2006’s ‘Trans Canada Highway’ is a crucial EP which explicitly referenced Boards of Canada’s Kraftwerk connection once more, serving to reconnect that link in the wake of 2005’s guitar-led ‘The Campfire Headphase’. If 2002’s ‘Geogaddi’ seemed to reinterpret the nuclear dread of Kraftwerk’s ‘Radioactivity’, then ‘Trans Canada Highway’ connected with the open road optimism of ‘Trans Europe Express’, led by the summery ‘Davyan Cowboy’, where flanged guitars and earthy hip-hop beats promise to roll on forever until the sunrise.
‘Skyliner’ pushes together Boards’ familiar elements into a mixture which is taut and propulsive, rather than introspective. The track’s synths swell in and out imparting a momentum that has more in common with house music than tripping hip-hop, while layers of rippling pitched percussion recall Talking Heads at their finest. ‘Heard From the Telephone Line’ is a classic pensive ambient cut from the duo, but feels shot through with a wide-eyed hope which on other records is either absent or subverted, while ‘Under The Coke Sign’ equally emphasises a sense of an expansive motorway landscape in all its wonder. It is the concise focus of the EP which further makes it a unique release within Boards of Canada’s output, creating a sense of endless travel not through mere depiction but by offering the listener sharp glimpses of distinct moments, untempered by the more sinister subject matter which dominates much of their work.

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- Boards of Canada
- ReleaseProduct
- Trans Canada Highway
- Label
- Warp
- Catalogue Number
- WAP200
- Release Date
- May 2006
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- 1 Dayvan Cowboy 5:01 Boards of Canada Buy
- 2 Left Side Drive 5:20 Boards of Canada Buy
- 3 Heard From Telegraph Lines 1:09 Boards of Canada Buy
- 4 Skyliner 5:40 Boards of Canada Buy
- 5 Under The Coke Sign 1:31 Boards of Canada Buy
- 6 Dayvan Cowboy (Odd Nosdam Remix) 9:19 Boards of Canada Buy
Boards of Canada
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- Artist
- Boards of Canada
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- Hi Scores
- Label
- Skam Records
- Catalogue Number
- SKA008.2014
- Release Date
- October 2014
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- Artist
- Boards of Canada
- ReleaseProduct
- Tomorrow's Harvest
- Label
- Warp
- Catalogue Number
- WARP257
- Release Date
- June 2013
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- Artist
- Boards of Canada
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- Geogaddi
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- Warp
- Catalogue Number
- WARP101
- Release Date
- February 2007
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- Boards of Canada
- ReleaseProduct
- The Campfire Headphase
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- Warp
- Catalogue Number
- WARP123
- Release Date
- October 2005
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- Boards of Canada
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- Twoism
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- Warp
- Catalogue Number
- WARP70
- Release Date
- November 2002
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- Boards of Canada
- ReleaseProduct
- In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country
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- Warp
- Catalogue Number
- WAP144
- Release Date
- November 2000
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- Artist
- Boards of Canada
- ReleaseProduct
- Peel Session
- Label
- Warp
- Catalogue Number
- WAP114
- Release Date
- January 1999
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- Artist
- Boards of Canada
- ReleaseProduct
- Music Has The Right To Children
- Label
- Warp / Skam
- Catalogue Number
- WARP55
- Release Date
- April 1998
Boards of Canada Merchandise
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- Artist
- Boards of Canada
- Merch
- Music Has The Right To Children white outline logo on black T-shirt
- Label
- Warp
- Catalogue Number
- WARPM156
- Release Date
- May 2018
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- Artist
- Boards of Canada
- Merch
- Music Has The Right To Children black outline logo on white T-shirt
- Label
- Warp
- Catalogue Number
- WARPM157
- Release Date
- May 2018
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- Boards of Canada
- Merch
- BOC green two boys logo on black T-shirt
- Label
- Warp
- Catalogue Number
- WARPM158
- Release Date
- May 2018
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- Boards of Canada
- Merch
- Black BOC T-Shirt
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- Warp
- Catalogue Number
- WARPM68
- Release Date
- June 2013
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- Boards of Canada
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- Silver BOC T-Shirt
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- Warp
- Catalogue Number
- WARPM70
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- June 2013
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- Green BOC T-Shirt
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- Warp
- Catalogue Number
- WARPM69
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- June 2013
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- Boards of Canada
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- Boards Of Canada T-Shirt - Green
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- Warp
- Catalogue Number
- WARPM14
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- May 2013
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- Boards of Canada
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- Boards Of Canada T-Shirt - Black
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- Warp
- Catalogue Number
- WARPM12
- Release Date
- May 2013
Warp
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- Autechre
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- AE_LIVE_DENVER_171015
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- Warp
- Catalogue Number
- WARP360_28
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- February 2019
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- Autechre
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- AE_LIVE_SAN_FRANCISCO_161015
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- Warp
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- WARP360_27
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- February 2019
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- Autechre
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- Warp
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- WARP360_26
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- February 2019
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- Autechre
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- Warp
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- WARP360_25
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- February 2019
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- Autechre
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- Warp
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- WARP360_24
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- February 2019
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- Autechre
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- AE_LIVE_ORLANDO_101015
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- Warp
- Catalogue Number
- WARP360_23
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- February 2019
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- Artist
- Autechre
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- AE_LIVE_ATLANTA_091015
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- Warp
- Catalogue Number
- WARP360_22
- Release Date
- February 2019
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- Artist
- Autechre
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- AE_LIVE_WASHINGTON_071015
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- Warp
- Catalogue Number
- WARP360_20
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- February 2019
Electronic and Electronica
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- Artist
- King Midas Sound
- ReleaseProduct
- Solitude
- Label
- Cosmo Rhythmatic
- Catalogue Number
- CR09
- Release Date
- February 2019
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- Artist
- Morphology
- ReleaseProduct
- Collective Memory EP
- Label
- Analogical Force
- Catalogue Number
- AF020
- Release Date
- February 2019
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- Artist
- 51717
- ReleaseProduct
- Paranoia Star
- Label
- L.I.E.S.
- Catalogue Number
- LIES119
- Release Date
- February 2019
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- Artist
- XVARR
- ReleaseProduct
- Honeymoon with solitude
- Label
- Twin Womb
- Catalogue Number
- TWIN02
- Release Date
- February 2019
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- Junes
- ReleaseProduct
- Cafe Nostalgia
- Label
- Galdoors
- Catalogue Number
- GAL010
- Release Date
- February 2019
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- Bjarki
- ReleaseProduct
- Happy Earthday
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- !K7 Records
- Catalogue Number
- K7378LP
- Release Date
- February 2019
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- Pye Corner Audio
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- Hollow Earth
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- Ghost Box
- Catalogue Number
- GBX032 DL
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- February 2019
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- Yamila
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- Iras Fajro
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- Forbidden Colours
- Catalogue Number
- 0f1c1D
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- February 2019