Friday, July 29, 2011
Look Inside Björk's "Biophilia" Ultimate Edition
![Björk: "Biophilia" Ultimate [display] sq](http://www.nonesuch.com/files/imagecache/section-artists-image/media/images/bjork-biophilia-ultimate-4-gray-450.jpg "Björk: \"Biophilia\" Ultimate [display] sq")
Björk continues to unveil elements of her Biophilia project, with a look inside the Ultimate Edition of the forthcoming album from One Little Indian / Nonesuch Records, due out September 27. It follows Tuesday's premiere of the music video for the album track "Crystalline" from groundbreaking director and longtime Björk collaborator Michel Gondry, which the Los Angeles Times calls "gorgeous"; SPIN says that for all the pair's unforgettable collaborations, this "may be their most visually striking one yet."Speaking of visually striking imagery from Björk, new photos are now available of the Biophilia Ultimate Edition, taken by photographer Will Thom, showcasing a prototype of the custom-made piece. As the pictures at left and below show, the Ultimate Edition, presented in a lacquered and silkscreened oak hinged-lid case, consists of the Biophilia Manual—the album on CD, plus a second disc of live performances from Manchester, 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—along with 10 chrome-plated tuning forks, silkscreened on one face in 10 different colors, stamped at the back, and presented in a flocked tray. Each fork is adjusted to the tone of a Biophilia track, covering a complete octave in a non-conventional scale:
Moon: E 329.6 Hz
Thunderbolt: B 246.9 Hz
Crystalline: G 392 Hz
Cosmogony: Gb 370 Hz
Dark Matter: Silent fork
Hollow: C 261.6 Hz
Virus: Db 277.2 Hz
Sacrifice: A 440 Hz
Mutual Core: Eb 311.1 Hz
Solstice: A 220 Hz
The Manual, which includes essays by Nikki Dibben, design and drawings by M/M (Paris), and photography by Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin and M/M (Paris), is removed from the case by means of a ribbon pull. Each case comes with an individual numbered certificate detailing the use of tuning forks. Print production coordination comes from Daniel Mason, with manufacturing by Something Else. The Biophilia Ultimate Edition will be made to order and fabricated only once. Orders must be collected before August 12.
The Biophilia Ultimate Edition is available in the US from the Nonesuch Store. To order in Canada, click here. To order outside North America, visit the shop at bjork.com.
Take a look at the Biophilia Ultimate Edition here:
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Lovely to look at, lovely to hold but if you break it...you better work for Björk to pay that shizz off!
That's a fair price, but a lot more than I've got all at once. How can a person make payments on this even if the item is withheld until its paid off?
Is it possible to pay for this in two installments with bank checks?
Thanks for your interest, Chris and Eric, but unfortunately only credit card and PayPal payments are accepted. Hope that helps!
This object makes me mad because I'm probably going to buy it and I really can't afford to.
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