Weiter verschoben!
Schwedisches Electro-Duo. Das Geschwisterpaar lieferte übrigens das Original für das von Jose Gonzalez' gecoverte Heartbeats, und zwar auf dieser klassischen Platte! Girls Night Out ist ein Dancefloor-Kracher, der sich gewaschen hat, wie auch überhaupt die gesamte Platte ein Paradebeispiel für ultracoole elektronische Musik ist. Wenn Beats, dann so!
Deep Cuts is the 2003 album that lives up to The Knife's name. A seething dissection of the status quo dressed up in the most delicious of hooks; a Trojan Horse of a pop record that dreamt of a revolution.
Olof: "I liked the idea of packaging socialist and feminist ideas in a pop format because I believe that strategy. I don't think it's a great idea doing experimental music that only the elite understand."
Karin: "Making Deep Cuts, yes, we had quite a clear idea. It was trying to make something more modern. We decided to use plugins and programs that were cheap or for free."
On their second studio album, The Knife's storytelling is sharp enough to draw blood. Everything is fair game for the chopping board: an abusive relationship, the patriarchy, heteronormativity, the police state. There is confidence and clarity in the album's skewering of oppressive structures, but also admissions of severe anxiety. To survive modern day society is to dance between public and private selves; to push against conventionality and somehow still find space to heal.
