The Knife's Radical 'Shaking The Habitual' Is Now A Concert Film
Everyone sang, everyone danced, everyone banged on outlandishly decorated instruments built especially for the tour — but nobody knew who the performers were.
There is no The Knife.
One of the most confounding and liberating performances of 2014 included 25 dancers, musicians and crew — and no one in the audience knew who on tour, the Swedish electronic duo extended that record's themes, of power dynamics and queer politics, in part by outfitting the performers in gender-neutral jumpsuits. It was like an aerobics tape from space; everyone sang, everyone danced, everyone banged on outlandishly decorated instruments (built especially for the tour).
