The Knife, a Swedish band performing electro-pop, electronic music, was founded in 1999. It consists of a brother and sister: Olaf Dreyer and Karina Dreyer-Andersson.
Prior to founding her own band, Karina has been a member of the alt-rock band Honey Is Cool since 1994, and Olaf has been a DJ in music clubs. Soon, the musicians decided to organize their own band “The Knife”. Initially, Olaf and Karina open their own company Rabid Records, the studio of which recorded songs and albums of the duo.
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The Knife, a Swedish band performing electro-pop, electronic music, was founded in 1999. It consists of a brother and sister: Olaf Dreyer and Karina Dreyer-Andersson.
Prior to founding her own band, Karina has been a member of the alt-rock band Honey Is Cool since 1994, and Olaf has been a DJ in music clubs. Soon, the musicians decided to organize their own band “The Knife”. Initially, Olaf and Karina open their own company Rabid Records, the studio of which recorded songs and albums of the duo.
The debut disc of the team under the same name "The Knife" appears in 2001, but its output is quite imperceptible to listeners. Nevertheless, the musicians went on tour in support of him in Sweden. In 2002, studio work begins on the recording of songs for the next album Deep Cuts, with the title track Heartbeats, which comes out in 2003 and brings the duo The Knife the title of "group of the year" in their homeland. In the same year, the musicians recorded the compilation Hannah med H Soundtrack.
Throughout 2004-2005, the Knife team did not tour, but actively worked in the studio, while preparing material for a magnificent audio-visual show, which takes place in the spring of 2006 in Gothenburg. Andreas Nilsson and Ossian Ekman are invited to organize the performance. The play of light on this performance is fascinating, forcing the viewer to completely immerse himself in the world of bright colors and music. Also, in 2006, the duo “The Knife” took part in the music festival “Sonar”. At the end of this year, the album “Silent Shout” is released, which includes the songs “The Captain”, “We Share Our Mothers’ Health” and “From Off to On”.
2007 saw the release of the Silent Shout – An Audio Visual Experience DVD, featuring the Silent Shout album, and the addition of more than 10 video clips from 2001 to 2006. Following the release of the DVD, the band went on a major European tour, and by the end of 2009 they recorded the album “Tomorrow, In a Year”.
Discography
2001 - The Knife
2003 - Deep Cuts
2003 Hannah med H Soundtrack
2006 - Silent Shout
2010 - Tomorrow, In a Year