Knife Party

Electronic dance outfit Knife Party started as a side project featuring the two founding members of Perth, Australia's long-running drum'n'bass act <a href="spotify:artist:7MqnCTCAX6SsIYYdJCQj9B">Pendulum</a>. Emerging in the early 2010s, the pair made an early splash on a collaboration with <a href="spotify:artist:1h6Cn3P4NGzXbaXidqURXs">Swedish House Mafia</a>, the multi-platinum "Antidote." They went on to release a handful of EPs that charted across the globe, issuing their official debut full-length, Abandon Ship, in 2014.

In late 2011, Gareth McGrillen and <a href="spotify:artist:2SNg8nqwOHF1eZgRnL9zes">Rob Swire</a> debuted their aggressive electro-house/dubstep guise with 100% No Modern Talking, released digitally through the <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Earstorm%22">Earstorm</a> label and provided as a free download on the duo's website. They also matched up with <a href="spotify:artist:1h6Cn3P4NGzXbaXidqURXs">Swedish House Mafia</a> for the <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Virgin%22">Virgin</a>-issued "Antidote," billed as <a href="spotify:artist:1h6Cn3P4NGzXbaXidqURXs">Swedish House Mafia</a> vs. Knife Party. The track was certified triple-platinum and charted in at least nine territories. Remixes of tracks by <a href="spotify:artist:1h6Cn3P4NGzXbaXidqURXs">Swedish House Mafia</a> ("Save the World"), <a href="spotify:artist:3dz0NnIZhtKKeXZxLOxCam">Porter Robinson</a> ("Unison"), and <a href="spotify:artist:4uRYpUQZrNrY5t8tAv3XrD">Nero</a> ("Crush on You") trickled out around the same time. In mid-2012 the duo released their second EP, Rage Valley, again digitally on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Earstorm%22">Earstorm</a>, followed just a year later by Haunted House, which landed at number one on the Billboard Dance chart. With three EPs in the bag, the duo issued their first official full-length, Abandon Ship, in 2014. The set featured Simon Aldred ("EDM Trend Machine") and <a href="spotify:artist:7mWMzxN6IAIQ1tfFFtAiQv">Bryn Christopher</a> ("Superstar"), charting just outside the Top 50 of the Billboard 200.

After the release of fourth EP, Trigger Warning, McGrillen and <a href="spotify:artist:2SNg8nqwOHF1eZgRnL9zes">Swire</a> switched focus to other areas, only releasing a pair of collaborations with <a href="spotify:artist:74NBPbyyftqJ4SpDZ4c1Ed">Tom Morello</a> (2016's "Battle Sirens") and <a href="spotify:artist:0lLY20XpZ9yDobkbHI7u1y">Pegboard Nerds</a> (2018's "Harpoon"). In 2018, they also premiered a radio show they dubbed Knifecast, unveiling a previously unreleased track titled "Ghost Town." That song wound up on their fifth EP, 2019's Lost Souls, which also featured Harrison on "Death & Desire." ~ Neil Z. Yeung & Andy Kellman