Freed from the Sugarcubes' confines, Björk takes her voice and creativity to new heights on Debut, her first work after the group's breakup. With producer Nellee Hooper's help, she moves in an elegantly playful, dance-inspired direction, crafting highly individual, emotional electronic pop songs like the shivery, idealistic "One Day" and the bittersweet "Violently Happy." Despite the album's swift stylistic shifts, each of Debut's tracks are distinctively Björk. "Human Behaviour"'s dramatic percussion provides a perfect showcase for her wide-ranging voice; "Aeroplane" casts her as a yearning lover against a lush, exotica-inspired backdrop; and the spare, poignant "Anchor Song" uses just her voice and a brass section to capture the loneliness of the sea. Though Debut is just as arty as anything she recorded with the Sugarcubes, the album's club-oriented tracks provide an exciting contrast to the rest of the album's delicate atmosphere. Björk's playful energy ignites the dance-pop-like "Big Time Sensuality" and turns the genre on its head with "There's More to Life Than This." Recorded live at the Milk Bar Toilets, it captures the dancefloor's sweaty, claustrophobic groove, but her impish voice gives it an almost alien feel. But the album's romantic moments may be its most striking; "Venus as a Boy" fairly swoons with twinkly vibes and lush strings, and Björk's vocals and lyrics -- "His wicked sense of humor/Suggests exciting sex" -- are sweet and just the slightest bit naughty. With harpist Corky Hale, she completely reinvents "Like Someone in Love," making it one of her own allads. Possibly her prettiest work, Björk's horizons expanded on her other releases, but the album still sounds fresh, which is even more impressive considering electronic music's whiplash-speed innovations. Debut not only announced Björk's remarkable talent; it suggested she had even more to offer.
I put this up as my wallpaper at work yesterday not realizing that I would have to explain to people that it wasn't a picture of Michael Jackson. Either way I'm pretty sure it's the only thing keeping me (somewhat) sane while I'm there. Not to sound like Bjork's stalker (check out his video diary on you tube if you haven't seen it...some crazy shit) but I think it's physically impossible to s...
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As much as I enjoy listening to her music, watching her videos, and attending her concerts, I'm of the opinion that Icelandic techno-sprite Björk is certifiably nuts. Brilliant, but loony.I might feel this way because of her bizarre whisper-to-a-shriek vocal delivery; or her strange repertoire choices, such as her almost straight-from-the-shoulder cover of the vintage big-band number "It's Oh S..
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Oh, lord, I remember when I discovered Björk. Do you?I was in France on that particular afternoon, hanging out at my friend Miriam's apartment. It was a small studio with scarves draped everywhere, and every surface covered with candle wax. Miriam was a Swedish exchange student that I'd met á la fac. A few weeks later she would be attacked by her mentally ill neighbor, chased into the street wh.
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salon's video dog has a nice gallery of michel gondry videos and shorts. includes the obvious (bjork, chemical brothers, white stripes videos) and other miscellaneous gems (gap kids holiday commercial, david cross short, air france ad, diet coke ad w/ adrien brody, and a jim carey short).check it out here
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I registered for my Spring classes this morning. I got the classes I wanted!!! Yipeeeeeeee.
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but i'm sure gonna whine. i've been unsuccessfully trying to get tickets to rock the bells festival in nyc this summer. shit is sold out, and some crazy motherf*cker is, imho, scamming pho-tix on craigslist. at first i was a little phased by the price, but it's not that ridiculous for the number of performers (rage, wu-tang, cypress, roots, mos def, public enemy) and the fact that it's sold out...
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I am writing a blog about this here because I see the people on here as a community I can reach out to. We are all united by something that goes beyond words. Music is our universal language and we are kindred spirits by the feelings we feel, the emotions the music brings to us, the ecstatic glory of hearing the perfect change of note, innovation of sound, nuance of tone, hearing lyrics that ...
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I put this up as my wallpaper at work yesterday not realizing that I would have to explain to people that it wasn't a picture of Michael Jackson. Either way I'm pretty sure it's the only thing keeping me (somewhat) sane while I'm there. Not to sound like Bjork's stalker (check out his video diary on you tube if you haven't seen it...some crazy shit) but I think it's physically impossible to s...
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| 1 Human Behaviour |
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| 2 Crying |
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| 3 Venus as a Boy |
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| 4 There's More to Life Than This |
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| 5 Like Someone in Love |
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| 6 Big Time Sensuality |
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| 7 One Day |
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| 8 Aeroplane |
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| 9 Come to Me |
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| 10 Violently Happy |
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| 11 The Anchor Song |
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