From Punk To Ultra The Plurex Story

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The label that set the Dutch post-punk scene on fire! To hell with uniformity, these early tracks from Plurex are a stunning snapshot of what was happening in the Dutch underground in the late 70s! Includes an interview with the founders of Plurex and all the singles from 1978 to 1980! Some of the bands would never release another record, but for the label and many artists, there was still more history to write, including the rise of Minny Pops to seminal status and the emergence of Plurex at the center of the Dutch music scene that would eventually be known as Ultra. "It's extreme, that's what the word means," explains van Middendorp about the movement, "It represents something that is clearly frank, and that's what we tried to do." From the clashing conflict of their early punk releases to the electronic art attacks that came shortly after, Plurex wanted to say something new, strong enough for everyone to hear. When these records were made, van Middendorp says, I didn't expect that we would be having a conversation about them 40 years later, if not more. At the time, no one even thought for a minute that this could happen... That so many years later, there are still people discovering this music. And what's great [about The Plurex Story] is that it's also in a format that I'm a big fan of, because who cares about streaming? It's nice to have a physical album in your hands.