just saw the "Biophilia" concert in Manchester
it was fucking amazing
highly, highly recommended
she plays in the round, with a choir, with lots of custom-built instruments
and voiceover from Sir Richard Attenborough
and she sings her ass off
― the tune is space, Friday, 1 July 2011 00:34 (twelve years ago) link
ayo eric i also prefer the album version of "all is full of love" because it sounds like it's trying to reach us from another room
and then it succeeds
― preschoolin' life (BradNelson), Friday, 1 July 2011 00:38 (twelve years ago) link
She is actually getting reviews in, like, New Scientist for this.
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2011/07/sparks-fly-at-bjorks-new-show-biophilia.html
― Karen D. Tregaskin, Friday, 1 July 2011 14:59 (twelve years ago) link
This is the first album Bjork has released since I've really gotten into her and I'm p psyched to be able to follow it. Also one of those residencies SHOULD be in NYC, right? Right??? Maybe this will make up for Seefeel cancelling their tour...
― brie on crüt (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 1 July 2011 16:35 (twelve years ago) link
the dude who built her new live toys has a blog: http://andycavatorta.com/
― StanM, Sunday, 3 July 2011 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
homogenicdebutpostvespertine------the others
― brotherlovesdub, Sunday, 3 July 2011 17:49 (twelve years ago) link
I clicked Stan's link before bed last night, then dreamt I went and saw the show.In my dream, it was awesome and I started crying almost immediately as soon as she walked on stage.
― Boehner & der club of GOP (Ówen P.), Monday, 4 July 2011 12:47 (twelve years ago) link
I definitely rank vespertine at the top but these were tipped by the live versions of the songs from that album in the Volta shows with all the strings rescored for brass. Magic.
― straightola, Monday, 4 July 2011 13:14 (twelve years ago) link
my ranking
vespertine - FUCKING AMAZINGhomogenic - amazingmedulla - mostly great, a bit hit or missselmasongs - very goodpost - pretty good, but never got the hype as to why it's one of her bestdebut - quite patchyvolta - mostly zzzzzzz
think that's it. i haven't played telegram more than once (cant even remember it) and never heard Drawing Restraint 9
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 01:58 (twelve years ago) link
Telegram is a remix collection, based on "Post" (gettit?)
In my drawer here is Debut, a dual sided disc with DVD content. 5.1 mix and a bunch of vids.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 11:23 (twelve years ago) link
VESPERTINE(big gap)HOMOGENICMEDULLAPOSTVOLTA/SELMADEBUT
― Jung Danjah (admrl), Friday, 19 August 2011 17:49 (twelve years ago) link
New one leaked. Wasn't really feeling it at first, but the second half is surprisingly strong.
― michael assbender (Eric H.), Saturday, 24 September 2011 16:05 (twelve years ago) link
She keeps repeating that trick in "Crystalline" where the tinkly, xylophone/celeste/harpsichord whimsy gets crashed by industrial beats, but it seems to work better in "Sacrifice" and "Mutual Core."
― michael assbender (Eric H.), Saturday, 24 September 2011 16:06 (twelve years ago) link
(I guess that trick sort of dates back to "Hyper-Ballad.")
― michael assbender (Eric H.), Saturday, 24 September 2011 16:07 (twelve years ago) link
AAAAHHH I HAVE TO HEAR THIS NOW
― Sandra Bullock violently stabbing a TV dinner (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 24 September 2011 17:02 (twelve years ago) link
as usual, i have no idea which bjork thread to revive. but this is really good writing on bjork, i think: http://thequietus.com/articles/23621-bjork-best-albums
also, since the thread hasn't been revived since 2011, i'm curious how bjork fans rate vulnicura and utopia among her other work.
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 11 February 2018 05:50 (six years ago) link
HomogenicVespertinePostVulnicuraDebutMedullaBiophiliaUtopiaVolta
― kitchen person, Sunday, 11 February 2018 06:24 (six years ago) link
i am the worst bjork fan ever, but i have approximately 0% recollection of biophilia
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 11 February 2018 06:29 (six years ago) link
replace but with and
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 11 February 2018 06:32 (six years ago) link
vulnicura took a little while to grow on me - i usually tend to gravitate to her more 'active' material, but vulnicura is great sink-into-able material from front to back, and better than she's done that kind of stuff on any of her earlier records. watched the videos for utopia but haven't gotten around to it yet apart from those
i haven't listened to a few of these completely in a while, and i'm generally pretty amenable to most of what björk does, but (very) rough ranking off the top of my head:homogenicvulnicura / debutpost / volta / vespertine / medulla / biophilia
― heliogabberlus, Sunday, 11 February 2018 06:35 (six years ago) link
rank em
Homogenic > Vespertine > Telegram > Post > Debut > Medulla > Selmasongs > Utopia > Vulnicura > Volta > Biophilia > Drawing Restraint 9
Vulnicura was a welcome return to form for me when released, it seemed to revisit the harsher distorted beats of Homogenic and was a little more accessible emotionally. Utopia was also a nice surprise, the arrangements are gorgeous on this and it's really a record to live in. Also there's some good melodic vocal hooks, which it seems have become less frequent on recent Bjork albums
also this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68qymYgSxCM
― kolakube (Ross), Sunday, 11 February 2018 06:53 (six years ago) link
Recruiting: POLL Neon Like -- ILM artist poll #88 -- BJÖRK (voting open until April 27, 2018)
― Uppercase (Eric H.), Monday, 9 April 2018 19:30 (five years ago) link