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Gling-Gló [音乐] 豆瓣
发布日期 1990年10月1日
出版发行:
Msi Music/Super D
Björk这女人从骨子里透着天然妖气势不可挡。
今天介绍她早期时候,和乐队一起制作的专辑《Gling Glo》。Björk的曲风还算挺多变的,每张专辑都有不同的侧重点。这张专辑有点年数了,1990年9月的,是张传统冰岛爵士唱片。喜欢爵士的朋友,不妨载来听听,别有风味。
1990年,Bjork 和一个叫Trio Gudmundar Ingolfssonar的当地一支爵士三重奏乐队,录制了一些爵士乐歌曲,全张专辑的曲子都上用她的母语——冰岛语演唱。这张专辑的名字是《Gling-Glo》,但当时只有在冰岛发行。Bjork担任VOCAL,Gudmundar负责钢琴伴奏。乐队的另两位成员分别完成爵士鼓和BASS的部分。如果你是BJORK的忠实乐迷,在收集了她所有的英文唱片之后,又怎能错过这张欢快而绝妙的冰岛语爵士唱片呢?
Bjork一直被当作另类女王,电子舞曲的弄潮儿。谁想到她更是一流的JAZZ VOCAL!冰岛语表演的爵士,卷舌音清脆浓郁。让人几乎在欣赏音乐的同时,也爱上了这种语言本身的发音。有着俄语一般的华贵,是狂欢节的呓语。
Gling-Glo在冰岛语里是一个相当于英语TIC-TOC的象声词,即中文里"叮当"的钟声,那更接近于教堂的钟声。Gling-Glo作为唱片的第一首曲目,表达了一个简单而幸福的场景。"月亮在云朵上微笑,钟鸣叮当,男孩在路上,女孩等着他,男孩幸福地笑着,因为女孩回答说我愿意。"清脆、嘹亮,简单、快乐。不过这种简单的幸福,如今匆忙的人世中,几近一种昂贵的药片。唱片中几乎所有的作品,都表达了简单的场景和意义,小孩子、小日子、小快乐……但这些难道不是一种大幸福吗?
作为专辑的点题作“Gling Glo”,丁冬的琴音,乖巧的女声,恍惚置身一个简单而幸福的场景,这份简单,在如今烦嚣的尘世中,真个是一份奢侈。紧接而下的“Luktar-Gvendur”,更感暖意浓浓,此时方才充实。听过此碟,相信会发现Bjork在里面卷舌音的运用、咬字的处理很有自己独到的一套,极易感染听者,如“Kata Rokkar”、“Brestir og Brak”等。在“Eg Veit Ei Hvad Skal Segja”、“Rornin Vid Tjornina”中,小孩般的嬉闹,竟如在听儿歌。“Ruby Baby”那略带点儿轻爵士的味道,又如同烟雾缭绕般的迷惑。
Björk唱得像个顽皮的小男孩。这个精灵愿意飞到人群中,扒开他们僵直的脸部肌肉吗?闲看都市大厦间穿行的红男绿女,总奇怪他们为什么都一个表情?--僵冷的、扮酷的,漠然的,骨子里却是极度不安的。都市人缺乏随意闲适的心情,这个时候请参照Björk,多点孩子气,或许更好看一些。
《Gling Glo》可以放在酒吧里听,懒懒的,但味道浓郁,这就是爵士下的迷幻药。它是一张在你最最伤心难过的时候,也可以让你的心情明亮起来的作品,这是音乐的曼妙力量。如果你觉得Bjork冷,那么GLING-GLO决不会。它饱和的音乐色彩,像节日的礼物,当幸福的钟声响起,孩子迫不及待地打开它……
相当令人惊讶的专辑,你一定会喜欢。
今天介绍她早期时候,和乐队一起制作的专辑《Gling Glo》。Björk的曲风还算挺多变的,每张专辑都有不同的侧重点。这张专辑有点年数了,1990年9月的,是张传统冰岛爵士唱片。喜欢爵士的朋友,不妨载来听听,别有风味。
1990年,Bjork 和一个叫Trio Gudmundar Ingolfssonar的当地一支爵士三重奏乐队,录制了一些爵士乐歌曲,全张专辑的曲子都上用她的母语——冰岛语演唱。这张专辑的名字是《Gling-Glo》,但当时只有在冰岛发行。Bjork担任VOCAL,Gudmundar负责钢琴伴奏。乐队的另两位成员分别完成爵士鼓和BASS的部分。如果你是BJORK的忠实乐迷,在收集了她所有的英文唱片之后,又怎能错过这张欢快而绝妙的冰岛语爵士唱片呢?
