Boards of Canada discography

This is a list of official recordings released by Scottish electronic music duo Boards of Canada under that name and, rarely, as Hell Interface.

Studio albums and EPs

Boards of Canada have released 12 studio albums and EPs on cassette, vinyl, and CD through the Music70, Warp Records, Skam Records, and V/Vm Test Records labels. Several early albums were issued in very small numbers.

• Twoism - 1995 - Limited cassette and LP release (Music70, BOARD1, 100 units). 2002 general re-release on LP and CD (Warp). 2013 re-release on LP (Warp)^[1]
• Hi Scores - 1996 - 12" (Skam, SKA008). Re-issued on 12" and CD in 1999 and 2002^[2]
• Music Has the Right to Children - 1998 - 2xLP (Warp, WARPLP55; Skam, SKALP1) and CD (Warp, WARPCD55; Skam, SKALD1). 2004 re-issue on LP and CD (Warp). 2013 re-issue on 2xLP (Warp)
• Geogaddi - 2002 - LP and CD (Warp)
• The Campfire Headphase - 2005 - LP and CD (Warp). 2008 re-issue on LP (Warp). 2013 re-issue on LP (Warp)
• Trans Canada Highway - 2006 - 12" (Warp, WARP200) and CD (Warp, WAP200CD)
• Tomorrow's Harvest - 2013 - 2xLP and CD (Warp, WAP257)

Limited-only release

• Catalog 3 - 1987 - Limited cassette release (Music70 CANC19). Limited CD re-release in 1997^[3]
• Acid Memories - 1989 - Limited cassette release (Music70, CANC27)^[4]
• Closes Vol. 1 - 1992 - Limited cassette release (Music70, AOMC16, 100 units). Limited CD repress in 1997 (Music70, AOCD16, 30 units)^[5]
• Play by Numbers - 1994 - Limited CD and cassette release (Music70, AOMC43 and AOCD43, 100 units)^[6]
• Hooper Bay - 1994 - Limited 12" release (Music70, THS012, 200 units)^[7]
• Boc Maxima - 1996 - Limited CD and cassette release (Music70, THS017, 50 units)^[8]

Unreleased

A few Boards of Canada releases have been acknowledged by the band but never formally released. Three of them are collectively referred to as "Old Tunes".

• Old Tunes Vol. 1 (1995)
• Old Tunes Vol. 2 (1996)
• A Few Old Tunes (1996)

Singles

• Aquarius - 1998 - Limited 7" (Skam, KMAS 001, 500 units)^[9]
• Roygbiv/Telephasic Workshop - 1998 - Limited 12" release. From Music Has the Right to Children (Warp)^[10]
• In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country - 2000 - Sky-blue colored vinyl 12" (Warp, WAP144) and CD (Warp, WAP144CD)^[11]
• ------ / ------ / ------ / XXXXXX / ------ / ------ - 2013 (Warp). Exclusive 12" single-sided vinyl release
• Reach for the Dead - 2013 (Warp). Digital download. From Tomorrow's Harvest

Compilations

The following compilations feature tracks by Boards of Canada.

• MASK 100 - 1996 - Limited release 12" (Skam, MASK100, 100 units). Features previously unreleased track "Korona"
• MASK 200 - 1997 - Limited release 12" (Skam, MASK200, 200 units). Features previously unreleased track "Trapped" (as Hell Interface)
• Whine and Missingtoe - 1997 - Limited release 7" (V/Vm Test Records, VVMT0004, 500 units). Features previously unreleased track "Soylent Night" (as Hell Interface)
• We Are Reasonable People - 1998 - 3xLP (Warp, WAP100) and CD (Warp, WAP100CD). Features previously unreleased "Orange Romeda"^[12]
• Warp WIFOF2003 Mix - 2003 - CD (Warp, WARPWIFCD). Features previously unreleased "The Story of Xentrix" (as Hell Interface)
• Warp20 (1989-2009) - 2009 - LP and CD box set (Warp, WARP200). Features "Dayvan Cowboy," "Open the Light," "Telephasic Workshop," "An Eagle in Your Mind," "Spiro," and previously unreleased "Seven Forty Seven"

Advertising

• "Untitled", used on a commercial for Telecom Italia, directed by Chris Cunningham, who is also well known for his video work with Aphex Twin. This piece is not commercially available but a portion of this track seems to be sampled on "A is to B as B is to C" from the Geogaddi album. The commercial features movie star Leonardo DiCaprio.
• "Kid for Today" (from In a Beautiful Place..) was used on a European BMW automobile ad featuring the 7-Series luxury sedan.
• "Constants are Changing" (from The Campfire Headphase) was used on a commercial bump for Adult Swim.

