Label: Modern Harmonic

Reissued 7/19/2024

The label that ignited the Dutch post-punk scene! Homogeneity be damned, these early Plurex tracks are a head-turning snapshot of what was happening in the late ‘70s Netherlands underground! Includes an interview with Plurex founders and all of the singles from 1978-‘80! Some of the bands would never release another record, but for the label and many of the artists there was yet more history to be made, not least of which was Minny Pops’ ascendance to seminal status, and Plurex’s emergence at the center of the envelope-pushing Dutch music scene that came to be known as Ultra. “It’s extreme, that’s what that word stands for,” explains van Middendorp of the movement, “It stands for something that’s clearly outspoken, and that’s what we tried to do.” From the confrontational clang of their early punk releases to the electronic art attacks that arrived soon after, Plurex was about saying something new, loudly enough for all to hear. When those records were made,” says van Middendorp, “I never expected that we would have a conversation about them 40 years later if not longer. At the time nobody was even thinking for one minute that this might happen.... That so many years down the line there’s still people out there that will discover this music. And the great thing [about The Plurex Story] is that it’s also on a format that I’m a big fan of, because who gives a shit about the stream? It’s nice to have a physical album in your hands.”

Track listing:

1. Mollesters - Plastic
2. Ze Popes - Sexy Pyjamas
3. Tits - Daddy Is My Pusher
4. Minny Pops - Footsteps
5. Interior - Bizarre Disco
6. Minny Pops - Nervous
7. Bandt + Instruments - Sweet Bananas
8. The Mumbles - Poly Vinyl
9. Filth - Don't Hide Your Hate
10. Bandt + Instruments - Special Agreement
11. Minny Pops - Mental (live)
12. Tits - We're So Glad Elvis' Dead
13. The Mumbles - Collision
14. Ze Popes - Sell Jesus
15. Interior - Jaws
16. Filth - Sex
17. Bandt + Instruments - Words
18. Minny Pops - Night Out (live)
19. Filth - Nothing For Me
20. Minny Pops - Kojak
21. Mollesters - I Am
22. Jan Van De Grond Groep - Vlinder
23. Minny Pops - Dolphins Spurt (live)