Old Tunes Vol. 2 (album)
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Old Tunes Vol. 2 is a rare studio-recorded IDM
compilation album
by Electronic music
duo Boards of Canada
. One of the three Boards of Canada tapes collectively referred to as Old Tunes
, Old Tunes Vol. 2 is rumoured to have been privately released to friends and family of the band sometime around 1996.
Recently, electronic copies of the Old Tunes cassettes have been leaked onto peer to peer
networks.
Intelligent dance music
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compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
by Electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
duo Boards of Canada
Boards of Canada
Boards of Canada are a Scottish electronic music duo consisting of brothers Mike Sandison and Marcus Eoin...
. One of the three Boards of Canada tapes collectively referred to as Old Tunes
Old Tunes
"Old Tunes" refers collectively to several controversial audio cassettes "Old Tunes" refers collectively to several controversial audio cassettes "Old Tunes" refers collectively to several controversial audio cassettes (comprising "A Few Old Tunes", "Old Tunes Vol. 1" and "Old Tunes Vol...
, Old Tunes Vol. 2 is rumoured to have been privately released to friends and family of the band sometime around 1996.
Recently, electronic copies of the Old Tunes cassettes have been leaked onto peer to peer
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Track listing
- Side A
- "We've Started Up" - 5:39
- "Jimbo Rehearsing" - 0:35
- "Staircase Whip" - 2:14
- "Statue of Liberty" - 1:52
- "Dave (I'm a Real Traditionalist)" - 1:50
- "Peace-Tony-Devil" - 0:18
- "To the Wind" - 2:30
- "Iraq Says" - 0:38
- "Nine-Rubber Wisdom" - 1:20
- "On a Rolling Sea" - 1:34
- "Iced Cooly Beatnik" 1TwoismTwoism was an album released by Boards of Canada on their own Music70 record label in 1995. It was a self-financed cassette and record distributed privately. Major public releases would not happen until 1996's Hi Scores EP on Skam Records. This album was, however, the work which got them noticed by...
- 0:36 - "David Came to Mahana'im" - 4:39
- "Sir Prancelot Brainfire" - 2:51
- "North Sea Arbeit" - 1:12
- "Mushyz" - 0:35
- "Heysanna Hosanna" - 0:59
- "Fly in the Pool" - 0:51
- "Mukhinabaht" - 5:05
- "It's a whole 'Nother Year" - 2:00
- Side B
- "Kiteracer 2" - 2:29
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Track" - 5:05 - "Hiscores" 1Hi ScoresHi Scores is an EP by Boards of Canada. It was released on CD and vinyl in 1996, and subsequently re-released in 1998, 2002, and 2005.-Track listing:# "Hi Scores" – 4:57# "Turquoise Hexagon Sun" – 5:09# "Nlogax" – 6:54# "June 9th" – 5:18...
- 3:38 - "Geometric Piss" - 0:51
- "Zander Two" - 3:59
- "Magic Teens" - 3:00
- "Apparatus" - 0:33
- "Music for Pylons" - 1:12
- "Alpha Rainbow" - 1:12
- "Northern Plastics" - 1:55
- "Buckie High" - 5:16
- "I Love My New Shears" - 3:11
- "SolariumSolariumSolarium may refer to:* Similar to a Sunroom, a room built largely of glass to afford exposure to the sun. Solariums have glass roofs , unlike sunrooms...
" - 0:22 - "Breaking NehushtanNehushtanThe Nehushtan , in the Hebrew Bible, was a sacred object in the form of a snake of brass upon a pole.The priestly source of the Torah says that Moses used a 'fiery serpent' to cure the Israelites from snakebites...
" - 2:41 - "Orange Hexagon Sun" - 2:22
- "Lick" - 2:39
- "Powerline Misfortune" - 1:15
- Tracks marked with a superscript number appear on other Boards of Canada albums, albeit in a different form.
External links
- Old Tunes Vol. 2 discography by Fredd-E..
See also
- Warp RecordsWarp RecordsWarp, commonly referred to as Warp Records, is a pioneering independent British record label, founded in Sheffield in 1989, notable for discovering some of the more enduring artists in electronic music....
- Skam RecordsSkam RecordsSkam Records is an independent Electronic record label based in Manchester, England, founded by Andy Maddocks around 1990. Skam also runs a smaller sub-label called 33.-History:...
- Music70Music70Music70 is a record label run by Boards of Canada. Boards of Canada used Music70 as a front to release many of their very early works. These albums were mostly distributed among friends and relatives and are, therefore, extremely rare. It has released only Boards of Canada's music, which is...
- Matador RecordsMatador RecordsMatador Records is an independent record label, with a roster of indie rock artists and bands.-History:Matador was started by Chris Lombardi in 1989 in his New York City apartment. The following year, Lombardi was joined by former Homestead Records manager Gerard Cosloy, and the two of them have...
- Hexagon Sun CollectiveHexagon SunHexagon Sun is an artistic collective based in the Pentland Hills, Scotland. The confirmed members are Mike Sandison and Marcus Eoin , the front-men of the band Boards of Canada, photographer Peter Iain Campbell, Simon Goderich, Mark Garrett, Rachel Stewart, Alan Mackenzie, and Andrew Wilson...
- Boards of Canada discographyBoards of Canada discographyThis page contains a comprehensive collection of information related to recordings made by electronic music duo Boards of Canada.-Purported early albums:* Catalog 3 - Summer 1987 . Limited cassette release. Limited CD re-release in 1997....