| Boards of Canada, also known as BoC, is a Scottish electronic music duo consisting of brothers Michael Sandison (born 10 June 1969) and Marcus Eoin (born 21 September 1970).Their music is reminiscent of the warm, scratchy, artificial sounds of 1970s television and contains recurring themes of childhood and nostalgia.The duo has recorded a few minor works as Hell Interface.Pop culture references
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3.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.Though, it was heading for electronic music; already we were sampling our own instruments.Then we went back to something closer to our original spirit: simple and instinctive, the only difference being that from then on, we could use all the wonders of digital technology, and so it was a lot easier to experiment and to get what we wanted.Eoin)
By 1989, the band had been reduced to Sandison and Eoin.In the early 1990s, a number of collaborations took place and the band put on small, fairly regular shows among the "Hexagon Sun" collective.Boards of Canada, although some information has been preserved by fans.Early tape releases by Boards of Canada include Play By Numbers, Acid Memories, Hooper Bay, and the earliest known release by the band is titled Catalog 3.None of the material from those days is readily available, and since official Boards of Canada sources ignore the existence of this material, there seems to be little chance for this early material ever to resurface.Music Has The Right To Children (1998)
Problems listening to the file?Music Has The Right To Children (1998)
Problems listening to the file?Peel Session (1998)
Problems listening to the file?Geogaddi (2002)
Problems listening to the file?Geogaddi (2002)
Problems listening to the file?Unlike previous releases, however, a small number of copies were also released to the public through the IDM mailing list.Music Has the Right to Children, with which it shares many tracks.Boards of Canada's first commercial release occurred after attracting the attention of Autechre's Sean Booth, of the English label Skam Records, one of many people sent a demo EP.Skam issued what was considered Boards of Canada's first "findable" work, Hi Scores, in 1996.John Peel featured Boards of Canada on his BBC Radio 1 program in January of that year.Though never an actively touring band, Boards of Canada did perform a handful of shows.The LP edition was pressed on sky blue vinyl.Throughout most of their career, Mike and Marcus chose not to publicize their brotherhood and were simply portrayed as childhood friends.Their third album for Warp Records, The Campfire Headphase, was released on 17 October 2005 (18 October in the United States).EP, Trans Canada Highway, which was released on 26 May 2006.On 23 July 2007, a member of Hexagon Sun confirmed on the Boards of Canada Yahoo Groups that a new major release by the band is coming up.The post was made under the username "hex_official", and stated that an announcement would be made via the official Boards of Canada website closer to the release date.He inserts a CD into a boom box and "Dayvan Cowboy" by Boards of Canada is played as he begins to relax."Beware the Friendly Stranger" is the background music to the popular flash cartoon Salad Fingers.Director Chris Cunningham used several BoC soundtracks in his commercials for BMW, Nissan, and Italian Telecom.The tracks "1969" and "turquoise hexagon sun" have been used as background music for the British soap Hollyoaks.Chile, used a version of the track "Roygbiv" on a TV admission campaign.Boards of Canada's unique sound is a product of their strong use of analogue equipment, mix of electronic and conventional instrumentation, use of distorted samples as well as live and radio or film lyrics, and their layering and blending of these elements.Their deliberate eschewal of a purely synthetic sound gives their music a warmer, emotive quality, often meant to inspire nostalgia.Brief interludes or "vignettes" feature prominently in their music.Boards of Canada have written an enormous number of song fragments and songs, most of which will never be released.For instance, Geogaddi's development involved the creation of 400 song fragments and 64 complete songs, of which 22 were selected (not 23, as one of the tracks on the CD is complete silence).Influences
Interviews with Sandison and Eoin provide some insight into the duo's creative inspiration.My Bloody Valentine ("even if we don't sound like them, there's a connection in terms of the approach to music").Themes
I've always been fascinated by the connection between music and numbers.Psychedelic experiences lead in this direction; they help us to see things in terms of numbers and their forms, of structures, as if the music was made out of crystals.We've touched upon the theme of lost childhood a few times because it's something personal to me that gives me real inspiration through its sadness.We just put symbols into our music sometimes, depending on what we're interested in at the time.We do care about people and the state of the world, and if we're spiritual at all it's purely in the sense of caring about art and inspiring people with ideas.People go on about hypnotizing people with music, or subliminal messages and we have dabbled in that intentionally.Sometimes that's just a bit of a private joke, just to see what we can sneak into the tracks.Eoin)
Also of note is that in the track 'Gyroscope' from the album 'Geogaddi' it is possible to hear a young girls voice in the background reciting numbers in a random order.This is a sample taken from a recording of a Numbers station and adds an unsettling atmosphere to the track.Twoism albums, but none have been officially acknowledged by Boards of Canada."Two Aesthetes of Electronic Music" (Jun 1998), Virgin Megaweb magazine."Matador Records' Boards of Canada Biography" (Sep 1998), Matador Records."Northern Exposure" (Jul 2002), Remix magazine."Brainwashing, Misanthropy and Society: An Analysis of Boards of Canada's Geogaddi"."What the hell is up with Boards of Canada?Shorter analysis of Geogaddi".Music70
