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  Guardian | Add N to (X)
No such worries for Add N to (X): eight years and four albums on, they still sound like mavericks engaged by the future.
An hour of squalling synths, shrieking keyboards and howling theremin follows, as Add N to (X) pull out all 11 of their 10 stops and try to mimic the sound of a squad of police cars trapped in a wind tunnel.
What Add N to (X) might lack in finesse and focus, they make up for with thrills - and however cheap these might be, they are effective.
www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4571254-110430,00.html   (355 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Add-N-to-X   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Add N to (X) was a British band specializing in electronic music.
Steven Claydon replaced Averling sometime thereafter, and remained with the group until its dissolution.
Shenton was reportedly overwhelmed by the pressures of the Loud Like Nature tour, and either left the group or was kicked out.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Add_N_to_X   (197 words)

  
 Add N to (X): Add Insult to Injury: Pitchfork Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
On these two albums, especially the former, the three members of Add N to (X) seemed to have a complete grasp over the infinite orgasmic joy of the analog synthesizer.
Add Insult to Injury is the first Add N to (X) record to sound in the least bit forced.
Add Insult to Injury's greatest weakness comes with the formula which seems to have generated about 1/3 of the songs on the album-- a vaguely surfish bassline, drums that would sound at home in cheesy 70's soundtracks, and sadly ambiguous synthesizer sounds.
pitchforkmedia.com /record-reviews/a/add-n-to-x/add-insult-to-injury.shtml   (694 words)

  
 Add N To (X) - Interview - Stylus Magazine
Steve Claydon of the trio shares his thoughts on why Add N To (X) are coming for your children.
I think Add N To (X) have always had more in common with bands like Jon Spencer Blues Explosion than evolved versions of Kraftwerk or dance-based techno descendants.
The Squid and the Whale - Noah Ba...
www.stylusmagazine.com /feature.php?ID=114   (865 words)

  
 Add N To (X): Little Black Rocks In The Sun   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
add n to (x) are set to release their new single "Little Black Rocks In The Sun", the long awaited first outing for Mute Records.
Based in London add n to (x) are Ann Shenton, Barry Smith and Steve Claydon, they take their name from a computer program command that creates an unknown electronic third force.
add n to (x), who released their album "On The Wires Of Our Nerves" to critical acclaim in February, have spent most of the year taking their infamous live set around Britain, Europe and America.
www.mutelibtech.com /mute/addntox/rocks.htm   (294 words)

  
 Add N to (X) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Add N to (X) [Categories: Electronic music groups]
Add N to (X) was a (The people of Great Britain) British (Something elongated that is worn around the body or one of the limbs) band specializing in (additional info and facts about electronic music) electronic music.
The band released four more albums, On The Wires of Our Nerves, Avant Hard, (additional info and facts about Add insult to injury) Add insult to injury, and (additional info and facts about Loud Like Nature) Loud Like Nature.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/ad/add_n_to_(x)1.htm   (214 words)

  
 ADD N TO X
ADD N TO (X) is a UK trio comprised of Ann Shenton, Stephen Clayton, and Barry Smith.
They produce a disconcerting fusion of electronica and lo-fi rock often dubbed as being avant hard (a term grabbed from the title of one of their records).
He met Shenton in 1993, adopting the Add N To (X) moniker (taken from a mathematical formula) in 1994 when they added Theremin expert Clayton to the line-up.
www.freewilliamsburg.com /august_2001/interviews.html   (1672 words)

  
 Add N To X @ Designer Magazine
Last time we met up with Add N To X we were faced with a bizarre min-conference type scenario.
Thankfully we got the chance to do a one-on-one with main man Steve and talked about the scary prospect of franchising the Add N to X brand throughout the world, the end of the world and other such lightweight topics.
Q: We were talking about Add N To X being a band who look to the future rather than the past.
designermagazine.tripod.com /AddNtoXINT2.html   (707 words)

  
 Mute.com: Add N To (X)
The three humans behind the suggestive sound barrage of Add N To (X) - Barry 7, Ann Shenton and Steve Claydon - plugged in their equipment six years ago 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.
Add N to (X) have supported Jon Spencer Blues Explosion at shows throughout Europe & the U.S.A. Ann Shenton live
www.mute.com /artists/publicArtistLoad.do?id=1329   (189 words)

