Geogaddi

Geogaddi is the second album by Scottish electro duo Boards of Canada. It was released in February 2002 on three different days for each region. , After fans had expected it eagerly. It has a darker tone than its predecessor Music Has the Right to Children (1998). The album's title has no specific meaning, they should instead be decided by the listener. It is the most commercially successful album of the duo.

Content

Geogaddi treated again innocent, childlike, melodic and harmonic structures, which can be found already on the previous album. In this album, however, there are motives that sound very happy on the one hand and very dark on the other. Some songs have such dark and occult connotations: References to horned deities ( " You Could Feel the Sky" ), cults of the Branch Davidians ( " 1969 " ), backward messages ( " A Is to B as B Is to C") and Hypnosis ( " The Devil Is in the details" ). It thus remains the hallmark of Boards of Canada, to set intuitively harmonious melodies in an unsettling mood.

" Geogaddi is a record for some sort of trial -by -fire, a claustrophobic, twisting journey takes you into some pretty did dark experiences before you reach the open air again. It has a kind of narrative. "

" Geogaddi is like a baptism of fire: a claustrophobic, strange trip that brings close to a rather dismal experience before you can go back to fresh air. The album has a narrative structure. "

The decision for the dull coloration of the album was the duo in the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001, she stunned the TV followed these during production in the studio.

Publication

The duo and their record label, Warp Records, Geogaddi announced minimal. Nevertheless, there were six cities ( London, New York, Tokyo, Edinburgh, Paris and Berlin) Publication parties. The duo gave the press also just an interview, namely the NME merely via email.

The album will be released in three formats: the standard CD packaging, as a limited edition hardback book with CD and additional artwork and a vinyl release. The F side of the vinyl edition with the track " Magic Window " - consisting of complete silence - goes ad infinitum. In the vinyl side of a drawing of a nuclear family is engraved.

The artwork of the CD has a kaleidoscopic motif. The limited edition version of the album was released with a twelve -page supplement, which includes even more artwork of this kind. Were on Warp Records as publicity stunt also briefly kaleidoscopes sold as Geogaddi was first published. These kaleidoscopes are found more often in online auctions.

The band was formed by Steve Beckett, President of Warp Records, inspired to extend the total length of the album at 66:06 minutes. Beckett justified this by making the audience the satisfaction of Satan himself have created the folder. The track " Gyroscope " contains samples of a number station. The samples were provided by Sean Booth of Autechre.

The Japanese edition of Geogaddi includes an additional track called "From One Source All Things Depend ". This short track is who or what they think is full of samples of praying children who also declare for God. Some samples of these children are also found in the song " I Can Feel Him in the Morning " by the American rock band Grand Funk Railroad from their album "Survival" (1971). The original source of these samples is unknown.

Reception

Kitty Empire from the NME wrote: " Definitely the electric album of the year [ ... ] Wonderful did garnished with the recurring motifs [ Boards of Canada ] to a unique voice in electronic music [ ... ] a meeting of the natural with the digital, and here it is scarier than ever before.

Pitchfork Media praised the album, but took exception to the fact that it barely stands out from its predecessor: " While some will criticize the failure of boards of Canada to enter new areas [ ... ] will join the rest of us about the successful album packed look forward with great music. "

The album also appeared on numerous year-end lists.

Title list

View all tracks by Boards of Canada.