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The Ex - New Horizons In Retailing (Flexi 7'')

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    New Horizons In Retailing
    Release Date : 1980

    Comes in white envelope simply marked "hé, the EX, floppie" with A4 copied 'sleeve' insertOpgenomen met Willem op 16 maart 1980 in kelder Schoonderloo voor Ping Pong records. Met dank aan King King records en RAKET
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    The Ex Biography

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    Dutch band, formed in 1979 in Amsterdam. Initially an anarcho-punk band, over the years they have incorporated many different musical styles such as jazz, noise, free improvisation, and ethnic/world music while still keeping a focus on anarchism, lyrically.

    Band members: Andy Moor (2), Arnold de Boer, Terrie Hessels, Katherina Bornefeld
    Band ex-members: , Luc Ex, GW Sok, Han Buhrs, Rozemarie Heggen, Wim Ter Weele, John Van De Weert, René De Groot, Bas Masbeck, Joke Laarman, Sabien Witteman, Geurt van Gisteren, Nicolette Schuurman, Jos Kley, Luc Klaasen
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    THE EX is a punk, industrial and experimental band from Amsterdam, Netherlands. They formed in 1979 at the height of the original punk explosion and have released over twenty full-length albums since, making them one of the longest-lived and most influential underground bands still in existence. THE EX just celebrated its 33⅓ year anniversary with a series of festivals. Not merely retrospective but primarily forward-looking and adventurous.

    The Ex have defied categorization ever since they started playing in 1979. Born out of the punk explosion, when anything and everything was possible, the band have still managed to retain both curiosity and passion for their music. Using guitars, bass, drums and voice as ther starting point THE EX have continued to musically explore undiscovered areas right up to the present day: the early 1980s saw collaborations with industrial, experimental and jazz musicians and an Iraqi-Kurdish band. In the 90s the group found a myriad of partners from varied musical and non-musical backgrounds including Kamagurka, Tom Cora, Sonic Youth, Han Bennink, Jan Mulder, Shellac and Wolter Wierbos. In 2002 The Ex set up a lively musical exchange with Ethiopia, which eventually led to two CD recordings and hundreds of concerts with the legendary saxophonist Getatchew Mekuria.

    After 33⅓ years, more than 25 albums and around 1800 performances the band continues to work as they did in when they began, completely independent of record companies, managers or roadies. Because of this ‘do it yourself’ work ethic The Ex is still a great example for other forward-thinking bands and musicians.

    The Ex debuted with a single titled "Stupid Americans" on the Utregpunx vinyl 7" compilation released by Rock Against records in Rotterdam. The release of their first 7" All Corpses Smell the Same came shortly thereafter in 1980. Through the decades they gradually developed into their current form of highly intricate, experimental punk/post-punk/no wave-inspired work. Always involved in a large number of projects, both in and outside the band, its members have been able to keep their music fresh and exciting, and, some opine, constantly better.

    Breaking from the relatively narrow confines of punk rock, The Ex has incorporated a wide array of influences, often from non-Western and non-rock sources. Some include Hungarian and Turkish folk songs, and more recently music from Ethiopia (including collaborations with Ethipian saxophonist Gétatchèw Mèkurya, Congo (shown in their tribute to Congolese street band Konono Nº1 and Eritrea (whose independence song is covered on Turn). Other examples of branching out stylistically include the improvised double album Instant and a release under the moniker Ex Orkest, a 20 piece big band assembled for performances at the esteemed Holland Festival.

    The band has had successful collaborations with many disparate artists, including UK anarchist band Chumbawamba (sometimes using the name Antidote), Dog Faced Hermans, and with the late avant-garde cellist Tom Cora in the early 1990s, resulting in the watershed album Scrabbling At the Lock in 1991 and the follow-up And the Weathermen Shrug Their Shoulders in 1993. They have also collaborated with members of Sonic Youth, Dutch improvisers ICP Orchestra, and released a collaborative EP with America's Tortoise.

    In January 2009, front man and founding member G.W. Sok announced on the band's website he will quit the band. Arnold de Boer from the Amsterdam band Zea will replace him.
    http://www.theex.nl/]The Ex - Homepage
    https://myspace.com/theexnl/photos
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ex_%28band%29
    https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Ex/33442126156
    http://www.discogs.com/artist/65740-Ex-The


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    Label - Ping Pong Records

    Netherlands


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