Use Knife
rock
About
Raw industrial textures, tense EBM pulses and fragile Iraqi rhythms collide here into one urgent current. Electronic machines breathe alongside hypnotic Arabic percussion, while a ceremonial vocal cuts through the darkness like a beacon. This is not a simple blend of influences – different cultural worlds are distilled into a new expression that belongs to both, yet fully to neither. It tells a story of freedom, responsibility and the gap between the mental maps of East and West. Use Knife is a trio bringing together Iraqi vocalist and percussionist Saif Al-Qaissy with Belgian musicians Kwinten Mordijck and Stef Heeren. On last year’s album État Coupable (Guilty State), they sharpen both their sound and their stance: dark, dance-driven tracks capture an individual resisting impersonal forces of power, stirring Western club underground into an Arabic crucible. A singular presence.
Upcoming events
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Clandestino Festival - Saturday Pass (4th July)Bryggan & Monument RingönSat 04.07.2026 12:00View event -
