Singles. Period

by The Ex

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Idiosyncratic Sounds The connection between the Ex track RaRa Rap and RaRa Radio, the online radiostation, is that they both refer to the Dutch organization RaRa (Revolutionaire Anti-Racistische Actie). RaRa was a Dutch group of activists whose actions were described by the Dutch national security service as 'political violent activism'. RaRa was active from 1984 to 1993, but the group was never officially disbanded.

www.mixcloud.com/IdiosyncraticSounds/idiosyncratic-sounds-rara-a-brief-history-edited/ Favorite track: Rara Rap.

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	1.	Human car 02:14
	2.	Rock 'n' Roll-stoel 02:07
	3.	Cells 01:52
	4.	Apathy Disease 03:29
	5.	Stupid Americans 02:16
	6.	Money 01:36
	7.	Curtains 02:17
	8.	Weapons for El Salvador 02:48
	9.	Dust 02:15
	10.	New Wars 2 01:38
	11.	Constitutional State 01:55
	12.	Gonna Rob the Spermbank 03:45
	13.	When Nothing Else is Helpful Anymore 03:32
	14.	Memberhips 05:34
	15.	Trash 04:56
	16.	Crap-rap 02:51
	17.	Long Live the Aged 03:54
	18.	Enough is Enough 04:42
	19.	Rara Rap 04:33
	20.	Contempt 02:25
	21.	Stonestampers Song 02:58
	22.	Lied der Steinklopfer 03:35
	23.	Keep On Hoppin' 03:04

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THIS DIGITAL ALBUM INCLUDES BONUS ITEM: 32-pages booklet scan in PDF

The vinyl years 1980-1990.
Ex Records, 2005
EX 099D

All Corpses Smell The Same (7", He Records, 1980) EX 001
Utregpunx (compilation 7", Rock Against Records, 1980) Z 2
New Horizons in Retailing (7" flexi, Ping Pong Records, 1980) w/ Raket fanzine
Weapons For El Salvador (7", f 3,50 Records, 1981) EX 006 w/ Gramschap
Villa Zuid Moet Blijven (split 7" flexi, 1981)
Gonna Rob The Spermbank (12", Sneeelleeer Records, 1983), EX 015
The Red Dance Package (split 12", CNT Productions, 1983) CNT 017
Awara / The Ex (split 7", Gramschap, 1984), DEI 975-EX 21 w/ Gramschap magazine
Rara Rap (7", Lala Records, 1988), WAWA 01
Stonestampers / Steinklopfer (7", Ex Records, 1990), EX 043
Mekons / The Ex (split 7", Clawfist, 1990), CF 4

CD at The Ex shop - exmailorder.nl/shop/catalogue/singles-period

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released January 1, 2005

Terrie - guitar (1-21, 23), acoustic guitar (22)
G.W. Sok - voice (1-21, 23), backing-vocals (22)
Ome Geurt - drums (1-7)
René - bass (1-7)
Wim - drums (8-11)
Bas - bass (8-15)
Sabien - drums (12-18)
Yoke - bass (16-18)
Luc - bass (16-21, 23), double-bass (22)
Nicolette - guitar (19)
Katherina - drums (19-21, 23), vocals (22)
Andy - guitar (23)

Guests...
Gert-Jan Blom - organ (4)
Coby Laan - tiny grand piano (12)
Jon Langford - drums (12-13)
Ferry Heyne - guitar (13)
Dolf Planteijdt - heavy mental guitar (16)
? of Awara - violin (18)
Jeroen - samples (19)
Marion, Andy, Wilf, Colin + Martin from Dog Faced Hermans - trumpet, acoustic guitar, rattle, woodblock, mandolin, backing-vocals (23)

All words & music by The Ex, except:
words 13 (traditional), 19 (public domain), 20 (Adolf Wolff), 21/22 (Kurt Tucholsky); words & music 23 (Mekons)

Tracks 1-4 recorded at Joke's Koeienverhuurbedrijf, Schellingwoude, Netherlands. Produced by Dolf Planteijdt.
Tracks 5-7 recorded at Raketbasis, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Produced by Wim ter Weele.
Tracks 8-10 recorded at Joke's Koeienverhuurbedrijf, Schellingwoude, Netherlands. Produced by Dolf Planteijdt.
Track 11 recorded at Joke's Koeienverhuurbedrijf, Schellingwoude, Netherlands. Produced by Dolf Planteijdt.
Tracks 12-15 recorded at Joke's Koeienverhuurbedrijf, Schellingwoude, Netherlands. Produced by Dolf Planteijdt + Jon Langford.
Tracks 16-17 recorded at KG Music Studios, Bridlington, England. Produced by Jon Langford + Dolf Planteijdt.
Track 18 recorded at Joke's Koeienverhuurbedrijf, Schellingwoude, Netherlands. Produced by Dolf Planteijdt
Track 19 recorded at Sweelinck Conservatorium, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Produced by Jeroen Visser.
Track 20 recorded at practice-room ADM, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Produced by Jeroen Visser
Track 21 recorded at KGM Studio, Wakefield, England. Produced by Jon Langford.
Track 22 recorded at ADM's Koeienverhuurbedrijf, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Produced by Beat Cornaz.
Track 23 recorded at ADM's Koeienverhuurbedrijf, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Produced by Dolf Planteijdt

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The Ex Amsterdam, Netherlands

The Ex started playing in 1979. Using guitars, bass, drums and voice as their starting point The Ex have continued to musically explore undiscovered areas right up to the present day: collaborations with jazz musicians and an Iraqi-Kurdish band, 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. ... more

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