mind.in.a.box is an Austrian [[{{Industrial}} Futurepop]] group, formed in 2002, with members Stefan Poiss (vocals), Roman Stift (bass), Gehard Höffler (drums), and Adam Wehsely-Swiczinsky (guitar). Their songs are exclusively English.


Their discography is unique in that all their songs (aside from the album [[FormulaBreakingEpisode R.E.T.R.O.]]) form one cohesive story of the Agent Black - and his supervisor, White - as they track down the Friend and Night, fugitive rebel hackers that know too much. Additional fluff is incorporated into the cover booklet of their [=CDs=].

Discography:
* ''Lost Alone'' (2002)
* ''Dreamweb'' (2005)
* ''Crossroads'' (2007)
* ''R.E.T.R.O.'' (2010) - A throwback to music of the 8 bit era. Not tied into the plot of the rest of the discography.
* ''Revelations'' (2012)
* ''Memories'' (2015)
* ''Broken Legacies'' (2017)
* ''Black and White'' (2023)

Stefan Poiss has also created four independent albums [[IAmTheBand under the name "THYX"]] as [[SoloSideProject a side project]], which incorporate much of mind.in.a.box's beat, though they do not feature the overarching plot seen in MIAB's albums.
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!!Their songs contains examples of:

* AssimilationPlot: ''Stalkers'' has an unnamed woman running from a collective mind as they invade her thoughts.
* BrainComputerInterface: In ''Synchronize'', the inventor synchronizes to a computer. [[GrandTheftMe It doesn't end well]].
--> ''this machine of sound is a part of me, I've got direct access to its memory -- is the machine in control, or is it me?''
* {{Cyberspace}}: The Dreamweb.
* HeelRealization: In ''Shake up'', Black realizes that the Agency is evil and corrupt.
--> ''Everything that I did wrong was never my intention -- At that time, I thought it was the right thing to do.''
* HiveMind: ''Stalkers''
* IAmTheBand: THYX is a solo operation by the frontman of mind.in.a.box
* ManOfAThousandVoices: Stefan Poiss is the vocalist for ''all'' the songs, include those with a female speaker/singer.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: After White unsuccessfully tries to erase Black's identity, Black's memory of his saviors (The Sleepwalkers) is blanked out.
* LightIsNotGood: White wears a white business suit complete with a nice hat, but he is... not a very nice person.
* LimitedLyricsSong: ''Light and Dark'' has two lines of lyrics repeated.
--> ''I feel sad, so left alone. words are not enough, for me to live on.''
* PlayingWithSyringes: The Agency has killed at least 228 test subjects while trying to synchronize with the Dreamweb, which involves inserting needles full of a cryogenic compound into the subject's blood.
* NewhartPhoneCall: A fairly common intro for MIAB songs.
* SecondPersonNarration: Appears in several songs.
* SequelSong
* ShoutOut: There are lots of it to the 1994 adventure game ''VideoGame/DreamWeb'', with the dreamweb itself being a recurring element in the band's mythos.
* StopMotion: The music video for Project Tape Evidence - a THYX song made synthesized from a huge supply of random sounds from fans - uses LEGO bricks and minifigs animated with stop motion.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: White and the Friend are brothers.
* YourHeadAsplode: An Agency test subject's head explodes after synchronizing with the Dreamweb in the ''Memories'' cover booklet.


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