BOARDS OF CANADA (Warp Records) | Back in stock
We are happy to bring back in stock the three flagship albums (2xLP format) of the legendary Scotish band Boards of Canada (Warp Records) : Music Has the Right To Children, The Campfire Headphase & Tomorrow’s Harvest.
Music Has the Right To Children arrived in 1998 as a joint release from Warp and the burgeoning Skam imprint, and proved a seminal release which helped define Warp’s place in electronic music’s hall of fame, and gained the introspective, mysterious sounds of duo Boards of Canada a powerful cult following.
The Campfire Headphase contains many of the strongest ambient tracks of Boards’ illustrious career, with the poignant two-part closer of ‘Tears from the Compound Eye’ and ‘Farewell Fire’ wrenching trademark raw synth bubbles and naïve washes into an astonishingly beautiful concoction. ‘Chromakey Dreamcoat’ marries an innocently jangling guitar lick with cinematic swells of texture recalling the ambient work of label-mate Aphex Twin, while elsewhere on ’84 Pontiac Dream’ the guitar leads blur into shoegazey distortions which fade to grey. The album remains a gem in Boards of Canada’s discography, and a vital entry point for fans of more band-orientated music in approaching the duo’s work.
Tomorrow’s Harvest afforded the release luxurious ambient tracks, which through repeated listens slowly became the record’s highlights: ‘Sundown’ pushed gorgeous synth pads in and out of a sandstorm of decayed static, while ‘Transmisiones Ferox’ seemed to beam a disembodied voice from some alternate dimension into the brooding and unnerving landscape. Much like 2002’s ‘Geogaddi’, ‘Tomorrow’s Harvest’ was a vital examining of the darker underbelly of the duo’s output, and felt like a timely addition to their already formidable catalogue.
Discover BOARDS OF CANADA Music Has the Right To Children 2xLP (Warp Records)
Discover BOARDS OF CANADA The Campfire Headphase 2xLP (Warp Records)
Discover BOARDS OF CANADA Tomorrow’s Harvest 2xLP (Warp Records)