KLEPKA: how a joke about Jan Klepka became a music project
Dmitry Belov’s old alias, a fictional Jan Klepka from Czechia — and a name that stuck since 2018.
Klepka began as an old alias of Dmitry Belov. Inside the story appeared a fictional Jan Klepka — a designer from Czechia. The joke stuck and became the project name.
Based in Bryansk; started 2018. Not a brand-new mark from zero: the name already had a biography, even if invented.
An alias that grew up
Do not confuse the name story with a biography of a “Czech designer.” Jan Klepka is a fictional character. Dmitry Belov writes the music. The joke became a brand, not a myth about someone else.
Sometimes an alias outlives the joke — and starts working in earnest.
In Russian a wordplay sticks to the name — that is another essay. Here the origin fact is enough.