EEN RONDJE HOLLAND

Music by The Ex, lyrics by Jan Mulder. "Symfonie Voor Machines" is based on the piece "Zavod" (The Iron Foundry) by Alexander Mossolov (1900-1973), a suite from the ballet "Stal" (Steel) opus 19, 1926, and adapted by The Ex for The Ex Orkest. In 1926-1929 Mossolov composed the ballet "Stal", intending to glorify the time of industrialization. He wanted to express the feeling of the new industrial, urbanized machine-age in a barbaric style. "THe Iron Foundry" is a short piece from this ballet and it made Mossolov the first international celebrity among the young Russian composers in the time after the first World War. The piece atracted attention through its use of a metal sheet to create the sound of clashing iron and steel. In 1927, while secretary of the International Society for Contemp