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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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Music Has the Right to Children
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haggard666 wrote:
http://www.last.fm/music/Compucon+Hyperion - Ambient/post-rock from Australia. Free mp3s.
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EchotheSun wrote:
whatever happened to the box set?
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commissar001 wrote:
In a perfect world, BoC will release some new music by 2012, jizz rainbows etc.
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NOISECORE_21 wrote:
poppy seed
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HexOmega wrote:
was Roygbiv ever used in an adult swim bump?
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Milo101 wrote:
@popeinsexshop that's weird, my dog always falls asleep in my room when ever i'm playing Boards of Canada :P
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popeinsexshop wrote:
my cat LOVES Boards Of Canada
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johnnyboy898 wrote:
In a perfect world, BoC will release a box set of every album they have ever made, then the entire world will jizz rainbows and we can die fulfilled in 2012. [4]
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Plaumtothashizz wrote:
In a perfect world, I don't die in 2012.
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Chur_4ill wrote:
In a perfect world, BoC will release a box set of every album they have ever made, then the entire world will jizz rainbows and we can die fulfilled in 2012. [3]
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Car1smat1qa wrote:
The beach at redpoint, ♥♥♥♥♥♥ it' couldn't be more perfect.
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respiraator wrote:
mine too
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neckbeard27 wrote:
BoC is my shit.
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BoringArcade wrote:
In a perfect world, BoC will release a box set of every album they have ever made, then the entire world will jizz rainbows and we can die fulfilled in 2012. [2] Best thing ever said on this shoutbox.
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Auland wrote:
In a perfect world, BoC will release a box set of every album they have ever made, then the entire world will jizz rainbows and we can die fulfilled in 2012.
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Nightwork wrote:
#rustyspoons#
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panmaki86 wrote:
what's your aim?
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xinjinbei wrote:
Why Christ. is listed as a band member?
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xinjinbei wrote:
an old salad fingers flick [2]
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mitsario wrote:
an old salad fingers flick
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