[1] Not from There's sound was characterised by grinding bass lines, fuzzed-out guitar riffs and occasional usage of dubs or samples.
", was released by Not from There in May 1998 via Infectious/Mushroom, which Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, felt showed, "jarring rock, with slabs of guitar and industrial strength samples" and "was certainly the dark and dangerous flipside to the radio-friendly sounds.
"[2] It was followed by a second single, "Sich Öffnen" (English: "Open Yourself"), in August, which is mostly sung in Riegler's native Austrian German.
[10] AllMusic's Tom Schulte rated it as three-out-of-five stars and explained, "[they] landed upon a relentlessly stable form of noisy indie pop that instrumentally is all about rhythm.
[1][10] A follow-up single, "Juanita's Cocktail Party", was released in January 1999, and despite having a music video, it failed to achieve the chart success of its predecessor.
Not from There provided a cover version of Supernaut's "I Like It Both Ways" for the soundtrack of Australian feature film, Sample People (May 2000).
It provided a more disco or funk-oriented feel than their earlier material and managed to sound more accessible, however it failed to gain the critical success of the previous album.
"[16] Its first single, "Frisco Disco", was released in January 2001 but had limited commercial success although it was used on the soundtrack of Australian TV drama, The Secret Life of Us.
[17] Oz Music Project's Nick Coppack described the track, "The fast paced electro insanity of current single 'Frisco Disco' is frighteningly reminiscent of The Bee Gees, especially with Riegler's playful high-pitched vocals.
[6] Riegler, in June 2017, told Dan Condon of Double J, "Much of the friendships and camaraderie had corroded over the last few years of that band.
In July 2008, Riegler was short-listed for the Grant McLennan Memorial Fellowship,[22] a Queensland Government Initiative created in honour of the late The Go-Betweens founder.