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Introit /
Prophecy at
1420 MHz

№ NMU 260507 · blog singlerel. May 7, 20265 min 47 s · stereo · Warp
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Two pieces joined in one video: “Introit” and “Prophecy At 1420 MHz”, from Inferno, the duo’s first album in thirteen years, out May 29, 2026. The video went up on May 7. The 1420 in the title is the frequency in megahertz of the hydrogen line, the one radio astronomers listen on.

Boards of Canada. Video directed by Robert Beatty; production Greg Burne / Big Active. From Inferno, Warp, May 29, 2026. Sources: Stereogum, Big Active, Wikipedia. Photograph: the Parkes Radio Telescope at sunset, December 10, 2001, by CSIRO, CC BY 3.0 (CSIRO ScienceImage 2337). Wikimedia Commons.

№
NMU 260507
artist
Boards of Canada
title
Introit / Prophecy at 1420 MHz
video
Robert Beatty
from
Inferno (2026)
label
Warp
photograph
CSIRO, Parkes Radio Telescope at sunset, 2001. CC BY 3.0.
filed
May 7, 2026
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