Björk releases her tenth studio album, and first in five years, "Fossora", via One Little Independent Records; stream / listen to the album here. "Fossora", a word created by Björk, is the feminised version of the Latin word for “digger,” and a reflection on roots, grounding, love, and family in the context of an underground mushroom world. The album is produced by Björk and recorded by Bergur Thorisson. The new album finds Björk nesting at home in Iceland through the pandemic long enough to set down roots - both literally in her hometown Reykjavík and symbolically. While Björk’s last album, 2017’s critically acclaimed Utopia, was a city in the clouds, Fossora is the sonic opposite: an earth-focused, natural eco-system of bass clarinets and punchy sub-bass.
“Each album always starts with a feeling that I try to shape into sound, this time around the feeling was landing on the earth and digging my feet into the ground (after my last album utopia which was all island in the clouds element air and no bass). It was also woven into how I experienced the "now" this time around 7 billion of us did it together nesting in our homes quarantining being long enough in one place that we shot down roots. My new album "Fossora" is about that, it is a word I made up, it is the feminine of fossore (digger, delver, ditcher) so in short it means "she who digs" (into the ground), so sonically it is about bass, heavy bottom-end, we have 6 bass clarinets and punchy sub, Björk” The album features contributions from serpentwithfeet; Björk’s son, Sindri, and daughter, Ísadóra; clarinet sextet Murmuri; The Hamrahlíð Choir; Emilie Nicolas; Kasimyn of Gabber Modus Operandi; sideproject; El Guincho; many of Björk’s Icelandic acoustic musical collaborators; and bass clarinets, strings, trombones and more. The album also deals with legacy, with two tracks paying tribute to her late mother, Hildur Rúna Hauksdóttir, who died in 2018. Björk is a multidisciplinary artist who, time and again, innovates across music, art, fashion, and technology. From writing, arranging, and producing an expansive music catalog to her collaborations with scientists, app developers, writers, inventors, musicians, and instrument makers, Björk continues to inspire and experiment, redefining the boundaries of what it means to be a musician. Facebook | Website | Instagram | Spotify | Twitter
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Björk has unveiled her new single “ovule”; listen here. The fragility of love is explored as she imagines a glass sphere; the expectations within attachment, and the balancing act that forms relationships, are held up so they can be elevated toward a more harmonious future. Watch / share the video here ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPr_D-b5v2Q ). The track is taken from her forthcoming album, “fossora”, set for release September 30th via One Little Independent Records. “Ovule for me is my definition of love, it is a meditation about us as lovers walking around this world and I imagine 2 spheres or satellites following us around, one above us that represents ideal love, one below us representing the shadows of love, and we ourselves walk around in the third sphere of real love, where the everyday Monday-morning meet-in-the-kitchen-love lives in” The video is directed by Nick Knight with co-creative direction by Björk with creative consultant and long-time collaborator James Merry. Björk is a multidisciplinary artist who, time and again, innovates across music, art, fashion and technology. From writing, arranging and producing an expansive music catalogue to her collaborations with scientists, app developers, writers, inventors, musicians and instrument makers, Björk continues to inspire and experiment, redefining the boundaries of what it means to be a musician. Special thanks to Alessandro Michele and Gucci for all their help and support in making this video, especially for the collaboration on the stunning dress that Björk wears in the video, and Squarespace for helping in creating special web sites to launch these audio-visual projects. Facebook | Website | Instagram | Spotify | Twitter Pet Shop Boys will release the final set of albums in their definitive ‘Catalogue: 1985-2012’ series of reissues of all their Parlophone studio albums. This fourth batch of releases will see the PSB albums ‘Behaviour’ from 1990, the 1993 album ‘Very’ and the 1996 album ‘Bilingual’ reissued on 31st August 2018. The albums have been remastered and repackaged, and will be accompanied by ‘Further listening’ albums of master quality bonus tracks - including demos, extended mixes and remixes of tracks from the albums and others created in the same period as each record. ‘Behaviour’ was Pet Shop Boys’ fourth studio album, recorded largely in Munich, Germany at co-producer Harold Faltermeyer’s studio. The album was then completed at London’s Sarm West Studios, and was released in October 1990 – hitting number 2 on the UK Album Chart and going on to earn platinum certification. The LP is seen by some as one of Pet Shop Boys’ most contemplative and moving records, and features the singles ‘So hard’, ‘How can you expect to be taken seriously?’ and their classic track ‘Being boring’. This ‘Catalogue’ release of ‘Behaviour’ features Further listening bonus tracks such as an extended mix of ‘Where the streets have no name (I can’t take my eyes off you)’ and an ambient mix of ‘Music for boys’ - both of which are previously unreleased on CD. Behaviour/Further listening 1990-1991: CD 1 1 Being boring 2 This must be the place I waited years to leave 3 To face the truth 4 How can you expect to be taken seriously? 5 Only the wind 6 My October symphony 7 So hard 8 Nervously 9 The end of the world 10 Jealousy CD 2 1 It must be obvious 2 So hard (extended dance mix) 3 Miserablism 4 Being boring (extended mix) 5 Bet she’s not your girlfriend 6 We all feel better in the dark (extended mix) 7 Where the streets have no name (I can’t take my eyes off you) (extended mix) 8 Jealousy (extended version) 9 Generic jingle • 10 DJ culture (extended mix) 11 Was it worth it? (twelve-inch mix) 12 Music for boys (ambient mix) 13 DJ culture (seven-inch mix) • Previously unreleased The 1993 album ‘Very’ was a number one record for Pet Shop Boys in the UK, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland, and has to date sold in excess of five million copies worldwide. It contains 5 singles, including their cover of ‘Go West’ – a number 2 hit for PSB – and lead single ‘Can you forgive her?’. Stylistically, ‘Very’ could be said to serve as an antithesis to ‘Behaviour’, insofar as the production and lyrical themes are generally more upbeat and positive than those of the previous album. Visually, too, PSB reinvented their image to incorporate more vivid colours and brightness, including Very’s now-iconic “Lego” album cover. The album is also the first to be produced almost entirely by Pet Shop Boys themselves - with additional programming and production courtesy of Pete Gleadall and Stephen Hague. This ‘Catalogue’ issue of ‘Very’ includes a Further listening disc of bonus material, such as the previously-unreleased tracks ‘Falling’ (a demo for Kylie Minogue), and a 1992 twelve-inch mix of ‘Go West’. Very/Further listening 1992–1994: CD 1 1 Can you forgive her? 2 I wouldn’t normally do this kind of thing 3 Liberation 4 A different point of view 5 Dreaming of the Queen 6 Yesterday, when I was mad 7 The theatre 8 One and one make five 9 To speak is a sin 10 Young offender 11 One in a million 12 Go West CD 2 1 Go West (1992 twelve-inch mix) 2 Forever in love 3 Confidential (demo for Tina) 4 Hey, headmaster 5 Shameless 6 Too many people 7 I wouldn’t normally do this kind of thing (seven-inch version) 8 Violence (Haçienda version) 9 Falling (demo for Kylie) 10 Decadence 11 If love were all 12 Absolutely fabulous (single version) 13 Euroboy 14 Some speculation 15 Yesterday, when I was mad (single version) 16 Girls and boys (live in Rio) Released in September 1996, ‘Bilingual’ was the sixth studio album to be released by Pet Shop Boys. It was a UK top 5 record upon release and included 5 singles, all of which were UK top 20 singles. As is often the case with PSB records, ‘Bilingual’ comprises many influences, including those of the music of Latin America, due partly to the Spanish and Latin music Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe had been listening to prior to recording the album. The album was recorded by PSB with Danny Tenaglia and Chris Porter, and has since gained platinum certification in Spain, and Gold in the UK. This ‘Catalogue’ release of ‘Bilingual’ includes a Further listening CD of bonus tracks, with previously-unreleased new versions of ‘Discoteca’ and ‘A red letter day’. Bilingual/Further listening: 1995-1997: CD 1 1 Discoteca 2 Single 3 Metamorphosis 4 Electricity 5 Se a vida é (That’s the way life is) 6 It always comes as a surprise 7 A red letter day 8 Up against it 9 The survivors 10 Before 11 To step aside 12 Saturday night forever CD 2 1 Paninaro ’95 2 In the night (1995) 3 The truck-driver and his mate 4 Hit and miss 5 How I learned to hate rock ’n’ roll 6 Betrayed 7 Delusions of grandeur 8 Discoteca (single version) • 9 The calm before the storm 10 Discoteca (new version) 11 The boy who couldn’t keep his clothes on 12 A red letter day (expanded single version) 13 The view from your balcony 14 Disco potential 15 Somewhere (extended mix) • Previously unreleased The ‘Catalogue: 1985-2012’ reissues of ‘Behaviour’, ‘Very’ and Bilingual’ will go on sale 31st August 2018. The three albums will be packaged with an extensive booklet in which Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe discuss each song, illustrated with many archive photographs. The entire project is designed by Farrow. To pre-order the albums, please follow the links below: ‘Behaviour’ – https://lnk.to/PSBBehaviourMP ‘Very’ - https://lnk.to/PSBVeryMP ‘Bilingual’ – https://lnk.to/PSBBilingualMP The ‘Catalogue: 1985-2012’ reissue series began last year with the release of ‘Nightlife’, ‘Release’ and ‘Fundamental’ which all entered the Top 40 album charts, followed by re-issues of ‘Yes’ and ‘Elysium’, and later ‘Please’, ‘Actually’ and ‘Introspective’. The reissues of ‘Please’, ‘Actually’, ‘Introspective’, ‘Behaviour’, ‘Very’ and ‘Bilingual’ were originally released with bonus Further listening albums in 2001 and are being newly remastered with their original track-listings for this project. http://www.petshopboys.co.uk |
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