Cex

Cex is an American musical project run by Rjyan Claybrook Kidwell and started in 1998 at the age of 16. Although Cex and Kidwell are frequently used interchangeably, Cex occasionally expands to several people at sporadic points, such as particular tours or albums. In the past it has included Kidwell's musical associates, friends, touring partners, or high school bandmates.
The first Cex album, Cells, was a compilation of tracks Kidwell had been working on for several years, and was released in 1998 by his own CD-R label, _underscore, while he was still at Dulaney High School in Timonium, Maryland. The following year, Kidwell met Miguel Depedro (Kid 606) and the two founded Tigerbeat6, a record label which would be among the vanguards of the electronica movement at the time. The next Cex album, Role Model, was one of the label's first releases (2000), and was quickly followed up the next year with Oops, I Did It Again!. Oops not only took its title from the Britney Spears album of the same name, but played around with the title by depicting photos of the aftermath of a murder on the cover art.
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==Links to Peel==
Peel first started playing Cex's material in December 2000 via the 'Role Model' album. He would play further material from Rjyan on his shows until 2004. He nominated Cex's collaboration with Venetian Snares on the EP, 'Cex & Venetian Snares', as one of his records of the month for September 2001 (Peel's Record Box). However, there doesn't seem to be any evidence, according to available tracklistings on this site, that he ever played tracks from the EP on his shows.
== Live ==
Recorded live at Sonar 2002. First Broadcast: 18 June 2002
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Recorded live at All Tomorrow's Parties. First Broadcast: 06 April 2004
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==Other Shows Played==
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*12 December 2000: Wall Street Kid (album - Role Model) Tigerbeat Six Records
*December 2000 (FSK): Academy Award (Cex's Radio Edit) (CD - Role Model) Tigerbeat6
;2001
*04 January 2001: Wall Street Kid (LP - Role Model) Tigerbeat Records
;2002
*26 February 2002: 'You're Off The Food Chain' (LP - 'Oops, I Did It Again!') Tigerbeat6 
*28 February 2002: I Said It Knowing Full Well I Had No Intention Of Doing It (LP – Oops, I Did It Again!) Tigerbeat6 
*04 April 2002 (BBC World Service): I Said It Knowing Full Well I Had No Intention Of Doing It (LP - Oops, I Did It Again!) Rock Action 
*04 April 2002 (Radio Eins): I Said It Knowing Full Well I Had No Intention Of Doing It (LP - Oops, I Did It Again!) Rock Action 
*04 April 2002 (Radio Mafia): Flex On Cex, Eh? (LP – Oops, I Did It Again!) Tigerbeat6 
;2003
*29 July 2003: 'Not Working (LP- Being Ridden)' (Temporary Residence)
*30 July 2003: 'The Wayback Machine (LP- Being Ridden)' (Temporary Resisdence)
*15 August 2003 (BBC World Service): 'Not Working (LP- Being Ridden)' (Temporary Residence)
*27 August 2003: 'The Marriage (LP- Being Ridden)' (The Temporary Residence)
*04 September 2003 (Radio Eins): 'The Wayback Machine (CD-Being Ridden)' (Temporary Residence Limited)
== See Also ==
* Label Of The Month
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
*Bandcamp
Category:Artists