Track Listing
Click tracks with speaker icon to listen| 1.01 | Moon | 5:44 |
| 1.02 | Thunderbolt | 5:17 |
| 1.03 | Crystalline | 5:10 |
| 1.04 | Cosmogony | 4:59 |
| 1.05 | Dark Matter | 3:26 |
| 1.06 | Hollow | 5:52 |
| 1.07 | Virus | 5:25 |
| 1.08 | Sacrifice | 4:42 |
| 1.09 | Mutual Core | 5:14 |
| 1.10 | Solstice | 4:30 |
| 2.01 | Thunderbolt (Live in Manchester) | 5:27 |
| 2.02 | Moon (Live in Manchester) | 6:21 |
| 2.03 | Crystalline (Live in Manchester) | 5:25 |
| 2.04 | Hollow (Live in Manchester) | 6:06 |
| 2.05 | Dark Matter (Live in Manchester) | 3:21 |
| 2.06 | Hidden Place | 5:50 |
| 2.07 | Mouth's Cradle (Live in Manchester) | 4:30 |
| 2.08 | Virus (Live in Manchester) | 5:46 |
| 2.09 | Sonnets/Unrealities XI (Live in Manchester) | 2:28 |
| 2.10 | Where Is the Line (Live in Manchester) | 4:58 |
| 2.11 | Mutual Core (Live in Manchester) | 5:18 |
| 2.12 | Cosmogony (Live in Manchester) | 5:24 |
| 2.13 | Solstice (Live in Manchester) | 4:40 |
| 2.14 | One Day (Live in Manchester) | 5:27 |
| 2.15 | Náttúra (Live in Manchester) | 2:50 |
News & Reviews
- Friday, May 4, 2012
Björk Earns Artist of the Year Webby Award, Shares Her Inspirations with The Guardian
Björk has been named Artist of the Year by the Webby Awards, which honor excellence on the Internet. Her latest album, Biophilia, was also released as a suite of Apps, with a dedicated App for each song on the album. Björk is also featured in today's Guardian, in which she shares an eclectic list of things that have inspired her of late, which covers art, music, literature, climate conditions, geography, outdoor activities, even coconut water.
- Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Watch: Björk's "Hollow" Video Premieres on NPR's "All Songs Considered"
Björk closed out her month-long, ten-show Biophilia NYC residency last night at Roseland Ballroom. The residency also included shows at the New York Hall of Science, which collaborated with Björk on a Biophilia education series on the scientific concepts at the core of the album. One such concept is DNA, in the song "Hollow," the video for which has premiered on NPR's All Songs Considered. "It takes an artist like Björk to turn the complex process of DNA replication and transcription into something as simple and beautiful as a pop song," says NPR. "For the video of her song 'Hollow,' Björk has collaborated with biomedical animator Drew Berry to create a partly-scientific representation of the haunting song." Watch it here.
About this Album
Biophilia is an interdisciplinary exploration of the universe and its physical forces—particularly those where music, nature, and technology meet—inspired by these relationships between musical structures and natural phenomena, from the atomic to the cosmic. The Independent on Sunday calls it "brilliantly original and ambitious."
The Biophilia Manual presents the music of Biophilia in a 48-page, full-color, hardbound, cloth-covered, and thread-sewn book, tipped on lenticular panel to the front cover, with foil-blocked spine and back cover; the music, on CD—including a second disc of live performances from Manchester—is housed in black uncoated board wallets. The Manual is being made to order and fabricated only once.
Credits
MUSICIANS
björk,vocals, lyrics, music, programming, arrangements for choir, harp, gameleste, brass, vocals, hang, sharpsichord and organ, drum programming, teslacoil bassline beat and programming, bassline, beat programming, concepts for all custom instruments (except sharpsichord) and concept for interactive studio musical systemdamian taylor, music, programming, drum programming and concept, design and programming for interactive studio musical system
matt robertson, choir transcription, harp score preparation, brass transcription
árni heimir ingólfsson, choir transcription
pablo diaz-reixa, drum programming, beat and bass programming
leila arab, teslacoil bassline beat and programming, beat programming, programming, beat and bass programming, sonic sculpting and nature sounds, sub drone and sonic sculpting
16bit, beat programming, bassline, beats, programming, current value, beat programming
sjón, oddný eir ævarsdóttir, lyrics
mark bell, music, programming
matthew herbert, beats, programming, beat programming
manu delago, hang arrangement
david mcduff, english translation
arnheiður eiriksdóttir, auður albertsdóttir, ásdís björg gestsdóttir, ásdís eva ólafsdóttir, ásta ægisdóttir, bergljót rafnar karlsdóttir, drífa örvarsdóttir, elín edda sigurðardóttir, erla maría markúsdóttir, erla rún guðmundsdóttir, ester auðunsdóttir, eygló höskuldsdóttir viborg, fífa jónsdóttir, gígja gylfadóttir, gígja haraldsdóttir, guðrún m sigurbergsdóttir, jóna g kolbrúnardóttir, kristín anna guðmundsdóttir, kristín einarsdóttir mäntylä, kristín sveinsdóttir, sigrún ósk jóhannesdóttir, sigurborg skúladóttir kaldal, unnur sigurðardóttir, vigdis sigurðardóttir, choir
jón stefánsson, conductor
zeena parkins, shelley burgon, sara cutler, carol emanuel, harps
zeena parkins, harp contractor
valdís þorkelsdóttir, ragnhildur gunnarsdóttir, trumpets
bergrún snæbjörnsdóttir, erla axelsdóttir, særun ósk pálmadóttir, lilja valdimarsdóttir, french horns
harpa jóhannsdóttir, sigrún jónsdóttir, li ming yeung, jessica buzbee, trombones
brynja guðmundsdóttir, tuba
andy cavatorta, pendulum harp construction
björgvin tómasson, midi controlled pipe organ construction
björgvin tómasson, matt nolan, midi controlled gamelan-celeste hybrid construction
henry dagg, sharpsichord concept and construction
PRODUCTION CREDITS
björk, 16bit, producer
björk, damian taylor, sveinn kjartansson, brian hernandez, curver, 16bit, david bracey, addi 800, andy Baldwin, mario dejesus, cameron craig, engineer
björk, damian taylor, curver, addi 800, mandy parnell, mix engineer
mandy parnell, mastering
disc ii
recorded live at manchester international festival, july 2011
electronics, midi instruments and choir arrangements by matt robertson
hang and percussion by manu delago
choir conducted by jón stefánsson. choir assisted by andri steinn snæbornsson
mixed by björk, sveinn kjartansson and david bracey
recorded by david bracey
essays by nikki dibben
design by m/m (paris)
photography by inez van lamsweerde & vinoodh matadin
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print production consultant: daniel mason
manufactured: something else
FORMAT AVAILABILITY
This is available from Nonesuch in the United States and Canada only.
![Biophilia [LP]](http://www.nonesuch.com/files/imagecache/section-artists-albumsforsale/albums/coverart/bjork-biophilia-cover-338-300_0.jpg "Biophilia [LP]")
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