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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.

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Aquarius
EP by Boards of Canada
Released	5 January 1998 (1998-01-05)
Recorded	1997
Studio	Hexagon Sun, Pentland Hills
Genre	Trip hop downtempo psychedelic hip hop IDM
Length	13:14
Label	Skam
Producer	Michael Sandison Marcus Eoin
Boards of Canada chronology
Hi Scores (1996) Aquarius (1998) Music Has the Right to Children (1998)

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

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