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Knife Party
File:Knife-Party-Logo.svg
Background information
GenresElectro house, dubstep, moombahton/moombahcore, drumstep
Years active2011 (2011)–present
LabelsEarStorm, Big Beat, Warner Bros
MembersRob Swire
Gareth McGrillen
Websiteknifeparty.com

Knife Party is an Australian electro house/dubstep duo founded by two members of the electronic rock band Pendulum; Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen.[1]

History

As Pendulum's career progressed, Rob Swire mentioned several times on his Twitter account that he would like to begin experimenting with different types of electronic music. The first piece of the side project's material that was uploaded onto the internet was on Rob Swire's Soundcloud page which he titled "Not Pendulum". [2] This was later revealed to be a section of their remix of Swedish House Mafia's "Save the World".

Knife Party played their debut performance at Space, Ibiza on 5 August 2011, and released a free download of their set the following day. On 12 August 2011, Knife Party featured on Annie Mac's Radio 1 minimix. The mix featured early versions of several Knife Party tracks; Intro, Tourniquet, Antidote, Save the World (Knife Party Remix), Internet Friends, Zoology, Sleaze, The Box, Fire Hive, Suffer and Crush on You (Knife Party Remix).

Their first EP, 100% No Modern Talking was released digitally through Pendulum's imprint record label EarStorm. It was released as free download from their official website, Soundcloud and Facebook, as well as being available for purchase on Beatport and iTunes on 12 December 2011. The EP originally was to feature 'Back to the Z-List' but was replaced with 'Destroy Them with Lazers' as the duo had decided to abandon the track. A tweet on 6 December 2011 suggested the possibility of a remix EP in the future. [3] The EP title refers to the lack of "Modern Talking", an oscillator in the software synthesiser NI Massive commonly used to create "talking" basslines.

Knife Party remixed Labrinth's third single Last Time, with Rob uploading an eleven-second preview to his Soundcloud [4]. The remix in its entirety was uploaded to UKF Music on 15 February 2012. As well as being released on the EP, it featured on the deluxe edition of Labrinth's debut album Electronic Earth.


On 3 July, Rob revealed that he had started work on a new remix. [5]

On 6 August 2012, the track "Bonfire" from the Rage Valley EP featured on an episode of Breaking Bad, the duo's "favourite show". [6][7]

On 9 August 2012, Knife Party announced via Twitter that work on their third EP has started. [8]

Discography

EPs

Title EP details
100% No Modern Talking
Rage Valley
  • Released: 27 May 2012
  • Label: EarStorm, Big Beat
  • Formats: Digital download

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
AUT
[10] 		BEL (FL)
[11] 		BEL (WA)
[12] 		IRL
[13] 		NLD
[14] 		SWE
[15] 		SWI
[16] 		UK
[17]
"Antidote"
(Swedish House Mafia vs. Knife Party) 		2012 30 35 59 39 49 17 70 4 Until Now

Other charted songs

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
BEL (FL)
[11] 		UK
[17]
"Internet Friends" 2011 106 83 100% No Modern Talking
"Rage Valley" 2012 — 71 Rage Valley
"Bonfire" 96 45
"Centipede" — 86

Remixes

Year Song Original Artist Release
2011 "Save the World" Swedish House Mafia Save the World (The Remixes)
"Unison" Porter Robinson Spitfire
"Crush on You" Nero Crush on You
2012 "Last Time" Labrinth Last Time

Production credits

Year Track Artist Release
2012 "Apex" Foreign Beggars The Uprising

Unreleased tracks

VIP Mixes/Remixes

  • Internet Friends (VIP Mix)
  • Nero - Crush on You (Knife Party VIP Remix)
  • Destroy Them with Lazers (VIP Mix)

References

  1. ^ IMO Records. "Knife Party Biography", IMO Records Retrieved on 25 June 2012.
  2. ^ http://soundcloud.com/robswire/not-pendulum
  3. ^ https://twitter.com/knifepartyinc/status/143859833035161601
  4. ^ http://soundcloud.com/robswire/11-seconds-of-labrinth-last
  5. ^ https://twitter.com/rob_swire/status/220287106025668608
  6. ^ https://twitter.com/BreakingBad_AMC/status/232312549880766464
  7. ^ https://twitter.com/knifepartyinc/status/232317588263276544
  8. ^ https://twitter.com/knifepartyinc/status/233419959286517761
  9. ^ http://itunes.apple.com/album/id488267035
  10. ^ "Discographie Knife Party". austriancharts.at (in German). Hung Medien. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  11. ^ a b "Discografie Knife Party". ultratop.be (in Dutch). Hung Medien. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  12. ^ "Discographie Knife Party". ultratop.be (in French). Hung Medien. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  13. ^ "Discography Knife Party". irish-charts.com. Hung Medien. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  14. ^ "Discografie Knife Party". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Hung Medien. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  15. ^ "Discography Knife Party". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  16. ^ "Discography Knife Party". swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  17. ^ a b Peak chart positions in the United Kingdom:
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