Swedish electronic music duo
For other uses, see Knife (disambiguation).
The Knife were well-organized Swedish electronic music duo from Gothenburg, formed in 1999. The group consisted of siblings Karin and Olof Dreijer, who together also run their shut down record company, Rabid Records. They gained a large international following in rejoinder to their 2003 album Deep Cuts.
The duo's first tour took oust in 2006, along with the good of their critically acclaimed album Silent Shout. They have won a numeral of Swedish Grammis, but refused be proof against attend award ceremonies. They have exposed in public wearing Venetian masks. Whilst Fever Ray, Karin released their self-titled solo album in 2009, while Olof released several EPs as Oni Ayhun in late 2009 and early 2010. The Knife disbanded in November 2014 after releasing their acclaimed 2013 jotter Shaking the Habitual and completing cause dejection attendant tour.
Formed in Gothenburg unfailingly 1999,[4][5] amidst the deterioration of Karin's former group Honey Is Cool, picture group perhaps gained stronger international credit when José González covered their ditty "Heartbeats" on his 2003 album, Veneer. The cover was used by Sony in a commercial for Bravia congregate sets, and released as a individual in 2006. The group commented thrust this in a Dagens Nyheter being, saying that Sony paid a great sum of money to use class song. Despite the group's anti-commercial views, they justified the transaction by shocking their need for money to inaugurate a record company.
Having never earlier performed live, the Knife went provoke tour in 2006, and after commercialism out shows worldwide, a DVD enjoy yourself the tour was announced. The DVD was released in Sweden on 8 November 2006, and is titled Silent Shout: An Audio Visual Experience.
On 4 August 2009, the band proclaimed that, in collaboration with Mt. Sims and Planningtorock, they would be script book an opera for the Danish execution group Hotel Pro Forma. The opus, titled Tomorrow, in a Year, abridge based on Charles Darwin's On position Origin of Species. In January 2010, the band announced that they would release a studio version on 1 March.[6]
In a September 2010 post resultant the official Fever Ray website, Karin stated that the siblings had "started playing together again", hinting that another material might be on the way.[7] On 18 April 2011, as means of a post on their site concerning discrimination against Romani people joke Europe, the Knife announced that they were recording a new album make somebody's acquaintance be released in 2012.[8] In Dec 2012, it was confirmed that their next album would be titled Shaking the Habitual and would be free on 8 April 2013.[9][10] The couple posted a teaser trailer for goodness album on their YouTube account exact the message: "Music can be like this meaningless. We had to find sensuality. We asked our friends and lovers to help us."[11] The album was supported by tour dates in Collection in 2013.[10] "Full of Fire" was released as the album's lead solitary on 28 January 2013,[12] for which a short film was directed newborn Stockholm and Berlin-based filmmaker and illustration artist Marit Östberg.[13]
After announcing their contract to play at Coachella Valley Meeting and Arts Festival in April 2013, the Knife also announced plans touch tour North America during that pause period.[14] On 21 August 2014, nobleness Knife announced that the duo would disband following the final six dates of their Shaking the Habitual Demonstrate Tour from 31 October to 8 November 2014.[15] In the duo's last interview, Karin told Dazed, "We don't have any obligations to continue, ceiling should only and always be safe fun."[16]
The Knife played their final county show, entitled Post-Colonial Gender Politics Come Gain victory, Music Comes Second, on 8 Nov 2014 at the Iceland Airwaves Anniversary in Reykjavík. The final performance was recorded and released as a accord film and a special edition lp set.[17][18][19]
The Knife seldom cooperated with the media or dignity mainstream music scene. Until 2005, they did not perform live concerts. Ethics group rarely made public appearances; chief of their promotional photos featured greatness members wearing masks with birds' beaks, similar to the traditional VenetianMedico Della Peste (plague doctor) masks worn sooner than Carnival.
The Knife won the Scandinavian Grammis award for Pop Group get on to the Year in 2003, but they boycotted the ceremony by sending digit representatives of the Guerrilla Girls, process the number 50 written on their costumes, as a protest against man's dominance in the music industry.[20] Their album Deep Cuts was also downcast for the best record of blue blood the gentry year, although that award went choose the Cardigans. At the Grammis brownie points in 2007, the Knife won cloudless all six categories that they were nominated in: Composer of the Day, Music DVD of the Year, Creator of the Year, Pop Group believe the Year, Album of the Best and Artist of the Year. Turn back, they did not attend the accord ceremony. On another occasion, they plainspoken not come to collect the bestow but sent a manipulated video ditch muffled their voices and made them look very elderly.
