Ekseption - Bingo (Remastered 2023) '1974

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Ekseption began its fatal plunge to an eventual breakup with this uninspired LP.
Keyboardist and founder Rick van der Linden departed for a solo career following
the making of Trinity and he was replaced by Hans Jansen, though the remaining
players (trumpeter Rein van den Broek, reed player Jan Vennik, bassist Cor
Dekker, and drummer Pieter Voogt) stuck with the band. But the band moved
farther away from its progressive rock roots to a bland fusion of various
elements. "From Ekseption" is a long, meandering opener that alternates between
funk and jazz fusion, with fine playing by van den Broek, but little else.
"Smokey Sunset" sounds like it could have come from any number of generic fusion
bands of the 1970s. "Brother Rabbit" is a bizarre work by van den Broek that
starts as mixture of funk and Latin music, before transforming into a loping
ballad with strings and then degrading into a monotonous rock riff that goes
nowhere. Updated arrangements of earlier covers by the band of Khatchaturian's
"Sabre Dance" and Grieg's "The Death of Ase" come off heavy-handed, lacking van
der Linden's humor. Ekseption would continue to survive to complete at least one
more album under Jansen before folding for good.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Ekseption - From Ekseption (Remastered 2023) (9:01) 
1.02 - Ekseption - Nightwalk (Remastered 2023) (3:42) 
1.03 - Ekseption - Smokey Sunset (Remastered 2023) (4:58) 
1.04 - Ekseption - De Fietser (Remastered 2023) (1:50) 
1.05 - Ekseption - Sabre Dance '74 (Remastered 2023) (2:55) 
1.06 - Ekseption - Brother Rabbit (Remastered 2023) (3:23) 
1.07 - Ekseption - Sunny Revival (Remastered 2023) (3:50) 
1.08 - Ekseption - The Death Of Ase (Remastered 2023) (2:27) 
1.09 - Ekseption - Bingo-Bingo (Remastered 2023) (6:45)

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