Cairo Knife Fight Unleash New Video for “The Origin of Slaves”

Cairo Knife Fight II The Origin Of Slaves

Tooled up with an arsenal of drums, guitar, synth bass and loop peddals, Christchurch New Zealand 2 piece Cairo Knife Fight pack a riff-driven punch that has seen them hold their own against title holders they’ve shared stages with – names like Foo Fighters, Them Crooked Vultures and Queens of the Stone Age.

The collective back-story of drummer/main vocalist Nick Gaffaney and guitarist/loop guru Aaron Tokona reads like a brag sheet of some of New Zealand’s finest musicians including Anika Moa, Fat Freddy’s Drop and Dimmer, as well as Tokona’s own former contenders, rock outfit Weta.  It’s as a duo however that they’ve blazed their very own trail, finding new ground between the power of Led Zeppelin and the fearlessness of Radiohead.

The band has just been nominated for ‘Rock Album Of The Year’ at the 2011 New Zealand Music Awards for their debut effort as well as being asked to headline the NZ showcase at the CMJ music festival in New York this October.

Cairo Knife Fight have just released their follow up EP Cairo Knife Fight ‘II’ through Liberation Music featuring the new single ‘The Origin Of Slaves’, and now here’s the awesome video made by the guys from Red Yeti.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-fd5qcRjtE

“It’s brilliantly unhinged, hallucinatory, and riff-fired music’

 5/5 stars NZ HERALD