Periodically I get obsessive about finding art and artist in this case my search for musical performer Planningtorock brought me to find The Knife's new album "Tomorrow, In A Year," (2010) a two disk compilation in collaboration with (Planningtorock & Mt. Sims) commissioned by Danish Theater production company Hotel Pro Forma who asked them to create a conceptual album in reference to Charles Darwin research on Evolution. This is not just an artistic conceptual interpretation but an amazingly experimental electronic Oprah with the intentions to be performed to. When walking into the door of this album I warn you to leave your expectations from past Knife albums behind and instead embrace this new sound and collaboration. If anything this collaboration makes all the sense for a fourth album focusing a bit more on the performative & conceptual aspect of their work.
The Hotel Pro Forma company performs as they play and mix, with projections and stage drama. It is very exciting to think of these performances and see how this will change & strengthen there future live shows. There are no tour dates as of yet for the U.S. but I will for sure be keeping my eye out...did find that in 2006 they played at PS1 Contemporary Art in NYC goodness how I would have loved to have made that show!
The song "Colouring Pigeons" is a beautiful mix encapsulating so much of the intention of this album and still allowing the true nature of The Knife to shine through with their edgy beat mixing combined operatic vocals and traditional instruments, we also get to hear Karine's voice in this one sounding like a mix of her side album Fever Ray and the Knife's style. In the song "The Hight of Summer" there is more of an electronic feel that pumps through the blood of the Knife flowing with the voices of Planningtorock & Karin creating a nice percussion beat of which the electronic ticks and tones dance around like a fluttering insect looking for nectar. Hauntingly in Annie's Box Karin's voice echoes through the space of sound as she is accompanied by sting & wood instruments cry back to her.
There will for sure be a change in how the Knife will sound which is interesting with each new album (or experimental side project) they are collecting little bits and pieces along the way compiling these beautiful works that take us away to this mystical land of sound they create.
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