Bjork一直被当作另类女王,电子舞曲的弄潮儿。谁想到她更是一流的JAZZ VOCAL!冰岛语表演的爵士,卷舌音清脆浓郁。让人几乎在欣赏音乐的同时,也爱上了这种语言本身的发音。有着俄语一般的华贵,是狂欢节的呓语。
Gling-Glo在冰岛语里是一个相当于英语TIC-TOC的象声词,即中文里"叮当"的钟声,那更接近于教堂的钟声。Gling-Glo作为唱片的第一首曲目,表达了一个简单而幸福的场景。"月亮在云朵上微笑,钟鸣叮当,男孩在路上,女孩等着他,男孩幸福地笑着,因为女孩回答说我愿意。"清脆、嘹亮,简单、快乐。不过这种简单的幸福,如今匆忙的人世中,几近一种昂贵的药片。唱片中几乎所有的作品,都表达了简单的场景和意义,小孩子、小日子、小快乐……但这些难道不是一种大幸福吗?
作为专辑的点题作“Gling Glo”,丁冬的琴音,乖巧的女声,恍惚置身一个简单而幸福的场景,这份简单,在如今烦嚣的尘世中,真个是一份奢侈。紧接而下的“Luktar-Gvendur”,更感暖意浓浓,此时方才充实。听过此碟,相信会发现Bjork在里面卷舌音的运用、咬字的处理很有自己独到的一套,极易感染听者,如“Kata Rokkar”、“Brestir og Brak”等。在“Eg Veit Ei Hvad Skal Segja”、“Rornin Vid Tjornina”中,小孩般的嬉闹,竟如在听儿歌。“Ruby Baby”那略带点儿轻爵士的味道,又如同烟雾缭绕般的迷惑。
Björk唱得像个顽皮的小男孩。这个精灵愿意飞到人群中,扒开他们僵直的脸部肌肉吗?闲看都市大厦间穿行的红男绿女,总奇怪他们为什么都一个表情?--僵冷的、扮酷的,漠然的,骨子里却是极度不安的。都市人缺乏随意闲适的心情,这个时候请参照Björk,多点孩子气,或许更好看一些。
《Gling Glo》可以放在酒吧里听,懒懒的,但味道浓郁,这就是爵士下的迷幻药。它是一张在你最最伤心难过的时候,也可以让你的心情明亮起来的作品,这是音乐的曼妙力量。如果你觉得Bjork冷,那么GLING-GLO决不会。它饱和的音乐色彩,像节日的礼物,当幸福的钟声响起,孩子迫不及待地打开它……
相当令人惊讶的专辑,你一定会喜欢。
乌托邦 [音乐] 豆瓣
发布日期 2017年11月24日
出版发行:
One Little Indian US
Utopia (stylized as utopia) is the upcoming ninth studio album by Icelandic musician Björk, scheduled for release on 24 November 2017 through One Little Indian Records. During a Facebook Live event held on 15 September 2017 to promote the album's first single, Björk gave insight into the album's theme of utopia in an uncertain political environment: "We have Trump, we have Brexit, we have our issues in Iceland, we have our environmental issues. I think if there ever was an urgency or necessity to come up with another Utopian model, how we're going to live our lives, I think it's now, and (these are) my proposals."
Vespertine [音乐] 豆瓣
发布日期 2001年8月25日
出版发行:
One Little Indian
Vespertine, released in August 2001, is an album by the Icelandic singer/songwriter/musician Björk. It sees Björk creating an introverted, quiet world of swirling microbeats and personal lyrics. On the cover she can be seen wearing the swan dress (designed by Marjan Pejoski) that caused a stir at the 2001 Academy Awards.
The album was originally released both on CD and on DVD-Audio in 2-channel (48khz/24bit) and 5.1-channel (96khz/24bit) advanced resolution. It peaked at number eight in the UK Albums Chart and at number 19 in the U.S. Billboard 200. It was also nominated for Best Alternative Album at the 2002 Grammy Awards. Recently music webzine Drowned In Sound named Vespertine the number-one album of the last six years not to garner press attention.[1] Stylus Magazine placed it 36th on their 'Top 50 Albums: 2000-2005 Vespertine was also selected as one of the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
The album was re-released in 2006 as a DualDisc including a lower-quality DTS 96/24 version of the original advanced resolution 5.1 mix. The DualDisc also formed part of the box set.
