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Number 12 on The 250 Best Electronic Albums of the 21st Century21st CenturyIDMTier S

Geogaddi

Boards of Canada

2002 · IDM · ambient

Warp Records · warpcd101

undergroundchart-reachCommercial reach 3 out of 5, where 1 is deep underground and 5 is top-40.

12 on The 250 Best Electronic Albums of the 21st Century

Hidden numerology, decayed tape loops and pitch-warped children's voices make Geogaddi meticulously sequenced and slightly dangerous. Every transition and reprise carries weight. Ten of its twenty-three tracks run under ninety seconds, so 'Music Is Math' and 'Dawn Chorus' do the carrying while the fragments between them do the unsettling. Its degraded palette would echo through hauntological and library-music-adjacent production, yet the album still feels more like a sealed place than a transferable style.

10 on The 10 Best IDM Albums

The darker one, and the better constructed one. Numerology in the sleeve, dread in the middle, and a mood that the duo have never fully returned to since. Forums are still arguing about the track lengths.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Ready Lets Go0:57
  2. 2Music Is Math5:21
  3. 3Beware The Friendly Stranger0:40
  4. 4Gyroscope3:32
  5. 5Dandelion1:14
  6. 6Sunshine Recorder6:12
  7. 7In The Annexe1:22
  8. 8Julie And Candy5:34
  9. 9The Smallest Weird Number1:13
  10. 1019694:20
  11. 11Energy Warning0:35
  12. 12The Beach At Redpoint4:18
  13. 13Opening The Mouth1:11
  14. 14Alpha And Omega7:02
  15. 15I Saw Drones0:27
  16. 16The Devil Is In The Details3:56
  17. 17A Is To B As B Is To C1:37
  18. 18Over The Horizon Radar1:08
  19. 19Dawn Chorus3:56
  20. 20Diving Station1:25
  21. 21You Could Feel The Sky5:15
  22. 22Corsair2:48
  23. 23Magic Window1:52