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 this, Xploding Plastix took to different mediums for a few years, working on various short films, movies, TV, and radio-productions. Also starting up a side project "Electones".
Xploding Plastix released a new album in September 2008 entitled Treated Timber Resists Rot on Beatservice Records. This is to be accompanied by a revisited re-release of The Donca Matic Singalongs which was not originally distributed outside of Scandinavia, and a new EP called Devious Dan featuring tracks from previous music videos.
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 nightvision!
Xploding Plastix has a sound like irradiated neon washes; shimmering and pulseglowing accordingly disproportional to the flashy stuttering redligths, like cancerous cocktails; splintering with deranged delight. The cinematic, dirty filmnoir feel is mercilessly exploited. Xploding Plastix is the epicure of a gorgeous, jagged, murderous pulse.
Xploding Plastix has a sound outrageously present; rumbling oblique exclamations and punctuating vibes suggests musicians whose absolute confidence in their work frees them to kid 'n play: go totally trickster in their soaring urban conundrum. Here's abrasive bassy beatblasts, motor rhythm and lock grooves that whirr and writhe across the tracks. Xploding plastix has already become the poster child for present day electronic music; the model for what 'being taken seriously' has come to mean. Maneuvering steady in styles, like a genre-bending assemblage, with animated fluctuations successfully integrated. Frantic exuberant accretion of brittle, bustling rhythms and melodies introducing an urgent funk punch; a flickering sensuousness and enveloping rhythmic pulse.
Or something.
An update - their official site http://www.xplodingplastix.com lists that they released Treated Timber Resists Rot in September of 2008, on Beatservice Records.
Kissed by a kisser
Xploding Plastix Lyrics
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Saw him waving from the runway
Look up my feet don't touch the ground
Listening I hear a brand new sound
Is it enough now
Is it enough now
Is it enough now
Is this not enough now
But that was just yesterday
I'm drifting over someplace new
We didn't know what else to do
Is it enough now
Is it enough now
Is it enough now
Is this not enough now
And I wonder what you might say
If I were to call it a day
Makes me sad to think of a time
So stand up make it mine
Is it enough now
Is it enough now
Is it enough now
Is this not enough now
And I wonder what you might say
If I were to call it a day
Makes me sad to think of a time
So stand up make it mine
The lyrics to Xploding Plastix's song "Kissed by a Kisser" depict a sense of restlessness and a longing for change. The singer has just arrived at Heathrow airport, with someone "waving from the runway." It's not clear who this person is, but the singer is not yet ready to join them. Instead, they feel like they are "drifting over someplace new" without knowing what else to do. They wonder if what they've been given is enough, but also acknowledge that they couldn't be caught anyway - suggesting that they are running away from something.
The chorus repeats the question "is it enough now?" as the singer reflects on whether their current situation is satisfying or not. They also contemplate what someone else (possibly the person waving from the runway) might say if they were to "call it a day," to give up on their current life and start anew. The lyrics end with a call to action: "stand up, make it mine." This could be interpreted as a desire to take control of their own life and make the changes they want to see.
Overall, the lyrics suggest a sense of restlessness and uncertainty about the future. The singer is unsure whether their current situation is enough for them, but also seems hesitant to completely start over. The theme of taking control and making something your own is present throughout the song.
Line by Line Meaning
Flew into Heathrow yesterday
I recently arrived at Heathrow airport.
Saw him waving from the runway
Someone greeted me as I landed.
Look up my feet don't touch the ground
I'm moving so fast that it feels like I'm flying.
Listening I hear a brand new sound
Something different has caught my attention.
Is it enough now
Am I satisfied with what I have or experienced?
Is this not enough now
Do I need more to feel fulfilled?
They couldn't catch me anyway
I couldn't be caught in the past.
But that was just yesterday
The past is over and done with.
I'm drifting over someplace new
I'm moving on to a new place or phase in my life.
We didn't know what else to do
We were unsure of what actions to take.
And I wonder what you might say
I am curious about your opinion or reaction.
If I were to call it a day
If I were to give up or quit trying.
Makes me sad to think of a time
Recalling a past experience brings me sadness.
So stand up make it mine
I need to take ownership of my current situation and make the best of it.
Contributed by Alaina C. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Ângelo L
I don't now where are you, why you stopped to make these musics, i'm 25, living in the countries of São Paulo - Brazil, and I listen it once a week and it's so powerful... Thank you! you make my lonely nights better.
juloos4698
Greeeeat Utwór - Płakałem przy nim i innych z Treated Timber Resists Rot Jeden z najlepszych elektronicznych kawałków...
Oczny
Amazing energy in this song, genius band!
Lauren
One of the many great Xploding Plastix songs
Krzysztof Świder
oni bardzo dobrze wiedza, jak tworzyc muzyke dla muzyki. They know how to make music for makin' music. Takich ludzi nam trza
Thrashaero
they are also living proof that having a taste for black metal doesn't necessarily mean no sense of music, given as one of the members was in Kvist (stagename Vergrimm...lol). Ulver was also successful at black metal and now they're doing all kinds of badass electronica. i think the ear for music they have that can see the light in black metal, so to speak, helps their ability in being imaginative/diverse. just a thought.
Si Sa
i like the positive vibes this song has
Vasil Haralampiev
Reconstructing happiness. Great track!
Boomba
This is... Wow... How could I have been missing it all this time !
Vivalaedi
Fantastic! amazin song. Ten dźwięk brzmi jak trącanie balonika.