|  Malgré ce que peuvent penser certains réactionnaires ignares et rétrogades, les groupes de rock ne profitent pas tous d'un système qu'ils rejettent, celui des multinationales culturcides, la carotte que bien des ânes suivent et suivront.
THE EX existe depuis 1979. Après deux albums très anarcho-punks, la musique du groupe s'oriente vers des compositions plus expérimentale où le rock, le jazz, le folk et l'expérimentation forme un tout d'une rare cohérence et sans compromis. Pas de compromis non plus pour la vente des disques, le groupe apposant systématiquement le sticker "N'achetez pas cet album plus de...". Leurs enregistrements servent souvent à financer des projets, des causes ou tout simplement à dénoncer les injustices de ce triste monde. On les verra notemment collaborer avec des artistes kurdes (l'excellent "Militan", chant traditionnel kurde), africains, etc... La connaissance des autres cultures et des autres folklore est également très présent chez le groupe: des textes traditionnels hongrois (chantés dans la langue!), allemands (l'extraordinaire "Lied Der Steinkopfler"), espagnols (les chants révolutionnaires sur le splendide objet qu'est "1936"), kurdes, etc... On les verra ensuite collaborer, l'espace de deux fantastiques albums avec le génial et regretté Tom Cora, violoncelliste issu de la Knitting Factory et du groupe jazz-expérimental Cassiber. On les verra ensuite avec Tortoise ou Sonic Youth, etc... Pour commencer le voyage, la discographie du groupe et un premier texte, "Walt Dizzyland", issu du dernière album studio, "Dizzy Spell".
ALBUMS
Disturbing domestic peace ('80) cd
History is what's happening ('82)
cd Dignity of labour ('83) cd
Tumult ('83) cd
Blueprints for a blackout ('84) cd
Pokkeherrie ('85) cd
Too many cowboys ('87) cd
Hands up! you're free ('88) cd
Aural guerrilla ('88) cd
Joggers & smoggers ('89) 2cd
Dead fish ('90) mcd
Scrabbling at the lock ('91) cd, w/ Tom Cora
And the weathermen shrug their shoulders ('93) cd, w/ Tom Cora
Mudbird shivers ('95) cd
Instant ('95) cd, w/ guests
Starters alternators ('98) cd
In the fishtank ('99) mcd, w/ Tortoise
Dizzy spells ('01) cd
Een rondje Holland ('01) cd, Ex Orkest
SINGLES
All corpses smell the same ('80) 7"
New horizons in retailing ('80) 7" flexi
Weapons for El Salvador ('81) 7"
Villa Zuid moet blijven ('81) 7" flexi
Gonna rob the spermbank ('83) 12"
The red dance package ('83) 12", w/ Alerta
Enough is enough ('84) 7", w/ Awara
Destroy fascism! ('87) 7", Ex + Chumbawamba = Antidote
Rara rap ('88) 7"
Lied der Steinklopfer ('90) 7", w/ Dog Faced Hermans
Keep on hoppin' ('91) 7", split w/ Mekons
6.1 ('91) 7"
6.2 ('91) 7", w/ Brader
6.3 ('91) 7"
6.4 ('91) 2x7", w/ Guests
6.5 ('91) 7", w/ Kamagurka, Herr Seele
6.6 ('92) 12"
TAPES
Pay no more than 6 Fr. ('85), split w/ Svätsox
Live in Wroclaw ('87)
Treat ('90), split w/ Dog Faced Hermans
Ample ('91)
Ample 2 ('95)
Ample 3 ('02)
VIDEOS
The Ex & Guests - Live at the Bimhuis ('92)
Terrie, Andy & Friends - Sounds of bells ('95)
Beautiful frenzy ('01), a filmed portrait of The Ex
BOOKS
The Ex - 1936, the Spanish revolution ('86), photobook w/ 2x 3"cd
G.W. Sok - Ex-rated ('97)
G.W. Sok - Into the gravy ('02), re-issue of essay from 1989* * *
COLLABORATIONS
Dog Faced Hermans (w/ Andy)Humans fly ('88), Konkurrel
Every day timebomb ('89), Konkurrel
Mental blocks for all ages ('91), Konkurrel
Hum of life ('93), Konkurrel
Bump & swing ('94), Konkurrel
Those deep buds ('94), Konkurrel
Ig Henneman Tentet (w/ Katrin)Dickinson ('93)
Roof (w/ Luc)The untraceable cigar ('95),
Red NoteTrace ('99),
Red Note4Walls (w/ Luc)The world sure aint square ('01),
Red NoteKletka Red (w/ Andy) Hijacking ('96)
, TzadikHybrid ('00)
Red NoteLittle Red Spiders (w/ Andy) The Music Of The Little Red Spiders ('97)
TESAndy Moor & Kaffe Matthews (w/ Andy)Locks ('02)
UnsoundHan Bennnink & Terrie Ex The laughingh owl ('00)
TerpAb Baars & Terrie Ex - Hef ('00)
TerpRozemarie Heggen & Terrie Ex - Fiets ('02)
TerpDruxat Publishing (w/ G.W. Sok)Goeroe Overflakkee - Van god los ('01), columns, in DutchIJsbrand Koudvuur i.o. - Beschuit met puistjes ('02), poetry, in Dutch
Walt's Dizzyland (apparaît sur l'album "Dizzy Spell")
Children of the world, come gather round
sit around the fire and let's talk like men
about quicksand Hollywood and slow-match fast food
that's the trash I found in the garbage-can
Everyone be seated and I'll tell you a little story
"once upon a time" it starts, then it chews the facts
with Mickey, Walt and Donald, and goofy cousin Ronald
they wanna swallow all your souls, like they've inked a pact
Are we fucked, are we nice, are we ducks, are we mice, are we men, are we mean, are we living, are we living in the dream-machine
fucked are we, nice are we, ducks are we, mice are we, men are we, mean are we, living-living-living living in the dream-machine
Seen the little mermaid surviving on the screen?
and look there's the dizzy Fab Four Story where no one dies
well, maybe I forgot, maybe Paul gets shot
all sad tales with dinosaurs will be cut to size
And then World War Two the Movie, with a grand finale
smiling victims who all escape, and the Germans win, children, got the picture? seen the past that's in the future?
now, to be honest, to tell the truth, where to begin
Are we fucked, are we nice, are we ducks, are we mice, are we men, are we mean, are we living, are we living in the dream-machine
fucked are we, nice are we, ducks are we, mice are we, men are we, mean are we, living-living-living
living in the dream-machine
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