In 2014 Bonnie "Prince" Billy and
broeder Dieleman played a tour together, consisting of eight fully acoustic shows spread throughout the Netherlands. The tour was sold out within an hour, and plenty of reason for both artists to do a follow-up.
The result was
a split 7" for Record Store Day 2015. Bonnie "Prince" Billy is regarded as an inspiration for, and is praised by, many great international recording artists. His songs have previously been covered by the likes of Johnny Cash and Mark Lanegan. For this 2015 RSD release he translated 'Gloria' by broeder Dieleman into English. Broeder Dieleman covered Oldham's Three Questions into Zealandic dialect.
A second collaboration followed in 2021. During the Covid-19 pandemic, the two sent each other a potential song title to work on. The corresponding music they wrote resulted in another split 7": '
Love is the first law / There are worms in your circle', with hand-cut artwork by broeder Dieleman himself.
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