De Kift: (NEI 45)
De Kift
September 12, 2006
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Track Titles:
1. Nauwe Mijter (Narrow Miter)
2. De Molenaar (The Miller)
3. Wee Mij (Woe is Me)
4. Oe (Oo)
5. Muur, Muur (Wall, Wall)
6. B3
7. Uitpuilende Ogen (Bulging Eyes)
8. Kreupele Nachtegaal (Lame Nightingale)
9. Tabee (So Long)
10. Rolfie
11. De Dorpsboom (The Village Tree)
12. Almanak (Almanac)
13. Koper (Copper)

Around 1988 De Kift emerged from the Dutch squatter's movement and the punk waves of the late 70's, early 80's. Think Wire, Crass and the Minutemen. Described as something like art-folk-punkers De Kift arrived to the forefront of Holland's fringe-political, musical and theatrical movements. In Holland De Kift have become legends influencing a whole generation of Dutch musicians with their combination of punk angst, world literature and the Crescendo Music of their home village where Jan, the father and oldest member of De Kift, has been a member for over 53 years....MORE

Ferry Heyne - vocals, trombone, trumpet
Frank van den Bos - organ, vocals
Pim Heijne - guitar
Mathijs Houwink - bass
Wim ter Weele - drums
Patrick Votrain - trombone, tuba, sousaphone
Jan Heijne - trumpet
Han Hulscher - trumpet
Guest Musicians:
Michael Moore - clarinet (track 2)
Wilma Paalman - vocals (track 9)
Roman Bishoff's Cluster Kamerkoor - vocals (track 13)