Film and television

Film

• "Everything You Do Is a Balloon", in Morvern Callar, 2002 film by Lynne Ramsay
• "Gyroscope", in the Italian movie The Consequences of Love (Le conseguenze dell'amore), directed by Paolo Sorrentino.
• "Gyroscope" was used in the horror movie Sinister (2012), both during the movie and during end credits.
• "Everything You Do Is a Balloon" was used in the short film Waking Up by Ross Robertson.

Television series

• "Happy Cycling [*]", on Six Feet Under: Episode 25 - "I'll Take You" (Home Box Office), 2001
• "Music Is Math", featured on Nathan Barley and the trailer for Pi, among others.
• "Turquoise Hexagon Sun", used on several episodes of Monkey Dust.
• "Sunshine Recorder", used on the show Top Gear during the Toyota Pickup toughness test.
• "Beware the Friendly Stranger", from Geogaddi, used in Salad Fingers.
• "Rue the Whirl", used on an episode of Spaced.
• "Dayvan Cowboy", used on an MTV promo for Fast Inc., the CBS series CSI: Miami episode # 502 and on Kyle XY Season 2, Episode 6.
• "An Eagle in Your Mind", used on several episodes of the BBC3 martial arts series Mind, Body and Kick Ass Moves.
• Portions of "Pete Standing Alone" were looped in various German television vignettes for the 2006 World Cup with a fan doing the "Deutschland Dance".
• "Turquoise Hexagon Sun" has featured on various episode of British teen drama Hollyoaks.
• "Turquoise Hexagon Sun" is used in an episode of The Real Hustle.
• "Hey Saturday Sun" and "Chromakey Dreamcoat" used by Cartoon Network as background music during their schedule of upcoming shows.
• "Julie and Candy", used briefly in an episode of Top Gear.
• "Roygbiv" and others are used as part of the background music in Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe.

Notable live and radio recordings

• Peel Session TX 21/07/1998 (BBC Radio 1) - 1999 - 12" (Warp, WAP114) and CD (Warp, WAP114CD)^[13]
• Live @ Warp10 (Warp 10th Anniversary Party) - 1999
• Live @ ATP (All Tomorrow's Parties at Sussex) - 2001

Remixes

Boards of Canada have remixed and been remixed by a number of artists.

• "Surfaise (The Trade Winds Mix)" - 1998 - remix of Michael Fakesch on Demon 1
• "Dirty Great Mable" - 1998 - remix of Bubbah's Tum on Dirty Great Mable (Remixes)
• "Prime Audio Soup (Vegetarian Soup Remix)" - 1998 - remix of Meat Beat Manifesto on Prime Audio Soup^[14]
• "Sandsings" - 1998 - remix of Mira Calix on Pin Skeeling
• "The Midas Touch" - 1999 - remix of Midnight Star on MASK 500 compilation (as Hell Interface)
• "Poppy Seed (Boards of Canada Remix)" and "Poppy Seed (Reprise) (Boards Of Canada Remix)" - 2001 - remix of Slag Boom Van Loon on So Soon
• "Last Walk Around Mirror Lake" - 2003 - remix of Boom Bip on From Left to Right
• "Dead Dogs Two" - 2004 - remix of cLOUDDEAD on Dead Dogs Two
• "Broken Drum" - 2005 - remix of Beck on Guero Deluxe Edition
• "Good Friday (Boards of Canada Remix)" - 2007 - remix of Why? on Alopecia
• "Mr Mistake (Boards of Canada Remix)" - 2016 - remix of NEVERMEN on Nevermen^[15]
• "Sisters (Boards of Canada Remix)" - 2016 - remix of Odd Nosdam on Sisters

Remixes of Boards of Canada music

• "An Eagle in Your Mind" by Push Button Objects on Warp 10+3 Remixes, 1999
• "Kid For Today" by Stereolab on Warp 10+3 Remixes, 1999
• "Dayvan Cowboy (Odd Nosdam Remix)" by Odd Nosdam on Trans Canada Highway, 2006
• "D C (Bit)" (remix of "Dayvan Cowboy") by Odd Nosdam on Pretty Swell Explode, 2008
• "In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country" by Mira Calix & Oliver Coates on Warp20 (Recreated), 2009
• "Kaini Industries" by Bibio on Warp20 (Recreated), 2009
• "The Devil is in the Details" by St. Vitus Dance, 2010

References