''Avant Hard'' is the third studio album by English

electronic music Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroac ...

band

Add N to (X) Add N to (X) were an English electronic music band formed in London in 1994. The original members were Andrew Aveling, Barry Smith (aka Barry 7) and Ann Shenton. Steven Claydon replaced Aveling in 1997. After several releases on small labels, ...

. It was released in 1999 on

Mute Records Mute Records is a British independent record label owned and founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller. It has featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Depeche Mode, Erasure, Einstürzende Neubauten, Fad Gadget, Goldfrapp, Grinderm ...

. The track "Metal Fingers in My Body" was used in an advertisement for a digital television service in the UK, played as the background music for skateboarder

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for a montage of tricks. "Barry 7's Contraption" was used as the background music for a telecoms advert for

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directed by

Chris Cunningham Chris Cunningham (born 15 October 1970) is a British video artist and music video director, best known for his music videos for electronic musicians such as Autechre, Squarepusher, and most notably Aphex Twin on videos for "Windowlicker" and " ...

, and was used regularly as backing music on the TV series '' Banzai''.

Track listing

Sample credits *"Machine Is Bored with Love" is based on samples from "Fugue in D Minor", written and performed by

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( Dave Stewart, Dirk Campbell and

Clive Brooks Clive Colin Brooks (28 December 1949 – 5 May 2017) was a drummer, best known for his work in the English progressive rock band Egg. Biography Uriel/Egg Clive Colin Brooks was born in Bow, East London. Answering a ''Melody Maker'' ad in early ...

Personnel

Production *Add N to (X) – production, arrangement *Barry 7 – production, arrangement * Dean Honer – production, arrangement *Ebby Acquah – engineering *Steve D'Agostino – engineering *Roger Johnson – engineering Additional musicians *Rob Allum *

Alison Goldfrapp Alison Elizabeth Margaret Goldfrapp (born 13 May 1966) is an English musician and record producer, known as the vocalist of English electronic music duo Goldfrapp. Early life Goldfrapp was born on 13 May 1966, in Enfield, London, the youngest o ...

Artwork and design *Add N to (X) – artwork *Joe Dilworth – band photos

Charts

References

{{Authority control Add N to (X) albums 1999 albums Mute Records albums