Boards of Canada: Inferno

Boards of Canada bend time. They make me feel both young and old at the same time. I was still in my twenties when Twoism landed in ’96, stitched together with samples that felt mysterious and alive. They aren’t prolific like other artists and maybe that’s the trick. Each record feels like it arrives from nowhere yet still sharp, still alive. This one is brilliant. Futuristic tones tangled with nostalgia, like VHS static pretending to be the future. Evocative in a way that recalls the experience of first hearing Deodato’s Also Sprach Zarathustra, expansive, layered, and full of possibilities.