'O Is For Orange' came about because of the set I made for ‘A Few Old Tunes’, the Boards of Canada-inspired night we did on June 20th in...
'O Is For Orange' came about because of the set I made for ‘A Few Old Tunes’, the Boards of Canada-inspired night we did on June 20th in London. Because I’d edited so much video to go with it, I thought I’d finally get round to my first solo video mix too so here it is. nnThis is a second version because the first got taken down because of a copyright violation notice from someone. I've now re-edited the footage and taken out the offending item as well as upped the quality of the encode.nn‘O Is For Orange’ is the sound of weathered tape saturation, detuned analogue synthesisers, vinyl crackle and machine hum. It’s also the look of unfocused, flickering lenses, mirror image filters and blurry grain embedded into film. Unofficial fan films sit alongside experimental animation, public information shorts and even the odd official video. Material that BoC took inspiration from blends with their own work as well as many that they inspired.nnI make no apologies for the quality of the vision here, some of it is only available via the web at frustratingly small sizes. In a couple of instances I’ve actually downgraded the look and quality of the image to make it blend in better and in others, even my best attempts at filtering can’t disguise the low quality of the source material. No HD or widescreen here, I’ve gone back to 4:3 for this one even though some of the clips were originally 16:9 or wider.nnTracklist:nSesame Street - Oh! Orange (Sesame Workshop)nnGalt MacDermot - Aquarius (RCA Victor) nVideo: 'Conquest of Light' - dir. Paul Cohen, 'Mars & Beyond' - dir. Ward Kimball, 'Time Magazine' advert, excerpt from 'Thunderbolt' - dir. Ira CohennnBoards of Canada - The Colour of the Fire (Warp) nVideo: Sesame Street 'I Love You'nnBroadcast & The Focus Group - The Be Colony (Warp)nVideo: 'Witch Cults' #1 & 2, - both dir. Julian HousennYosi Horikawa - Wandering (First Word)nVideo: Yeasayer 'Henrietta' - dir. unknownnnPrefuse 73 feat. School of Seven Bells - The Class of 73 (Warp)nVideo: Official - dir. Chris Boyle (Warp Films)nnMordy Laye & The Group Modular - Electric Paint (Audio Montage)nVideo: Official - dir. PlanktONnnBoards of Canada - Everything You Do Is A Balloon (Skam)nVideo: unofficial - dir. Nonameno5, sampled from "One Got Fat" (1963)nnJohn Abercrombie - Timeless (ECM)nVideo: 'As The Crow Flies' - dir. Funki Porcini, AT&T documentaries nDelia Derbyshire and Barry Bermange - The Dreams: Land (BBC)nnThe Books - Group Autogenics I (Temporary Residence)nVideo: 'Terminal Self' - dir. John Whitney Jr.nnTwo Quiet Suns - Light Curve (Bandcamp)nVideo: Yeasayer 'Fingers Never Bleed' - dir. unknownnnDJ Food - Sunspot (no label)nVideo: Official - dir. DJ Food & Tom ClarksonnnLost Idol - Beesmouth (Cookshop)nVideo: excerpt from 'The Public Voice' - dir. Lejf MarcussennnBoards of Canada - A Beautiful Place Out In The Country (Warp)nVideo: Unofficial - dir. Neil KrugnnMeat Beat Manifesto - Prime Audio Soup (Boards of Canada remix) (PIAS)nVideo: 'Series 4' - dir. Normand Grégoire (Nation Film Board of Canada)nnAutechre - Teartear (Warp)nVideo: 'Beyond The Black Rainbow' - dir. Panos Comastos, Aldo Aréchar 'That Will Be The Day' - dir. Matthew DivitonnThe Human League - Being Boiled (Fast)nVideo: Unofficial live TV appearance remixed by DJ FoodnnWagon Christ - Chunkothy (Ninja Tune)nVideo: Official - dir. Celyn BraziernnBoards of Canada - Satellite Anthem Icarus (Warp)nVideo: Unofficial - dir. VideomarshnnBoards of Canada - Music Is Math (Warp)nVideo: Unofficial - dir. unknownnnSlag Boom Van Loon - Poppy Seed (Boards of Canada remix) (Planet Mu)nVideo: 'Rendezvous with Rama' Arthur C. Clarke 3D footagennBoards of Canada - Olson(Midland re-edit) (mp3)nVideo: 'Hello Machine' - dir. Carroll BallardnnDelia Derbyshire and Barry Bermange - The Dreams: Colour (BBC)nSesame Street - A Lot of Me (Sesame Workshop) Less
