

In April 2013 we were approached by the organisers of the Explore the North festival in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. They asked if we would use some footage of the Elfstedentocht (Eleven Cities Tour), the world's biggest ice skating race, and write some songs around it. So we did. A transcript in English is below

www.explore-the-north.nl/

Watch the videos here:
Part 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=o63qrV4iKTc
Part 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrPBTwwnpdc

Contains footage (C) Fries Film Archief. Used with kind permission. Written and produced by Public Service Broadcasting. Drums recorded by Gregor Reid at Fonica Studios, Glasgow.

Newspaper: Eleven Cities Tour on Friday
Newspaper: Eleven Cities Tour to be a superhuman effort
January 18th, 1963
An ice-skating marathon that is unparalleled
5.30 in the morning
300km through a Friesland only the strongest can cope with

Newspaper: Elfstedentocht: Tough, Tough, Tough

The starting signal is given for the Eleven Cities Tour
But what everyone is preparing themselves for..
That is the Elfstedentocht

The twelfth Eleven Cities Tour
Temperature: 16 degrees Celsius below zero
A brutal tour of more than 200km
But what everyone is preparing themselves for...

550 professional skaters
Around 9,500 leisure skaters
Skaters from Sweden, Canada, Switzerland and Belgium

But what everyone is preparing themselves for...
Sneek
IJlst
Sloten
Stavoren
Hindeloopen
Workum
Bolsward
Harlingen
Franeker
Dokkum
Leeuwarden

But what everyone is preparing themselves for...
That is the Elfstedentocht.


Elfstedentocht Part 2

On June 20, The Knife are digitally releasing Shaken-Up Versions a mini album of classic tracks reworked especially for the band's recent North American leg of their Shaking The Habitual Tour.

To preview the new versions, the Shaken-Up version of Without You My Life Would Be Boring is being released today, accompanied by a video directed by Bitte Andersson.

Without You My Life Would Be Boring - Single bundle including remixes by Rroxymore, JPhlip and @KatKnix
Buy on iTunes smarturl.it/wymlwbb?IQid=youtube
Rabid Records Store on.theknife.net/TlwXbv
Shaken-Up Versions - Digital pre-order, out June 20
Pre-order on iTunes smarturl.it/shupver?IQid=youtube
Rabid Records Store on.theknife.net/1lUapbh

Shaken-Up Versions full track list

We Share Our Mother's Health (Shaken-Up Version)
Got 2 Let U (Shaken-Up Version)
Bird (Shaken-Up Version)
Without You My Life Would Be Boring (Shaken-Up Version)
Pass This On (Shaken-Up Version)
Ready To Lose (Shaken-Up Version)
Stay Out Here (Shaken-Up Version)
Silent Shout (Shaken-Up Version)

The Knife - Without You My Life Would Be Boring (Kat Knix Remix)

Visti And Meyland - Stars

A cover version of the U2 song "Ordinary Love" performed and recorded by Die Herren.

Ordinary Love

1998.m4a

A REMIX OF HEART OF DARKNESS (WAVES) - ORIGINAL TRACK 
https://on.soundcloud.com/tWWqWsx3CUfn08eyrJ

RUN DEEP - HEART OF DARKNESS REFUSION 2

Not Alone

I Think I'm In Love

Pip Blom - I Think I'm In Love

Giraffage & xxyyxx - Even Though (The One AM Radio Remix)

http://www.songsoftoriamos.com/tori-amos-remix-archive/

Remixes

Tori Amos - A Sorta Fairytale (Airtight Mix)

Pre-orders for the new project are now available here: moderator.bandcamp.com/album/the-mosaics-2
Full album releases December 15

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The Race For Space / Remixes available here:
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"The Race For Space" available here: http://publicservicebroadcasting.net/the-race-for-space-out-now/

Buy the debut album "Inform - Educate - Entertain" here: http://bit.ly/11cHjJP & stream here: http://smarturl.it/psbalbum1 

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Elfstedentocht Part 2

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