The Knife
The Knife is Olof Dreijer and Karin Dreijer Andersson. They are based in Stockholm, Sweden and have made music together since 1999, released on their own label Rabid Records. This Swedish brother-and-sister duo work mostly on their own in splendid isolation and they rarely play live since they’re still wrestling with the old conundrum of how to present ‘computer music’ in an interesting way on the stage.
The Knife don’t do anything by half, and they don’t do anything twice. Compromise is the enemy, repetition a cop-out.
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Motion graphics video by design studio Bold Faces. Taken from their “Silent Shout - An Audio Visual Experience” dvd, released on Rabid Records.
Handy-Man
Motion graphics video by design studio Bold Faces. Taken from their “Silent Shout - An Audio Visual Experience” dvd, released on Rabid Records.
This is the first video version directed by Henry Moore Selder and was released in 2003 on Rabid Records / Cooperative Music. Featuring co-vocals by Jenny Wilson from First Floor Power in a time when the 80’s was yet to be cool again.
You Take My Breath Away
This is the first video version directed by Henry Moore Selder and was released in 2003 on Rabid Records / Cooperative Music. Featuring co-vocals by Jenny Wilson from First Floor Power in a time when the 80’s was yet to be cool again.
Video collage and motion graphics by Johannes Nyholm, Andreas Nilsson & Bo Melin. This is the original track but the song is also known for the José Gonzalez cover version. Released in 2004 on Rabid Records.
Heartbeats
Video collage and motion graphics by Johannes Nyholm, Andreas Nilsson & Bo Melin. This is the original track but the song is also known for the José Gonzalez cover version. Released in 2004 on Rabid Records.
Motion graphics video by Andreas Nilsson - official artistic concept and visuals director for the 2006 The Knife European and North American tour. Track released in 2006 on Rabid Records.
Silent Shout
Motion graphics video by Andreas Nilsson - official artistic concept and visuals director for the 2006 The Knife European and North American tour. Track released in 2006 on Rabid Records.
The video tells the story of a performing drag queen, played by Rickard Engfors, and his reluctant audience. Director Johan Renck from R.A.F. manages to capture an extreme tension, and the influence music has on us all. Shot in a dingy suburb of Stockholm late 2003. Released on Rabid Records.
