With Scottish roots and an all-around British hip-hop and experimental house style, ‘90s electronica band Boards of Canada have been crowding airwaves for the last two centuries, drawing upon their signature ambient techno sound to gain an incredible fan base and earn several Billboard hits.Boards of Canada are comprised of the duo Michael Sandison and Marcus Eoin, extending their roots to the northern coast of Scotland to embark upon their musical careers together. Starting off strong under the experimental label Skam the same year the group formed in 1996, Boards of Canada produced the eight-track promo EP 12" Twoism, initially limited to 100 copies. Searching for a demo tape, the duo found Skam and released their first official EP Hi Scores in 1996, emerging out of the new wave influence of downtempo electronic breakbeat. Also known as trip-hop, this type of ‘90s electronic music grew with Boards of Canada as the trend left England to spread across the rest of Europe and, eventually, the rest of the world.Growing alongside trip-hop, Boards of Canada next performed live gigs for bands like Plaid and Autechre, also contributing to a side project for the label Mask under the name Hellinterface. The group's next album release was 1998's Music Has the Right to Children, which used an incredible electro-synth style that was widely imitated following the album. The '98 release was Boards of Canada's first full-length album, and they followed it up strongly in 2002 with the album Geogaddi, which highlighted 23 tracks of sheer bliss. The album was also the duo's first to land on the Billboard charts, making it all the way to the number three position on the Electronic charts. Boards of Canada's long-awaited third album The Campfire was released in 2005, with Trans Canada Highway emerging in 2006.