Swedish electro-pop duo, The Knife are set to release a studio version of their experimental opera, “Tomorrow, in a Year“, in early March, 2010. The opera is based on Charles Darwin‘s The Origin Of Species, and the band went to serious measures to capture the full extent of Darwin’s inspiration.

The opera, a collaboration between The Knife, Mt. Sims and Planningtorock, was comissioned by Danish performance group, Hotel Pro Forma in September 2009.

They took the collaborative process one step further, researching Darwin, his literature, and going even as far as taking part in a recording workshop in the Amazon to better understand and record different sounds. The band explained that they sought to “capture the huge width of the Darwin and evolution theme” through their experimental process.

For those of you lucky rascals that live in Denmark, there are a few more performaces lined up this year!

Check out an 11 minute musical snippet and some video of this bizarre, yet unique and relevant piece:

Colouring of Pigeons by The Knife

[Full track list after the jump]

Tracklist:
CD 1
01. Intro
02. Epochs
03. Geology
04. Upheaved
05. Minerals
06. Ebb Tide Explorer
07. Variation of Birds
08. Letter to Henslow
09. Schoal Swarm Orchestra

CD 2
01. Annie’s Box
02. Tumult
03. Colouring of Pigeons
04. Seeds
05. Tomorrow in a Year
06. The Height of Summer

Bonus track
07. Annie’s Box (alt. vocal)

Still curious? More info on the project can be found HERE.