The Campfire Headphase

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The Campfire Headphase
The Campfire Headphase cover
Studio album by Boards of Canada
Released October 15, 2005 (UK)
October 18, 2005 (US)
Recorded Hexagon Sun studio, Scotland
Genre IDM
Length 62:05 (Standard)
67:02 (Japanese)
Label Warp Records WARP123
Producer Michael Sandison and Marcus Eoin
Professional reviews
Boards of Canada chronology
Geogaddi
(2002)		 The Campfire Headphase
(2005)		 Trans Canada Highway
(2006)

The Campfire Headphase is the third studio album by Boards of Canada. It was released by Warp Records in October of 2005. The album marked another shift in sound, reminiscent of the band's second album Geogaddi. In development for a period of three years, the album was released to mixed reviews.[1][2][3]

Contents

[edit] Overview

This album has a decidedly more organic feel than their earlier work, with the addition of heavily treated acoustic guitars and the use of more conventional song structures.

“ We usually imagine our music to have a visual element while we're writing it, so we were picturing this character losing his mind at the campfire and compressing weeks of events into a few hours, in that time-stretching way that acid fucks with your perception. – Michael Sandison ”

The track "Oscar See through Red Eye" was released digitally on September 5, 2005 by Bleep.com, an online shop maintained by Warp Records. On October 4, 2005, the track "Dayvan Cowboy" was released through iTunes.

In April of 2006, a music video for the song "Dayvan Cowboy" was released on the Warp Records website. The video consists of footage from Joe Kittinger's famous parachute jump from 19½ miles altitude, and later slow-motion footage of big-wave surfer Laird Hamilton. The video was directed by Melissa Olson.[4]

Music from The Campfire Headphase has been used heavily in commercials for the late-night television network Adult Swim.

A poster of this album can be seen in the British comedy The IT Crowd hanging in the main character's office.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Into the Rainbow Vein" – 0:44
  2. "Chromakey Dreamcoat" – 5:47
  3. "Satellite Anthem Icarus" – 6:04
  4. "Peacock Tail" – 5:24
  5. "Dayvan Cowboy" – 5:00
  6. "A Moment of Clarity" – 0:51
  7. "’84 Pontiac Dream" – 3:49
  8. "Sherbet Head" – 2:41
  9. "Oscar See through Red Eye" – 5:08
  10. "Ataronchronon" – 1:14
  11. "Hey Saturday Sun" – 4:56
  12. "Constants Are Changing" – 1:42
  13. "Slow This Bird Down" – 6:09
  14. "Tears from the Compound Eye" – 4:03
  15. "Farewell Fire" – 8:26
  16. "Macquarie Ridge" – 4:57 (Japanese release only)

[edit] References

  1. ^ John Burgess (2005). Boards of Canada; The Campfire Headphase. Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved on 2006-11-25.
  2. ^ John Bush (2005). The Campfire Headphase Overview. All Media Guide, LLC. Retrieved on 2006-11-25.
  3. ^ Mark Richardson (2005). The Campfire Headphase: Pitchfork Record Review. Pitchforkmedia, Inc. Retrieved on 2006-11-25.
  4. ^ Steve Marchese (2006). Sky's the Limit. RES Media Group. Retrieved on 2006-11-25.

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Catalog 3 (1987) | Acid Memories (1989) | Closes Vol. 1 (1992) | Play by Numbers (1994) | Hooper Bay (1994) | Twoism (1995) | Boc Maxima (1996) | Music Has the Right to Children (1998) | Geogaddi (2002) | The Campfire Headphase (2005)
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