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(1993 – 2003)

The three humans behind the suggestive sound barrage of Add N To (X) - Barry 7, Ann Shenton, Andrew Aveling (1994-1996) & Steven Claydon (1997 - 2003) — plugged in their equipment in 1993 with the intention of creating music that would be highly unconventional, profoundly evocative, and open to wild ideas. With what amounted to a political will to oppose dull and predictable use of machine as well as organic instruments, and a revulsion at the rise of coffee table electronic music, they were bound to be intriguing. What they achieved in just over half a decade, however, demolished all expectations and built a purposefully deranged sonic edifice on top, visible from all corners of the planet.

Over five albums and a multitude of accompanying singles, videos and world tours, they established a body of work that was edgier, ruder, more extrovert and coherently schizoid than any other functioning band. Their dirty and joyful beat noise, sinister analog-ola and robo-dada diskorganisation excavated an underground city of possibilities. On and off record they proved themselves to be the least culturally pre-set of all bands with an inspired co-mingling of dildos and theremins, kick drums and punch ups, triggering finches and speaker distending dissension, achieving a modest commercial success before splitting in 2003

They often utilized distinctive artwork for the videos and record sleeves, a fetishistic collage of sexual imagery with analogue electronic equipment.
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    http://www.last.fm/group/Oblique+Satellites

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    I love this group

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  • bloomindaedalus

    @Karniejczyk (and others with similar sentiments here): so wish they'd come back.... There's so much electronic and layered multi-instrumental music now and so little of it even compares....the variety of the ideas, the humor, and the excellent execution and the clever editing choices these guys presented.... a truly awesome band.

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  • Karniejczyk

    ADD N TO X where are you???? Come and kill all the modern electronic shit bands!

    February 2012

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    (VVV on,MySpace '05}

    January 2012

  • SssSpchMpdmnts

    I rememberfinding out about Add N to (X) via Yip-Yip's listed influences... Or was it the "sounds like" section back in 2007 lollollollollooooklollollllllol

    January 2012

  • Nagsworth

    so so great

    November 2011

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    they're rad

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