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Artist:
DE KIFT
Title:
Krankenhaus
Label:
DOMINO SOUND
Format:
LP
Price:
$13.00
Catalog #:
DOMINO 025LP
"De Kift's second album,
Krankenhaus
, originally a 1993 compact disc, is released for the first time ever on vinyl. The music on the album is difficult to describe, there simply aren't the reference points to make it easily classifiable. Thematically,
Krankenhaus
is a guided tour through the terror and tedium of war and its effects. Musically, it does have guitar, bass, and drums, but there is also a brass section, scrappy and heartfelt, making plenty of appearances throughout, and some woodwinds, an accordion, piano, violin, and hand clapping show up here and there. Imagine a scene from a Berlin cabaret of the '30s as written by the New Deal's Federal Theater Project. But, in, well, Dutch. And using World War authors and poets as lyricists, but seen through the lens of the Dutch squatters movement that De Kift and The Ex came up through. If Hanns Eisler had been a collaborator with The Ex, you'd be close, but still not quite there. De Kift sets their music to the stories and poems of authors Jan Arends, Erich M. Remarque and Wolfgang Borchert and comes up with an album that brings a new beauty to the words and a remarkably original amalgamation. This release comes in a tip-on sleeve with original artwork and is accompanied by a 16-page booklet with lyrics in Dutch, English and German."
Artist:
DE KIFT
Title:
Yverzucht
Label:
MISSISSIPPI RECORDS
Format:
LP
Price:
$12.00
Catalog #:
MR 042LP
"De Kift emerged from a Dutch squatters' movement and the punk waves of the late '70s and early '80s. Their debut vinyl LP
Yverzucht
was released in 1989. Ferry: guitar & brass (Svatsox); Wim: drums (Rondos, the Ex); Jacco (GRRR): bass; Maarten: vocals (Pistache B.V.). De Kift were a tremendous and original force at the time. Sparse, rhythmic, angular, yet energetic music. Staccato punk with fanfare elements. Maarten's lyrics were recited, spat out and crooned, bleak reflective explorations of the Dutch mental state of the times. Maarten (as well as Jacco) departed the band after debuting
Yverzucht
. Out of the ashes, emerged a new conceptual, literary De Kift that would play on for 20 years. De Kift were part of the squatter movement. Playing benefits, raising funds, eyebrows and soundtracking a lifestyle on its last legs." Includes insert with Dutch/English lyrics.
Artist:
DE KIFT
Title:
De Kift
Label:
MISSISSIPPI RECORDS
Format:
7"
Price:
$5.50
Catalog #:
MR 043EP
"Spunky 1988 release. A fairly unknown predecessor to their debut LP
Yverzucht
. Impossible to find and never reissued. Three songs of driving rhythms and volatile speech. Another testament to the uniquely prolific '80s Dutch punk scene." Awesome tri-fold, heavy cardstock sleeve with Dutch/English lyrics.
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