Een Rondje Holland
{{Infobox album
| name = Een Rondje Holland
| type = Live album
| artist = The Ex
| cover = Een Rondje Holland cover.jpg
| border = yes
| alt =
| released = 2001
| recorded = 2000
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| genre = Punk rock, experimental, orchestral, jazz
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| label = Ex Records
| producer = Dolf Planteijdt and Zlaya
| prev_title = Dizzy Spells
| prev_year = 2001
| next_title = In the Fishtank 9
| next_year = 2001
}}
Een Rondje Holland is a live album by Ex Orkest, an orchestra made up of the Dutch post-punk band The Ex accompanied by 20 other musicians.{{Cite web|last=Williams|first=Kevin M.|title=Ex OrkestEen Rondje Holland (Ex Music) Rather than...|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2001-09-16-0109160325-story.html|work=Chicago Tribune|date=September 16, 2001|access-date=April 2, 2020}} The album features orchestral arrangements of previously released Ex songs (often with the band's standard English lyrics replaced with those in their native Dutch) mixed with pieces of improvised music.{{Cite web|last=Couture|first=François|title=Een Rondje Holland Review|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/een-rondje-holland-mw0001351275|work=AllMusic|access-date=April 2, 2020}} The tracks were recorded over a series of four performances in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium, and compiled for release on the band's own label in 2001.
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id= r698268}}
|rev4=Tom Hull
|rev4score=B+{{Cite web|url=http://tomhull.com/ocston/nm/get_gl.php?n=the+ex|title = Tom Hull: Grade List: The Ex}}
| noprose = yes
}}
Track listing
- "De Weg"
- "Kokend Asfalt"
- "Symfonie Voor Machines"
- "Meer Nieuws"
- "Spruitjes"
- "Een Rondje Holland"
- "Gronings Liedje"
- "My Happiness"
- "Rosenkohl"
- "Uitgeest"
- "Stukverdriet"
- "De Klokkenluider"
Personnel
- Terrie (guitar)
- G.W. Sok (vocals)
- Luc (acoustic bass)
- Andy Moor (guitar)
- Katrin (drums, vocals)
- Jaap Blonk (vocals)
- Han Buhrs (vocals)
- Jan Mulder (vocals)
- Roy Paci (trumpet)
- Felicity Provan (trumpet)
- Wilf Plum (drums)
- Michael Vatcher (drums, percussion)
- Ferry Heyne (valve trombone, trumpet, tuba)
- Wolter Wierbos (trombone)
- Joost Buis (trombone)
- Michael Moore (saxophone, clarinet)
- Wilbert de Joode (double-bass)
- Ernst Glerum (double-bass)
- Gert-Jan Blom (singing saw, groove-box)
- Hamish McKeich (director, electric bassoon)
References
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{{The Ex}}
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