Ekseption

Ekseption
Ekseption in 1967
Background information
Origin	Haarlem, Netherlands
Genres	Progressive rock Classic rock
Years active	1967–1989
Labels	Philips Records Ariola Records Carrere Records
Associated acts	Spin Trace
Website	Ekseption Semi-Official Site
Members
Rein van den Broek Rick van der Linden Cor Dekker Peter de Leeuwe Rob Kruisman Huib van Kampen Dennis Whitbread Dick Remelink Michel van Dijk Steve Allet Jan Vennik Pieter Voogt Hans Jansen Hans Hollestelle Max Werner Johan Slager Jan Hollestelle Cees Kranenburg

Ekseption was a Dutch progressive rock ensemble with changing membership, active from 1967 to 1989, growing out of the bands The Jokers and Incrowd. The group started out playing jazz, pop and R&B covers. Impressed by a gig of The Nice, the members, of which the most famous is Rick van der Linden, decided to concentrate on producing classical rock, modern re-interpretations of classical works. Most of their albums contain both original songs and re-interpreted classical pieces.

Personnel

• Rein van den Broek - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Rick van der Linden - keyboards
• Cor Dekker - bass guitar
• Peter de Leeuwe - drums, vocal
• Rob Kruisman - saxophones, flute, vocal
• Huib van Kampen - solo guitar, tenor sax
• Dennis Whitbread (also Withbread - real name Dennis Witbraad) - drums
• Dick Remelink - saxophones, flutes
• Michel van Dijk - vocals
• Linda van Dyck - vocals
• Erik van Lier - trombone, tuba
• Tony Vos - saxophones, production
• Steve Allet (real name Koen Merkelbach) - vocals
• Jan Vennik - saxophones, flute
• Pieter Voogt - drums
• Hans Jansen - keyboards
• Hans Hollestelle - guitar
• Max Werner - drums
• Johan Slager - bass, guitar
• Jan Hollestelle - bass, synthesizers, cello
• Cees Kranenburg - drums, percussion
• anonymous studio musicians (on Back to the Classics)

Discography

• Ekseption (1969)

1. "The 5th" (L. van Beethoven) [3:23]
2. "Dharma For One" (I. Anderson, C. Bunker) [3:28] (later simply "Dharma")
3. "Little x plus" (Ekseption) [3:31]
4. "Sabre dance" (A. Khachaturian) [3:46]
5. "Air" (J.S. Bach) [2:50]
6. "Ritual firedance" (M. de Falla) [2:15]
7. "Rhapsody in blue" (G. Gershwin) [4:00]
8. "This here" (B. Timmons, J. Hendricks) [4:12]
9. "Dance macabre opus 40" (C. Saint-Saens) [2:21]
10. "Canvas" (B. Bennett) [2:28]

• Beggar Julia's Time Trip (1970)

1. "Ouverture" (R. van der Linden) [3:22]
2. "Prologue" (R. van der Linden, L. van Dijck) [2:21]
3. "Julia" (R. van der Linden, M. van Dijk) [2:21]
4. "Flying power" (R. van der Linden) [:31]
5. "Adagio" (T.Albinoni, R. Giazotto) [3:45]
6. "Space I" (J.S. Bach) [:44]
7. "Italian concerto" (J.S. Bach) [4:59]
8. "Concerto" (P.I. Tchaikovsky) [3:52]
9. "Space II" (R. van der Linden) [:26]
10. "Pop giant" (R. van der Linden, M. van Dijk) [3:54]
11. "Space III" (R. van der Linden) [:22]
12. "Feelings" (R. van der Linden) [3:09]
13. "Epilogue" (R. van der Linden, L. van Dijck) [:57]
14. "Finale" [3:55] (a) Music for mind (R. van der Linden) (b) Theme Julia (R. van der Linden, M. van Dijk)

• Ekseption 3 (1971)

1. "Peace planet" (J.S. Bach) [3:32]
2. "B 612" (R. van der Linden, W. Luikinga) [4:08]
3. "Morning rose" (R. van der Linden, W. Luikinga) [3:04]
4. "Piece for symphonic and rock group in A minor" (R. van der Linden, W. Luikinga) [5:53] (a) Part one: Passacaglia (b) Part two: Painting
5. "The lamplighter" (J.S. Bach) [3:01]
6. "Bottle mind" (R. van der Linden) [2:45]
7. "On sunday they will kill the world" (S. Rachmaninoff, W. Luikinga) [3:26]
8. "Another history" (R. van der Linden, M. van Dijk) [4:37]
9. "Rondo (L. von Beethoven) [5:25]

• Ekseption 00.04 (1971)

1. "Ave Maria" (J.S. Bach, C.H. Gounod) [2:34]
2. "Body party" (R. van der Linden) [3:32]
3. "Monlope" (J. Smith, R. van der Linden) [4:58]
4. "Monkey dance" (R. van der Linden) [2:41]
5. "Choral" (R. van der Linden) [4:02]
6. "Partita No. 2 in C minor" (J.S. Bach) [5:45]
7. "Piccadilly sweet" (R. van der Linden) [13:27]

• Ekseption 5 (1972)

