Music Has the Right to Children

Music Has the Right to Children
Studio album by
Boards of Canada
Released20 April 1998 (1998-04-20)[1]
Recorded1995–1997
StudioHexagon Sun (Pentland Hills, Scotland)
Genre
Length63:02
Label
Producer
  • Marcus Eoin
  • Michael Sandison
Boards of Canada chronology
Aquarius
(1998) 		Music Has the Right to Children
(1998) 		Peel Session
(1999)

Music Has the Right to Children is the debut studio album by Scottish electronic music duo Boards of Canada, released on 20 April 1998 in the United Kingdom by Warp and Skam Records and in the United States by Matador. The album was produced at Hexagon Sun, the duo's personal recording studio in Pentland Hills,[4] and continued their distinctive style of electronica, featuring vintage synthesisers, degraded analogue production, found sounds and samples, and hip hop-inspired rhythms that had been featured on their first two EPs Twoism (1995) and Hi Scores (1996).[6][2]

The album received widespread acclaim upon its release, and has since been acknowledged as a landmark work in electronic music,[7] going on to inspire a variety of subsequent artists.[8] It has been included on various best-ever lists by publications such as Pitchfork and Mojo.

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