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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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BlueGhost60 wrote:
Stars of the Lid sucks
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Chadipoo wrote:
Geogaddi is win
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Comet_Course wrote:
Does anyone else love the irony that in the groups section on here, the group "Stars of the Lid are the only band we need" is listed?
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Comet_Course wrote:
Dorn Core Us.
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riigo wrote:
a bald guy with headphones?
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Sublimit wrote:
http://www.boardsofcanada.com/favicon.ico
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BoringArcade wrote:
The best = subjective
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riigo wrote:
u mean dawn chorus rite?
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ballparkmanatee wrote:
I don't think its the best but its definitely one of the highlights of Geogaddi.
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Alex0112 wrote:
Check out this track: http://www.last.fm/music/Young+Funk+Chump/Elastic+Space+EP/Elastic+Space One of the hottest new beatmakers out there
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BlueGhost60 wrote:
It has a good song title...that's about it. It's still good, just because it's BoC, but eh. It's decent, but anywhere remotely close to their best? I don't know about that man.
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planetstoney wrote:
I actually check this page weekly for God's sake. It's my weekly mass led by brothers of BoC, in my spare time I go on missions to convert the heathens to worship the symbol of the hexagon. But Turquoise Hexagon Sun being average? I don't know about that man.
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BlueGhost60 wrote:
lolololol nah. It comes off as a meh song to me, especially compared to all the other awesome stuff on MHTRTC, let alone all of BoC's other albums. DAWN CHORUS IZ BEST 111!11
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LordRama wrote:
"That's because Dawn Chorus is the best, homes. I can't help it, especially when an average song like Turquoise Hexagon Sun is so high in the charts =/" Screw you Turquoise Hexagon Sun is one of their best, if not their best.
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100538 wrote:
>>This isn't about any song. It's about Dawn Chorus. Seriously. Every other week someone posts about how Dawn Chorus doesn't get any respect, or how it's the best BoC song, blah blah blah. It's annoying.<< who the fuck checks last.fm artist's page every fucking week for god's sake. that's what annoying
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BlueGhost60 wrote:
That's because Dawn Chorus is the best, homes. I can't help it, especially when an average song like Turquoise Hexagon Sun is so high in the charts =/
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StinkyHair wrote:
One day closer to the new BOC album :)
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LordRama wrote:
dawn chorus <3
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planetstoney wrote:
This isn't about any song. It's about Dawn Chorus. Seriously. Every other week someone posts about how Dawn Chorus doesn't get any respect, or how it's the best BoC song, blah blah blah. It's annoying.
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bageltopia wrote:
Oh I know! God forbid anyone mentions a Boards of Canada song on the BOC shoutbox!
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