i love bjork. i thought the 'medulla' record was incredibly inventive, well-exectued, etc., but it wasn't exactly something that i found myself listening to over and over, as i have with so many of her releases. to create and execute a palatable record completely with vocal sounds is a challenge from the get-go. the record is an artistic success as an experiment in vocals-only pop music. when camille went into conceptualizing and recording 'le fil', it would have been impossible to have erased bjork's effort from her mind. whether intentional or not, 'le fil' feels like an answer to bjork's record. i don't know whether camille intentionally set out to make a vocals-only album -- i don't believe that is the case. but she seems to have surrendered to the inclusion of (limited) standard instrumentation. by doing this, camille renders the all-vocals gimmick somewhat transparent. the listener is initially captivated by the composition, and only then is the realization of the limited instrumentation apparent. i couldn't help comparing the two records. they are each unique, and they stand on their own. but i have already listened more to camille's record in two weeks than i have 'medulla' in two years.
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