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Joggers And Smoggers

The Ex

Terrie (guitar), G.W. Sok (vocals), Luc (bass), Katrin (drums, vocals), plus grill, birdcage, double-bass, fire-extinguisher + hammer, bamboos, piano, electric razor, dobro, spoons, human batbox, wire, glass, castanets, bow, crackle-box, cowbells, kabassa.

Guest musicians - Wilf Plum (organ tk2, drums tk3,21,24, birdcage tk3, voice tk12, bodhran tk23, kabassa tk26, bamboos tk27, spoons tk32, backing-vocals tk31), Jeroen (birdcage tk3, voice tk12,23, backing-vocals tk31, piano-sequenzer tk12, various soundscapes), Dolf (guitar tk2, acoustic guitar tk5, voice tk24, space-stations tk26), Ab Baars (saxophones tk14,15,18,32,34), Bram (guitar tk10,34), Doan Gurkensalat (saz tk9), Dorpsoudste de Jong (voice tk1,19), Ferrie Meurkerrie (trumpets, trombones tk22), Floris van Manen (control-programma orkaterdrum tk20), Gabi Kenderesi (voice, violin tk16), Gerhard Bornefeld (piano tk33), Harry Roberts (bamboos tk27, backing-vocals tk31), Jeroen de Groot (bagpipes tk2,7), Lee Ranaldo (guitar tk8), Lena (accordion, voice tk20), Nick Hobbs (voice tk27, announcement tk25), Thurston Moore (guitar tk11), Thijs Vermeulen (bass tk6,17,21), Wolter Wierbos (trombone tk14,15,18,32).

Recorded at ADM's Koeienverhuurbedrijf, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Produced by Dolf Planteijdt.

2LP Released November 1989.
2CD Released February 1992.

Ex Records LPcat# EX 040/041 CDcat# EX 040/041D

Tracklisting

01. Humm (The Fullhouse Mumble)
02. At The Gate
03. Pigs + Scales
04. Coughing
05. Morning Star
06. Wall Has Ears
07. Invitation To The Dance
08. Tightly Stretched
09. Ask The Prisoner
10. To Be Clear
11. Gentlemen mp3
12. Make That Call
13. The Buzzword Medley
14. Shopping Street
15. Crackle Engines Vrôp Vrôp
16. Greetings From Urbania
17. Wired
18. Got Everything?
19. Waarom Niet
20. Courtyard
21. Burst!Crack!Split!
22. Brickbat
23. Hieronymus
24. Nosey Parker
25. People Who Venture
26. Watch The Driver
27. Let's Get Sceptical
28. Tin Gods
29. State Of Freedom
30. Provisionally Untitled
31. Kachun-K Pschûh mp3
32. The Early Bird's Worm
33. Catkin
34. Upstairs With Picasso

Reviews

"From folk and ethnic to freedom and postpunk skronk."

"This record is a joyful testimony to music's continuing ability to communicate ideas. They have opened up their frenetic grind to encompass 1,000 different rhythms. They're caught up in something unique."