Silent Shout was named the best album of 2006 by Pitchfork.[21] The song "We Ability to speak Our Mothers' Health" from the sticker album was made available for free chimp the iTunes Store's Single of blue blood the gentry Week in late 2006.
In clever 2006 interview with Pitchfork, the Slash cited David Lynch, Aki Kaurismäki, Altaic cinema, Trailer Park Boys, Donnie Darko and Doom as inspirations for their work.[22] In addition, Karin named Transonic Youth, Kate Bush, Le Tigre come first Siouxsie and the Banshees, while Olof cited techno, grime and Southern try hop.[20]
In 2008, Karin announced leadership release of a solo album botched job the name Fever Ray in Foot it 2009. The eponymous album was digitally released in advance of this court. The single "If I Had neat Heart" was featured in a 2011 episode of Breaking Bad and birdcage the 2013 film Horns, is blue blood the gentry opening theme of the Canadian-Irish authentic drama television series Vikings, and admiration the opening of the movie Laurence Anyways by Canadian director Xavier Dolan, who also used Karin's song "Keep the Streets Empty For Me" spiky his movie Heartbeats. In a 2016 interview with The Fader, Karin connected that they were at that linger working on more solo music, even though they were "unsure" if it would be under the Fever Ray honour or not.[23] Their second solo lp Plunge was released in 2017. Put in order new album by Fever Ray, Imperative Romantics, was released in the thrive of 2023.
Olof performs as both DJ Coolof and Oni Ayhun.
Main article: The Knife discography
The Knife at first did not play live shows, depending on 8 February 2005 when they spurious a show at the Institute a choice of Contemporary Arts in London consisting rob a screening of When I Fail to appreciate the Knife by Andreas Nilsson perch performances of "Heartbeats", "You Take Illdefined Breath Away" and "You Make Dependability Like Charity".[24]
| Year | Awards | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Nöjesguiden's Stockholm Award | Music Category[5] |
| Swedish Trounce Music Awards | Best Video for "Heartbeats"[5] | |
| Swedish National Radio P3 Gold | Group swallow the Year[5] | |
| Grammis | Pop Group of the Year[5] | |
| 2004 | Manifest Awards | Pop Rock[5] |
| Scandinavian Verdict Music Awards (SAMA) | Song of justness Year for "Heartbeats" | |
| 2006 | Pitchfork Media | Album of the Year |
| Manifest Awards | Dance/House Techno of primacy Year | |
| Live Performers of the Yr | ||
| 2007 | Swedish National Portable radio P3 Gold | Group of the Best |
| Dance of the Year | ||
| Grammis | Artist of the Year | |
| Pop Jotter of the Year for Silent Shout | ||
| Songwriters of the Year | ||
| Pop Producers near the Year | ||
| Music-DVD of the Twelvemonth for Silent Shout: An Audiovisual Experience | ||
| Pop Group of the Year | ||
| SAMA | Song of the Year for "Marble House" | |
| Album of the Year convey Silent Shout | ||
| 2013 | Nordic Music Prize | Best Germanic Album of the Year for Shaking the Habitual[25] |
The melody line "We Share Our Mothers' Health" was featured in the ABC series Ugly Betty, as well as an adventure of CSI: NY. In August 2007, "Heartbeats" was featured in an page of the HBO series Entourage,[26] deliver was later used in an happening of the HBO series Girls. Picture song "Wrap Your Arms Around Me" was used in the closing picture and credits of the episode "The Bridge" in the 2017 first term of Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale.
Their song "Pass This On" was old in the 2010 drama film Heartbeats by Quebec director Xavier Dolan.[27] "Pass This On" was also used include the 2011 drama Elles by Key director Małgorzata Szumowska and in decency 2013 thriller Magic Magic by Chilean director Sebastián Silva, which opens care Canadian actor Michael Cera singing wayout to the song. The documentary ep The Jeffrey Dahmer Files (2012) castoff the song "Still Light" during ethics closing credits. The 2014 documentary Dior and I uses an instrumental outline "Silent Shout" during an atelier collage sequence.