The Ex discography
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The Ex are a Dutch music group from Amsterdam founded in 1979. In their four decades as a band, they have moved from playing anarcho punk to post punk, jazz, folk and African music. They have collaborated on records with fellow indie musicians Chumbawamba, Dog Faced Hermans, Tortoise and Sonic Youth, improvisers like Tom Cora and the Instant Composers Pool, and toured with African musicians Konono Nº1 and Getatchew Mekurya.
The band have released many albums on their own label, Ex Records. Members of The Ex also run small labels through which they release solo material and collaborations with other artists. These include Terrie Hessels' Terp Records, Andy Moor's Unsounds, and Arnold de Boer's Makkum. The Ex distribute all these through their website, along with recordings and publications by founding member and former vocalist G.W. Sok.[1]
Studio albums
- Disturbing Domestic Peace (1980)
- History Is What's Happening (1982)
- Dignity of Labour (1983)
- Tumult (1983)
- Blueprints for a Blackout (1984)
- Pokkeherrie (1985)
- Aural Guerrilla (1988)
- Joggers and Smoggers (1989)
- Mudbird Shivers (1995)
- Starters Alternators (1998)
- Dizzy Spells (2001)
- Turn (2004)
- Catch My Shoe (2011)
- 27 passports (2018)
- If Your Mirror Breaks (2025)
Live albums
- Too Many Cowboys (1987)
- The Ex at Bimhuis (2015)
Collaboration albums
- Scrabbling at the Lock LP/CD (with Tom Cora, 1991)
- 6 (with guests, 1991)
- And the Weathermen Shrug Their Shoulders LP/CD (with Tom Cora, 1993)
- Instant 2×CD (with guests, 1995)
- In the Fishtank 5 LP/CD (with Tortoise, 1998)
- Een Rondje Holland CD (as Ex Orkest, 2001)
- In the Fishtank 9 LP/CD (with Sonic Youth and Instant Composers Pool, 2002)
- In The Event CD (with Anne-James Chaton, Événements N°19, 2004)
- Moa Anbessa LP/CD (with Getatchew Mekurya and guests, 2006)
- Y'Anbessaw Tezeta 2×CD (with Getatchew Mekurya and Friends, 2012)
- Enormous Door LP/CD (with Brass Unbound, 2013)
Compilation albums
- Hands Up! You're Free (1988)
- Singles. Period. The Vinyl Years 1980–1990 (2005)
- 30 Years of The Ex (2009)
Singles and EPs
As The Ex
- All Corpses Smell the Same (1980)
- New Horizons in Retailing (1980)
- Live-Skive (1980)
- Weapons for El Salvador (1981)
- Gonna Rob the Spermbank (1983)
- 1936, The Spanish Revolution (1986, UK Indie No. 6)[2]
- "Rara Rap"/"Contempt" (1988)
- "Stonestampers Song"/"Lied Der Steinklopfer" (1990)
- Dead Fish (1990)
- 6.1 "Slimy Toad"/"Jake's Cake" (1991)
- 6.3 "Hidegen Fujnak A Szelek"/"She Said" (1991)
- 6.6 "Euroconfusion"/"Bird in the Hand" (1992)
- "Maybe I Was the Pilot"/"Our Leaky Homes" (2010)
- "How Thick You Think"/"That's Not A Virus" (2015)
In collaboration with other artists
- Villa Zuid Moet Blijven (with Svatsox and De Groeten, 1981)
- The Red Dance Package (with Alerta, 1983)
- Enough Is Enough (with Awara, 1984)
- Support the Miners' Strike (with Zowiso and Morzelpronk, 1985)
- Pay No More Than 6 Fr. (with Svatsox, 1985)
- Destroy Fascism! (with Chumbawamba, released under the pseudonym Antidote, 1987)
- Antidote Live in Wroclaw (with Chumbawamba, 1987)
- Keep on Hoppin'/Crap Rap 7" (with The Mekons, 1990)
- 6.2 "Ceme Ryne"/"Millitan" 7" (with Brader, 1991)
- 6.4 Bimhuis 29/06/91 2×7" (with guests, 1991)
- 6.5 "This Song Is in English" 7" (with Kamagurka and Herr Seele, 1991)
- Live at the Bimhuis (with guests, 1992)
- "Late Guma"/"Gue" 7" (with Fendika, 2015)
- "From The Top Of My Lungs" 7″ (split with Selvhenter, 2015)
Cassette-only releases
- Live In Wrocław 29.04.87. (1987)
- Throw Well, Throw Shell! (1987)
- Treat (split live cassette with Dog Faced Hermans, 1990)
- Ample (cassette, 1991)
- Ample 2 (cassette, 1995)
- Ethiopia Tour 2002 (with Han Bennink, 2002)
- Ethiopia Tour 2004 (with Han Bennink, 2004)