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Album Info

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’.

BOOKLET

Intro
(The Knife)

Epochs
(The Knife, Mt. Sims)

An intersection of the plain
by the bank of some great stream
the animal carcasses and skeletons would be
entombed
aa step formed terrace succession-
embedded years
accumulating so tranquilly small quadrupeds
So perfectly
epochs collected here

Vocals: Kristina Wahlin Momme

Geology
(The Knife, Mt. Sims)

A stream of lava formerly flowed
over the bed of sea
triturated recent shells and corals
baked into hard white rock
A precarious matter.

I found a curious little stony Cellaria
each cell provided with
a long toothed bristle
capable of various and rapid motions
often simultaneous, and can be produced
by irritation.

Vocals: Kristina Wahlin Momme

Upheaved
(The Knife, Mt. Sims)

Constant earthquakes
the wonderful force
which has upheaved
these mountains
these countless ages
required to have
broken through
removed
and levelled whole
masses of them

Vocals: Lærke Bo Winther, Kristina Wahlin Momme

Minerals
(The Knife, Mt. Sims)

White sand made up of shells upon which rests carious rock,
then prismatic feldspar between these and former ones, hard white rock with
yellow spots. A heap of white balls beneath white sand.
Same process now going on shore, living iron found in it.
Sand white from decomposition of feldspar. In places
every rock is covered with pistiform concretions. In places impossible to tell
whether it is Breccia of modern or older days. Lower
beds of white sand become filled with large boulders of lower rocks.
Beneath this comes a line of another stratum, more
soily and contains large and more numerous shells.
A regular bed of oysters remains attached to the rocks.

Vocals: Kristina Wahlin Momme

Ebb Tide Explorer
(The Knife, Mt. Sims)

Examine, examine, examine
frame of mind, frame of mind
in following, in following
changes, changes
during
fall of sea, fall of sea
Examine, examine, examine
frame of mind, frame of mind
in following, in following
fall of sea, fall of sea

Iím watching the seaweed dance
upon the moving mountains of foam
collecting in the sand foot prints
I am leaving, leaving here
Iím watching the seaweed dance
upon the moving mountains of foam
collecting in the sand foot prints
I am leaving here

Vocals: Jonathan Johansson
Halldorophone: Hildur Guðnadóttir

Variation of Birds
(The Knife, Mt. Sims)

Scissor-beak lower mandible flat elastic
its an ivory paper-cutter
lower mandible immersed some depth in the water
it flies rapidly up and down the stream.

So that there are three sorts of birds which use their wings
for more purposes than flying
the steamer as paddles the penguin as fins
and the ostrich spreads its plumes like sails to the breeze.

Vocals: Jonathan Johansson, Kristina Wahlin Momme, Mt. Sims, Lærke Bo Winther, Planningtorock

Letter to Henslow
(The Knife, Mt. Sims, Planningtorock)
Vocals: The Knife, Mt. Sims, Planningtorock

Schoal Swarm Orchestra
(The Knife, Planningtorock)

Annieís Box
(The Knife)

We have lost the joy of the household
and the solace of our old age

She must have known how we loved her
oh that she could now know how deeply
how tenderly we do still
and shall ever love her dear joyous face

Pure and transparent
her eyes sparkled brightly
she often smiled

Often threw her head a little backwards

Vocals: Kristina Wahlin Momme
Cello: Hildur Guðnadóttir

Tumult
(The Knife)

Colouring of Pigeons
(The Knife, Mt. Sims)

Northern forms existed in their own homes
thousand - yellow - cocoons
under - over ñ through

A few southern vegetable forms
on the mountains of Borneo
under - over - through
donkey ñ peacock ñ goose

In the mouth of the river
a strange ñ scene - it is
every ñ thing - in flames

The sky with lightning
and the water, luminous
a strange ñ scene - it is
under - over ñ through

Six weeks old
Henrietta smiled for the first time
tail ñ habits ñ proof
instinct ñ that ñ moves

Emma saw him smile
not only with lips
but eyes
Erasmus ñ grab - a spoon
Europe - hides ñ wool

Mr Peacock and Captain Beaufort
endemic - alpine - grooves
bread-fruit ñ cinnamon ñ tunes

Tonight itís blowing
thick bodies of spray whirled across the bay
Whatever - might - have been
the cause - of the ñ retreat

Columbia livia
great ages through
course of days
Tumblers ,Jacobins
beak shapes, skeletal traits
Runts and Carriers
wooden hexagonal cage
Pouters and Fantails
tail feathers at what age?
grey and white spotted
markings in making
my great amusement

behind Land house a gental cooing
behind Land house the offspringís moving
The delight of once again being home
The delight of once again being home

Vocals: Kristina Wahlin Momme, Lærke Bo Winther, The Knife, Jonathan Johansson
Drums: Hjorleifur Jonsson
Cello: Halldorophone: Hildur Guðnadóttir

Seeds
(The Knife, Mt. Sims)

Seeds immersed in salt water
in a tank of melting snow
enduring their full life time
enduring their full life time

10 distinct currents in the Atlantic
14 hundred miles in 42 days
transoceanic pods and capsules
Will old occupants allow for room and
sustenance?

transoceanic pods and capsules
Old occupants allow for room and
sustenance.