  
 Add N to (X) - TheBestLinks.com - Add N to X, Electronic music, United Kingdom, Band (music), ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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 Moving Hands Music Magazine - Add N To (X), Loud Like Nature
On albums such as "On the Wires of Our Nerves" and "Avant Hard" Add N to (X) profiled themselves as one of the most original electronic acts of the decade - their huge energy and absolutely mad mix of broken and raw electronics combined with harsh accoustic drums made them a huge hit.
After 2000's "Add Inslut to Injury" which, while containing many great tunes, seemed a bit to me like merely a softer and not as wild version of its predecessors, it was clearly time for this band to find a new direction.
Fans of the typical Add N to (X)-sound should not be disappointed; songs like "Electric Village" makes sure of that.
www.movinghands.net /reviews/detail.asp?id=450   (431 words)

  
 hip online: artists: add n to x
Based in London, ADD N TO (X) are Ann Shenton, Barry Smith and Steve Claydon.
ADD N TO (X) see themselves as part of a proud lineage of electronic innovation.
After releasing their debut album ON THE WIRES OF OUR NERVES for Satellite Records last year, ADD N TO (X) then signed to Mute Records and released the single LITTLE BLACK ROCKS IN THE SUN.
www.hiponline.com /artist/music/a/add_n_to_x   (205 words)

  
 Ink 19 :: Add N to (X)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Add N to (X) is machine sexy, but not the machine sexy you usually think of.
Add Insult to Injury, the band's latest foray, is a heady mix of seductive analog warbles and imposing rock beats.
But I didn't use any of it on [the Add N to (X)] record, I used it on another record I just finished.
www.ink19.com /issues/december2000/inkSpots/addNToX.html   (1368 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Avant Hard: Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Add N to (X)'s three-analog-synths-plus-live-drummer lineup returns for a sophomore go, handily consolidating the ideas that made 1998's debut so intriguing.
The fact that Amazon also recommends post-rockers Mogwai and Godspeed You Black Emperor as well as experimental drum and bass artist Squarepusher is a testament to Add N To X's original sound and their (potentially, at least) diverse appeal.
This was my first introduction to Add N to X several years back and I remember being amazed by its incredible production, eclectic structure, and consistently excellent melodies.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000IAG8?v=glance   (1245 words)

  
 MetroActive Music | Add N To (X)
Across two American releases, British trio Add N To (X) have been rediscovering the imagery and depth of the analog synthesizers.
From the dark schizophrenia of "We are Add N to (X)", to the melodic "Barry 7's Contraption" and the manic fusion of both on "Machine is Bored with Love," the group is hardly retro.
That, everything, is the plan to Add N to (X).
www.metroactive.com /papers/sfmetro/12.20.99/addntox-9949.html   (1321 words)

  
 Mute.com: Add N To (X): Biography
With the international touring of 2001 completed (excepting a one off London South Bank show with Hawkwind (!) in October), Add N to (X) decided to go ahead and record the next album despite the problems posed by living in different cities.
"We all came back together and listened to the material and were all surprised that it was all still part of the family of Add N To (X)." says Steve.
While successive waves of musicians have turned their attention to vintage machinery and sought to revive the sounds with grafted on attitudes few have come close to Add N To (X) in terms of a fully realised dialectic.
www.mute.com /mute/artists/publicArtistLoad.do?id=1329&forward=longBio   (1511 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Add Insult To Injury [Limited] - Add N To X at Epinions.com
Add Insult To Injury [Limited] - Add N To X
The songs are definitely tighter, and the jams and riffs are much more structured and melodic that in tracks past.
You may be seeking exactly what this album has come to represent for ANT(X); you may not.
www.epinions.com /content_10963947140   (364 words)

  
 Slow Thrills Gigs: Add N To (X)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
If we had been given a set of the highlights of their debut album they would stolen the show from the headliners, but some of the performance is a bit lacklustre and fails to really grab the audience.
Add N To (X) are welcomed by the sold out crowd like they're conquering heroes.
True, songs like 'Metal Fingers in my Body', 'Robot New York' and the recent single 'Plug Me In' (the nearest thing to a vocal, with it's repetitive vocoder refrain) are rather fab, but at the end of the day Add N To (X) are a bit short on memorable.
www.geocities.com /slowthrills/gigs/addntox.html   (229 words)

  
 Add N to (X)
Add N to (X) Add N to (X), Avant Hard
To be honest, I didn't like Add N to (X)'s first album.
Here is music made by a bunch of people who know a lot about pop culture and pop music's history and like to splice that knowledge with their fascination for analog synths.
www.hauntedink.com /25/addntox.html   (85 words)

  
 add n to x
This trio of Brits arm themselves with analog synths and moogs and supplement the entire electronic shebang with a combination of drum machine beats and live percussion, along with an occasional burst of vocoder and screwy tape samples.
While there are no exact musical reference points for add n to x, think Atari Teenage Riot, but GOOD (i.e.
The "Sound of Accelerating Concrete" has the resonance of a swarm of electronic bees, aggressively hovering over your head in a mad bee rampage, and exemplifies the amazing electronic gadgetry that the band incorporates in its musical explorations.
www.splendidezine.com /reviews/jun-15-98/add.html   (199 words)

