(IDM-r) Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children - Warp
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Which brings me to the Boards of Canada. They know their history. It's
hidden in bits and pieces. First of all, the samples. Just meaningless
bits of nothingness, spliced here and there. No politics, just something
that sounds cool. The beats. Laid back, always. Sort of like Autechre
discovered cool jazz. In the end you need melody, and these boys got it.
Drum-n-bass doesn't. At least the experimental stuff doesn't. There is
the occasional song--4 by Aphew Twin and Mushroom Compost by mu-ziq that
slips in--but otherwise it's just beats. On the BoC 7", that harsh noise
on chinook just has to be a homage to Kraftwerk's breathing noise on Tour
de France.
There's nothing new in Boards of Canada. But they've pulled what they
like--coincidentally what most of this list likes--and put it together
into the best down-tempo stuff I have heard this year.
Phil Downey