sounds with a similar tonal character to sounds and instruments from BoCs Old Tunes. 2. The whole sketchy style of this tape fits their style used on their Old Tunes. There are similar cuts and use of samples from ads or TV shows. With their Old Tunes they showed that as teenagers they made this kind of music. There are probably hundreds of sketchy tunes lying around someone's basement on an old cassette which they got as a close friend by BoC before BoC started to officially release albums on Warp Records. 3. Someone posted this before and it's more of a gut feel argument than an objective consideration but I feel the same and I think it's an important one. This person said that these tunes here give him a feeling that only Boards Of Canada is able to make him feel. I have the same. On this VHS tape are some tracks that are resonating deeply with my soul and triggering weird feelings in my subconscious which only Boards Of Canada is able to. 4. Not much people are able to copy the unique sound by Boards Of Canada. There are simply not many people who could copy their music coming so close to their sound and those tonal characters. I know there are some people like Christ., µ-Ziq, Tycho, Casino Versus Japan, Loess or the Cult 48 guess by another comment who make music similar to BoC but it's just similar. They have very own sub-styles and if it was one of them you'd hear! Cult 48s style comes closest to this tape but not close enough. Their beats are more layered, with a much heavier use of glitch effects. Their melodies are more complicated. The melodies on this tape are much more direct. It's just really improbable that out there is an unknown talent that is able to create a vhs tape like this. It's simply more probable that this tape is by Boards Of Canada themselves. Contra BoC: 1. Lot of these tracks sounds like BoC but other parts just doesn't sound like them at all. 1.a. This organ sound starting at 11:26 and the way it's played, the rhythm is very untypical for BoC. Also the drums have an impactful element in them which sounds too heavy for a BoC tune. On the other hand almost every other instrument in this track sounds a lot like BoC. 1.b. This whole guitar track starting at 20:18 sounds nothing like BoC. They didn't used guitars back than, certainly not in such a pop-song style. Also this sequenced poly synth has a filter automation which sounds too advanced. And this whole song has some pop-styled transitions which doesn't sound like BoC at all. In my opinion this track is the most suspect, not the "covers". Only way I could think of BoC making such an untypical track is them being teenagers in love with the unreachable, popular girl on their high school and trying to make a less weird and more pop-styled track to impress her. ;D Neutral arguments: 1. Some comment it's unlikely that an old VHS tape by our favourite Scottish brothers appears in the US. Why not. They gave cassette tapes to family and friends. Of course it's possible one of their family members or friends lived in the US and over the years this VHS tape found it's way to a thrift store cause someone decided to tidy up his attic. In my opinion a mere geographical argument has no weight. 2. Some argue that this is a fanmade scam trying to build up a mystery so that his fanmade music gains a lot of attention. What a shitty promotion would that be. If you want attention for your own project, it's dump to copy the sound of another famous band just to make everyone think it could be them. You would want the whole world to know it's you making those tracks. Yes maybe in some weeks someone is disclosing the secret saying it all was his work with a devilish laugh but I really doubt that someone is trying to promote his own stuff in such a devious way nowadays. I might be wrong but at the end of my analysis I think the pro arguments predominant the contra arguments. I think this VHS tape has some real Boards Of Canada stuff on it but still I have some doubts left. If you liked my analysis I would like to ask you to check out my own music. I released an album highly inspired by BoC, Aphex Twins Selected Ambient Works and some clearly hearable Shoegaze influences a year ago called "tales of a beautiful life" but it got lost in the depths of the Internet and gained no attention which was quite frustrating. So I would be grateful if some BoC fans would check it out cause I think people who love Boards Of Canada would appreciate my music.

[@gravijiga]

Your Contra BoC reasoning may also be a good explanation of why most of these tracks weren't chosen to be on an official album release. If they are in fact the real thing

[@Stop_being_younger_than_me]

The brothers have said themselves that they've made music that doesn't fit their main style, it's still on the table for the songs that sound more like AFX or even Autechre. That's a really good analysis.

[@jowlorenz9555]

It would not surprise me if many of our made in china recording devices send our best works in progress overseas where the good ideas get analysed, extracted, bastardized, and released to mainstream artists to make a killing from... Thus bypassing anyone with actual integrity . cha-ching cha-ching --- thee end .

