Twoism

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Twoism
Studio album by Boards of Canada
Released	1995/2002
Recorded	Summer of 1995
Genre	IDM
Length	36:37
Label	Music70 BOARD1
Producer	Michael Sandison and Marcus Eoin
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Blender link Pitchfork (7.0/10) 9 Jan 03
Boards of Canada chronology
Hooper Bay (1994) Twoism (1995) Boc Maxima (1996)

Twoism was an album released by Boards of Canada on their own Music70 record label in 1995. It was a self-financed cassette and record distributed privately. Major public releases would not happen until 1996's Hi Scores EP on Skam Records. This album was, however, the work which got them noticed by Skam Records. In 2002, this album was reissued on vinyl and CD by Warp Records.

There are differences between Sixtyniner on this album and other releases. (Boards of Canada have often re-released early songs on later, more popular releases, sometimes with changes.)

Before Twoism was re-pressed years later, it was a highly sought-after item, being pressed only about 100 times. It would often be exchanged from one person to the next for around £800 (US$1500).^[1]

Twoism is the only widely-available Boards of Canada release with early third member Chris Horne, who was credited (as Chris H.) on the original release. However, his name was omitted on the 2002 Warp re-released version, making the nature and extent of his contributions unclear.

"Smokes Quantity" includes the hidden track "1986 Summer Fire" at the end.

The 2002 CD and vinyl reissues have the channels reversed compared to the original vinyl edition.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Sixtyniner" – 5:17
2. "Oirectine" – 5:11
3. "Iced Cooly" – 2:22
4. "Basefree" – 6:35
5. "Twoism" – 6:06
6. "Seeya Later" – 4:33
7. "Melissa Juice" – 1:32
8. "Smokes Quantity" – 4:48
9. "1986 Summer Fire" – 1:36 (Unlisted on sleeve notes)

[edit] References

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