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Add Insult To Injury, the third album from analogue electro-cuties Add N To (X), sees the London trio in as mischievous a mood as ever. Opening track "Adding N To X" sizzles along on its Moog and WASP old-school synthesisers merrily with some assistance from ex-Faith Healers drummer Joe Dilworth, while "Brothel Charge" rampages like a squadron of children let loose in the Art Of Noise toy shop. As ever, this is a retro-futurist delight--Ann Shenton's eerie theremin and Steve Claydon's Korg Micro Preset harking back to a time when the future was still shiny and silver and bright. And, surely, nobody will be able to resist the robotic Fat Les chants of "Monster Bobby". --Jerry Thackray
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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A step forward from 'Avant Hard'. Here we've got most of the things we loved about their earlier stuff but this time around it's more about - dare I type it? - catchy tunes. Not in a bad way though. It's still mean. It's still noisy. It's still a bit perverse. But it's slicker and bigger than their earlier recordings. Every track on the album different from the last but still all very Add n to (x). This album comfirms that this is the best rock band who don't play guitars. They don't need them. They've got vocoders and vintage keyboards.
P.S. It's safe to listen to this one while driving.
P.S. It's safe to listen to this one while driving.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Add N To (X) have produced more of the excellent experimental musical style that they established in their last album 'Avant Hard' with another collection of strangely compelling electronic tunes.
The band's music is very difficult to characterise, and almost certainly won't initially appeal to a new listener, though it is definitely worth persevering with. Their music is truly innovative, making use of numerous diverse pieces of electronic equipment from the theramin to the moog, combined with a lot of sampling.
The album weighs in at 63 minutes over 12 tracks, and ranges in pace from the insistent beat of 'Monster Bobby' to the relaxed decadence of 'B. P. Perino'.
The clear highlights of the album are the opening track 'Adding N To X' and the first single from the album, 'Plug Me In', though the tunes aren't as strong overall as those of 'Avant Hard'. 'The Legend of The Black Regent', one of my favourite tracks from 'Avant Hard', receives a much deserved sequel in the form of the indulgent but impressive ten minute epic, 'The Regent Is Dead'.
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The appeal of Add N to X is their straight-out retro synth jams that, for lack of a better word, rock. The down side is the Gary Glitter-meets-Fat Les tomfoolery of tracks like Mister Bobby and Adding N to X. 'You must create' sounds like an edgier, sonic Air, while Kingdom of Shades is a kind of funk-rave hybrid that should be the soundtrack to some camp, gallactic space battle. 'Poke 'er' ole' is not nearly as sleazy as you expect - a fine electroclash jam that wrings some fine use out of the band's evidently large collection of keyboards and features (as elsewhere) some bravura drumming. Similarly, MDMH is a bass-heavy space-funk workout that sounds (intentionally, I assume) like it is played by a bunch of angry robots. The highlight, however, is the more-refrained 'BP Perino', a kind of space-ballad sung by a lonely robot, which is genuinely affecting - I kid you not - and is possibly the best use of treated/vocoder vocals since it came in (and out) of fashion.
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