{"id":12084,"date":"2026-03-10T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colours.cz\/?post_type=program&#038;p=12084"},"modified":"2026-03-06T11:37:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T10:37:56","slug":"use-knife","status":"publish","type":"program","link":"https:\/\/www.colours.cz\/en\/ucinkujici\/use-knife\/","title":{"rendered":"USE KNIFE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Use Knife\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/artist\/2A9WsqU3YzOuKMcgBh849u?si=sc3YQRZtQQqn9-HMoX7MZQ&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>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 \u2013 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Use Knife - Freedom, Asshole (feat. 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