''Aquarius'' is an EP by

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, 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 ''

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'', a publicly unreleased predecessor to ''

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''. "Aquarius" was the only single produced for the record.

Composition

The track contains a sample of "Aquarius" by

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as featured in the film version of ''

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''. 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

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on their album ''

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''.

Track listing

# "Aquarius" – 5:59 # "Chinook" – 7:13 Boards of Canada albums 1998 EPs Skam Records EPs {{1990s-electronic-album-stub