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Björk and David Attenborough

Still haven't seen it but has anyone seen the house the Icelandic government gave her in recognition of her art?

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http://www.complex.com/art-design/2...sland-to-thank-her-for-cultural-contributions
 
my review: its basically all about the Biophillia tour and some of the ideas and concepts behind it. Theres still a good documentary on nature, music and human evolution to be made - this just dips its toe into the subjects - and leaves you wanting to spend a lot of money to go and see Bjork :D
 
We watched it (well, I watched it and Mrs BB faffed about doing other things while claiming she was watching). :rolleyes:

Some parts of it were interesting - Attenborough is clearly interested in the evolution and theory of music, and had some interesting things to say - but Bjork was distractingly twitchy during the dialogue sections, and there was a transparent lack of any chemistry between the two of them during their stilted conversations. Some of the music was nice, some was not, and some was pretentious bollocks.

It made a lot of Bjork's incredibly "ambitious project" to "change the way we think about music", but in the end it turned out to amount to nothing more than creating a bunch of dull iPad apps that made weird noises when you touched them. :rolleyes:
 
Buddy Bradley said:
It made a lot of Bjork's incredibly "ambitious project" to "change the way we think about music", but in the end it turned out to amount to nothing more than creating a bunch of dull iPad apps that made weird noises when you touched them. :rolleyes:
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unfair, the project is so much more than that - its goes into the way the music was composed, the instruments created especially to play the music and so on...the narrator may have been annoying but it definitely is ambitious and original. the ipad apps are a (near irrelevant) sideline.

The one bit i found interesting from Attenborough was that the larynx has the ability to create sounds far beyond those necessary for language, which from an evolutionary biologist point of view suggests that that wider range of uses (including the range needed for song) predates language... bjork put it as we were free jazz singers before we started chatting away.
 
what great lives those two have... *jealous but appreciative*

Worth a watch, more interesting and inspiring than 99pc of the crap on TV...
 
I actually felt the chemistry between them wasn't really there and that it was a bit too much of a plug for her tour. However Trevor, I still liked the programme, I love Bjork and we need more artists like her. She really is pushing the boundaries. I love rock, house, hip-hop etc as much as the next man but most commercial music is either self-referencing, referencing something from 15 years ago or just blatantly cutting and pasting its way to a few sales for the artist.

Bjork is a special artist and I'd wager we'll look back at some of the ways she's encouraging us to look at music in the way we look at Delia Derbyshire and pioneers of her ilk.

Finally, I can't think of anything cuter than an 8 year old Bjork singing her way home from school through Icelandic tundra.
 
I really admire them both. The show covered some interesting points but it seemed like one enormous celebrity promoting a big celebrity to me :hmm:
 
Favelado said:
Bjork is a special artist and I'd wager we'll look back at some of the ways she's encouraging us to look at music in the way we look at Delia Derbyshire and pioneers of her ilk.
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She's underrated because she's unusual, ambitious, assertive AND a woman. I'm willing to bet that one day in the future when she's gone, people will fall over themselves to praise her.
 
I really enjoyed it.
Yes it was stilted at tomes but I found it thoroughly interesting and that's what matters I guess.
 
The music is truly awful. It might use the mathematics of nature and try and mimic the structures but the overall beauty is entirely lost. I have tried to like it I really have....
Also did anyone notice how she couldn't hold eye contact with him?
 
jusali said:
The music is truly awful. It might use the mathematics of nature and try and mimic the structures but the overall beauty is entirely lost. I have tried to like it I really have....
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i tried to listen to Biophillia a couple of times on spotify and dont really like it (unlike Medulla which i love) - but Id bet you anything Biophillia sounds amazing live
 
I think Cosmonogy is a track that is beautiful in the same Bjork tradition that you can trace back to "Come to Me" off debut. Now that's an underrated Gudmansdottir song.



 
i saw the Biophilia tour at the start in Iceland - incredible. And seeing her again at the Electric Picnic.

I liked the documentary, but found it a little 'forced' at times, for example, Bjork looked uncomfortable where Attenborough was talking about the sexuality of animals intensely but you could sense that she adores him, him her and they have an intoxicating mutual respect for each other. I found the documentary spun off course after the first 20 mins into a manifesto on the making of Biophilia, whereas i woulda liked to see more of the conversations between her and Attenborough on the interplay between nature and music.
 
ska invita said:
i seem to remember hearing she was in one of Matthew Barney's films. Unfair to judge without watching it but the snippet i think i saw looked a little bit..... not that good. DId anyone see it?
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Drawing Restraint, yes, ive seen it. I reviewed it for a magazine some years ago, it came with a wonderful book too (that i bought for 40 bucks and put on 'expenses' :D)
 
Cheesypoof said:
Yeh, its very much a 'Barney' centrepiece so weird and Aphex Twin like in spots, backed by wonderful, classical orchestra with deep hornz. Very deep seascape, very Bjork.
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sounds pretty good! I didnt realise there was much music in it...i vaguely remember her crawling on a boat in side a building or something. Only saw a few seconds, and the memory is probably wrong
 
Heres the trailer for it


ha, okay that above is a pisstake of it, heres the real trailer

music sounds great
 
ska invita said:
sounds pretty good! I didnt realise there was much music in it...i vaguely remember her crawling on a boat in side a building or something. Only saw a few seconds, and the memory is probably wrong
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i think she did all the music for it, which features no singing, but classical orchestral music based on what i can best describe as what whales would sound like if they were orchestrated. Its a masterpiece in itself, and the notes - like most of her melodies in my view - are catchy and memorable (if a little left field)
 
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