The Campfire Headphase
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| Studio album by Boards of Canada | ||||
| Released | 17 October 2005 | |||
| Recorded | Hexagon Sun, Scotland | |||
| Genre | Downtempo, Ambient, Trip-hop | |||
| Length | 62:05 | |||
| Label | Warp | |||
| Producer | Michael Sandison, Marcus Eoin | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    link |
| The Guardian | link |
| Mojo | [Oct. 2005, p. 104] |
| Pitchfork Media | (7.6/10) link |
| PopMatters | (8/10) link |
| Q | link |
| Stylus | (A-) link |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | link |
The Campfire Headphase is the third studio album by Boards of Canada. Released by Warp Records in October 2005, the album featured the addition of heavily treated acoustic guitars and the use of more conventional song structures. The album took the duo three years to make.
| “ | 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 |
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[edit] Song releases
The track "Oscar See through Red Eye" was released digitally on 5 September 2005 by Bleep.com, an online shop maintained by Warp Records. On 4 October 2005, the track "Dayvan Cowboy" was released through iTunes.
In April 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 19.5 miles (31.4 km) altitude, and later slow-motion footage of big-wave surfer Laird Hamilton. The video was directed by Melissa Olson.[1]
[edit] Commercial use
Music from The Campfire Headphase has been used heavily in commercial bumpers for the U.S. late-night television network Adult Swim.
The track "Dayvan Cowboy" was featured in a GMC advertisement (on the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge in Charleston, SC) for the new GMC Yukon Hybrid, as well as the television programme Search For Second Earth on the Science Channel.
The track "Chromakey Dreamcoat" is featured in a commercial bump for the Cartoon Network along with several home-filmed/edited skateboarding-related videos.
The track "Dayvan Cowboy" was used in the documentary series Megacities by the BBC.
[edit] In popular culture
A poster of this album can be seen in the British comedy The IT Crowd hanging in the main characters' office.
[edit] Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 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" (Japanese release only) | 4:57 |
[edit] References
- ^ Steve Marchese (2006). "Sky's the Limit". RES Media Group. Archived from the original on 2007-03-13. http://web.archive.org/web/20070313000931/http://www.barneum.com/twoism/viewtopic.php?t=1411. Retrieved 2006-11-25.
[edit] External links
- The Campfire Headphase at the official Warp Records website
- "Dayvan Cowboy" music video (streaming)
- The Campfire Headphase at MusicBrainz
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