Album: Music Has the Right to Children by Boards of Canada (1998)
Genre: Ambient | Style: Electronic | Mood: Trippy
Format: Album

Description: Music Has the Right to Children is the debut studio album by Scottish electronic music duo Boards of Canada. It was published by Warp Records and released on 20 April 1998 in Europe and 20 August in the United States. The album was produced at Hexagon Sun, the duo's personal recording studio.  The songs utilise a number of field recordings and intensive sound manipulation.

Artist Background: Boards of Canada are an electronic music duo from Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, formed in 1986 and comprised of brothers Mike Sandison (born 1 June 1970) and Marcus Eoin (born 21 July 1971). They have released a number of works, most notably the studio albums Music Has the Right to Children (1998), Geogaddi (2002), and The Campfire Headphase (2005) on the pioneering electronic music label Warp. Their fourth album Tomorrow's Harvest was released in June 2013. Boards of Canada have had an enormous i... Part of the Edinburgh, Scotland music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Ambient movement. Known for Electronic style.

Music Scene: Part of the Edinburgh, Scotland music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Ambient movement. Known for Electronic style.

Tags: Ambient, Electronic, Trippy, 1990s, Album

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Music Has the Right to Children is the debut studio album by Scottish electronic music duo Boards of Canada. It was published by Warp Records and released on 20 April 1998 in Europe and 20 August in the United States. The album was produced at Hexagon Sun, the duo's personal recording studio.  The songs utilise a number of field recordings and intensive sound manipulation.

Music Has the Right to Children

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