Shop

All my albums with The Ex (the ones till 2009) are available in their very own Ex Mailorder web shop. (Search there under Categories.)

Most of my other releases are available via their web shop also. They’re in the section called SOK’S SHOP, which can be found here:
http://exmailorder.nl/shop/sok

Some music is also available via my Bandcamp-page.

NEW MUSIC
Coddiwomple – The Walk * other stories   LP, 2020
• the very first album
Oiseaux-Tempête – From somewhere invisible   LP/CD, 2019
• new album from 2019, released  in October
King Champion Sounds – Cerebrum bum   7″, 2018
• The 2nd single, released by Paradiso  Vinyl Club, out in November
King Champion Sounds – For a lark   LP, 2018
• The 4th album, out in November
Oiseaux-Tempête – Tarab  
LP/CD, 2018
• Live-album, songs from the recent Al-‘an album and new stuff
King Champion Sounds – Fool throttle/Debby one day  
7″, 2017
• Special single, made for Record Store Day
Action Beat & G.W. Sok – The world is fucked but I feel fine  
LP, 2017
• 2nd album together, recorded straightaway after our 26-gigs-in-26-days US tour
King Champion Sounds – To awake in that heaven of freedom   2xLP, 2016
• Eclectic double-album, 19 tracks
G.W. Sok – Listen to the paintersCD, 2016
• Compilation album with 14 examples of my recent collaborations

ALMOST NEW MUSIC
The And – The And  
10″, 2015
• A project by half of Cannibales & Vahines: Nicolas Lafourest and me. Guitar and voice. Melody, soundscape, poetry. Six tracks to start with.

The And – Straw/Town of stone   7″, 2015
• The first 7″ by The And. A translated “Stroo” (of Jan Arends) and an old Ex lyric, both put to new music.

Filiamotsa – Like it is   CD/LP, 2015
• Filiamotsa are from Nancy, drums and
violin(s). I joined them on this new adventure. Seven tracks, including an Allen Ginsberg poem.
Cannibales & Vahinés – Songs for a free body   CD/LP, 2015
• The third album (the second one with me), with nine new tracks. 50 minutes of sound unbound.
Cannibales & Vahinés – Mirror man  
7″, 2015
• The first 7″ of Cannibales & Vahinés from
Toulouse (them) and Amsterdam (me). Released on Record Store Day, as a warm-up for the new album.
The Ex – At Bimhuis 1991-2015   2xCD, 2015
• A compilation from 25 years of history of
The Ex at the  jazz club Bimhuis in Amsterdam. Twelve concerts and events with tons of guests from all over the planet.

BACK-CATALOGUE
Two Pin Din & G.W. Sok – Gifts, milk and things   2×7″, 2014
• Two Pin Din is Wilf Plum (ex-Dog Faced Hermans) and Andy Kerr (ex-No Means No), both on guitar. Plus me. Four songs, two singles, and one gatefold sleeve.
Action Beat & G.W. Sok – A remarkable machine   2×10″, 2014
• A 10-track double 10″ from Bletchley’s finest. The (usually instrumental UK noise band decided to team up with a vocalist for a change.
Detective Instinct – Black Floral   LP, 2014
• D.I. is Oli Heffernan. He sends music to friends. which add vocals (including two of mine). The result is a 16-track album, released by Sickroom Records USA.
King Champion Sounds – Songs for the golden hour   10″, 2014
• The second album by Dutch/English seven-piece formation. Vinyl version sold out. Reissued on CD with gatefold sleeve.
King Champion Sounds – Sifferent drummer   LP, 2013
• The first album by Dutch/English seven-piece formation (including Ajay Saggar, Oli Heffernan, me).Vinyl version sold out. Reissued on CD with gatefold sleeve.
Chapi Chapo & les Petites Musiques de Pluie – Robotank-Z   CD, 2013
• French orchestra of toy music instruments, with
.vocals by me on two songs.
Cannibales & Vahinés – N.O.W.H.E.R.E   CD, 2012
• The second album of Cannibales & Vahinés from Toulouse, France, the first one with me on vocals.

Zoikle – Illusies 1+2   7″, 2011
• Rotterdam based band that included/includes me. Two songs, in Dutch.

Detective Instinct – #3   7″, 2009
• This is Oli Heffernan and me. Two songs. Our first 
collaboration, released on Sickroom Records USA.

WORDS
G.W. Sok – Why can’t we all be happy all the time
2017 • Lyrics 2010-2016. 72 pages, riso-print. The stuff I wrote during the last seven years. Mainly in English, plus one bit in French.

G.W. Sok – A/B/C & She
2014 • A rather big postcard (8.5”” x 5.5””) with a poem (or short story, if you like). Initiated and published by Half Letter Press from Chicago, USA
G.W. Sok – A mix of bricks & valentines
2011 • Lyrics 1979-2009. 384 pages, offset-print. All the stuff I wrote for The Ex and more. Mainly in English, plus a bit in DutchAlso available via PM Press USA.
G.W. Sok – Livre un: Le début d’une belle frénésie
2011 • 76-page bi-lingual paperback with 26 poetic lyrics in both English and French.
G.W. Sok – Een klein zwartwit vechtbek manifest
2009 • Zeven ver-/hertalingen van teksten van de voormalige punkband Rondos (1978-1980). 12 pagina’s. (In Dutch!)
Kleij & Roest – Pantkrand 25
2008 • Verhalen, gedichten, collages, en heuse al dan niet echte reportages… Kortom de zin en onzin van een woonwerkpand. Onder redaktie van Kleij (die ben ik ook, soms) en Friso Roest. (In Dutch!)

Goeroe Overflakkee – Van god los
2000 • De 50 tweemaandelijkse columns die ik van 1993 tot 2000 schreef voor het destijdse alternatieve muziektijdschrift Opscene. 112 pagina’s. (In Dutch!)

ALBUMS with The Ex
Disturbing domestic peace   1980 • The Ex
History is what’s happening   1982 • The Ex
Dignity of labour   1982 • The Ex
Tumult   1983 • The Ex
Blueprints for a blackout   1984 • The Ex
Pokkeherrie
   1985 • The Ex
1936, The Spanish revolution   1986 • The Ex
Too many cowboys   1987 • The Ex
Hands up! you’re free   1988 • The Ex
Aural guerrilla   1988 • The Ex
Joggers & smoggers   1989 • The Ex
Dead fish   1990 • The Ex
Scrabbling at the lock   1991 • The Ex + Tom Cora
And the weathermen shrug their shoulders   1993 • The Ex + Tom Cora
Mudbird shivers   1995 • The Ex
Instant   1995 • The Ex & Guests
Starters alternators   1998 • The Ex
In the fishtank 5   1999 • The Ex + Tortoise
Dizzy spells   2001 • The Ex
Een rondje Holland  
2001 • Ex Orkest
Turn   2004 • The Ex
Singles. period.   2005 • The Ex
Moa anbessa    2006 • Getatchew Mekuria & The Ex & Guests
30   2009 • The Ex

DVD’S with The Ex
Beautiful frenzy   2004 • documentary from 2001
Building a broken mousetrap   2007 • live-concert from 2004
11 Ethio-punk songs   2007documentary + concert
The convoy tour   2008 • reportage + concerts from 2004