Music : Music Has the Right to Children
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0801061805524
Label: Warp Records
Manufacturer: Warp Records
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Warp Records
Release Date: March 23, 2004
Sales Rank: 5874
Studio: Warp Records
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Sitting in my new bedroom as the remaining few hours of 2008 dwindle, I bring with it my final review of the year, I present you with Boards of Canada's "Music Has The Right To Children". BoC are a duo who use the warmest electronic equipment and make it nostalgic, the kind that sticks to your insides and heart. Although this particular album isn't from 2008, I chose to review this, as it remains memorable with hints of new flavors every year I listen to it.
Eighteen rhythmic tracks all beat heavy and all uniquely satisfying. "Wildlife Analysis" is a song with an almost thin membrane, sounding like the beginning of a documentary (kind of BoCs thing, look into their use of old documentaries). Briefly subduing the listener to a world yet to come, the all seeing ominous kaleidoscopic track "An Eagle In Your Mind" has now made its way into your ears. Many tracks, such as the innocent "Sixtyten", circle around a simple beat that swerves throughout the course of the song. Never do the tracks rely on repeats, but openly refer to them time and time again (as a source?). Spacey "Kaini Industries" in its short time morphs to a wooden sound, and leads to wondrous "Bocuma". A song that feels like it's exploring and tapping into what your mind conceives it to be. "Open the Light" sounds like a realization a new way.
Don't be fooled by "Roygbiv" although it begins with a heavy sound it becomes fun and easy going. Same goes with "The Color of Fire", a track that ... Read More
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This is good stuff through a pair of headphones. Pretty good on the speakers too after you get to know it a little. At first listen, it doesn't sound too distinctive on a car stereo or something. But it is when you listen closer. I highly like throwing on a couple of headphones full of this at work.
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Music Has the Right to Children's flow isn't as strong as Geogaddi's, but the quality tracks are present. The most trip-hop apparent full-length album by the duo. Key tracks are: roygbiv, Aqaurius, and Happy Cycling.
A lot of interlude tracks detract from an otherwise solid album. Some of the interlude tracks are extremely enjoyable though, see: Kaini Industries and Smokes Quantity.
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This Scottish electronic duo rightfully stuck out amidst their more generic trance or mild idm cohorts with unique synths and unpredictable beat patterns, but in retrospect certainly did not live up to all the praise has suggested. Their signature style includes warm yet gently menacing keyboards, juxtaposing the innocence of youth with something far more sinister to a satisfying effect. But after admiring the aesthetic, it becomes all too apparent that some of these vacant, methodical exercises are too sterile for their own good. Compositionally, MHTRTC is mired in a redundancy that articulates sluggishness, though there are many exceptions where finely tuned subtle production saves listeners from ear-apathy.
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Boards of Canada are not without talent but they really should cut down on the repetition. Some of these songs (e.g., Aquarius) just go on and on for no apparent reason, with the musicians in Aquarius reciting random numbers for quite a spell just to relieve the listener's boredom. Another thing-- giggling children saying "that's right" or other short phrases over and over again are not interesting additions to soundscapes. Whether you like kids or not, they're generally not very musical here and they just add to the repetitious quality of the tracks when they are invoked. Yeah, I get the fact that the album is called "Music Has the Right to Children" but I'd reply that listeners have the right to MUSIC -- and there ain't enough of that in this well over one hour long record.
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