Its a nicely solid little ep, covering both sides of the bands musical palette. Companion ep from the boards built around dayvan cowboy, a dreamy standout from the campfire headphase album. On a trip from vancouver back to calgary, i observed the beautiful scenery that the mountains along transcanada highway were covered by magical clouds. Tomorrows harvest 20 the campfire headphase 2005 music has the right to children 1998 in a beautiful place out in the country ep. Trans canada highway by boards of canada on apple music. A collaborate repository of information about the scottish electronic band boards of canada, including full discography, interviews, rare photos. Trans canada highway by boards of canada on spotify. Its quite a stunning piece, definitely worthy of the spotlight.
Of its 28 minutes, five belong to the recycled album track dayvan cowboy and another nine to odd nosdam. Cut in between those tracks are two ambient tracks that work well to give this ep a sense of completeness. The campfire headphase 2005 tomorrows harvest 20 music has the right to children 1998 geogaddi. Credit allows you to download with unlimited speed. Trans canada highway boards of canada electronic 2006. Boards of canada trans canada highway 2006, card sleeve. The highest point on the transcanada highway is the milehigh kicking horse pass at. A miniconcept lp, trans canada highway follows the scottish brothers who spent time in canada as they trek from st. Listen free to boards of canada trans canada highway dayvan cowboy, left side drive and more. Boards of canada trans canada highway vinyl lp duration. Boards of canadas conceptual work boards of canada seem to need more room for their ideas to develop, and the songs on trans canada highway feel like only partial revelations of a far bigger structure.
Transcanada highway map pdf version, 2700kb to access the portable document format pdf version you must have a pdf reader installed. It has been an incredible year for fans of boards of canada hugely successful new album tomorrows harvest, their first new lp in 8 years, followed by the. And it really makes dayvan cowboy sound appealing as it didnt before, by letting it be judged on its own merits. Boards of canada random 35 tracks tape remastered cassette 1996. Trans canada highway has a little of every boards of canada sound in it, flickering through their prior sounds with new little songs.
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. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. They have released a number of works, most notably the studio albums music has the right to children 1998, geogaddi 2002, and the campfire headphase 2005 on the pioneering electronic music label warp. Boards of canada trans canada highway releases discogs. Anyway the new boards of canada ep is in called trans canada highway and its got dayvan cowboy on there, a remix of said track by odd nosdam reasonably pointless and 4 new tracks which drift in and out of comatose consciousness.
The transcanada highway is 7,821 km 4,860 miles long. The main route spans 7,821 km 4,860 mi across the country, one of the longest routes of its type in the world. Those who ordered the ep directly from warp also received a sticker and a free copy of the dayvan cowboy music video. It peaked at number 4 on the uk independent albums chart, number 8 on the uk dance albums chart, and number 12 on billboard s top danceelectronic albums chart. Boards of canada is a scottish electronic music duo comprised of brothers mike sandison b. Explore canada using the options above, or select a section of the transcanada highway for detailed itinerary, using the menu, above. Transcanada highway route 1 rebecca radnors personal. Listen free to boards of canada trans canada highway dayvan cowboy, left side drive. Used cd boards of canada trans canada highway secondspin. Transcanada highway, principal highway of canada and the worlds longest national road. Using the sunkissed dayvan cowboy as its starting point, boards of canadas trans canada highway mini album ep follows on from last years campfire headphase album. Choose from a huge selection of used cds, used dvds, used blurays, and used video games. Following up the campfire headphase, an album which made its way onto countless best of 2005 lists, the enigmatic boards of canada sneak out of the shadows once more with an ep that recalls classics like a beautiful place in the country and hi scores. For banff, the highway unites us with the rest of the country and the world.
Originally scheduled for release on 6 june 2006, it was released by warp. Trans canada highway, an album by boards of canada on spotify. Trans canada highway by boards of canada on amazon music. Dayvan cowboy is like a soundtrack to a futuristic wim wenders film. Removed from the album and allowed to breathe, this track reinvents itself. Trans canada highway sounds slightly more mechanic than last years the campfire headphase and contains 6 tracks. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Canadas main vein stretches from st johns, newfoundland to victoria, bc. Get all the lyrics to songs on trans canada highway and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. This conceptual work, even put on repeat mode, wouldnt appear boring for you in any way while driving along a.
Listen to trans canada highway boards of canada online. It peaked at number 4 on the uk independent albums chart, number 8 on the uk dance albums chart, and number 12 on billboards top danceelectronic albums chart. Random 35 tracks tape seems to be sourced from a cassette tape containing a presumably handselected set of preboc maxima tracks. Trans canada highway lp boards of canada in a beautiful place out in the country lp boards of canada the campfire headphase lp boards of canada.
As described by boards of canada and warp records, the ep visits a darker place, a glacial place, away from the warmth and light of the campfire headphase. Sadly, trans canada highway isnt just boards slightest effort yet, its their flimsiest. Trans canada highway, an album by boards of canada. In the early 1950s, the transcanada highway tch in yoho and banff national parks was built as a scenic, low volume, twolane highway. The leaking of these tracks to p2p networks soulseek, originally provided much drama on watmm. Trans canada highway is an ep by scottish electronic music duo boards of canada. Buy and sell your used music, dvds, and blurays online for cash or credit. With the boards of canada traits of intricacy and ethereality, trans canada highway visits a darker place, a glacial place as boards of canada put it, away from the warmth and light of the. Download boards of canada mp3 songs and albums music. This web site is the source for information about travelling along the transcanada highway and travel around canada. Boards of canada trans canada highway 2006, cardsleeve.
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