Albums by Boards of Canada
ALBUMTomorrow's HarvestBoards of Canada
ALBUMThe Campfire HeadphaseBoards of Canada
ALBUMGeogaddiBoards of Canada
ALBUMMusic Has the Right to ChildrenBoards of Canada
ALBUMHi ScoresBoards of Canada
ALBUMTwoismBoards of Canada
Boards of Canada's Popular Music Videos
Dayvan Cowboy
Boards of Canada
Artist Playlists
Boards of Canada Essentials
This mysterious duo revolutionized electronic sounds with their haunting melodies.
Boards of Canada: Deep Cuts
The Scottish duo's pastoral sound heads for the outer limits.
Artist Biography
Utilizing samples, hazy synths, and hip-hop beats, the enigmatic Scottish electronic duo Boards of Canada (or BoC) specialize in obliquely nostalgic, retro-futuristic music that’s earned them legions of devoted fans.
• Brothers Michael Sandison and Marcus Eoin first began making music together as children, using tape recorders to sample and layer their musical compositions at home.
• Although they primarily grew up in Edinburgh, Scotland, they spent a year in Canada from 1979 to 1980. They were inspired by TV films made by the National Film Board of Canada, which explains the band name.
• After a series of self-released projects, BoC issued the EP Hi Scores, their first commercial release, in 1996.
• Their 1998 debut album, Music Has the Right to Children, is considered a landmark in electronic music.
• BoC’s 2002 album Geogaddi narrowly missed the Top 20 on the UK albums chart and peaked at No. 3 on Billboard’s Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart.
• Solange remixed “Left Side Drive,” from BoC’s 2006 Trans Canada Highway EP, adding celestial vocals to the duo’s original production.
• In 2013, Tomorrow’s Harvest, their first album in eight years, hit the Top 10 of the UK albums chart and the Top 20 of the Billboard 200.
Hometown
Edinburgh, Scotland
Genre
Electronic