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Xploding Plastix is the musical child of Jens Petter Nilsen and Hallvard Hagen. Both based in Oslo, they started making music together sometime in late ‘98 or early ‘99. After about a year of playing, sampling, programming and focused tune writing; they decided it was time to let the public hear what they’d been up to. This resulted in a 6 track demo in late ‘99. About 22 hours after first shipment, record companies were on the phone, and 4 months later, 5 out of 6 tracks had been released on various labels.

The duos debut album Amateur Girlfriends Go Proskirt Agents was released in 2001 via Norwegian label Beatservice. Subsequently they moved over to Sony and recorded The Doncamatic Singalongs, which was never released outside Scandinavia, despite the announcement of an international release date.

With their momentum taken from underneath them by Sony, Xploding Plastix never acheived their full potential. Though no split has been announced, their website has not been updated since February 2006, when it was announced that the Kronos Quartet sould perform their perform their three movement composition, The Order of Things: Music for the Kronos Quartet.

Xploding Plastix has a very organic sound; throwing saccharine analogue melodies to foreground the acoustic quality; imposing a distinctive live feel. A certain raw edge. An oeuvre of an ear-opener: Zipping and unzipping the beat, a beat-science out-of the ordinary. Emphasizing the flowing warmth and organity of the rhythms. Triggering flailing, skittering, skipping and spinning breaks, makes this pure nigthvision!

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elmanto wrote:
Wednesday morning

Micidiali!

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zzzMedvedeVzzz wrote:
last month

Сумасшедшие ребята. И музыка такая же:) в хорошем смысле.

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iLAUSCH wrote:
last month

Meine liebste Neuentdeckung.

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awra wrote:
last month

fantastic!!!

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wsza wrote:
last month

majstersztyk

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green_ziraf wrote:
last month

kapela na wesela?,nie na wesela kapela!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Turies wrote:
October 2008

норвежцы знают что Осло заброшен?

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FiremanJoe wrote:
October 2008

Came across these guys by way of 'Treat Me Mean' on a Hospital Records compilation. Pretty freaking awesome music, I must say.

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OuroborosOne wrote:
October 2008

plz up treated tmber resists! ive just listened to it tho

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Kornfed wrote:
October 2008

"Treated timber Resist Rot" is ingenious. It's quality work. And there are simply too many notes, that's all. Just cut a few and it will be perfect. "Amateur Girlfriends Go Proskirt Agents" is awesome. Emperor Joseph II

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ErrfTheCricket wrote:
October 2008

Treated Timber Resists Rot is fantastic. Incredible use of bell-textures and other interesting sounds. Musically this is just fantastic, not for the faint of heart. Synchro!: try your local webstore for CDs, beatservice homepage, amazon or pretty much any good store? :3

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Synchro! wrote:
October 2008

where to get that cd? and i mean as a cd, no fuckin mp3 download, plz.

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szymonb wrote:
October 2008

They lost thier charm and in my opinion "Treated Timber..." is too complicated and developed in negative meaning.Too much notes, sounds.. I can't listen to those break beats in that quantity.But I still love Plastix for "Donca Matic Singalongs" and particularly - "Amateur Girlfriends Go Proskirt Agents" which is awesome.

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Rangor wrote:
October 2008

The Cost of Resistance is insanly good.

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AmzngBitingGuy wrote:
October 2008

Really liking this new album. Yes, it lacks that distintive jazz style that was so prevelant in Amateur but it retains a sound that is undeniably XP. It takes more of its cues from Donca Matic but I think that's fine since I loved Donca Matic. I don't think that this album is as complicated or as immersive as either Amateur or Donca, but I still think it makes a strong 3rd showing from the group. However, I could see some of the songs being a bit forgettable, unlike in the previous two where almost all were so distinctive. I hope the next album makes a more concrete return to their jazzy roots, but in the mean time this should keep me plenty company.

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Drone_bitch wrote:
September 2008

Kabanz: Agreed

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kabanz wrote:
September 2008

amateur>timber>singalongs

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brukarnamn wrote:
September 2008

the new record is beautiful

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patternbased wrote:
September 2008

kissed by a kisser is sick. rest of the album is another masterful achievement as well.

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trommelars wrote:
September 2008

New album is fucking awesome. Not VERY jazzy (although it's there), but a lot jazzier than The Donca Matic Singalongs.

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