Xploding Plastix

Norwegian electronic music duo

Xploding Plastix
Origin	Oslo, Norway
Genres	Big beat, acid jazz, electronica, trip hop
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Beatservice, Hospital

Members	Jens Petter Nilsen Hallvard Wennersberg Hagen

Website	www.xplodingplastix.com

Xploding Plastix is a Norwegian electronic music duo, consisting of Jens Petter Nilsen and Hallvard Wennersberg Hagen.

Biography

Jens Petter Nilsen and Hallvard Wennersberg Hagen (formerly in Norwegian black metal band Kvist) formed the group in early 1999, and submitted their first demotape in 2000. Their song, "Treat Me Mean, I need the Reputation" became an instant classic when it was released as a 7" on Beatservice Records in 2000. It was later re-released in 2002 on Hospital Records and championed by LTJ Bukem, Coldcut, and Grooverider. Their first album, Amateur Girlfriends Go Proskirt Agents, was released in 2001 on Beatservice, and re-issued in 2004 by Palm Pictures.^[1]

Since the release of The Donca Matic Singalongs album in 2003, they have been busy working with music for short films, movies, and TV- and radio-productions.^[2] They have also collaborated with the Kronos Quartet^[3] who have performed their three movement composition, The Order on Things: Music for the Kronos Quartet. They have also worked in the collaboration project Piston Ltd who released the album Domestic Engine in 2007.^[4] They also have a side project, The Electones.^[5]

Xploding Plastix released a new album in September 2008 entitled Treated Timber Resists Rot on Beatservice Records. This was accompanied by a revisited re-release of The Donca Matic Singalongs which was not originally distributed outside of Scandinavia,^[2] and a new EP called Devious Dan featuring tracks from previous music videos.^[2]

Honors

2003: Spellemannprisen in the category Elektronika, for the album The Benevolent Volume Lurkings

Discography

Albums

2001: Amateur Girlfriends Go Proskirt Agents, CD/LP (Beatservice Records)
2003: The Donca Matic Singalongs, CD/LP (Columbia Records)
2004: Amateur Girlfriends, CD/LP (Palm Beats)
2008: Treated Timber Resists Rot, CD/LP (Beatservice Records)
2009: The Donca Matic Singalongs Revisited, CD/LP (Beatservice Records)
2023: This Is Accurate, CD/LP (Beatservice Records)

Singles and EPs

2000: Treat me mean, I need the reputation, 7" (Beatservice Records)
2001: Doubletalk, EP 12" (Beatservice Records)
2001: Behind the Eightball, EP (Beatservice Records)
2002: Plastic Surgery LP 3 Sampler side A, 12" (Hospital Records NHS42)
2003: The Benevolent Volume Lurkings, EP (Columbia Records)
2003: Geigerteller, Single (Sony Music Entertainment, Norway)
2004: The Rebop By Proxy EP, EP (Palm Beats)
2010: Devious Dan EP, EP (Beatservice Records)^[6]
2023: Frugality Inertia, Single (Beatservice Records)
2023: Average Agreeableness, Single (Beatservice Records)
2023: Optimal Meat To Bread Ratio, Single (Beatservice Records)
2023: More Espresso, Less Depresso, Single (Beatservice Records)
2024: I Would Prefer Not To, Single (Beatservice Records)

References

^ allmusic - Xploding Plastix - Overview
^ ^a ^b ^c "Beatservice Records: Xploding Plastix back on Beatservice". Archived from the original on June 16, 2008. Retrieved June 26, 2008.
^ "Norsk Musikkinformasjon: Xploding Plastix working with the Kronos Quartet". Archived from the original on October 14, 2007. Retrieved July 29, 2008.
^ "Piston LTD. At Teipu news + comments". Archived from the original on 2008-03-28. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
^ "Racing Junior - Electones". www.racingjunior.com. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
^ "Xploding Plastix". Discography. Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-04-03.