Brother-sister duo The Knife released one of 2006’s most-acclaimed LPs in the guise of their third album proper, Silent Shout. Rightly ranking highly in DiS’s own run-down of last year’s finest, the album earned itself a re-release in July 2007 as an Audio Visual Experience; this version – a triple-disc CD and DVD affair – featured a full concert captured on DVD. It opened the eyes of those yet to experience the Swedes in their unnatural environment: truly, The Knife in the live environment is a rare beast indeed. Siblings Karin Dreijer Andersson *and *Olof Dreijer dwelled upon how to present their music live for some time – while their self-titled debut came out on 2001, the pair didn’t perform live for some time afterwards; now, when they do, a regular, everyday experience it most certainly is not. Masks on faces, the pair dance about a landscape from the very wildest fantasy, imagined by Andreas Nilsson; art and music collides with some surreal sense of synergy. Their music – enticingly alien as it is – suits this otherworldly extravagance: the DVD of their April 12, 2006 show in Gothenburg finds them at their unique best, and is available now through Brille.