| Knife Party | |
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| Origin | Perth, Australia |
| Genres | Electro house, dubstep, moombahton, drumstep |
| Years active | 2011–present |
| Labels | EarStorm |
| Associated acts | Pendulum, Skrillex |
| Website | knifeparty.com |
| Members | |
| Rob Swire Gareth McGrillen |
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Knife Party is an Australian electro house/dubstep duo founded by members of Pendulum: Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen.[1]
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Before the side project was announced, Rob Swire stressed that the project is not related to Pendulum. Their first release was called 100% No Modern Talking and was released digitally through Pendulum's record label, EarStorm [2] on 12 December 2011 as a free download from their official website and Facebook, as well as being able to buy on iTunes and Beatport.[3] It features four tracks: "Internet Friends," "Destroy Them With Lazers," "Tourniquet," and "Fire Hive".[2] The EP originally had a track called "Back to the Z-List", but was replaced by "Destroy Them With Lazers" as they no longer liked that song. Knife Party have made a remix of "Unison" by Porter Robinson which was released on 19 October 2011 on his debut EP, Spitfire, released on OWSLA, Skrillex's label.[4][5] They also remixed the Swedish House Mafia's single "Save the World," which was released on 10 June 2011, and Nero's single "Crush on You," which was released on 13 October 2011.[6]
The name of the EP 100% No Modern Talking is a reference to a waveform in Native Instruments' wavetable-based software synthesizer, Massive, called Modern Talking.
On December 23, 2011, it was announced that Knife Party would be playing the third day of the 3 day Ultra Music Festival in Miami.[7]
| EP Title | EP details |
|---|---|
| 100% No Modern Talking |
The following is a list of tracks that have no known planned release date as of yet. "Back to the Z-List" is unlikely to be released as Knife Party said they now hate it. "Intro" is also unlikely to be released due to it being a live intro track. As for "Internet Friends" (VIP Mix) and "Crush on You" (Knife Party VIP Remix), Knife Party recently said on Twitter "the VIP's are gonna be for sets only. We may do a remix EP down the road though."[9] There is a version of Destroy Them with Lazers being played in sets which has been mistaken for a VIP Mix, when it is actually just a slowed down version, often so it can be mixed with dubstep tracks easier.