Biophilia
by Björk
- Type: Album
- Released: 10 October 2011
- Label: One Little Indian
- Country: Iceland
- Length: 1:03:41
- Community rating: 3.78/5 from 26 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A multimedia project exploring the links between music, nature, and technology, 'Biophilia' features songs composed on custom-built instruments like a tesla coil and gravity harp. The tracks are educational and abstract, dealing with topics like DNA, tectonic plates, and moon cycles. It is Björk's most ambitious and conceptual work.
Genres
Descriptors: avant-garde, conceptual, nature, uncommon time signatures, experimental
Tracklist
- Moon (05:40)
- Thunderbolt (05:15)
- Crystalline (05:08)
- Cosmogony (05:00)
- Dark Matter (03:22)
- Hollow (05:49)
- Virus (05:19)
- Sacrifice (04:01)
- Mutual Core (05:06)
- Solstice (04:41)
- Hollow - 7 Minute Version (07:07)
- Dark Matter - With Choir & Organ (03:25)
- Náttúra (03:48)
Credits
- Arnheiður Eiríksdóttir - choir
- Auður Albertsdóttir - choir
- Bergljót Rafnar Karlsdóttir - choir
- Drífa Örvarsdóttir - choir
- Elín Edda Sigurðardóttir - choir
- Erla María Markúsdóttir - choir
- Erla Rún Guðmundsdóttir - choir
- Ester Auðunsdóttir - choir
- Eygló Höskuldsdóttir Viborg - choir
- Fífa Jónsdóttir - choir
- Guðrún M Sigurbergsdóttir - choir
- Gígja Gylfadóttir - choir
- Gígja Haraldsdóttir - choir
- Jóna G Kolbrúnardóttir - choir
- Kristín Anna Guðmundsdóttir - choir
- Kristín Einarsdóttir Mäntylä - choir
- Kristín Sveinsdóttir - choir
- Sigrún Ósk Jóhannesdóttir - choir
- Sigurborg Skúladóttir Kaldal - choir
- Unnur Sigurðardóttir - choir
- Vigdís Sigurðardóttir - choir
- Ásdís Björg Gestsdóttir - choir
- Ásdís Eva Ólafsdóttir - choir
- Ásta Ægisdóttir - choir
- Björk - concept by [all custom instruments except sharpsichord based on ideas by], Primary Artist
- Henry Dagg - concept by [sharpsichord]
- Jón Stefánsson - conductor
- M/M (Paris) - cover
- 16 Bit - engineer
- Addi 800 - engineer
- Andy Baldwin - engineer
- Brian Hernandez - engineer
- Cameron Craig - engineer
- Curver - engineer
- Damian Taylor - engineer
- Dave Bracey - engineer
- Mario DeJesus - engineer
- Sveinn Kjartansson - engineer
- Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir - french horn
- Erla Axelsdóttir - french horn
- Lilja Valdimarsdóttir - french horn
- Særún Pálmadóttir - french horn
- Derek Birkett - management [production and business developer]
- Mandy Parnell - mastered by
- Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin - photography by
- Matt Robertson - transcription by [choir]
- Árni Heimir Ingólfsson - transcription by [choir]
- Harpa Jóhannsdóttir - trombone
- Jessica Buzbee - trombone
- Li Ming Yeung - trombone
- Sigrún Jónsdóttir - trombone
- Ragnhildur Gunnarsdóttir - trumpet
- Valdís Þorkelsdóttir - trumpet
- Brynja Guðmundsdóttir - tuba