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What shall I say? Dreamy, with deceitfully simple melodies wrapped in deep bass and addictive beats. One of those canonical electronic albums you always go back to, finding new nuances with every listen. Warning: If "Happy cycling" happens to be the track that made you pay attention to BOC, check the track listing before buying, since it was not included on first release. Happy listening!
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Fantastic in every way.
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as new
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Pretty good
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As the gentle strains of ‘Wildlife Analysis’ fade and the eerie synth tones of ‘An Eagle In Your Mind’ begin to seep into your consciousness you sense that this record is something special. And so it proves to be: ‘Music Has The Right To Children’ conveys an extraordinary sense of atmosphere over its entire length. Using fuzzy analogue synths, samples, occasional spoken word samples and multi-layered beats, Boards of Canada transport you away from the present and into an alternative reality. Images of a 1970s childhood are evoked with a sense of nostalgia but also an air of menace and mystery – like a half-formed memory repressed but beginning to emerge. If that last paragraph sounds like a load of pretentious nonsense please don’t be put off listening to this wonderful record. It is a stunning mood piece that demands to be listened to as a whole, but it also features two at the very least glorious synth-pop moments in ‘Roygbiv’ and ‘Aquarius’. In places ‘Music Has The Right To Children’ displays a harder edge, such as the sub hip-hop beats of ‘Rue the Whirl’ and the babble of cut-up voices and complex programming of the thrilling ‘Telephasic Workshop’. Ultimately though, it is the slower, more atmospheric pieces of music that impress the most. ‘Turquoise Hexagon Sun’ is mellow and beautiful, sounding like life viewed through a prism or fog whilst ‘Olsen’ is so simple yet haunting, but there is no bad track on this album. Easily the musical equal of its successor ‘Geogaddi’, ‘Music Has The Right To Children’ ably demonstrates why this act is so revered in the field of electronica.Read full review
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