Knife Party @ Village Underground

They are the single biggest breakthrough headline act of 2012. Having rocketed from an unknown entity to one of the most renowned dance acts in the world with a barely a moment to catch their breath, Knife Party have laid down the gauntlet for all other electronic music producers with their irreverent approach and inimitable productions. Amalgamating a wide breadth of influences into their visceral tracks, what they have simply coined as ‘seizure music’ is a heady cocktail of sounds that rips apart dubstep, electro, drum and bass and moombahton and fuses them back together into ferocious club music. Capping off a stellar year, the duo will be playing an exclusive set at Village Underground in London on Thursday 22nd November.

With just a few releases to their name to date, the duo’s list of achievements is phenomenal. Following the breakout success of their debut ‘100% No Modern Talking’ EP at the tail end of last year, with the release of their sophomore ‘Rage Valley’ EP in June, the enigmatic duo wrote their name indelibly into dance music of this generation. The EP was released to widespread acclaim, hitting the top 10 in the UK, USA, Canada and Australia iTunes charts as well as No.1 in the UK dance chart, remaining in the top 70 in the UK main chart nearly three months on from its release. It debuted as No.1 and No.2 in both the Beatport and Trackitdown dubstep charts and ‘Bonfire’ was playlisted on the A list at Radio 1 for five weeks.

Following a very busy summer, Knife Party have just returned to the UK from their Haunted House Tour in the US which saw them play huge venues across America including the 8,000 capacity Pier 94 in New York, 1st Bank Arena in Denver and curate their own Earstorm Stage at ‘Hard Day Of The Dead’ in Los Angeles. This will be the first chance for fans to see them play in London since their return from the US, and get to hear exclusive new material from their highly anticipated third EP.

Line-Up: Headlining the event is Knife Party! Followed closely by TC/ Pegbaord Nerds/ Xkore and Jack Murphy

What: Knife Party Performance
Where: Village Underground, London
When: Thursday 22nd November
More Info: www.mixmag.net/live

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