Cex is a musical project helmed by Ryan "Rjyan" Kidwell and started in 1998… Read Full Bio ↴Cex is a musical project helmed by Ryan "Rjyan" Kidwell and started in 1998. Although Cex and Kidwell are frequently used interchangeably, Cex expands to several people at sporadic points, such as particular tours or albums. In the past it has included Kidwell's musical associates, friends, touring partners, or high school bandmates.

All of his music up until Oops! I Did It Again were classified as IDM (Intelligent dance music) and had very little vocals or lyrics for the most part. However, Kidwell was not content to stay behind the laptop while on tour, and quickly and openly aspired to become "#1 Entertainer". He started to hone freestyling skills and performing new songs. In 2002, he won a coveted tour spot opening for the East Coast leg of the Death and Dismemberment tour with Death Cab for Cutie and old friends from Washington, DC The Dismemberment Plan. Later that year, Tall, Dark, and Handcuffed, his first album with full vocals, was released.

2003 was a pivotal year for Kidwell - after spending his entire life living in or around Baltimore, he packed up and drove out to Oakland, California. Car malfunctions and a week stranded in the western US became the inspiration for his second album of that year, Maryland Mansions, an album about suicide which pushed the motifs of his previous album Being Ridden further and was modelled somewhat on the Nine Inch Nails EP Broken. Two music videos for Maryland Mansions were released early in 2004, and Kidwell moved again, to Chicago a few months later.

Shortly thereafter, he married Roby Newton (from the band Milemarker), and reorganized Cex as a three-piece: Kidwell, Newton, and Cale Parks (from the bands Joan of Arc and Aloha). This configuration released an EP, Know Doubt, in 2005 on a Chicago label called Record Label. The next Cex album is titled Actual Fucking and will be released July 4th, 2006. The album is heavy on vocals and will be released by Seattle label Automation Records.

First for Wounds
Cex Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by Cex:

Cex At Arm's Length caught in a dream but never come home always around the corn…
Cut Wrists The sky took away Something that you said that you never…
Cuts Each line I spit was born with 20 brothers In order…
Dead Bodies Explosions are over the moment they happen The slow burn is…
Drive Off A Mountain here there's snow, varina it's new years eve on the coast …
Earth-shaking Event Now I feel it necessary to remind you, my friend That…
Ghost Rider Grab the bull by the hands and I ? Stampede down side…
Good Morning I feel their branches like fingers Flashing nimble signs of …
Good Morning Universe I feel their branches like fingers Flashing nimble signs of…

Ice Pirate Not Steeler I don′t mind, stealing... Your set man is crazy I had that…
Jeremy Devine Hey Cex. What's up? Hey, Jermy Devine. Good to see you,…
Kill Me Want you to find me But I don't want you to…
My Head I got in the car And turned the volume to ten I…
Stamina I'm drivin' a hearse full of bikini-clad girls Doin' donuts …
Stillnaut Rjyan Spaceship is on fire Snake in your spacesuit Ground contro…
Stop Eating The city makes so much noise when you record it The…
Take Pills Eventually I'll have to take them I might break if I don't…
The Childhood of a Leader Snake handler, faith healer Lawyer, doctor, sword swallower…
The Marriage The night before we had discussed it extensively over the…
The Strong Suit Feels like someone dropped my eyes In a cradle of needles Li…
You Kiss Like You It burned our tongues and stomachs When we tried to name…
You Kiss Like You're Dead It burned our tongues and stomachs When we tried to name…

You Kiss Like Youre Dead It burned our tongues and stomachs When we tried to name…

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