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Edinburgh, United Kingdom (1986 – present)

Boards of Canada is an electronic music duo from Edinburgh, Scotland, composed of brothers Michael Sandison (b. 10 June 1969) and Marcus Eoin Sandison (b. 21 September 1970). 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 and idm scenes. They have frequently made reference to the warm, scratchy, artificial sounds of 1970’s 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 Michael 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 Michael’s band that Boards of Canada was born.

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Roygbiv is what love sounds like.

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infant-tango wrote:
Thursday morning

i got music has the right tochildren on vinyl :D

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AV_Virus320 wrote:
yesterday evening

maybe you are bro

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nachtaktiv wrote:
Tuesday evening

every time i listen to boc i feel like im trippin out on some mad weird green. its fuckin awesome..

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neccy60 wrote:
Tuesday evening

I really like the art on Twoism, for some reason

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e8ghtmileshigh wrote:
Tuesday evening

whats with the solange track?

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MrChig wrote:
Tuesday evening

Beck - Broken Drum (Boards of Canada remix)

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royal_jelly wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

synaesthesia

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alightedlamp wrote:
Tuesday morning

this is the lightest shit around.

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nathanbeja wrote:
Monday evening

dark?

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leoleal82 wrote:
Monday evening

deep dark and amazing music

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BoringArcade wrote:
Monday morning

Search Boards of Canada on deviant art, some of the stuff is interesting if you're a fan.

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Robert-O wrote:
Monday morning

i read somehwere about them, and one of the guys said he wrote a song recently and they think its thier best song ever and the new work is too. im hoping for a 2009 release!!!! please!!!!

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Casperez wrote:
Sunday evening

roygbiv is a masterpiece.

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Heliosphaner wrote:
Sunday evening

Nostradamus said about their album in 2009

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BoringArcade wrote:
Sunday morning

Yeah, exactly.

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neccy60 wrote:
Sunday morning

Boards of Canda is really easy to get into, IMO. Especially Geogaddi. :O

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Raptorshaman wrote:
Saturday evening

if you like Boards of Canada you should check out shamantis http://www.last.fm/music/Shamantis P.s: Love you guys

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tawanprivate wrote:
Saturday evening

genius..

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BoringArcade wrote:
Saturday morning

Geogaddi? Tougher to get into? Oh lawd.

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