New album ZE4 & DRUMBAND HALLELUJAH MAKKUM
Out on November 7. Open for pre-order already in the shop. On this record, his poetic, minimal songs are given an enchanting, rhythmic foundation by the sixteen-member Drumband Hallelujah Makkum. With this work, Arnold de Boer shows how powerful and headstrong language can be — not only through his own compositions but also through Frisian translations of poems by, among others, Dutch poet M. Vasalis and the German poet Nelly Sachs.
Zea Expands
The new Frisian album by Zea bursts with creativity. And this time, that creativity doesn’t come from Arnold de Boer alone; Zea expands into a four-piece band, and on half the album, drumband Hallelujah Makkum joins in. Zea began his musical career in that same drumband at the age of seven. Arnold’s father, Feddie de Boer (81 years old), still plays in the band — and therefore also appears on the album. Hallelujah Makkum has been a local institution for 125 years, well known even in distant regions.
In lichem fol beloften was recorded over three days in February 2025 in the Thomaskerk, a small curch in Ketlik, a Frisian village. Everything was recorded live to make full use of the church’s beautiful spatial acoustics. The recording of Drumband Hallelujah Makkum took place on May 31, 2025, in the Doopsgezinde (Mennonite) Church in Makkum. De Boer invites the listener to settle into the cadence of drums and strings, takes us into the minimalist trance of guitar, cello, clarinet, and drums, and plays with time and physicality.
