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Trans Canada Highway EP

Boards Of Canada Format: Audio CD
4.3 out of 5 stars 34 customer reviews
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  • Audio CD (May 30, 2006)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: EP
  • Label: Warp Records / Music70
  • ASIN: B000F8DTNW
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsPack up the campfire and hit the highway...
By Amazon Grizzly on June 1, 2006
Format: Audio CD
Boards of Canada have taken a lot of heat (unjustly) for last year's release, the Campfire Headphase. Many fans were very disappointed with unexpected use of analog instruments and minimalist techniques within its songs. I'm sure these are the same fans that hated Geogaddi, only to love the album at a later time. If Campfire sounded like earlier works, then the same pundits would moan that BoC is a one-trick pony with their signature sound. We live in such a disposable society in that if an album, movie or game is not an instant classic, it's garbage. I think BoC deserves more than such a myopic attitude toward their music as of late. The Boards signature sound is not just one album but it is their whole body of work.

I loved Campfire, even though I do admit it's not as complex or enduring as MHTRTC or Geogaddi. I will be honest in that I disliked Dayvan Cowboy; it was the only track I would skip on Campfire. Alas, as with the entire BoC discography, understanding comes with time and repetition. It took me almost 2 years to fall in love with Geogaddi, so growing to love Dayvan was no exception. I used to think this piece was overblown, too epic and too pretentious but when Warp released the Dayvan video, the song began to coagulate in my mind. When BoC decided to put Dayvan as the lead piece on Highway, I knew this was done for a reason, as if the Sandison brothers wanted to slap some sense in me, screaming, "Look! This song makes sense if you are really willing to listen!"

Listen I did. On Highway, Davyan Cowboy is taken out of the vaporous, dreamy context of Headphase and now stands alone as a flagship track. Don't let the intrepid guitar riffs distract you; this track is very complex. You have to work hard to tune out the obvious and let the sublime sink in.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsLUCA MAINI's igloomag.com REVIEW ::
By Pietro Da Sacco on July 11, 2006
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(07.11.06) Boards of Canada have come a long way since their early days of home made CDs given only to friends and family. From their Hi-Scores EP on Skam, Warp Records quickly snapped up the Scottish duo. Their pioneering Music Has the Right to Children not only made the band their name, but introduced a lot of non-electronic music fans to synthesized sound. The heady melodies, hazy beats and dreamy soundscapes, created on aging analog machines, won the guys a solid fan base. BoC became the toast of the IDM scene, playing headline at several electronic gigs. After Music Has The Right... the partnership released the sublime A Beautiful Place Out in the Country EP which was followed up the by the expressive Geogaddi LP. The Sandison's recently put out their third LP Campfire Headphase before their latest EP: Trans Canada Highway. One question immediately springs to mind, has the Boards of Canada sound transformed as the size of the musicians fan base has? Has the BoC sound evolved over the years? And is there any reason why the sound should change?

The extroverted Scotsmen, generally stored away in their studio hideaway: the Hexagonal Sun, have stepped out once again to release another electronic piece. But does it stand up to its predecessors? The CD for Trans Canada Highway comes in a loving cardboard sleeve, a visual precursor to the wealth of music contained on the 5" metal disc. The opening track, "Dayvan Cowboy" adheres to much of the classical BoC sound with heady and hazy synths. Yet, the track has a much more organic feel to it than much of the groups other releases with its guitars and strings. The track is not as much a break in the classic Boards sound as it is an experimentation with it.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsOn the highway
By E. A Solinas HALL OF FAMETOP 100 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on June 25, 2007
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The Boards of Canada took a lot of flack for their fuzzy, less ethereal "The Campfire Headphase," which basically explores whole new avenues of music, but didn't sound anything like what they had done before.

But one of those songs comes across far better in "Trans Canada Highway," spearheading an EP of the kind of music that Boards of Canada is known for -- rippling electronica, crammed with atmosphere and chilly beauty. It's a nicely solid little EP, covering both sides of the band's musical palette.

It opens with "Dayvan Cowboy," a mass of fuzz with a rambly little guitar melody in the middle, and decorated with some delicate chiming sounds. About halfway through, a gust of wind blows away all the fuzz and chimes, leaving just a the hesitant guitar, clashing cymbals and a trembling violin. But slowly the fuzz and chimes creep back in....

... just in time for the rattly, atmospheric sweeps of "Left Side Drive," which is more typical of Boards of Canada's music. It's mellow, smooth and atmospheric, with some nice beats. From there they explore the dreamlike prettiness of "Heard From Telegraph Lines" and the staticky "Under the Coke Sign," and the angular synth stretches of "Skyliner."

And finally there's he Odd Nosdam remix of "Dayvan Cowboy." Hoo, this one takes a little getting used to -- for awhile you can just hear planes taking off, it softly segues into a chilly ambient sweep... before finally getting into the expansive, swirling main melody. It takes a LONG time to get anywhere, but it's brilliant when it really gets moving.

"Trans Canada Highway" has a little of every Boards of Canada "sound" in it, flickering through their prior "sounds" with new little songs.Read more ›
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Cool Beats and Nice Rhythms. We are pleased with this purchase.

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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat background music

This album is joy to listen to just rolling along in the background or listening closely to it's tones and shifts of tempo.

Published 23 months ago by Craig Houchin
1.0 out of 5 starsWanted CD

There was no indication that this was an LP (album). We don't own a record player so wouldn't have ordered it. I'm sure there is nothing wrong with it.

Published on March 31, 2014 by Deborah Caldwell
5.0 out of 5 starsGreat Music!

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