On August 22, 2008 Björk wrote an open letter on her official website expressing her anger at the fact that Valgeir Sigurðsson has over the years been credited with writing the instrumentals for the album. She explained that he had been only an engineer and programmer (and that she herself had produced every track on the album), and argued that part of the reason was to do with sexism in the music industry.
The album was originally released both on CD and on DVD-Audio in 2-channel (48khz/24bit) and 5.1-channel (96khz/24bit) advanced resolution. It peaked at number eight in the UK Albums Chart and at number 19 in the U.S. Billboard 200. It was also nominated for Best Alternative Album at the 2002 Grammy Awards. Recently music webzine Drowned In Sound named Vespertine the number-one album of the last six years not to garner press attention.[1] Stylus Magazine placed it 36th on their 'Top 50 Albums: 2000-2005 Vespertine was also selected as one of the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
The album was re-released in 2006 as a DualDisc including a lower-quality DTS 96/24 version of the original advanced resolution 5.1 mix. The DualDisc also formed part of the box set.
On August 22, 2008 Björk wrote an open letter on her official website expressing her anger at the fact that Valgeir Sigurðsson has over the years been credited with writing the instrumentals for the album. She explained that he had been only an engineer and programmer (and that she herself had produced every track on the album), and argued that part of the reason was to do with sexism in the music industry.
塞尔玛之歌 (黑暗中的舞者原声带) [音乐] 豆瓣
发布日期 2000年9月19日
出版发行:
Universal
Renowned director Lars Von Trier's stroke of genius in making his 2000 film DANCER IN THE DARK was to cast Iceland-born avant-pop siren Bjork in the central role and then enlist her aid in composing and performing a series of musical numbers for the movie. In the film, Bjork's character Selma lives an unrelentingly hard life as a single mother and factory worker who is quickly going blind. The film's songs come from Selma's inner world, where she (and the audience) find respite from all the harshness of reality.
Bjork's compositions, with orchestral arrangements from Vince Mendoza, hang together on their own quite nicely. Catherine Deneuve (Bjork's co-star) and Radiohead's Thom Yorke make effective vocal cameos, but Bjork's voice and music are the central focus. As we hear the industrial sounds of the factory turn into the rhythm of a song, or follow Bjork's oddly intuitive melodic leaps through a dreamlike haze of strings, it becomes clear that her idiosyncratic writing style adapts quite well to the cinematic milieu. As usual, her uniquely entrancing singing style stands out above almost all else.
Bjork's compositions, with orchestral arrangements from Vince Mendoza, hang together on their own quite nicely. Catherine Deneuve (Bjork's co-star) and Radiohead's Thom Yorke make effective vocal cameos, but Bjork's voice and music are the central focus. As we hear the industrial sounds of the factory turn into the rhythm of a song, or follow Bjork's oddly intuitive melodic leaps through a dreamlike haze of strings, it becomes clear that her idiosyncratic writing style adapts quite well to the cinematic milieu. As usual, her uniquely entrancing singing style stands out above almost all else.
雌雄同体 [音乐] 豆瓣
发布日期 1997年9月22日
出版发行:
Elektra / Wea
Homogenic is the third studio album by Icelandic musician Björk, released in September 1997. Produced by Björk, Mark Bell, Guy Sigsworth, Howie B and Markus Dravs, it was released on One Little Indian Records. The music of Homogenic was a new style for Björk, focusing on similar sounding music combining electronic beats and string instruments with songs in tribute to her native country Iceland. Homogenic was originally to be produced in her home in London, United Kingdom, but was later recorded in Spain to avoid interruption from the press after the suicide of Björk's stalker Ricardo Lopez.
Homogenic marked the first of several production collaborations between Mark Bell and Björk, who Björk would cite as a major influence on her musical career. The album peaked at number twenty-eight on the Billboard 200, and at number four on the UK Albums Chart. Five singles were released from Homogenic: "Jóga", "Bachelorette", "Hunter", "Alarm Call" and "All Is Full of Love". Homogenic was highly acclaimed on its initial release and continues to be praised by critics, with Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine stating that "if not the greatest electronic album of all time, it's certainly the greatest of its decade".
Homogenic marked the first of several production collaborations between Mark Bell and Björk, who Björk would cite as a major influence on her musical career. The album peaked at number twenty-eight on the Billboard 200, and at number four on the UK Albums Chart. Five singles were released from Homogenic: "Jóga", "Bachelorette", "Hunter", "Alarm Call" and "All Is Full of Love". Homogenic was highly acclaimed on its initial release and continues to be praised by critics, with Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine stating that "if not the greatest electronic album of all time, it's certainly the greatest of its decade".
