00820th Century
Music Has the Right to Children
Boards of Canada
1998 · IDM/ambient
Warp Records · warplp55
Why it's here
Half-remembered childhood on decayed tape; the most imitated texture in electronic music
Music Has the Right to Children built its whole world from half-remembered childhood and decayed tape, and in doing so it produced the single most imitated texture in electronic music since. A generation of producers has chased that warped, nostalgic, faintly sinister sound and never quite caught it. It's the most influential record in the lower half of this tier. It sits at eight rather than higher because its second half drifts where its first half is immaculate.
Also ranked
- Dancefloor
- № 195
- Influence
- № 13
- External poll
- № 14
Tracklist
- A1Wildlife Analysis1:17
- A2An Eagle In Your Mind6:22
- A3The Color Of The Fire1:45
- A4Telephasic Workshop6:35
- A5Triangles & Rhombuses1:49
- B6Sixtyten5:48
- B7Turquoise Hexagon Sun5:08
- B8Kaini Industries0:59
- B9Bocuma1:36
- B10Roygbiv2:30
- C11Rue The Whirl6:40
- C12Aquarius5:57
- C13Olson1:29
- D14Pete Standing Alone6:07
- D15Smokes Quantity3:07
- D16Open The Light4:25
- D17One Very Important Thought1:15