Recorded 2001-2004 Artist Boards of Canada Label Beat Records | Length 62:05 Release date 12 October 2005 | |
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Released 17 October 2005 (2005-10-17) The Campfire Headphase
(2005) Trans Canada Highway
(2006) Genres Ambient music, Electronica, Intelligent dance music, Downtempo, Electronic dance music, Electronic music, Folktronica Producers Michael Sandison, Marcus Eoin Similar Boards of Canada albums, Intelligent dance music albums, Other albums | ||
Boards of canada the campfire headphase full album
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.
Contents
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.
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 "Chromakey Dreamcoat" is featured in a commercial bump for the Cartoon Network.
The track "Dayvan Cowboy" has been featured in a number of commercials and television programmes, including an advertisement (on the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge in Charleston, SC) for the new GMC Yukon Hybrid, the television programme Search For Second Earth on the Science Channel, and the documentary series Megacities by the BBC. Most recently it has been used in an April 2014 commercial for the 2014 Nissan Altima.
The R&B Singer Solange sang over the top of the track "Slow This Bird Down" on her album Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams.
Track listing
All music composed by Marcus Eoin and Mike Sandison.
Personnel
All personnel credits adapted from The Campfire Headphase's liner notes.
Songs
1Into the Rainbow Vein
2Chromakey Dreamcoat5:47
3Satellite Anthem Icarus6:04