Colouring of Pigeons - The Knife, in collaboration with Planningtorock and Mt. Sims. (ALBUM VERSION)
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Uploaded on Jan 6, 2010
The Knife, in collaboration with Mt. Sims and Planningtorock, are to release the studio version of the opera 'Tomorrow, In A Year', on the 1st March 2010. Free download for all mailing list subscribers [ Subscribe at www.theknife.net ]
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UPLOADER EDIT: I had to trim the song down a bit at the beginning in order to get it under the 10min Youtube limit. Enjoy and feel free to subscribe!
Also check out: www.fuckyeahkarindreijer.tumblr.com for images and updates regarding Karin/The Knife/Fever Ray.
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Commissioned by Danish performance group Hotel Pro Forma [ www.hotelproforma.dk ] to write the music for their opera based on Charles Darwin and his book On the Origin of the Species, The Knife decided to make this a collaborative process, working with artists Mt. Sims and Planningtorock for the first time, to capture the huge width of the Darwin and evolution theme. They extensively researched Darwin related literature and articles, with Olof attending a field recording workshop in the Amazon to find inspiration and to record sounds.
Tomorrow, In A Year is a unique musical project. Richard Dawkinss gene trees have formed the basis of some of the musical composition, artificial sounds have been mixed with field recordings, with the music inspired by everything from the different stages of a bird learning its melody, to a song based on Darwins loving letters about his daughter Anne. These are compositions that challenge the conventional conception of opera music.
Pushing the experimental process further still, composer, choreographer, costume designer and set designer worked separately, only coming together 3 and a half months before the first performance of Tomorrow, In A Year in Copenhagen on the 2nd September 2009. Described as shifting the position of operartic art in a single leap, further performances of Tomorrow, In A Year are confirmed to take place in Athens (8-9 Jan), Stockholm (29 Jan-1 Feb), and Munster (5 June), with further dates to be announced.
Olof Dreijer says: At first it was very difficult as we really didnt know anything about opera. Wed never been to one. I didnt even know what the word libretto meant. But after some studying, and just getting used to operas essence of pretentious and dramatic gestures, I found that there is a lot to learn and play with. In fact, our ignorance gave us a positive respectless approach to making opera. It took me about a year to become emotionally moved by an opera singer and now I really do. I really like the basic theatrical values of opera and the easy way it brings forward a narrative. Weve approached this before in The Knife but never in such a clear way.
The first track to be taken from the album, called Colouring of Pigeons, is free to download now for all mailing list subscribers
Tracklist:
CD 1
01. Intro
02. Epochs
03. Geology
04. Upheaved
05. Minerals
06. Ebb Tide Explorer
07. Variation of Birds
08. Letter to Henslow
09. Schoal Swarm Orchestra
CD 2
01. Annies Box
02. Tumult
03. Colouring of Pigeons
04. Seeds
05. Tomorrow in a Year
06. The Height of Summer
Bonus track
07. Annie's Box (alt. vocal)
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0307mark 3 years ago
Anyone who says "music isn't as good as it used to be" only has to listen to this to be proven utterly wrong.
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robpitt28 2 years ago
My favorite set of lyrics is when they say "Hee (Ha) Hee (Ho) Hee (Haha) Hoo (Hee)." It's pure art.
No but seriously, it can possibly freak you out if you are high
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JonTonify 2 months ago
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