Aquarius (EP)




1998 EP by Boards of Canada































Aquarius
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EP by
Boards of Canada

Released 5 January 1998 (1998-01-05)
Studio
Hexagon Sun, Pentland Hills
Genre


  • Trip hop

  • downtempo

  • psychedelic hip hop


Length 13:14
Label Skam
Producer


  • Michael Sandison

  • Marcus Eoin



Boards of Canada chronology






Hi Scores
(1996)

Aquarius
(1998)

Music Has the Right to Children
(1998)


Aquarius is an EP by Boards of Canada, released on 5 January 1998. It is one of the shortest releases by Boards of Canada, barely breaking the 13-minute mark. The track "Chinook" is a longer version of one that appeared on Boc Maxima, a publicly unreleased predecessor to Music Has the Right to Children. "Aquarius" was the only single produced for the record.



Composition


The track contains a sample of "Aquarius" by Ren Woods as featured in the film version of Hair. The version of "Aquarius" on this EP is a different version than the one featured on Music Has the Right to Children.



In popular culture


"Aquarius" was later covered by La Musique Populaire on their album A Century of Song.



Track listing



  1. "Aquarius" – 5:59

  2. "Chinook" – 7:13











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