Antony Releases Video for "Cut The World

Antony and the Johnsons Debut New Video for "Cut The World" Starring Willem Dafoe, Marina Abramović and Carice Van Houten

Antony and the Johnsons have released a stunning new video for the title track of the new album CUT THE WORLD. The cinematic short stars Willem Dafoe (the Spider-Man trilogy, The Last Temptation of Christ) and Carice Van Houten ("Game of Thrones," Valkyrie) as well as performance artist Marina Abramović. In it, a subtle shift in nature prompts a startling chain of events.   Watch "Cut The World"    The album, CUT THE WORLD, is a collection of live symphonic performances of songs from the band's 4 full length albums (SWANLIGHTS, THE CRYING LIGHT, I AM A BIRD NOW, S/T). Recorded in Copenhagen, DK with The Danish National Chamber Orchestra, CUT THE WORLD features arrangements by Nico Muhly, Rob Moose, Maxim Moston and Antony.   Additionally the title track "Cut The World" is featured here for the first time. It is one of Antony's new songs for The Life and Death of Marina Abramović directed by Robert Wilson and staring Antony, Marina Abramović and Willem Dafoe.    CUT THE WORLD was recorded live on September 2nd and 3rd, 2011 at the DK Concert Hall in Copenhagen, DK and represents Antony's continued meditation on light, nature & femininity. Antony discusses his ideas on the track "Future Feminism", a  speech he made during one of the concerts. Addressing the affects of patriarchy on the global ecology, Antony explores the possibility of shifting towards feminine systems of governance in a gesture to restore our world.    Watch "Future Feminism"   CUT THE WORLD will be released tomorrow, August 8, on Secretly Canadian. The album is available for order now at SC Distribution. Antony is currently participating in London's MELTDOWN Festival at the Southbank Centre through August 12, where the "Cut The World" video will be screened on August 11 prior to a showing of the film TURNING, a collaboration between Antony & director Charles Atlas. Also performing at MELTDOWN are Abramović herself, the Cocteau Twins' Elizabeth Fraser, Laurie Anderson, Marc Almond, CocoRosie and many others.   Full Antony Biography

RECENT PRAISE FOR ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS: SWANLIGHTS "…gorgeously appointed cries from the heart…a private supplication sumptuous enough to enthrall Radio City." -NEW YORK TIMES   "Antony, draped in a white gown and standing in the middle of Radio City's stage, was the only person uttering anything for most of the evening, his voice soaring and fluttering in concert with the 60-piece orchestra accompanying him. Lasers flashed and projected themselves onto the hall's magnificent ceiling and the jaggedly grand sculpture above him as he sang, simply, beautifully, achingly, of love and death, light and dark." -VILLAGE VOICE   "When the curtains finally closed on the 90-minute performance, the sold-out Radio City crowd…blasted the theater with thunderous applause." -BILLBOARD   "The Radio City event felt like the most fully realized vision of what Antony has been moving toward…With deliberate arm movements, Antony seemed to be our priestess. An oracle…He was using the evening as a staging for a deeper ritual, channeling our attention and energy into something powerful." -OUT   "It was that rare kind of performance that breaks your heart only to have the pieces lovingly reassembled, down to the tiniest, most tender bloody shard." -BROOKLYNVEGAN

TOUR DATES: 08/03/12 - Stockholm, Sweden - Stockholm Music and Arts Festival with The Swedish National Radio Orchestra 08/01-12/12 - London, England - MELTDOWN: Antony curates MELTDOWN at The Southbank Centre 10/12-13/12 - Melbourne, AUS - Swanlights at The Hammer Hall TICKETS TO ALL EVENTS AVAILABLE HERE Video "Future Feminism" Video "Swanlights" ARTIST WEBSITE PRESS PHOTOS ARTIST PAGE