Boards of Canada - Everything You Do is a Balloon

What this video is

Released in December 1996 on Manchester's Skam Records, 'Everything You Do Is a Balloon' closes the Hi Scores EP — Boards of Canada's first widely available commercial release. The accompanying video repurposes One Got Fat (1963), a deeply uncanny American bicycle safety instructional short featuring children in monkey masks, directed by Dale Jennings. This act of appropriation is wholly consistent with BoC's…

Why it matters

As the closing track of Hi Scores (1996), 'Everything You Do Is a Balloon' is a foundational artefact of the IDM and ambient downtempo tradition. The EP established Boards of Canada's international reputation and directly preceded Music Has the Right to Children (1998), widely regarded as a…