Name: Boards of Canada
Genre: Electronica, Ambient music, Intelligent dance music, Downtempo
Website: https://bleep.com/artist/78-boards-of-canada
Interview: Rare interview in The Guardian

This from Wikipedia:

"BoC's sound is a product of their use of analogue equipment, mix of electronic and conventional instrumentation, use of distorted samples as well as live and recorded lyrics, and their layering and blending of these elements. For example, the duo have revealed that they use many old tape machines, such as those manufactured by Grundig; and it can be said that this is one of the key factors that contributes to their vintage sound. Because they avoid a purely synthetic sound, their music is often described as having a warm, emotive quality often meant to inspire nostalgia. This is helped by the use of samples from 1970s television shows and other media prevalent in the era of the brothers' shared childhood, especially the nature-inspired documentaries produced by the National Film Board of Canada."

Best of Albums

Tomorrow Harvest (2013)

• Track 1 - Reach for the Dead
• Track 14 - Sundown

Trans Canadian Highway (2006)

• Track 1 - Dayvan Cowboy
• Track 4 - Skyliner

The Campfire Headphase (2005)

• Track 2 - Chromakey Dreamcoat
• Track 11 - Hey Saturday Sun

Geogaddi (2002)

• Track 2 - Music Is Math
• Track 10 - 1969

In a Beautiful Place out In The Country (2000)

• Track 1 - Kid For Today
• Track 3 - In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country

Peel Session (1999)

• Track 1 - Happy Cycling

Music Has the Right to Children (1998)

• Track 2 - An Eagle in Your Mind
• Track 4 - Telephasic Workshop
• Track 6 - Sixtyten
• Track 12 - Aquarius

Boc Maxima (1996)

• Track 4 - Everything You Do Is a Balloon
• Track 5 - Boca Maxima
• Track 12 - Red Moss
• Track 15 - Nlogax

Hi Score

• Track 2 - Turquoise Hexagon Sun

Twoism (1995)

• Track 1 - Sixtyniner
• Track 9 - Smokes Quantity / 1986 Summer Fire

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