What is the genre of Boards of Canada? When I used to listen BoC, Air, etc. in the 1990s they were always considered minimal techno. Of course when I was a DJ in the late 1980s the music that was called Rave is now reclassified as Hardcore & Happy Hardcore (808 State, Moby, Fatboy Slim, KLF, Altern8, 2 Bad Mice, Shamen).