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.
Sunset Spirals featuring Sara
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
They couldn't catch me anyway
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
In Xploding Plastix's "Sunset Spirals," featuring Sarah Cracknell, the lyrics depict a sense of displacement and searching for something that's "enough." The opening lines suggest a journey, with the singer arriving at Heathrow and seeing someone they know waving from the runway. The line "Look up my feet don't touch the ground" suggests a feeling of weightlessness and detachment, as if they are observing things from a distance.
Throughout the song, there's a sense of longing for something beyond the mundane, with lyrics like "Listening I hear a brand new sound" and "I'm drifting over someplace new." However, there's also a sense of uncertainty and insecurity, with the repeated refrain "Is it enough now? Is this not enough now?" The singer seems to be questioning whether the experiences they're having are fulfilling or if they need something more.
Line by Line Meaning
Flew into Heathrow yesterday
I arrived at Heathrow airport yesterday.
Saw him waving from the runway
I saw someone waving at me from the runway.
Look up my feet don't touch the ground
I feel so elated that my feet don't feel like they're touching the ground.
Listening I hear a brand new sound
I'm listening to a new and exciting sound.
Is it enough now
Am I satisfied now?
Is this not enough now
Is there still something missing?
They couldn't catch me anyway
No one could catch me before.
But that was just yesterday
That was in the past.
I'm drifting over someplace new
I'm exploring a new place.
We didn't know what else to do
We were unsure of our next step.
And I wonder what you might say
I'm curious about your opinion.
If I were to call it a day
If I were to give up.
Makes me sad to think of a time
It's saddening to think of the past.
So stand up make it mine
So I need to stand up and take control.
Contributed by Jasmine K. Suggest a correction in the comments below.