Dizzy Spells

Editor's Info:
After their start in 1979 in the heydays of punk's first wave, The Ex developed over the years into a melting pot of divergent musical styles. Noise, jazz, improvisation, and ethnic music have been interweaved under one unique umbrella: Ex-music. Discordant, highly rhythmic guitars and the rolling, almost African drumming style give the music of The Ex its special character. In more than 20 years The Ex was never pigeon-holed into one of pop music's corny corners.

The Ex is continuously in development, and always open for new ideas and collaborations with people of all kinds, people who's spirit inspires and appeals to the group. The main principle remained, to make music with heart and soul, out of reach of commercial trends or expectations. The consequent political approach of the group and the manner in which they organize their concerts and release and distribute their records themselves, set a significant example for the alternative music circuit.

The Ex in a nutshell: contemporary music since 1979, more than fifteen CDs, more than a thousand concerts all over Europe, North America, and Africa and special projects and collaborations of many sorts.