POLL Neon Like -- ILM artist poll #88 -- BJÖRK (voting open until April 27, 2018)

Hope soundslike is right about a back to basics Bjork album. At this point it would be more Avant garde if she did a stylistic shift towards pop form

Perhaps what is most poignant about Volta is hat you can hear in it the seeds of a great album she could have made, but most of those seeds (“Vertebrae By Vertebrae”, “Pneumonia”) are archetypal album tracks. So “Wanderlust” is basically all by itself as this widescreen emotional alternative reality horns + mechanical beats Bjork album.

I don’t know that a return to pop form could be considered “avant garde”, unless we redefine the phrase to mean a deviation from recent past practice.

I do think Bjork could concentrate on exploring simpler and more repetitive arrangement structures quite effectively, especially if using percusso-melodic instrument sounds. “Moon” on Biophilia comes to mind as a good example. I suspect that there’s not much more possibility to wring out of Arca’s messy beats.

It occurred to me the other day that she would sound amazing over the kind of simple piano and keyboard patterns you get on Nils Frahm’s Spaces - I suppose the result might be a bit like The Cocteau Twins’ “Alice”.

(I prob mistook the date? Am voting today)

Think it's end of tonight?

Yes, end of tonight, but if some ballots show up overnight, I won't reject them.

Or overnight Saturday into Sunday.

tim i definitely mean it as a deviation from past practice -

it's predictable at this point that bjork will release uncompromising experimental works, would be a nice surprise if she flipped the script

Duets album with Celine Dion.

I'm here for that.

22 ballots in. But you won't notice, til after 5 years.

i will be shocked if this poll ends up getting less ballots than the SP one

I won't be. It's ILM.

Also, a lot of radio silence from so many of the gays I'd counted on.

Would have figured ILM to be more about Björk than SP (I voted in both).

Wish I had the ability to tag, say, Stevie D or lex, et al.

Not having too many pangs of regret about my ballot but that will almost definitely change when the results roll out...

Just voted. I imagine all the gays are agonizing over their ballots til the last minute like I did?

I certainly hope so.

have you sent confirmation emails at all? just want to be sure mine went through

I haven't yet, unless I had a question about the ballot.

Here's who I've received ballots from, outside of myself...

flamboyant goon tie included
Jordan
Ross
ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ
technopolis
LeRooLeRoo
Gavin, Leeds
Will M.	Vinnie
BradNelson
Ismael Klata
octobeard
Karl Malone
sbahnhof
kitchen person
Marty 8501
Nag! Nag! Nag!
Voodoo Chili
sleeve
cryptosicko
Soundslike
geoffreyess

Ballot sent.

xp obviously I'm not sure if all those usernames are accurate; some are just me guessing

I sent a ballot yesterday, 3:45 CST. Can resend if you don't have it.

Will M. and Vinnie should be on separate lines.

ufo and Alicia, not sure I got ballots from either of you.

Nevermind, found them. Gmail is acting really weird. I'll make sure to send everyone who I've counted a confirmation before closing the poll this weekend.

I just resent one with a few changes. Thanks

No worries! I'm glad you found it. I think Gmail is implementing some new stuff this week. My account's been a little odd too.

sent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWoEITAoYE8

the live version of It's In Our Hands is so great, much more intense than the studio version

Got sciatica's too.

I love everything about that 2002 Royal Opera House concert.

I will vote today but only for the songs that posted lots of signs outside my house.

voted!

excited for the results!

They're not up to you. (Oh wait, they are!)

ah fuck it resubmitting my ballot to include one song

Voted!

Couldn't believe the immense quality of the songs in my 31 - 60 bracket.

Also discovering the Speedy J Remix of "Human Behaviour" at the very final furlong made me question all decisions of ranking, hierarchy, taste etc.

Voted! Could have done a top 60 too.

Also discovering the Speedy J Remix of "Human Behaviour" at the very final furlong made me question all decisions of ranking, hierarchy, taste etc.

― Tim F, Friday, April 27, 2018 2:42 PM (nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

fuqq stop the presses

couldn't bring myself to vote -- probably would be heavily weighted toward debut-vespertine anyway -- but am very keen to see ppl's suggestions, especially remixes

xp lol

Whittling SP down to 25 was easy. Bjork was impossible to get to 50--guess it helps to have more than 2 good albums ; p

Bjork poll almost seems like it should be done like "you have 100 points, allocate them however you like, to as few or as many tracks as you want"--too hard to actually rank tracks.

ha just remembering how much stuff i would need to listen to again to make an informed ballot and im out

send an uninformed ballot

choosing 5 remixes was really hard guys

Yeah even picking the best 5 drum & bass mixes is difficult.

man yall are going to be mad when its literally all of vespertine in the top 11