Boc Maxima

by Boards of Canada

Boc Maxima cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 6 October 1996
  • Label: Music70
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:04:54
  • Community rating: 3.8/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Marcus Eoin, Michael Sandison

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A highly sought-after early work, 'Boc Maxima' was a private release circulated on cassette and later CD-R among friends and family of the duo. It functions as a direct precursor to their official debut, 'Music Has the Right to Children', with several tracks appearing on both in different forms. The album showcases the formative stages of their signature sound, blending nostalgic melodies, complex rhythms, and hazy, lo-fi textures.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, atmospheric, repetitive, lo-fi, instrumental, sampling

Tracklist

  1. Wildlife Analysis (1:17)
  2. Chinook (4:39)
  3. Rodox Video (0:40)
  4. Everything You Do Is a Balloon (7:03)
  5. Boc Maxima (1:35)
  6. Roygbiv (2:31)
  7. Nova Scotia Robots (1:20)
  8. June 9th (5:16)
  9. Niagara (0:54)
  10. Skimming Stones (2:04)
  11. Sixtyniner (5:09)
  12. Red Moss (6:16)
  13. Concourse (1:42)
  14. Carcan (1:47)
  15. Nlogax (5:11)
  16. M9 (3:43)
  17. Original Nlogax (1:09)
  18. Turquoise Hexagon Sun (5:07)
  19. Whitewater (6:18)
  20. One Very Important Thought (1:04)

Credits

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