  
 Add N To X - On The Wires Of Our Nerves - Review
Add N To X is one of those groups.
The trio takes ancient instruments like Moogs and old keyboards and filter clunky and weird sounds through them to produce electronic landscapes that alternate from jarring to soothing and everything in between.
It works better when they work more layers into the mix like in songs such as, "Nevermind" and the live drumming on, "Sir Ape." Thrown in a kick-ass cover and it's a kind of experimental album worth listening to.
www.almostcool.org /mr/a/a5mu.html   (249 words)

  
 RollingStone.com: Add N to (X) Music, Biography, Influences, Followers, Related Projects, Contemporaries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In the current vogue of analog-worship, Add N to (X) are a breath of oxygen-enhanced air.
To account for their unique approach, the band coined the term "Avant-Hard" as a nod to the electronic Avant-Garde composers who inspired them, from Wendy Carlos to Bruce Haack; however, they're hardly reverent toward inventors like Leon Theremin and Robert Moog.
Add N to (X) are highly destructive, creating a cartoonish violence that's not far from Wendy Carlos paired with the ultraviolence of A Clockwork Orange.
www.rollingstone.com /artist/bio/_/id/5997/addntox?pageid=rs.Artistcage&pageregion=artistHeader   (174 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Primitive recursive function Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Primitive recursive functions take natural numbers or tuples of natural numbers as arguments and produce a natural number.
A function which takes n arguments is called n-ary.
The successor function S, which takes one argument and returns the succeeding number as given by the Peano postulates, is primitive recursive.
www.ipedia.com /primitive_recursive_function.html   (967 words)

  
 Aural Fixation: Add n to X - On the Wires of Our Nerves
Boy was I embarrassed to find out this was their first release and not the latest (or third) release.
This review is for those of you who aren't hip to Add n to X. Add n to x is my favorite devokraftwerkgarynuman band.
Are we not men, "We are Add n to x" according to track one.
www.annoying.com /nightmares/gnp/gnp-aural/01/02/0040.html   (293 words)

  
 Add (N) to X eng
A : Yes, we did it on this tour, because Ann is not here, she’s mentally unwell, she just can’t face any of this at the moment.
A : Well, Richard was in the studio at the time and had a chorus, and I switched it when he played a bit of guitar, he doesn’t even remember it : he rung us and said : ‘Did I play on an Add n to X record ?’.
She worked with these people who then claimed fifty per cent of everything she had written, when in actual fact they’ve just been engineers.
www.disturb.org /AddNtoX_eng.html   (1821 words)

  
 Add N To X - Avant Hard - Review
When I bought Add N To Xs' release On The Wires Of Our Nerves last year, I have to admit that part of the reason I picked it up in the first place was the cover.
The good news is that on their second album, Add N To X is somewhat past that honeymoon stage of still being fascinated by the strange noise of knob twiddling.
When a group is using such cold sounding machines, it's hard to make them sound inviting, but they've definitely gotten a lot closer with this release.
www.almostcool.org /mr/a/a17mu.html   (524 words)

  
 NME.COM - Artists - Add N To X   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Add N To (X) : Take Me To Your Leader
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www.nme.com /artists/125180.htm   (90 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Add Insult to Injury [LIMITED EDITION]: Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Add Insult to Injury, the third album from analogue electro-cuties Add N to (X), finds the London trio in as mischievous a mood as ever.
The opening track, "Adding N to X," sizzles along merrily on its old-school synthesizers with some assist from ex-Faith Healers drummer Joe Dilworth, while "Brothel Charge" rampages like children let loose in the Art of Noise toy shop.
This is a retro-futurist delight as Ann Shenton's eerie theremin and Steve Claydon's Korg Micro-Preset hearken back to a time when the future was shiny, silver, and bright.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004Z40B?v=glance   (385 words)

  
 Track Listing Add N To (X) - On The Wires Of Our Nerves (1998)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Add N To (X) We Are Add N To H
Add N To (X) Sound Of Accelerating Concret
Add N To (X) Grey Body, Green Gun
www.angelfire.com /apes/kelzan/album0133.html   (70 words)

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