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What started as a mutual admiration uncovered by Dirty Projectors' cover of "Hyperballad" for Enjoyed crystallized into an unforgettable evening of Bitte Björka at Housing Works Bookstore in SoHo on Friday. Our very own Brandon Stosuy worked tirelessly to conceive and bring it to reality (Brandon is a HW board member and this event was a benefit for the charity). There was a balcony for those designated VIP; there were tables and chairs for the most charitably generous with their ticket money; and there was every other space in the store, filled with some 250 others -- from M.I.A. to St. Vincent to David Byrne to Vampire Weekend to Battles to Four Tet to Kría Brekkan to the National to, uh, Haley Joel Osment -- milling about and cramming the stage. Dirty Projectors' four-song set from Bitte Orca was tailored to the evening, and to maximizing the evening's setup: all the voices, none of the drums, Dave on guitar and Nat Baldwin on upright bass. This meant acoustic versions of songs that were generally electric -- "Temecula Sunrise," "Cannibal Resource," "No Intention," "Remade Horizon" -- and no "Two Doves," because as beautiful and acoustic as it is, it is only one voice, and Longstreth was trying to acclimate and prepare four of them. As warmup material, songs from Bitte Orca are embarrassingly rich drill bits. But Friday night they were in fact warmup material, for Dirty Projectors, and for the crowd. After those songs, Dave introduced the piece he composed for this evening, and its star:Continue reading Björk & Dirty Projectors @ Housing Works Bookstore, NYC 5/8/09...
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Björk: Listen to Björk, Fever Ray and The Knife remix each other
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The mixes come from a new 12-inch, coming out in NovemberBjörk, Fever Ray and The Knife have all remixed each other on a new 12″. The new vinyl will come out via One Little Indian Records on November 1. Read more: 20 Geeky Facts You Might Not Know About Björk For the new release, Björk has remixed Fever Ray’s 2017 track &...
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Three titans of experimental electronic music have remixed each other. Björk, Fever Ray, and the Knife have all shared interpretations of the other's songs. Björk remixed "This Country," off of Fever Ray's 2017 album Plunge; Karin Dreijer returned the favor by remixing "Features Creatures" off of the Icelandic icon's Utopia, also from 2017;&...
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Björk: announces new 'Utopia' box set complete with 14 handmade birdcall flutes
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This is peak BjörkBjörk has announced a new box set of ‘Utopia’, which will come with a set of 14 handmade birdcall flutes. Read more: Giant orchids, dancing flautists and singing stamen: Björk’s All Points East set reviewed The album was originally released in 2017 and formed the basis for the musician’s current ‘Cornucopia’ sta...
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Björk has been taking Utopia on tour again with Cornucopia, a new theatrical stage show based on her 2017 album. And now she's reissuing the album itself with a new deluxe box set featuring 14 handmade birdcall flutes individually selected by Björk. As she explains in a statement:…
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Björk: Watch the beautiful new video for Bjork's 'Utopia' track, 'Losss'
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The ‘Cornucopia’ tour is coming to the UKBjork 'Cornucopia' at The Shed in New York City Bjork has unveiled stunning new visuals to accompany her 2017 track ‘Losss’ – check out the video below. Read More: Giant orchids, dancing flautists and singing stamen: Bjork’s All Points East set reviewed Earlier today, the Ic...
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