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“I would say in my group of friends, I am(an optimist by nature). I play that role, but it’s not like it doesn’t have its shadow. In any group of friends there are different archetypes: the healer, the academic, the pessimist. But then, of course, things are not so black and white. Sometimes people who are more the Pollyanna characters, they have a shadow. And I think the same with the pessimists – they have light. The few times when things actually do work out, they are very pleasantly happy. I think we have all the sides inside us, even though one is prominent, in how we execute light or navigate the world.” - Björk
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“There’s a lot of pleasure in the album(fossora), it’s about enjoying that space. That’s why it ended up getting this kind of ‘fungus’ theme. And when I say ‘fungus’, I mean more like a sound. Six bass clarinets and really fat, deep notes. It is designed for the bottom-end. You need to almost be inside all that bass. It fills the whole room. That’s the grounding of being able to stay in your house. I thought, I should tell people that they should listen to this album loudly. It’s very much a ‘sit by the fireplace and have a drink with friends in your living room’ sort of album." - Björk

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“My mother didn’t talk so much about her feelings. I would always want to understand how I got made and why my parents were not still together. And she didn’t want to talk about that, so I decided to tell my daughter a lot of stuff. If you don’t know something, it becomes this taboo that gets a lot more energy than it actually has. So I’ve tried to share—with limits. I want to take the mystery off some of my choices.” - Björk

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“First you create a universe with sound, then you move into it." - Björk

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The song 'Ovule' features trombone played by Bergur Þórisson and timpani by Soraya Nayyar(with both parts arranged by Björk), the track contains elements of jazz and reggaeton.The track also features percussion from Reykjavík trio 'Sideproject' who were instructed to "channel the lurid sounds of the 'Mos Eisley' cantina band which was featured in the film, 'Star Wars.'

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'Fossora' was partially inspired by the 2018 death of Björk's mother, Hildur Rúna Hauksdóttir; the songs 'Sorrowful Soil' and 'Ancestress' are about her, as well as how Björk dealt with her grief. Keeping with the album's themes, it's title is the ungrammatical feminine version of the Latin word for "digger"

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"Music is as important as sleep. Everybody thinks it's just a luxury, an item or something. But I actually think it's necessity. You know, we need it." -Björk


photo: 2001-terry-richardson-02
text: Face 2001-08 interview b y Piers Martin.

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Declare Independence
“I mean, it is a tongue-in-cheek song for me, people don’t get that. I’ve said this before but when I was writing I thought it was hilarious — it’s like if you’re friend is heartbroken by a girl and she’s upsetting him, you can shout at him, declare independence! Don’t let her do that to you! Like those country and western songs with really strong lyrics, but kind of punk, when the words don’t fit to the song. People don’t realize the humour in those clashes, I do! Even songs like ‘Declare Independence’ for me, are about humanity and about how one person should not abuse the next one.” -Björk

photo: bjork-2008 by juergen teller

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Björk - "I like things that grow naturally, there are so many long-term decisions in my job. I try to make as few as possible so I can feel more spontaneous. The web will definitely support me there. I can, in theory, write and record a song and put it on the net the same day. Which is very liberating. think the most magical thing about the net is that it allows people with jobs like mine to do whatever they want, so to predict what will happen might spoil the surprise. Each music maker should be able to treat the web in a different way. Most music makers just want to play songs to the people who would like to hear them, It is that simple. That is the core of people like me, the drive behind everything I do, so a path that makes that simpler and easier - to play a song for a listener and bypass the whole industry, the politics, the 'machine' is very tempting. I confess though that it is possibly utopian, possibly too good to be true..."

text: Guardian 2001-12-13 by Sean Dodson
photo: Rankin - dazed confused 2011-1

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"When I left Iceland I was going to go to London for a short visit and I
ended up liking it so much that I stayed for four years, which is quite
a long while. But I now know I function in Iceland perfectly. It's got
nature mountains and winds, and I can at any moment have a walk and sing
at the top of my voice without anybody finding me weird," she explains.
"But it's still a really modern place. It's a nice combination of nature
and techno. I do miss London a bit sometimes though. It's got excellent
record shops and good DJing and I made really really good friends there,
but I do keep in touch." I wonder does the fame that intruded on her
life in London rear its head in the same way now that she is back living
over a blacksmith's shop overlooking Reykjavík harbour? "Fame has never
been a problem in Iceland. Iceland people are brilliant. They are
sailors. They are like, 'So what?' They don't find it interesting at
all. They try to talk down to me all the time, just to keep me in my
place." - Björk

text: interview-1999-05-26 by Rob Wood
photo: benni-valsson-1998-2-03

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