Exil

[Michael Baryshnikov]

Hello All!

Залит Exil/(1975)_Fusionen

Бундесовая группа "последней волны" краут-рока.
Фьюджн на основе джаза, джаз-рока, фри-джаза и, в малой степени, фолка и
психоделии.
Много духовых, не всегда удачных, много клавиш (фендер роудес) почти всегда
удачных, немного вокала (на немецком), почти не анноящего.
Сложно оценить и описать впечатления: с одной стороны всё это здОрово, а с
другой стороны, многое понятно и будет восхищать _исключительно_ любителей
жанра. Вот как-то так.

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(c) Exil biography, PA

EXIL was an obscure German fusion group active during the 70's which consisted
of Eva Lutz, Georg Eckl, Jotwin, Bernd Funk, Bewin and Bernd Steiner. Their
only album can be recommended to fans of jazz rock with folk and other ethnic
influences in the vein of EMBRYO.
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Fusionen
Exil
Jazz Rock/Fusion, 1975
(c) Review by Mellotron Storm, PA

This one came out of nowhere to blow my socks off. A six piece band out of
Germany they released their sole album back in 1975. Violin, cellos, folky
vocals in German, bass, drums, percussion, sax, electric piano and guitar. Not
a lot of guitar as the drummer provides that and it's usually picked or
strummed. The singer adds cello and we have a female named Eva adding violin
and cello. Sax and electric piano dominate here and they tend to jam quite a
bit. The sound of this album is right up my alley. The sax player is incredible
and for my money the star of this show. The bass is not that upfront
unfortunately and I admit the vocals at first were a negative only because the
instrumental stuff is so good. I like them now and they remind me of the
SINKADUS singer actually.

Love the opener the shortest track at just over 3 minutes with the sax,
electric piano, drums and strings. First spin I'm thinking this is amazing!
Then 2 minutes in it all stops and these folky German vocals arrive and I'm
thinking noooo! They only last a short time then back to the previous
programming. Best track in my opinion is the second track clocking in at over 9
1/2 minutes. All instrumental and just a trip. Plenty of dissonant sax,
incredible sounding electric piano. Best part is around 2 minutes in when we
actually get a MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA vibe with the atmosphere and electric piano
as sax and drums join in. Brilliant track. The third number is more about Folk
with those German vocals and strings. Some picked and strummed guitar on this
one.

"Schuhe I" is uptempo and catchy with sax leading then electric piano. We gat
an experimental calm too then the sax gets a little crazy. So good! "Ohne Uns"
has vocals that are actually passionate this time. Not sure why I'm so drawn to
his singing here(a lot of character to his vocals) but this is really good. The
closer is over 9 minutes and we continue with the sax and electric piano
standing out but cello too here early on. Tempo shifts throughout and vocals
not until around 6 1/2 minutes for less than a minute.

This album really scratches my Jazz Fusion itch even though it has it's folky
elements. Kind of a Jazz/Krautrock blend not too unlike what EMBRYO were doing
before this band came along.
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Enjoy!
WBR, Michael Baryshnikov.