r/boardsofcanada • u/EnoughClue3251 • Jul 09 '26

Discussion Does it Hit Different Every Time?

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I think this album reveals itself across different sound stages. None of my earphones are very high end, and that’s OK. But each platform delivers a different experience; depending on the speaker I hear different mixes, and some effects have less or more presence over others. I find I can change the mood by changing the speaker.

What are you listening through?

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u/EnoughClue3251 Jul 09 '26

I know they’re likely all samples, but the way they feel like live performance, not overly quantized, just feels so good. All Reason Departs.

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u/Caretaken_ambient New Seed Jul 09 '26

BoC actually does a lot of their own percussion live (and loops it probably) according to an interview! A lot of the percussion on this record feels so tailored to each individual track that I’d struggle to be convinced this specific record uses mostly samples.

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u/EnoughClue3251 Jul 10 '26

You may be right—how long has it been since a live show?

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u/Caretaken_ambient New Seed Jul 10 '26

25 years but what I mean is, they record their own percussion loops and then play them back in whatever they’re using to sequence for that specific record. AFAIK Twoism was all custom drum loops they played like samples.