IT DEEL is the multi-year project of the Kleefstra Bros together with Popfabryk; production house for Frisian pop culture.
For IT DEEL III the Kleefstra Bros have entered into a collaboration with the Belgian multi-instrumentalist Karen Willems. Together they worked in the Thomaskerk in Katlijk on new material that was released on vinyl by Moving Furniture Records.
The Kleefstra Bros are poet Jan Kleefstra and guitarist Romke Kleefstra, both also members of Piiptsjilling, The Alvaret Ensemble, CMKK, Tsjinlûd and Kleefstra|Bakker|Kleefstra. Based on a deeply felt mission, the makers want to create awareness of the universal connection between people and nature and use the means available to them to this end: poetry and music.
The Belgian multi-instrumentalist Karen Willems is active in various fields. Started as a drummer in rock and pop groups such as Zita Swoon Group, Jan Swerts, Pascal Deweze, Yuko, Novastar, Mauro Pawlowski and others. With a number of musicians she built a tradition in improvised music and sound art. Just like the Kleefstra Bros, Karen Willems is intrigued by the forests, landscapes and nature that can be heard in her work.
More about Karen Willems about.me/Karen_Willems
More about Kleefstra Bros kleefstrabros.bandcamp.com
More about IT DEEL popfabryk.nl/project/it-deel
credits
released November 22, 2024
Karen Willems: drums, percussion, objects, effects, vocals, synth, field recordings
Romke Kleeftstra: guitars, piano, bass, effects, field recordings
Jan Kleefstra: words, vocals
Recorded at the St. Thomas Church, Ketlik, the Netherlands, by Jan Switters, July 2-8 2023.
Edited by Karen Willems
Mixed by Rutger Zuydervelt
Mastered by Jos Smolders at EARLabs
Cover photo by Romke Kleefstra
Session photos by Dominiek Claeys
Graphic design by Rutger Zuydervelt
Translations by Vivien D. Glass