Bjork’s Voltaic was released today and here’s a fantastic trailer showcasing the massive boxset! It’s winging its way to me now and I can’t wait! Bjork’s memorising live and her videos are always artistic and very interesting.
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Bjork – “Voltaic” Trailer
Video Vault – Bjork
I don’t think there’s a Bjork music video that isn’t instantly watchable but we can only pick one a week so this time we’ve plumbed for “Declare Independance“. String alongs!
Live Vault – Sigur Ros & Bjork
Two of our favourite artists here at HPM on stage together?! Woopee for us! Sigur Ros is joined by a drum baching Bjork for a rendition of Gobblegigook. Quite a surreal experience but one I recommend absolutely everyone should have! Enjoy!
Bjork’s “Wanderlust” PV Released
While I contemplate buying the 3 disc edition of “Volta”, Bjork releases a fantastic video for “Wanderlust” which will be released in a limited edition single where you can view it with 3D goggles to get the full effect. Well I’ve not 3D goggles but its an amazing masterpiece of artistic excellence and I’ve watched it several times now and am still wowed. See it here
Bjork – How Many Special Editions Do You Need?
Bjork has another special edition of Volta coming out in April! This is a 3 disc edition with remix and live cd and a bonus dvd with all the music videos and a making of documentary. Now normally I’m all for special editions but when Volta was released wasn’t there 2 versions already? I plumped for the special editions then with its IMPOSSIBLE layout of card that meant I had to copy the disc and then file my bought copy away for fear of breaking it. A tad like the family tree box set which you could never get back in the box again! As a result I now want this 3 disc set! My poor wallet. Please Bjork, only one special edition at a time! Volta Revisited comes out in Japan on 16/04/08 and I assume it’ll be out everywhere else the week prior or after.
Will Drawing Restraint 9 Ever Get A DVD Release?
Made by her partner Matthew Barney, Drawing Restraint 9 follows artistic religious rituals of the Shinto, a Japanese religion which used to be Japan’s state religion up until World War II. Now it’s not so common and this weird and wonderful film was born from Matthews interest in religion. Sadly he’s gone on record to say it will never get a DVD release as he doesn’t believe in reproducing art. While that’s all well and good, why not just release it as a non-profit production or something similar? So many people are wanting to see it (it’s only been available in a few art theatres in the USA) that I’m sure it’d be worth while.
Having said that, it is very niche and the soundtrack itself illuminated to that with its 10 minute long “Holographic Entrypoint” which was a Japanese man chanting atonal and the slightly ear piercing sho instrument which doesn’t always sound as listenable as it should. There were some great tracks on the soundtrack which Bjork composed (Storm is furious, Gratitude with Wil Olburn is beautiful and Cetacea is like a lost b-side) but I’m sure it’d be enhanced with the visuals that it was meant to be heard with.
