Kalpana Kalpana (Editor)

Tomorrow, in a Year

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Length
  
92:22

Label
  
Rabid Records

Release date
  
28 January 2010

Tomorrow, in a Year cdn2pitchforkcomalbums15015homepagelarged53

Released
  
1 February 2010 (2010-02-01)

Recorded
  
2008–09; Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen

Producer
  
The Knife, Mt. Sims, Planningtorock

Tomorrow, In a Year (2010)
  
Shaking the Habitual (2013)

Have It All (2006)
  
Tomorrow, In a Year (2010)

Artists
  
The Knife, Planningtorock, Mount Sims

Genres
  
Ambient music, Electronic music, Drone music

Similar
  
The Knife albums, Experimental music albums

A roundtable conversation on tomorrow in a year


Tomorrow, In a Year is the studio version of the music commissioned by the Danish performance group Hotel Pro Forma for its opera based on Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species. It is a collaboration between The Knife, Mt. Sims and Planningtorock. It was released digitally on 1 February 2010 through The Knife's own label Rabid Records prior to the physical release.

Contents

The album was recorded, mixed and produced in Berlin, Stockholm and Copenhagen between 2008 and 2009. Recording for the live percussion took place at Sounds Studio in Iceland, while outdoor sounds were recorded at the Mamori Artlab Workshop on the Amazon River, Brazil. Tomorrow, In a Year features guest appearances by mezzo-soprano Kristina Wahlin, Danish actress Lærke Winther Andersen and Swedish pop artist Jonathan Johansson.

Tomorrow in a year a darwin electro opera


Personnel

Credits for Tomorrow, In a Year adapted from album liner notes.

  • The Knife – engineering, live percussion re-editing, mixing, production (all tracks); halldorophone re-editing (1.6, 2.3); vocals (1.8, 2.3, 2.7)
  • Mt. Sims – engineering, live percussion re-editing, mixing, production (all tracks); halldorophone re-editing (1.6, 2.3); vocals (1.7, 1.8, 2.5)
  • Planningtorock – engineering, live percussion re-editing, mixing, production (all tracks); vocals (1.7, 1.8)
  • Rashad Becker – mastering
  • Johannes Berglund – vocal engineering (2.3)
  • Bold Faces – artwork
  • Kyle Gudmundson – live percussion engineering
  • Hildur Guðnadóttir – halldorophone (1.6, 2.3); cello (2.1, 2.3, 2.7)
  • Jonathan Johansson – vocals (1.6, 1.7, 2.3–2.5)
  • Hjörleifur Jónsson – drums (2.3); live percussion (all tracks)
  • Kristina Wahlin – vocals (1.2–1.5, 1.7, 2.1, 2.3–2.5)
  • Lærke Winther – vocals (1.4, 1.7, 2.3, 2.5, 2.6)

    • Songs

    1Intro4:32
    2Epochs5:43
    3Geology4:24

    References

    Tomorrow, in a Year Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA