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1998 EP by Boards of Canada
Aquarius
EP by Boards of Canada
Released5 January 1998 (1998-01-05)
Recorded1997
StudioHexagon Sun, Pentland Hills
Genre
Length13:14
LabelSkam
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
Boards of Canada
Studio albums
EPs
Live EP
Singles
Limited release
studio albums and EPs
  • Catalog 3 (1987)
  • Acid Memories (1989)
  • Play by Numbers (1994)
  • Hooper Bay (1994)
  • Old Tunes (1996)
  • Boc Maxima (1996)
Live bootleg recordings
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