Vocals: Jonathan Johansson, Kristina Wahlin Momme

Tomorrow in a Year
(The Knife, Mt. Sims)

An intersection of the plain
by the bank of some great stream
the animal carcasses
and skeletons would be
entombed
Tomorrow in a year
tomorrow in a million years
Ages resting in
the rings of a tree.
Fossils in lay in slate
marking the old forestís edge
Iíve stood on a mountain
dividing three regions.
Then it was just a pebble
that I held inside my hand
In between each flap
of a butterflyís wings,
countless changes
that have gone on unnoticed
A cricket rubs itís forewings
together and I am forced
to think of the time that itís taken
to build

Mountains fossils

Larva lava

As Algae moves through water.
Cupping the soil
Ages move across epochs.
Within my hands
Thereís grandeur in this view,
It teams with life
a constant succession
these endless forms
My heart beats 70
times per minute

Stretching out over years
a wilderness
layer on layer life embedded in stone
stretching out before me
a wilderness

Vocals: Kristina Wahlin Momme, Mt Sims, Jonathan Johansson, Lærke Bo Winther

The Height of Summer
(The Knife)

In the morning I went down to the beach
and gazed out to the sea
Suddenly I was only a leaf
and you were an ancient flower

When Iím away do you think of me
or is it only when Iím present
on the cliff I lay my head down
now where the sun is

How is Charles
I havenít heard from him for a long long time
A thousand years seem to pass
So quickly

We wash our hands in water
and we rub them with the cloth
I have an idea what comes after
what will happen when Iím gone

Along the coastline we sow some seeds
It is lemon it is mint
Then the buzzing cicadas
rock us to sleep

How is Charles
I havenít heard from him for a long long time
A thousand years seem to pass
So quickly_
Vocals: Lærke Bo Winther

Bonustrack

Annieís Box (alt. vocal)
(The Knife)

Vocals: The Knife
Cello: Hildur Guðnadóttir
_
This is the music we made for the opera called ìTomorrow, in†a yearî, commissioned by Danish performance group Hotel Pro Forma. The†music is based off of Charles Darwin's book "On the origin of the species", his notebooks and other randomly selected Darwin related literature and articles, for example "Selfish gene" and "Blind watchmaker" by Richard Dawkins, "Annie's box" by Randal Keynes, "How to read Darwin" by Mark Ridley and "Emma Darwin the inspirational wife of a genius" by Edna Healy. This is a studio version of the piece with slight differences and variations†from the performed opera. In the current performed version all vocals are sung by mezzo soprano Kristina Wahlin Bomme, actor Lærke Bo Winther and pop singer Jonathan Johanson. Originally The Knife were commissioned to make the music but they thought this vast subject couldn't be interpreted by only two brains so they invited Mt. Sims And Planningtorock to try a more collaborative process for the first time. Not only to have a more fun and interesting process but also to capture the huge width of the theme Darwin and evolution. What we found most interesting about Darwin was his way of describing evolution in a non hierarchical way. Never using the word evolution, he instead chose to write about "variation" or "descent with modification". Another fascinating thing one comes across when reading his journals is how necessary it was for him to not only question everything around him but also himself in order to formulate his theories.
/The Knife, Mt. Sims, Planningtorock

Recorded mixed and produced by the The Knife, Mt. Sims and Planningtorock in Berlin, Stockholm and Copenhagen 2008 - 2009. Live percussion played by Hjorleifur Jonsson, recorded in Sounds studio, Iceland, by Kyle Gudmundson and re-edited by The Knife, Mt. Sims and Planningtorock. Outdoor sounds were recorded at the Mamori Artlab Workshop on the Amazon river, Brazil. Vocals on ìColouring of Pigeonsî was partly recorded by Johannes†Berglund.

Mastered by Rashad Becker, Berlin

Artwork by Boldfaces

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License, which means the music is free to use for non-commercial purposes. To view a copy of this license, visit www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 or send

℗ 2010 Rabid Records

The Knife is published by Bert's Songs / Universal Music Publishing
_www.theknife.net_

Mt. Sims is published by Jaques Socket Music
www.myspace.com/mtsims

Planningtorock appears courtesy of Rostron Records Berlin_Management, Katie Riding/ptr@planningtorock__.com
www.myspace.com/rostronrecordberlin
www.myspace.com/planningtorock

The Knife is managed by DEF Ltd, PO Box 2477 London NW6 6NQ, UK
info@d-e-f.com

Hotel Pro Forma

Ralf Richardt Strøbech (concept, set design, co-direction)
Kirsten Dehlholm (co-direction)
Anders Jørgensen (sound design)

The performance Tomorrow, in a year was produced by Hotel Pro Forma and co-produced by La Bâtie – Festival de Genève, Hellerau - European Center for the Arts Dresden, The Concert Hall Aarhus and Dansens Hus, Stockholm. The performance was produced in cooperation with the Royal Danish Theatre.
The Knife acknowledges the support of the Danish Arts Council – Committee for the Performing Arts for the performance. The world premiere took place on 2 September 2009 on the Old Stage of the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark.

We would like to thank Kirsten Delholm and Ralf Richardt Strøbech for inviting us to this project.
/The Knife

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