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Club Amsterdam Klezmer online

We have been organising CAK for 4 years now. Unfortunately the whole corona disaster isn’t over yet. Limited as we are these days to play shows for a real, non seated, dancing and sweating audience we now proudly present: Club Amsterdam Klezmer Online!

The format will be similair to the live version: There will be a AKB live performance, musical guests, interviews, visual art and more. Broadcast will be live-streamed via Facebook on 13.08. Special guest UD player Mehmet Polat will be joining us and there will be an interview with Söndörgö (HU). We hope you will tune in!

For more info check out our Facebook event
Let’s stay in contact and stay safe!

AKB back on stage!

After not being able to play live for a few months, the AKB will be back on stage soon! On July 17th we will play not one, but two shows at De Gelderlandfabriek, Culemborg (NL). The day after they will perform at Q-factor. We really hope to see you there. For more information and ticket click the link below.

Gelderlandfabriek: Show 1 – 20:00
Gelderlandfabriek: Show 2 – 21:30
Q-Factory

AKB live-stream

Together with Studio 150 – Bethlemkerk we did a ‘Back live in concert’ live-stream. It felt great to finally be back on stage. Did you miss it? Don’t worry. You can watch the whole concert here

Balkan Klezmer Comfort in Corona Times

AKB wanted to compile the perfect playlist for this period of walls-closing-in-on-you, and asked their fans for their favorite Balkan and Klezmer tracks. This is the result, play it loud, do enjoy and take care! Listen to the playlist here

Live at Café Lazarus

We were on national tv again! We performed live at Café Lazarus and are happy to share this with you. Check out the episode here

Fortuna is out now!

A raw edge, exciting layers and genuine joy in music making: On the new album Fortuna producer Stefan Schmid opens up the seasoned Amsterdam Klezmer band.

The collaboration with Stefan Schmid has been a new and refreshing experience for the band and through this, Fortuna has become a unique AKB Album with it’s added subtle, disorderly elements as well as rhythmical production components. So is it still Klezmer we’re dealing with? Damn right it is… Listen to the album here!

Amsterdam Klezmer Band at Podium Witteman

On Sunday, February 23 we were guests at the Dutch TV show Podium Witteman. Gijs got to talk about the history of Klezmer and we got to perform our song 101 Klezmer of our new album Fortuna! You can see our performance here.

Fortuna is out now! (Benelux release)

A raw edge, exciting layers and genuine joy in music making: On the new album Fortuna producer Stefan Schmid opens up the seasoned Amsterdam Klezmer band.

The collaboration with Stefan Schmid has been a new and refreshing experience for the band and through this, Fortuna has become a unique AKB Album with it’s added subtle, disorderly elements as well as rhythmical production components. So is it still Klezmer we’re dealing with? Damn right it is… Listen to the album here!

Fortuna will be released in the rest of Europe on 13-03-2020.

Hope to see you at de Amsterdam Klezmer Band FORTUNA live tour 2020! Check the tourdates here.

New Single Tanz Tanz Tanz

The first music of Fortuna is out now. Tanz Tanz Tanz is the opening track of the new album.

Jasper de Beer; ” After experimenting a lot with the band with all kinds of cross-overs I wanted to write a fast instrumental party tune with a traditional vibe s. Producer Stefan  wanted to hear a yell or some short words, so i came up with “Tanz Tanz Tanz” The title is a bit tongue in cheek because when a klezmer band comes up with a song named like this you would expect something old fashioned sounding. Well this is not the case at all. Stefan rejuvenated this  klezmer tune with his producer skills by adding a funky back beat and some spicy sound effects.”

Listen to the song here

AKB live at Paradiso

We are happy to announce we will end our Fortuna Tour in the most beautiful venue of Amsterdam: Paradiso

Get your tickets here!
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