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Hexagon Sequence II (c. 1970) by Rosalie de Meric<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n \u2022 Boards Of Canada obsessives have been in a frenzy this week following the appearance of mysterious VHS cassettes sent at random to a small number of users of the Warp Records mail-order service. The contents of the tapes look like this<\/a>. With the group having been silent for the past thirteen years there’s been an understandable flood of wild speculation on the BOC Reddit page<\/a>, the supposition being that the tapes (and now an equally cryptic set of posters<\/a>) mean that a new record release is on the way. We’ll find out soon enough. In the meantime, here’s DJ Food’s O Is For Orange 2025 (version 3)<\/em><\/a>, a Boards Of Canada-themed mix that I neglected to link to last year.<\/p>\n \u2022 “There is no artistic process that isn\u2019t magical in that it\u2019s an attempt to magically conjure an idea, something that is invisible and intangible, into material form…” Alan Moore<\/a> (again) talking to Dominique Musorrafiti about art and magic. Also the comics business, which people really ought to stop asking him about when his reluctance to discuss his old work is so evident.<\/p>\n \u2022 \u201cI\u2019m not a commercial director\u2014I\u2019m not even a professional film-maker.\u201d Jim Jarmusch<\/a> talking to Amy Raphael about his career and his latest film, Father Mother Sister Brother<\/em>. At Little White Lies, Claire Biddle<\/a> examines the music in Jarmusch’s films and his collaborative albums.<\/p>\n \u2022 “Painting and sculpture influenced me greatly. You start to see the world, the outside, everything around you, the tone, with the eyes of seeing a picture that\u2019s framed.” Irmin Schmidt<\/a> talking to Adelle Stripe about his early life and Requiem<\/em>, his new album.<\/p>\n \u2022 New music: All Clouds Bring Not Rain<\/em><\/a> by Memorials; Afterlife Requiem<\/em><\/a> by Those Who Walk Away; Where Light Pauses In The Silence Of The Sun<\/em><\/a> by Abul Mogard & Rafael Anton Irisarri.<\/p>\n \u2022 At Colossal: Daniel Sackheim<\/a> traverses Los Angeles\u2019 noir side in The City Unseen<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u2022 At Bandcamp Daily: Jim Allen<\/a> on the sound of the \u201970s French Underground.<\/p>\n \u2022 At the BFI: Rory Doherty<\/a> selects 10 great Australian debut features.<\/p>\n \u2022 NASA Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n \u2022 Hexagon<\/a><\/em> (1990) by Ruins | Octagon<\/em><\/a> (1994) by Basic Channel | Triangles And Rhombuses<\/em><\/a> (1998) by Boards Of Canada<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"