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Boards of Canada are a Scottish electronic music duo consisting of brothers Michael Sandison and Marcus Eoin. Signing to Skam and then Warp Records in the 1990s, the duo received recognition following the release of their influential album Music Has the Right to Children in 1998. They have since released a number of recordings to critical praise, including Geogaddi (2002) and Tomorrow's Harvest (2013).
The work of Boards of Canada typically draws on sources such as analogue synthesizers, hip hop-inspired rhythms, and 1970s public broadcasting, and has been described as exploring themes of nostalgia and childhood memory. In 2012, FACT called them "one of the best-known and best-loved electronic acts of the last two decades." They have remained reclusive, rarely giving interviews or performing live.