1. "Introduction" (L. van Beethoven) [:35]
2. "Siciliano in G" (J.S. Bach) [3:20]
3. "Vivace" (J.S. Bach) [5:16]
4. "For example / for sure" (K. Emerson, R. van der Linden) [9:03]
5. "Virginal" (R. van der Linden) [4:30]
6. "A la turka" (W.A. Mozart) [2:26]
7. "Midbar session" (R. van der Linden) [10:03]
8. "Pie" (R. van der Linden) [1:30]
9. "My son" (R. van der Linden) [5:12]
10. "Finale" (L. van Beethoven) [3:40]

• Trinity (1973)

1. "Toccata" (J.S. Bach) [5:16]
2. "The peruvian flute" (Traditional) [8:04]
3. "Dreams" (T. Vos) [1:32]
4. "Smile" (R. van der Linden) [2:53]
5. "Lonely chase" (R. van der Linden) [3:10]
6. "Romance" (L. von Beethoven) [3:30]
7. "Improvisation" (R. van der Linden) [9:01]
8. "Meddle" (R. van der Linden) [1:07]
9. "Flight of the bumble bee" (N. Rimsky-Kosakov) [3:22]
10. "Finale III" (R. van der Linden) [2:50]

• Bingo (1974)

1. "From Ekseption" (H. Jansen, J. Vennik) [9:05]
2. "Nightwalk" (J. Vennik) [3:45]
3. "Smokey sunset" (H. Jansen) [5:11]
4. "De fietser" (J. Vennik) [1:51]
5. "Sabre dance" (A. Katchaturian) [2:56]
6. "Brother rabbit" (R. van den Broek) [3:26]
7. "Sunny revival" (H. Jansen, J. Vennik) [3:50]
8. "The death of Ase" (E. Grieg) [2:20]
9. "Bingo-bingo" (H. Jansen, J. Vennik) [6:40]

• Mindmirror (1975)

1. "Pick up the pieces" (R. Ball, H. Stuart, A. Gorie, M. Duncan, R. McIntosh) [6:05]
2. "Bourree" (J.S. Bach) [3:14]
3. "Tramontane" (P. Souer) [4:17]
4. "Electric swamp" (H. Hollestelle) [4:04]
5. "Ramses" (R. Shaffy) [1:00]
6. "Mindmirror" (J. Vennik, H. Jansen) [17:28]

• Back to the Classics (1976)

1. "Sonata in F" (A. Vivaldi) [5:20]
2. "Ave Maria" (F. Schubert) [4:53]
3. "Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Serenade nr. 13 in G K.525)" (W.A. Mozart) [4:13]
4. "Clarinet concerto in A" (W.A. Mozart) [4:25]
5. "Violin concerto in E minor, Op.64" (F. Mendelssohn) [5:00]
6. "Have mercy on me (Erbarme Dich)" (J.S.Bach) [6:57]
7. "Flute sonata nr.5 in F" (G.F. Händel) [4:53]
8. "Theme from Abdelazer" (H. Purcell) [3:58]
9. "The Moldau (Ma Vlast)" (B. Smetana) [6:51]

• Spin (as 'Spin, 1976)
• Whirlwind (as Spin, 1977)
• Ekseption '78 (1978)

1. "Again" (J.S. Bach) [2:22]
2. "Your home" (R. van der Linden) [4:47]
3. "Wild flower" (R. van der Linden, R van den Broek) [3:17]
4. "Signal" (R. van der Linden, R van den Broek) [4:10]
5. "Pearl" (G. F. Händel) [2:22]
6. "Thoughts" (R van den Broek) [3:53]
7. "Summertime" (G. Gershwin) [2:20]
8. "Nocturne" (J.S. Bach) [3:35]
9. "Impromptu" (F. Schubert) [2:48]
10. "The cat" (L. Schiffrin) [3:19]
11. "Jesu joy" (J.S. Bach) [3:02]
12. "Faith" (R. van der Linden) [3:21]

• Dance Macabre (1981)

1. "The Fifth Symphony" (L. von Beethoven) [3:02]
2. "Italian Concerto" (J.S. Bach) [2:50]
3. "Air" (J.S. Bach) [4:07]
4. "Rhapsody In Blue" (G. Gershwin) [4:06]
5. "Peace Planet" (J.S. Bach) [3:26]
6. "Sabre Dance" (A. Khatchaturian) [4:06]
7. "Concerto" (P.I Tchaikowsky) [4:06]
8. "Danse De Feu" (M. De Falla) [2:46]
9. "Adagio" (A. Albinoni, , R. Giazotto) [3:40]
10. "Dance Macabre" (Saint-Saens) [2:20]
11. "Haydn" (J. Haydn) [2:51]
12. "Conchorus" (R. van der Linden) [4:45]

• Ekseption '89 (1989)

1. "Spooky" [3:35]
2. "Ekseptional" [3:30]
3. "Pure" [3:35]
4. "Air" (J.S. Bach) [4:07]
5. "Flying fingers" [3:59]
6. "Happiness" [2:44]
7. "The artists" [3:02]
8. "Haydn" (J. Haydn) [3:05]
9. "Just for you" [2:28]
10. "Drawbars" [2:52]
11. "Jola" [5:04]
12. "The Fifth" (L. van Beethoven) [3:17]
13. "Marlene" [3:23]
14. "Peace planet" (J.S. Bach) [3:29]
15. "Harmony" [2:39]
16. "A believe" [3:07]
17. "My pianoman" (J.S. Bach) [2:38]

• The Reunion (1994, live)

See also

• Semi-official website
• General information
• Entry at Allmusic.com