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Boards of Canada consists of Mike Sandison and Marcus Eion. Their
music is best described as electronic, but it infuses elements
of hip-hop, trip-hop, dance, funk, and rock to surpass any genre
or label it may receive. I was introduced to Boards of Canada
in 2000 by a friend. He played "Music Has the Right to Children"
for me on a car ride. I barely listened to any electronic at the
time, so I did not catch on to most of it at first, but I did
love the catchy Roygbiv. I copied the CD onto a mini-disc to listen
to it in my car. For the next 2 months while I worked as a pizza
delivery driver, I listened to that album every day at least once,
all the way through. I would leave in the morning and just press
play. "Music Has the Right to Children" was in no way
Boards of Canada's first release. They had recorded several EPs
and a full album but had not received wide-spread distribution
until MHtRtC was re-released on Warp Records in 1999 (it had been
released previously on Skam, hence the dual record companies on
the album's back cover). The thing which amazed me most about
this album was that it was not recorded as an album. Most of these
tracks had been on their "BOC Maxima" release, and were
arranged somewhat differently on that album. This is startling
considering the flow and consistency you feel within the album.
The tracks seem to complement and criticize each other while still
allowing the listerner room to breathe.
More on "Music Has the Right to Children"
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