De Kift 'Yverzucht' LP
Late eighties the then 4 piece de Kift released a 3 song 7" (1988) & lp ijverzucht (1989).
Ferry: guitar & brass (Svatsox), Wim: drums (Rondos, the Ex), Jacco (GRRR): bass, Maarten: vocals (Pistache B.V.)
With audible dutch lyrics, Pushy melodic basslines, bouncy snarerolls and angular guitar they concocted a unique kind of pointed sparse punk with fanfare brass blasts.
Maarten's poetic lyrics were rrrrecited, spat out and crooned. A heady mix of bleak reflective explorations on the dutch mental state of the times; post WWII mentality dissected and rejected and gleeful romantic pleas for revolt with ingrained disillusionment.
De Kift came of age in the dying hours of the squatter movement at the time. Playing benefits, raising funds, eyebrows and soundtracking a lifestyle on it's last legs. Alas the times were a changing. The movement discombobulated and was succeeded by a fragmented scene in turmoil. Ijverzucht came out amidst that monumental confusion, a landmark record. (de kift website)
Tracks: Code het alfabet, Vlijt, Staal op staal, Nat & stinkend stroo, Blind, Sokke met gaten, Dwars, Ademnood, Bokke ze neer, Adrenaline, overdosis, (Hartstikke) gek, De passie v/d slager, (Houje) oren (open)
Red Wig 002 | Mississipi 42, September 2009
reviewed in TRUST 145 Dez/Jan 2010/2011:
De Kift 'Yverzucht' LP
De Kift aus den Niederlanden gibt es schon seit über zwanzig Jahren und ich habe noch nie von ihnen gehört, Muss wohl an mir liegen, denn die Band ist ziemlich gut. Mich persönlich stören einige der Bläsereinsätze etwas, aber ansonsten erinnern sie mich auf angenehme Weise an The Ex und 80er Jahre Artpunk, was daran liegen könnte, dass es sich hierbei um ein Re-Release von De Kifts Debütalbum von 1989 handelt... Viel Groove, viele Breaks, geil drahtiger Basssound und niederländische Texte, die ich nur so halb verstehe. Empfehlenswert für Menschen, denen atmingsaktive Kompositionen wichtiger sind als bratende Rockgitarren und ein wichtiges Stück Punkgeschichte ist es allemal. (Jan Tölva)
Rondos 'Destroy the entertainment' DoLP
De RONDOS were around from 1978 until 1980. Besides being an art-collective (dubio) who were sharing a building they used as a base to launch their commie rockets at CRASSholes, the police, nihilist punx and the corrupted consumer society at large... they made some fantastic records too. Grating repetetive stripped down angry compositions... songs is maybe not the right word. They introduced a new gestalt in the dutch music world; aestheticaly nothing to do with rock, playing on their own terms, writing their own zines... creating d.i.y. platforms to be inclusive and inspirational. Rehearsel spaces, gigs and stencilmachines. power to the people. This double lp collects their singles on the first side, a selection out of a live concert in 1978 on the second. The second lp contains their 'RED ATTACK' lp. The recordings are raw and to the point. no studio trickery, overdubs or hippy noodling here. The sound is maybe most related to english bands like Wire, Crisis, Crass (their friends turned foes) and Gang of four. They heavily inspired a new wave of dutch bands especially the Wormer & utreg 'scenes' The Ex, Zowiso, de Kift (rondos drummer!), the Nixe en vele anderen!
Inserts: foldout lp sized lyricsheet. 24 page booklet of the bands history in english, written by their singer Johannes van de Weert in 2009. Including a lot of photos and artwork. (Rondos website)
Red Wig 001 | King Kong Records, April 2009