Instant (album)

Instant
Studio album by The Ex + Guests
Released	October 1995
Recorded	At the Koeienverhuurbedrijf, Purmerland, Holland
Genre	Jazz, improvised, experimental, post-punk
Label	CrossTalk (US) Ex Records/RecRec Music (Netherlands)
Producer	Dolf Planteijdt
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The Ex + Guests chronology
Mudbird Shivers (1995) Instant (1995) Starters Alternators (1998)

Instant is a double compact disc by the Dutch experimental post-punk band The Ex in conjunction with many guest musicians, notably members of Holland's Instant Composers Pool for whom the album is partially named (the Dutch term for "free improvisation" literally translates to "instant composition").^[1] Though the entire album could have fit onto one 70-minute CD, the band formatted it for a briefer listening experience with each of Instant's 35-minute discs containing 16 short tracks. The album's 32 tracks feature shifting duos and trios of musicians performing on a wide array of conventional (electric guitars, reeds, brass, etc) and non-conventional (e.g., toffee-tin bass) instruments.^[2] The Ex had featured numerous guests on previous albums, but Instant was the band's first album of entirely instrumental music and improvised music.

Contents 1 Tracklist 1.1 Disc 1 1.2 Disc 2 2 Personnel 2.1 The Ex 2.2 Guest musicians 3 References

Tracklist

Disc 1

1. "If the Hat Fits the Suit"
2. "Duo Rumpus"
3. "Kloptimog Twist"
4. "Baars vs. Karekiet"
5. "Keng Lil Surf"
6. "Duo Triptych Too"
7. "Lip Up, Stump"
8. "So Low, Solex?"
9. "Skoplje Bop"
10. "Buildance"
11. "Bratunac"
12. "Horsemeal"
13. "Expoobident"
14. "Slow Sleeper
15. "Duo Loom"
16. "Te-Au-O-Tonga"

Disc 2

1. "Travel On, Poor Bob"
2. "What Inflexibility?"
3. "Bon-Go Tell You Git-La La"
4. "Duo Variola"
5. "Meanwhile Back in Ozone Street"
6. "Smuiger"
7. "Rusticles"
8. "Atoll"
9. "Exile O'phonics"
10. "Danse Maudit""
11. "Knit Knack + Zoom"
12. "Oh Muted Foghorn"
13. "Duo Tonebone + Hitgit"
14. "The Turtle the Hare"
15. "Karremans' Last Measure"
16. "There Were Sonic Bangs in the Songs I Sang, There Was Nothing Tickling No One"

Personnel

The Ex

• Terrie (guitar)
• Luc (bass
• Andy (guitar, viola)
• Katrin (drums)
• Han Buhrs (harmonica, guitar, toffee-tin bass)
• G.W. Sok (various)

Various band members also play organ, accordion, samples + tape, djembé-springs, mbira, reed shakers, musical saw, acoustic guitar, double-bass, chairs.

Guest musicians

• Ab Baars (saxophones, clarinet)
• Wolter Wierbos (trombone)
• Han Bennink (drums)
• Michael Vatcher (drums, percussion)
• Tristan Honsinger (cello),
• Dolf Planteijdt (acoustic guitar)

Recorded at the Koeienverhuurbedrijf, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Produced by Dolf Planteijdt.

References

The Ex Terrie Hessels Katherina Bornefeld Andy Moor Arnold de Boer G.W. Sok René Geurt Bas Wim Sabien John Luc Yoke Nicolette Colin Han Buhrs Han Bennink Rozemarie Heggen Massimo Pupillo Studio albums Disturbing Domestic Peace History Is What's Happening Tumult Blueprints for a Blackout Pokkeherrie Aural Guerrilla Joggers and Smoggers Mudbird Shivers Starters Alternators Dizzy Spells Turn Catch My Shoe Live albums Too Many Cowboys Antidote Live in Wroclaw Compilation albums Hands Up! You're Free Ample Singles. Period. The Vinyl Years 1980–1990 30 Years of The Ex Colaborations Villa Zuid Moet Blijven (with Svatsox and De Groeten) The Red Dance Package (with Alerta) Enough Is Enough (with Awara) Support the Miners' Strike (with Zowiso and Morzelpronk) Pay No More Than 6 Fr. (with Svatsox) Destroy Fascism! (with Chumbawamba) Treat (with Dog Faced Hermans) Keep on Hoppin'/Crap Rap (with The Mekons) 6 (with various) Scrabbling at the Lock (with Tom Cora) Live at the Bimhuis (with guests) And the Weathermen Shrug Their Shoulders (with Tom Cora) Instant (with guests) In the Fishtank 5 (with Tortoise) Een Rondje Holland (as Ex Orkest) In the Fishtank 9 (with Sonic Youth and Instant Composers Pool) Moa Anbessa (with Getatchew Mekurya and guests)