Hooper Bay (album)
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Hooper Bay was purportedly an EP
created by Boards of Canada
, issued in both vinyl
and cassette formats. The title refers to the small city of that name in Alaska
, and all track titles on the album share a similar Alaskan theme. Only 200 copies were purported to have been produced and none have publicly surfaced.
A small excerpt, about 35 seconds, of the track "Circle" was hosted on a website that held material relating to the group. The site has since gone down.
Mislabeled mp3s claiming to be copies of Hooper Bay are in wide circulation on peer to peer
networks, but are understood to be fakes. As with other rare Boards of Canada releases, some of these fakes are mislabelled Múm
tracks. For example, "Geisar" is actually "Smell Memory", by Múm.
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
created by Boards of Canada
Boards of Canada
Boards of Canada are a Scottish electronic music duo consisting of brothers Mike Sandison and Marcus Eoin...
, issued in both vinyl
Gramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
and cassette formats. The title refers to the small city of that name in Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
, and all track titles on the album share a similar Alaskan theme. Only 200 copies were purported to have been produced and none have publicly surfaced.
A small excerpt, about 35 seconds, of the track "Circle" was hosted on a website that held material relating to the group. The site has since gone down.
Mislabeled mp3s claiming to be copies of Hooper Bay are in wide circulation on peer to peer
Peer-to-peer file sharing
P2P or Peer-to-peer file sharing allows users to download files such as music, movies, and games using a P2P software client that searches for other connected computers. The "peers" are computer systems connected to each other through internet. Thus, the only requirements for a computer to join...
networks, but are understood to be fakes. As with other rare Boards of Canada releases, some of these fakes are mislabelled Múm
Múm
múm are an experimental Icelandic musical group whose music is characterized by soft vocals, electronic glitch beats and effects, and a variety of traditional and unconventional instruments.- History :...
tracks. For example, "Geisar" is actually "Smell Memory", by Múm.