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Music Has the Right to Children

Boards of Canada

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Album Review

Although Boards of Canada's blueprint for electronic listening music — aching electro-synth with mid-tempo hip-hop beats and occasional light scratching — isn't quite a revolution in and of itself, Music Has the Right to Children is an amazing LP. Similar to the early work of Autechre and Aphex Twin, the duo is one of the few European artists who can match their American precursors with regard to a sense of spirit in otherwise electronic music. This is pure machine soul, reminiscent of some forgotten Japanese animation soundtrack or a rusting Commodore 64 just about to give up the ghost. Alternating broadly sketched works with minute-long vignettes (the latter of which comprise several of the best tracks on the album), Music Has the Right to Children is one of the best electronic releases of 1998.

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Music has the right to children

This album presents an interesting journey when you are listening. It takes you through your mind at tge perfect pace, all the while providing a spiritual experience that is unmatched. The sounds throughout the album combine to form an almost euphoric feeling of self fullfillment, I have listened to this album front to back many times, and the experience is as perfect each time. This album explains through music what I can't through word. Listen to Boards.

Very Good Album

Boards of Canada did a great job on this LP, and it features a cornucopia of lovely songs. "An Eagle In Your Mind" has many great textures and even includes a vocal sample saying "I love you"; it's really quite beautiful, and is a song that should be heard. Other key moments on the record can be found in songs such as: "Turquoise Hexagon Sun" (some of the best Ambient Electronic music I've ever heard), "Roygbiv", an optimistic tune which boasts some lovely piano, and "Aquarius" which features a simple yet catchy beat, a bouncy bassline, and vocal samples scattered throughout to match. All in all, very impressive work, and I hope to hear more from Boards of Canada in the future.

Biography

Formed: 1996 in Scotland

Genre: Electronic

Years Active: '90s, '00s

Boards of Canada are the duo of Michael Sandison (born July 14, 1971) and Marcus Eoin (born May 27, 1973). Based on the northern coast of Scotland, the group got its start on acclaimed experimental electronica label Skam in 1996 after recording an obscene number of tracks and pressing the best of them up as a miniscule-run 12", Twoism, an eight-track promo EP the group sent to labels in lieu of a demonstration tape. The pair's first official release appeared on Skam toward the middle of 1996, and...
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