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4.Remixes by Boards of Canada
4.Remixes by Boards of Canada as Hell Interface
4.Limited CD repress in 1997.LP, CD, Limited Edition CD.Boards of Canada have remixed a number of artists' songs.Boards of Canada has additionally remixed two older, popular songs under the alias Hell Interface, detailed below.Broken Drum" on Guero Deluxe Edition, Beck, 28 March 2005 and Guerolito, Beck, 13 December 2005
"Good Friday (Boards of Canada Remix)" on The Hollows, Why?Music is Math", featured on Nathan Barley, among others.This piece is not commercially available but a portion of this track seems to be sampled on "A is to B as B is to C" from the Geogaddi album.The commercial features movie star Leonardo DiCaprio.Beware the Friendly Stranger", from Geogaddi, used in "Salad Fingers"."Gyroscope", on the soundtrack of the Italian movie Le conseguenze dell'amore ("The Consequences of Love"), directed by Paolo Sorrentino (2004)."Dayvan Cowboy", used on an MTV promo for Fast Inc."Kyle XY" Season 2, Episode 6."An Eagle In Your Mind", used on several episodes of the BBC3 martial arts series "Mind, Body and Kick Ass Moves".Portions of "Pete Standing Alone" were looped in various German television vignettes for the 2006 World Cup with a fan doing the "Deutschland Dance".All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.This user has either cancelled their membership, or their account has been deleted.Id + " Text: " + targetLink."Are you sure you want to block this user?DIV td, li, p, div, textarea tablea.Boards of Canada CDs and LPs are available to order online at www.Please note that this page is not maintained by the band themselves.All mail to that address is forwarded to the band."Are you sure you want to delete this comment?"I'm ashamed to say I only just discovered you guys, Fantastic.Best thing I heard since Do Make Say Think.Thanks for your spectacular music; I am a classical musician that wants to branch into electronica, and your music is a real inspiration.Hey BOC,love the music you guys make!Sending summer breeze your way!Thanks for the add and for the music!Catch you soon,Aurian K.What are you guys doing in California?Anywho, it'd be amazing if you put "Hey Saturday Sun" up on your profile.All the best in Oh Eight!Thanks for the great music.Please enjoy one best year!Roygbiv' a couple times.Thanx for the addGreetings from Mexico City!Please feed us some more.Love you and thanks for your great music!BOARDS OF CANADA ARE GODS IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD!HAVE FOLLOWED YOU GUYS THROUGHT THICK N THIN!FROM CLOSES TO GEOGADDI.LOVE YOU GUYS AND COULD NEVER EXPRESS HOW MUCH IMPACT YOU HAVE HAD ON MY SOUND!"Urgent Security Alert","Warning: You are submitting information to an outside site.This could be an attempt to steal your username and password.Do you wish to continue your form submission?"Id + " Text: " + targetLink.Source: Wikipedia
Boards of Canada is a Scottish electronic music duo consisting of brothers Michael Sandison (born 10 June, 1969) and Marcus Eoin (born 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.Fri Nov 23 04:54:38 UTC 2007').I'm wishing all a good night (or good morn, depending on the time zone.Saturday track in a while, so here's one of my favorite Boards of Canada tracks, "Dawn Chorus" from Geogaddi.Have a listen to the mp3 while you read.You can, apparently, tell a musician by the size of his corpus collosum.Tue Jul 17 08:45:18 UTC 2007').Out of all the music to hear on a show on ABC Family, I never expected to hear something by Boards Of Canada.But that's exactly what I heard on yesterday's episode of Kyle XY.Mon Mar 12 20:22:30 UTC 2007').Scores 12" was a big deal to me.Sun Mar 11 14:33:11 UTC 2007').So I made the mistake of mentioning the idea for a song to Sinead O'Connor, and Kate Bush ended up stealing it.Wed Jan 17 06:43:07 UTC 2007').Salad Fingers, and loved the sort of haunting twisted sound that haunts his landscape.It's pretty rad stuff, and it led me to the Boards Of Canada.The only message I get out of it i...Fri Jan 12 04:00:49 UTC 2007').Today, the pink circle is Boards of Canada, the cyan circle is My Bloody Valentine, and the magical dark blue bit is...I'll call the magical dark blue bit "uncertainty of pitch".Stop making that big noise!Album: Everything Is Nice: Matador 10th Anv.I've been obsessed with Aphex Twin, Autechre, Einsturzende Neubauten, FSOL , Squarepusher, Underworld, Plaid, etc.Boards of Canada are amazing on every album, but this one is like a perfect complement to Aphex Twin.It is to me the sound of nostalgia....Fri Sep 08 04:28:52 UTC 2006').Sun Aug 27 20:10:08 UTC 2006').The track lengths were right on, but I was the victim of wishful thinking.The best place to get your filez on is on USENET .That's where I just collected Hooper Bay, Boar...Sat Jul 15 12:38:20 UTC 2006').Music Has The Right To Children??Many thanks to bgreen, Wayne Ralph, and max for finally pointing out the door through which I could enter Boards Of Canada world.How you remember the 70's.Boards of Canada when I was bored around Canada Day and typed in "Canada" into Napster or some other P2P app.I've tried to describe BoC to others but Intelligent Dance Music (IDM) or Ambiant just doesn't seem right.It doesn't really matter what it was actually like, this is ...Magazine Editors Play Musical Chairs: Joe Levy Joins Blender, Nick Purdy Retu...Any help to support the continuation of the BoC pages is much appreciated; you can therefore contribute any amount by using the Paypal donation button at the bottom of the main menu.Boards of Canada are shown.I've copied the text to my pages because it really is a very nice read and my boc pages were missing a good biography section.This biography is also located at the Warp Records website now; see the Boards of Canada artist info tab over there for the original version without the extra links.Biographical details by PIC (Peter Ian Campbell), S.There's also a Goodies section containing various pictures and wallpapers related to Boards of Canada.You could also edit my Wiki pages if you've got something interesting to add. |
