23 May 2013

Knife Party
EDM Death Machine

Earstorm Records

WE SAY

The Haunted House EP is a characteristically uncompromising return from Aussie electro duo Knife Party, the post-Pendulum project of Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen, whose previous monster Bonfire will be familiar to all, not least from the opening sequence of American TV drama Breaking Bad. EDM Death Machine is a dizzying headswim of a track, wildly changing lanes between dubstep, bass and electro, even finding time midway through for a brief excursion into old skool rave. A former Beatport no. 1 and Zane Lowe Hottest Record, specialist radio support has been fittingly extensive, as is their summer touring schedule, which ranges from Creamfields to Bestival and Reading/Leeds. Interestingly the Haunted house EP is being made available for purchase using the decentralised digital currency Bitcoin, an appropriately experimental approach from Knife Party to finding new fans.

CONTACTS

Label: Jennifer Ivory, Warner Bros
Publishing: Daniel Lloyd-Jones, Sony/ATV 
Online: Rosie Foster, JHO Management / James Mack, Listen Up
Press: James Mack, Listen Up
TV: Tom Dark, Warner Bros
Radio: Luke Neville, Listen Up
Live: Obi Asika, Echo Location Talent (UK & ROW) Denise Melanson, AM Only (USA)
Legal: Sonia Diwan, Sound Advice
Management: Jho Oakley, JHO Management

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