The band is noted for its melodic, synth-driven dance beats from its early years as well as its fusion of electronics and guitars which is its current musical focus.
[3] In the title story, a young girl imagines the world as she would have it, apparently by staring at an empty space between her hands.
Anything Box's most recent release is Peace (Endpop.com, January 2018) which is a remastered version of their first album, and features remixes of their hits "Living in Oblivion" and "Jubilation".
With Claude's brother Gary joining the band, Anything Box recorded and self-released their third album, Hope on their own label, Orangewerks.
The album brought back the dance floor grooves with such songs as "Answer Me", "Where Is Love and Happiness", and "Life Is Fun".
The band released the EP Dance CD-5 which features remixes of tracks from the Hope album as well as some unreleased songs.
With a high-demand for Anything Box tracks and the difficulty in obtaining singles mixes from Peace, the band released a collection of remixes and unreleased songs called Mixology.1 on Orangewerks.
Anything Box performed at the Synthstock Music Festival in Salt Lake City, Utah where Paul Rijnders reunited with the band for the song "Lady in Waiting" from Peace.
The band released the album Elektrodelica on Jarrett Records, including a deluxe version featuring a bonus interview disc.
Tension between the band and the label grew as Elektrodelica only received wide-distribution, two years following its initial release and Elektrospective artwork was mis-printed.
The band released 100% Air-Friendly Groove Pak, an EP featuring the single "Clean" and a beat-box, hip-hop influenced B-side called "Radio Static".
Anything Box released The Effects of Stereo TV on Presswerk.13 as a long-awaited companion/follow-up album to The Universe Is Expanding; a short, in-your-face experience.
While debating the direction for the next Anything Box album, Claude experimented with playing several instruments on his own including guitar, bass, and drums.
Returning as The Diary, he released Separate, a lo-fi mixture of synthesizers and live instruments all performed by Claude.
Also in 2007, the band began releasing a series of short films put together by Claude S called Fan Tapes and Time Travel on the Internet.
With a large collection of old Anything Box recordings in his possession, Claude, after much deliberation, decided to share some of this raw, early material from his past.
Released on the endpop.com label, the album features the songs "Fast Forward", "Dead Stars", "Hello" and a strange subset of ambient electronic tracks.
Paul Rijnders has several music projects including Goodbye July (synthpop) and The Lamented (garage rock).