ADD N to X : wHATdYA THInK ?

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So i read the reviews, the interviews, went to the gigs - i like them in theory, videos seem aimed at yer racer, but they do nothing for me ON RECORD - i like ladytron and scott 4 much more - AM I JUST SOFTCORE ?

dO I EXPECT TOO MUCH ?

Have they let you down too ?

sHARE WITH US

― G.R.D.robot, Monday, 30 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Listening to 'Plug Me In' right now as it happens. There's not enough substance behind the music, though the ideas are interesting they don't translate. More in love with their equipment than the sound they produce.

― K-reg, Monday, 30 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Eh. They're one of those bands that's just a blip on the radar, neither diamonds or dogshit.

― Nicole, Monday, 30 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I really liked "avant hard" they seemed to have got things right, it's a great album to play loud and generally annoy people with. It has sweeping and jaunty quality. I think it's a generally accessible album, much more so than alot of contempary electronica. But the newest album is a real let down, "plug me in" is a nice sing along track but the songs don't seem to click...too obsessed with electro- erotica for their own good!...I'm not sure if I will get their first album, if I see it going cheap I will.

― james e l, Monday, 30 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I've only ever heard "Avant Hard" -- thought it was annoying bollocks. Nearly as bad as Squarepusher.

― Johnathan, Monday, 30 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

'ann's eveready equestrian' excuses up for anything they've ever done by being the perfect mixtape song. interesting horse part gets their attention, catchy melody gets it stuck in their head, great noise part halfway through says you're a man of avant hard tastes. but is it just me or are they not as noisy as everyone says?

― ethan, Monday, 30 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

bunch of twats. interviewed'em a while back. was to be expected as they are on mute label. nevertheless i really enjoy their concerts. it's a good laugh when they play rrrreally loud. funky metal muzak.

― Stevie Nixed, Tuesday, 1 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

add n to x are just bad.

when they first came out i thought they looked as though they might be pretty good. but all their records are stolid and dull. live they were boring too.

demon seed wasn't that bad. but goes on too long. actually, scrub that. demon seed wasn't very good either.

― gareth, Tuesday, 1 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

'Avant Hard' is ace. Starts a bit slow, but gets sort of sublime after awhile. The thing is, they strike me as one of those bands you just to own one cd of, and that one you will love, but more would somehow spoil it.

― Omar, Wednesday, 2 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

First, alternating caps - thats SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO "computer nerd" dear. now to the matter at hand...

Right first i must confess i have only heard "Add insult TO Injury" and a select few tracks off "'Hard". However, from what iv'e heard is a band how have an astounding ability to expand a small cell of music (say, a 2 note loop) into a 3/4 minute piece of music, and still manage to keep the interest up, but only if you can be bothered to listen slightly below the surface. I think their biggest downfall is the limitations of their technology, Sure you can get lots of cool sounds out of an Analogue, but as i believe someone pointed out they llack "substance" on their own. The live drums on AITI seem to make up for this though.

― Nick Greenfield, Wednesday, 2 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

drum machines were invented so we could get rid of pesky drummers.

― gareth, Sunday, 6 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

now all we need is a guitar machine

― ethan, Sunday, 6 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

There are those yamaha(?)keyboards that are shaped like guitars. Aswad use to play them. I saw one in the musical instrument exchange.

― james e l, Sunday, 6 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Doubtless just rescued from the TOTP2 museum when Steve Wright was taking a break from sniggering ...

― Robin Carmody, Sunday, 6 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

eight months pass...

I love these old threads which had Fatnick on them before he became Fatnick.

― Tom, Thursday, 10 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

one month passes...

Anybody notice that they're using an N to X snippet on Banzai? "Steves going to teach himself who's boss"

― Simeon, Friday, 1 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I love Add N To X and expect to get flamed for it.

"I love these old threads which had Fatnick on them before he became Fatnick." I don't know what happened but somewhere along the line Nick must have had a bash on the head or something, he's getting ever more erratic. Why, just last night he was terrorising the local indie night by being TOURETTE'S BOY at total strangers and then Ian Curtis- ing his way through the dancefloor, injuring several people in the process.

I AM NOT JOKING.