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Marcus Eoin Sandison (born July 21st 1970) is one of the two founding members of the '[[Boards of Canada]]'. His brother, [[Michael Sandison|Michael Peter Sandison]], makes up the other half of the musical duo. Growing up in a musical family, despite being a Scottish national and retaining the local accent, he and Micheal migrated between Scotland and Canada as children and this has lead to many of the major influences on their musical output over their adult life. This includes the namesake of the group 'Boards of Canada' which was inspired by 'The Film Boards of Canada', a Canadian documentary film service that He and [[Mike]] watched regularly during their time in Canada.
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'''Marcus Eoin Sandison''' (born May 27th, 1973) is one of the two founding members of [[Boards of Canada]]. His brother, [[Michael Sandison|Michael Peter Sandison]], makes up the other half of the musical duo. Growing up in a musical family, despite being a Scottish national and retaining the local accent, he and Michael migrated between Scotland and Canada as children and this has lead to many of the major influences on their musical output over their adult life. This includes the namesake of the group, Boards of Canada, which was inspired by the [[National Film Board of Canada]], a Canadian documentary film service that he and [[Michael Sandison|Mike]] watched regularly during their time in Alberta, Canada.<ref>[[A Bunker Full of Memories|"A Bunker Full of Memories", René Passet, Forcefield, 1998]]</ref>
  
 
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== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
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* While [[Marcus Eoin|Marcus]] and [[Michael Sandison|Michael]] are indeed brothers, sharing the family name Sandison, [[Marcus Eoin|Marcus]] continues to use the name [[Marcus Eoin|Marcus Eoin]] for professional reasons.
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* While '''Marcus''' and [[Michael Sandison|Michael]] are indeed brothers, sharing the family name Sandison, '''Marcus''' continues to use the name '''Marcus Eoin''' for professional reasons.<ref>[[The Last Secret of Pop|"The Last Secret of Pop", Koen Poolman, OOR, 2005]]</ref> Their relationship as brothers was only revealed in a [[The Downtempo Duo|2005 interview]] with Pitchfork Media.
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* He studied artificial intelligence at the [[Wikipedia:University_of_Edinburgh|University of Edinburgh]], but dropped out before completing his degree.<ref>[[Breaking Into Heaven|"Breaking Into Heaven", Emma Warren, The Face, 2001]]</ref>
  
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== See Also ==
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* [[Marcus Eoin's Campfire Mixtape]]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 19:40, 18 May 2026

Marcus Eoin Sandison (born May 27th, 1973) is one of the two founding members of Boards of Canada. His brother, Michael Peter Sandison, makes up the other half of the musical duo. Growing up in a musical family, despite being a Scottish national and retaining the local accent, he and Michael migrated between Scotland and Canada as children and this has lead to many of the major influences on their musical output over their adult life. This includes the namesake of the group, Boards of Canada, which was inspired by the National Film Board of Canada, a Canadian documentary film service that he and Mike watched regularly during their time in Alberta, Canada.[1]

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Trivia

  • While Marcus and Michael are indeed brothers, sharing the family name Sandison, Marcus continues to use the name Marcus Eoin for professional reasons.[2] Their relationship as brothers was only revealed in a 2005 interview with Pitchfork Media.
  • He studied artificial intelligence at the University of Edinburgh, but dropped out before completing his degree.[3]

See Also

References

  1. ↑ "A Bunker Full of Memories", René Passet, Forcefield, 1998
  2. ↑ "The Last Secret of Pop", Koen Poolman, OOR, 2005
  3. ↑ "Breaking Into Heaven", Emma Warren, The Face, 2001
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