精髓 [音乐] 豆瓣
发布日期 2004年8月31日
出版发行:
Elektra / Wea
Bjork is one of the most recognized stars in the world. She has sold millions of copies of her groundbreaking albums, she is an icon of cutting edge style, and she has received worldwide acclaim as an actress. Medulla, Bjork's first new studio album in three years, finds her delving deeper than ever before into her haunting and exhilarating sound and vision. Innovative as always, Bjork has this time built the songs on Medulla entirely from vocal tracks, with no instruments appearing on the album, creating a soundscape unlike anything you've ever heard before. Special guests include Rahzel from The Roots, Mike Patton of Faith No More and Mr. Bungle, an Inuit throat singer, an Icelandic choir, the world's greatest human beatboxes and more.
必愈疗程 [音乐] 豆瓣
发布日期 2015年1月20日
出版发行:
One Little Indian
Björk has released her new album Vulnicura almost two months ahead of schedule a fter it was leaked online.
Tracks from the album were posted online just days after the Icelandic singer announced the title and tracklist. It is being rolled out on iTunes around the world over the next 24 hours, though the vinyl and CD are being kept back for the original March release date.
Serving as the follow-up to 2011’s multimedia project Biophilia, the nine-track effort features production from Arca and The Haxan Cloak. Additionally, Antony Hegarty of Antony and the Johnsons sings on the track called “Atom Dance”.
Meanwhile, Bjork has written an open letter about the album and its creation, and you can read it below.
"dear websitefolks , fans , tweeters and my music supporters on all the sorts of www :
vulnicura will be rolling out worldwide over the next 24 hours !!
i am so grateful you are still interested in my work !!
i appreciate every little bit !!!
i wanted to tell you the tale of making of this album
i guess i found in my lap one year into writing it a complete heartbreak album . kinda surprised how thoroughly i had documented this in pretty much accurate emotional chronology …. like 3 songs before a break up and three after . so the anthropologist in me sneaked in and i decided to share them as such . first i was worried it would be too self indulgent but then i felt it might make it even more universal . and hopefully the songs could be a help , a crutch to others and prove how biological this process is : the wound and the healing of the wound . psychologically and physically . it has a stubborn clock attached to it .
there is a way out
and then a magic thing happened to me : as i lost one thing something else entered . alejandro contacted me late summer 2013 and was interested in working with me . it was perfect timing . to make beats to the songs would have taken me 3 years ( like on vespertine ) but this enchanted arca would visit me repeatedly and only few months later we had a whole album !!! it is one of the most enjoyable collaboration i have had !
i then went ahead and wrote string and choir arrangements and recorded them in iceland
towards the end of the album i started looking around for a mixing engineer and was introduced by a mutual friend of ours , robin carolan to the haxan cloak . he mixed the album and also made a beat for one half of “family” . together with chris elms the engineer we kinda formed a band during the mixing process and this is the album we made !!!
i do hope you enjoy it
i would like to thank this overqualified little team ( where roles often blurred )
. i also would like to thank robin , his generous approvals gave me more courage to complete this as is .
and my group of songswapping / dj friends : the right tune can truly cure : ta for those sonic ointments
but most of all i would like to thank my team : james merry , derek birkett and emma birkett . rosemary and elisa . this album could not have been done without you"
(via Björk’s Facebook)
Tracks from the album were posted online just days after the Icelandic singer announced the title and tracklist. It is being rolled out on iTunes around the world over the next 24 hours, though the vinyl and CD are being kept back for the original March release date.
Serving as the follow-up to 2011’s multimedia project Biophilia, the nine-track effort features production from Arca and The Haxan Cloak. Additionally, Antony Hegarty of Antony and the Johnsons sings on the track called “Atom Dance”.
Meanwhile, Bjork has written an open letter about the album and its creation, and you can read it below.
"dear websitefolks , fans , tweeters and my music supporters on all the sorts of www :
vulnicura will be rolling out worldwide over the next 24 hours !!
i am so grateful you are still interested in my work !!
i appreciate every little bit !!!
i wanted to tell you the tale of making of this album
i guess i found in my lap one year into writing it a complete heartbreak album . kinda surprised how thoroughly i had documented this in pretty much accurate emotional chronology …. like 3 songs before a break up and three after . so the anthropologist in me sneaked in and i decided to share them as such . first i was worried it would be too self indulgent but then i felt it might make it even more universal . and hopefully the songs could be a help , a crutch to others and prove how biological this process is : the wound and the healing of the wound . psychologically and physically . it has a stubborn clock attached to it .
