Joggers and Smoggers is a double album

Double album

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 by punk artists The Ex, released in 1989 as a double vinyl record album, and issued as a double CD in 1992. It is the first of the Ex's albums to feature extensive use of improvisation and instruments outside of the standard guitar

Electric guitar

An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...

/bass

Bass guitar

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|drums

Drum kit

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 arrangement of punk rock, as well as great numbers of international guest musicians, most notably New York's Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Steve Shelley , and Mark Ibold .In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City...

, Glasgow's Dog Faced Hermans

Dog Faced Hermans

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, Amsterdam's Instant Composers Pool, as well as numerous folk musicians from a variety of European and Middle East

Middle East

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ern traditions. The album marked a turning point in The Ex's artistry, foreshadowing many collaborations and delvings into avant-garde

Avant-garde

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, experimental

Experimental music

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, improvisational, folk

Folk music

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 and world music

World music

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 that the band would mix with their abrasive trademark post-punk sound in the 20 years to come.

Track listing

1. "Humm (The Full House Mumble)"
2. "At the Gate"
3. "Pigs and Scales"
4. "Coughing"
5. "Morning Star"
6. "Wall Has Ears"
7. "Invitation to the Dance"
8. "Tightly Stretched"
9. "Ask the Prisoner"
10. "To Be Clear"
11. "Gentlemen"
12. "Make That Call"
13. "The Buzzword Medley"
14. "Shopping Street"
15. "Crackle Engines Vrôp Vrôp"
16. "Greetings from Urbania"
17. "Wired"
18. "Got Everything?"
19. "Waarom Niet"
20. "Courtyard"
21. "Burst! Crack! Split!"
22. "Brickbat"
23. "Hieronymus"
24. "Nosey Parker"
25. "People Who Venture"
26. "Watch the Driver"
27. "Let's Get Sceptical"
28. "Tin Gods"
29. "The State of Freedom"
30. "Provisionally Untitled"
31. "Kachun-K Pschûh"
32. "The Early Bird's Worm"
33. "Catkin"
34. "Upstairs with Picasso"

The Ex

• Terrie (guitar)
• G.W. Sok (vocals)
• Luc (bass)
• Katrin (drums, vocals)

Additional instruments: grill

Grill

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, birdcage

Birdcage

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, double-bass, fire-extinguisher + hammer

Hammer

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, bamboo

Bamboo

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s, piano

Piano

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, electric razor, dobro

Dobro

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, spoon

Spoon

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s, human beatbox, wire

Wire

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, glass

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, castanets, bow

Musical bow

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, crackle

Crackle

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-box, cowbells, kabassa.

Guest musicians

• Wilf Plum (organ tk 2, drums tk 3, 21, 24, birdcage tk 3, voice tk 12, bodhran tk 23, kabassa tk 26, bamboos tk 27, spoons tk 32, backing-vocals tk 31)
• Jeroen (birdcage tk 3, voice tk 12, 23, backing-vocals tk 31, piano-sequenzer tk 12, various soundscapes)
• Dolf (guitar tk 2, acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
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   tk 5, voice tk 24, space-stations tk 26)
• Ab Baars (saxophone
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  s tk 14, 15, 18, 32, 34)
• Bram (guitar tk 10, 34)
• Doan Gurkensalat (saz
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   tk 9)
• Dorpsoudste de Jong (voice tk 1, 19)
• Ferrie Meurkerrie (trumpet
  Trumpet
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  s, trombone
  Trombone
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  s tk 22)
• Floris van Manen (control-programma orkaterdrum tk 20)
• Gabi Kenderesi (voice, violin tk 16)
• Gerhard Bornefeld (piano tk 33)
• Harry Roberts (bamboos tk 27, backing-vocals tk 31)
• Jeroen de Groot (bagpipes
  Bagpipes
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   tk 2, 7)
• Lee Ranaldo
  Lee Ranaldo
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   (guitar tk 8)
• Lena (accordion
  Accordion
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  , voice tk 20)
• Nick Hobbs (voice tk 27, announcement tk 25)
• Thurston Moore
  Thurston Moore
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   (guitar tk 11)
• Thijs Vermeulen (bass tk 6,17,21)
• Wolter Wierbos (trombone tk 14, 15, 18, 32)

Recorded at ADM's Koeienverhuurbedrijf, Amsterdam

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, Netherlands

Netherlands

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. Produced by Dolf Planteijdt.