Anything Box

Описание

Группа из США, играющая мелодичный и танцевальный synthpop. Одна из первых synthpop формаций в США наряду с такими корифеями жанра, как RED FLAG и Cause&Effect. Но если последние по своей стилистике ближе к DEPECHE MODE, то звучанние Anything Box скорее сравнимо с ERASURE (что в общем-то и неудивительно, учитывая, что некоторое время у них был общий продюссер Gareth Jones). Группа была образована в 1986 году, однако первый сингл "Living In Oblivion" был выпущен только в 1989. За синглом последовал альбом "Peace", который принёс группе известность во всём мире. Что любопытно, в СССР первый альбом Anything Box обычно выдавался пиратами за сольный проект Мартина Гора из Depeche Mode. Дискография: 1988: Beat Of Life / I Know What You Want (12" Single) 1988: Living In Oblivion / Time To Go (12" Single) 1989: Ascension EP (Cassette only) 1989: Descension EP (Cassette only) 1989: Living In Oblivion (CD single, cassette single, and 12" release) 1990: Peace (The debut album on Epic / Sony) 1990: Jubilation (2 CD Singles, one was Radio only) 1991: Soul On Fire / Our Dreams (12" single) 1992: Worth (Known as "Black Cassette" version. Produced by Gareth Jones) 1992-1993: Hope (The first official release on Orangewerks Produkt Ltd. label.) 1994: Where Is Love & Happiness (12" single) 1994: Dance CD5 (This CD was all the Twitch remixes, plus remixes of Every single Day. Out of print.) 1994: The Diary 'Page One' (A "solo" album by Claude S.) 1994: Mixology 1 (This CD was to help fans out by putting the best of all 12" only mixes) 1996: Living In Oblivion (A newly recorded and remixed version on Jarrett Records) 1997: Conscious (The first single off of Elektrodelica) 1997: Elektrodelica (What Anything Box considers their first realized album) 1997: 45 (Video is released first, with plans for a CD single with remixes by The Claw) 2000: Recovered 1993-1995 (This CD saw the release of a lost album written after Hope and before The Diary) 2001: 100% Air-Friendly Groove Pak (An EP to promote the release of The Universe Is Expanding) 2001: The Universe Is Expanding (An album that both incorporates the electronics of the early years and melds them with the edge of Elektrodelica) 2002: Binaural Repeats: 1993-2002 (download-only collection) 2003: The Effects Of Stereo TV (An experimentation with power pop, punk-n-bass, and acoustics) 2005: The Diary - Separate (the second "solo" album by Claude S.) 2007: Future Past EP 2008: Nineteen (Claude remasters a old tape of early Anything Box recordings. The songs pre-date the band's first album, Peace. The band releases the album, Nineteen, digitally.)