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Cairo Knife Fight
12+ albums
rockalternative rockaustraliannoisehard rock
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Cairo Knife Fight (CKF) is a rock band originating from New Zealand, founded in 2007 by musician Nick Gaffaney . By 2009, it had evolved into a drum and guitar duo incorporating real-time layered loops. CKF began as Gaffaney's unnamed side project along with several other band members in 2004, namely Aaron Tokona (guitar and vocals), Ritchie Pickard (bass), Roslen Langton (vocals), Katie Tayor (vocals), and Gaffaney (drums and vocals). In 2009, the initial multi-member line-up was narrowed down to a duo composed of electric guitar and drums, with Gaffaney playing drums with his right hand, using a keyboard bass with his left hand and utilizing a loop station to make live vocal and rhythm loops, the guitar parts also being looped and layered live. The lineup was Nick Gaffaney (Drums/Vocals/Bass/Loops), Aaron Tokona (Guitars/Vocals). CKF released their self-titled EP in July 2010, the first single entitled ‘This is Love’ being included on the NZ Radio Hit Disk for mid-2010, and being rated as one of the songs of the year. The EP went on to be nominated in the ‘Best Rock Album’ category at the New Zealand Music Awards in 2011. Guitarist Aaron Tokona left the band in 2014 and George Pajon joined the band in early 2015. After releasing their debut album, The Colossus, the band relocated to Los Angeles in 2015. Later that year, The Colossus was nominated for a New Zealand Music Award for Best Rock Album, and in 2016, the album was nominated for the Taite Music Prize. User
