Boards of Canada "Music has the Right to Children" (1998)
Boards of Canada: again I knew the band name but not what the music
sounded like. I'd kind of assumed it'd be indie stuff, but nope it's
bleepy, soupy synthesizer tracks.
The band consists of two brothers from Scotland who were playing music
and experimenting with recording techniques from an early age. They'd
released an EP but this was their first full-length.
The book talks about how this album showed that electronic music could
show emotion. I'm not sure about that, certainly it can create
atmospheres with some sort of mood to them, but emotion might be
overstating it. I mean come on.... it's not Moonlight Sonata!
There are some warm, analogue synth sounds that feel like they've come
straight from the 70s, with a few short tracks that are just extended
synth sound-beds. "Telephasic Workshop"
has some cool stuttery vocal sounds over a jittery beat. "Sixtyten"
mixes the aforementioned synth sounds and found sounds to create mood.
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