# Xploding Plastix

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**Xploding Plastix** is a [Norwegian](/source/Norway) electronic music duo, consisting of Jens Petter Nilsen and Hallvard Wennersberg Hagen.

## Biography

Jens Petter Nilsen and Hallvard Wennersberg Hagen (formerly in Norwegian [black metal](/source/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](/source/Beatservice_Records) in 2000. It was later re-released in 2002 on [Hospital Records](/source/Hospital_Records) and championed by [LTJ Bukem](/source/LTJ_Bukem), [Coldcut](/source/Coldcut), and [Grooverider](/source/Grooverider). Their first album, *[Amateur Girlfriends Go Proskirt Agents](/source/Amateur_Girlfriends_Go_Proskirt_Agents)*, was released in 2001 on Beatservice, and re-issued in 2004 by [Palm Pictures](/source/Palm_Pictures).[1]

Since the release of *[The Donca Matic Singalongs](/source/The_Donca_Matic_Singalongs)* album in 2003, they have been busy working with music for short films, movies, and TV- and radio-productions.[2] They have also collaborated with the Kronos Quartet[3] 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.[4] They also have a side project, [The Electones](/source/Electones).[5]

Xploding Plastix released a new album in September 2008 entitled *[Treated Timber Resists Rot](/source/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,[2] and a new EP called *Devious Dan* featuring tracks from previous music videos.[2]

## Honors

- 2003: [Spellemannprisen](/source/Spellemannprisen) in the category Elektronika, for the album *[The Benevolent Volume Lurkings](/source/The_Benevolent_Volume_Lurkings)*

## Discography

**Albums**

- 2001: *[Amateur Girlfriends Go Proskirt Agents](/source/Amateur_Girlfriends_Go_Proskirt_Agents)*, CD/LP ([Beatservice Records](/source/Beatservice_Records))
- 2003: *[The Donca Matic Singalongs](/source/The_Donca_Matic_Singalongs)*, CD/LP ([Columbia Records](/source/Columbia_Records))
- 2004: *Amateur Girlfriends*, CD/LP (Palm Beats)
- 2008: *[Treated Timber Resists Rot](/source/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](/source/The_Benevolent_Volume_Lurkings)*, EP (Columbia Records)
- 2003: *Geigerteller*, Single ([Sony Music Entertainment](/source/Sony_Music_Entertainment), Norway)
- 2004: *The Rebop By Proxy EP*, EP (Palm Beats)
- 2010: *Devious Dan EP*, EP (Beatservice Records)[6]
- 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

1. [ allmusic - Xploding Plastix - Overview ]

1. ["Beatservice Records: Xploding Plastix back on Beatservice"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080616212938/http://www.beatservice.no/blogg/2008/03/xploding-plastix-back-on-beatservice.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.beatservice.no/blogg/2008/03/xploding-plastix-back-on-beatservice.html) on June 16, 2008. Retrieved June 26, 2008.

1. ["Norsk Musikkinformasjon: Xploding Plastix working with the Kronos Quartet"](https://web.archive.org/web/20071014104406/http://mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2004021913105822823987). Archived from [the original](http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2004021913105822823987) on October 14, 2007. Retrieved July 29, 2008.

1. ["Piston LTD. At Teipu news + comments"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080328214420/http://blog.teipu.net/?p=22). Archived from [the original](http://blog.teipu.net/?p=22) on 2008-03-28. Retrieved 2008-07-29.

1. ["Racing Junior - Electones"](http://www.racingjunior.com/electones.htm). *www.racingjunior.com*. Retrieved May 22, 2020.

1. ["Xploding Plastix"](http://www.discogs.com/artist/48385-Xploding-Plastix). *Discography*. [Discogs.com](/source/Discogs.com). Retrieved 2015-04-03.

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