HOW TO ORDER AND STREAM IT DEEL III

  

Late last year IT DEEL III, our album with Karen Willems, was released. The record was well received and we did some great performances in the Netherlands. Hopefully those performances will be continued. The album can be ordered via Moving Furniture Records on Bandcamp. Overseas the album is also available via Further Records in Kirkland WA, USA. You can also find the album on a range of streaming platforms.

In the meantime the fourth IT DEEL album is in the making, Jan is working on a sequel to the book Boswerk, so more news soon.

NEW ALBUM 'IT DEEL III' UP FOR PRE-ORDER

Our new album IT DEEL III with Karen Willems will be released on November 22, but is now up for pre-order. You can order the vinyl lp and/or the digital download at Moving Furniture Records' Bandcamp-page, go here!

IT DEEL is our multi-year project that we realise together with Popfabryk, the production house for Frisian pop culture. For IT DEEL III we collaborated with the Belgian multi-instrumentalist Karen Willems. July 2023 we worked in the Thomaskerk in Katlijk on new material that will now be released on vinyl by Moving Furniture Records. Karen Willems is active in various fields. She started as a drummer in rock and pop groups such as Zita Swoon Group, Yuko, Arno, Novastar, Mauro Pawlowski and others. With a number of musicians she built a tradition in improvised music and sound art from Belgium. Just like us, Karen Willems is intrigued by the forests, landscapes and nature that can be heard in her work.We are really excited by this album; it is a haunting piece of music.

KAREN WILLEMS + KLEEFSTRA BROS LIVE

 
Karen Willems and the Kleefstra Bros will perform IT DEEL III live three times in October and at least once in November. You can find the live dates here and below. The new album, which will officially be released November 22, will also be available at the gigs. To ge a first impression you can already check two tracks on Soundcloud.

18-10-24: Amsterdam (NL) - Dokzaal
19-10-24: Rotterdam (NL) - Koffie & Ambacht
20-10-24: Deventer (NL) - De Perifeer
24-11-24: Leeuwarden (NL) - Explore The North

 

ALBUM AND GIGS IT DEEL III COMING UP

Last year we played with the Belgian multi-instrumentalist and -percussionist Karen Willems as part of our IT DEEL project. The release of the LP of IT DEEL III has been postponed due to delays at the pressing plant. The album is now scheduled for release in mid-October, on Moving Furniture Records off course. By then we will also be doing some performances, including in Deventer, Amsterdam and Leeuwarden. Keep an eye on our live dates and this blog.

IT DEEL III WITH KAREN WILLEMS

From the 6th until the 8th of July the Kleefstra Bros are creating and recording new music with the Belgian drummer, percussionist and multi-instrumentalist Karen Willems. It is the third edition of the IT DEEL project and all takes place in the Thomaschurch in the Dutch village Katlijk. On the Sunday afternoon of July 9 the trio presents itself with a public gig in the church. Tickets for this gig are available through Explore The North. The recordings will be published on lp by Moving Furniture Records in the near future.

IT DEEL III - KLEEFSTRA BROS WITH KAREN WILLEMS

The third edition of our 4-year project IT DEEL is coming up! And this year we will be making new music with the Belgian drummer/percussionist and multi musician Karen Willems. Karen started as a drummer in rock and pop bands (incl. Yuko, Zita Swoon Group a.o.). The last couple of years Karen has been in numerous collaborations and projects within improvised music and sound art.

Early July we will record our impro sessions in our little St. Thomas Church (Katlijk, NL) and on July the 9th there will be a public performance at the church. The recordings will lead to a vinyl album, published in the IT DEEL-series of and by Moving Furniture. Tickets for the gig on the 9th come through the Explore The North Festival, and off course we again set the whole thing up with Popfabryk.

More info soon! Picture of Karen Willems by Mahieu Yvan.