Björk
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Björk
Normally, an artist such as Bjork with a mass audience across the globe steadily eases off as the back-catalog starts to grow. However, Medulla, the fifth proper studio album from Bjork is without a doubt the most challenging collection of music she has ever released.
For the most part, the album is made up of layers upon layers of processed vocal parts arranged in either harmony or dissonance such as “Vokuro” and “Oll Birtan,” respectively. Some, such as “Show Me Forgiveness” are simple acapella, the aforementioned sounding like a vocal cut from…
Björk
Björk originally intended to call Vespertine Domestika. The title would have been entirely appropriate (as, indeed, is Vespertine, meaning “pertaining to the evening”). Ever since 1993’s vital, effusive Debut, Björk’s music has been increasingly intimate, gently private and concerned with seclusion. It’s typical then that Vespertine’s first single was called “Hidden Place”. The studious solitude is rewarding, though. Vespertine is a lush, gorgeous swell of mid-pace electronica, symphonic strings and Björk’s uniquely alien,…
