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Edinburgh, United Kingdom (1986 – present)
Boards of Canada is an electronic music duo from Edinburgh, Scotland, composed of brothers Mike Sandison (b. 1 June 1970) and Marcus Eoin (b. 21 July 1971). They have released a number of works, most notably Music Has the Right to Children and Geogaddi, with little advertising and few interviews - like many of their label-mates on the pioneering electronic music label Warp.
Boards of Canada have had an enormous influence on the ambient, downtempo and IDM scenes. They have frequently made reference to the warm, scratchy, artificial sounds of 1970s television. Indeed, the Sandison brothers admit to being inspired by the documentary films of the National Film Board of Canada, from which they take their name. The duo have recorded a few minor works under the name Hell Interface. Boards of Canada’s music has been used in several CSI episodes and on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim interlude shorts; small bits of their music have been used on the BBC program Top Gear for transitional music.
Early Boards of Canada (1970s-1995)
Growing up in a musical family, brothers Mike and Marcus Eoin began playing instruments at a young age. They experimented with recording techniques at around the age of 10, using tape machines to layer cut-up samples of found sounds over compositions of their own. In their teens they participated in a number of amateur bands, however, it wasn’t until 1986 when Marcus was invited to Mike’s band that Boards of Canada was born.
Boards of Canada have had an enormous influence on the ambient, downtempo and IDM scenes. They have frequently made reference to the warm, scratchy, artificial sounds of 1970s television. Indeed, the Sandison brothers admit to being inspired by the documentary films of the National Film Board of Canada, from which they take their name. The duo have recorded a few minor works under the name Hell Interface. Boards of Canada’s music has been used in several CSI episodes and on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim interlude shorts; small bits of their music have been used on the BBC program Top Gear for transitional music.
Early Boards of Canada (1970s-1995)
Growing up in a musical family, brothers Mike and Marcus Eoin began playing instruments at a young age. They experimented with recording techniques at around the age of 10, using tape machines to layer cut-up samples of found sounds over compositions of their own. In their teens they participated in a number of amateur bands, however, it wasn’t until 1986 when Marcus was invited to Mike’s band that Boards of Canada was born.
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Orlandomoe wrote:
escribe bien... animal
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NOISECORE_21 wrote:
gueon, no puedo creer que el unico tema del geogaddi sea music is math... el geo es un disco, es otra guea, de otro tiempo de otro lugar.
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BlueGhost60 wrote:
prequel to the sequel
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MountainsMove wrote:
old tunes v2 pt2
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Orlandomoe wrote:
Old Tunes Vol. 2 is so great....
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FermentedLies wrote:
Dawn Chorus!
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Rariep wrote:
boc <3
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MountainsMove wrote:
naw
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Oliahim wrote:
"good times"
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LordRama wrote:
I'm not habitual at least.
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riigo wrote:
no
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Mars464 wrote:
I Looooovvvvvve Yooouuuu
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cestrs wrote:
nope.
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Bananasaur wrote:
Can I find out which of my friends are habitual drug users by finding out whether or not they like Boards of Canada?
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MountainsMove wrote:
the finest boards made from canadian maple
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MountainsMove wrote:
canadian boards
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TheNihilisticId wrote:
I wonder myself. =]
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frimsah wrote:
I wonder if we'll see new material from these guys anytime soon
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BoringArcade wrote:
They most defiantly do, but I agree that it can be just as good sober.
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foolonahill235 wrote:
the drugs help
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