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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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Geogaddi
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Oliahim wrote:
, with little advertising and few interviews -
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Dalboz wrote:
A beautiful place...
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BlueGhost60 wrote:
Correction: Music Has The Right To Children isn't overrated at all, while Geogaddi remains underrated. AV Club didn't even have it in their best electronic albums of the 00s. Mofos >=(
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caroosyrup wrote:
orange romeda on heavy rotation.....
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caroosyrup wrote:
i like the interesting posts...... : )
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Haz567 wrote:
if anything Music Has the Right to Children is just as praised as Geogaddi. i like both
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GalaxiaRetro wrote:
weird in that all of their songs sound familiar, even when you've never heard them before
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1nnervision wrote:
Music Has the Right to Children is the most underrated album of the 1990s. Meanwhile, Geogaddi is the most overrated album of the 2000s. Interesting...
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Oliahim wrote:
The hell..
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Haz567 wrote:
SLAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYER
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Bacephree wrote:
wrong group! daft punk is that way ---->
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Chives42 wrote:
AROUND THE WORLD AROUND THE WORLD
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jeanmaxime wrote:
funniest group i've ever heard! :D
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Oscar_Ford wrote:
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riigo wrote:
borderin' canada
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BlueGhost60 wrote:
Rue The Whirl is awesome despite/because of the very repetitive beat
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BlueGhost60 wrote:
I am not a hipster
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caroosyrup wrote:
amusing....
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MountainsMove wrote:
haters hating haters hating hipsters hating haitians (also hats)
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planetstoney wrote:
cram it, hellboy. no one likes you.
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