Editing Xploding Plastix

{{Short description|Norwegian electronic music duo}}
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| name                = Xploding Plastix
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| background          = group_or_band
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| origin              = [[Oslo]], [[Norway]]
| genre               = [[Big beat]], [[acid jazz]], [[electronica]], [[trip hop]]
| years_active        = 2000–present
| label               = [[Beatservice Records|Beatservice]], [[Hospital Records|Hospital]]
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| website             = {{URL|www.xplodingplastix.com}}
| current_members     = Jens Petter Nilsen <br/>Hallvard Wennersberg Hagen
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'''Xploding Plastix''' is a [[Norway|Norwegian]] electronic music duo, consisting of Jens Petter Nilsen and Hallvard Wennersberg Hagen.

== Biography ==
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Jens Petter Nilsen and Hallvard Wennersberg Hagen (formerly in Norwegian [[black metal]] band Kvist) formed the group in early 1999, and submitted their first demotape in 2000. Their song, "Treat Me Mean, I need the Reputation" became an instant classic when it was released as a 7" on [[Beatservice Records]] in 2000. It was later re-released in 2002 on [[Hospital Records]] and championed by [[LTJ Bukem]], [[Coldcut]], and [[Grooverider]]. Their first album, ''[[Amateur Girlfriends Go Proskirt Agents]]'', was released in 2001 on Beatservice, and re-issued in 2004 by [[Palm Pictures]].<ref>[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p482239|pure_url=yes}} allmusic - Xploding Plastix - Overview ]</ref>

Since the release of ''[[The Donca Matic Singalongs]]'' album in 2003, they have been busy working with music for short films, movies, and TV- and radio-productions.<ref name="Beatservice PR">{{cite web|url=http://www.beatservice.no/blogg/2008/03/xploding-plastix-back-on-beatservice.html |title=Beatservice Records: Xploding Plastix back on Beatservice |access-date=June 26, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616212938/http://www.beatservice.no/blogg/2008/03/xploding-plastix-back-on-beatservice.html |archive-date=June 16, 2008 }}</ref> They have also collaborated with the Kronos Quartet<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2004021913105822823987 |title=Norsk Musikkinformasjon: Xploding Plastix working with the Kronos Quartet |access-date=July 29, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014104406/http://mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2004021913105822823987 |archive-date=October 14, 2007 }}</ref> who have performed their three movement composition, ''The Order on Things: Music for the Kronos Quartet''. They have also worked in the collaboration project Piston Ltd who released the album Domestic Engine in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.teipu.net/?p=22 |title=Piston LTD. At Teipu news + comments |access-date=2008-07-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080328214420/http://blog.teipu.net/?p=22 |archive-date=2008-03-28 }}</ref> They also have a side project, [[Electones|The Electones]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.racingjunior.com/electones.htm|title=Racing Junior - Electones|website=www.racingjunior.com|access-date=May 22, 2020}}</ref>

Xploding Plastix released a new album in September 2008 entitled ''[[Treated Timber Resists Rot]]'' on Beatservice Records. This was accompanied by a revisited re-release of ''The Donca Matic Singalongs'' which was not originally distributed outside of Scandinavia,<ref name="Beatservice PR"/> and a new EP called ''Devious Dan'' featuring tracks from previous music videos.<ref name="Beatservice PR"/>

== Honors ==
*2003: [[Spellemannprisen]] in the category Elektronika, for the album ''[[The Benevolent Volume Lurkings]]''

== Discography ==

;Albums
*2001: ''[[Amateur Girlfriends Go Proskirt Agents]]'', CD/LP ([[Beatservice Records]])
*2003: ''[[The Donca Matic Singalongs]]'', CD/LP ([[Columbia Records]])
*2004: ''Amateur Girlfriends'', CD/LP (Palm Beats)
*2008: ''[[Treated Timber Resists Rot]]'', CD/LP (Beatservice Records)
*2009: ''The Donca Matic Singalongs Revisited'', CD/LP (Beatservice Records)
*2023: ''This Is Accurate'', CD/LP (Beatservice Records)

;Singles and EPs
*2000: ''Treat me mean, I need the reputation'', 7" (Beatservice Records)
*2001: ''Doubletalk'', EP 12" (Beatservice Records)
*2001: ''Behind the Eightball'', EP (Beatservice Records)
*2002: ''Plastic Surgery LP 3 Sampler side A'', 12" (Hospital Records NHS42)
*2003: ''[[The Benevolent Volume Lurkings]]'', EP (Columbia Records)
*2003: ''Geigerteller'', Single ([[Sony Music Entertainment]], Norway)
*2004: ''The Rebop By Proxy EP'', EP (Palm Beats)
*2010: ''Devious Dan EP'', EP (Beatservice Records)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/48385-Xploding-Plastix |title=Xploding Plastix |work=Discography |publisher=[[Discogs.com]] |access-date=2015-04-03}}</ref>
*2023: ''Frugality Inertia,'' Single (Beatservice Records)
*2023: ''Average Agreeableness'', Single (Beatservice Records)
*2023: ''Optimal Meat To Bread Ratio'', Single (Beatservice Records)
*2023: ''More Espresso, Less Depresso'', Single (Beatservice Records)
*2024: ''I Would Prefer Not To'', Single (Beatservice Records)

== References ==
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==External links==
*{{Official website}}
*{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p482239|label=Xploding Plastix}}
*{{Discogs artist}}

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{{s-ttl | title = Recipient of the Elektronika [[Spellemannprisen]] | years = 2003}}
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