"Tomorrow, in a year", the Darwin-inspired opera scored by The Knife, will be hitting the road for a few European dates:
11/27-11/28 - Large Hall, The Concert Hall, Aarhus (DK)
01/08-01/09 - La Pallas, Athens (GRE)
01/29-02/01 - Dansens Hus, Stockholm (SWE)
06/05 - Städtische Bühne, Münster (GER)
For more details and ticket info, go here: http://www.hotelproforma.dk/
Drowned in Sound talks to Karin Dreijer Andersson (Fever Ray, The Knife): http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4137231-hey-fever-ray--dis-meets-karin-dreijer-anderssen
Teasers of The Knife's opera "Tomorrow, in a year" are beginning to come to light: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gtsCMFjQtw
It looks like Rabid Records/The Knife are trying to give away samples of the upcoming musical "Tomorrow, in a year", but the links are all empty: http://www.rabidrecords.com/
Hopefully they'll correct it soon.
Hybris artist Jonathan Johansson will be singing a part in The Knife's upcoming Darwin opera work "Tomorrow, in a year": http://hybrism.blogspot.com/2009/05/jonathan-johansson-to-sing-in-opera-by.html
The Knife's Darwin-inspired opera "Tomorrow, in a year", put together with Danish theater group Hotel Pro Forma, is going international and will be playing at the following dates/locations:
09/02 - Old Stage, The Royal Danish Theatre, Copenhagen (DK) (world premiere)
09/04-05 - Old Stage, The Royal Danish Theatre, Copenhagen (DK)
09/11-12 - Château Rouge, La Bâtie, Festival de Genève (CH)
10/08-09 - Hellerau, European Centre for the Arts Dresden (GER)
11/27-28 - The Concert Hall, Aarhus (DK)
Negotiations with the cities of London, Paris, Stockholm and others are underway, but nothing is confirmed yet.
Tickets for the Hotel Pro Forma play "Tomorrow, in a year - A Darwin opera" soundtracked by The Knife will be going on sale on May 11. Full details about the play with links for ticket details are here: http://www.hotelproforma.dk/side.asp?side=2&id=438&ver=uk
The Knife's most recent newsletter said that tickets for the Århus performance were supposed to be available today, but I can't seem to find them and HPF's site says otherwise.
The Andreas Nilsson-directed video for the Fever Ray single "If I had a heart" is now online: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/download/148276-pitchforktv-fever-ray-the-knifes-karin-dreijer-if-i-had-a-heart-video-premiere
Fever Ray is the solo act of Karin Dreijer Andersson from The Knife.
Fever Ray's debut single "If I had a heart" is out now. Preview/purchase: http://www.klicktrack.com/klicktrack/releases/fever-ray/if-i-had-a-heart/1
Fever Ray is the new solo project of Karin Dreijer Andersson from The Knife.
Fever Ray, the solo project of Karin Dreijer Andersson from The Knife, has revealed that her debut album will be released on March 18 via Rabid Records in Sweden, March 23 in Europe via Cooperative Music and on March 24 via Mute in the US and Etc Etc in Australia/NZ. The album was produced with assistance from Christoffer Berg and Van Rivers & The Subliminal Kid and will include a guest appearance from Cecilia Nordlund (Souls, Monkeystrikes, Cilihili). The first single "If I had a heart" will be officially released on December 15 and an Andreas Nilsson-directed video will be ready sometime before the end of the year. Oh, and look for a tour to kick off in Sweden at the end of March as well.
The Knife are working on an opera with Danish group Hotel Pro Forma called "Tomorrow in a year" based on the works of Charles Darwin. The Knife will be responsible for the music and libretto while the actual work will be performed by a femlae mezzo-soprano, a female actress and a male pop artist. Japanese artist Hiroaki Umeda will choreograph the dancers and art directer Maja Ravn and lighting designer Jesper Kongshaug will work on the visuals. Apparently The Knife's Olof Dreijer is currently in the Amazon creating field recordings of exotic animals to incorporate into the work.
Expect a September 2009 premiere. See pics from the prep workshop last September here: http://rabidrecords.com/tiay.html
KiteNicklas Stenemo's (The Mo, Melody Club) voice, an instrument that functions like a fuller, more masculine translation of Karin Dreijer's vocal style, elevates this fine record, one that would be perfectly capable of garnering strong reviews without Stenemo's captivating utterances, to something well beyond the run-of-the-mill renditions of 80s electronica. Christian Berg's (Yvonne, Strip Music) love of authentic 80s synth sounds combined with Stenemo's pop sensibility and voice converge so fluidly, bringing to mind acts like New Order, but it's merely a reference point. Opener "Ways to dance" is a distinctly Scandinavian electronic pop song: driving, punctuated by oscillating drum fills à la The Knife; "Say it ain't so" relaxes its hold on the throttle, settling into a layered, paced rhythm; and closer "Learn to like it", a mesmerizing, melancholic track, puts on display much of the aptitude demonstrated on the EP: the intricate levels of synths and voices, the pitch-perfect structure of the songs - never meandering, never going on too long, and merging the measured step of "Say it ain't so" with the unhurried, ethereal expanse that is "My girl and I", my personal favorite. Kite have been fine company on long, cold walks home through streets lined with dying leaves, while reading Ellis' "Less Than Zero", and during the final hour before heading out into the city; the fact that Kite can offer so much in four songs gives the thought of a future full length effort enough weight to push me through what looks to be a bitter winter. I just hope it's not too long a wait.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson
Fever Ray, the solo project of Karin Dreijer Andersson from The Knife, is streaming a brand new instrumental track at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/feverray
Clever folks who know how to read code can also download the track from her official website: http://feverray.com/
