Next we have the Icelandic version of the song “Birthday” (https://youtu.be/F6hGc7S8d88?si=lrGD2ULvTmOXsfn_) by her band from the 80s/early 90s The Sugarcubes
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The Sugarcubes - Birthday (Icelandic)

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“Oh So Quiet” (https://youtu.be/htobTBlCvUU?si=LnGo-rLHh6sTlmUE) is a cover of a song originally by Betty Hutton. It’s on Björk’s second album and was a major international hit for her and established as a major star

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björk - it's oh so quiet

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In addition to being a singer-songwriter, composer and visual artist Björk also acts. Our first clip (https://youtu.be/9sS-810n65E?si=wtwXK81zLZNV4wyi) is from her film debut “The Juniper Tree” (filmed in 1986, released in 1990), an Icelandic medieval fantasy based on the fairytale of the same name by The Brothers Grimm.
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björk singing (Juniper Tree)

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Our next clip (https://youtu.be/k1m2_q3tRQU?si=b9IykcONUncYjSdD) is from “Drawing Restraint 9” (2005), the collaboration between Björk and her then romantic partner, visual artist Matthew Barney. It tells a Shinto-based love story and is somehow also about the history of Whaling
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BJORK - BATH video from dr9

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björk - who is it

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“Arisen My Senses” (https://youtu.be/6VrqR_GfvzE?si=Oqv8BSMANmzE-qc2) is a collaboration with electronic musician Arca from Björk’s 2009 album “Utopia” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kKHUKv52oO7iWMtV942GqiJTu03NxkI9c&si=hGUQnMJkeJlu8auj). It’s a song about finding revelation in love and existence.
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björk: arisen my senses

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Next we have “Fossora” (https://youtu.be/FS0SzSE9Fic?si=bkweGKxl7ULmEiST) from Björk’s 2022 album of the same name (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n5TOgqQXowDRzPX5WcihjS15lftagtQy8&si=TrDZwy6Jb7K_bZf-) which she recorded during the 2020 quarantines while grieving her mother’s passing
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björk : fossora

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And now our feature presentation: “Björk: Biophilia Live” (2014) available for free here (https://ok.ru/video/46074497696)
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Bjork - Biophilia Live. КофуноВидеоКонцерт. FHD. 2014

Фильм основан на шоу по мотивам альбома Biophilia, это многостороннее мультимедиа исследование музыки, природы и технологии, впервые альбом и комплект сопровождающих приложений вышел в 2011 году. Эмоциональная связь Бьерк с ее материалом более чем ощутима, это не просто связь, эта связь - инфекция. Каждый, без исключения, участник шоу инфицирован в след за ней. Вокальные данные исландской певицы по прежнему безупречны, она ловко меняет характер звучания своего голоса, она не боится показаться полярной, по отношению к самой себе секунду назад. Допуская небрежность в своем звучании, так же как и в последующем за ним восприятии зрителя/слушателя, она делает это настолько элегантно, что мы понимает что это ее новый символ обаяния. Моментами ее голос парит в высоком эротический экстазе, после она отстранившись от эротических вдохов, несет за собой неустрашимый «топот анархии».

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No, you’re not hallucinating: The narration for “Biophilia” is done by none other than Sir David Attenborough
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“Biophilia” (2011) is Björk’s seventh album (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kCmXppQyBPMscQX7efiNTszFlj6WeqqiY&si=6Kqw73OmomO-f1OC). It was conceived as a meditation on the intersection of nature and technology using concepts of musicology culminating in a multimedia project that involved live performance, visual art/gallery exhibitions and educational workshops on 4 different continents. Also, an app (tutorials archived here https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6F01FE989119ECA0&si=2iz2U0W_ZWfEx9YW)
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There’s a really indepth podcast series that Björk did in 2022 called “Björk: Sonic Symbolism” (https://pod.link/bjork) where she reflects on her entire career album-by-album.
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Björk: Sonic Symbolism

Join Björk in conversations with collaborators about her sound experiences. In the podcast you’ll learn about the moods, timbers, and tempos that vibrate through each album.

As with The Gameleste, other instruments were designed for “Biophilia” such as The Sharpsichord- a 2.5 ton 46 stringed harp and The Gravity Harps- a series of 1 ton multi-pendulum based harps
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@analgesicsleep That sounds fantastic!
@dbfulton it really is. I recently re-listened to it and somehow upon relistening I got even more out of it w/r/t/ creative concepts and the like