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● Anything Box is an international ● The name ‘Anything Box’ comes ● While the music industry bemoaned band! Claude S. was born in Rosario, from the title of a short story by Zenna MP3s, Anything Box released an EP Argentina. Dania Morales was born in Henderson. In the story, a little girl entirely in that format (Binaural , but her parents are from imagines a different world of positive Repeats) to the public for free in Ecuador. Paul Rjinders was born in possibilities when she cups he hands 2003! Southern , and has roots in together and is almost consumed by Holland. her fantasy. Claude S. found the book ● Anything Box was interviewed for in his local library. Penthouse Magazine in style. Bob ● While watching a documentary on Guccione even invited the group to the fashion scene in Buenos Aires, ● Claude S. met Dania Morales at club stay at his New York, mansion. Claude began to pen the first lyrics to in New Jersey, The Loop Lounge . He Carmen in ‘Castellano’ in his hotel gave her a flyer for an upcoming show ● While visiting Penthouse, the band room in Ecuador. When Anything Box there, and he had no band members performed (un-invited) at a rally returned to the states, he and Dania yet! This influential club is still open against the death penalty in midtown worked out the whole song in a park to this day! When in NJ… They go! Manhattan, and also shot a near their studio. commercial in streets and Subways of ● Paul Rjinders met Claude and Dania New York City. ● The song, ‘Carmen’ was one of when they moved to California to Anything Box’s several chart toppers record ‘Living In Oblivion’. They were in Latin American countries like signed shortly after. Anything Box: Mexico, Argentina, Ecuador, Brazil, Peru and Chile… But the band didn’t ● Anything Box worked with Gareth Claude S. (Voice, Electronics, Words) know it! Jones (Depeche Mode / Erasure) to Paul Rjinders (Guitars, Electronics) record their ‘Worth’ album in ● A show in Brazil in front of 70,000 Germany. It was here that the 8mm Dania Morales (Voices, Electronics) people informed them of their status. film was taken that would later Later, a trip to Ecuador confirmed it. become a video for ‘The Ravine’ Need More Data? It was on this soil where Claude S. (youtube.com/anythingbox). first proposed a Spanish version of the www. anythingbox .com song. ● The word elektrodelica , has often been used to describe Anything Box’s www. endpop .com ● Gary S. , Claude’s brother and sound. It is however, the title of an www. youtube .com/anythingbox sometimes live band member, does album which crossed into several beat-boxing on Carmen . genres. The NY Village Voice www. myspace.com /anythingbox Claude’s mother was also in the described it as, “Some of the loveliest www. reverbnation.com /anythingbox recording sessions for the song. and most cunningly arranged Pop Music around…” www. last.fm /music/Anything+Box ● Anything Box recently contributed www. MOG .com/anythingbox music to the feature film, ‘Mo’. This ● The film, ‘Fan Tapes & Time Travel’ , film won ‘Best Film’ at the Malibu is based around fan tapes from all Film Festival in Los Angeles (2007). over the globe, and is being released Contact / email: for free to the general public in the ● Anything Box became The Abots in form of a serial presentation. It [email protected] the video for ‘Small’. features rare performances, backstage

rehearsals, and acoustic sets! ● In Mexico, Anything Box had music in a Spanish novella, ‘Alcansando las Estrellas’. Carmen was one of them.