Boards Of Canada – Music Has The Right To Children

Label: Warp Records – WARPLP55R
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: Apr 20, 1998 (2023 Repress)
Genre: Electronic
Style: IDM, Ambient, Electronica, Trip Hop

Boards Of Canada’s Music Has The Right To Children remains one of the most influential electronic albums ever released. First appearing in 1998 on Warp Records, Michael Sandison and Marcus Eoin’s debut full-length introduced a hazy, memory-soaked sonic language built from warped analogue synths, degraded tape textures and hip hop-informed rhythms.

Equal parts melancholic and euphoric, the album drifts between childlike wonder and eerie nostalgia, balancing intricate beat programming with fragile melodies and cinematic ambience. From the drifting calm of Olson to the bittersweet glow of Roygbiv and the surreal pulse of Aquarius, this is a record that reshaped IDM and ambient music, and continues to resonate decades on. Essential listening.