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Info off Allmusic Guide:
Add N To (X)
Formed 1994 in London, England
Group Members Ann Shenton Barry Seven Richard Claydon
Genres Electronica
Styles Electronica, Post-Rock/Experimental
Instruments Analogue Synthesizer
Tones Intense, Witty, Theatrical, Detached, Eerie, Ironic
Labels Mute (5)
Name-checking a diverse cast of progenitors including Varése, Xenakis and Robert Moog as well as Can and Stereolab, Add N to X are electro-historians of a sort, collectors of vintage synthesizer technology and fierce propagators of the man-machine aesthetic (the cover of their second album features member Ann Shenton on the operating table with a synthesizer either being inserted or taken out of her organ cavity). The trio formed when Shenton met Barry Smith in 1993; both were fans of vintage synth and the proto-electronica crafted in the 1960s and '70s by such luminaries as Wendy Carlos, Pierre Henry and even Roxy Music. After becoming Add N to X one year later, Shenton and Smith recruited theremin expert Steven Claydon plus an organic rhythm section for their live show, consisting of Stereolab's Andy Ramsay on drums and Rob Hallam from the High Llamas. After the debut Add N to X album Vero Electronics was released in 1996 on Blow Up, the group toured America, where their propulsive live show earned more comparisons to Suicide than an ostensibly sympathetic group like Tortoise. On the Wires of Our Nerves appeared in 1998 and Avant Hard followed in April of 1999. The following year they released Add Insult to Injury, which saw the group move in a more accessible, pop direction. — John Bush
Major Contributors to the Group: Dave Williamson Rob Allum Barry Smith Ben Rymer
Similar Artists: Stereolab Komputer Broadcast Jean-Jacques Perrey Wendy Carlos Mouse on Mars Boards of Canada Neu! Suicide Emperor Penguin Trans Am Raymond Scott Six Finger Satellite Brainiac
Roots and Influences: Kraftwerk Throbbing Gristle Neu! Bruce Haack
LPs:
1996 Vero Electronics Blow Up
1998 On the Wires of Our Nerves Mute
1999 Avant Hard Mute
2000 Add Insult to Injury Mute
EPs:
1996 He Plays Like a Disease s
1997 The Black Regent Satellite s
1997 Demon Seed Piao! s
1998 Little Black Rocks in the Sun [EP] Mute
1999 Revenge of the Black Regent [EP] Mute
1999 Live 1940 Slut Smalls s
2000 Metal Fingers in My Body Import s
Appears on:
Saint Etienne Bad Photographer [#2] (1998) Remixing