Swedish brother and sister synth-pop duo, The Knife shared the stage with an entourage of performers last week at The Fox Theater.
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| The Knife at The Fox Theater Photo by: Marc Fong |
If you know The Knife, then you know to expect the unexpected when it comes to their experimental indietronica trip-hop but changes are you're going be surprised when you see them live. The shows of their current tour, Shaking the Habitual are a strategically choreographed performance arts spectacle featuring 15 + musicians/dancers who help Karin and Olof Dreijer bring their latest album to life.
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| The Knife at The Fox Theater Photo by: Marc Fong |
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| The Knife at The Fox Theater Photo by: Marc Fong |
The sold-out crowd was fully enthralled as the matching jumpsuit wearing, glitter faced ensemble effortlessly interchanged instruments, dance numbers, stage placement and supporting if not lead vocals. Vocals came as an after thought behind the grandiose ambient trance rock, however, it the unique, nasally androgynous singing did round out the over all sound really well.
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| The Knife at The Fox Theater Photo by: Marc Fong |
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| The Knife at The Fox Theater Photo by: Marc Fong |
Like a mix of River Dance, meets Cirque du Soleli the show is an intricate interpretive acrobatic performance with a loud, ambient soundtrack. Don't expect to see introvert DJs behind a deck pressing buttons on lap-tops or synthesizers, or god willing, mixing on turntables. The Knife uses instruments ranging from oversized geometric shaped maracas to steel drums to a variety of wind instruments to layer their dark, trip synth-pop live and it's captivating to watch them do it.
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| The Knife at The Fox Theater Photo by: Marc Fong |
Oakland was definitely feeling the very visual show and it will be interesting to see (and hear) what The Knife does next!
After their second sold out show at The Fox Theater in Oakland they went right back to Coachella for their set on the Outdoor Theater stage the very next day!
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