Biography
Anything Box came together in New Jersey in 1986 when Claude S. joined forces with Dania Morales and Paul Rijnders; the trio borrowed its name from the title of a short-story collection. After signing to Epic, the group issued its first album, Peace, in 1990 and scored an immediate club favorite with the buoyant single “Living in Oblivion,” which crossed over to the pop charts and peaked at number 65. The following year brought Worth, produced by Gareth Jones; although the album generated no mainstream hits, “World Without Love” earned alternative-radio play while “Beat of Life” thrived in clubs. Hope arrived in 1993 and likewise bypassed broader outlets, yet the dance audience embraced tracks such as “Answer Me,” “Every Single Day,” and “Where Is Love & Happiness.” In the mid-’90s the band paused while Claude S. released the solo set Page One under the name the Diary. Anything Box reconvened in 1999—without Morales—for Elektrodelica, an album that folded additional influences into the group’s electronic-pop base and stood as its most experimental work to date. Recovered appeared the next year.
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