Knife Party

BY NOW KNIFE PARTY IS A NAME WITH WHICH ANYONE WITH EVEN A PASSING INTEREST IN ELECTRONIC MUSIC WILL BE FAMILIAR. IN THE THREE YEARS SINCE THE MYSTERIOUS DUO ROB SWIRE AND GARETH MCGRILLEN EMERGED, THEIR SINGULAR APPROACH AND FEROCIOUS PRODUCTIONS HAVE DRIVEN THEIR RAPID ASCENT THROUGH DANCE MUSIC’S RANKS FROM UNKNOWN ENTITY TO DANCE FLOOR CONQUERING SCENE LEADERS, AND FESTIVAL HEADLINERS. THEIR DEBUT EP ‘100% NO MODERN TALKING’ WAS RELEASED AS A FREE DOWNLOAD IN DECEMBER 2011, AND RACKED UP OVER 50,000 DOWNLOADS IN LESS THAN 12 HOURS ON THE FIRST DAY OF ITS RELEASE. THE EP HAS NOW RECEIVED OVER 1 MILLION DOWNLOADS WORLDWIDE AND DESPITE BEING AVAILABLE FOR FREE, BROKE INTO THE ITUNES TOP TEN CHARTS IN BOTH THE UK, US AND AUSTRALIA AS WELL AS REACHING NO.1 IN THE BEATPORT RELEASES CHART AND HAS RECEIVED UNPRECEDENTED SUPPORT FROM TASTEMAKERS AND CLUB DJS THE WORLD OVER.