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It's September 2004, and we're back in the USA, for a two-week tour. A bit
of Eastcoast Chicago, and after a long delay the Westcoast again. We're
really looking forward to play here again. 12 shows in 15 days, with lots
of traveling, but a great opportunity to once again meet a lot of nice
people. Meanwhile, we are in the middle of organising our big 25th
anniversary week in November. We've invited a whole bunch of artists from
all over the world, they are all excited about playing there, and we feel
very honoured and proud by their enthusiasm. Further on you can find more
information on these shows. Maybe hard to get there (yes, it is quite far
indeed), but it gives you an idea of what's happening.
Apart from that, this month,
September, our new album is being released in both Europe (by Ex Records
in Holland and Vicious Circle in France) and the USA (on Touch And Go
Records). TURN (recorded with Steve Albini in Chicago, and mixed in
Amsterdam) is a double-CD, our first album with Rozemarie, containing of
14 songs, and over 80 minutes of music:
"Songs about freedom, pies and
justice, confusion, insomnia, the nightmare that's called Kissinger, the
power of poets and painters, dogs, sloths, and sisters... No idols, no
soap."
In January 2004 we re-released
two old albums (Hands Up from 1988 and Dead Fish from 1990)
on CD. Early next year we will finally release the singles-compilation.
There's a new website, too.
With films, photos and some more things to come, at WWW.THEEX.NL and, oh
yeah, in October the DVD-version of Beautiful Frenzy (the filmed
portrait of The Ex) will be out and it will have lots of extras (live-footage
from the past, among other things). By the way, the original VHS
video-version is now available on NTSC-format through Honey Bear Records
for $15 ppd (check out www.honeybearrecords.net) and through Revolver USA.
What else is new...
In October there are the three
new releases on Terp Records. From Eritrea there's Tsehaytu Beraki's album SELAM, 2 CD's with more than 2 hours of music plus a fantastic 88-page
photo-book. From Mali there's kora-player Djibril Diabate's HAWA, and
there's the thumb-piano orchestra of Konono No.1, from the Republic of
Congo, with their live-album LUBUAKU, recorded at Vera, Groningen. Plus
new on the label Unsounds: the duo-CD of Andy with Yannis Kyriakides, RED
V GREEN.
The Ex -25 Years...
As you know2004 is the year of
our 25th anniversary! We will celebrate this in November with three events:
first, a two-day party in Amsterdam; next, a five-city convoy tour of
France with a twelve-act line-up; and finally, a very special all-day
affair in Brussels.
Een Plezante Aangelegenheid
(a pleasant affair)
Friday 19 & Saturday 20
November, Paradiso, Amsterdam, featuring: Konono (Congo, electric
thumb-pianos) / The Evens (Ian Mackaye [Fugazi] + Amy Farina, songs &
drums, USA) / Zea (NL, experimental & pop) / Silent Block (F, selfmade
instruments & tables & electronics) / Free Fall (a.o. Ken Vandermark, free&jazz,
USA) / Anne-James Chaton (F, poet-sonore) / ICP + Getatchew Mekurya (NL/ETH,
Instant Composers Pool & Ethiopian saxophone) / Peter Zegveld (NL,
explosions & soundscapes) / Zu + Mats Gustafsson (I/S, noise & jazz &
hardcore saxophone) / Cor Fuhler + Michael Schumacher (NL/D, grand-piano &
dance) / John Butcher (GB, multiphonics saxophone) / Kaffe Matthews (GB,
laptop samples-converter) / Katie Duck (NL, dance) / Jon Langford (GB, The
Mekons, pop & punk & country) / Mohammed Jimmy Mohammed + Messele Asmamaw
+ Asnake Gebreyes (ETH, Ethiopian hits & drums & krar) / Jaap Blonk (NL,
sound-poetry) / Yannis Kyriakides (GR, electronics) / Neptune (USA, welded
metal guitars & pop-songs) / Hisako Horikawa (J, dance) / Han Bennink (NL,
drums) / Paul Lovens/Tony Buck/Andy/Terrie + guests (D/AUS/GB/ NL, improv
guitars &drums) / The living Ex jukebox (GB/CAN, Wilf Plum [ex-DogFacedHermans]
+ Andy Kerr [ex-NoMeansNo]) / DJ Andy, DJ Ken (GB/USA, Friday night
deejays) / Rosa Barba (I, installation) / Abyssinia Restaurant (Ethiopian
food) / Gold Blade (GB) / Tamount (MOR) / Jem Cohen (USA, film projections)
/ Ex museum / The Ex
The French 25 Years of The
Ex convoy tour
tue. 23-11 Mulhouse -
Noumatrouf
wed. 24-11 Lyon/Villeurbanne -
C.C.O.
thu. 25-11 Bordeaux - Barbey
fri. 26-11 Paris/Pontoise -
Salle de fêtes
sat. 27-11 Tourcoing - Grand
Mix
Featuring: Silent Block (F) /
Zu (I) / Zea (NL) / Anne-James Chaton (F) / Konono (Congo) / John Butcher
(GB) / Getatchew Mekurya (ETH) / Mohammed Jimmy Mohammed + Messele Asmamaw
+ Asnake Gebreyes (ETH) / The Evens (Ian Mackaye + Amy Farina, USA) / Han
Bennink (NL) / Hisako Horikawa (J) / The living Ex jukebox (Wilf Plum, GB)
/ The Ex (NL) / plus surprises&guests ...
A beautiful frenzy
Sunday 28 November, Palais des
Beaux-Arts/Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels, Belgium, featuring: ICP +
Getatchew Mekurya (NL/ETH) / Thermal (Moor/Lehn/ Butcher GB/D) / Silent
Block (F) / The Evens (Ian Mackaye + Amy Farina, USA) / Zu (I) / Zea (NL)
/ Konono (Congo) / Mohammed Jimmy Mohammed + Messele Asmamaw + Asnake
Gebreyes (ETH) / Han Bennink (NL) / John Butcher (GB) / Anne-James Chaton
(F) / Rosa Barba (I) / Hisako Horikawa (J) / The living Ex jukebox (Wilf
Plum, GB) / Jem Cohen (USA) / Ex museum / The Ex / film&video-programme /
dutch poets a.o. Menno Wigman, Simon Vinkenoog...
The Ex -25 Years
August 31, 1979 - September 4,
2004... 1109 concerts, 31 countries, 381 cities, 735
other-bands-on-the-bill, 16 band-members, 57 guests-in-the-band, 6
sound-engineers, 20 albums, and 8 Ex-vans...
2004 has arrived and
it’s the year of our 25th anniversary! The big two-day party will be held
in the Paradiso, Amsterdam, on November 19 and 20. We’re stirring up some
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