BOC LIVE+

Boards Of Canada - Live+

This is my third compilation of unreleased, alternate versions and rare Boards Of Canada music. A follow up to my previous compilations BOC MAXIMA [MF] and BOCUMA. Most of these songs are from way back when Boards Of Canada used to play live shows.

For this compilation I chose to add some snippets of sound loops that the duo had made for their old website back in 2000. I wanted to add the feeling of a BOC album by interspersing short little songs and sounds with their live music. Some of the live songs are from handheld bootleg recordings, one from the soundboard, others have been 'cleaned' and mastered by fans, and one is a "reproduction' by an artist using the same drum machines played overtop of the recording.

Tracklisting:
Intro [Website]
Julie And Candy [Live Soundboard Mix - ATP]
Untitled 1 [Live At Warp10]
Echus [Live At ATP]
Untitled 2 [Live At Warp10]
Untitled 3 [Live At Warp10 - Machinedrum Edit]
Untitled 6 [Live At ATP]
Trails [Website]
747 Demo [Website]
Gann [Website]
Untitled 4 [Live At ATP]
Untitled 5 [Live At ATP]
Untitled 7 [Live At ATP]
Untitled 8 [Live At ATP]
Untitled 9 [Live At ATP]
Spiro [Live At The Lighthouse - Cleaned]
Flutes [Website]
Bad Day [Happy Cycling Live Peel Session]
Titles 02 [Website]

"Press play!!"

ENTER THE 36 CHAMBERS [MF EDIT]

I love this album. I was aware of it when it came out because a bunch of my friends in the Philly house/rave scene use to play it all the time. It was great daytime music. I never owned it or even wanted to own it back then because I just heard it coming out of cars in my neighbourhood or my friends home stereo systems. It was great. I was recently reminded of it with the Wu-Tang: An American Saga TV show that came out a few years back. I started making house music at around the same time this album came out. Watching the TV show I realized that RZA was using similar equipment (samplers, sequencers and drum machines) to make this album. I wanted to hear it again and bought a copy. I can't believe some of the things he was able to make from these (now antiquated) machines. I also fell in love with the messiness of his production. It was so punk rock.

Ayway, I found that the skits (especially the funny the first time you hear it but never need to hear it again skit from Method Man) to be annoying and grating on the second and third listen. It was totally getting in the way of enjoying the album. So I did an MF Edit of the album. I removed the chatter at the start of "Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber"; I removed the "Intermission" part from "Can It All Be So Simple"; replaced "Method Man" and its' intro with the "Homegrown Version" (a demo version with an extra verse); I replaced the censored version of "Protect Ya Neck" with the "Bloody Version" that, for some reason, only appeared on Wu-Tang greatest hits compilations; and I removed the radio outtro thing at the end of the album. Of course I kept in all the martial arts samples and bits that made Wu-Tang, well, Wu-Tang!

Tracklisting:
Bring Da Ruckus
Shame On A Nigga
Clan In Da Front
Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber
Can It All Be So Simple
Da Mystery Of Chessboxin'
Wu-Tang Clan Aint Nuthing To Fuck Wit
C.R.E.A.M.
Method Man [Home Grown Version]
Protect Ya Neck [Bloody Version]
Tearz
Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber [Part 2]

"Shaolin shadowboxing and the Wu-Tang sword style
If what you say is true, the Shaolin and the Wu-Tang could be dangerous
Do you think your Wu-Tang sword can defeat me?”