[@MrHarney]

👍

[@groundhogggggggggggg]

Very well thought out argument here. I'm listening to your album right now. I like it.☃

[@taknothing4896]

Cool ambient / chill DJ mix. Probably a one-off, so consider yourself lucky to have found it.

[@Digiphex]

As a person who has remade many BOC on my channel, these sounds are very close to BOC, even the music theory seems right on some of them. I have no idea if it is BOC or not but if it is not, it is someone who understands it very well. Maybe the person who did it is in Redondo Beach, California because I hear some radio from there.

[@DaveSimkus]

My first impression was Aphex Twin.

[@RaritiesInc.]

that Redondo Beach bit reminded me of early Com Truise

[@jimandskittum]

Music theory? My portable 8 track player used to make these sounds when the batteries were spent.

[@trespire]

Just listening to track Nr.18. With such a complex sound-scape, how can this be anything other than BoC ?

[@Cakeheadmusic]

Fake or not, cool vibes

[@mattkaz9604]

I wouldn't make a guess on the authenticity of any of this story or music but there's some good stuff in it.

[@DesertPunks]

kinda wish i knew the artist, but there is a beauty to these tracks floating around with their own mystery

[@liquidintegrity]

This is great stuff! I think it’s from the 1992-1994 days. Music by the ORB, KLF, Union Jack, FSOL and more influences here.. I hear jungle drum beats were famous back in these days. Ambient music was starting to evolve.

[@ronfoss9723]

This is bizarre! I had recorded the sky in my backyard on an entire super vhs tape when the 'Rods' , supposed entities that were invisible to the naked eye, were a big thing back in the 90's. Never knew what happened to it, if I had recorded over it or what.

[@benedwards1047]

I remember doing that too! They were UFOs that hid in the rays of the sun

[@Feyd01]

I came across this while reading some comments off a video I posted on KZbin 14 years ago with a BoC soundtrack. Only to find this surfaced five days ago. The wind is howling outside, I live alone in the desert now, and this all seems to make sense somehow.

[@orbitaloutcast9878]

People really love to hate on people, especially in TBOC'S community. People need to start learning to live and love.

[@kahvinorja]

This is so good. And a lot of similarities with Boards of Canada!

[@terrytees]

Thinking this is a ADAT or VHS tape being used in place of an official ADAT. Not sure if you can store visuals alongside audio tracks but worth finding out, were the visuals on the tape also? If they were am still thinking the master was recorded with the visuals as there would be no change in audio quality as it was likely recorded on ADAT. ADATS came out in 92 and were a staple of project recording studio's by the mid 90's and still in common use in the early 2000's, I used them in a recording studio myself in the early 2000's. ADAT's are the Alesis Digital Audio Tape, which is a magnetic tape format used for the recording of eight digital audio tracks onto the same S-VHS tape used by consumer VCRs. Would be interesting to see if the tracks, separate audio channels, could be stemmed out.

[@MrWyld89]

best comment

[@surrealdreams6841]

I came across this today it was uploaded yesterday. Amazing! Psychedelic AF!!!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmK8gKeoacdso9E

[@robgrano6814]

I thought the same thing -- had a friend who had a recording studio and did some tracks on ADAT with him in the late 90's. If memory serves the cassettes looked just like VHS tapes. But like you, not sure about having video on ADAT. If there is a recording engineer following this he/she might know.

[@terrytees]

@@robgrano6814 you can use standard VHS tape in an adat so it would be interesting to see.

[@agerven]

Interesting. Reminds me of a series of recordings i made on master tape during weekends at the attic of a dear friend doing synth / bass / drums sessions, in the late 1980s early 1990s.

[@DanFingermanOctopus]

If you have a recording, I would love to check it out!

[@agerven]

​@@DanFingermanOctopus Unfortunately all my master tapes, including the actual recordings of our band, were stored in the wrong fashion, since after i moved in 2003 i found out the magnetic layer on them had vanished ... So i don't have them anymore and of course never made duplicates ... Basically the attic sessions were a lot of noodling, but i'm sure there were a few gems in between ... Sorry about that.

[@DanFingermanOctopus]

That's fine. I am really enjoying people talking about their own lost recordings/tapes or what they think of listening to the video. Thanks for sharing :)

[@Knowhimmakehimknown]

This album deserves a Grammy! 🏆

[@py1te]

I’m going to use some deductive reasoning here; if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is BOC 😀

[@klaushermann2180]

Can't help: sounds strongly like from Boards of canada