During the summer of 1989 The Ex record another double-LP, Joggers & Smoggers, at Amsterdam’s squatted ADM-complex, an old shipyard. The Ex are supported by a whole slew of guest musicians, such as Ab Baars (who will also perform at Incubate 2010), Wolter Wierbos, Wilf Plum from Dog Faced Hermans, and Sonic Youth‘s Lee Ranaldo [...]
The Ex Files: The early years (1989)
June 21, 2010
The Ex Files: The early years (1987-1988)
June 14, 2010
More releases follow after the 1936 single and 1987 sees the band touring all over Europe in an original fire engine. Later that year they form a band called Antidote together with British punkers Chumbawamba and record the 7″ Destroy Fascism!. Also an Antidote bootleg 7″ appears carrying the title One Does Not Sell The [...]
The Ex Files: The early years (1984-1986)
June 7, 2010
In collaboration with the anarchist quarterly Gramschap (Anger), The Ex release a split 7″ with the Iraqi Kurdish group Awara in 1984, their first encounter with non-western musicians. Non-western music will prove to be of great importance for The Ex in their later developments. In the same year they do a benefit tour with Morzelpronk [...]
The Ex Files: The early years (1980-1984)
May 31, 2010
In June 1980 The Ex make their recording debut: the 7″ EP All Corpses Smell The Same. Two more releases follow that same month: a 7″ flexi-disc for the anarchist punk magazine Raket from Rotterdam, and a contribution to Utregpunx, a 7″ vinyl compilation. In October they release their first LP Disturbing Domestic Peace. In [...]
The Ex Files: The early years (formation, 1979)
May 25, 2010
The Ex has been a highly influential band in punk, experimental and avant-garde scenes for over three decades now. In 1979 the band formed out of the squat scene of Amsterdam and Wormer and has since then developed into a prominent musical force covering such diverse styles as punk, noise, rock, jazz, improvisation, and ethnic [...]
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Exitmusic – Passage This duo consists of husband and wife Devon Church en Aleska Palladino, from (Shit, again?!) Brooklyn, New York. With EP From Silence, which they released a year ago Exitmusic showed us their first sign of life.. Passage, their debutalbum, is a bit more bombastic, but still got the sultry sound. Next to this sultry [...]