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Edinburgh, United Kingdom (1986 – present)

Boards of Canada are 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 music label Warp.

Boards of Canada have had an enormous influence on the , and 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 Sandison 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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  • m-saIami

    Yes i know this, that's not a ton to me, i'll only remember The Wire one, and maybe Pitchfork. The rest is just always the same, i mean asking if they are religious or not etc...

    Wednesday morning

  • hexagonshit

    @m-salami: take your pick. http://bocpages.org/wiki/Interviews

    Tuesday evening

  • amoeba_to_man

    music is the only particularity that our mankind have in the complexity of universe, BoC is a perfect example of good music.

    Tuesday morning

  • FeatgaryTD

    Yeah, we need new album

    Tuesday morning

  • The_Star_Rover

    RenegadeParty: Boc Maxima

    Monday afternoon

  • bloodmaw

    they only have 3 albums for crying out loud

    Monday morning

  • RenegadeParty

    So, I haven't listened to this band in a while. When I did I only had the album 'Music Has the Right to Children'. What album should I start with and then where to go from there? Any suggestions?

    Monday morning

  • iaguillo

    I don't have words.

    Sunday morning
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