The Knife “Colouring of Pigeons”

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Just hours after their announcement, The Knife have indeed uploaded new material to their SoundCloud account. The new track, “Colouring of Pigeons” is 11 minutes of chanting and musical bombast. Here is what SoundCloud had to say about the track:

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.

Commissioned by Danish performance group Hotel Pro Forma 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.

You can listen to and download “Colouring of Pigeons” below:

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BrilleMusic (Leo Silverman) January 6, 2010 at 6:54 am

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RT @pmablog The Knife “Colouring of Pigeons” [link to post]

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chris January 6, 2010 at 7:16 am

wonderful!

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BernieDivilment (Bernie Divilly) January 6, 2010 at 7:33 am

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RT @BrilleMusic: RT @pmablog The Knife “Colouring of Pigeons” [link to post]

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marcusfrr (marcus) January 6, 2010 at 9:48 am

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nova do The Knife! [link to post]

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pmablog (L) January 6, 2010 at 2:31 pm

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The Knife are giving away brand new material. Go get it! [link to post]

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Henry January 6, 2010 at 2:46 pm

Thanks for putting this up!

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chase January 6, 2010 at 2:49 pm

this sounds like a cool project, but i guess i’m disappointed.

i was expecting new music from the knife, as in, new material for their eventual new album.

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daniel January 6, 2010 at 2:50 pm

this is incredible! song of the year so far.

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