Boards Of Canada release new music after 13 years: listen to "Tape 05"

After days of speculation fueled by strange mail-outs, new music has finally arrived from the Boards Of Canada galaxy, 13 years after their last release.

Last week some fans had received mysterious VHS tapes sent out by Warp Records, the Scottish duo's longtime label: a signal that had reignited attention around a possible comeback, even though they contained no new music.

Now comes more concrete confirmation. The group has released “Tape 05”, a short track of about three minutes that marks their first new material after thirteen years of recording silence, following “Tomorrow’s Harvest” (2013).

Listen to “Tape 05” below.

It's not clear whether this is a finished track or a fragment destined for a larger project, but the content points in a direction consistent with their sound: an ethereal flow of synthesizers, rarefied and hypnotic, built on soft drones and minimal layering. A signal that, for now, is more evocative than conclusive, but enough to reopen the conversation about one of the most influential names in contemporary electronic music.

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