TEAM RNS PRESENTS

ARTIST: Boards of Canada

RIPPER: Team RNS

0hr 36min total- 52.4mb

RELEASE DATE: 2002-11-26
RIP DATE: 2002-11-12

The twenty fifth of November 2002 sees
Warp release Boards of Canadas seminal
Twoism. Remastered and recut, this nine
track mini album will be available on CD
for the first time, seven years after
its original, semi-mythical pressing
on Boards of Canadas own label Music70.
Their esoteric release, limited to an
exclusive hundred copies on vinyl, made
it a most sought after contemporary
item, copies being known to change
hands for 800 pounds on-line.

Marcus Eoin and Mike Sandison, the
elusive duo that operate as Boards of
Canada from their remote studio
(Turquoise Hexagon Sun) in Scotland,
have sanctioned a re-release to reach
their exasperated audience, on condition
it was lo-key, in line with their belief
"wed rather that people find our music
by themselves, so that its something
that feels like it belongs to them".

A subtle precursor to the
ground-breaking Music Has the Right to
Children, Twoism gently maps BOCs
twilight territory, exploring the themes
that would later become unquestionably
their own: bittersweet evocations of
childhood, haunted pastoral spaces,
contriving a detached perspective, or
drift, through their grainy organic

Demonstrating their range of styles,
an evolution can be seen, from the
formalist tumble of Basefree, the
wistful Melissa Juice and the skewed pop
of Iced Cooly, through to Seeya Laters
analogue groove and the brooding Smokes
Quantity (both of which appeared on

Twoism has a simple muted elegance,
like watching the past ebb away in the
rear view mirror.

Boards of Canada Twoism is available as
12" vinyl (WARPLP70) and on CD

Track 9 "1986 Summer Fire" is hidden
and starts at 3:10 of track 8