Kek '66 - Kek '66 (Animal Records 1999)

Biography: (Translation by Google)

Continued on the Amsterdam neo-sixties group The Kliek, who in 1990 steals the hearts of many beat-lovers with their self-titled debut album in both the Netherlands and far beyond. Reference points for the music of Kek 66 are American garage punk from the years 1964-1967 and the Nederbeat of Q 65 and Golden Earrings from the mid-sixties.

1996  When the Amsterdam-based neo-sixties band The Kliek made a definitive end of it in 1995, singer Robert Müter decides to start his own band that goes further where The Kliek is held up. Together with drummer Stefan Sleutel, who has been part of The Kliek and bassist and second vocalist Marc de Regt in a gray past, they join forces and Kek '66 is a fact. The first single Na Na Na / Angela / You Treated Me Bad appears on the Spanish Guerssen label. Na Na Na is an adaptation of a Shoes classic, while Angela is a Spanish-speaking song. The single appears on a Spanish label, because there is hardly any interest in neo-sixties music in the Netherlands and Kek '66 already has a tour through Spain.

1997  Kek '66 leaves for Spain for the second time. During a Psychedelic Party at the Vrieshuis in Amsterdam, drummer Stefan Sleutel says goodbye to the band. Just like at the time at The Kliek, Stefan makes room for the Russian Zenja Guberman. In the sixties underground world Kek 66, now without apostrophe, starts to become a well-known name, without there being any great name recognition in the Netherlands.

1998  The second single How Many Times? / Land Of Dreams appears on the French Larsen label. In addition, the final hand is put on the debut album.

1999  In the "Paradiso" the first album, simply Kek 66 entitled, is being christened. The press unanimously praises the album that is released on vinyl by the Utrecht Pornogram Records. The music of Kek 66 goes back to the heyday of American psychedelic garage bands like 13th Floor Elevators and Electric Prunes and the Nederbeat of Q 65 and Golden Earrings.

2000  Kek '66 The CD version of the first album (with a bonus number on it) appears, partly inspired by an aversion to the Dutch music industry, with the Spanish Animal Records. The group undertakes a tour through Russia (where drummer Zenja was born), Germany and Spain. In the Netherlands, despite the good reviews, it remains difficult for Kek 66 to get underfoot.

2002  In the spring the second album On The Outside Looking In is released, both on CD and on vinyl. On the record Phantom Frank (former Treble Spankers) provides a special arrangement of the song Sandra.

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