Boc Maxima was released by Boards of Canada

Boards of Canada

Boards of Canada are a Scottish electronic music duo consisting of brothers Mike Sandison and Marcus Eoin...

 on Music70

Music70

Music70 is a record label run by Boards of Canada. Boards of Canada used Music70 as a front to release many of their very early works. These albums were mostly distributed among friends and relatives and are, therefore, extremely rare. It has released only Boards of Canada's music, which is...

 in 1996. This is prior to their more public releases on Skam Records

Skam Records

Skam Records is an independent Electronic record label based in Manchester, England, founded by Andy Maddocks around 1990. Skam also runs a smaller sub-label called 33.-History:...

 and Warp Records

Warp Records

Warp, commonly referred to as Warp Records, is a pioneering independent British record label, founded in Sheffield in 1989, notable for discovering some of the more enduring artists in electronic music....

. After Hi Scores

Hi Scores

Hi Scores is an EP by Boards of Canada. It was released on CD and vinyl in 1996, and subsequently re-released in 1998, 2002, and 2005.-Track listing:# "Hi Scores" – 4:57# "Turquoise Hexagon Sun" – 5:09# "Nlogax" – 6:54# "June 9th" – 5:18...

was released on Skam Records, many of Boc Maxima songs were reused in 1998's Music Has the Right to Children

Music Has the Right to Children

Music Has the Right to Children is the debut public album of the Scottish electronic music duo Boards of Canada. It was published by Warp Records and released on 20 April 1998 in Europe and 20 August in the United States...

. Boc Maxima was broadcast in full on Disengage in 2002.

Some songs have minor differences. The speech on "One Very Important Thought" differs between the two releases, as does the name of the song "Boc Maxima", renamed "Bocuma" for Music Has the Right to Children.

"Wildlife Analysis", "Boc Maxima", "Roygbiv", "Turquoise Hexagon Sun" and "One Very Important Thought" later appeared on Music Has the Right to Children

Music Has the Right to Children

Music Has the Right to Children is the debut public album of the Scottish electronic music duo Boards of Canada. It was published by Warp Records and released on 20 April 1998 in Europe and 20 August in the United States...

. "Everything You Do Is a Balloon", "June 9th", "Nlogax" and "Turquoise Hexagon Sun" also appear on Hi Scores

Hi Scores

Hi Scores is an EP by Boards of Canada. It was released on CD and vinyl in 1996, and subsequently re-released in 1998, 2002, and 2005.-Track listing:# "Hi Scores" – 4:57# "Turquoise Hexagon Sun" – 5:09# "Nlogax" – 6:54# "June 9th" – 5:18...

. "Rodox Video", "Nova Scotia Robots", "Skimming Stones", "Carcan", "M9" and "Original Nlogax" appeared on A Few Old Tunes (albeit in slightly different forms). "Sixtyniner" first appeared on Twoism

Twoism

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...

. A longer version of "Chinook" appears on the Aquarius

Aquarius (Boards of Canada EP)

Aquarius is a 7" 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."Aquarius" was later covered by La Musique Populaire on their album A Century of Song....

single.

"Niagara", "Red Moss", "Concourse" and "Whitewater" are exclusive to this release.

The physical production of the album was limited to 50 copies world-wide, which were handed out to friends and family.

Track listing

1. "Wildlife Analysis" – 1:08
2. "Chinook" – 4:25
3. "Rodox Video" – 0:40
4. "Everything You Do Is a Balloon" – 6:54
5. "Boc Maxima" – 1:35
6. "Roygbiv" – 2:23
7. "Nova Scotia Robots" – 1:20
8. "June 9th" – 5:14
9. "Niagara" – 0:54
10. "Skimming Stones" – 2:04
11. "Sixtyniner" – 5:09
12. "Red Moss" – 6:21
13. "Concourse" – 1:42
14. "Carcan" – 1:47
15. "Nlogax" – 5:11
16. "M9" – 3:43
17. "Original Nlogax" – 1:09
18. "Turquoise Hexagon Sun" – 5:11
19. "Whitewater" – 6:18
20. "One Very Important Thought" – 1:04