there is a way out
and then a magic thing happened to me : as i lost one thing something else entered . alejandro contacted me late summer 2013 and was interested in working with me . it was perfect timing . to make beats to the songs would have taken me 3 years ( like on vespertine ) but this enchanted arca would visit me repeatedly and only few months later we had a whole album !!! it is one of the most enjoyable collaboration i have had !
i then went ahead and wrote string and choir arrangements and recorded them in iceland
towards the end of the album i started looking around for a mixing engineer and was introduced by a mutual friend of ours , robin carolan to the haxan cloak . he mixed the album and also made a beat for one half of “family” . together with chris elms the engineer we kinda formed a band during the mixing process and this is the album we made !!!
i do hope you enjoy it
i would like to thank this overqualified little team ( where roles often blurred )
. i also would like to thank robin , his generous approvals gave me more courage to complete this as is .
and my group of songswapping / dj friends : the right tune can truly cure : ta for those sonic ointments
but most of all i would like to thank my team : james merry , derek birkett and emma birkett . rosemary and elisa . this album could not have been done without you"
(via Björk’s Facebook)
Post [音乐] 豆瓣
发布日期 1995年6月13日
出版发行:
Elektra / Wea
Post是冰岛歌姬Bjork在1995年发行的专辑.
这张专辑比上一张(处女作Debut)更为隐晦,更为成熟.这张犹如史诗般的专辑把人们的耳朵从泛滥的舞曲和工业化的流行乐中苏醒.可以说来得正是时候.
第二张专辑能够远远超越第一张作品的艺人并不多.但Bjork显然是一个例外.更强的节奏感,更具创意的制作,对世界更宽广的洞察力,Bjork的这张专辑在时隔10年的今天,听起来同样如同10年前那样令人耳目一新.通过这张经典的专辑,Bjork不仅仅改变了90年代的唱片界,同样改变了我对音乐的理解和感知.是本人强烈推荐的一张专辑.
This Icelandic marvel is such an original that, even after four Sugarcubes albums and a brilliant solo Debut, she remains an acquired taste. "Army of Me" is a turbulent, darkling tune that's almost conventional next to the gloriously eclectic material that follows. Working with Tricky, Soul II Soul/U2 producer Nellee Hooper, and string arranger/one-hit wonder Deodato, Björk looses her helium-fueled voice and surreal wordplay on Gershwinesque pop (the adorable "It's Oh So Quiet"), ambient dub ("Possibly Maybe") and all kinds of fresh dance/pop hybrids ("Enjoy," "Hyper-Ballad," "I Miss You"). Too raw and adventurous for mass success, perhaps, but a more unique, engaging, oddly accessible artist just doesn't exist. --Jeff Bateman
这张专辑比上一张(处女作Debut)更为隐晦,更为成熟.这张犹如史诗般的专辑把人们的耳朵从泛滥的舞曲和工业化的流行乐中苏醒.可以说来得正是时候.
第二张专辑能够远远超越第一张作品的艺人并不多.但Bjork显然是一个例外.更强的节奏感,更具创意的制作,对世界更宽广的洞察力,Bjork的这张专辑在时隔10年的今天,听起来同样如同10年前那样令人耳目一新.通过这张经典的专辑,Bjork不仅仅改变了90年代的唱片界,同样改变了我对音乐的理解和感知.是本人强烈推荐的一张专辑.
This Icelandic marvel is such an original that, even after four Sugarcubes albums and a brilliant solo Debut, she remains an acquired taste. "Army of Me" is a turbulent, darkling tune that's almost conventional next to the gloriously eclectic material that follows. Working with Tricky, Soul II Soul/U2 producer Nellee Hooper, and string arranger/one-hit wonder Deodato, Björk looses her helium-fueled voice and surreal wordplay on Gershwinesque pop (the adorable "It's Oh So Quiet"), ambient dub ("Possibly Maybe") and all kinds of fresh dance/pop hybrids ("Enjoy," "Hyper-Ballad," "I Miss You"). Too raw and adventurous for mass success, perhaps, but a more unique, engaging, oddly accessible artist just doesn't exist. --Jeff Bateman
比约克 精选 [音乐] 豆瓣
发布日期 2002年11月5日
出版发行:
Elektra / Wea
All of Bjork's biggest hits and best-known songs, the songs that are sure to be familiar even to people who think they don't know Bjork's music, plus one track recorded for this release, 'It's In Our Hands'. Compiled by fans in a unique website vote. Gatefold sleeve. Elektra. 2002.