Fever Ray/The Knife [merged]

[ZeroPoint84]

I'm not sure how many people here are fans of Swedish electro duo The Knife, but basically, however many there are, there should be more They're brilliant.

Anyway, Karin from The Knife has released a solo album under the name Fever Ray, and it's brilliant! I've been listening to it non-stop lately. My favourite song has to be When I Grow Up, it's got some awesome beats, and a wonderfully weird video.

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There's also the very creepy first single If I Had a Heart

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And just because, here is some of The Knife

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[Dodger712]

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That was very interesting. I think I like "The Knife" better than I like "Fever Ray". Thank you for sharing this. I am always looking for new music to put on the 'pod.
You may have just made my week-end.

 

[ZeroPoint84]

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ooh good to hear

The Knife is a lot more dance-y (due in part to the influence of Karin's brother Olof, the other member), but Fever Ray's lyrics are a lot more personal - she wrote the album when she had insomnia due to post-partem depression.

The Knife have also composed the music and libretto for an opera based on the works of Charles Darwin, which will be premiering in September 2009 in Copenhagen - hopefully I'll be going! So excited!

 

[syntax]

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I'm waiting on this to come in at the library.

I love "Silent Shout." I think it one of the best, most original albums I've heard in a long time.

 

[ZeroPoint84]

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Have you tried Spotify? You should be able to listen to it for free using that.

Another video - Pass This On



Karin is the one staring creepily at the end, and Olof (her brother) is the first guy to get up and start dancing.

 

[pallenk]

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i love love the knife and fever ray. i have been listening to when i grow up nonstop.

 

[ZeroPoint84]

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Seeing Fever Ray in London in July!!

 

[pallenk]

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yay. i bet it will be an interesting show.

 

[miaedu]

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Fever Ray tour dates:

05-20 Graz, Austria - Electronic Beats Festival
05-21 Berlin, Germany - Berghain
05-21 Berlin, Germany - Berghain
05-23 Cologne, Germany - Electronic Beats Festival
06-13 Stockholm, Sweden - Where the Action Is
06-20 Barcelona, Spain - Sonar by Night
07-03 Arvika, Sweden - Arvika Festival
07-04 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival
07-11 Brighton, England - Victoria Gardens
07-12 Naas, Ireland - Oxegen Festival
07-16 London, England - Shepherds Bush Empire
07-18 Leipzig, Germany - Melt! Festival
08-13 Oslo, Norway - Oya Festival
08-14 Goteborg, Sweden - Way Out West Festival
08-16 Helsinki, Finland - Flow Festival
09-28 New York, NY- Webster Hall
09-29 New York, NY - Webster Hall
10-01 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis
10-02 Toronto, Ontario - Kool Haus
10-03 Chicago, IL - Metro
10-05 San Francisco, CA - Grand Ballroom
10-07 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theater

 

[syntax]

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I've been listening to this for the past couple of days. I prefer Silent Shout, but this is engaging. I'm curious - are the "male" vocals hers?

This would be an amazing show. I don't think I'll travel to Chicago or SF to see it.

Here's an interview with Karin:

http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/7631-fever-ray/

 

[ZeroPoint84]

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I believe all the vocals are hers.

 

[just_mills]

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Yeah, The Knife are a neat band..
Kewl videos, too!

 

[fbcinem]

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I've been a fan of all of Karin's work so far, but Silent Shout kind of stands above the rest for me - when it came out, there really wasn't anything else like it out there.

 

[Nathan1983]

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Silent Shout has to be one of the best dance tracks ever... works at every party. I saw the Knife live on a festival here a couple of years ago. Complete nuthouse although 90% of their music came out of a sequencer. The visuals were insane, 3D projections of a head singing along to the lyrics, it's the same show that was released as the live dvd I think. There's a lot of that stuff on youtube.




That Fever Ray record is amazing as well, aparently their live show is pretty intense as well, they played a festival here but I didn't want to pay €40 just for Fever Ray because pretty much all the other bands were crap...

 

[miaedu]

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Fever Ray set to release her album's fourth single, "Seven", on 12" and digital formats on October 5 in the UK on Rabid/Cooperative. It'll be backed by remixes from "Day 'N' Nite" , Crookers, CSS, Marcel Dettmann, Martyn, Nic Chacona, Real Daniel, and Seth Troxler.

Fever Ray-- The Double Disc Edition hits October 12 with two covers-- Vashti Bunyan's "Been Here Before" and Nick Cave and Anita Lane's "Stranger Than Kindness"-- and a DVD featuring all of the album's superb videos thus far along with a new one for "Seven" directed by Johan Renck.

 

[miaedu]

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Wonder how Kanye would react if any of her videos won a VMA?

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX07gCjT7dA[/ame]

 

[miaedu]

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Royksopp featuring Karin Dreijer Andersson (Fever Ray)

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1tzUoWz1U4[/ame]

 

[miaedu]

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North American tour begins today. Who's going?

09-28 New York, NY- Webster Hall
09-29 New York, NY - Webster Hall
10-01 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis
10-02 Toronto, Ontario - Kool Haus
10-03 Chicago, IL - Metro
10-05 San Francisco, CA - Grand Ballroom
10-07 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theater

 

[miaedu]

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[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj2q2PPV_nw[/ame]

 

[syntax]

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North American tour begins today. Who's going?

09-28 New York, NY- Webster Hall
09-29 New York, NY - Webster Hall
10-01 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis
10-02 Toronto, Ontario - Kool Haus
10-03 Chicago, IL - Metro
10-05 San Francisco, CA - Grand Ballroom
10-07 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theater

I wish, but no.