Avant Hard is the third studio album by English electronic music band Add N to (X). It was released in 1999 on Mute Records.
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 Danny Way for a montage of tricks. "Barry 7's Contraption" was used as the background music for a telecoms advert for Orange UK directed by Chris Cunningham, 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 Egg (Dave Stewart, Dirk Campbell and Clive Brooks).
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
Artwork and design Add N to (X) – artwork Joe Dilworth – band photos
Charts Chart (1999) Peakposition
References