Remastered and recut, this nine track mini album will be available on CD for the first time, seven years after it¹s original, semi-mythical pressing on Boards of Canada¹s own label Music70. Their esoteric release, limited to an exclusive hundred copies on vinyl, made it a most sought after contemporary item, copies being known to change hands for 800 pounds on-line. Marcus Eoin and Mike Sandison, the elusive duo that operate as Boards of Canada from their remote studio (Turquoise Hexagon Sun) in Scotland, have sanctioned a re-release to reach their exasperated audience, on condition it was lo-key, in line with their belief ­"we¹d rather that people find our music by themselves, so that it¹s something that feels like it belongs to them". A subtle precursor to the ground-breaking ŒMusic Has the Right to Children¹, ŒTwoism¹ gently maps BOC¹s twilight territory, exploring the themes that would later become unquestionably their own: bittersweet evocations of childhood, haunted pastoral spaces, contriving a detached perspective, or drift, through their grainy organic electronics. Demonstrating their range of styles, an evolution can be seen, from the formalist tumble of ŒBasefree¹, the wistful ŒMelissa Juice¹ and the skewed pop of ŒIced Cooly¹, through to ŒSeeya Later¹s analogue groove and the brooding ŒSmokes Quantity¹ (both of which appeared on subsequent releases.) Twoism has a simple muted elegance, like watching the past ebb away in the rear view mirror.

Estimated despatch 14-20 days after ordering.