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The band of an electro-industrial style was created back in 1997 in Strasbourg, France.

It would be hard to say just a single word about their style that's plunging into both dense and hypnotic, tinted electro psychedelic sounds and dark atmospheres. The first official track - Violation - was released on the compilation "Decoder" by Johan Van Roy (Suicide Commando) in 2000. It was not until 2004 that came out first EP "Needles" on the label Metz Altsphere Prod, sold out in 1 ½ months. After several years spent in the studio, the duo went our from the underground and performed live for the first time in Noxious Art Festival II in 2005. The group then presents its new EP "Desert", acclaimed by critics. Since then, Ex_Tension appeared on different stages and shared the bill with artists such as Haujobb, Dive, The Legendary Pink Dots, Punish Yourself, This Morn 'Omina or Clan of Xymox. In October 2006 appeared "Freedom", with eight new tracks and two remixes done by Lith and ZnO. The french duo Ex_Tension releases with "Legacy" an analogic industrial album full of energy but also weird atomospheres. We can notice the vocal contribution of Edward Ka-Spel (Legendary Pink Dots) in a short intervention in a song. "Legacy" sets a new style inthe industrial genre, don't miss it, here is some fresh noise for your ears. The album is enriched with remixes by french sound activists Twinkle and Normotone.

DISCOGRAPHY

2013 Le Seuil de Tolérance, M-Tronic CD

2011 Desert,Tympanik Audio, rerelease CD2011 Freedom,Signifier, rerelease CD

2010 Ingérence,Connexion Bizarre MP3+CDR

2009 Legacy,M-Tronic CD

2006 Freedom,autoproduction CDR

2005 Desert,autoproduction CDR

2005 Needles,Altsphère, réédition CDR

2004 Needles,Altsphère CDR

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2012 Accretion, Tympanik Audio, mp3

2012 These sounds will have to meet somewhere in between volume 1, Signifier, 2CD

2012 Elektroanschlag 8, Reger, 6CD

2012 Compilation"Café Central – Chapter I", Café Central 2CD

2011 Compilation"Elektroanschlag 7", Reger CD

2009 Compilation“Electronic Manifesto IV“, M-Tronic CD

2009 Compilation"Kod.Ex",Kod.Ex / Brume Records 2CD

2009 Compilation"NoxiousArt Fest III", Audiotrauma MP3

2009 Compilation"Gothic vol 43",Gothic Magazine 2CD

2009 Compilation"Extreme Sundenfall vol8",Upscene 2CD

2008 Compilation"Extreme Störfrequenz vol.2", Uscene CD

2007 Compilation“Electronic Manifesto“, CausticRecords 2CD

2007 Compilation“Table ofElements“, M-Tronic MP3

2006 Compilation“NoxiousArt Will Never Die“,Audiotrauma 2CD

2005 Compilation“IndustrialCeremony“,Altsphère CDR

2005 Compilation“InThis Cold Terrific Room 2“,La Chambre Froide CD

2000 Compilation“DeCOder“,Code CDR

LIVES

15/06/13 LILLE - Le Viziteur

10/11/12 HAGUENAU - Moloko Klub

05/10/12 OLOMOUC (CZ) - S-Cube - Moravian Industrial Festival 4

21/04/12 STRASBOURG - Molodoi, 10 years of Noize, Audiotrauma

26/01/12 BRUXELLES (B) - Café Central

11/09/11 VESOUL - Le Moulin de Poncey, Noxious Art Festival V

18/06/11 PARIS Fête de la musique electro industrielle - Le Point Éphémère

13/05/11 STRASBOURG - Le MFK - release party de Freedom

01/04/11 ALTENBURG (D) Elektroanschlag 12

18/12/10 LIEGE (B) - Carlo Levi

17/12/10 BRUXELLES (B) - Café Central

16/12/10 CHARLEROI (B) - Rock Tatoo Cafe

02/12/10 PRAHA(CZ) - Matrix Club

08/10/10 BISCHHEIM - Elektron (private event)

10/09/10 UCKANGE - Haut Fourneau Uckange 4

06/08/10 HAGUENAU - Moloko klub

04/09/09 PARIS - Le Glazart - Noxious Art Festival III

16/05/09 ALBERTVILLE - Fort de Tamié - Festival Vestiges

09/05/09 STRASBOURG - Molodoï

28/02/09 TOURS - Donald's Pub - soirée Deaf Clown Kabaret

24/01/09 CANNES - MJC Picaud - Industrial Festival 13

15/08/08 HAGUENAU - Moloko Klub

14/06/08 STRASBOURG - Zanzibar

20/04/08 FREIBURG (D) - Café Atlantik

16/09/07 GENÈVE (CH) - Le Kab

15/09/07 LYON - Le Sonic

12/04/07 STRASBOURG - La Laiterie - Scène d'ici

20/01/07 MARLENHEIM - Le Kobus - Soirée Dark Therapy

30/12/06 STRASBOURG - La Grotte - Soirée Audiotrauma

13/11/06 PARIS - Le Klub - Soirée Kod.ex

30/09/06 GENÈVE (CH) - Le Kab - Festival Underground XVI

14/06/06 DIJON - La Vapeur - Festival Expérimentations et Electronique 2

20/05/06 STRASBOURG - La Grotte

11/03/06 CLERMONT-FERRAND - L’Escapade

21/01/06 METZ - Le Tunnel - Festival de soutien à Audiotrauma

12/11/05 STRASBOURG - La Laiterie - Festival Heaven’s Gate 5

09/07/05 MULHOUSE - Chapelle St Jean - Festival Morituri te salutant

24/06/05 VESOUL - Moulin de Poncey - Noxious Art Festival II