soundslike1981
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Any Dissensians keeping up with the noise about this record? Anyone heard it?
Sounds potentially quite exciting to me, potentially a lot of fun. She's collaborating with some really interesting folk--Timbaland, Toumani Diabate, Konono No. 1, Antony (of & the Johnsons), the drummer from that post-metal duo Lightning Bolt, Chris Corsano, Min Xiao-Fin, et al. Supposedly a lot of brass instrumentation, very up-tempo/rhythm-centric, as much organic/acoustic instrumentation as electronic/processed elements. Sounds absent the string/choral diffusion elements of the last couple records (which I nevertheless liked, especially 'Medula').
No idea what the Dissensus-consensus is on Ms. Bjork, as I don't come from the same electronic dance music background as I take it most here do. Plenty on ILM are quite unabashedly, I'd say irrationally acerbic in their dislike of her, seeing her as a hanger-on to electronic music. Coming from more of a post-punk/art music background myself, I see her as about as sincere an artist as one is likely to find, for all the peripheral silliness. I don't go in for any sort of personality cult about her, I just really like her records, and think she's tackling some fusions of electronic (dance) music (even if possibly a year or three behind the hip curve) and vocal pop/art music that I'm glad are being covered (a niche that seemed more rare a decade ago perhaps than now, but she's still tops within it). She works with great people, brings them together, and I don't think she'd take more credit than she's due for what results, with her background in post-punk collectivist ethics.
To be released in early May I believe, bits and bobs are being teased virally on youtube/myspace at the moment, mere snippets but they mostly sound interesting.
Closest thing I've found to a review (not sure if it's legit or not):
http://www.sprk.nl/index.php?title=sprk_en_de_bjork_recensie&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
Sounds potentially quite exciting to me, potentially a lot of fun. She's collaborating with some really interesting folk--Timbaland, Toumani Diabate, Konono No. 1, Antony (of & the Johnsons), the drummer from that post-metal duo Lightning Bolt, Chris Corsano, Min Xiao-Fin, et al. Supposedly a lot of brass instrumentation, very up-tempo/rhythm-centric, as much organic/acoustic instrumentation as electronic/processed elements. Sounds absent the string/choral diffusion elements of the last couple records (which I nevertheless liked, especially 'Medula').
No idea what the Dissensus-consensus is on Ms. Bjork, as I don't come from the same electronic dance music background as I take it most here do. Plenty on ILM are quite unabashedly, I'd say irrationally acerbic in their dislike of her, seeing her as a hanger-on to electronic music. Coming from more of a post-punk/art music background myself, I see her as about as sincere an artist as one is likely to find, for all the peripheral silliness. I don't go in for any sort of personality cult about her, I just really like her records, and think she's tackling some fusions of electronic (dance) music (even if possibly a year or three behind the hip curve) and vocal pop/art music that I'm glad are being covered (a niche that seemed more rare a decade ago perhaps than now, but she's still tops within it). She works with great people, brings them together, and I don't think she'd take more credit than she's due for what results, with her background in post-punk collectivist ethics.
To be released in early May I believe, bits and bobs are being teased virally on youtube/myspace at the moment, mere snippets but they mostly sound interesting.
Closest thing I've found to a review (not sure if it's legit or not):
http://www.sprk.nl/index.php?title=sprk_en_de_bjork_recensie&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1