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One of my favorite bands, YACHT, has never been limited by lack of members to fill out their sound.
They're often called a "laptop band." But despite their total tech geekery, and omnipresent beat-up laptops at live shows, their recorded albums have always had live drums, guitars, and bass.
YACHT very recently added two live band-members to perform with them on tour. While not technically adding tracks, it seems to have been a catalyst for total reinterpretation of songs, and it sounds great.
Let's use Ring the Bell as an example.
First, here's the album version:
Now, here's the live version, before the new members. Pretty much the same.
And here's the live version with the new members. They added a crazy disco intro, which degrades into the fun tom-heavy tribal sound of the original. And the really bright guitar added a lot of space. Eventually the sound gets distorted, but you can hear enough to get the difference.
I highly recommend checking out this band, btw.
